HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
PUBLISHED 81-WEEKLY
BY THE STUDENTS OF THE HAZLETON UNDERGRADUATE CENTER
EDITORIAL ADVISOR MISS THERESA SCARNECCHIA
BUSINESS ADVISOR MISS MARY L. DAVEY
CO-ED I TORS: ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
F. X. Fatsie G. M. Tomsho Dan Wargo Edward Wizda
SPORTS EDITORS: BUSINESS STAFF:
Leon Baden Ramon Saul Business Manager .. Carmen Stanziola
FEATURE EDITORS Advertising Mgr Joseph Wersinger
Aaron Marsh Gerald Hassel Circu|atjon Manager Edward Gre g a
STAFF WRITERS:
James Moran, Siegmund Knies, Jr., ASSOCIATES.
Louis Kerchbaumer, Lorraine De- Joseph Fisher, Bernard Dvorscak,
Joseph, Rose Deitch. George Sipida, Donald Smith.
THE COLLEGIAN WANTS YOU!
The editorial and advertising staffs of the COLLEGIAN
need a few additional members. Would you care to join?
All students who are interested in journalism should take ad
vantage of this opportunity. It will acquaint you with the in
tricate functioning of a newspaper staff.
There are openings for feature reporters, club reporters,
typists, and copy readers. Accepting a position in any one of the
mentioned openings does not require you to write a certain
coverage at all times. If you feel that you would like to report on
other than what is assigned, it is perfectly agreeable to all. Any
new plans which you might have in mind would be readily con
sidered.
We plan to raise the COLLEGIAN to greater heights than,
are deemed possible and we will do it!
Many have expressed the opinion that as many students as
possible should be on the staff. It would give them experience in
a new field, and also enjoyment.
Hence, the COLLEGIAN plans to have two staffs. Each will
have a separate managing editor and feature editors. One staff
will publish the issue for the early part of the month; the other
staff will handle the issue for the latter part. This will give each
reporter a month to gather his copy. Also, it will not interfere
w'ith his studies.
Before this plan can be put into action, pew additions to the
staff are necessary. If you are interested, give your name to
Francis Fatsie.
The semester is over. Some who started with us have fallen
by the wayside, for the road has not always been an easy one.
But what road that leads to better things ever is? The price of
success has ever been toil.
Progress has been made. True, there are still those among us
who are engulfed in lethargy but there are also those who are
working and will continue to.work to make HUC and this com
munity a better place. The progress of HUC has been great and
quite evident in the last several mouths —so much so, that it has
captured the imagination of the civic-minded citizens of Hazle
ton. Regardless of the outcome of the discussions concerning
HUC, valuable ground has been gained in that the institution is
being discussed and being recognized.
The COLLEGIAN has watched with interest a new student
council, largely inexperienced, evolve into a moving functional
body. We have seen a group of people with no more equipment
than a few song sheets and a desire to work, develop into a mu
sical organization of which we can be greatly proud. A look at
the language clubs, dramatic clubs and the girls’ sorority shows
that they, too, are headed toward big things next semester. The
COLLEGIAN 1 points with modest pride to a newspaper which
was begun through hard work and determination, and little else.
Today we boast of an “office”, a typewriter and a staff that
would make any editor’s heart happy.
Today in contemplating the close of the current semester, it
is with a feeling of achievement that we do so. Our school has
.presented a carol sing, several radio forums and other radio pro
grams. HUC is becoming synonomous with community projects;
our athletics draw favorable commeint from the local press; our
faculty has gained the respect of the community for their interest
in local affairs. HUC is becoming a topic of interest to the man
in the street. There are among us dreamers wdio envision a big
ger and better institution; there are those who see an education
al institution which will rank with any junior college in the coun
try.
Certainly, there are obstacles to overcome; there are those
who believe education in our community should be relegated to
a secondary position. Let those of us who are students here
c.ha,nge their critical attitude by making our attitude so progres
sive, so vital that they will see the light. Scoffers call dreaming
the pasttime of the idle; yet dreams and visions have changed
America from a wilderness to the greatest nation in the world.
Let us cherish these dreams and work toward that day when
they will become a reality.
PROGRESS
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
POETS POINT OF VIEW
Once again, your poet has drifted
into that special mood, whereby he
can give you his impressions of love
and life. One usually says that words
are magic; here’s hoping that poetry
can be more so.
You
Quite like an angel bathed in the soft
candle light,
Reflecting the golden hair and face pink
and white,
Surely no cherubic creature could be
fairer
Or more lovelier than you,
You are a bit of a demon with lips warm
then cool,
To tantalize a man's senses til it seems
We would follow you to Hades,
And count the trip well made.
To kiss you only once
For you are contradiction;
When you frown, I am a man
Damned to see the troubles of the world;
Yet, when you smile, my heart is light,
My arms are strong enough to lift the
globe.
* *. *
Sleep Well!
They say you are avenged,
You, who lie on Normandy's beaches.
dead.
Before you ever knew the joys of life
And never felt the warm grasp of
Your own infant son's arms about
Your necks ....
They say they died, all of them mutter-
ing
Apologies or insults to a world
Weary of their being
And that dying, they paid the price
For the suffering and misery they caused.
And since the price is paid.
You should rest easy.
.Or so all the papers and the politicians
say.
You should take no notice of those who
roam
The earth's face still homeless and alone.
The life from fiery crosses lit with hate
Should not cause you much alarm nor
why
The colored vet who lost his eyes
For daring to use the speech you died to
keep free,
Should cause you any unrest they cannot
see.
Yes, twelve men died at Nuremburg;
You are avenged, sleep well,
Sleep well.
Veterans" Column
Mr. Sacco, your training officer,
will be here at the Walnut Street
Building every Tuesday and Thurs
day at the following hours:
Tuesday 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. and
1 P.M. to 3 P.M.
Thursday 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. and
1 P.M. to 3 P.M.
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It is very important that Veterans,
regardless of what law they are
training under, contact their training
officer at the end of the month when
he calls for his check report. Regula
tions require that the veteran must
contact his training officer at least
once a month.
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A world of caution: Often the vete
rans Administration sends papers
and documents directly to the vete
ran to be completed. If you are in
doubt, contact your training officer
immediately and you will probably
avoid many unnecessary errors. The
improper completion of these forms
or questionaires in the past has re
sulted in temporary delays in receiv
ing your checks and in some cases
suspension.
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Form No. 1961 (Estimate of Com
pensation for Production Labor) are
required once a term. The school will
furnish you with this form and you
must complete it during your regis
tration for the second semester.
You will receive a Form No. 1963
through the mails. This should be
completed and mailed to the Region
al Office or turned over to your train
ing officer.
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It is very important that all vete
rans who are married or who claim
other dependents, if they have not
already applied for benefits, do so
immediately. These benefits are not
retroactive to the date of dependency
but are retroactive only to the date
of application.
Personality Sketches
DICK BARAGER
Dick needs no introduction to the
members of the upper class. His
keen wit and easy manner have made
him popular with both the male and
female members of our student body.
Dick was born in Honesdale, Penn
sylvania in the year 1927, and his
childhood ambition was to become a
doctor. IHe attended the Hazleton
High School and graduated in the
year 1945. He entered HUC in the
fall of the same year.
At present, he is majoring in edu
cation with the ultimate hope of be
coming a teacher.
Dick is one of the reasons that our
social affairs at the HUC have be
come such a tremendous success. He
is an active member of our Student
Council and has served on many im
portant committees. He is also a
member of the Glee Club and has
appeared as soloist in many of the
club’s presentations.
An ideal date, according to Dick,
must have three requisites, “She
must be attractive, poised, and a
good mixer.”
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BETTY PROCOPIO
This quiet and attractive lass was
born in the town of Freeland in the
year 1925. She attended school in
Freeland and graduated from Free
land High School.
Her childhood ambition was to be
come a nurse. She came closer than
most of us to realizing her childhood
ambition, for she spent 18 months in
training for the nursehood.
She entered HUC in the spring se
mester of 1946 and has the distinc
tion of being the only second semes
ter girl student enrolled here.
In the extra-curricular activity
field, Betty is a member of the girls’
sorority, the Omega Chi Tau, and she
is also a member of the glee club.
Like most of the women enrolled
here, her opinion of an ideal date is
“A boy who is well-mannered —darn
it!”
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MR. CHARLES MARTIN
Due to the popularity of the chem
istry courses offered at the HUC, it
was necessary to secure another
chemistry instructor. It was our good
fortune to have Mr. Charles Martin
sent here as instructor.
Although Mr. Martin was born in
Allentown, Pa., he has lived mostly
in the adjoining town of West Hazle
ton.
He graduated from the West
Hazleton High School in the year
1940, and then entered Penn State
College where he majored in chem.
engineering. At present he holds a
B.S. degree in chemistry, and intends
to begin graduate work for his mas
ter’s degree this summer.
After graduating from college, he
worked for some time at an oil refi
nery. Duty called and he then joined
the Navy. He served in the South
west Pacific Theater as an Electron
ics Technician Mate, 3c. He served
chiefly : n Korea, China, Bikini and
the Philippines.
When asked his opinion of the
students now enrolled here, he re
plied, “They are hard working, indus
trious and conscientious.’’
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MISS ELIZABETH BROWNELL
COLLIER
The two attributes which always
linger with a person upon being in
troduced to Miss Collier are her
warm friendly smile and her exact
enunciation of the English language.
Born in Oneida County in the state
of New York, Miss Collier’s earliest
ambition was to become a teacher.
Her ambition became realized as we
all know.
She attended Packer Collegiate In
stitute in Brooklyn, New York for a
period of eight years. After gradua
tion, Miss Collier entered Vassar Col
lege where she majored in classics.
In her senior year she decided that
as a classics teacher she would miss
meeting a great many brilliant stu
dents. As a result, she decided to
major in English, and graduated with
a B.A. degree in that subject.
Miss Collier’s class prophecy was
that she would be jumping through
hoops in a circus, an eroneous pre
diction, we must admit.
Her M.A. in English was procured
at Columbia University where she
majored in English and minored in
comparative literature.
Miss Collier also spent a year at
Oxford in England. Many of her in
structors were men of great renown.
Among them were Professor Napier,
Gilbert Murray, who taught Greek
plays, and Sir Charles Firth, profes
sor of history. She spent her vaca
tions at the British Museum and the
Bodleian. (The Bodleian is a great
treasure house of rare manuscripts
and books.)
Mis Collier taught in two colleges
in New York. In one she taught ad
vanced literature to students who
were not quite so mature as the av
erage student of Hazleton Undergra
duate Center.
Her travels have been very exten
sive, and I might add, in a very un
usual manner. She has toured Eng
land, France, Holland, Belgium and
Germany by bicycle.
During the war Miss Collier’s pa
triotism was indeed commendable.
She taught in a boarding school du
ring the day. In the afternoon she
hurried by train to Bloomfield, New
Jersey where she was employed in
the Westinghouse factory. Miss Col
lier was on the assembly line helping
to make gun-sight bulbs for the A
merican and British Navies. Her
most thrilling moment came when
everybody there was awarded the Ar
my-Navy “E” for meritorious pro
duction.
Miss Collier joined our faculty at
the beginning of the present semes
ter, and is teaching English. She be
lieves that the veterans are very re
markable, and are doing extraordina
ry work. “Teaching the veterans”,
she said, “is going to make it difficult
to teach younger students in the fu
ture.”
HUC WELCOMES
DR. McILVAINE
Hazleton Undergraduate Center
welcomes the return of Dr. Harold
Mcllvaine, instructor in psychology,
botany, zoology and mathematics.
Mr. Mcllvaine was at the Undergra
duate Center previously from 1940
to 1943 when he entered the United
States Army for three years.
Although bom in Altoona, he mar
ried a girl from Harrisburg, and he
attended Penn State College; how
ever, Dr. cllvane likes to consider
Hazleton his home. He has many
friends in the Mountain City, and is
very happy to be back with us.
Upon receiving his Doctor’s De
gree from Penn State in 1939, Dr.
Mcllvaine went immediately to the
Pottsville Undergraduate Center
from where he came to Hazleton in
1940. He commented favorably on
the many changes which he found
on his return. Although he enjoyed
the smaller group, because everyone
knew everyone else the increased en
rollment was gratifying.
Dr. Mcllvaine will serve as an ad
visor and counsellor for academic
and vocational problems, as well as
personal matters. In an interview, he
stressed the importance of students
voicing their problems before they
are allowed to get beyond control.
While in the Army, Dr. Mcllvaine
worked as a clinical psychologist in
service hospitals. He disagrees with
the alarmists of our day who believe
that the veteran is a dangerous prob
lem. If given the opportunity for a
dequate housing, education or a de
sired vocation, the veteran, he ex
plained, is not in any great danger
with reconversion.
The greatest problems are those
that troubled the veteran before he
entered the service. Mr. Mcllvaine is
ready and willing to assist in any
problems that confront the students
of HUC.
Beside the filling station now
The village smithy stands,
And many dollars fall into
His large and sinewy hands.
Beauty alone may please, not cap
tivate; Tf lacking grace, .’tis but a
hookless bait. —Uapito