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.
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