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Vol. X No. 3
UCIA HEADS COLLEGE COUNCIL
PENN STATE IN HAZLETON IS ON THE AIR
FATSIE EDGED OUT BY NINE VOTES;
MUNROE FRESHMAN PRESIDENT
By RAY PHILLIPS
Students of HTJC went to the polls
on Oct. 13 and 14 and when the re
sults were all in 'and tabulated, twelve
students had been chosen to head and
represent their *respective classes.
With every office at stake voting was
heavy and competition lively.
Frank Lucia squeezed into the all
important Sophomore presidency,
beating Francis Fataie by nine votes,
80-71. Walter Steinman ran a close
third in this battle. Lucia; under the
new set-up recently inaugurated at
RUC, automatically becomes Presi
dent of the new Student' Council.
In the battle for , Sophomore Vice
President, John Riley won by a com
fortable margin over his nearest op
ponent, Samuel Marolo, the final
count being 88-35. Maimon Saul and
Donald Smith were tied for third and
were close behind Marolo.
The Freshman elections, while not
so close as those of the Sophomores,
provided some interesting returns es
peciall/y in the number of votes polled
by the winning candidates.
James Munroe ran away from the
rest of the field in the Frosh Presiden
cy battle, getting 117 votes to 60 for
his nearest opponent, Michael Arlotto
with Harry Kiemic running third.
The most decisive victory of the day
went to Richard Waechter who won
the Freshman Vice Presidency.
Waechter, in winning, ran up the
highest total of votes - in the entire
election. Final returns saw Waechter
beating opponent Albert Rosen, 148-
65.
Clarence Sipple won over two oppo
nents to become Sec.-Treas. of the
Sophomore Class. Sipple polled• a to
tal of 84 votes with Henry Deren and
Patricia Kringe finishing in that or
der.
Freshman Mary Ellen McHugh was
unopposed as she ran for Sec.-Treas.
of the Freshman class and thus had
Wedding B
Simon Faltz, a student at HUC,
traveled halfway across the world
to find education and a wife and
found both in Hazleton, Pa.
Simon, who is in his fourth semes
ter, was born in the Free State of
Danzig but was forced to flee from
that city when the Nazis took over.
From Danzig he went to Trinidad
and finally came to this country
where he located in Hazleton and
started studies at HUC.
Last week, Simon took as his
bride Miss Doris 'Nelson, a graduate
of 'Hazleton High School class of
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NEW SOPH. PRESIDENT
Frank Lucia
no trouble in 'winning the position
While the three Freshman candi
dates for Student Council also had no
opposition, nine Sophomores were
seeking to become the representatives
from that class. Bernard Dvorsak,
James Fischer and Jane Kenvin pre
vailed.over the others to become the
Sophomore Delegates to the College
Council. The unopposed Freshman
candidates were Anthony Dombroski,
Irene Smith and Ralph Spayd.
Hardest worker in the election was
Mr. Syd Rudman who literally "took
the polls" to many of the students in
their classrooms, and through whose
efforts the success of the election was
secured.
Here's hoping the reign of the new
administration is a happy, successful
and wise one.
Its Ring Out
1941. After a brief honeymoon in
New York, the couple returned to
Hazleton where Simon has resumed
his studies at HUC.
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On Saturday morning, October- 25,
at 9 o'clock Miss CaUherine Bartosev
ich, secretary of the Hazleton Un
dergraduate Center, will be married
t o Bernard Levash at the Transfigu
ration Church in West Hazleton.
Miss Bartosevich, better known as
Miss "B", has worked at HUC for
the past two years, and will return
to her duties after a honeymoon to
New York and Massachusetts.
ART CLUB MEETS
The 'RUC Art Club held its first
meeting Thursday evening, Oct. 9, at,
8 p.m. in the art room at the Broad
Street building.
Because of scheduled examinations
on the following day, the attendance
at the first meeting was small, but the
group present held elections of club
officers. Among those to be elected
were as follows: President, Joseph
Wersinger; Vice President!, Thomas
Shuptar; Secretary, Siegmund Knies;
Treasurer, Lillian Rymsza; Student
Council Representative, Frank Lucia;
and Club Advisor, Mr. Arthur Car
penter.
The purpose of the HUC Art Club
is to promote better understanding of
art and its respective fields in our
center. All future meetings will be
held at the Broad Street building at
7:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Students who
are interested in art are invited to
attend and also to bring their friends.
THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE
HUC ART CLUB IS NOT LIM
ITED: TO , HUC STUDENTS.
Plans to hold art exhibitions, i'rav
els to art shows, and visits to various
aril exhibitions in New York, Phila
delphia, and other state wide affairs
are being planned.
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
TO ORGANIZE
The Photography Club, sponsored
by Mr. Melvin Levine, will conduct
its first meeting on October 22. No
previous knowledge is required to
join the club.
A considerable amount of modifi
cations have been made on the
school's darkroom. Members will be
able to use school equipment but
must furnish supplies such as paper,
film, etc. The chemicals will be
bought from dues collected by the
club.
HISTORY BOOKS NEEDED
Unused history books in the
possession of upperclassmen
can be put to immediate use
by freshmen who were not
fortunate enough to obtain
copies. It is requested by Dr.
Ramsay that those persons
who have agreed to loan copies
to the History department
Contact her immediately.
THE COLLEGIAN expresses the
sympathy of the student body to
Arthur Felicangelo upon the death
of his father, and to Mr. Hobson
Zerbe upon the death of his mother.
October 17, 1947
INITIAL THESPIAN
PRODUCTION TONIGHT
The first production of the newly
organized Thespian Club of the. Ha
zleton Undergraduate Center will hit
the airways at 8:00 p. m. over the
Hazleton Broadcasting Company's
WAZL facilities. With the close of
Pennsylvania Week tonight, the pro
duction will feature highlights
throughout Pennsylvania.
Working with the HUC Glee Club,
Misses Garbrick, Bonn and James are
directing the efforts of their radio
staff of writers, actors and soloists.
HUC IN TONIGHT'S
MUMMERS PARADE
A two level float depicting the ac
tivities of the Undergraduate Center
here in Hazleton will be entered into
the Mummers Parade this evening.
The display has been designed by Ar
thur Carpenter, head of the HUC art
department.
On the first level there will be a
unit of freshmen wearing "clinks" and
name signs. Musical activities at HUC
will be presented by a small group
playing instruments.
The sophomore class will be pre
sented on the second level. Student€
wearing varsity "S" sweaters and
cheerleading uniforms will make up
the remaining part of the second level
display.
'Surmounting the entire float will be
a large arch bearing the name of the
undergraduate center and in the arch
will be tlwo students in graduation
cap and gown. Each one will hold a
scroll depicting the final stages of
college education.
Assisting Mr. Carpenter in thr
parade float are A. A. Goss, Edra
'StatTieri; Margaret LiechtY, A. E.
Seible and Syd Rudman.
MATHEMATICS CLUB
TO REORGANIZE
Mr. Richard K. Coburn, Miss Mar
gareto Wood, and Miss Liechty wel
come all Mathematics-two students t
the first meeting of the Mathematic
Club on Monday, October 20, in Roor
3 of the Walnut Street Building.
In the past the club discussed prop
lems in Algebra and Trigonometry
worked with trigonometric table
and made easy the use of the slid
rule. Student participation contribt
Ited to the success of the club. Adde
to these features this year will be •
series of lectures on mathematics b
instructors from the Penn Stat.
Campus.
"This is the time and
_place for
discussion of the problems you lost
sleep over," says Mr. Coburn.