Wilkes BE O'TOOLE EXHIBITION SUCCESS AT WILKES;

BACKGROUND SHOWS LONG LINE OF AWARDS

Cathal O'Toole was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for painting in 1934. All the works in the exhibition had been done since that year, with the exception of "Portrait of A Man" painted in Scotland in 1922. Includ- ed in the showing was the first painting which O'Toole ever exhib- ited publicly, the "Interior of the Metropolitan Museum". This was shown in the 109th annual exhibi- tion of the National Academy of design in 1934, while he was still a student in the academy schools. It was awarded the second Hall- garten prize of $200. That same year he was invited to paint for two monhts on a fellowship at the Tiffany Foundation at Oyster Bay, Long Island. For the three successive years, 1935-'6-37 O'Poole was invited to exhibit at the Carnegie Interna- tional in Pittsburgh. The National Academy of Design also awarded him the first Hailgarten prize in 1935 for his painting "Conglomera- tion". This painting was then in- vited by the Art Institute of Chica- go for exhibit there in 1936. His work has been included in exhibi- tions at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Virginia Museum oC Art, the Metropolitan Museum, Toledo Museum, New York World's Fair 1939-40, and the San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition in 1939. While in Paris from 1934-37, he exhibited with the group of Anglo- American artists in the Galerie de Paris, at the Schola Cantorum, and

CHEER SQUAD DANCE

FRIDAY, SEPT. 29-Ill By ROMAYNE GROMELSKI

The new Wilkes cheering squad will hold the first dance of the sea- son in the new gym on Friday night, September 29, at 8:30 P. M. The highlight of the evening will be a giant pep rally staged through the combined efforts of the cheer- leaders, the football team, and Bob Moran's band. Tickets will cost thirty-five cents per person and can be bought from any cheerlead- er. ALL FRESHMEN ARE RE- QUESTED TO ATTEND THE DANCE! Roll call will be taken by upperclassmen who have vivid me- mories of their own freshman ini- tiation experiences.

Toni Menegus, who is entering her fourth season as a Wilkes

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with the "Atelier 17" both of Prague and the Gallery Guatre Chemins. While in Paris he receiv- ed a one man exhibition of his works at the American center. O'Toole also served on the juries of selection for National Art Week and tle New York World's Fair. As an etcher and engraver his work was represented in "100 Sel- ected Prints" 1940-41-42, and in the "Survey of Contemporary Print Making in the U. S." at Carnegie Institute Gallery in 1942. The painting "Influences" was awarded the anonymous prize at the allied artists of America in 1941. The same year the National Academy purchased one of his paintings through the Henry W. Ranger fund. In 1942, he received a grant in art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Na- tional Institute of Arts and Letters (jointly). The Salmagundi Club gave the Carl J. Blenner Prize to his painting "Things Around Me". He was instructor of drawing, painting, and composition at the Finch Junior College from 1939 to 1941. Lecturer in drawing at Col- umbia University 1948-49. In 1939 O'Toole was elected an associate member of the National Academy and elected a national academician as a painter in 1944. He is also a member of the Society of Ameri- can Etchers, the Salmagundi Club and a life member of the Lotus Club.

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR 1950

Sept. 23Bloomsburg STC H Sept. 30Franklin and Marshall A

Oct. 7E. Stroudsburg STC A

Oct. 21Bloomsburg STC A Oct. 25Ithaca College A

Nov. 4Howard University A

Nov. 7Lafayette H

All home games will be afternoon games cit Kirby Park.

SOCCER SCHEDULE FOR 1950

Sept 30St. Francis College H Oct. 7University of Bridgeport A Oct. l4Ithaa College H' Oct. 28Lycoming College A Nov. 4Bloomsburq STC A N"v. IlMaryland STC H' Nov. l8Kings College H' H' - Home night games.

THE STERLING HOME: NEW GIRLS' DORMITORY

Cot ege PHYS. ED. LEADERS

NAMED FOR WILKES

With the building of a new gym- nasium Wilkes College has added two new posts for the college fac- ulty. Robert Partridge, former History teacher and Soccer coach, has been named Director of Physi- cal Education for men and Director of Student Activities. In addition to these new posts, Partridge will coach soccer and baseball.

This will mark the first time since Wilkes became sportsminded on an intercollegiate basis that anyone but George Ralston has coached the baseball team. Ralston will continue as Director of Athle- tics, Dean of Men, and head coach of football and basketball.

Robert Partridge played baseball while at the University of Penn- sylvania and was named to the All- Ivy League team as shortstop. He was chosen on the All-American Soccer team while at the same uni- versity.

Partridge served as a member of the Gene Tunney Program while serving in the U. S. Navy,'and his duties certainly qualify him for the jobs of Director of Student Activi- ties and Director of Physical Edu- eation. As a lieutenant, he was in charge of athletics and the coordin- ation of activities for some of the larger naval bases.

Since two directors of physical education were needed, and Part- ridge filled the bill for the men to a "T", it was necessary to appoint someone for the women of Wilkes. That someone was found without going out of the valley. Miss Helen Bubeck, of Forty Fort, was ap- pointed to the position of Director of Physical Education for the girls.

Miss Bubeck was director of phy- sical education at Forty Fort High School. She was also superinten- dent of playgrounds at that town. A former resident of Williamsport, Miss Bubeck was also a playground superintendent there and at State College, Pa. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the the YWCA and chairwoman of the YWCA's Girl Reserve Committee. She received her B. S. in Health and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg Stbte Teachers Col- lege.

Mr. Partridge has announced '-lans for forming a Student Activ- ities Council and has called the first meeting for the 28 of September.

Mr. Partridge and Miss Bubeck can be found in their offices in the new gymnasium.

NINE MEMBERS ADDED TO FACULTY;

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS RELEASED

By DAVE WHITNEY Nine new members have been

added to the Wilkes College facul- ty, Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Presi- dent of the college, has announced.

Two of the new faculty members, Miss Kathleen Mary MacDonald, A.B. in Library Science from Mary- wood College, and Warren F. French, MS. in Library Science from Syracuse University, will join the library staff.

The Chemistry Department re- ceived two new instructors, Fran- cis J. Salley, Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, How- ard Halpin, M.S. in Chemistry, University of Lehigh.

Two new instructors were added to the Economics Department, Wade J. Brightbill, who received his Master's Degree from Pitts- burgh University, and George F. Elliot, who earned his M.A. in In- ternational Affairs at Clark Uni- versity.

Charles J. Foxlow, holder of an M.A. degree in English from Col- umbia University, and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa will teach in the English department.

Thomas F. Rock, M.A. in Histo- ry, University of Columbia, will be a History Department instruc- or.

Donald C. Follmer, graduate of Wilkes College with a B.S. Degree in Biology, will assist in the Biolo- gy Department.

Mr. Follmer will teach hygiene and zoology lab while still pursu- ing courses here. A native of Ber- wick, Mr. Foilmer was keenly in- terested in music while in high school, playing in the Berwick High School Band. As a student in Berwick High School he won hon- orable mention in a national post- er contest. Upon graduation he en- tered the United States Air Force and served eighteen months, includ- ing service in Germany as an en- tertainment specialist. While at- tending Wilkes, the new Biology instructor was a member of the Amnicola, (being co-creator of Homer Bones- the Beacon, the Stu- dent Council, and the Pre-Med Club. Mr. Follmer was also a mem- ber of the Mud Gutters Society's quartet which won Wyoming Val- ley top honors. Last year he was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Mr. Foil- mer hopes to enter medical school next year.

Mr. Rock, a native of Boston, at- tended Boston University before earning his A.B. and M.A. degrees in history from Columbia Univer- sity. Mr. Rock was awarded the Albert Marion Elsburg Gold Medal

nounced that there are a great number of opportunities for any- one interested in working with oly, type, business management,

advertising, photography and other phases of publication.

The positions of copy editor, business manager and photography editor are still open, and through the recent plan each of the above persons will receive a scholarship of $100 per year, the only require- ment being that a C average must be maintained.

The photography division of the Yearbook staff has acquired a darkroom in addition to some of the latest developments in photo-

for Excellence in Modern Histoc He holds a membership in the Ar erican Historical Society and t Columbia University Graduate HiL tory Society.

Mr. Foxlow studied at Kenyrn College, where he won the Indian- apolis Regional Scholarship in 1942, Dartmouth College, and Wab- ash College where he earned his A.B. in English. Mr. Foxlow re- ceived his M.A. degree in English from Columbia University, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Winner of the Ruth Margaret Farber Essay Prize in 1947, the new Engish instructor is a member of the Phi Beta Kap- pa and Pi Delta Epsilon honorary societies. Mr. Foxiow also served three years in the United States Navy.

Mr. Brightbill will teach retail merchandising, having received his Master's Degree from Pittsburgh University last year where he maj- ored in personnel management. He served in the Research Bureaus for Retail Training while he attended Pittsburgh University. Mr. Bright- bill studied as an undergraduate at Millersville State Teachers College. The new economics instructor spent thirty-four months in the Navy, and spent twenty of the months in China as a member of the Sine- American Co-operative Organiza- tion, a guerilla outfit.

Mr. Halpin, a resident of Forty Fort, was a research associate in the Institute of Research at Lehigh

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INTER-CLUB COUNCIL

TO MEET SEPT. 28

By DAVE WHITNEY

Every campus group should send two delegates to the Wilkes Inter- Club Council. The Inter-Club Coun- cil will hold its initial meeting on Thursday, September 28, at 7:30 P. M. in the gymnasium lounge. At this meeting the Council will be organized and will begin to func- tion.

The primary objectives of the Inter-Club Council are:

To provide a means of com- munication and cooperation among all campus organizations.

To help build school spirit. To encourage participation in

extra-curricular activities. To sponsor an aggressive in-

tra-mural athletic program. Presidents of organizations are

asked to appoint two delegates to represent their groups in the Inter- Club Council.

AMMCOLA STAFF SEEKS NEW MEMBERS;

GROUP TO REORGANZE ON THURSDAY

By CHUCK GLOMAN

All students interested in joining the Amnicola Staff are urged to attend the first organizational meeting Thursday at 4 P. M. in the Yearbook office, located on the second floor of the Science Lecture Hall.

Editor ,John Guerra has an- graphic equipment. Granville Rice, one of the valley's leading photo- graphers, is scheduled to speak before the staff throughout the semester, giving facts and helpful hints on some of the fascinating phases of photography.

The Advertising division offers unlimited opportunities and prac- tical experience for all students in- terested in advertising, since it en- ables them to converse and work with local advertising managers and promotional directors.

Editor Guerra points out that new members of the staff will have greater chances for advancement this year since many of the pre- sent staff are seniors.

Vol. 4, No. 1. WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. Friday, September 22, 1950

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EDITORIAL James Tinsley

ON INITIATIONS

To the incoming freshman, "frosh" initiations are an unadult- erated form of upperclass sadism. In some cases of extreme corporal punishment, the freshman view of initiatory proceed- ings is too close to the truth. Fortunately, the Wilkes initiations have, in the past, tended to be centered on the humorous rather than the corporal.

No blood has been let, no bodies have cluttered up the campus, and the paddlings have been reserved for a few of the more recalcitrant freshman. A few heads have been shorn, but the barbers have been more than professional. (Local barbers have urged these amateurs to abandon college work and take their chosen place in the world's sharpest profession).

Because of their "lenient" nature, the initiations have suc- ceeded. They have introduced the incoming freshmen to the rest of the college, and in turn have helped absorbthe "Pea green" frosh into the unity which is Wilkes.

However, we have a few minor suggestions which may im- prove Wilkes' initiations. In the past the initiatory period ran for an unannouced length of time. In the course of weeks, the novelty wore thin, and a few freshmen (those daring scoundrels) dared to disregard freshman customs. If there had been a sti- pulated time for the initiations, this dastardly flaunting of auth- ortX might never have occured.

In the same vein, a limit has never been set for the wear- ing of freshman dinks. Many schools require that frosh wear their dinks for an entire semester, while other schools allow the freshmen to decide their own fate in a competition of some sort with the sophomore class. A third alternative suggests itself. Frosh could be compelled to wear dinks until the total enroll- ment of the freshman class presented itself as a cheering section at a Wilkes football game. We can dream, can't we?

To the freshmen: Remember! Even you can someday be an upperclassman.

EDITORIAL

ALLEGORY OF THE SEED

Once upon a time, many, many years ago, there was a seed, just a tiny seed. Men called that seed an idea or a plan. Well, sir, the man who had the seed (or maybe it was owned jointly) planted it. A lot of people crowded around the man. They liked him and his seed.

It seems that after the seed was planted times were pretty rough. The weather was bad and the soil wasn't too good either. But the man just kept cultivating the seed and caring for it, praying for rain and fertilizer at the same time. His friends stuck right with him all the way. His own little kids helped, too, in their own little way.

So whatcha think happened? Wellsir, it rained and the friends and kids threw in some fertilizer and first thing you know the danged little seed started to grow. It just growed and growed and growed! Like Topsy.

Next thing, somebody said that the seed wasn't growing fast enough. Most said it was right on schedule. The man was happy and so were his friends and kids, most of all maybe the kids.

Yessireebob, that little seed just up and became a big super-colossal, hoop-de-doo structure. Yep, we got our gym!

BEACON REPORTER RELATES INTERVIEW

WITH WORLD-FAMOUS "MISS AMERICA"

By CHUCK GLOMAN

A great many well-known stars of the past few decades, such as Al Jolson, Ted Lewis, Harold Lloyd and Gloria Swan- son, have recently amazed the entertainment world by staging successful comebacks. But a name that far outshines all other stars of the past is that of the greatest and most famous person- ality of all time"Miss America" . . . of 1873.

Yes, that wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous, shapely, exotic, bald, gravel-voiced dream girl of a few years back, Sidsipple Sloshbucket, told me in an exclusive interview this week that she intends to make the greatest comeback in the his- tory of show business.

You see, for twelve consecutive years Miss Sloshbucket has walked away with the "Miss America" award . . . but the police made her put it back every time.

"Why, Chuck", she explained, "I'm still just as beautiful as I was in those days. What difference does age make? After all, all wo- men were made from the same mold."

"Yes", I replied, "but you're a little moldier than the others."

"Now let's not discuss my age!" she snapped.

"Alright", I said, "I was never good at ancient history anyway."

"Why I'll have you know I'm not actually what you'd call 'old'. After all, I'm only dribbling over into the fifties", she giggled.

"Slopping over into the nineties would be more like it", I murniur-

red. In her day, Miss Sloshbucket

was known as the Oomph Girl .

whenever she sat down on the sofa it went "000mph!"

And she has always had perfect vision. In all those years she never needed glasses. . .just drank right out of the bottle.

As she spoke, the 'beauty' strut- ted up and down the street in a rather odd-looking garment on which was lettered "MAINE GRADE A POTATOES". What I can't figure out is why on earth she was wearing a burlap bag... unless she thought it would give her sacks appeal.

Miss Sloshbucket is now married and has two sons. One of them is in politics. . . the other one's not much good either.

"My oldest son is awfully sick these days", Sidsipple whispered. "He's suffering from chronic front- al sinusitis!"

"Where did he ever get that?" I asked her.

"From an old medical journal hej saw at the doctor's home", she re- plied.

FRESH FROSH FRAU WHISKEY: What the morning after, you wish you'd drunk water the night before, instead of.

OBOE: An ill wind that nobody blows good.

* ** * * *

"Hey boss, I'm taking a month off", said the clerk as he tore an- other sheet off the calendar.

* * * * * *

The father of a Wilkes freshman wrote this inspiring poem aboot his son:

Where is my wandering boy to- night,

I wonder, near or far? I always ask my wife, and add: "And also, where's the car?"

* *** * *

"Eavesdropping again", said Ad- am as his wife fell out of the apple tree.

Until next week, this is your BEACON reporter leaving you with this thought: Girls are just like newspapers: They have forms, they always have the last word; back numbers are not in demand; they have a great deal of influence; they are well worth looking over; you can't believe everything they say; they carry the news wherever they go; the are much thinner than

Seated: Betty Lou Jones, Kings-1ev Williams, Towanda; Carol Rey- son Heights, N. Y.; Phyllis Con-Carey, Mill City; Marianne Hoff- they used to be; every man should ton; Eleanor West, Sayre, N. Y.; Vera Koib, Waverly, N. Y.; Shir-

nar, Carbondale. Standing: Sandra Cheslen, Jack-

ningham, Wilkes-Barre; Anette man, Jamaica, L. I.; Lots Croyle, Reinir, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Ruth Wilkes-Barre.

have his own and not borrow his neighbor's.

2 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, September 22.1950

Through the years Miss Slosh- bucket has been getting quite lazy.. In fact, she's so lazy she runs the car over a bump whenever she wants to flick the ashes off her cigar.

The many years of inactivity has left the famous beauty rather plump. I won't go so far as to say that she's fat, but she's the only lady I know that can answer the front door without leaving the kit.- chen.

Continuing my interview, I ask- ed Miss Sloshbucket what kind of husband she had.

Gazing at me through her new Captain Marvel goggles, she queri- ed, "What do you mean, 'what kind of man is my husband'?"

"Well", I explained, "what color clothes does he wear? Would you say that he was a loud dresser?

"Loud!" she exclaimed. "You should hear him when he loses his cuff buttons!"

"I didn't mean just that", I told her. "I just wnted to know what type of a man your husband is."

"Well", sighed Miss Sloshbucket, "he likes to dream about things. Just last night he dreamed he dwelt in marble halls."

"And what happened?" Tasked. "He woke up in the bathtu.!"

she replied. "Tell me, Miss Sloshbucket, h'w

did your husband propose to yu. I'll bet it was really romantic."

"Well', she began, "it was all very sudden. One moonlight night we were sitting in the park and I told him to get down on his knee "

"Then what happened?" "Well", she exclaimed, "before

he realized it wasn't a crap game he had proposed!"

"Those sky writers have nothing on me", chuckled the nut as he wrote an essay on the moon.

Headline: MUSICIAN SAVIS SELF BY FLOATING ON BA;IS VIOLIN IN FLOOD. WAS AC- COMPANIED BY HIS MOTh}.R ON THE PIANO.

Culture Corner

Realizing that all Wilkes fresh- men are in constant search for a higher, more intellectual vocabu- lary, I now present a few words and their connotations which Web- ster somehow overlooked in pre- paring his Dictionary.

LITERARY CRITIC: A person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't know was there.

CHAMPAGNE: A beverage that makes you see double but feel single.

ETIQUETTE: The noise you don't make when you eat soup,

LAWYER: A fellow who lives by his writs.

DENTIST: A fellow with a ore extract mind.

TOM BOBBINS

JAMES TINSLEY Editor-in-Chief

GEORGE KABUSK Features Editor News Editor

ED TYBURSKI GERTRUDE WILLIAMS Sports Editor Faculty Advisor

ROMAYNE GROMELSKI JOE CHEBRIE Business Manager Circulation Manager

News Staff "Iscilla Swcirtwood, Chuck Glomon, Dove Whitoey, Irene Jonoski, Homer Bones,

Jim Goetens, Chef Molley, Mike Lewis

Sports Paul Beers

Photographers Art Bloom, Ed Bolinski

A paper published weekly by and for the students of Wilkes College. PHONE 4-4651 EXT. 19

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FrIday, September 22, 1950

THETA DELTA RHO

WELCOMES MEMBERS

Theta Delta Rho welcomed 85 women members of the new fresh- man class into the collegiate ranks last. Tuesday, during Freshman Or- ientation, when the regular mem- bers of the sorority adopted "Little Sisters" for the 1950-51 school year at n "Coke Party" in Sterling Hall.

A few of the new freshman women, who are part of the 310 nev additions to the Wilkes stu- dent body are shown in the upper pict are.

Left to right, first row: Helen Brown, Cortland, N. Y.; Florence Kenlock, Shenandoah; Rachael Rees, Trucksville; Elizabeth Mc- Quilkin, Dallas; Connie Wallace, Lee Park; Adeline Elvis, Newtown; Alice Petrochko, Olyphant. Second row: Phyllis Deisher, Wilkes- Barre; Jeanne Evans, Lee Park; Mary Jane Brogan, Pittston; Kit inc Brogan, Wilkes-Barre; Jane Carpenter, Wilkes-Barre; Eleanor Perlman, Wilkes-Barre.

The lower two pictures on the left were taken during the activi- ties of Freshman Week. The orien- tation lectures and discussions of he week were topped off by the

?reshman Dinner at the Hotel Sterling.

Yale Law School Dean Demands A Change, Expects More 'Brains'

Charging that too many students entering the nation's law schools at the present time are "illiterate and ignorant of man and citizen- ship", ,Prof. Wesley A. Sturges di n of Yale University Law S.hool, recently declared that these college graduates cannot "effective- ly .....cad, spell or write the En- gUsh language, and even more, to read, spell or write any foreign language."

"Accordingly", he continued, there is want of capacity to acquire and apply intelligence." He pointed out that the widening responsibil- ities of lawyers today in public welfare matters has given new meaning to "practice the law". But young men coming from the col- lcges do not have either the back- ground or the training necessary for this wider law practice, Dean Sturges declared. Dean Sturges sted the following specifications

ci' why he felt that students en- wring law schools do not have this necessary background:

The first is the "widespread illi- teracy" prevailing among college men. Dean tSurges blamed both the undergraduate colleges and the izw schools for doing little to over- come this shortcoming in their 'rtudents.

His second specification charged that "college graduates are desti- tute of vocabulary and understand- ing of sematics." The areas of this 'ignorance" on the part of the stu- dents "are of vital concern when they are identified for the would- he lawyer as being in the fields of anthropology, philosophy, econo- mics, sociology and government", he said.

For his third point, Dean Stur- ges said that students "indulge in herd instinct to jump for the ans- wer of controverted issues with re- lative indifference toward the pro- cess of deriving the answer and with little caution toward the prob- lems of verifying that process."

Fourth, he continued, the stu- dents are accordingly "gullible, ex- tremists, non-critical and scarcely deliberative in their judgments, and intolerant of compromise or pragmatic adjustments based UPOfl empirical considerations. Black is black, and white is white without shades or tints."

The broad education needed to correct this lack of training and background in students should come from the law schools, Dean Sturges said, 'pointing out that the professional schools should not ex-

pect the regular colleges to assume the entire burden.

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON 3

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CONSTITUTION OF THE STUDENT BODY

OF WILKES COLLEGE

ARTICLE I.

(Name) The student governing body of the

school shall be known as the Student Council.

ARTICLE II. (Functions and Powers of the

Student Council)

Sec. 1. To serve in on odvisory cap- ocity to the Director of the College on matters within his jurisdiction and pre- sented by him.

Sec. 2. To present student attitudes on matters of student affairs in which the students have an interest and which ore now within the jurisdiction of other properly constituted groups.

Sec. 3. To draft a budget of oppro. priations for the recognized activities.

ARTICLE III. (Membership and Representation in

the Student Council) Sec. 1. There shall be four classes

represented in the Student Council. Students with 0-30 credit hours shall vote as Freshmen; those with 31-60 credit hours shall vote as Sophomores; those with 61-90 credit hours shall vote as Juniors; and those with 91 or more credit hours shall vote as Seniors.

Sec. 2. Sophomore, Junior and Senior representatives shall hove at minimum a cumulative "C" average (all credits being counted, including Physical Edu- cation, Band, etc.) at the mid-point of the semester in which they are elected.

Representatives elected during the Council's term of office to fill vacan- cies shall have a cumulative "C" aver- age at the end of the semester or mid- semester immediately preceding their lection.

Sc. 5. Representatives elected to the Student Council shall consist of the fol- lowing:

3 members of the Freshman Class elected by the Freshman Class.

4 memebrs of the Sophomore Class elected by the Sophomore Class,

4 members of the Junior Class elect- ed by the Junior Class.

4 members of the Senior Class elect- ed by the Senior Class.

ARTICLE IV. (Elections to the Student Council)

Sec. 1. Nominations for Student Council representatives shall be made by three classes no later than the elev- enth week following th beginning of the spring term.

Those students who will have from 3 1-60 hours with the completion of the spring semester will nominate as soph- omore for sophomore representatives.

Those students who will have from 61-90 hours with the completion of the spring semester will nominate as jun- iors far junior representatives.

Those students who will have in ex- cess of 91 hours with the completion of the spring semester will nominate as seniors for senior representatives.

Freshman nominations for Student Council will occur no later than the second week following the beginning of the fall term. All students with 0-30 hours will nominate as Freshmen for Freshmen candidates.

Sec. 2. Elections for Student Council representatives shall be held by the Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes no later than the twelfth week of the spring semester. Freshmen shall elect no later than the third week of the fall term.

Sec. 3, The term of office of the Sophomore, Junior and Senior represent- atives shall begin with the last meet- ing of the spring term, of which time the replaced Council will retire. The terms o fthe above named representa- tives shall continue until such time as the are succeeded by duly-elected re- presentatives. Special elections to fill any vacancis shall be held by the class represented within two weeks after the vacancy occurs.

Sec. 4. All voting for Student Coun- cil representatives shall be by secret ballot at an official student assembly or at a place so designated by the Stu- dent Council. the Dean of Men and/or the Dean of Women. The ballots shall

Have you suspected that it's time again to fill the vacancies in the Student Council? And are you remember- ing that it's also time for class officer elections? Are you in the know?

If you can rattle off affirmative answers to these ques- tions, read no farther. But if you've had to mumble an embarrassed "no" to any of them, better hang around while we conduct a refresher course in local politics.

The Student Council stands virtually at half strength -scarcely enough strength to stand at all. Three vacan- cies exist in the Freshman Class. Two vacancies each exist in the Sophomore and Junior Classes. The Senior

be collected and audited by a commit lee so designated by the Dean of Men and/or the Dean of Women. Election results shall be posted on all official bulletin boards.

Sec. S. All elections and election plans are subject to the approval of the Student Council.

ARTICLE V. (Meetings and Voting of the

Student Council) Sec. 1. The first fall meeting of the

Student Council shall be called during the first two weeks of the fall term Council. If there is no ranking officer by the rankink officer of the Student available, the Faculty Advisor shall call the first meeting.

Sec. 2. Regular meetings of the Stu. dent Council shall be held twice month- ly at a time and place selected by the Student Council.

Sec. 3. Special meetings of the Stu- dent Council may be called upon notice being given by the President of the Student Council or the Faculty Ad- visor.

Sec. 4. A Quorum shall consist of eight members of the Student Council.

Sec. 5. Students may petition the Student Council for a hearing on all matters in which they have an interest. They will be heard by the Student Council under such regulations as the Council may impose.

Sec. 6. Each member of the Student Council shall have one vote.

ARTICLE VI, (Officers of the Student Council)

Sec. 1. The officers of the Student Council, listed according to their rank shall consist of the following:

A President A Vice-President A Treasurer A Secretary

Sec. 2. Election of these officers by the full representation of the incoming members shall take place at the last meeting of the spring semester. Their terms of office shall continue f or the duration of the Council's term of office.

Should the Presidency fall vacant, the Vice-President shall assume the Presidency.

ARTICLE VII. (Amendments to the Student

Constitution) Sec. 1. Amendments may be propos-

ed by any member of the Student Body upon petition to the Council, such peti- tion signed by at least twenty students.

Sec. 2. The proposed amendments shall be read at two meetings of the Sutdent Council and voted upon at the latter meeting.

Sec. 3. Amendments approved by the Student Council shall be presented to the Administrative Council for con- sideration.

Sec. 4. If further approved, the amendments shall be returned to the Student Council which shall then pre- sent them to the Student Body for rati- fication, ratification being defined as a majority of the votes cast by the Stu- dent Body.

Sec. 5. If disapproved by the Ad- ministrative Council, the amendments shall be returned to the Student Coun- cil for revision. Should the Student Council, upon reconsideration, deem re- vision undesirable, it may over-ride the Administrative Council's disapproval by a 2 / 3 vote of the entire membership. It shall present it to the Student Body for ratification.

Sec. 6. If the Student Council re- jects proposed amendments on its first vote, the amendments shall be returned to the authors for revision. Should the authors, upon reconsideration, deem re- vision undesirable, they may over-ride the Student Council's rejection by peti- tioning the Administrative Council dir- ectly. The petition this time shall be signed by a minimum of 100 students. If then approved by the Administrative Council, the amendments shall be pre- sented to the Dean of Men, who shall in turn present them to the Student Body for ratification,

ARE YOU IN THE KNOW?

WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, September 22, 1950

BY-LAWS I. Student Council

The minutes of each Student Coun- cil meeting shall be kept by the Secre- tary. These minutes, including all fin- ancial transactions, shall be posted on the official bulletin boards no later than three days after each meeting. Copies of these minutes shall be given to both the President of the Council and the Faculty Advisor of the Council for a permanent record.

Representatives who fail to attend Student Council meetings must explain absence in writing, such explanations to be given to the Secretary of the Stu- dent Council and read at the following meeting. Three such absences will re- quire a secret ballot of the Council to determine whether or not the member should be dismissed and a vacancy created. A two-thirds vote of the total membership of the Student Council shall be required for dismissal.

Members of the Student Body may be admitted to Student Council meet- ings. However, they shall be without voice unless they are recognized by the President.

The President of the Student Coun- cil may appoint committees from the Student Body and standing committees from the Student Council.

The Student Council may approve an expenditure from the Student Activi- ties Fund to create a funeral flower fund and to finance teas, banquets, dances or any other social affair not conducted by a recognized student ac- tivity or athletic group. Such approval, however, must be given by a two- thirds majority of the total Sudent Council.

Distribution of the Student Consti- tution must be made to all students at the first assembly in the fall term of each year by the Student oCuncil.

II. Class Elections Nominations shall be held in the

third week of the fall term. and elec- tions shall be held in the fourth week. All class nominations shah be posted on the official bulletin boards at least five days prior to the elections.

Class officers shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast.

All class voting shall be by secret ballot.

III. Organizations and Finance Every recognized club shall have

a Faculty Advisor. Each club or activity desiring re-

cognition shall apply to the Student Council for recognition. If denied, a pet- ition of one hundred names will require thai the issue be put before the assem- bled Student Body. A majority vote of the assembled body will entitle the ac- tivity to recognition.

An Athletic Council shall be com- posed of the captains of the various teams, one elected member from each team, and the Director of Athletics. The Athletic Council shall submit a bid far recognition of each athletic actiivty to the Student Council. The Athletic Coun- cil shall submit an itemized budget for funds to the Student Council at the be- ginning of each tall semester.

Budgets for the recognized activi- ties shall be submitted to the Student Council within two weeks after their recognition has been granted, and at teh beginning of each fall semester thereafter. Requests for additional funds may be submitted to the Student Coun- cil for approval at any time.

The Faculty Advisor of the Student Council shall be the Comptroller of the general Student Activities Fund.

Any balance shall revert to the general Student Activities Fund.

The Comptroller of the College shall submit an itemized financial state- ment at the end of each month to the Treasurer of the Student Council, show. ing the condition of the Student Activi. ties Fund.

Approved budget funds shall be al- located to the Treasurer of the respec. tive clubs in hte names of the Treasur- er and the Faculty Advisor of that club.

9. Each student organization shall submit duplicate audited financial re- ports at the end of each semester; one to the Administrative Council and one to the Student Council. These reports are to be signed by the Faculty Advis- or, the Treasurer of that club, and the President of that club.

Class alone is fully represented. This coming Tuesday has been set as the deadline

by which time the classes shall have met and nominated both their representatives to the Council and their candid- ates for the class officer posts. The week following will be given over to the nominees for their campaigning. On Wednesday, October 4. then, the Council will conduct one huge election and give the student body a chance to single out its new Council representatives and new class officers.

Get out and campaign for your friends next week. And on October 4, make sure that the very best men win!

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There have been many fallacies in past semesters about problems encountered by working on the Beacon. We would like to warn you about those fallacies. You might have heard:

That the hours are long. (Don't believe it! They contain only sixty minuies, as anywhere else.)

That we drive you into the Beacon office at eight o'clock each morning and beat you with rubber hoses if you don't work satisfactorily. (It isn't so! We don't drive you, you walk!)

That you will miss plenty of classes. (Believe that and you'll believe anything! You won't miss classes; you'll have so many you'll get tired of them!)

That you will get good and plenty marks below 60. (That is not true! Good and plenty still sells for a nickel.)

That you won't get d red cent. (The topper of fallacies! Pen- nies are not red!)

Now that you have been warned, let us explain just exactly what you will get. You will get the pleasure of seeing your own little name on the masthead and ,iI you're deserving, on a story. Yes, a by-line all your own on a story that you have written.

The Beacon doesn't promise the world. But one may receive a scholarship if he joins the organization. The scholarship award depends upon the individual's length of service on the Beacon, his spirit for work, and the quality of his writing and scholastic abilities.

The death rate on the Beacon is not high. In five years we have not lost a single copyboy. Oh, once in a while someone will get his finger caught in the typewriter keys and we are forced to amputate the digit, but the work is not really danger- ous. Insurance companies do not have any qualms whatso- ever about insuring newspaper workers,

If you want to join the Beacon-and we hope you do- come to the rear of 154 S. River and let us know. But just one thing, come prepared to work! We do not want hangers-on, people content to take the credit for work undone. We want students who are sincerely interested in newspaper work.

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Friday, September 22, 1950 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON

BOOTERS WORKING

FOR TOUGH SEASON

By PAUL B. BEERS

Yes, they're at it again. Picking up where they left off last fall, the Wilkes College soccer team has returned to work. Coach Partridge has been drilling his booters since September 5th in preparation for the forthcoming season.

Last year Wilkes made its debut in intercollegiate soccer competi- ion. For an inexperienced ball club n a game that demands experience .he Colonels faired very well. The last time soccer was played in this valley we had a Republican presi- dent. Several coaches remarked that Wilkes had an up-and-coming soccer team that would be tough in 1950. You can bet your bottom dollar that Coach Partridge won't disappoint anybody. Soccer is here to stay, that's for sure.

Going on the third week of prac- tice, the ball club looks good. The fundamentals were covered last season and during this year's spring practice. Now Partridge is working on the more delicate parts of the game, of which there are many. Under the fine coaching of Partridge and his able side-kick, the likeable Reggie Burns, both the attack and the defense have

St. Francis may the night of Sept. 3D.

improved. Slowly the line is get- ting the knack of sharp passing and the backfield is coming along in its defensive play, soccer being the reverse of football. But still a lot of work remains to be done be-

fore the squad tangles with Bloomsburg State Teachers College in the opener on Sept. 23.

So far the turn-out has been small, but willing. The booters lost a few good men through gradua- tion, but the slack has been taken up by capable rookies. Returning captain Cy Kovaichik heads the list of veterans, which includes Don Tosh and Winnie Rowlands in the line, carl Wallison, Bob Neilson, Teddy Cross and Ed Wheatley in the backfield, and the old standby Charlie Jackson at the goal. Among the "finds" of the year are new- comers Rocky Reynolds, Stan Pook, Lennie Mergo and Pres Eckmeter. All four have looked good, and much of the success of the club rests on their shoulders.

Coach Partridge is always on the lookout for any fellow who wants to play soccer. All he asks is that the fellow be sincere about the game. It's a great game, but you don't learn to play it in one week, one month, or even one year. You have to come to practice re- gularly. For those interested, the field is in Kirby Park, next to the dike, and practice is held from 3:30 to 6:00 five nights a week.

CAPABLE COLONELS' CO-CAPTAINS CONFER WITH COACH

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BOOTS AND BOBBLES It looks to be curtains for Wilkes'

man-about-town, Earl Wolfe. At the ripe old age of 24 Earl has lust about re- tired from the game of soccer. The sul. tan of gab spent 176 minutes in the sport last year, but he feels that he couldn't take a full season of it this year. His announcement came as tra. gedy to the sOccer team, which is short on lefties, but it seems though Earl just can't make ityou can give an assist to Lucky Strikes, or is it Chester- fields? As to his future plans, Earl has thought about firing Casey Stengel and managing the Yankees himself. That will also be a sod day . . . You can put down Rocky Reynolds as Mr. Hustle on this year's soccer team. That pee wee doesn't stand still. Big Bob Neil- son is still limping from his crash with the Rock . . . If Earl thinks he's ancient. he should take notice of Grandpa Ted. dy Crossof course he's a cousin to the great Norman. Thumping Theodore will be thitty in March. And who is the fastest man on the club? Cross I But that title of who's the fastest isn't nailed down yet. Don Tosh can certain. ly lift them up and down, and so can Pres Eckmeter. Wallison prefers walk. ing . . . The team certainly misses Keith Rasmussen. that big fullback. So far nobody has pulled his old trick of scoring against his own team. But wait, somebody will do it yet. . . When it comes to soccer, the Partridges are in thick. The mister does the coaching; the mrs. hands out the duds; and little

Gus Castle and Norm Cross will lead the Colonels on the T-oy are shown above with Coach Ralston

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very 'Nell feel that th3re are three Wilkes parsers passing at once as they take to the Nicholas, Picton and Castle are all capable at sharpshooting for the Colonels.

At the end of last semester when we bid our goodbyes to friends for the summer, we also bid farewell to 22 lettermen who comprised the bulk of last year's high scoring football machine. Gone from the Colonels' Corner, except in memory, are such outstanding players as John 1"lorkiewicz, Francis Pin'kowski, Henry Supinski, Robert Waters, John Feeney, Gerard Washco, Walter Hendershot, Robert Gorgans, Chester Knapich, George Lewis, Albert Zapatowski, Albert Dalton and Samuel Elias. Flot'kiewicz, Pinkowski and Supinski are playing pro- fessional ball for the Wilkes-Barre Bullets. Washko is on the roster. of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bob Waters is teaching and coaching at West Pittston High School.

Returning from last year's varsity are Leo "Gus" Castle, Norm Cross, Al Minai'ski, Al Nicholas and Danny Pinkowski in the backfield. On the line are George McMahon and Al Molash, ends; Ed Bogusko and Frank Radaszewski, tackles; 011ie Thomas, guard; and Jack Jones, center.

In all Coach George Ralston has 40 candidates to work with this season, and things don't look as black as previously anticipated. Be- sides the above mentioned backs, Ralston has a big promise in new- comes' Russ Picton, who will replace Pinkowski at fullback, Picton is a former Hanover Township uack, a team mate of Fritz Sherman and Blackie Williams, members of the 1944 Hanover championship team. In 1947 Picton joined the marines and immediately won a berth on the Paris Island eleven. His crack passIng, clever handling of the "T" formation, and his field generalship earned him a place on the All-Marine eleven. Ralston has high hopes of Picton helping round out a backfield that will replace the state's highest scoring combina- tion of last year.

Co-Captains this year are skatback, Gus Castle and blocking back, Norm Cross. Castle, a senior, is a former Kingston High School All- Scholastic back. He. also played one year of prep ball at Wyoming Seminary. Gus was one of the leading scorers last year,

Cross is one of the best defensive backs on the team and often sees duty 60 minutes a game. His top blocking tactics led many a touchdown parade in the last two years. Norm is a graduate of GAR High School. A 200 pound quarterback, Cross is in top shape for the season opener on September 30.

Joseph "Joe" Michaels returns as backfield coach. Joe is a former scholastic great from Swoyersville, later graduating from Drexel, where he played football. In 1944, under the Navy's V-12 program, he played under George Munger at the University of Pennsylvania. His school days behind him, Michaels layed professional football for the Wilkes-Barre Bullets and the Paterson eleven. He was instru- mental in coaching last year's highscoring backfield.

Ralston has scheduled only seven games for this season. Missing from last year's campaign are Upsala, Rider and National Aggies. Newcomer to the schedule is Maryland State Teachers College who will be the guest of the Colonels on Armistice Day. SOCCER - -.

Coach Bob Partridge has his soccer team in readiness for his second season. He and assistant cjach Bob Moran have been working hard to get the team ready for t. ir opening match against Blooms- burg on Saturday afternoon, September 23. This match will be held at Kirby Park, site of all the Colonels' home soccer games.

Partridge has scheduled some' tough foes for his boys. Most of the teams have been victorious ovr the Colonels in the past, and it vet'y well might be with this in mind that the coach made his schedule. Franklin and Marshall, Lincoln University, Howard University, Ithaca, Bloomsburg (two games), East Stroudsburg S. T. C., and Lafayette. Lafayette is the only team the Colonels haven't met to date. (Look elsewhere on this page for the complete Soccer and Football schdules).

Carol cheers for Tosh . . . Many of the hopes for a really fine season vanished when Carlos Ortega. that South Ameri- can hotshot, went off and joined the Venezuelan army. God bless the Reds if they ever invade Venezuela. Carlos was something terrific on a soccer field

They's gone and blown up the soccer field. Instead of being 100 yards by 50 yards, this year's lay-out is a mighty 120 yards by 63 yards. That's a heck of a lot of groundit makes a football field look like a pool table Inside dope has it that Art Bloom will be manager of the team this year. Last year we didn't have a managerMar- ty Blake had a job . . . and if anybody ever tells you that little Reggie Burrs is tough. don't believe them. Did you hear about the time some big goalie hit him on the head and got away with it?

NOTICE!

We suggest that you cut out and save the copy of the Stu- dent Constitution found in this issue. It will help you keep

field on abreast of student government activities.

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cheerleader, will serve as captain of this year's squad. The co-cap- tain, Jerry Yakstis, will lead the team till Toni rejoins it after her illness. She has Ann Belle Perry, Pris Swartwood, Beryl Colwell, Helen Williams, Heil McHugh, Joe Cherrie and Tom Morgan back this year. Joan Yanakas, Wade Hay- hurst, Isabel Eckert, Steve Kru- pinski, Connie Smith and Al Jacobs will fill the vacancies in the four- teen member team. Plans are in the making for a pep rally on Fri- day, September 22, on Chase Lawn.

During freshman orientation week, four members of the squad, Toni Menegus, Joe Cherrie, Ann Belle Perry and Jerry Yakstis met with the two groups of freshmen to introduce the Wilkes cheers and lead' the frosh in a few snappy yells. Many of the newcomers to Wilkes seemed greatly impressed by the 'pep and spirit of the four cheerleaders. The quick response of the groups to the cheerleading led the cheerleaders to hope for an out- standing cheering section in the Wilkes bleachers this year. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor

6 WILKES COLLEGE BEACON Friday, September 22, 1950

EDITORIAL

TRITE BUT TRLE

There are few college papers which do not include in their first editorial the somewhat hackneyed theme of "welcome freshmen". We shall not be the exception. We wholehearted- ly welcome the freshmen to the Wilkes campus. Yet surely they can see that they are welcome. The administration and the faculty have welcomed them; the big sisters and the fellow students have welcomed them; even the rugged Tribunal has welcomed them, a wami welcome at that.

The freshmen do not need to read colunn after column in the Beacon to see that the school receives them warmly. In- stead, let us attempt to point out just a few of the possibly for- gotten facts about the college which will affect, directly or in- directly, the freshmen. The upperclassmen are not excluded from the effects of these points.

Wilkes is growing, slowly but surely; it is becoming filled with prestige and tradition.

Last year Wilkes fielded one of the best football teams ever seen in this valley. The eastern part of the United States knew the line as "the seven blocks of anthracite".

The debating team made a worthy reputation for itself last year in several tournaments. On frequent occasions the team defeated outstanding colleges and universities.

The Manuscript staff was complimented by the accrediting team for having, in its issues, literature of extremely high caliber.

NINE MEMBERS ADDED

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University where he gained his M. S. degree in chemistry, He studied at Bloomsburg State Teachers Col- lege while av undergraduate, and he did his graduate work at Corn- ell University. Ho is co-author of Axial Contraction and Ther.molabi- lity of Collagen Fibers, which was published in the Journal of the American Leather Chemists Asso-

BEFORE YOU SMOKE THEM you can tell Chesterfields will smoke milder.

AFTER YOU SMOKE THEM you have no unpleasant after-taste.

WHILE YOU SMOKE THEM you get more pleasure than any other cigarette can give you - that's why millions of smokers say: THEY SATISFY.

Soccer, swimming, and ice-skating teams, though newly organized and inexperienced, led off on the right trail, showing that there is a spirit of competition at Wilkes which is second to none.

The administration has be'en reorganized in spots and Wilkes can now boast of having nearly a full scale working force with tasks so divided that, for the most part, plans and actions will be executed in the most efficient and rapid manner.

The freshman class of 1950 is entering Wilkes at a stage when the school is maturing, when tradition is taking root, and when the facts of Wilkes' high scholastic standing and growing prestige are spreading throughout eastern sections of the edu- cational world.

The ground has been broken; the path has been cut. It is up to the students of Wilkes, new and old, to help take up the reins and drive Wilkes to even greater heights. Don't be afraid, Freshmen, we're with you all the way.

ciation. During the war he served as an Air Corps B-25 pilot in the South Pacific.

Dr. Salley received both his M. S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, where he was assistant instructor in chemis- try in 1948-50. Dr. Salley gained membership in Sigma Ki, Alpha Chi Sigma, and the American Chemical Society. He executed his undergraduate work at St. Joseph's College where he won a medal for

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the highest general average in four years of college chemistry. He also won awards for excellence in ana lytical, organic, and physical cher istry. He was offered scholarshi to LaSalle University, St. Joseph College, and Villanova University.

Mr. French was awarded his M. S. degree in Library Science at Syracuse University last June. Mr. French earned his Baccalaureate degree at the University of New Hampshire. He is a member of the American Library Association and Pi Lambda Sigma, the honorary library society of Syracuse Uni- versity.

Miss MacDonald, who did prepa- ratory study at Marywood Semin- ary in Scranton, received her A.B. in Library Science from Marywood College. She worked as assistant librarian at the Nathan Strauss and Mott Haven branches of the New York Public Library.

WILLIAM S. VROOMAN '51 UNIVERSITY OF

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