HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
PUBLISHED 81-WEEKLY
BY THE STUDENTS OF THE HAZLETON UNDERGRADUATE CENTER
OF PENN STATE COLLEGE
FACULTY ADVISOR MISS THERESA SCARNECCHIA
BUSINESS FACULTY ADVISOR MISS MARY DAVEY
EDITORIAL STAFF: *
Daniel Alampi Francis Fatsie Ramon Saul
Leon Baden Jack Fcdock Frank Sherno
Bernard Cortese Gerald Hassel Edward Wizda°
Bernard Dvorscak Aarcn Marsh Dan Wargo
BUSINESS STAFF:
Theodore Cichowic Joseph Fisher Carmen Stanziola
Bernard Dvorscak Edward Grega Joseph Wersinger
This is the first issue of your paper. We want this paper to re
present you, the student body of the Hazleton Undergraduate Center.
Therefore, it is our aim to present your thoughts,, ideas, and sug-
gestions
The success of the paper depends entirely upon each ar.d every
one of you. If you do not care to write articles, then give us your
suggestions, they may be invaluable in making the paper more inter
esting to the rest of the students. Let’s start right—right from the
start I
.’The.time for reorganization of the college student council is
approaching'. In the hands of this body rests the responsibility
lor the administration aud use of funds collected for student
activity. It is important, therefore, that members of the council
should be as well trained as possible in order that the Center
may derive maximum benefit and entertainment during the
present semester, which will be the tenure of offire of the incom
ing council.
In the hands of the student body lies the responsibility for
the choice of good representatives in council. How then can we
choose a council who will satisfy our needs? Let us first deter
mine those qualifications which will enable an individual Jo serve
efficiently and which will create a well-balanced council. We
need closely knit teamwork, social harmony, past expcrie-nce and
financial acumen. ’
'To develop team work in our council, let us rely upon our
sportsmen who have learned the importance of cooperation,
some developing it to a high tegree. Seel' out the host of the
sportsmen and propose them as candidates.
For social harmony let us choose those who can function
smoothly at social affairs. They will make good hosts and hos
tesses and will provide fine dinners and dances for our entertain-
' Past experience of present members of council will give our
new group warning of the pitfalls which might otherwise en
snare them. .Choose the best of incumbents.
For good judgment and financial acumen we must rely upon
the economists. They are of two types, however, —one which
attempts to spend its way to prosperity, and the other which
conserves its way to the same end. Choose the conservative
manager and you will have less to worry about.
Let us have councilmen from each of these types of people
to form a well-balanced body. Look around, weigh the person
alities of your fellow students, and choose and support the best
for student council. ’ ' ’
PUBLICITY AGENTS WANTED
We are sending out an SOS for publicity agents to all stu
dents of the Hazleton Undergraduate Center. Everyone of you
attending the Center can be of great help toward publicizing
this institution.
For too many years HUC has stood in obscurity. Now it
has the opportunity to become one of the leading institutions of
Hazleton and also of the state. There are many ways to publi
cize the Center: revive old clubs, take greater interest in new
cliilys, attend the coming basketball games, take pride in the
fact that you are from HUC, and let your friends and relatives
know all about our activities, our social functions, our faculty,
and our curriculum. HUC’s dream of a large student body has
been realized, but now let us utilize this large group to bring
HUC into the .public eye.
Remember, instead of talking about the weather, talk about
the Hazleton Penn State Center.
OUR AIM
ELECT A GOOD COUNCIL
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
The Poet's Point
Of View
To try to please all of the literary
tastes of a school as large as ours is
a hard and thankless task. Yet, in
accordance with our policy of pleas
ing as many people as possible, we
will publish poems, short stories, and
satires as often as you like. If you
the students, who are the real editors
of our paper, wish to have us make
this literary feature a permanent
thing we will do so. If not, then let
us know and we will act accordingly.
We, the staff, want to make this
paper the voice of the school. We
shall try to make this voice the same
as that one heard in the halls and the
game-room. The Collegian will speak
for the student, for the student will
speak in the Collegian.
Enough of this editorializing. I will
leave that to abler hands. Instead
find here a few simple but sincere
verses. Any of you who write and
would like, to see your brain-children
in type, consult any member of our
staff. Now the poetry for better or
worse.
REFLECTION
It’s lilac time back home and I
Dream of grass that’s green ’neath a
clear blue sky,
And hills that, form in the distant view
And a smiling girl that looks like yon.
Out here it’s hell ’neath beating sun,
The day is long and never done,
And it’s nice to think of a pleasant
And a smiling girl in lilac time.
TO A COQUETTE
Your lips are like the warm heady
wines
Sipped in pleasant company,
A thing to be avoided by the weak
like me
Lest sipping we should grow too fond
And live forever then in melancholy
state
Of one who can never satisfy the
want,
But lacks the will to stop the feeble
taste.
For you to lof.k upon me makes of
me
A man in heavy troubled slumber
hard to break.
I see myself reflected in your eyes
As the dreamer dream of a cool, dark
lake
Which lie finds refreshing for a mo
ment then reflecting,
Remember that he cannot swim a
stroke,
And has not the strength to wish the
dream away.
You are thus the thing I live for,
Knowing well you never can be mine,
Yet even in a pensive moment wish-
ing death
To rid me of the hurt I feel so keen,
I pause and then regret the wish.
For death wou’d be a state empty of
your being
That I cannot bear to think of,
though I know
At best you fill the vacuum only
deep with pain.
* * *
REQUIEM
A painted name, a white wood cross
To mark your resting place,
Soon blistering sun and shifting sand
Will blot out any trace.
Can courage be forgotten?
Or the things you died to say.
Will thought like works then dim
and pass,
And glory fade away?
No! Though you lie in alien sand,
In a heathen soil’s embrace,
In the hearts pledged to remember
Is your real resting place.
LIBRARY RULES
1. Books on the regular library
shelves may be taken out for one
week. At the end of that time they
may be renewed.
2. Books on reserve may be ob
tained at the circular desk. They may
be used for one hour in the library
or taken out over night. Over-night
books are to be returned no later
than 9 a. m. the following morning,
3. Magazines and newspapers may
be used only in the library.
4. A fine of two cents per day will
be charged for overdue books, except
those on reserve. The fine for reserve
books is five cents for each hour or
fraction thereof.
5. Silence is requested at all times
for the benefit of those who are
studying.
Personality Sketches
INTRODUCING DR. RAMSAY
First impressions of an individual
are often discounted when you really
got to know the individual. When
your reporter first met Dr. Hazel G.
Ramsay, she was immediately classi
fied as the dramatics instructor. Like
the grand lady of the theatre, with
expressive gestures and dramatic
voice, she is ever friendly, most ener
getic ar.d has a winnig personality.
Miss Ramsay came to the Hazleton
Undergraduate Center as history in
structor a year ago. She enjoyed the
work here so well that, consequently,
she returned this semester to teach
European and American History. Dr.
Ramsay enjoys her work here be
cause she is very much in favor of
the new trend of decentralized col
lege and the G. I. Bill of Rights, both
of which afford an opportunity to
those who otherwise would not be
able to gain a college education.
Dr. Ramsay’s main ambition has
been and is teaching. She enjoys
working with young adults, especially
in regards to history and the political
and social sciences. In teaching, she
advocates concentration upon the
class’s average individual in discus
sion groups rather than the general
use of a lecture method. Having
tried both, she finds the former more
effective and therefore more satis
fying.
Miss Ramsay started her education
at Goucher College, a woman’s school
in Baltimore. Even while studying',
she worked as private coach and
volunteer teacher. Her graduate
work was completed at the Univers
ity-of-Wisconsin where she graduated
with degrees of M.A. and Ph. D. Dr.
Ramsay was selected for training at
the Junior College'workshop at Har
vard University, a class made up of
two selected instructors from each
institution in the country. She -like—
| wise had a summer course at Oxford
! University in England. !
Besides teaching in private schools,
Dr. Ramsay has taught at the Uni
versity of Tennessee and the Univer
sity of .Colorado. She was teaching
at the Arlington Hall Junior College
in Washington, D. C. when the U. S.
Army Signal Corps took over the
school for wartime use. Daring this
war period Dr. Ramsay -went to Car
leton College in North-field, Minn.,!
where she, worked with the U. S.
Army in the Army Specialized Train
ing Program. , r!
In the coarse of the interview, Dr.
Ramsay made an interesting- state
ment. She said that statistics show
that in our usual large universities,
fifty to sixty percent of the freshmen
fail in the first year.
“I know what you are thinking,
I’m a freshman, too \”
* *
mr. McMullen
Mr. McMullen’s splendid personal
ity, sense of humor, and amicable
manner has made him popular with
the students and faculty alike. He
possesses a contagious smile and a
low-modulated voice which carries
the accent of the South. He flioined
our faculty in February, 1946.
He was born in Quincy, Florida in
the year 1915, his earliest aspiration
was to become a music composer.
In 1936, he graduated from the
University of Florida with a B. A.
degree in English. His master’s de
gree was acquired in 1939 at Colum
bia University.
The army claimed him in the
spring of 1942 and he served with
the Unitel States Army Signal Corps
at Washington, D. C. He assisted in
editing the new Japanese-American
dictionary and can speak, write, and
read in Japanese. The army honor
ably discharged him in January, 1946.
“The army,” he said, “I left glee
fully.”
Mr. McMullen’s hobby is music, and
is modest in divulging his mastery of
the flute. Toscanini is his favorite
musician. Classical music is his pre
ference.
* * *
SHIRLEE VAN NAUKER
Shirlees’s personality, poise, and
ability to wear clothes make her
stand out in any crowd. A canstant
smile and a flippant remark is part of
the make-up of this vivacious coed.
She was born in the year 1927 in
Hazleton. She graduated from Haz
leton High School with the class of
1945; then entered the Undergrad
uate Center during the fall semester
of the same year.
Her childhood ambition was to be
come a nurse, but she became inter
ested in bacteriology, which she is
studying at present.
When asked to give her opinion
of a model date, she replied, “I like
a fellow who is alive and a gentleman
at all times.”
* * *
PAUL SCHALLER
Paul, a second semester freshman,
possesses a winning personality and a
splashing’ sense of humor which has
served to acquire him many friends.
Born in Hazleton in 1924, his ear
liest ambition was to become a gam
bler. He graduated from Hazleton
High School in the class of 1946.
During the war, Paul served in the
Army Air Force as a'radio operator
and gunner, and saw combat in the
European Theatre of War.
Pie was shot down twice, once oyer
Northern Italy and once over Yugo
slavia. The Yugoslav Partisans aided
his escape to Allied territory.
Paul shot down two Geiman planes,
a Foche-Wulf and a Messerschmidt
109.
After his discharge in September
1945, he entered the Center for the
Spring Semester. He is majoring in
Industrial and Advertising- Psycho
logic
What Is An
Educated Man?
I Socrates said that education should
make a man a better citizen and
thereby a happier individual. Aris
totle held that the aim of education
should be to make people virtuous.
From these two statements we c-an
get the basis for the mark of an
educated man. An educated man
must at first register the marks of
happiness, virtue, and good citizen
ship. Those are the main distinguish
able characteristics. As for intelli
gence, no educated man will publi
cize that fact. Intelligence is some
thing- that is assumed unknowingly,
not shouted about. The man who
shouts, “I know it all. You can’t
teach me anything more,” that is the
man who is in reality ignorant, for
the educated man realizes that there
is no exact terminus to education;
education is a continuous process
just like life, and ends only when
life itself does.
The educated man must be world
wise, unbiased, and tolerant. He can
only condemn that which is against
moral concept. He must be willing
to accept that which is for the fur
therment of his education, or for the
betterment of others. The educated
man cannot be a Democrat or Re
publican, or leftist or rightist. He
must be liberal in his views, his judg
ments, and his selections.
Do not mistake haughtiness or the
up-turned noses as marks of an edu
cated man. They are marks of people
who think they are educated and
thereby consider themselves above
the common herd. The educated man
will consider himself as being equal
to all men. He will treat the “little
man and the big man” with the same
respect that should be due all men.
Educated men are not a “drug on
the market.” Today, they are just as
scarce as meat and sugar. To pos
sess those marks of an educated man
is very difficult; some people possess
a few, but few people possess them
all.
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