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Vol. IV, No. 1
STRICTLY
SPORTS
With a rather extensive fall
sports program completed, the Cen
ter is in the midst of a hectic bas
ketball season. After having won
four unofficial pre-season contests,
the Hucsters dropped league tilts
to both Altoona and Dußois on the
latters’ courts. Both games were
hard fought with neither decision
certain until the final gun. Com
ing back strong, the local quintet
has taken a pair of games from the
Pottsville Center, with the games
again being very close. In the only
other game this season, Wyomiss
ing Tech defeated our five on the
former’s floor. So as things stand
now, we have won two and lost two
Inter-Center League games, and
there are two league games to go.
Altoona leads the league with two
wins and no losses; we are next
with two and two; Dußois has Won
one and dropped one; and Pottsville
has dropped two and won one. Re
alizing that with victories over Al
toona and Dußois, Hazleton stands
a good chance for at least a first
place tie, Coaches Reed and Mad
erick are doing their utmost to
whip the boys into shape for these
important contest. In spite of the
heated battles we plan for our vis
itors, they can be sure we will do
everything possible to reciprocate
the fine hospitality they showed us
on our Western trip. Listed below
is the H. V- C. schedule for the re
mainder of the season:
Jan. 17 Dußois
Jan. 25 Bloomsburg Frosh*
Jan. 29 Wyomissing Tech
Feb. 7 Altoona
Feb. 13 M. & M. I.*
Feb. 26 M. & M. I.
*Away Games
Pressing basketball for sports
supremacy are many other out
standing activities, a major one of
which is ping-pong, which is ever
popular because it insures the stu
dent a mild yet wholesome means
of recreation. Out of a field of
twenty-one contestants, “Mousey”
Warshal won the Intra-Center
tournament. Ray Morgan and Sid
Klemow were the runners-up in the
order given.
Next in importance is bowling,
a new sport rapidly gaining prom
inence at the Center. An effort on
the part of a number of students
to form a bowling team has led to
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WHAT’S NEWS?
The Freshman Week program
conducted at the Hazleton Under
graduate Center this fall was more
extensive than that of previous
years. Besides the usual placement
tests and conferences with faculty
advisers, the Freshmen had several
song and cheer practices, which
were followed by a meeting with
sophomore counselors to acquaint
the new students with the college
routine and customs. Although oth
er Centers have published hand
books in previous years, this year
marks H. U. C.’s first publication
of a “bible”. A “Get-Acquainted
Party,” which was held at the Cen
ter, and a wiener and corn roast at
Eurana Park, Weatherly, brought
an elaborate Freshman Week to a
close.
After several additions and pro
motions, the personnel of the Cen
ter faculty has reached a new high
standard and should prove to be
exceptionally helpful to the student
body in maintaining a high schol
astic standing. One of the four new
instructors is Dr. Harold R. C. Mc-
Ilvaine, Instructor in Botany and
Zoology in Undergraduate Centers.
Dr. Mcllvaine earned his B. A.,
M. Ed., and Ph. D. at the Pennsyl
vania State College. The addition
of Dr. Mcllvaine to the staff has
meant the offering of courses in Zo
ology and Botany, which were not
FEATURING
THE SOCIAL PROGRAM
With the “Get-acquainted Farty”
this year’s social program was
launched.
The party was cleverly arranged
so that the students were required
to become acquainted in order to
enter into the games. With every
one hunting for the “myster
ious person” it wasn’t long before
each new frosh had learned the
names of many of his classmates.
However in order to give the stu
dents another opportunity to be
come better acquainted before the
serious grind of college began, the
following afternoon and evening a
wiener and corn roast was held at
Eurana Park in Weatherly. Im
mediately upon arriving the Fresh
men and Sophomores played a game
of softball and contrary to most
predictions, the Sophomores were
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available before. Dr. Elmer Pendell,
Assistant Frofessor in History and
Economics in Undergraduate Cen
ters, came here from the Fayette
Center. He secured his LL. B. de
gree from George Washington Uni
versity, his B. S. degree from the
University of Oregon, his M. A. de
gree from the University of Chi
cago, and his Ph. D. from Cornell
University. Mr. Howard Thorpe,
Instructor in Physics and Mathem
atics, has done research work at
the University of lowa, and has
worked in the laboratories of the
Universities of Tulane and of Ar
kansas. He is a newcomer to the
Center organization, as is Miss
Alice Itter, Part-time Instructor in
German. Miss Itter is an alumna of
the Hazleton Undergraduate Cen
ter and of the Pennsylvania State
College. She has been very active
in the Center Alumni Association.
In addition, Mr. Roy Morgan,
Assistant Administrative Head,
and Dr. Lester Kieft have been
raised from Instructors to Assis
tant Professors.
The Monday morning Assembly
programs have been planned by a
committee consisting of Jose Vas
quez and Fred McAdams, with Mr.
Coleman Herpel as faculty advisor.
Arrangements were made to have
representatives of the two major
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FORGASTING
“Plop” and a pie lands in a Key
stone Cop’s face!
Who will rescue Pretty Priscilla
from the clutches of the villain?
Will our hero be able to get out of
the burning building?—The an
swer to this and other burning
questions will be revealed this Fri
day evening after the Dußois bas
ketball game. Room 1 at the Center
will be converted into a real “Old
Opry House’’. Don’t fail to be there.
Peanuts will be on the house.
Phi Delta Phi, newly organized
Center fraternity, is talking about
sponsoring a semi-formal dance on
Thursday evening, January 30, at
the Hotel Altamont. If plans go
through, Frank Lombardo’s orches
tra will furnishing the music, and
dancing will be from nine until one.
This affair merits support since the
proceeds, if there are any, are to go
towards the Robert E. Eiche Schol
arship Fund.
WE EXPLAIN
I£Jfyany chance you get over the
shock of reading this, our belated
first issue, you might care to know
(just what we have tried to do with
this paper. In an attempt to econ
omize on space, we have eliminated
all headlines. The various types of
material ordinarily included in
school paper has been grouped to-
January, 1941
gether into several departments,
each of which is charged with gath
ering, organizing, and condensing
its own news. This has further
eliminated the necssity for a tra
ditional staff ; that is, an editor-in
chief, managing editor, and the
like. From the reader’s point of
view, all departments will find
themselves in the same place in
every issue of the paper so that one
will not have to look all through
the paper for some particular col
umn or bit of information.
We hope that this new type of
paper will meet with your approval.
If you should have an idea for a
new department or a suggestion for
improving ope of the present ones,
pass it along to one of the staff
members. This is a student and not
a faculty paper. If you think you
can help us make it a better one,
you are welcome to try your hand.
The Staff
Not to be outdone by other gov
e.-mental agencies, the Hazleton
Undergraduate Center along with
other centers of the Pennsylvania
State College has set up its own
alphabetical program. For those
not in the know, the mystic symbols
at the heading of this column re
present the official administrative
abbreviation of the Engineering
Defense Training program, classes
for which were started this week
at the Center.
The program is being set up by
the federal goverment in order “to
meet the shortage of engineers
with specialized training in fields
essential to the nationel defense.”
The Pennsylvania State College
with approximately 6300 students
enrolled in 21 committees out of
the 41 eventually to be organized
is promoting the largest program
of any institution in the country.
According to the most accurate
count that could be made at this
moment a total of 218 men have
enrolled in the seven courses being
offered here. The breakdown by
courses is as follows: Engineering
Drafting 1, 73; Engineering Draft
ing 2, 31; Physical Testing (Metal
lurgical Applications), 28; Fuel
Technology, 16; Elementary Mach
ine Design, 11; Chemistry, Physics,
and Mathematics (a pre-Testing
program), 26; Mathematies, Me
chanics, and Strength of Materials
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J. F. M.
E.D.T.