October, 1939 Center Cagers Start Season For New Coach Inter-Center League Replaces Tournament Of Previous Years Getting the jump on the othe. cage teams in the newly-organizec. Inter-Center Basketball League the Hazleton Undergraduate Cen ter basketball squad has alreadj started practice sessions, under the tutelage of their new mentor Coach Eddie Morrell, physical ed ucation director at the Hazletor Y. M. C. A. Twenty enthusiastic cagemei reported for the opening trials a the Grant Street school gymna slum, the new home floor for the Centerites this year. As yet the schedule is incomplete, according to Dr. Lester Kieft, faculty athle tic director, but from all indica tions, the Morrellmen will'have a tough season. With the inception of the Inter Center League, the Hazleton five is assured of games on a home and-home basis with the Altoona Dußois, Fayette, and Schuylkil Undergraduate Centers of the Col lege. League competition will thu replace the Inter-Center Basket ball Tournament of previour years. Dates for the league con tests have not yet been completec but are expected to toe announce* in a short time. Coach Morrell thus far is ver; well pleased with the Center squad and he looks forward to a verj healthy season for the “Hucsters” So far practice sessions have con centrated on fundamentals in th( hopes of building up a strong de fensive as well as offensive com bination. A few of the outstanding candi dates spotted on the Hazleton Un dergraduate Center squad include “Tubby” Procopio, Savario Saullo, Dick Morawski, strong contender.' for the forward positions. Jimm; Scalise, Mike Maderick, and Ware Lewis, are putting up a close fighi for the back court posts; with the center berth being sought by Frank Veneroso, former Hazletor High player, and George Kline tall, lanky star of Salem Evangel ical in the Sunday School League. Frosh Get Acquainted Climaxing freshman week activ ities, the sophomores entertained the freshmen at a “Get-Acquainted Party” held on Friday, Septembe' 15, at the local Y, W. C. A, HAZLETON COLLEGIAN Student Govt. Is Organized at Center The three branches of the Hazle ton Undergraduate student gov ernment association have been or ganized and set up as a result oi recent elections conducted by the freshmen and sophomore classes at the Center. The Student Council, Student Union Board, and Student Faculty Eoard are the three branches of the Center student government organization. Selected as president of the sophomore class, David L. Yeakei ’42, heads the Student government organization. Other members in clude: Frank George ’42, vice president; Marlon Bender ’43, sec retary; Ernest Watkins ’42, treas urer; June Diehl ’42, Mary France; Gregory ’43, Michael Maderick ’42 Joseph Davidheiser ’43, and An thony Persico ’43, who is also pres ident of the freshman class. Mr Roy E. Morgan is adviser to the Council. The College Student Union Board is headed by John Ditko ’43 chairman; Edward Kasales : ’42 vice-chairman; and Michael Made rick ’42, treasurer. Staff members on the board include Mr. Melvin Isenberg, of the Center faculty and Harold Taylor, Student Union clerk. The Student-Faculty Board for the year 1939-40' is composed of Mr. Coleman Herpel, adminis trative head, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Isenberg, Yeakei, and Persico. Proposal of Frosh Customs Considered Following suggestions from members of both classes in the student body, Freshman Custom* were proposed and accepted at a recent meeting of the Student Council organization. The complete list of customs as furnished by Marian R. Bender, secretary of the Student Council, is as follows: 1. Freshmen are required to wear d nks daily, except Saturday, Sunday, and special occasions. 2. Freshmen are required to carry matches at all times. 3. Freshmen are required to greet all other students upon meeting them. 4. Freshmen shall wear a reg ulation name card during a speci fied period. 5. Freshmen shall attend all class meetings, assemblies, and athletic contests, except when granted perm'ssion to be absent by the Council. 6. All Freshmen must learn the College songs and cheers, Club Activities The Center Glee Club has been organized under the supervision of Mr. Brentin, and plans are being made to continue the musical pro gram begun at the Center last year. As yet no definite arrangements have been made concerning meet ings and officers, but Christian M. Skoff ’42 has been selected tern porary chairman. 'fi At the first meeting of the De bating Club held at the Center or. October 8, plans were made te. hold a mock debate at the next session. Future meetings will be; held every second and fourth Tuesday in the month. Judges wil, select the winners of the various debates, and the best debaters of the club will perhaps attend the, Debating Conference held annually at the campus. Mr. Hans Janssen is adviser for the group. ifc i}; The International Relatione Club, under the direction of Mis:. Edna Saby, faculty adviser, elect ed its officers for the coming yea ' at their first meeting held recent ly. Selected were Ward Lewis ’42 president; Christian Skoff ’42 vice-president; and Charles Goers ’42, secretary. Dr. Kieft Receives Degree At State Summer Session Dr. Lester Kieft, for the past three years instructor of chemistry at the Hazleton Undergraduate Center, received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemistry at Penn State, at the Summer Ses sion Commencement following the close of the six-weeks’ session. He studied for his degree under the supervision of Dr. Grover C. Chandlee, professor of chemistry at the College. Dr. Keift in carrying on the re search for his degree discovered a new method of obtaining bismuth in its pure form by a simple chem ical process. The process is as fol lows: bismuth is first obtained in precipitation known as iodol bis mithite; this precipitation is dis solved in a tetrite, after which the pure bismuth is obtained. The above method determines the ex act percentage of bismuth in a compound. Council Reveals Plans The newly elected Student Council of the Hazleton Under graduate Center is planning a “smoker” and a “get-acquainted” party which will take place in the near future,, according to David L. Yeakei ’42, president of the group. New Books Added To Center Library Approximately 150 new books have -been added this year to the Hazleton Undergraduate Center’s library, according to the latest re port of Miss Edna M. Saby, faculty librarian at the Center. A wide variety of both fiction and non-fiction books has been acquired that will supply the ne cessary demand for the present student body. It has been an nounced that the books are in the process of being filed according to the Dewey Decimal System so that they can be readily found. Many of the books deal with so cial science, history, and political science and will prove a valuable source of information for students participating in the International Relations Club as well as those carrying any of the above men tioned subjects. Other books in the fields of languages, literature, chemistry, mathematics, engineer ing, psychology, art, and eco nomics have also been added. Collegian Staff Organized Under Acting Editors Eighteen members of the Hazle ton Center student body have re ported at the various meetings of the press club of the “Hazleton Collegian” and have worked with Mr. Roy E. Morgan, faculty ad viser of the editorial staff, in lay ing out plans for the publication of the college paper during the present academic year. Carrying out a plan to divide the work of the editorial and business staffs, Mr. Herbert H. Reichard has also agreed to serve as faculty adviser to the latter group. In working out the organization of the paper, Mr. Morgan suggest ed the adoption of acting staffs until Christmas. The plan was ac ceptable to the club since it would give everyone an opportunity to find out what type of work he is best suited for. After Christmas a definite staff will be elected ac cording to the ability of the dif ferent members. Chess Club Organized The first meeting of the reor ganized Chess Club was held on October 16. Refreshments were served to the members present. The purpose of the club is to teach the members how to play chess, according to Mr. Hans Jans sen, faculty adviser. During the meetings various professional plays will be discussed, and Mr. Janssen will lecture on the mechanics of the game and the history of chess. Page Three
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