State Junior College Finals Begin Tonight
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Vol. X. No. 9
UCLA Soph Leaves
Cares Behind, Goes
On Ocean Voyage
Until not so many months ago,
Bob Ivers was an undergraduate at
the University of California, at Los
Angeles. Then the economies forced
on him by his GI veteran's stipend
began to make Bob a bit restless, a
bit harassed. Before he knew it
Ivers had become a radio operator on
a merchant ship bound from Texas
to Japan.
Added to the radio-op salary that
he's saving for his return to scholas
tic life is the commission that he's
receiving from Varsity, the young
man's magazine because Ivers is
now the publication's foot-loose cor
respondent.
His first report is a college man's
humorous look at the merchant ma
rine. "It seems to be traditional," he
says, "that chief engineers must
complain about excessive water con
sumption. Every ship of every na
tion probably has a sign that says,
`Too much water used on last trip.
Water will be turned off except for
certain hours if this practice contin
ues.' However," Bob points out,
"These signs are evidently put up as
soon as the ship is launched. They
are always brown with age."
USHERETTES ON DUTY
AT TOURNAMENT
This evening and tomorrow eve
ning five HUC students will serve as
usherettes for the junior college
tournament at Hazleton High School.
The group will assist guests to their
seats.
The girls in the group are Doris
Bartol, Theresa Zogby, Mary Ellen
McHugh, and Irene Smith. They will
wear white blouses and black skirts
and will have an "usherette" 'ribbon
STUDENTS INVITED TO ENTER
CAMERA CLUB PIX CONTEST
The officials of the undergradu
ate center's camera club announced
today that the group will sponsor a
photo contest starting at noon today.
The competition has been limit,.‘d to
HUG students, faculty members and
members of the school's office force.
No one not connected with the school
will be eligible for entrance.
Club Adviser Melvin Levine said
that prizes will be awarded on per
sonal appeal, technique and compo
sition; The judges for the contest
will be Amos GoSs, Arthur Carpen
ter, and Harold Simmons, president
HAZLETON UNDERGRADUATE CENTER, HAZLETON. PA
THE ONLY ONE
Bob Hulton
York UC Coach Bob Hulton is the
only mentor to have successfully
sent a winning team against the
1947-48 HUC cagers. Sportsmen of
the region predict :that the final
game tomorrow evening will pit his
team against the HUCsters. Each
having won a game from the other,
this may be the seasonal bully.
CALENDAR
Of Remeining Events
March 25, Thursday Spring
Recess begins 11:50 a. m.
March 31, Wednesday Spring
Recess ends 8:00 a. m.
March 31, Wednesday Mid-
Semester Below Grade Reports
due 12:00 noon.
May 25, Tuesday Second
Semester Classes end 5:00 p. m.
May 26, Wednesday Examin
ations begin 8:00 p. m.
June 3, Thursday Second
Semester ends 5:00 p. m.
of the Hazleton Camera Club. All
prints which must be five by seven
inches must be submitted to the
admingtrative office no later than
midnight, March 15.
It was added that the darkroom
facilities of the junior college which
are located in the Broad Street bail=
ding are available to any student of
the school who joins the camera club.
At the present time the camera club
is conducting a series of discussions
on photography principles and the
program includes talks and instruc-
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PENNSYLVANIA'S BEST JUNIOR
COLLEGE QUINTETS WILL COMPETE
The four best junior college bas
ketball teams HUC, Pitt Junior
College in Johnstown, Altoona UC,
and York UC will take to the
Hazleton High hardwood this eve
ning in the first double bill to crown
the Pennsylvania State Junior Col
lege champ. The games will begin at
7:15 o'clock this evening. Tomorrow
evening the finals will be staged with
another doubleheader.
Amos Goss of the local junior col
lege is chairman for the sports tour
ney and the program has been laid
out- by membeis of the faculty and
student body of HUC.
The first contest this evening will
match Hazleton against Pitt Junior
College. The second contest will be
played .between York and Altoona.
For the past three weeks tickets
have been on sale at regional busi
ness places. Melvin Levine has been
in charge of this phase of the proj
ect.
Of the teams which will be com
peting for the state title this week-
CADET RANKS SOON FOR ROTC
MEMBERS HERE: PLAN DRILL SITE
Cadet ranks will soon be given to
HUC ROTC students, according to
an announcement by Sgt. John Vas
ko of the _school's military training
office. The sergeant explained that
as soon as the current winter breaks,
a drill site will be selected for the
local group and that officers will be
appointed to manage platoons.
Each platoon will be headed by a
cadet lieutenant and a cadet platoon
sergeant. In the cadet ranks for
each platoon will be three staff ser
geants, three sergeants and five cor
porals. The authorization for ap
pointment will be issued from the
ROTC office at the main campus.
Since the beginning of the second
semester, the HUC group has under
gone increased activity and plans are
now being made to set up a rifle
range. Marksmanship competition
will begin as soon as a firing site is
obtained.
This week the Rotacee boys were
inspected by Capt. Edmund Kensok
from State College.
PUT ON - THE DOG
Bill Steirier "put on the dog"
Wednesday afternoon in speech class
when he spoke on the art of "Comb
ing a Dog's Hair."
A live dog was used in the demon
stration and it was secured from the
Watkins animal hospital, this city.
Easter Vacation
Begins March 25
It was announced by the adminis
tration that the college will observe
a five day suspension for Easter this
year. The college classes will end at
noon Thursday, March 25, and will
resume with the eight o'clock classes
on Wednesday morning, March 81.
There have been no plans by any
of the Undergraduate Center's or
ganizations to hold an Eastertime
function.
end, the Hazleton Undergraduate
Center squad has flashed the outstan
ding season's record with 15 wins
and one loss. York, the quintet
picked to oppose Hazleton to the fi
nal whistle, has a record of 11 wins
and one defeat. The loss was handed
the YUCmen by Syd Rudman's com
bination.
East Cage Teams
Fear West, He Says
Why is it that a certain group of
Eastern colleges and universities
still prefer to stay in their own back
yard meeting Western and Far
Western basketball teams only on
home boors? Are Eastern basketball
teams afraid to go' West ?
That question is asked by Douglas
R. Mills, athletic director of the
University of Illinois, in the current
issue of Varsity, the- young man's
magazine. His answer is two-fold:
it's the fear of losing to Western op
position. And it's the fear of losing
big box-office.
By keeping their eyes on the juicy
bait of dollar signs, Mills declares,
Eastern metropolitan teams may
cripple intersectional basketball for
good. That's the only result possible
if schools like St. John's, FOrdham,
New York University, Manhattan,
City College of New York ? ' Tem'ple,
and Canisius continue their 'course.
Mills pointed out that in the four
teen years that Western teams have
journeyed to the East for occasional
games, they've won over sixty per
cent of their encounters. Similarly,
when stars 'of both coasts net last
March in a benefit match, that record
was underlined by a West Coast win.
March 5, 1948