Members of the "Collegians" are rer; Bass, George Neely; Drums, found on pages 4, 5 and 6. Refresh- Cinderella Candidates To Appear Saxes, Paul Fahrnger, Frank Falk, Doug McNeal; vocal 'soloists, Sybil ments will be served throughout Bill Nelson, Carl Messinger; Trum- Ichter, George Fry; plus a vocal the evening. Both stags and coup- pet's, Bob Levine, Tom Foster; trio and band chorus. les are invited to attend the dance; At Saturday Night Sport Dance Trombones, Leon Gilbert, Keith Pictures of candidates who will admission is free to all students Rasmussen; Piano, Don Kemmer- be presented at the dan'ce will be and their friends. In St. Stephen's Auditorium

Introduction of the eleven candi- ney, Hank Collins and Ralph Carey, dates for "Cinderella" will high- members of the student council's social committee, are handling ar- light the program arranged for rangements. the sport dance to be held tomor- Music will be furnished by Reese row night at St. Stephen's audit- Pelton's "Collegians". In a song- orium. The candidates will appear naming contest held last week six on a short program designed to in- student-contestants were presented troduce them to the student body. with prizes. Each award consisted good cash Other features of the evening's e'i- of a gift certificate, for tertainment point towards a thor- towards purchases made at the oughly enjoyable affair, Jack Fee- Boston Store.

Vol. 2, No. 8. WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Friday, April 23, 1948 'CINDY' CROONER 'Barber of Seville' CAMPUS WILL BE STAGE Featured Tonight FOR BAND CONCERT MAY 22 By French Club CHORAL CL'U'B TO SING By REESE E. PELTON The French movie, THE BAR- The first annual concert of the Wilkes College Band will be pre- comic BER OF SEVILLE, a opera, sented on May 22. It is expected that the program will take place at based on the immortal plays of area bordering Chase Hall, and the Beaumarchais and the operas "Bar- night on the college campus, in the ber of Seville", 'by Rossini, and Cafeteria. "Marriage of Figaro", by Mozart, SOLOIST The band is composed of thirty- will be presented tonight at Kirby five musicians, all students of Hall at eight and nine-thirty. As Wilkes, and is the first college band an added attraction a 'Canadian to be organized in this area. Ar- short "The Cress and The Sword" rangements for staging the con- will also play. cert are well underway. It is ex- The French Club, through its ad- pected that the Choral Club will visor Dr. Fehrer and its president also appear on the program. At Clem Waclawski extend an invita- the conclusion of the concert tion to all students and their awards will be presented to all guests to see this sensational mu- active band members. sical. The Wi'lkes Band is under the For the benefit of those who can- direction of Reese Pelton, who or- not understand French, the lan- ganized the group in 1945. Faculty guage is supplemented by English adviser is Mr. Edwin Cobleigh, captions. head of the college's music depart- ment: The band's business manag- er is Vester Vercoe, assisted by a, committee comprised of John Fink, Thespians Enter Bob Rodine, Dick Ridall, Carl Strye and Tom Foster. Play Contest New Equipment to Be Used Among the equipment used by the band in the concert will be Monday Night many instruments purchased by the coileg for use of the organiza- Wilkes Thespians will perform these are two bass Vester Vercoe tion. Among MINOR MIRACLE in a one act horns, a 'bell-lyre, a baritone horn, Denny Dennis 'play contest to be staged at St. an alto horn, bass drum, two snare Stephen's auditorium M o nd a y drums and cymbals. Also purchas- night by a group of Northeastern SPANISH CLUB ed for band use were ten folding colleges and theatre groups. music stands. All of the instru- Cindy Hop Tickets Go On Sale MINOR MIRACLE, directed by ments are being used by band Mr. Alfred 'Groh, was performed PLANS DINNER members. The marching band is Next Week in Campus Book Store by the College theatre group earli- well equipped with uniforms of er in the season. AT DURKEE navy blue, sweaters and trousers. Tickets may be procured from Tentative Program Released ENGLISH VOCALIST WITH DORSEY Mr. Groh at his office in the Science Lecture Hall. The program for the concert has "La Comida a Ia Valenciana", not been definitely arranged. How- By REESE PELTON, Music Editor a dinner sponsored by the Spanish ever, a tentative list of selections expected to be included has been Tickets will be on Club, will be held on Saturday eve- for the Cinderella Ball sale to students next Economics Club released. The list includes: week. Each student will receive one ticket on presentation of an offi- ning, May 15, in the dining room of the Hotel Fort Durkee. The din- "SHOWBOAT" MEDLEY cial postcard at the, bookstore; these postcards are being mailed to all Visiting IBM Kern (Arr. by Yoder) students along with a ballot from which each person may select his ner will consist of six courses of choice for "Cinderella". The price of each ticket, good for one couple, typical Spanish food, prepared by CONNECTIOCT MARCH- will be $2.40. Approximately 25 members of the Spanish chef at the hotel Abel- Nassann Sixteen musicians and five vocal- the Economics Club left for Bing- mo Rodriguez. JESU, JOY OF MEN'S hamton this morning at 6 on a The idea for the dinner was con- ists will appear with Dorsey when tinued juke-box success is another DESIRING he appears at the Kingston Arm- visit to the International Business ceived by the students of Miss Sil- Bach evidence that Wilkes has hired the Machine factory in that city. The seth's classes some time ago. Miss ory on May 14. The new T. D. solo- best. (as transcribed for the Gold- ist is Denny Dennis, England's lat- group, in the charge of Eugene Silseth and Lester Gross, president man Band) Repotski, president of the club, of the club, visited some hotels est contribution to the American THE BAN'D THAT JACK popular music business. Dennis has left Chase Hall in 6 private cars and finally decided that the Durkee and pill return about 7:00 P. M. was the best place to hold the af- BUILT been compared to our own Bing CHEERLEADERS Hayward Crosby, right down to the inevi- tonight. fair. The fact that the chef was table bow-tie. Many critics, how. Spanish, coupled with the fact that MIDNITE SUN OVERTURE ever, claim that Denny has more ARE SELECTED the price of $2.10 per person was Yoder depth and feeling in his style of Deadline Nears 'reasonable, were two factors that played a large part in the decision LOVER COME BACK TO ME singing. Dorsey was the first per- Wilkes College cheerleaders held Romberg son to latch onto the English lad to hold the dinner there. since he came to America. a practice session last night in For Manuscript Reservations for the dinner are TROMBONE TOBOGGAN being accepted presently in The committees arranging the Chase Hall. James Catnes, captain Miss Weber of the squad and other members of Silseth's office on the second floor ball, which is semi-formal, are Contributions' of the Shoemaker Residence. All IN A PERSIAN MARKET- making arrangements for what the group assisted in the selection Spanish students and their friends Ketelby be a huge crowd of promises to of the new cheerleaders. There is not much time left for are invited to attend this affair. N-C 4 MARCH Wilkes dancers. The evening's The cheerleading squad, under contributions to the Manuscript, Bigelow highpoint will come when one of the direction of Dr. Charles B. college literary magazine. The LETTERS FROM THE EDITORS the Cinderella candidates, whose Rief, was organized two years ago, deadline for contributions is Fri- MARCH OF THE PEERS on one Sullivan picture is amen gthose of the same time that Wilkes College, day, April 3.0, one week from to- Dear Friends, transcribed the Gold- the following pages of this edition, then Bucknell Junior College, trot- day. Any student of Wilkes may ,There will be no BEACON next (as for will be crowned and presented with ted out the first football team in submit articles, written in either week. man Band) prizes befitting her "royal high- the history of the school. prose or poetry. Contributions Editors. Soloists appearing with the band ness". The following were selected as should be left in the Manuscript are Vester Vercoe, flute; Sweigert, In every poii held in the last ten new cheerleaders 'to represent the office, located in Shoemaker 208, Dear Beacon Members, piano; and Leon Gilbert, trombone. years Tommy has been voted one college at the football games next or with Dr. 'Craig or Mrs. Williams. There will be a meeting of the In addition to solos by these musi- of the three most popular bands fall: This will be the fourth issue of BEACON staff Monday at noon in cians, a trumpet quartet composed in the country. In most cases he Peggy Anthony, Helen Williams, the Manuscript, which makes its the BEACON Office. Pictures for of 'Carl Strye, Louisl Bight, Tom was No. 1 and in the rest of the Pat Boyd, Lee Ann Jakes, Toni appearance once a semester, the the Yearbook will be taken, Foster, and Bob Levine will ap- PDFpolls compression, he was No. 2 or 3. 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EXPERTS IN SOLVING DIFFICULT I" ii PLUMBING AND HEATING In Passing PROBLEMS Henry W. Anderson Editor-in-Chief By Robert Mikulewicz Joseph Purcell Thomas J. Moran TURNER Business Manager Sports Editor Robert T. Mikulewicz Norbert S. Olshef ski GREAT MISCHIEF, by Josephine Pinckney, Viking Press, New VAN SCOY CO. Features Editor News Editor York, N. Y., 1948 27 E. Northampton St. Vincent Macri Frank Eiwaz GREAT MISCHIEF is the story of a nineteenth-century pharma- Est. 1871 Club News Editor Circulation Manager cist in the city of Charleston, S. C. A quiet thoughtful man, Timothy Reese E. Pelton Don Lennon Partridge, age 35, bachelor, under his forceful sister's benevolent bu't Music Director Cartoonist firm thumb, finds release in studying books of sorcery and witchcraft. He finds them easily credible because of his childhood tutoring from Photographers his Negro mammy, Maum Rachel. She was well versed in charms, When You Think of Thomas J. Moran, Dom Yanchunas hexes, and voo-doo. FLOWERS Through his study and natural inclinations he is ripe for the pick- THINK OF Features Staff ing of his soul. He is visited by a witchSinkinda, who is 'sin, kinda'. Ted Wolfe, Edward J. 'Wasilewski, Garfield Davis She is the curvaceous hag who rides him, seduces him, and even fin- News Staff agles an audience with Satan for him. Under the "Adversary's influ- RUCH'S Robert Miller ,Eugene Maylock, Margot Golin, Reed Lowrey, ence, he burns his home. His sister is in it at the time, but he feels Alma Fanucci, Naomi Gould, Gene Bradley more released than pentinent about it. Though his ideas of Good and Flower Shop Evil are not tho'se of hi's neighbors, or rather, his morals are not, he 112 EAST MAIN STREET, cannot accept Satan wholeheartedly. Because of this he resigns him- PLY MOUTH,,,PA. seift to the acceptance of retribution on Judgment Daywhich he be- Member Florist Telegraph lieves has come when Charleston's famous earthquake hits. Delivery Association (GREAT MISCHIEF is a book to give one pause'the length of the pause to be determined by the d'egree of the reader's belief or non- belief in witches. At the least, it provides a light, amusing evening. The Student Council surprised Chairman Charles Templeton at At most, provides a fascinating suiject to ponder over. Miss Pinckney last Monday's meeting by presenting him with a nearly full attendance, has made the hag, Sinkinda, seem plausible and very chariningeven and he opened the meeting with a somewhat dazed, but happy look. when she rides Timothy through the streets of Charleston till cocks After Council scrivner Mitzi Purcell called the roll and read the min- crow. The description of Hell is almost worth the price of the book utes, the business of the evening got underway. itself. Appropriations Committee Chairman George Brady announced that The author has skillfully 'balanced fantasy with a sort of psycho- FIRST! he had no business to report this week, so the floor was taken by logical realism. The result is an engaging and provocative novel, writ- j Social Chairman Jack Feeney. Mr. Feeney reported that the Senior ten with irony, imagination and great literary ability. TAKE UP TO 5 MONTHS dinner-dance formal planned for June 5 could not be held at either of TO PAY WITH the country clubs in the Valley due to the fact that those places have been reserved for other activities. As a precaution, Feeney had the MERCHANDISE:' Irem Temple Club reserved for June 3, and the Hotel Sterling's Admiral cupcfl Stark room for June 'S. A discussion followed and an individual vote NOTES ON NOTES was taken. It developed that the Sterling deal for June 5 would be by REESE PELTON more favorable than June 3 because the senior exams will have ended VISIT OUR by then, thus allowing the students to have a better time with exam worries behind them. Thomas, Sheridan, Callahan, Brody, and Collins ROWE COMBO IS VERSATILE GROUP ShoP agreed to that. Mr. Burak wanted it moved" up or back a week, but The versatility of the Jack Rowe Quartet was well demonstrated to concurred with Feeney's suggestion that weddings, etc. would draw this writer when he recently interviewed Jack at the latter's current from the crowd. Boyle suggested that the seniors decide the question stamping-ground, Fogarty's Turnpike Inn. The Rowe-men have occu- FOR SMART at one of their meetings, whereupon Chairman Templeton replied, pied the stand .for several months 'and it's our hunch they'll be there "Have you ever been to one of their meetings?" Senior Ralph Carey for some time. Currenst members of the combo are Jack on clarinet, COLLEGE CLOTHES said it made no difference to him when they hold it, and Miss Lawlor tenor, and vocals; Bernie Kay on accordion and' piano; Norbert Cum- agreed with Boyle. Final decision was the Sterling on June 5. mins on guitar, and Joe Fox on the siring bass. Kay and Cummins THE HUB Concerning the Cinderella Ball, Feeney stated that voting cards weer f'ormerly with hotel orchestras in Florida, while Fox was a mem- I.fig R.NIJNOWITZRRO!. would be sent out this week, and tickets were being printed, ber of the well-known Jack Gordon trio. Jack, himself, has had a good On the question of awards, Chairman Templeton announced that crack at s.how business. He toured the country with the old Ray Keat- So. Main St., Wilkes-Barre pins for members of the Thespians, Beacon, Yearbook, Choral Club, lug Orchestra, was a member of Ray Pearl's band, and more recently Band, and Wilkes "forgotten group", the Cheerleaders, were being con- was featured tenor man and vocalist with Russ Andolora. Leaving the sidered. Individual awards for the Beacon will be made, and will prob- Andolora crew, he formed a combo that held forth for some time at ably be plaques instead of pins. Participants in Thespians' activities Lilly Lake. The group improved an.d 'before long Rowe was booked in- will eb eligible to receive awards whether or not they are members of to the Victory Room of the Reding.ton Hotel where he was held over that organization. This decision arose from the fact that many stu- four times in eighteen weeks by popular request. The music we heard dents who have taken part in the p1ays have not necessarily been Thës- at Fogarty's included everything from novelties, through rhumbas, to pians. These persons would be eligible only for special awards, though, ballads. The best number of the evening, in our impression, was "Just THE not pins. No final choice of style has been decided on, but several com- Like That", based on the Johnny Long disc arrangement. The quartet panies, the American School Supply, the Balfour Company, and others is not flaWless, but it IS THE outstanding combo appearing locally. will be checked. Cost in all will run tentatively around $150, and Drop in some Friday or Saturday night and form your own opinion! BOSTON STORE Thomas moved that a commttee be appointed for the purpose of spend- MELTON PLANS TO DOUBLE ON TROMBONE ing that amount and more necessary. if During the discussion, Carey Jack Melton, popular local dance-band leader, recently disclosd to interrupted with, "I have a bone pick, in so doing I to but don't want this columnist that he is planning to play trombone, as well a trum- to seem selfish. Student Councils in have other schools always., had pet with his orchestra. Jack, who memorizes all of the trumpet music Men's Shop pins, and I don't see why we should be an exception." Templeton re- he plays, expects to acquire new effects by being able use two trom- plied that it was to aireardy being looked into. Council awards will be bones in harmony. Readers of this column will undoubtedly recall that in the form of keys., and each of the four officers would have the name band-leader Sonny Dunham, among others, is featured on both instru- of his office engraved on the key. Carey agreed and added that the ments; Wyoming Valley dancers will soon see a trumpet-trombone has everything for the college name and the year served be included It also. was agreed that playing band-leader. The greater versatility provided by doubling on a key would be college man's needs. appropriate and more outstanding than a pin. Boyle sliphorn will make the already popular Melton aggregation even better. shggested tie broaches, pins or as the case might be, and added, "As Theresa Lane, the latest Melton canary, handles vocals with a from ties to suits. long as it's for us, why limit the budget?", with which everyone was natural ease and puts much personality into ballads. We've heard in agreement. vocalists with better voices, but Theresa's vivacity more than makes up The question amending 4 Council's of Article of the Constitution for any slight flaws. Another asset to Jack is Joe Sabalesky, who was up. The amendment have freshman taken would Council nomina- plays first alto sax with the band and writes most of the arrangements. FOWLER, DICK tions held no the 4th of semester, later than week the fall and elections Among his best is "The Man I Love", which has been a favorite with no later than the 5th week. All other nominations would be held no Melton fans for some time. The sweet Meiton style is constantly at- later than the 4th week of April, with election the 1st week of May. tracting attention. AND WALKER A special election would be held for vacancies occurring. Members elected in the spring would 'be requried to attend the last three meet- IN BRIEF - - - ings of the current Council in order to learn procedure. On the ques- Last week's. college band rehearsal was conducted in undershirts. tion, Boyle 'declared that Article 4 could not be amended until Article Reasonthe temperature of St. Stephen's was quite a bit above 80 de- 3 was. If this wasn't done, then newly-amended Article 4 would read grees. Whew! FOR YOUR those elected in the spring ". with Article 3 reading " those Did you know that one of Tommy Dorsey's arrangers is a native elected in the fall term " Chairman Templeton declared the amend- of Kin'gston an.d a member of the Wilkes-Barre local of the musician's ment out of order until "certain ambiguous terms were straightened union? His name is Hu'go Winterhalter. You'll hear some of his ar- HIT TUNES out." rangements at 'the Cinderella Ball. The Council acted as a committee of the whole on the Beta Gama We hope to soon have a feature story on Denny Dennis, T. D's Chi's budget, which asked for $90 to cover the remainder of the sem- new English crooner from. a prinmary source. We've discovered a LAZARUS ester's activities. Mentioned were coke parties, teas, and a Senior local girl who was a personal friend of Denny's when she was in Eng- RECORD CENTER Women's Dinner to be held near the en.d of the semester. The last land a year or two ago. called for $30 from the Student Activities Fund, with the sorority pay- Louis Prima is slated. for the South Main Street Armory on Mem- All The Newest Popular ing anything over that amount. This would cover costs, including re- orial Day. Recordings By Your freshment, awards, etc. Callahan asked, "Would this be in order? It The Lee Vincent Orchestra is featuring an arrangement of Gersh- Favorite Artists except in Blue" seems that everyone is invited to all the parties the Dinner." win's "Rhapsody that is terrific and tinged with a touch of LAZARAS LOWER FLOOR PDF compression,(continued OCR, on pageweb 5) optimization usingGlenn aMiller. watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Friday, April 23, 1948 WILKES OODLEGE BEACON 3 Wilkes Nine Faces Taylor Tomorrow Colonels Seek Second Win Unbeaten Drips SPORTS In Three Starts at 2 in Kirby Park Lead Wilkes Softball League By TOM MORAN Beacon Sports Editor BEACON At the end of the third week of By TOM MORAN The residents of the Colonel Baseball Camp will be trying to chalk intramural softball activity, Bobby up their second win in three starts tomorrow afternoon at 2 in Kirby Waters' club - The Drips - are Beacon Sports Editor Park, when Coach George Ralston's diamnod hopefuls lock hornsor camping in the first place spot possibly typewriterswith the Taylor Business College nine from with a one and one-half game lead Trenton, N. J. and a spotless three win and no LAMENT TO A WILKES ATHLETIC COACH In announcing his probable line- petition Taylor has managed to loss record. A four-way tie for second place I spend so many sleepless night, up late today, Coach Ralston dis- .hang up some mighty fine records Crane Buzby, finds the Draft Dodgers, Faculty, Just trying to figure out my rights. closed the fact that for itself on the court and diamond. who was the chief moundsman for IRC and Pre Meds each with one For as coach of While Tayor College nine hasn't a sporting teams, the Blue and Gold last year, will win and one loss, while the Dorm- had much more luck with old Jupe Practice is a must it seems. be on the hill for tomorrow's con- itory, Economics Club and Sad Pluvius than Wilkes has, the Tren- Sacks are in a three-way tie for test. In the backstop spot will be ton Stenographers are expected But where and when to hold these drills, a new starterJoe Deschakfor- to last place with one win and two Fills my spine wth mer Nanticoke in place be plenty powerful on the diamond. losses each. icy chills. player of Wilkes had quite a battle with the 'Cause when I set a practice date, Charlie Swanson, who did a hang- Headed by Student Commission- up Weathermanand the city schools er Chet Knapich the man who It seems it's time to hear from Fate. catching jab for the local team to a place - while Deschak was suffering from try to find to practice donned the robes and posed as and when the season opener rolled Chief Justice of the -Supreme Tri- Just like last year when Coughlin tried, a sore limb. the return of team captain Mar- around the Colonels went against bunalthe eight-team league has All Kirby Hartwick cold. The was Park from me to hide; ty Warmus to the third base posi- result an progressed through the firit por- eight-inning 13 to 10 This season started out the same, tion was well received by follow- defeat for tion of its two-month schedule the local performers. But where was I to place the blame? ems of the Blue and Gold nine. without too much trouble. Warmus, who has been playing un- Last Tuesday's contest against All teams have faithfully honor- With three big squares on which to play, ded this college's colors for the Seminary, which saw the Ralston ed schedules and player regula- I thpught my team on one could stay, past three years, was injured dur- diamond squad sail to a sparkling tions. According to reporte from 15 gave a the members of the But track and 'ball equipment flew, ing the opening contest of the sea- to 4 victory the fans teams even good idea of just what kind of the student-umpires appear to be All sponsored by the Red and Blue. son against Hartwick Coilege. Warmus was removed from the material Wil'kes has this year and honest. what can be done in the way of Standing of the Clubs: content game and sat out the next contest So I'll myself to sit, on the bench while his spot was winning games when Ralston gets Drips 3 0 1.000 And dream of days in opposite; filled by Alec Molash. The injury a few of the much needed breaks. Faculty 1 1 .500 When Wilkes will have a gym and field, necessitated a shift of the entire Probable starting line-ups: Dodgers 1 1 .500 That it will never have to yield. infieldbringing Jimmy Davis to Wilkes Taylor IRC 1 1 .500 second, Joe Brennan to shortstop; SS Molash Morris Pre-.Med 1 1 .500 ARABIAN COLONELS SEEK PLAYiNG SPACE and Molash to the "hot corner". lb Eivan Gianangelo Dorm 1 2 .333 Like the worn out, but still famous Arabs, who, as the story goer, While Taylor College has seldom 2b Brennan Audres Kconomic Club 1 2 .333 picked up their tents and silently crept into the night, Coach Georg been heard of in local athletic cir- 3b Warmus Nasuti Sad Sacks 1 2 .333 Ralston's athletic teams for the past two years have fulfilled all the cles, reports from Trenton indicate LF Semmer Keesey that the athletic minded steno- CF Blackenbush King requirements for becoming good citizens of Arabia after caravaning graphers aren't entirely new to RF Galletta Steet their way from one end of the valley to the other in search of a place the Doubleday Hobby. During the C Deschak Konopka to hold practice. past several years of athletic com- P Buzby Shubert CRAFTSMEN The year 'round tours have seen the grid teams roam about the wide open of Kirby Park, the basketball teams use spaces everyplace It was during the past year that his new interestdramatics- ENGRAVERS for their periodic practice but the tea kettle in the cafeteria, the base- ball teams conduct an "if I get there first you can have it when you came to light. During the past two months, Jack has been on more * come" contest with Coughlin High School for the main diamond in committees than the much traveled Kilroy has been on bar-racks' walls. 20 North State St. Kirby Park, and the tennis team trying to string a net in the trackless BEACONETTESBetween now and the end of the year it might Phone 3-3151 trolley on the way to Forty Fort High School Courts. be a good idea for the lettermen to get together and try to tie a few It's a wefl-known fact that the situation will be helped consider- knots in the very, very lootc ends. President Jack Josephs, according new gym is erected, but the question is whether Coach ably when the to reports, is not now listed as an active student. Why not a comuiete Ralston can stand the strain. revision? After hearing about the receiving $500 and a few The situation as it stands now with' the baseball team is this. IC Frank Parkhurst, Inc. d pennies for the to Philadelphia, a Coughlin has the right to use the 'big diamond for its nightly practices. trip few nieinbers of the "We- That still leaves plenty of space in the two remaining diamonds. But were-gonna-get-jackets' lettermen's club decided tiicy would propose * the other animal in the glue-pot is the city high school's track team. to the iudent Council week-end trip to Robhin and L'hl Sporting It takes up the entire quarter-mile track and the surrounding diamonds. Goods Emporium. The Student Council would be asked for $720 to General Insurance Now this wouldn't stop an ordinary team from practicing, but Ralston cover expenses. Oh, by the way, Messers Robins and Uhl would show charges are funny that wayparticularly the members of the infield. their gratitude for the friendly visit by GIVING each traveling letter- * They object to javelins and discus in their area and the catcher is sort man some little tokenlike a jacket or sumpin'. of touchy about the hurdle which rests between home and first. Miners Nat'! Bank Bldg. "DIS CHALK, MISTER?" STUDENT GOVERNMENT Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The Wilkes bench, Umpire Mickey Noonan, and a portion of the Wyoming Seminary infield were nudged into a few hearty chuckles (continued from page 2) this past Tuesday afternoon at Nesbitt Stadium. Boyle replied, "There would be no harm in that. It's a last get to- It all started when Ralston decided he would replace Charlie gether, and perhaps the last time the girls will see each other." Aiis- Swanson, the Wilkes catcher, with Joe Deschak, in the Colonels' half wered Callahan, "But if we start something, it'll just keep the ball For... of the fifth inning. Not having reached the decision to make the change rolling, and other clubs will want to do the same thing." Boyle re- Accurate and Depend- until he arrived at the third-base coaching box, Ralston swung around plied that "those other clubs would be dealt with later, if and when able Nationally Famous quickly and yelled, "Deschak. Tell Deschak to bat for Swanson." such a case should arise." The budget was passed with one "nay". Watches One of the younger generation standing about the sideline hoping To Boyle's question, "Would it be possible to have a member of the For. to obtain a broken bat and eager to please everyone in general, picked Student Council appointed to the Athletic Council?", Dean George Certified Perfect Dia- up his ears at the first crackle of Ralston's voice. He heard, "Deschak" Ralston replied, "I don't se why not. He would be welcome, and I mond Rings and then the wind took the rest of the message with it. would heartily recommend it. The question of his voting power would 0' Devo- have to be settled, but that could easily be taken care of. And it's an- tion A frantic search through his pockets produced a small white ob- other means of check and balance." The matter will be considered. ject and he began running toward Ralston in the third-base coaching For With that, the meeting was adjourned, and the Council had accom- box, "Here it is mister, You want DIS CHALK." Up-to-the-minute styles plished a great deal in it's 47 minute session. Even 'Chal'kie" Deschak got a few snickers out of it. in Fine Jewelry JOHN "JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES" FEENEY ON... That famius, 'but now almost forgotten service slogan, "Kilroy Easy Credit at No Ex- tra Cost Was Here", came bounding back to us this week when we noted that HARTER'S John Aloysius Feeney is not only heading the committee the *** at con- See - . - trols of the second annual Cinderella Ball, lut doing a mighty fine job. Compliments Trucksville Dairy Unlike many of the members of the Colonel Camp, this writer re- members Jarrin' John from away back when. He was quite the lad. of Pasteurized Dairy Even in his grade school days he was interested in athletics and extra- curricular activities. This interest continued and became more pro- Products nouncd while at Kingston High School, where he played three years KNIFFEN of footballmaking AU-Scholastic in 1943and two years of basket- * into the navy, he played the pigskin sport with of ball. Going some Trucksville, Pa. the top-notch ball players in the country. After arriving home he *** 75 South Main Street played some ball for Lafayette College, finally arriving here in 1947 Phone Dallas 35 WILKES-BARRE as a member of the Sophomore Class. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor 4 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, April 23, 1948 Wilkes Student Formulates Plan For Car-Owners

By GARFIELD DAVIS Sammy Schnitzenhurger strolled down River street, content with the world and all it contained. He had just learned that the girls of Beta Gamma Chi had voted him "The Male Student At Wilkes Most Likely To Have To Repeat His College Education". Sammy wasn't sure whether or not the title the girls had bestowed upon him was complimentary, but he was happy to have been singled out for atten- tion from among Wilkes College's 1000-plus male students. All, however, was not bright for Sammy. He was having Student Council trouble. He was encounter- ing much opposition from that worthy body in his attempts to in- terest its members in several pro- jects he wished to initiate. Being a lower senior, his college career was nearing its end, and he was determined that he should leave behind something for which he would be remembered and loved. To that end he appeared at s t u d e n t council meeting with varied and involved proposals. First, Sammy introduced his plan for the creation of the Internation- Hunt- ANTHONY al Organization of Plutonium PATRICIA BOYD PEGGY ers In Canada. The council turned Kingston sends as one of its re- she isn't doodling with the cam- him down, stating that the Cana- "PAT" BOYD, upper freshman, loves swimming and reading. Miss dians could find any and presentatives, PEGGY ANTHONY, eras, is swimming. Winter must be very well will be one of next year's cheer- Boyd has an A. B. in Psychology a terrific bore to Peg. She is look- all plutonium which might be lo- leaders re- her objective and final an sophomore. "Peg" be'ongs according to the latest as her goal upper ing for a Bachelor of Arts Degree. cated in Canada. ports. She comes into her position is Psychiatric nursing. "Pat" usu- to the Sociology Club, the French Her ambition is to become an in- Still undaunted, Sammy next pro- well qualified after serving as a ally spends her summers swimming Club, and if we had a Photography tenor decorator. At Kingston High posed that the council set up a cheerleader at Berwick High School at Lily Lake where her family has Club here at Wilkes, she would un- School, Peg took part in Girl's Ath- committee to be known as "The where she also took part in dra- a cottage. She prefers tall blond doubtedly belong to that too. She letics and was a mem'ber of the Wilkes College Chapter of The matics and the school paper. "Pat" men. is an avid camera bug who, when honor society. Society Organized To Help The Sailor of Dorothy Dix's Column." As Sammy explained to the coun- cil, he had once read in Miss Dix's column (he stated that he "just couldn't start the day's activities until I have read Dorothy Dix") he had read a letter to Miss Dix in w.hich a sailor had related an incident which had occurred when he had returned home after six months sea duty. When the sailor entered his home and went into the kitchen, he found his wife and a strange man having coffee toget- her. When the sailor asked if he could join them, the man said, "You get out of here or I'll make plenty of trouble for you." "Was I with- in my rights in demanding that I be given a cup of coffee?" the sailor had asked, and for the first time in her career, Dorothy Dix had been at a loss for an answer. Here indeed, Sammy told the council, was the opportunity of a lifetime for Wilkes students to aid a fellow man. Somebody had to set the sailor straightwhy shouldn't the help come from Wilkes Col- lege? The council, after some de- bate, was about to approve plans for the formation of the committee when one of its members pointed out that since the event which had so disconcerted the sailor had taken place sometime ago, the situation had probably resolved itself one way or another by this time, to the advantage of the sailor or other- wise. The other members of the council then were forced to agree that Sammy's proposal was with- MIRIAM GOLIGHTLY GWEN CLIFFORD out merit. Again Sammy was de- MIRIAM GOLIGHTLY ought to contest held last year. 'Mim" says green beau- feated. He trudged out of the room. Brown hair, eyes, a upper freshman, Gwen has a few feel quite at ease when she ascends that she hasn't much time for hob- tiful smile all de- But Sammy had still another rolled into one, years to go until she reaches her the steps to the band platform on bies because her duties as a prac- scribes GWEN CLIFFORD who goal of becoming somebody's pret- plan. Having noted a growing num- ber of "Wallace For President" May 14. She has had plenty of tice teacher and Society Editor of comes to Wilkes from Trucksville. ty and capable secretary. She lists practice on the footboards in Sunday At Kingston Township High buttons being sported on the camp- the the Independent keep her School, her hobbies as piano playing, art, starring role of Alice Sycamore in too busy. Miss Golightly is the Pre- Gwen participated in cheerleading, us, Sammy called for a "Commit- and sports. She has a hidden ambi- tee to Prevent the Practice of last year's Thespian production, sident of Beta Gama Chi. A native the Glee Club and Athletics. Miss "You Can't Take With You", Wilkes-Barrean, Miriam graduated B. tion for singing on the concert Calling A Student A Communist It Clifford has as her objective, a and also as a Cinderella Girl in the from C. A. R. High School in 1945. S. in Commerce and Finance. An stage. Gwen prefers blond men. Just Because He Wears A Wallace Button." One of the council mem- bers promptly endorsed this plan, was no need to protect the few ad- black for.Sammy. He was defeated, because, as he put it, "Any man mirers of the intrepid idealist. crushed. He asked himself: why who thinks Henry Wallace would 'When the number of Wallace fan- was he unable to conjure up some- make a good president is in bad aticsuh, excuse mewhen the thing worthwhilesomething that SEE shape as is, without people calling number of Wallace followers in- would serve as his legacy to the THE CINDERELLA CANDIDATES him a Communist. I feel that Mr. creases", the council member stat- school he loved so well? There Schnitzenburger's plan should be ed, "then will be the time to offer must be something he could do! AT approved." them protection from the rowdy And suddenly, dramatically - it The council was about to legis- rightists". came to him, as if in a blinding SATURDAY NIGHT'S SPORT DANCE late, when one of its members The council concurred. Sammy, flash. The inspiration came the pointed out that Wallace buttons b this time quite a slinker, slunk night before a scheduled student ST. STEPHEN'S HALL were not seen in great numbers on out of the room for the third time. council meeting. Sammy di&i't PDF compression, OCR, web optimization usingthe Wilkes a watermarkedcampus, and that there evaluation From that point copy on, oflife CVISIONwas (continued PDFCompressor on page 6) Friday, April 23, 1948 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON ITALIAN ELECTION

By JACK REESE Italy is now a part of western Europe and not of the Balkans. Italy, as poverty-stricken and de- moralized by war and defeat as she was, still had enough courage, enough vision, to vote down the Communists. Elections that took place Sunday and Monday were more than politi- cal and party choices. They were choices of cultures and systems, the choice of one way of life over an- other. The Italian people them- selves actually felt as though they were choosing between Russia and the United Statesand they were. Italy's future, despite the excellent choice she made politically, will certainly not be an easy one, but the stage has been et and from here on in it is the ability and faith of fthe actors that counts. The huge wave of Communist ag- gression threatening to blanket Europe has come to an abrupt halt in the land where just a few short years ago General Mark Clark's Fifth Army was slowly pushing victory. "TONI" MENEGUS and slogging its way to ANN PAYLIK Out of this haze and uncertainty by is a should come the realization A lovely ex-WAVE, ANN PAy- of sketching. Her other hobbies, Corning all the way from Clifton, first year at Wilkes. Toni mem- how valuable the TONI MENEGUS is ber of the Student Council, IRC, Americans of just LIK hails from Edwardsville, and bicycling through the countryside New Jersey, policies and principles of democra- the only out-of-state girl represent- and the Choral Club. She graduated is the only service woman repre- and watch sports events, should in 1947 cy are. The Communists and their sented. A lower sophomore, Miss give her plenty of opportunity to ed in this year's Cinderella con- from Clifton High School about one- and while there she participated in henchmen have retained Pavlik has as her objective, a B.A. engage in sketching. She likes her test. Her soft, low voice and her third of the electorate votes, which blond hair will help Toni in her the Dramatics and Choral Clubs. in Mathematics, with her ultimate men to be "rugged". Ann likes T. is sufficient to cause confusion and goal being a statistician. An art- D., but would rather listen to ambition to become a marketeer Some of her favorite hobbies are import- swimming, tennis and horseback disruption in Italy. More istic aptitude is shown' in her love Vaughn "Matinee" Monroe. for which she is studying a Com- ant, however, is unity among the merce and Finance course in her riding. anti-Communists with the solid power in the hands of the Christian Democrats. Led by Premier Alcide de Gasperi, the Christian Demo- crats took the election by a great- er majority than was expected. It is virtually assured that for the next five years Italy will be governed by anti-Communists and anti-Fascists. Only revolution or war is likely to change that pic- ture, and revolution possibilities are greatly reduced because of the severe defeat the Communists suf-

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(continued from page 4) sleep that night; he could barely wait for the meeting. The next day, at the student council meeting, Sammy, overjoy- ed because he had at last found THE PLAN he had sought, jubil- antly outlined his scheme. "As you all know", he began, "one of the most annoying things Wilkes stu- dents must endure is the practice of a certain member of Wilkes- Barre's Finest of putting tickets on their cars. Now, to determine whe- ther or not the cars have been parked on River Street for more than one hour, this - this - this policeman! puts a chalk mark on one of the tires of each car, and returns in one hour to append tickets to all cars bearing a chalk- marked tire. "Now (and here Sammy paused for dramatic effect), I propose that the sum of ten dollars and seventy- five cents be appropriated for one week, and the sum of ten dollars for each succeeding week. The '75 cents Is to purchase a bucket. The ten dollars each week is the salary to be paid to the gallant person who volunteers to carry out my scheme. Ladies and gentlemen (again Sammy pausel dramatical- ly), I submit that it is our duty to t select a Wilkes College student as LEE WEISBERGER a volunteer for the obviously dar- ing and hazardous task of wiping FRAN WILKI Music, sports, dancing and bridge Lee says that she developed her those oppressive chalk-marks from our students' tires!" FRAN WIUKI, sophomore, is a as lab technician and "bugologist". are the hobbies of Miss LEE love of sports while watching those Newport '46 graduate, and claims WEISBERGER who is now an Kingston Her choice in men calls for height, up- great teams. Here at Suddenly it was as if a block- Sheatown as her residence. She is per sophomore a B. Wilkes, is a member personality, and dancing ability. studying for Lee of the buster had been dropped in the a member of the cheerleaders A. in Languages. A graduate of Spanish Club. When asked what midst the squad, and is striving for a B. S. Fran devotes her spare time to Kingston of student council. What High School where she she thought of Tommy Dorsey, Lee a plan! All gazed admiringly at in Biology, hoping for a position music and swimming. participated in Girl's Basketball, gave out with a huge "TERRIFIC". the sincere, the humble Sammy Schnitzenburger; all stared at each p other with a clearly defined why- didn't-I-think-of- that- myself look in their eyes. What a man was thI5 Schnitzenburger! And Sammy, to CNIPUS HI6HLKIHTS add to his already prodigious glo- Ted ry, proclaimed: "Gentlemen, I wish b Woffe to volunteer for the job!" And the 7 stout timbers of Chase Hall shook with applause for The Thespians production of Phil Barry's PHILADELPHIA' Schnitzenburger truly a student made of sturdy STORY was something short of a minor miracle, and played to a full stuff. Never in the history of house both nights in spite of Friday's bad weather. Four curtain calls Wilkes College was there such a attested to the success of the play, and Director Al Groh can feel day as that one! mighty proud. The acting was magnificent, as far as amateur acting goes. With And every day since that mo- mentous occasion in Chase the support of such persons as Bill Griffith, Bruce MeKie, Marilyn Hall, the River Street procession can be Broadt, and Paul Thomas, not to mention the stage and technical crews, seen travelling south to north: the the rest of the troupe was able to make a fair appearance withoul any patrolman on his motorcycle with remarks being made. Griffith as Uncle Willie stole the show, and side-car, armed with a piece of is now convinced that the material in women's panties will do in a chalk, marking tires with reckless pinch. Bruce McKie as Sandy had a stage presence the like of which abandon; and Sammy on his stur- has been shown only once before at Wilkes, when Harold Rein played dy motor-bike, with a bucket of the Russian ballet teacher in YOIU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU. Miss water dangling from the left Broadt played the lead role of swearing, tempestuous Tracy Lord as handle-bar, and a wet rag in his good left arm erasing no other college amateur could. of the evening was chalk-marks Surprise Paul with an abandon even more reck- Thomas' portrayal of writer Mike Connor, acting that part in such a less. A sight to gladden the heart manner that might make cinemactor Jimmie Stewart say "Hhmmm!" of any man, car-owner or not. And it is popular opinion that Mr. Groh overlooked a great actor by Is it any not "Bud" Nelson in the were, will wonder, then, that Sam- putting play. Nelson's lines "There my has lost his title, "The Male be a ten minute intermission", and he spoke them with a magnificence Student at Wilkes Most Likely to and confidence that only comes from years of stage experience. Have to Repeat His College Edu- All in all, it ws a great affair, with the only disgusting part being cation", and is now known simply the soinds of someone snoring in the back row. One person explained as "Mr. Wilkes College of 1948."? that this sleeping beauty had just come in out of the rain, but from all appearances it didn't seem as though he knew enough to. * * * * Earl Wolfe and Jack Feeney are disappointed at not being allowed in the inderella contest. Wolfe's disappointment came when he re- ceived only one vote (his own) in the recent election, and Feeney PEGGY WOOLCOCK seemed a bit peeved when the photographer refused to take his picture. From the looks of the pictures, Feeney should be glad. then, she has * * * * A year old, a year wiser, and just nalism but snce as pretty as ever, PEGGY WOOL- changed her mind and has decided Many students are rather surprised with the Council's choice of COCK has again been picked as a to become a teacher of English in- the West Side Armory as the scene of the Cinderella Ball, at least BISCUIT CO. contender for the honored position stead. Music seems to be an im- Cedric Glub is. Says Club, "The Council has sponsored some good suc- of Cinderella. Peggy is a native of portant part of Peggy's life. She cessful events in the past, and now when they come to the most im- * Wilkes-Barre and graduated from belongs to the choral club here at In Wilkes, and has appeared with a portant of them all, they chose the Armory to hold it in. Usually, that Wilkes-Barre. Pa. Coughlin High School in 1945. place is used as a sphere of sports action, and it seems rather out of Peggy's biography of last year, she girls' orchestra. Her hobby is play- place to present there an affair such as this. To me, it's too bare and stated her objective as being jour- ing the piano. gloomy to be the scene of a semi-formal, and no amount of decoration can overcome these situations. Even Tommy Dorsey might be insulted. 'Cinderella candidate Fran Wilki explained the system of grading I know many of the students are. There's still time for the Council to her mother not long ago as follows: F-fine, D-dandy, C-colossal, to decision. How B-better, and A-awful. "See, mother", she said, "I never get any A's!" change its abut it?" - Well, how about it? She isn't alone, as any World Lit student can avow. USE GLENDALE * * * * * * * * After tasting a candy bar that he had purchased at the Cafeteria, The Spanish Club has finally come down to earth, and is planning WOODLAWN one student remarked, "If the cost of this candy had been cut down to hold an affair right here in the old home town, after giving up the one penny each year from the time they put it on the counter, the idea of touring the Caribbean. Latest plans call for a dinner-dance, Cafeteria would owe me money." LA COMIDA A LA VALENCIA, to be held at the Fort Durkee Hotel, DAIRY PRODUCTS "If you think that's stale", replied his buddy, "you ought to taste with an honest-to-goodness Spanish chef doing the victual honors. their sandwich buns." Sort of a Durkee dinner, huh? Thank you, Hank Anderson. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor