HAZLETdpttOLLEGIAN
Vol. 111, No. 4
Plans Made
By Council
For Semester
Climax of Social
Program Will Be
Spring Dinner-Dance
The Student Council has planned
a series of activities for the second
semester, according to a recent an
nouncement of Angelo Lucadamo,
newly elected president of the
Student Government Association.
The first of these events was the
"Smoker” for the men of the
Center and the fathers of all the
students, and a social for the co
eds. These parties were held at
the Center the evening of March
15.
The activities for April will in
clude an all-center party in the
forepart of the month and either
an "activities night” at the Y. M.
C. A. or a swimming party at ,the
high school later in April. In' the
early part of May there will be a
party, and later on in the month,
a picnic.
The final activity for the year
will be the annual dinner-dance to
be held on Thursday, June 6, prob
ably at the Hotel Altamont. This
will more or less climax the social
program and will be followed only
by the annual Center student
alumni picnic.
Reorganization Is
Planned By Local
Penn State Alumni
Mr. Charles Gallagher, president
of the H.U.C. Alumni Associa
tion, is working with Mr. ¥m, Mc-
Laughlin, head of the Pennsylvania
State College Alumni Association
for the past 10 years on the re
organization of the State College
association. This organization will
be under the direction of the Hazle
ton Center Alumni.
Mr. Gallagher believes that the
Penn Sate College Alumni Associa
tion, which has been inactive for
the last several years,, could, with
the cooperation of both groups,
function as a progressive organize
ation.
Officers of the HiU.C. Alumni
Association are:
President —Charles Gallagher.
Secretary—Rebecca Baskin.
Treasurer —Michael Capparell.
S.U- Considers Joint
Purchasing Plan
In order to increase its profits
and thus to increase the activities
fund of the Center, the Student
Union Board of the Hazleton Un
dergraduate Center has formulated
a plan whereby the Student Unions
of the five centers may combine
in their purchasing of student sup
plies. The local board believes that
this plan will result dn cheaper
rates for each center.
Mr. Melvin W. Isenberg, adviser
of the Hazleton Student Union,
has been contacting the other un
dergraduate centers toward this
end.
Reading Trip
Great Success,
Centerites Report,
A trip to Reading originally
scheduled for February 16 but
which was postponed because of
unfavorable weather conditions was
at last realized February 28.
Seventy-seven students and fac
ulty members met at the Center
it 7:00 a. m. and went in two
large buses to the Wycmissing
Polytechnic Institute. After a few
brief remarks of welcome from
Professor Arhur C. Harper, pres
ident of the Wyomissirg Institute,
the collegians toured the Berkshire
Knitting Mills. They were divided
into groups of fifteen, each group
having a guide.
Having seen the many processes
involved in making silk stockings,
the group then inspected the dis
pensary, the recreation room, and
the cafeteria. They were given a
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Women’s Activities
Planned For Year
At a luncheon-meeting held by
the Women’s Organization on
March 8, plans were made for the
second semester activities. These
are as follows:
Wednesday, 2:00 P. M., March
13—Lecture by Miss Helen On
dishko, of the Hazleton County
Hospital. Topic: Practical Nursing.
Friday evening, March 15—St.
Patrick’s Party.
Friday evening, April s—"Salamagundi”5—"Sala
magundi” Social held at the home
of Mrs. Roy Morgan.
Friday, April 12—All-Center
Tea.
Saturday, May 11 —Mothers’ Day
Tea, held at the Catholic Club.
June —Farewell Party.
undergkad ua?t
Warden W. B. Healey
Budget Shows
Small Balance
Set Expenditures
May Be Decreased
The first semester student activ
ity budget had a balance of $73.27.
There still are some outstanding
debts. After the collection of this
semester’s activity fees these bills
will be met.
The basketball, warm-up pants
bill of sixty-one dollars and ths
five dollar bill for the jardiniere:
for the game room are some of the
debts which still have to be attended
to.
In the next semester the expenses
on the budget will be greatly de
creased because there will be no
Student Council Conference and
the athletics budget will be greatly
lessened.
According to Ernest Watkins,
treasurer of the Student Council,
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Assembly Period Set;
Programs Being Planned
This semester a special hour is
set aside each week for assembly,
according to Mr. Coleman Herpel,
Administrative Head of the Center.
Plays, debates, and speeches are
included in the general plan for
programs to be presented by vari
ous school organizations.
Mr. Herpel stated that an at
tempt was also being made to
schedule several speakers who will
lecture on subjects of interest to
the Center students.
;er at Smoker
Warden Was
Guest Speaker
At Smoker
Youth and Crime
Discussed By Head
Of County Prison
On Friday, March 15, the men
of the Hazleton Undergraduate
Center held a smoker and had as
guests their fathers. The guest
speaker of the evening was Warden
William B. Healey, of Wilkes-
Barre.
Mr. Healey has been the warden
of the Luzerne County Prison for
about the past ten years. He dis
cussed the problem of youth and
crime as he has observed it during
his years of experience.
Ernest E. Watkins, ’42, was
chairman of the refreshments com
mittee with Salvadore Lio, ’42,
Richard E. Parsels, ’42, and Ed
ward L. Kasales, ’42, as committee
members. The members of the en
tertainment committee were:
Frank Venercso,’43; Angelo Luca
damo, ’42; and Mr. Roy E. Morgan,
faculty adviser.
Letters were sent inviting the
fathers of all students of the
Center to be present at the smoker.
H.U.C. Represented
At Debating Confab
The third annual convention of
the College Freshmen Debaters was
held March Ist and 2nd at the
Pennsylvania State College. These
colleges participating in the con
clave were the University of Pitts
burgh, the Bucknell Junior College,
the Bucknell College,-'Ju'niStjrCSP'
lege, Penn State, and the Hazleton
Undergraduate Center.
The purpose of the convention
was to discuss the questions, "What
nation should bear the basic blame
for the present European War, and
what the foreign policy of the
United States should be at the
present time?”
Two committees were appointed,
one to discuss the "basic blame”
question and the other to interpret
the present "foreign policy”
question.
The Freshmen Debaters agreed,
by a unanimous vote, that the pres
ent European War was caused by
both the Allies and Germany. They
advocated that the present foreign
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March, 1940