March 25, 1949
Club Doings
The Chemistry club and the En
gineering club held a point meeting
on Wednesday evening at which time
a Ceramics engineer lectured. Re
freshments were served later. On
April 6 another joint meeting of the
clubs will be held. A representative
of the Corning Glass • Works will be
on hand to present a movie on glass
making, and will answer questions on
the subject.
All chemists and engineers are
welcome.
At a previous meeting of the En
gineering club the members voted in
favor of sponsoring a square dance
April 22. The project was approved
by the Activities Board. All students
are invited to attend the affair. Fur
ther details as to time and place will
be made public in the near future.
The Spanish club met on Wednes
day evening in W-17. They saw a
movie, "Mexican Children," which
depicted life in Mexico during a fes
tival. The A.S.T.P. speaking records
were listened to and spoken with. Re
freshments were served.
The second meeting of the Mathe
matics club was held on March 15 at
7:30 p.m. The president, Donald
Kump, presided. A movie on analytic
geometry was shown and refresh
ments were enjoyed. The next mee
ting will 'be held March 29 at 7:30
p.m. at the Walnut Street Building
and all are invited to attend.
Egyptologists
Having Mum Fun
By DAVID SNELL
"Don't sit there like a bunch of
mummies!"
This remark was hurled at a
drowsy class one afternoon at the
Broad Street building. The next day
a :notice was scrawled upon the bul
letin board, "Mummy club meets in
the embalming room at midnight."
For days later the bulletin board
was filled with newspaper clippings,
jokes and cartoons about ancient
Egypt. These served to stimulate the
interest of the students in forming a
real club. Between classes at the
Broad Street building the words "dy
nasty," "hieroglyphics" and "pha
roah" were heard, giving the impres
sion that one was at the University
of Cairo.
Expressions such as these may be
heard today but in a more serious
tone. Although the club, now formal
ly known as the Amateur Egyptolo
gists Society, is of humorous origin,
it •devotes itself to a study of ancient
Egyptian culture in a social atmos
phere. Under the sponsorship of Mr.
James Steele the Mummies are plan
ning numerous activities including
films, lectures, correspondence with
museums, and a party at the end of
the semester.
Membership cards are a part of the
new club.
This distinctive Organization of
fers to the Center a new type of edu
cational entertainment. No other
club of this kind is known among col
leges in the country.
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
Jesters Present
"The Necklace"
The Jesters are not wasting any
time. Last Tuesday, March 15, they
presented the second performance of
the one-act play, Pot Boiler, at White
Haven.
Today at 12:30 p.m. over WAZL
the club gave a presentation of The
Necklace. The story is about a valu
able diamond necklace that is bor
rowed and unfortunately lost by a
young married couple.
The plot is centered upon how
hard this man and wife struggled for
ten years to earn enough money to
pay their debt. After enduring many
hardships acrd making many sacri--
ices they finally raise the sum only to
learn then that the necklace is not as
valuable as they estimated it to be.
If you listened to this ironic situa
tion •come over your radio 'at home,
in the car or down in the lounge, you
probably recognized the familiar
voices of the following Jesters in the
thirty minutes of relaxation: Joan
Eidleman, Chad McCracken, Burt
Minkin, Elinor Wagner, Grace Heppe
and Neil Gallagher.
Staff Announced
For Magazine
A meeting for the purpose of or
ganizing an editorial staff for this
year's Center Punch was held at noon
on Friday, March 18, with Miss Lois
Neifert, the adviser, in charge.
June Reinrniller was selected ed
itor of the publication. The assistant
editors chosen include Ernest Denke,
Beverly Silverman and Frank DeFlu
ri. This group will aid in the final ed
iting and lay-out of the magazine and
will also serve as members of the Ed
itorial Board. One member of this
group will later be selected to serve
as editor for the 1950 edition.
An Editorial Board consisting of
Conrad Balliet, Niel Gallagher, Shel
don Vilensky, Nancy Dißonifazio,
Brice Martin and Ursoline Imbriac,
was also appointed..
All authors are urged to conform
to the followng rules:
1. Competition is open to all stu
dents enrolled at the Center during
the fall and/or spring semester of the
current year.
2. A student may submit as many
manuscripts as he chooses.
3. Subject matter is not re
stricted and any literary-type article;
poem, play, short story—may be sub
mitted.
4. Contributions should not ex
ceed 3000 words.
5. All contributions must be orig
inal and of literary value.
6. All cbritributions must be, sub
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mitted on 8 1 / 2 xll paper and type
written on one side of the paper only.
7. All manuscripts , become the
property of the Editorial Board and
will not be returned. (Permission of
the author will be sought before
changes are made in the original.)
8. The deadline for manuscripts
is April 8 and all contributions
should be brought to the Collegian
office.
Women To Have
May Pole Dance
At the meeting of . the Women's
Organization on March 17, plans
were discussed for the crowning of
the May Queen who will be an
nounced at the square dance April
22.
The girls have decided to eliminate
the hemlock chain and honor arch
this year and to have a May' Pole
dance instead.
A committee who volunteered to
make the dance programs consists of:
Janet Szutowicz, Nancy Dißonifazio,
Joyce Schofield and Grace Heppe.
The organization met at a joint
meeting with the Activities Board
March 21 at which time the board in
formed the women that they would
handle the reservations for the hall
and orchestra for the semi-formal.
The girlg were given permission to
change the time to 8 p.m. on the con
dition that they will arrange their
program so that the dance will begin
promptly at 9:15.
Elections for the queen will also
be conducted by the board who will
distribute mimeographed ballots in
the English classes, including speech
and literature.
Whodunnit?
Where was Murphy?
Everybody was asking everybody.
Relatives called each other long dis
tance . . . the radio blared it night
and day . . . Everyone racked his
brain for the all important answer.
Alas! There was none ...
Nobody knew where Murphy was
when he jumped off the bridge ...
The local police force was in a
dither . . . now here was a problem
and no one on the staff knew the an
swer...
They called in all the detectives in
the city . . . State and nation wide
alarm's were sounded . . . A brain
trust of all the nation's foremost
"you-done-its" was formed . . . still
nobody knew the answer...
Rven the F. 8.1. was stumped.
Where was Murphy when he
jumped off the bridge ?
"On the •bridge," concluded the
brass-buttoned brain trust ...
"No, that was before he jumped,"
said the local police force ...
"Then he must have been in the
air, falling downward," replied the
sagacious F. 8.1.
"Oh no," corrected the• detectives,
"that was after he jumped ..."
Nobody knew the correct answer
to this weighty problem ...
"Who is raising all this fuss any
way? Who has ordered this investig
ation about Murphy ?" demanded the
public ...
"Why, Countess De Cash, of
course , .. she has already spent near
ly a million on the solving of this
mystery .. ."
"Did the countess know Murphy
personally?" asked the public again,
this time with definitely more respect
for g kind deed ...
"Why of , course, Murphy was her
pet cocker spaniel ..."
March 10, 1949
Lowdoivn In
The Library
By JOAN EIDLEMAN
Her sleek, black hair is drawn
sharply back from her forehead, ac
centuating the pale ivory of her skin.
Her eight-inch eyes are half-hidden
by drooping eire-lashes, and her eye
brows slant upward to give her a
slightly feline appearance. Her scar
let foot-wide mouth hints at a smile
that reveals the tempting fullness of
her lower lip. "c-
Such is the dream date of all male
Centerites who honestly think that
this embodiment of feminine pul
chritude is but a hopeless thought to
be banished in our present society of
reality.
Nevertheless don't fret. Here is
your opportunity, to become actually
acquainted with her for she is
brought to life, pulsating with all hu
man characteristics. You need only
to lift a finger, opening for yourself
an adventure in the West Indies of
the seventeenth century with all the
excitement, drama and heartbreak of
that time. All this awaits your asking
at the library desk for the presenta
tion by Frank Yerby in his dynamic
novel, The Golden Hawk.
Yet perhaps this type of beauty
does not appeal to your tastes. If not,
then Catherine should; Catherine
with the sea green eyes and flaming
hair. But we fear the conquest of her
love by Cavendish will expunge any
advances or desires you might have
previously cultivated. The author,
Jan Wescott, has given the spark of
life to the people, incidents and the
scenes she describes, from fashion
able London and Elizabeth's court to
the lush shores of virgin California.
Only will you find this historical ad
venture in Captain for Elizabeth.
VARIED PROGRAM
AT MUSIC FETE
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outstanding student soloists. One of
these students, Dick Evans, a former
music student from the Center, sang
in the chorus.
Other highlights of this conference
were a Penn State Luncheon on Mon
day, the Pennsylvania Music Edu
cators Luncheon on Wednesday, and
each evening a Lobby Sing in which
everyone participated .in singing a
varied program.
The entire conference was in
charge of Doctor Hummel Fishburn,
head of the music department of the
Pennsylvania State College.
When Jack Schaffer was asked if
he enjoyed the conference he replied,
"I had a swell time."
Convocation Speaker
Miss Edna Staffieri has announced
that Dr. Melchior of Girard College
will be the speaker for the Convoca
tion services.
The heart has its reasons, which
reason 'does not know.
131aise Pascal