HAZLETON 0 COLLEGIAN
VOL. ilX.—No. 6
DRAMATIC CLUB TO BE SPONSOR TONIGHT
HUC Ho3t To Junior College Basketball Tournament
West Hazleton High School Gym
To Be Scene of Eastern Division Playoffs
March 14 and 15 will be red-letter days on the region's
basketball calendar; because that will be when the first
Junior College Basketball Tournament in the history of
Hazleton is to be held. Hazletoh, Undergraduate Center,
host of the tournament has secured the West Hazleton
High School Gym for the scene of the contests, and is
going all out to make the playoffs the best ever held.
The competing teams will be Potts--
ville Undergraduate Center, Bucknell
Jr. College, 'Keystone Jr. College,
Hershey Jr. College, and Hazleton
Undergraduate Center.
The HUC baskefceers have met all
teams concerned in regular season
games, and have defeated Buckniell,
Keystone (twice), Hershey and Potts
ville. They lost one game to Hershey
at (Hershey. However, past records
mean nothing in a play-off of this
type and the entire region is assured
of three fast games, replete with
thrills, excitement anl the classiest
(basketball played in the region. Ju
nior college basketball is just one
(step below bigtime college ball, and
all teams play a fast-breaking, high
scoring game.
Mr. Kostos, Graduate Manager of
HUC, is in charge of arrangements
for the tournament and is outlining
an extensive program. Souvenir pro
grams are to be printed, a tournament
dance may be held, and it is rumored
(just a rumor remember) that a half
holiday may be declared on the 15th.
(Mr. Kostos also announced that two
trophies have been secured to be pre
sented to the teams placing first and
second respectively. Also, five medals
(will he presented to the five outstand
ing players of the tournament. Mem
bers of the winning teams will be gi
ven sterling silver basketballs, and
the second place team will receive o
ther awards.
Tournament tickets have been prin
ted and the admission prices have
beep announced as follows: one ticket,
which will admit the hearer to all
three games, $1.20 including tax. The
price for each individual game will be
s:so
The first igame will 'be played Fri
day night, the 14th, the second game
Saturday afternoon, the 15th, and the
finial game Saturday night.
Students are reminded that their
ISGIA earls will not admit them to the
tournament,• they will have to pur
chase tickets. The date of the ad
vanced sale will be announced later.
HUC WELCOMES TWO ADDITIONS
TO ITS FACULTY
HUC, in view of the acute .shortage
of instructors, has been extremely
fortunate to obtain two additions to
the faculty.
The instructors, Mrs. Anne S. Ha
zelton and Mr. Martin G. Cohen, are
iof very high merit, and the students
and faculty of HUC extend to them a
hearty welcome.
Mrs. Hazelton was bom in Boston,
Mass, in 1914. Her childhood ambition
iwas to become a seafarer.
She attended Smith College, Boston
University, University of S. Califor
nia, and the Sonbonne in Paris.
Mrs. Hazelton majored in philoso
phy and holds an M.A. in that field.
Her minor was psychology.
She has taught at Green Brier Col
lege in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and
Stoneleigh Junior College in Guen
lell, Mass. Mrs. Hazelton also worked
for the General Electric Corporation
“where she engaged in mathematical
calculations. At present she is in
structing classes in psychology and in
philosophy.
"PROGRESS IS THE LAW OF LIFE"
HAZLETON UNDERGRADUATE CENTER, HAZLETON, PA,
International Relations
Club To Hold
Organization Meeting
On February 26 at 12:15 P.M. in
room 13, an organization meeting of
the International Relations Club will
take place. Mr. Kreeker, the faculty
advisor, has set the time as such since
no other refutable time was available.
The club may be a mid-week dis
cussion group which will make avail
able to the student an opportunity to
discuss the present (international situ
ation. It will also serve as an excel
lent chance for the student to apply
his theoretical knowledge of the so
cial sciences to world affairs.
It is stressed that the only require
ment to join is an interest in interna
tional! affairs, and that it will not be
a formal membership of any sort.
The materials which will be used
will be provided by the Carnegie En
dowment for International Peace.
This fact makes it necessary to hold
elections in the near future as a re
quirement in obtaining these materi
als is a letter informing the organiza
tion of its officers. Plan to attend!
BUS CHARTERED FOR
DICKINSON J. C. TILT
A bus has been chartered for the
(HUC-Dickinson Junior College bas
ketball game which will foe held at
Williamsport, Saturday, February 22.
The round trip fare has been set at
$1.50. The bus will leave at 4:30 P.
(M. from the Walnut Street Building.
Tickets for the trip may be obtained
from Mr. Rudman.
Come on, gang, let’s get behind our
boys and cheer them on to their tenth
victory of the season! Except for a
few off-nights, the fellows have been
displaying a great brand of ball.
Those who made the jaunt to Potts
ville for the first away game of the
year will agree that win, lose, or draw,
the fun had at the game was well
worth the time and the money. Ask
the people who were there.
Mrs. Hazelton loves the sea and
claims it as her hohby. She has tra
veled extensively in Europe.
Mr. Martin G. Cohn is a nativei of
Hazleton, Pennsylvania where he was
bom in 1925. He graduated from Ha
zleton High School in 1942. His child
hood ambition was to become .a law
yer.
Mir "Cohn entered Pennsylvania
State College in 1942 and graduated
in 1945 under the accelerated pro
gram. He majored in political science,
and minored in sociology, speech phi
losophy and economics. Mr. Cohn has
done graduate work in sociology.
After a college romance Mr. Cohn
married a Penn State coed. At pre
sent, they reside in Frackville, Penn
sylvania.
His hobbies are music and basket
ball.
Mrs. Hazelton and Mr. Cohn com
mented on the G.I. college students.
They state that the students of HUC
•are industrious, eager, friendly and
very well-mannered.
HUC GOES
MUSICAL
Strange noises are heard from the
music room which is open from -8 a.m.
to late in the afternoon, and often in
the evening. If it isn’t the squak of a
violin or the squeal of a clarinet, it
•may be the sweet strains of recorded
music, or the monotonous repitition
of “Swanee River” as attempted by
our piano students.
When plans were made to inaugu
rate music lesisons as part of the cur
riculum, fifteen students were to be
aiccomimiodated. 'By the time registra
tion was over, there were thirty re
quests for piano lessons. This interest
and enthusiasm for piano lessons
made the need of another piano quite
urgent.
Through the splendid cooperation
and kindness of Mr. Chauncey E. Da
vis, a piano was donated by the local
Y.M.C.A., of iwhich Mr. Davis is Sec
retary. This has made it possible for
practically all students who desire pi
ano lessons to be accommodated.
Anyone who had the misfortune to
ibe in or near the Walnut Street Buil
ding last Saturday must have been
thrilled (or chilled) to hear both our
pianos being tuned. It was necessary
to raise the pianos to a standard
pitch which is a tiresome procedure
especially to the listener. The first
piano was successfully tuned without
breaking any strings, but before the
second could be called satisfactory,
ten strings had 'been broken. This
hair-raising operation cannot be ap
preciated unless one has listened and
watched a piano being tuned.
The great interest in music at HUC
is also evidenced by the increased en
rollment in the Music Appreciation
clalss. During registration plans were
made for fourteen students,, but with
the class in its second week, there is
a total of thirty-four enthusiasts in
the class of Music Appreciation.
The Y.M.C.A. has further extended
their good will by allowing students
of HUC who are taking piano lessons,
and who do not have pianos of their
own, to use the Y.M.C.A. piano for
practice. Except for Wednesday, this
piano is available every day from 8
a.m. to 7 pjm. Students of piano are
requested to consult Miss Garbrick
ini accordance with this schedule.
Because students who are majoring
in music must study one instrument
from each choir in the orchestra, les
sons on the clarinet and violin are al
so given at HUC.
The music room iis open to students
of music as well as other music lovers
during the following “Listening
Hours” when recorded music is
played:
Thursday—3:3o p.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday—2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Other activities of the music de
partment include the Glee Clubs
which established themselves last se
mester, the HUC band which will
make its initial appearance very soon :
and the Thespian Club. The latter
works in collaboration with the Mu
sic Department in writing scripts for
radio broadcasts and stage programs.
The members of this new but already
reputable club are often found beat
ing their brains for new ideas or do
ing research in the libraries and mu
sic stores.
Truly, HUC has gone musical!
TIME'S AWASTIN'
Get Your Date
NOW
For The
Collegian Dance
FRIDAY, APRIL 18th
Second Semester Social Season
Gets Underway; New Set-up Planned
At St. John's Auditorium tonight at 8:15 P. M the
second semester social season of HUC gets off to a flying
start. This is the initial program of a new social set-up
that has been planned by the student council.
HUC BAND TO SOUND
OFF THIS SEMESTER
'Can you play a trumpet, clarinet,
trombone or any instrument for that
matter? You can? Well, then you are
just the guy or gal that the H.U.C.
iband needs. There are still openings
in the band and your talent is needed.
'Ob, it may require that you be pre
sent at rehearsals which, incidentally,
are every Thursday from 6:30 PM.
to 8:00 PM., but think of the enjoy
ment and the satisfaction that you
will derive from being a member of
'a musical organization that is going
to go places.
There are a number of musical e
vents scheduled for the band this se
mester; for example, some radio
broadcasts are being scheduled. Here
is an opportunity for you to display
your talent. Take advantage of it.
Previously there was a slight lull
in rehearsals, because of the Christ
mas vacation, finals and the pre-se
mester vacation, but now Miss Pearl
Gaibrick, who is in charge of the
'band, is pleased to announce that the
music, the instruments, the time and
the place are all available.
Speaking about trumpet players,
'Miss Garbriek stated that it is quite
unusual that the HUC band is lacking
in that line. “Usually other bands are
flooded with trumpet players,” she
said. Surely, there must be a few
trumpet players roaming the halls
who can alter the situation. And if
you cannot play like Harry James,
please don’t let that discourage you.
Remember again, rehearsals every
'Thursday from 6:30 P.M. to 8 P.M.,
or as long as you like for that matter.
If you have a free period between
classes, get in contact with Miss Gar
brick, who will be pleased to give you
'more details, or more than that, the
instrument of your choice.
Old Time I.G.N. Superin
tendent 1 Said to Have
Originated "O.K
Did you know that ‘:O.K.” origin
ated on the Missouri Pacific? H. M.
Dumbell, of Lake Helen, Fla., ex
plains it this way in a letter recently
PERSONNEL COUNSELING
SERVICE ESTABLISHED AT HUC
The Personel Counseling Service of
Hazleton Undergraduate Center has
begun to function under the capable
direction of Dr. Harold Mcllvaine and
Mr. Ralph N. Krecker.
Its purpose is to provide personal,
educational and vocational advice to
the students. Mr. Krecker and Dr. Mc
llvaine have had previous experience
in this field, and are well qualified to
counsel students in problems concern
ing their curricula or personal diffi
culties.
Vocational tests to assist the stu
dent in the proper choice of hits cur
riculum, in addition to other tests of
various types, are expected to arrive
soon.
This new service is a decided step
in the further expansion of this insti
tution. It is symbolic of the progress
that has been made in the educational
facilities at the undergraduate center
since its inception.
FEBRUARY 21, 1947
The new program, as outlined by
the council, is bo give all clubs and
organizations a chance to participate
in the various activities of the Cen
ter. The reason for this is two-fold;
it will ease ithe terrific burden that
up to the present has been shouldered
by the social committee of the coun
cil, and it will give many more stu
dents a chance to display their vari
ous talents and abilities. In this man
ner each function of HUC will be tru
ly a School affair, and not just he
iwork of a few.
The schedule set up for the rest of
the semester is as fellows:
'February 21 —Dramatic Club
March 14—Engineers (Broad St.)
April 18—COLLEGIAN
IMay ( ?) —Sorority
'May ( ?) —Basketball Teams (Picnic)
June (?) —(Student Council (Formal)
Tonight' the Dramatic Club takes
the lead in sponsoring the party.
From 'all advance indications they
have a bang-up program ready for
the students’ pleasure. Gabe 'Garland
and his orchestra have been engaged
for dancing and listening pleasure,
and the club has prepared a comedy
presentation. Refreshments will also
be served
The program begins at 8:15 and all
Students and their guests are advised
to ,get there early. You can’t miss out
on a big evening of entertainment
that includes dancing, comedy and re
freshment.
The complete outline of tonight’s
events has been well publicized in the
local papers, and all students are a
ware of the grand evening that is in
store for them. All the COLLEGIAN
has to say is—BE THERE! ! ! ! !
published in the Christian Science
Monitor.
“Seventy years ago in Texas there
were many intelligent men who' had
received only scant education but who
rose, deservedly, to high positions.
One such man became superintendent
of the railway. On his table were laid
many documents for him to approve.
He wrote ‘Oil Kerect’ on them. Grow
ing tired of so much writing, he cut
it to O.K. Then the fun began. All
railways and all Texas imitated it,
and at spread over the nation.”
—B.A.R.E. Magazine
Many students, no doubt, find them
selves confronted with the possibility
of failing a course or courses. This
imay be due to improper study habits,
or the fact that his curriculum does
not coincide with his aptitude. By
means of a group of specialized tests
and expert counseling, a student’s
problems may be solved. Also, if any
student is confronted with a problem
of a personal nature that is conflict
ing with his education, he may feel
free to consult this service.
Students are advised that all con
ferences with the COUNSELORS are
kept strictly confidential. Although
ithe service is at the present confined
to students of Hazleton Undergradu
ate Center, tentative plans are being
formulated to extend the service to
the community.
Office hours fog the conferences will
be posted on the* bulletin board or in
the COLLEGIAN at a later date.