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Published Regularly by Students of the Hazleton Undergraduate
Center of The Pennsylvania State College
Hazleton, Pa.
Vol. 11l
ACTING STAFF
FLORENCE E. ROWSE '42 ROBERT W. GOLDEN '42
Editor Business Manager
MICHAEL KULICK '43 IRENE L. SENDECK '43
Managing Editor Advertising Manager
DORRIS R. PHILIPS '43 BERNADETTE L. KOHLER '43
News Editor Circulation Editor
FI,I IS S. BERGEY '43 LOUISE M. DICKINSON '43
Sports Editor Feature Editor 1
FLORENCE C. PETERS-CAMPANELL '43
Womenis Editor
Editorial Associates.: Louise M. Gregory '43, Mary Frances Gregory '43,
Raymond Morgan '43, Stanley M. Porambo '42, Alfred L. Senape '43,
Margerite S. Tarone '43.
Business Associates: Anthony G. Persico '43, Bruno S. Procopio '43, Joseph
F. Kravitski '43.
A WELCOME AND AN
EXHORTATION
’T'ODAY and tomorrow the corri-
dors of the Hazleton Under
graduate Center will echo with the
•voices of delegates from the four
•other centers of the Pennsylvania
State College. We extend to these
delegates a gracious and sincere
welcome. It is our hope that the
conference and the festivities that
have been planned will contribute
to a truly memorable week-end.
However, dance programs and
luncheon dates must not be al
lowed to overshadow the true pur
pose of this conference. Its ob
jective is to provide an opportun
ity for representatives of these
Centers to investigate and discuss
reforms and innovations in student
organizations. The ultimate suc
cess of this conference will be
realized when these new ideas art
inaugurated in the various Cen
ters for the benefit of the student
bodies of these institutions.
This, apparently, is as appro
priate a time as any to call to the
attention of the delegates assem
bled their prerogatives and duties.
In the past the group has had a
tendency fallaciously to believe
that the conference’s main func
tion was to legislate. As a mattei
of fact, no such powers were evei
granted to the assemblage; theirs
still, however, is the right to sug
gest and recommend, even if not
promulgate. For that matter no
truly representative council wishes
to legislate arbitrarily but instead
to put itself in a position to sug
gest ideas that will further the
welfare of the students it repre
sents. After the student body
voices its approval, the sincerely
democratic council formulates
these ideas into laws with the ne
cessary revisions and restrictions
Hazleton Collegian
October 20, 1939
to aid in administering them. Let
us hope that the undergraduate
center student councils function
only in accordance with the de
mands of their constituents.
In discussing this conference, it
would also be remiss not to. em
pnasize its personal value. The
delegates have an excellent oppor
tunity to meet and converse with
each other and, perhaps, make
lasting social contacts with the
students assembled here. It is in
deed our deep-set hope that each
delegate will leave this fourth an
nual Inter-Center Student Council
Conference imbued with neu
,deas, inspired by new friendships
and invigorated by the satisfaction
of a task well done.
’’PHIS year the Hazleton Under
* graduate Center is attempting
to establish Freshman Customs.
Customs are usually considered at
punishment and this is unfortun
ate because they are, actually, e
tradition; “a long established
practice considered as unwritten
law,” so Webster’s defines the
word customs.
As a tradition they should noi
need to be forced, but instead
should be adhered to through loy
alty. Customs are being endured
and enjoyed on many campuses
and at most colleges throughout
the country. The fact that they
are traditional on our own main
campus should convince the stu
dents at the Hazleton Center’ hi
their importance.
Unquestionably customs will this
year be on trial. If they are to be
successful, they will be so only
through the understanding and
whole-hearted support of both the
Freshman and Sophomore classes
■—R. M.
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
—F. E. R,
ON TRIAL: CUSTOMS
Front & Center
By Hue
The Gossipel Truth:
It’s almost like pick.ng up where
last year ended what w.tn :ne
Kieft-Reichenbacher romance still
burning and now almost coming
under the head of “old business’
. . . Ernie Watkins continuing to
sleep through classes, albeit eignt
o’cloeks instead of noons . . . Bob
Golden vs. Mr. Janssen . . . Taylor
on hand and studes out of pocket
. . . Eight o’clocks, biuebooks, and
minus 2’s . . . Pxng-pongers from
8 to 5 . . . Mr. Walters . . etc.,
etc. ...
No. 1
Ward Lewis finds safety in
numbers . . . Or so he says . . .
Bernie Kohler seems to think that
the only men in the world are ai
Annapolis. Does anyone know
why? . . . Golden has assumed the
responsibility of Lord Protector
over the freshmen, not to the ex
clusion of one petite Marguerite
. . . Weatherly is rapidly becoming
ia!n important town ...
Ditko is leading H.U.C. sertoria.
stylists thus far this season . . ,
The frosh are putting in their
claims for added dis-dink-tion . . .
“What’s in a name” Dept: Whom
does the Morgan offspring call
“Uncle Mamie ’? ... A kittenish
scene was enacted at the Center
entrance one recent morning with
several of our virile male studes
showing almost maternal instincts
fondling a tiny feline . . .
“Birth-daze” Dept: Oct. 22 means
the same thing to Neapolitan,
Senape, and Yensel, for on that
day all three will blow out annum
candles marking another milestone
in their ungodly careers . . . “Pic
tures from Life” Dept: Annoy
ance Lawrowski and History
19 . . .
L’neup for Tonight’s Fray:
Yeakel limelighting with Millie
Rowse . . . Parsels blushing with
June Diehl . . . Bergey “doing his
stuff” for Marie Kline . . . Brother
George with Mary Francis Greg
ory . . . Deisroth “ehop-ehoppin’ ”
along with McGeehan . . . Watkins
Boyle-ing . . . Golden boy glowing
for Peggy Tarone ... Dr. Kieft
with his dream girl . . . Mr. Herpel
and his blushing bride . . . Kipp
and Rowse jitterbugs of the
1890 vintage . . . Bartol’s date,
10c a dance . . . Kasales’, three
for a quarter . . .
H.U.C-imiles
Mr. Re.chard: as exact as a
mathematical formula ... Warsh
all: as dainty an eater as any lady
finger addict . . . Krell: as quiet
as the proverbial mouse . . .
October, 1939
Official Delegates
Altoona Center
William Banks, president of the
Student Council; Waiter Wright,
treasurer of the Student Council;
Pnyllis Greninger, Jocelyn Walsh;
Mr. Robert E. Eiche, administra
tive head; Mr. T. Stewart Goas,
faculty adviser.
Dußois Center
Carl E. Olson, president of the
Dußois Counc.l; Mary L. Hepler,
secretary of the Student Council;
Sidney D. Hilton, president of the
Sophomore class; Ned E. Stevens,
president of the Freshman class;
Mr. E. W. Zoller, administrative
head; Mr. E. F. O’Neil, faculty
adviser.
Fayette Center
Bernadette Geary, Joseph Di-
Nunno, John Robinson, Jerry Rich,
Dr. it. W. Brewster, administra
tive head.
Schuylkill Center
Creighton Lawhead, president of
the Student Council; Jean Bradley,
secretary of the Student Council;
Odette Scrivanich, Dorothy Fene
dick;, Mr. W. R. Van Voorhis, ad
ministrative head; Mr. George
Lobingier, faculty adviser.
Hazleton Center
Frank George, vice-president of
the Student Council; Anthony
Persico, piesident of the Freshman
class; June Diehl, Mary Frances
Gregory; Mr. Coleman Herpel,
administrative head; Mr, Roy E.
Morgan, faculty adviser.
Conference president: David L.
Yeakel, president of the Hazleton
Student Council.
Conference secretary: Marion
Bender, secretary of the Hazleton
Student Council.
Center Faculty Members
Speak at County Institute
Mr. Coleman Herpel and Dr.
Lester Kieft, of the Center facul
ty, were speakers yesterday at the
sixty-ninth annual institute of the
teachers of Luzerne County held
at the Irem Temple in Wilkes-
Barre.
Mr. Herpel spoke to the mathe
matics group on the problem of
terminal mathematics as applied
to the high school class 5 room,
while Dr. Kieft’s topic was “The
Relationship of the Classroom to
the Laboratory.” This was Dr.
Kieft’s first appearance on the
Institute program, but a repeat
performance for Mr. Herpel, who
had also been included on last
year’s institute.
Freshmen Hold Party
An informal Freshman party
and dance was held last Friday
night at Jimmie’s Quick Lunch.