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STUDENTS ESTABLISH
FAMILY TRADITION
The Hazleton Undergraduate Cen
ter is rapidly becoming a family
tradition in many of the homes of the
coal region. Allan Gallagher, a
sophomore, is carrying on the good
work which his sister, Marion, started
in ’34. Robert Koch, a present junior
at State College, and Howard John
son, now a freshman, are cousins.
William Gilbert and Norman Frye
are also cousins and are closely re
lated to Martha Miller, another *34
student. The Somers family sent two
representatives, Edward, in ’35, and
Marie, a freshman. Many students
Who have attended, tell us that their
brothers and sisters intend to come
in time.
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE
IN 4 CLUB ACTIVITIES
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Cosmopolitan Club.
The idea ox a Cosmopolitan Club
was suggested by Mr. Janssen, and
the club’s activities are guided by
him. This club has as its purpose
the furtherance of knowledge and
understanding of other nations, its
end being accomplished by a series of
meetings each one of which deals
with a different country. Each mem
ber represents a nation, usually the
the nation from which his ancestors
The officers of the club are
President, Josephine Zogby; Vice-
President, Alice Marie McGrory;
and Secretary, Margaret Lucash.
At the first meeting, Mr. Janssen
discussed and compared modes of
travel in Germany. His interesting
talk made travel in Germany sound
very exciting, especially travel in one
of the portable, collapsible boats
whose use is very wide-spread in
Germany. The second meeting was
devoted to the country Of Syria.
Josephine Zogby related an ancient
and very interesting legend about
an ideal, Utopian city which was
visible only to the pure of heart. At
the next meting, Alice Marie Mc-
Grory told the club members about
“Irish Life and Character” (the book
to be found at the Hazleton public
Library, which contains the largest
collection of Irish jokes your cor
respondent knows of.) At the fol
lowing meeting, Mr. Herpel enter
tained the club members by playing
German records, including the Ger
man National Anthem, songs of the
Rhine, folk songs, and German popu
lar songs. Miss Yotter and Mr.
Herpel led the club members in the
singing of the popular song which
is first in the German hit parade.
The consensus of opinion among the
students was that German popular
songs sound remarkably like our
own.
1“ OUR JANITOR 1
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Probably the more observant mem
bers of our students have noticed
that Mr. Walters, our janitor, is a
most unusual personage; those who
haven’t are missing an interesting
human contact. At the beginning of
the year, for example, Mr. Walters,
while talking to a group of students,
stated that he enjoyed the social
atmosphere which the Center had
brought. This is a rather philosophi
cal statement to come from one who
works with coal and iron.
When Mr. Walters was a boy, edu
cation was unimportant as compared
to the present day emphasis; he
didn’t finish high school. While work
ing, however, he studied the classics,
arithmetic, etc. at night. It was this
effort which lifted him to a succes
sion of responsible positions in the
mining industry around Hazleton. In
addition to these positions, he has
been in the dairy business and has
worked with the P. P. & L., and dur
ing the war the Jeans ville Iron
Works.
Throughout all this time, Mr.
Walters has kept a certain liking for
arithmetic. He still spends a great
deal of his leisure time inventing
original arithmetical solutions. Mr.
Herpel was rather surprised when
Mr. Walters questioned him concern
ing a geometric theorem. Several
students also were surprised to find
Mr. Walters discussing Shakespeare
with Mr. Eiche.
Mr. Walters is a, ready conversa
tionalist; so here is an experience
which the reader can look forward to.
In our janitor is stored a large fund
of Hazleton’s history and tradition.
Then too, he’ll probably show you a
few new tricks with numbers.
Debating Club
Mr. Herpel’s per project, the De
bating Society, got underway with
the election of Gertrude Hecht as
president. The debating topic for
schools and colleges this year, as sug
gested by the Forensic League, is
“Resolved, that the National Labor
Relations Board be empowered to
enforce compulsory arbitration of all
industrial disputes.” Accordingly, the
Center Debating Club on Wednesday,
December 1 presented a debate on
this question before a small but ap
preciative audience. It was a non
decision debate with Walter Organist
and Anthony Piccola on the affirma
tive, Gertrude Hecht and Emer
Flounders on the negative side of the
question. Later the dub expects to
debate again on this topic before the
student body and faculty. Judging
from their first debate, your corres
pondent thinks that this public de
bate, is something none of the stu
dents should miss. ’ ‘
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
| Advice To Bookworms I
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This column is addressed to those
students who enjoy good books—if
there are any such students in this
Center. To be labelled a “bookworm”
should be a distinct honor to any col
lege undergraduate. Yet how many of
us are worthy of this label ?
But this is a column of advice and
not sermon. Therefore, you who have
read this far will receive a formal
introduction to the place in our school
that is running the game room a
close (?) second in popularity. We
mean our rapidly growing library. It
is composed of books belonging to
members of the faculty. Mr. Eiche
has put on the shelves classics in
American and English literature; Mr.
Goas has all his history books there;
Mr. Herpel, his mathematics and
physics; and Miss Yotter, her many
French books.
Mr. Janssen has brought books
which are very useful for students
who would like to get the cosmopoli
tan slant on things and ideas. He has
a large array of economics, political
science, and German literature, as
well as art books.
We bookworms should be very
grateful to our faculty for building up
our library. But, just as idle money is
worthless, so are these books useless
unless they are taken off the shelves
and read by us.
ALUMNI BITS
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haven’t been sleeping in the way of
honors either. Kochy made two hon
orary fraternities and Eddie made
three. Congratulations to both.
Carl Schmidt, one of our quiet boys
of last year, is now coming into the
public eye. He earned a place on the
State track team.
A Center reunion is held every day
in Dr. Martin’s history class on the
Penn State Campus. It seems that
quite a few students took Mr. Goas’
advice about electing History 422
and they are all in the same class.
Charlie Gallagher made quite a
name for himself when he conducted
the meeting of the Internationa]
Club. The program: was the talk of
the campus and everyone said it was
the best of the year.
All the students of Penn State Col
lege, if they enjoyed their Thanks
giving vacation, should thank Mike
Capparell and Tommy Pugliese. It
seems that these two initiated the
idea of the petition for a longer vaca
tion. Things to be thankful for!
Marion Gallagher, a senior at Im
maculata, is now practice teaching
at Lansdowne, near. Philadelphia.
Irvin Jenkins, who recently joined
the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, came
heroically through the annual Flag
Scrap at Dickinson.
IMPROVEMENTS MADE
IN SCHOOL BUILDING
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physics laboratory were built for the
school, while those in the chemistry
laboratory came to the school from
the Hazleton School Board as a loan
and from the Hazle Township School
Board as a gift. All necessary equip
ment was bought and the work tables
were cleaned and stocked. A balance
room was also installed for the ad
vanced chemistry students.
During the first week of Novem
ber, fifty lockers were purchased by
the faculty and assembled in the
halls. They made it unnecessary for
the students to put their wraps in
the game room or in the library. This
greatly improved the appearance of
the building.
The game room is now the pride of
the school. Here you may find any
number of board games to occupy
your leisure time, and the ping-pong,
table is always in use. The game
room also boasts a store where the
students may purchase candy, ice
cream, cakes, and anything else they
might ask for. The store is run by
the Student Council, the profits
being added to the activity fund.
The library is an invaluable addi
tion to the school. Through the
courtesy of Miss Willigerode, libra
rian of the Hazleton Public Library,
a collection of volumes has been
placed at the Center for the use of
the students.
The enlarged quarters together
with the several hundred additional
volumes have materially enhanced
the usefulness of the library this
year.
CAMPUS QUIPS
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acts; how mighty a junior thinks he
is; how little the serious senior finally
realizes he knows.
6. How the phrase “Home sweet
home” can have real meaning.
7. How to replace a blank stare
with an intelligent look that takes in
nothing.
8. How much there is in the world
to know, how little time is four years
in which to learn.
9. How students forget that their
professors once were students, or how
professors forget they were under
graduates.
10. How a college columnist can
write so many words that mean so
little.
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A freshman receives credit for
these definitions:
, Monologue A conversation be
tween husband and wife.
Parasites —Inhabitants of Paris.
Grass Widow—Wife of a dead veg
etarian.
Immortality—Running away with
another man’s wife.
DECEMBER, 1937