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HAZLETON j i COLLEGIAN
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HAZLETON UNDERGRADUATE CENTER
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Highacres, R. D. 1, Hazleton, Pa.
STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JOHN MOONEY
ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAMES GEFFERT
FEATURE WRITERS BETTY HARLOR, MARIAN JANOSKI
SPORTS EDITOR RALPH PERILLA
BUSINESS - MANAGER - NEIL GALLAGHER
PRODUCTION MANAGERS CHAD McCRACKEN, ERNEST DENKE
PHOTOGRAPHER WALTER STONE
Editorials always seem to be about school spirit—and this
one will be no exception. There is a real feeling of pride and
unity here at Highacres but it is rather vague and elusive. Be
cause participation in school activities is an excellent barometer
of this spirit it is the subject of the follow,ing paragraphs.
Of course, any student body, composed mainly of commuters,.
will not be available around the clock, as in the case of a school
with a resident population. However, we do have a fine activity
program ; it is worth some extra time and travel: The numerous
clubs are so diversified that no one can truthfully say, "I'm not
interested in any of these activities." The various language and
technical clubs, the mummy society, the dramatic organization,
and this newspaper, all want and need People with talent and
interest in these channels.
Everyone has • a chance to voice his opinion on matters of
council, a fact which is not universally known and certainly not
taken care of. Don't gripe in the Snack Bar; let your voice be
heard at Student Council meetings. You have told the class of
ficers that you want them to make policy ; follow this up and give
them some idea of what that policy is.
If enough students do these things we will have a new, lofty
school spirit to match our new, lofty school.
THE DOODLE BUG?
Are you a doodler? The term, although coined in recent
years, describes a practice which must be as old as writing. Ev
eryone loves to scribble in a preoccupied manner. Here at High
acres the custom is particularly prevalent. Very often the results
are quite interesting and humorous as long as they are confined
to sheets of paper, book covers, and blotters.
However, not all people appreciate the same types of art.
Since many different people make use of the desks and tables in
the course of a day, may we suggest that doodlers refrain from
decorating these tables and desks?
Remember the best way to keep your name before the eyes
of future students is by performing worthwhile deeds which will
be remembered through the years rather than by carving or
drawing on desks where it is often most unwelcome.
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So I walk into the snack bar bright
and early Tuesday morning, do an
about face (thanks to Sergeant
Gordon), and start down the hill to
catch the next bus to town. Either I
was at the 'wrong place at the right
time. or I was still sawing the timber.
Some collegiate looking freshman
(I knew he was a freshman because
he wasn't wearing his dink) stopped
me at the bottom of the hill , and con
vinced me that I was at Highacres,
"The Pride 0' The Anthracite." I
shifted my books to my other hand
and proceeded up the. hill in second
gear.
Since I was not yet convinced that
I had been in the snack bar, I asked
some intelleltual looking sophomore
(with horn rims and homburg) for
directions to the same. We won't go
into the matter of this sophomore's
directions—let it be said, however,
that I wound up in the wine cellar.
In due time I stood in the snack
bar Ahhhhhhh Utopia! Paint? ?
I didn't believe it either—but it was
there—Green and a special blend of
—of aaa—well let's say pink, brown,
green and yellow (it must be expen
sive paint—the colors change you
know—it's simply ultra-ultra).
Let it be said (in all sincerity)
that the student body is very pleased
with everything that has been done
for us. We take up these few lines
in tribute to the entire faculty and
anyone else responsible for convert
ing Highacres into a College Campus
in so short a time. The snack bar is
something very necessary in creating
that school spirit which we lacked
last year but definitely have this
year. Thank you a million!
Yes, despite the sexy paint and the
trillions of coffee cups that keep spill
ing on you, this little snack bar is
home. We like to call it "Re-nege
Gulch"—where men are men and
women retreat to the Lounge. Kip
ling once said: "A woman is only a
woman, but a good cigar is a smoke."
He had a point! But then, I don't
blame the "ferns" for taking off—l
took off in due time myself. Charles
Lamb had a point when he said: "For
thy sake, tobacco, I would do any
thing but die!" THANK YOU!
THE WHISTLER
TIDBITS
Mid-Semester marks are on the way,
What is the old man going to say?
(If you have trouble thinking up logical excuses, John Conahan
is a mastermind in that field.)
The "grape vine" has hinted that Al Einstein has been mak
ing up our Chemistry bluebooks.
Although few people believe it Bill Kahier left his hat in the
snack bar last week, and the aged morsel came walking into
Bill's Chemistry class—we are still trying to find out how it
opened the door.
Some say Steve. Gerlach is sure of getting the "Joe -Ambi
tion" award of-the year.
BARS AND STRIPES
The following men have been rec
ommended for 'promotion in the
ground and air divisions of the
Hazleton Center R.0.T.C.:
Air Officers
Commanding Officer (Majorx El
wood Shafer.
Executive Officer (Captain) Neil
Lewellyn.
Adjutant (Ist. Lt.) Bernard
Daday
S-3 (Ist. Lt.) John Ravina.
• First Sergeant Walter Stone.
Guidon Bearer (Corporal) David
Evans.
Flight Leader (2nd. Lt.) Henry
Ziegler.
Flight Leader (2nd. Lt.) Aaron
Lintz.
Flight Sergeant (T/Sgt.) Sheldon
Vilensky.
Fright Sergeant (T/Sgt.) Michael
Sekerak. _
Flight Guide (S/Sgt.x John KaA,
lessor.
Flight Guide (S/Sgt.) George
Welkie.
Staff Sergeants
Kenneth Van Buskirk, John Schaf
fer, George Martini, Ellis Kocher,
Ralph Aloi, Wayne Young.
Sergeants
Thomas McGinty, Anthony Anella,
Dennis Conahan, John Conahan, Bur
ton Minkin, Lee Palmer.
Corporals
Thomas Dougherty, Leon Lefko
witz, John Pappas, John Krouse, Al
bert Hummel, Alfred Skaala.
Ground Officers
Company Commander (Captain)
Jack . Sipple.
Executive Officer (Ist. Lt.) Ro
bert Gerhard.
First Sergeant Joseph McCullough.
Guidon Bearer (Corporal) Scott
Dotterer.
Platoon Leaders (lst.Lt. Robert
Diefenderfer an•d John McNally.
Platoon Sergeants (T/Sgt.) Emer
son Knyrim and George Scheers.
Platoon Guides (Sgt.) James Gef
fert, Paul Corazza.
Squad Leaders (Sgt.) Robert Mc-
Hale, John Wersinger, John Mar
chetti, Joseph Shiptowski, Arthur
Snyder, Joseph Yurso.
Asst. Squad Leaders (Cpl.) Fred
Oberholtzer, Morrel Fox, Myron
Cornfeld, Richard Caccese, Bruce
Lustgarten, Richard Dempster.
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November 18, 1949