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Vol. X. No. 6
CENTER CLUB CONTEMPLATED HERE SOON
Set To Operate After
Christmas Holidays
As a result of a meeting held last
night between a student-faculty com
mittee from the Penn State Under
graduate Center and officials of the
Knights of Columbus, plans were
furthered to arrange for the use of
the spacious, Knights of Columbus
clubrooms by the students of the lo
cal junior college.
Meeting with Edward Matthews
and Atty. Robert Gillespie were
Francis Fatsie and Hugh Close, stu
dents at the junior college, and Ar
thur Seibel and Miss Hilda Lee
James, faculty members. As an out
come of the meeting it was decided
that all students of the junior college
would use the Knights' upstairs
clubrooms every Wednesday and Fri
day evening where patties can be
held and dancing enjoyed.
A service bar where sandwiches
and soft drinks can be procured will
be available for the students. The
activities carried on by the students
will be under the direct supervision
of faculty members each night.
Group plans call for the establish
ment e_T a Student Union Club later,
when some approximation of the
number of students using the priv
ilege can be made.
The 'Collegian wishes to deviate
from its usual objective presentation
of the news and strongly express its
wholehearted approval of the sugges
tion. Collegian feels that it will fur
ther the interests of the social setup
at this institution and any action in
this respect will receive our unquali
fied support.
Alumni Dance
Xmas Night
Alexis Neapoliton, general
chairman of the All College
Dance to be held in the Hotel
Altamont ballroom Christmas
night, announced today that the
Art Wendel orchestra will sup
ply the music for the annual af
fair this year.
The dance, proceeds of which
will go into the Robert E. Eiche
Scholarship Fund, is priced at
$4.80 per couple and is open to
the general public. This annual
Christmas event is being spon
sored by the Penn State Alumni
Association of Hazleton and will
be a formal affair.
The committee making all ar
rangements for the dance in
eludes three Penn State Under
graduate students: Hugh Close,
Frank Lucia and Francis Fatsie.
HAZLETON UNDERGRADUATE CENTER, HAZLETON. PA
Winners In Billy Rose Contest
PATRICIA KRINGE
GRACE McBRIDE
‘44.
Court Queen
Miss Grace Mcßride, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mcßride of 24
North Tamaqua street, McAdoo, has
been selected to reign as "Court
Queen" at the Penn State Center by
Billy Rose, famous New York show
' man and restauranteur. The an
nouncement was made after the
receipt of a letter from Rose in
which he made his decision and add
ed his personal congratulations.
As alternates, Rose selected Patri
cia Kringe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Kringe, 122 South
Broad street; and Margaret Schwei
tzer, 233 South Winters avenue,
West Hazleton.
The contest to select a Penn
State Center "Court Queen" was
conducted by "Collegian", the local
junior college newspaper. Photo
graphs of the girls who competed
were sent to the Ziegfeld Theater in
New York where Rose is producing
a play, and the showman made his
selections from the photographs.
Miss Mcßride, 19, is a sophomore
at the junior college and is studying
medical technological theory. She is
a member of Omega Chi Tau so
rority and a cheer leader at the lcoal
school. The new "Court Queen" at
tended Immaculate Heart Academy
before entering the Undergraduate
Center.
Alternate Patricia Kringe gradua
ted from West Hazleton High School
in the class of '46. Majoring in edu
cation, Patricia is also a member of
Omega Chi Tau, a cheerleader and
student delegate to Activities Board.
Her hobbies are photography, bowl
ing, and dancing.
Margaret Schweitzer, second al
ternate to the newly-crowned "Court
Queen", is also a product of West
Hazleton High School, class of '46.
Center's Greatest Asset:
ClOll leg i t an VITAL PROGRESSIVE
SPIRI
Alternate Queen
MARGARET (SCHWEITZER
Alternate Queen
She is studying to become a labora
tory technician and plays a promin
ent role in all girls' activities.
Welcome Pottsville Reception
Here December 17th
It was announced early yesterday
that plans for the Welcome Pottsville
reception, to be held December 17,
at a hall to be announced later, are
in the process of formation. The
Dramatics Club of the school, under
the supervision of Miss Hilda Lee
James, are ironing out the last min
ute details as we go to press.
The reception will follow the bas
ketball game between the Pottsville
cagemen and our Hazleton Under
graduate Center team. A large at
tendance is expected and the commit
tee is planning a program of varied
entertainment.
December 6, 1947
International Relations
Club To Sponsor
Christmas Dance
It was announced this week that
the International Relations Club will
sponsor the annual Christmas Semi
forinal, December 18 at the Hotel
Altamont. President Joseph Fisher
of that organization has appointed
the various committees to insure effi
cient progress for the event.
The Christmas dance has always
been one of the highlights of the so
cial season at HUC and this year's
affair promises to rank high among
those given in previous years.
Dancing will get under way at
9 p. m. to the music of Art Wendel
and his orchestra and will continue
until midnight.
While there will be no charge to
the students for the dance, it is em
phasized that matriculation cards
will be absolutely necessary for ad
mittance.
The committees appointed by
president Fisher are as follows: Co
ordinator Paul Waiting, Band
Al Rosen and Aaron Marsh, Decora
tions Hugh. Close and Jean Uz
mann, Programs Pucillo, Invita
tions Joella McCarty, Art Publici
ty Frank Lucia, Entertainment
Aaron Marsh, Mink, Theresa Zogby
and Anella Miraldo.
Center Faculty
Attended Conferences
Two members of the Hazleton Un
dergraduate Center faculty attended
out-of-town meetings during the
Thanksgiving holiday just ended.
Amos A. Goss, administrative head
of the Center, drove to Atlantic City,
N. J., where he attended the National
Convention of the American Associa
tion of Junior Collees. With him were
the administrative heads of the Penn
State 'Centers located in Pottsville.
Altoona and Dubois.
Hobson T. Zerbe, instructor in
mathematics at the local Junior Col
lege, traveled to Philadelphia where
he met with other members of the
Mathematical Association of Amer
ica. The Association's meeting, held
Saturday and Sunday, November 29
and 30, featured such prominent
speakers as Professor N. J. Fine,
University of Pennsylvania; Profes
sor V. F. Cowling. Lehigh University;
and Professor F. D. Murnaghen,
Johns Hopkins University.
RADIO PROGRAM THURS.
The Language Department of the
Hazleton Undergraduate Center will
present a radio program Thursday,
December 11, featuring as its theme
Christmas in other lands.
Students of Spanish, French and
German will participate. The super
vising faculty members are: Miss
Edra Stafferi, Miss Helen Dossen
bach, Miss Emma Phillips and Miss
Pearl Garbrick.