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Vol. XXVII, No. 10 WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1962 Irem Temple Flooded with Music Fee Set for Amnicola; Students Vote for Honor Code As 11The Music Man 11 Continues Orders for Yearbook Presented at Student Seminar The vibrant strains of "76 Trombones" will reverberate Must B~ Placed Today by Vicki Tatz throughout Irem Temple tonight and tomorrow night as Meredith Students may obtain the yearbook Ask yourself the question, "If an instructor were to leave Wilson's famed musical comedy, "The Music Man" takes the for the present academic year for his class during a test. would students take advantage of this stage. Curtain time is 8 o'clock. Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club is the price of one dollar, provided situation to cheat?" Ideally the answer is no. Recognizing sponsoring the production for the benefit of its Wheelchair Fund. they order today, the Amnicola that students can assume individual responsibility for personal Professor Harold Hill, the Music Man, is a glib salesman staff announced. Today is abso- honor, the establishment of an Honor Code at Wilkes College who charms his way into people's hearts while depleting their lutely the last day orders will be is now being planned. taken, and students may sign at pocketbooks. After fast-talking small-town Midwesterners into the Cafeteria lounge, the Bookstore Its stated purpose is to stimulate student maturity and digni- buying musical instruments and band uniforms, he skips town, lounge, or Parrish Hall lobby. Pay- ty through greater individual responsibility. An Honor Code without fulfilling his promise to teach the newly-formed band ments are to be made at a future relies upon the principle that students are familiar with precepts how to play. However the swindle of River City, Iowa, proves date, to be announced. of honorable conduct and are concerned with their observance. to be the undoing of this amiable rascal. Here the Professor Dr. Farley approved the change - The tentative Code, as presented falls in love with the skeptical librarian, is exposed, then for­ in policy presented to him by the Cnmm1·ttee Established·, at the Student Seminar last Tues- given by both the librarian and the happy, but poorer, towns­ yearbook staff and Mr. Hoover. u, day night, involves no giving or people, and all live happily ever after. Again, the staff stresses that stu- ed receiving of information in tests - -<'> Co-operating in the production of dents must order today, for the r~ore Seminars Plano ; or quizzes. Test conditions would this extravaganza are the Cue and exact number must be known when remain subject to the individual Debaters Rate Merits Curtain, directed by Alfred Groh, the contract is signed today. Major Topics Vary instructor's discretion. Infractions and the Music Department, headed Students who have already order- may be reported by approaching At Annual Tournament by Robert Lovett. Mrs. Barbara ed the Amnicola at a price higher The student Seminar held last the accused student and offering Weisberger of the Wilkes-Barre than the dollar fee may obtain a Tuesday night in the Commons pro- him an opportunity to report him­ Two Wilkes College debaters Ballet Theater, assisted by Jozia refund beginning tomorrow by con- voked a great deal of thoughful self or by approaching a member were recently awarded certificates Mieszkowski, is handling the chore­ tacting any staff member. discussion on major points of stu- of the Honor Court and reporting of merit at the annual Daniel S. ography. Sets have been designed dent interest. Consequently, a com- the violator. Dickenson debates at Harpur Col­ and executed by Catha! O'Toole, mittee was established to coordi- This is the basis from which a lege. Individual speaking awards nationally prominent artist. Choral nate and plan future seminars on more concrete Honor Code will be went to David Levy and Doug Kist­ director is Richard Chapline, while Full Schedule Arranged current affairs and student prob- drawn up. Therefore, it remains ler; Levy ranked fourth among William Gasbarro, Martin Fried­ To Supply Holiday Music !ems. subject to expansion and further more than 200 debaters and missed mann, and Donald Marcase are delineation of what constitutes a being rated one of the three superi­ A full schedule will occupy the The discussion concerning the violation as well as other potential among the many talented musicians establishment of an Honor Code or speakers by a single point. Club who comprise the orchestra. time of the music department until points of discussion. The com­ President John Campbell cited that the end of the year. Besides the was vigorous and resulted in a ma­ Telling the Music Man's story in pleted form will subsequently be Wilkes was one of the distinguished "Music Man", which is co-directed jority of those attending expressing song and word are the following presented to an assembly of the schools at the tournament, having by Mr. Robert Lovett, chairman, their approval of the concept. cast members: David Fendrick, entire student body for approval two speakers of merit, while most and for which the college band Dolores Amir, Sally Schoffstall, There was also considerable dis­ or disapproval. had only one such honored speaker. plays the accompaniment, the de- Thomas Harding, Jane Gilmartin, cussion on the role of student gov­ At the Student Seminar, a ma­ Teamwise, the two affirmative 1mrtment is undertaking various Steve Cooney, Joseph Muccino, erment. Opinions varied from "a jority of those present favored the and negative teams won six of the activities before the Christmas va- sounding board", a pacesetter, to establishment of an Honor Code 12 rounds debated, which put them Mary Russin, Joan Pitney, Sherry cation. Mitchell, Harry Rothstein, Barbara a coordinator of student activities. of some sort. As a result of dis­ slightly above middle place in final The Oratorio Society begins the Time limited further discussion cussion as to its extent, 23 favored outcome, and placed well as far as Fritz, Bonnie Jenkins, Christine Bialogowicz, Jane Morris, Lloyd holiday schedule with its perfor­ of these points on the other items starting out by limiting its appli­ actual points were concerned. The Warneka, Merle Edwards, William mance at Saint Stephen's Church, on the agenda. However, attend­ cation to tests and quizzes, 2 affirmative teams defeated Colgate Huthmaker, Fred Baumann, Stuart Sunday, December 9. On the fol­ ance and active participation on the favored a more far-reaching aca­ and Oswego, while the negative Napoleon, Steve Pankin, Linda lowing day, Monday, December 10, part of the students were both con­ demic code at the inception of the made a slightly better showing by Paonessa, Jody Morrison, Sherry the band will take part in a pro­ sidered excellent by the discussion system. Only 5 students opposed defeating Harpur, Ithaca, St. Bon­ Downing, Marguerite Gelli, Lor­ gram at the !rem Temple. leader. the concept of an Honor Code. aventure, and Le Moyne. The Issac Stern will also perform at It was pointed out that the Ad­ groups lost to Syracuse, Ithaca, raine Rome, Mary Moritz, Sharon Boyle, Sonny Haffer, Lou Coopey, the !rem Temple, Thursday, Decem- It is hoped that this interest ministration is unofficially in sup­ University of Scranton, King's, ber 13 in the concert series. Finally, will be maintained for the student port of an Honor Code and that Colgate, and Harpur. Richard French, Don Roberts, Diane Najim, Edna Meyer, Janice Collins, the music department will end its I seminars t? be held in t~e f?ture. some instructors already practice it. Coaches Lord and Budd, who also busy schedule when it presents its An evaluation sheet was distributed acted as judges at the tournament, Iris Collins, Monica Musial, Joan Borowski, Sandra Zawadski, Alice Christmas program at Assembly, I which should be of benfit to those accompanied the following novice Thursday, December 13. planning events of a similar nature. Phillips, Catherine Skopic, June 1 debaters: William Holmes, Doug­ Jaycees Hold Toy Drive Vaanenan, Rose Ann Hallet, Anne las Kistler, Michael Landesman, Marie Lenchak, Cathy Marks, Libby The Wilkes College Division of David Levy, Carol Meneguzzo, Capin, Pauline Homko, Wayne Bill­ the Junior Chamber of Commerce Rosemary Rush, Claire Sheridan, ings, Ron Baldwin, Mal Gropper, are aiding the local Marine Corps and James Tredinnick. Campbell, Dean's Wife Performs Lead Dick Probert, and Martin Brennan. Reserve Center in their drive to the group's only remaining varsity obtain toys for Christmas. The debater from last year, also ac­ The production is the culmination of three months' work on the part In Society's Bach Cantata Concert Jaycees feel, in this drive, that the companied the group. under-priviledge children will bene­ The eight novices are hoping for of the cast and the play's unsung Mrs. Helen Ralston, wife of Dean George F. Ralston, pos­ heroes, the back-stage crew. fit from the action by the student another successful showing tomor­ sesses a leading role in the four-fold Bach Cantata concert of the body. row at the 16th Annual Temple Wyoming Valley Oratorio Society. Under the conduction of University Novices Debate Tour­ The toys are not necessarily new nament in Philadelphia, where they Mr. Clifford Balshaw, director of the society, the concert will be ones. In fact, the Reserve Center has asked for used or broken toys. will debate five rounds, and again Accountants Plan Tour presented December 9, at 3:30 p.m., at Saint Stephen's Church. on Wednesday at Marywood College The Wilkes College Accounting They will be repaired at the Re­ in Scranton, where they will prac­ Club made plans at their recent Associated with choral, symphonic, and solo work in North­ serve Center and then passed out in time for the children at Christ­ tice with other local colleges. meeting to hold tours of a local eastern Pennsylvania's leading musical events, Mrs. Ralston This year's intercollegiate debate coal mine and a data processing mas time. has been named a main soloist to appear in the Cantata concert. topic is, Resolved: That the Non­ center in the near future. Presi­ The Jaycees are asking for the Communist Nations of the World dent Joseph Sakelaridos announced She will join other prominent soloists, the Oratorio Society's four­ help of the student body to make this program go over in a big way. Should Form an Economic Com - that no definite date has been de­ part chorus, and a full Festival Symphony Orchestra in present­ cided as yet. A container will be found in the munity. ing four of the greatest cantatas written by Bach. One of these The film, "C.P.A.", depicting the entrance to the Commons. The average working day of a certified cantatas, No. 63, contains some of the most remarkable Yule­ final date to place any toys there is Friday, December 14th. Holiday Formal Nears public accountant, was shown to tide music ever written. Christmas season will be ushered the members. A report was also given on the recent New York trip, Usually such tremendous works -(>-- in on campus by the Wilkes College are heard only in major musical Lettermen's Annual Christmas For­ during which the members toured Panel Debates Censorship Aide Speaks at Dinner mal on Friday, December 7, in two accounting firms and attended centers such as New York or Lon- The focus will be on "Censorship" The executive director of the the gymnasium. a basketball game. don. But now, for the first time, on the College weekly discussion College's Community Research Herbie Green and his orchestra The club wishes to make it known Bach's great cantatas can be heard program oh WNAK radio on Sun- Center addressed the Wilkes-Barre will provide music for dancing that its organization is open to all in Wilkes-Barre. The public will day at 1 :OO p.m. Appearing on Lions Club dinner last night. In while the Lettermen will supply interested students, not just ac­ not be charged admission. Because "Focus" this week will be one sen- . d. t · • and thr·ee J·uni·ors. his speech, Herman L. Otto dis- traditional Christmas caroling at counting majors. of recent capacity au iences, sea - 101 intermission. Dean George Ralston ing priority will be given to pa- These are Bob Sallavanti, Joyce cussed the economic conditions of will lead them. trons, sustaining members, and Cavalini, Alan Krieger, and Wil- Luzerne County. Assisting Pete Winebrake and JDC Christmas Party holders of the nominal contributor's liam Carver. Dean of Men George Michael Repa presided at the Jerry Mohn, co-chairmen, is Bob It's free. I.D.C. will again spon­ cards. Card holders will have re- Ralston will again act as modera- meeting which followed a dinner Smith, publicity. Tickets, at $4 a sor its annual free Christmas party served seats until 3 :15 P.M., after tor of the program. at the Twin Grill. In addition to ticket, may be purchased from any for day and dorm students, and which time non-card holders will be According to Livingston Clewell, the economy discussion, the Lions Letterman. faculty. The theme is one of Christ­ seated. These cards can be ob- co-ordinator, future topics of dis- Club members heard reports on As usual Santa Claus will visit mas cheer with free food and music, tained at Saint Stephen's Church cussion will include "Morality at the annual fund raising drive and the gym and distribute gifts to all a present of I.D.C. It will be held House, local music stores, or the Mid-Century," December 9 and on the arrangements for the organ- good children. in the Commons. Wilkes College Book Store. "Dissent," December 16. ization's Christmas party. 2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, November 30, 1962

EDITORIALS- ON THE BANDSTAND Taming The Wild West Be a Little Classy - Go Formal by barbara lore The Joe Colleges on campus are always complaining that with Hal Kistler One evening last week as I blissfully curled up in a chair and lost "there's never really anything to do around here." The Letter­ myself in the strains of "Swan Lake," I was rudely jolted out of my The latest thing to hit the jazz reverie by the unlyrical snort of a six-shooter. Fearing invasion, I men challenge this complaint by sponsoring a Christmas formal scene is a new form of music called next week. hastened downstairs to find my fears realized. A mean looking bunch the "bossa nova". According to of masked riders being pursued by an equally fearsome "possee" had Perhaps the price is a trifle high; but we should realize that various experts, the Portuguese the Lettermen are sponsoring it - not for profit - but simply for invaded our living room. slang expression, "bossa nova", Much disturbed I retreated to my room and tried to ignore the din the satisfaction of students who plead for a formal. Because it means "the new beat" or "the new pervading the house. But to no avail. Even the "1812 Overture" was is the only true college formal affair - Student Government hav­ wrinkle". interspersed with the pounding of hoofs - TV variety. Conceding de­ ing made the Cinderella Ball a semi-formal one, according to Oversimplifying it quite a bit, feat, I wearily trudged downstairs and surrendered to the spell of the last year's ruling - and because the Lettermen do a beautiful we can say that bossa nova is a "Old West" - but not gracefully. job on decorations and on gala atmosphere, we should support combination of a samba rhythm and Resentfully I mused on the same, old, dull plot, the stereotyped them in their endeavor. jazz played with a free, light ap­ hero and heroine - "Cheyenee is just Bronco Lane in different chaps." Let's keep a little class on campus! proach. I wondered just what was the secret of this cowboy - this so frequent Although bossa nova has hit the visitor to our homes via television, movies, records, and literature. headlines only recently, it appears It's certainly not his realism! He would have been ill at ease on Must the Mail Get Through? to date back to 1953 when Brazilian the early American frontier, but yet he has certainly captured the An editor of a college newspaper can become extremely guitarist Laurindo Almenido and hearts and imagination of the American public. aware of the world situation simply by reading his daily mail. American bassist Harry Babasin This romantic creature who lives on horseback as the Bedouins do, Here are a few gems which would have escaped Beacon readers began to kick around a few ideas. fights on horseback as did the knight of chivalry, armed with his trusty With Bud Shank (saxophone) and six-shooter which he uses ambidextrously and precisely, swears like had I not scoured this week's mail. Since these items deserve Ray Harte (drums), they cut an a trooper, drinks like a fish, wears clothes like an actor, fights like a little editorial comment, I shall simply relate, not interpret, them. album of bossa nova; the album devil, defends virtuous women, and is generous to friends and brutal In an advertisement, an area newspaper announced that never sold and soon the group to enemies, has become the American hero. rings, worth $1.95, would be sold at the sale-of-all-sales-to-end­ broke up. But where did he come from? all-going-out-of-business-and-any-other "heartbreaking" t y p e However, experiments were to be As might be expected, this composite of all Anglo-American vir­ sales, for $6.88. Now is that a bargain, gentlemen? continued in Brazil. Many Brazi­ tues and vices is the product of historians, fiction writers, ballad com­ Besides newspaper men, photographers, too, have their lian musicians have followed jazz posers, folk singers, and artists in search of an American folk hero. problems. The Beacon office received a picture of a graduating closely through the years and by Capitalizing on the fact that the cattle frontier was not only one of class seated on stage. Beneath the picture was a story which listening to American jazz albums the most exciting and uniquely American periods of our history but gave the class motto as "Forward Ever, Backward Never." Ap­ have become well acquainted with also conveniently distant from civilization so that few people ever jazz. More recently, trips by U.S. viewed the real cowboy, these legend-builders spun fantastic tales of parently the photographer took the photo from a disadvantage jazzmen such as Herbie Mann and daring and skill of the "booted cavalier" of the plains which few have point, since the half-exposed motto in the picture compelled, Charlie Byrd to South America bothered to refute and many have imitated. Here was a writer's "Ever, Backward." have given the Brazilians a closer dream - a setting of the Great American Desert held in awe by Ameri­ A red-faced English department at Colorado State Univer­ look at jazz and in turn have given cans for so many years and a hero, who as both pathfinder and empire sity explains its vegetable raid which resulted in destruction of the U.S. jazzmen an opportunity builder conquered it. - Could they be blamed for using it? experimental projects and master's degree experiments in bota­ to observe the Brazilian experi­ The overworked Western themes which present the cowboy busily ny: "The whole thing was a misunderstanding. Some of us ments with it. engaged in defending either women or towns in distress forget that the heard a rumor that the vegetables at a farm were to be plowed It is still too early to tell just real cowboy was, first of all, a worker with cows, either a trail driver under. Now I ask you, what would you have done? We went what the future holds for bossa or range rider. After performing his unglamorous chores, and with nova. Currently the record indus­ little to entertain him, is it so surprising that he occasionally blew the over there and got some fresh vegetables." try is flooding the market with lid off a frontier town? But this was seldom indeed. Usually he A former Fort Benning mail clerk wrote of a most interesting bossa nova albums; some of them amused himself by rather mundane pastimes such as playing cards or envelope to Pvt. Robert Travers U.S. 1740448 - from Mrs. Robert are pretty good - some of the al­ riding the open trail with no particular destination in mind. Travers 36-24-36. bums not so good. It may remain His colorful garb, with which wardrobe directors have a field day, Honestly, the Marine officer who received top-secret security a part of the field of jaz-z or possi­ was not chosen for effect but rather practically-the wide-brimmed som­ clearance only meant to answer the questions sincerely. When bly it may develop into a field of brero to protect him from the sun, the high heeled boots to keep his asked, "Have any of your relatives ever advocated the violent its own. feet secure in the stirrups, his chaps to protect his legs from the ad­ overthrow of the government of the United States?" he replied, Whatever the course may be, if verse effects of constant rubbing, and his Colt revolver to furnish him "Yes." Lengthy investigation found that he was the great­ it survives the current surge of the protection he needed in his usually solitary life. commercialism, we should be in for Then there's the myth surrounding the Colt. The heroic gun battle, grandson of Chief Sitting Bull. some very pleasant listening·. ever present in Western dramas, which places the protagonists at op­ Life is just one long process of getting tired. posite ends of a long street, is the product of a writer's imagination, In the past seven years, Americans have eaten enough TRES CHIC since the six-gun is not accurate at a distance of more than twenty-five hamburgers at one restaurant chain alone - 700 million of to thirty yards. Not 1·eally very heroic, the cowboy employed his gun them -to reach almost twice around the world, if laid end to Limelight Falls on Fur to settle his disputes in a highly practical manner, usually surprising end. If shot into orbit, the 47,122 miles of hamburger would en­ his foes and often shooting them in the back. circle the globe l ½ times. It would take one person 7,000 years In High Fashion Design; But even so the six-gun was used sparingly. Recent discoveries to eat 700 million burgers - eating one every five minutes, and suggest that Billy the Kid, supposedly the most feared gunman of them one hundred years for him to count them, counting at the rate New Shape in Lipstick all, shot only about 5 men. If the cowboy did rely on his gun more than of one per second. his fists it was only because he viewed fighting on foot as demeaning by Maryann Wilson and not for white men - a fact ignored by western authors. The weeks ahead are often weeks ahead. The tales of his rescuing maidens in distress is also highly un­ 'Nut said. Mlle Mag College Board Mem This season mink is receiving realistic since there were few women on the frontier and these few much competition from furs of were usually those who were too rough for the civilized eastern section otter, beaver, nutria, and Persian and needed no protection. lamb. There is also a resurgence Now that I had completely devastated the myth of the cowboy to Whal - Where - When - of interest in the spotted cat furs my own satisfaction I felt revenged. But then an annoying thought - Cue 'n' Curtain Production, "The Music Man" -Irem Temple, to- of the 1920's and the fox of the why doesn't someone expose him for the fake he is and purge tele­ vision-land of this "waste material." night, Saturday, 8:00 p.m. 1930's. The fact that both Jacque­ line Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor SO THERE ... Basketball, Albright - (Home) Gym, tomorrow, 8:00 p.m. The answer must be that Americans WON'T expose their hero - "Focus" - WNAK Radio, Sunday, 1:00 p.m. are wearing leopard has created a renewed interest in it. Sable is that the average American, caught up in the pressures of conformity Forum Meeting - McClintock Hall, Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. now being shown in high fashion and group effort enjoys the fantasy of a super-human hero who rides Class Meetings - Check bulletin boards for place - Thursday, designs. Even brightly colored with the gods and like a devil, carries his own rules loaded in his 11 :00 a.m. rabbit is beginning to appear. Oce­ holster and enforces them according to his own interpretation. lot, civet, jaguar and other spotted Perhaps he's not so bad after all.... cats have also come upon the scene. HIPBONE JEWELRY Spanish Sludenl Kalhie Marks Hipbone jewelry is one approach to dressing up the little black basic. One giant splashy rhinestone is Spends Summer Touring Spain pinned at this spot on an otherwise by Alis Pucilowski WILKES COLLEGE BEACON unadorned sheath. Sophomore Spanish major Kathie Marks, who attended Pine Lingerie trends feature feminine Manor Junior College in Wellesley, Mass., spent last summer Editor-in-Chief ------Gloria M. Zaludek finery for the holiday season. The touring Spain in affiliation with The Experiment in International News Editor ------Mary Frances Barone newly classic shift is widely shown as well as a smock look that might Living, whose headquarters are in Putney, Vermont, where Feature Editor ------Barbara A. Lore training has also been held for the Peace Corps. · Sports Editor ------·--· ------James L. Jackiewicz have been borrowed from a French baker. A flattering robe in shim­ The non-denominational organization's object is to spread Business Manager ------Ronald J. Sebolka mery cotton would be a very wel­ American ways and ideas abroad, at the same time permitting Faculty Advisor ------Joseph Salsburg come present to find under the tree. Americans to study the people of a particular country. One NEWS STAFF - Alice Bakun, Maryann Berger, Lillian Bodzio, Pauline Bosjancic, A creamy smock gown with gath­ doesn't go as a tourist; one lives parents, and D. Olaizola's ten Lynne Dente, Mary Di Giuseppe, Linda Edwards. Carol Foresta. Joe Klaips, Carol ered yoke and tiny collar is em­ as the people do. month old son, Juan Carlos. The Meneguzzo, Lois Petroski. Alis Pucilowski. Simon Russin, Dave Stout, Vicki Tatz, broidered with holiday sparkle. Kathie said that she traveled in Spaniards took her on a bus tour Kathy Thomas, Virginia Todd. a group of ten. Each member of of Galicia, and the group's inde­ FEATURE STAFF - Jane Edwards, Mary Alice Gabla, Jack Hardy, Fred Smith­ NEW LIPSTICK SHAPE the group lived with a family for pendent tour was through Anda­ son, Maryann Wilson, Jane Woolbert. The newest shape in lipstick is three to four weeks. That person lucia. The organization's motto, BUSINESS STAFF -·- ·- ···-····· ------·····-··········· Bill Carver, Don Roberts the triangle. This shape simplifies then invited a member of the "Expect the Unexpected," could ART STAFF ···· -- -·········••·············-··· ·· ···-·············· ·•···-·-·····-········ ·-- Bill Davis, Joe Lupinski lipstick application since it outlines family to travel with him for two best be illustrated by Kathie's own PHOTOGRAPHER -························-··································-········-·········--·· ·-··-···· Mike Elim; like a pencil and applies like a weeks, after which time, the family experiences. Commenting on the A newspaper published each week of the regular school year brush. members goes home and the group Galician tour, she said, "The bus by and for the students of Wilkes College, Wilkes-Bane, Pa. Sneak preview of summer fash- travels independently for a week. ride itself was unique. The bus Editorial and business offices located at Pickering Hall 201, 181 South ions - bamboo-ribbed sunglasses, The cost of the entire project is drivers maneuver their buses." She Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Wilkes College campus. and red patent leather swimsuits. under $1000, depending on the coun- we had to allow two hours of every Mechanical Dept.: Schmidt's Printery, rear 59 North Main Street, Swim sweaters, tunics, short shifts, try one wishes to visit. day for getting lost. There was Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and pleated skirts are shown in Kathie, who has studied Spanish one time we traveled over a bridge Subscription: $1.50 per year. such improbably seaworthy fabrics for eight years, lived in San Se- resembling that of the River Kwai. All opinions expressed by columnists and special writers includin~ as gold and platinum lastex, rhine­ bastian, the wealthiest part of It was amazing how those bus lettera to the editor are not necessarily those of thi-s publication but stone-studded lace, stretch denim, Spain, with the Don Juan Olai- drivers meneuver their buses." She those of the individuals. 1 chiffon, and suede. zola family, consisting of his wife's (continued on page 4) Friday, November 30, 1962 Wll.KI'.S COLLEGE BEACON 3 Davismen To Face Lions Tomorrow Barons Sport 2-1 Log; Colonels Grab Victory from Hawks In Opening Till of 1962-'63 Season Camden, Sunbury, W-B As Foolball Season Comes to a Close Tomorrow evening will find Eddie Davis' basketball team openin6 Leaders in EBL Season Wilkes footballers copped their final game of the season by down­ the 1962-63 hardwood campaign with a home contest against the Al­ The bowl games remain and the ing Wagner College, 12-6, at Staten Island, N.Y. Some 5,000 fans wit­ bright College Lions of Reading, Pa. Tapoff time is set for 8:00 at pro gridders are still committing nessed a free-reeling contest as Wilkes scored two quick tallies in the the gym. legal murder, but the excitement first period. Last year the Colonels were trounced by the Lions, 95-55, at Read­ of the sports world is beginning to Wilkes thus ended its season with a 3-4 r ecord, the best since the ing. Outplayed throughout the contest, the Colonels tried, in vain, to drift to the basketball court. The 1954 season, and gave new head coach Roland Schmidt a terrific send­ overcome the striking height advantage of the Lions, but finally suc­ high schools are preparing for off in his first season. cumbed to the smooth-moving Albright quintet. opening nights and holiday tour­ The Wilkes gridders scored first with the game barely minutes old neys. The Colonels open tomor­ when Frank Wallace returned a punt 30 yards to Wagner's 15. On the row night with Albright, and the next play, Ted Travis-Bey swept his left side to go all the way. An Wilkes-Barre Barons show promise attempted pass from quarterback Don Brominski to Travis-Bey was of a fine year. in complete. Since the baseball Barons left Comstock Goes Route 1· cepted. Wilkes-Barre a number of years Wilkes scored again the next Wagner led in first downs, 14 to ago, the basketball Barons have time it got the ball when a short eight and made good on 11 of 21 been the only professional sport in Wagner kick gave them possession passes for 131 yards while Wilkes the valley. The Barons, local pro on the home team's 39. Fullback completed only one pass of 10 at­ cagers, have produced some fine Ed Comstock, the Colonel's running tempted for 11 yards. teams in the interim since baseball workhorse, then blasted all the way Wilkes piled up a big advantage left. The past few campaigns, on the next play. Len Rishkofski's on the ground, however, registering however, have left something to be attempted placement was no good. 165 net yards to 79. Comstock was desired; the Barons having ended Stunned by Wilkes' two scores in the big gainer, showing 87 yards , up in fifth place last season. only nine plays, Wagner fought in 14 carries for a 6.2 average. This year the Wilkes-Barreans back. In 12 plays they had a touch- Final Grid Statistics are hopeful of an improvement down of their own after covering OPPONENTS 30 35 28 14-107 over last season's record and are 67 yards. Dan Coughlin went the WILKES 26 6 38 20- 90 final foot and Jay Abbes' place­ off to a good start towards the ment was faulty. Opponents Wilkes realization of this goal. In three First Downs 84 86 games played thus far, the Barons Wilkes' running game was so ef­ fective in the first half that the By passing 24 17 have won two and lost one. In the By rushing 56 62 opener on Thanksgiving night, the Colonels registered 110 yards on the ground to Wagner's net of one. By penalty 5 7 Barons defeated th e Scranton Number of Passes Attempted Miners. This win was followed up A series of losses negated the yard­ The Colonels (dark jerseys) in action age which the Sea Hawks picked 105 78 against the King's Monarchs. by an impressive victory over the Completed 45 26 Allentown Jets, who have won the up on their touchdown march. Herman Recovers Fumble Yards gained 533 382 With much of the same person- left spot will be filled by Jay Mc­ Eastern League championship for The Colonels threatened again Touchdown passes 4 6 nel on the roster, this year's Al- Andrew, Doc Voshefski, or Al Do­ the last two years, and who had Passes had intercepted 9 8 bright squad is expected to be near- ner. clobbered the Barons, 134-102, in early in the third period after Bob Herman recovered a Wagner fum­ Yards run back 109 112 ly a carbon copy of last season's Kundra, Joe Czarnecki, Joe Cha- a pre-season exhibition game at Number of Rushing Plays stellar aggregation. necka, Jay Hirshman, Gene Kelle- Wilkes-Barre. In their last outing ble on the latter's 38-yard line. However, penalties stymied the 325 330 Colonels Ready her, Dave Greenwald, John Dunn, the Barons lost to the Sunbury Yards gained 1073 1344 The Davismen appear ready to Jim Viduna, Jack Richards, Earl Mercuries, slipping into a tie for visitors. Late in the third period, Pete Yards lost 306 244 meet the charge of the Lions, and E ckhart, Mike Anderson, and John second place with the Meres. Net yards gained 767 1100 are in a better position as far as Holmstrom make up the rest of the Winebrake, playing an outstanding Bisulca President line game for the Colonels, blocked Total Number Offensive Plays height and depth are concerned talented Colonel squad. The Barons are in the midst of 430, 408 than they were at any time last Scrimmage King's a Wagner punt and the Colonels a swamping project which seems to recovered on the 15. Wagner held Total Offense 1300 1482 season. Steve Gerko, 6'5", and Recently the Wilkesmen engaged have begun all the way at the top on downs. Average per play 3.1 3.6 Pete Kundra, 6'4", will provide in a series of scrimmages with the with a new president, Sammy Bi­ The Hawks put together a drive Number of Punts 32 28 needed rebounding strength and fast-breaking Monarchs of King's sulca might be considered the sym­ 1082 882 Coach Davis has added strength on College. In the latter two engage­ of their own midway in the final Yardage bol of a fresh Baron spirit, being period, reaching the Wilkes 35 Average 32.8 31.6 the bench. ments, the Colonels were impres- a very youthful executive himself. 3 3 Starting at forwards will be 6'2" sive in stopping the King's running when Bill Mulford of the winners Blocked Chick Craig took over the helm of intercepted. Punts Returned 15 22 captain Harvey Rosen and 6'3" Bob game and pouring in a rash of the floundering cagers this season Yards run back 141 178 Fleming. This pair is expected to I their own tallies. Bob Fleming has to start the Barons on the victory Average per play 9.4 8.1 provide a large portion of the Colo- been scoring with abandon and the trail. In addition, some new talent Number of Kick-offs 24 20 nels' offense as each is a deadly Wilkes defense has been sound. has been added to the squad itself. Ashley Takes Title Yardage 1057 871 shooter. Steve Gerko will start at Tomorrow's contest will be the The Barons will be counting on Average 44.1 43.6 center. initial test for an improved Colonel Ashley Hali, completing another the addition of Hal "King" Lear undefeated season, scored a touch­ Kick-offs Returned 20 23 In the back court will be Dick cage team. Albright will provide to spirit the team and provide the Yards run back 433 481 Morgan on the right sdie while the a rugged test. down with 18 seconds remaining offensive punch which has been in their game with Butler Hali, to Average per play 21.7 20.9 lacking. The King was formerly edge Butler, 14-7, and clinch the Fumbles 21 30 a mainstay with the Easton Madi­ Dorm League championship. With Fumbles lost 12 19 sons, a former Eastern League darkness closing in on the Kirby Penalties 40 31 team. Park playing field, Harvey Rosen Yards lost 360 260 Last season he played with San lofted a long aerial to Dic-k Burns Scoring Francisco in the American Basket­ for the tally. Wilkes ball League. The Barons are count­ In the Independent League the Brominski-4td's came through with 39 backed up by Heads have won the title by virtue Grohowski-3 td's Lear. of a forfeit by the Road-Runners. Travis-Bey-3 td's In the pre-season game with Al­ Although grabbing a 7-6 victory in Gardner-2 td's, 1-2 pt. conv. lentown, Keller played an outstand­ their meeting with the Heads, the MacLaughlin-1 td, 1-2 pt. conv. ing game registering 39 points, but Runners had used an ineligible Comstock-I td. the King was ice cold with 6 points player, therefore giving the win to Wallace-1-2p t. conv. for the contest. In the league the Heads. Opponents VESTED game with Allentown, though, Lear As of press time, the time of the 15 td's CHEVIOT came through with 39 back up by overall I-M championship game, 2 conv. passes SUIT Keller's 23 to hand the Jets a 112- between Ashley and the Heads, 2 conv. runs _107 loss. Joe Holup and Charley was undecided. 6 conv. kicks FOR A Moxie played a good defensive 1 field goal game for the Wilkes-Barre team. Ed. Note - The remainder of RIGHT Lose to Mercuries ESSC Wins Title East Stroudsburg is the NAIA the Wilkes grid statistics will The Barons were stopped by national soccer champ after defeat­ appear on this page next week. CHRISTMAS Sunbury, 120-110. Harold Strothers ing Pratt Institute, 4-0, last Satur­ $55 collected 38 points with Lear and Keller each getting 19. The game day. East Stroudsburg and Pratt In­ was a 50-50 deadlock at the half stitute battled through nearly three and was close all the way until Take a h a n d s o m e, the Meres exploded for a 40-point quarters until Paul Grube scored the crucial first goal for the Penn­ ha,rd-wearing fabric lilke final period. The Eastern League begins its sylvania team with three minutes cheviot ... tailor it into a nat- remaining in the third quarter. 17th year this season. The clubs 11H·al shoulder suit with contrasting have all gained strength and com­ In regular season play, East vest ... it's an unbeatruble combination. petition prowess to be keen. The Stroudsburg defeated Wilkes, 3-0. Our selection is at its peak. Hazleton club has dropped from the league and its players have EASTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS been absorbed, for the worst part, W L Pct. by their other clubs. This season's Camden 3 0 1.000 fans will be able to see such talent Sunbury 2 1 .667 Headquarters for at Paul Arizin and Joe Graboski, Wilkes-Barre 2 1 .667 formerly of the N.B.A., presently Scranton 1 1 .600 WILKES JACKETS of the Camden Bullets which seems Allentown 1 1 .500 Lettered to be the team to beat this year. Williamsport 0 2 .000 WE'LL BE Trenton 0 3 .000 LEWIS - DUNCAN OPEN EVERY I-M ROSTERS WANTED Tomorrow's Games: Athletic Director John Reese has Trenton at Sunbury SPORTS CENTER NIGHT TILL announced that all intramural bas­ Scranton at Allentown 11 E. Market St. - W illces-Barre CHRISTMAS ketball rosters must be submitted Wilkes-Barre at Williamsport - and - TO 8:55 to him or Coach Schmidt by Satur­ Sunday's Games: Narrow• Shopping Center SECOND FLOOR day, Dec. 8. Play will begin on Allentown at Camden Tuesday, Dec. 11. Schedules will Wilkes-Barre at Scranton Kingston • Edwardsville be announced on Monday, Dec. 10. Sunhury at Trenton •••••••••••••••••••••••• 4 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, November 30, 1962

KATHY MARKS STUDENT SKETCH (continued from page 2) Some Scattered Thoughts Library Adds "O'Neill" also stated that the time she lived by Jane Woolbert "Variety is the mother of enjoy­ with her family was spent in go- ment," according to Benjamin Dis­ Sole Coed Accounting Major ing to the beach every day. Has anybody seen Yabitz a- raeli, a nd the little gremlin who 11 She was in Spain at the time of round? You know, Yabitz Turris­ stocks the New Book Shelf certain­ the Fiestas of San F ermin at Porn- ta, the sharp looking fellow that's ly must believe the Prime Minis­ - A Rose Among Thorns" ploma, which last one week. At always in the "Calf." I often ter's maxim. Contained on these hy .J oe Klai1>s 7:00 A.M. begins the "running of wonder when Yabitz goes to class. shelves are books of varied and How does it feel to be the only female accounting major the bulls." The bulls are let loose It doesn't seem to matter when you far-reaching topics, certain to bring at Wilkes? Perh<:1ps this question can best be answered by the to run through the streets and the go in - he's always there, gather­ enjoyment to the literary connois­ young lady who 1s the only female accounting major at Wilkes, boys of the city run in front of ing gossip by osmosis. He's even seur. them. The object of the run is to there in the pre-dawn, before eight O'Neill is the biography of our Alice Powell. "I must admit that in the beginning I did feel see who can run closest without o'clock in the morning.... nation's most eminent playwright, rather out of place; however as time passed, I adjusted to this being mangled. The bullfight be- As anybody who reads a maga­ the first American dramatist to condition, and at the present time don't even give its existence gins at 5:00 P.M., and Kathie had zine knows, "whig-wearing" is win a Nobel Prize and a four-time a second thought." the distinct pleasure of seeing one here. "C.C.," that is Yabitz's fa­ recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. The Because she is an accounting major, Alice must serve a of Spain's most prominent bull- vorite coed, has introduced a beau­ book is the result of six years of six-week internship _with an accounting firm during the second fighters, Ordonez, who was a tiful platinum job to the Wilkes research by Arthur and Barbara semester of her senior year. This internship will begin on Janu­ friend of Hemingway's. The bull- Commons. After last week's ex­ Gelb and achieved the rank of best­ ary 28, and will continue until March 15. Alice has selected fight Kathie described as magni- hibition, we'll never be the same seller soon after its publication. Eugene O'Neill was a true bohe­ the firm of Laventhol, Krekstien During her years at Wilkes ficent. In gratitude, the bullfighter again .... Co. of Wilkes Barre to serve her Alice has taken part in a numbe1'. mian, unconventional and capri­ is awarded the bull's ears. Yabitz and his pal, Bumps Hef- internship with. of different activities. She was a Speaking of the trip in general, fel, were reading Coach Schmidt's cious. He led a fascinating life, as tempestuous as his provocative Don't, however, get the idea that member of the woman's chorus for Kathie said, " It was r eally the recent best seller - the 1962 Foot­ accounting is the only subject which th1'ee years, a men{ber of kickline most rewarding summer of my life ; ball Notebook. They nearly broke plays. Add a dash of Sinclair Lewis, a interests Alice. She is a swimming for one year, a member of I.D.C., just fabulous. The family consid- down and cried when they found a member of T.D.R. for two years, ered me a part of them. I saw out that the season is nearly over. touch of Hamlin Garland, et voila­ you have the chronicle, Main Street and is currently serving a s presi­ Europe as a European sees it. It Now they have to scrounge for a dent of Chapman Hall. was educational as well as re- copy of Coach Reese's "Tour of on the Middle Border, by Lewis Atherton. This is a saga of Mid­ Alice':; attitude toward Wilkes creational because I had to speak the Wilkes-Barre Dike System" in College can best be expressed in Spanish constantly to m y family, order to keep up with the intel­ west country towns from the Civil War to the present. In his book, her own words. "There are a num­ since they could speak no English. lectual set .... ber of things which I feel are Mr. Atherton laments the decline Before we fle"". to S_Pain, w_e h~d Speaking of Bumps, he may just pleasing about Wilkes, but perhaps a ~hree-day on entat10n penod m graduate this June. His check-out of these small towns and the dis­ appearance of the institutions of the one which pleases me the most which I got to know all th~ coll~ge sheet comes up 3 credits short, but is the dorm set-up. It is so much studen,ts who wer e travelm~ with he has great faith in the graduat­ their robust way of life - the live­ r y stables, genernl stores, their like home, and everyone is part m~. rh~ students were. from_ a j ing committee and their infinite , of one big, happy family. I feel wide variety of colleges mcludmg mercy county fairs, cracker-barrel politics, the clandestine lodges and fraterni­ that if we had all the girls and Cornell, Wellesley, Smith, and · · boys in separate large dormitories Northwestern. ------ties, and their holiday celebrations, both joyous and solemn, gay and all this home-like feeling would be Kathie then proceded to outline ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖•:•❖❖ + lost. Another quality I found at how to apply. The organization, patriotic. Are you a movie addict, one of Wilkes is the opportunity to be­ which is world-wide, offers scholar­ CiTY SHOE REP AIR come closely acquainted with your ships to those who wish to travel those wan, hollow-eyed creatures for Complete Shoe Service professors, and the friendly attitude with their group. The deadline for who sit hour after hour in a dark theatre staring at a screen full of each one expresses toward you." scholarship applications for next ln the future, Alice plans to summer is January 15; deadline people going through the motions of being real? Then the library work as an accountant for the for applications is March 15. The federal government. organization accepts one out of has just the book for you. The three applicants. Anyone inte­ Film Till Now is the "film student's ------·-- -· - ---- rested may write to "The Experi­ bible" written by Paul Rotha in ment in International Living," Put­ collaboration with Richard Griffith. 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