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over the -y undra fields

J. Ret��Jick s summer 1948

TIIE Arctic circle, in the of the midnight sun, Major J. Jletallick, research cli-

sometimes worked all far into the night without it.

was

with the research and ent branch of the U.S.

Bis objective was Arctic re­as represented by Umiat

phy, permafrost condi­llcroclimatology.

tailed maps had yet been the Umiat region, located

Colville river in northern 9 degrees 30 minutes N.

It has one airstrip and is for navy petroleum ex­. To the south of Umiat Brooks mountain range. king in conjunction

the navy, he photograph­area extensively, both

the ground and from the Flying at about 200

tinued from page 3)

in sun

Eastern State News "Tell the Truth and Don't Be Afraid"

VOL. XXXV . • . NO. 5 EAS T ERN ILLINOIS S TA T E COLL EGE . . • CHARLESTON WED N E SD A Y, OC TOB ER 19, 1949

Homecoming Queen election to be held October 27 Read sells article to nature magazine AN ARTICL E written by Harry

Read, co-editor of the News, has been purchased by Natural His­tory Magazine, published by the American Museum of Natural His­tory, New York.

Entitled "White Squii'rel"Towrr," the feature describes the white

. squirrel in Olney,· Illinois. Ac­cording to Read's article the first white squirrel was discovered near Sumner about 19091 A pair of them was brought to Olney, and the rare, all-white animals have bred and thrived steadily. It is estimated that nearly 1500 of the albino squirrels now reside there.

Wheeler conducts sports broadcast BOB WH EELER, freshman from

Minot, North Daota, is conduct­ing a 25- minute sports broadcast every Thursday from the college studio. His programs will feature interviews with prominent East­ern athletes arld coaches, supple� mented by original sports mater-"

ial. Bob came to Eastern on the rec­

ommendation of Jack Muthers­bough, a former associate and sports editor of the News and sports editor of the Warbler, who is now teaching at Minot.

'Arsenic' Cast

. .. assembled

and Old Lace' cast is· 'Arsenic polishing up Homecoming play EAST ERN'S DRAMA season

will open on November third with a two night run of Arsenic and Old· Lace, homecoming play production of the Players and Theta Alpha Phi. It will be the first of three major productions to be given during the 1949-50 college year.

Always an esential part of the homecoming activities, this year's play, with its cast of 14,. is now

in nightly rehearsal under the di­"rection of Eastern drama director

E. Glendon Gabbard. Mary Patton, junior speech ma­

jor of Charleston, has the role of Martha. A Theta Alph� Phi, Miss Patton has been in two other homecoming plays at Eastern These were Snafu, 19.W home­coming play, and Dear Ruth, 1947

(Continued on Page 5)

Petitions accepted until Friday; hope to keep identity secret ELECTION FOR Homecoming Queen will be held October

27. All organizations are urged to secure petitions im­mediately from the Dean of Women's office. The Queen elec­tion, an annual affair, is; through tradition, the highlight of the Homecoming festivities. It is hoped that the identity of the queen can be kept secret until the Homecoming issue of

SAMPLE BALLOT

Candidate for quee_.: (Vote for one)

1. 2. 3.

4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

Candidates for attendants: (Vote only for candidate in your class)

1. 2. 3.

4.

Sophomore

1. 2. 3. 4.

Junior

Senior

1. 2. 3.

4.

the News is published November 2. Petitions for nomination for the

queen will be due at the Dean of Women's office by 4 p. m. Friday, October 21. Petitions will be avail­able at Dean Lawson's office. The usual petition procedure will suf­fice.

The election ballot will be in two parts. The upper portion will be composed of candidates for queen. Each voter may mark only one preference. The lower portion of . the ballot, which will contain the same candidates, will be listed according to class. Each voter may vote for his own class aUend­ant. The freshmen will only vote for queen, since the freshman at­tendant will be· selected prior to the queen election.

The candidate with the highest

number of votes in the upper por­tion of the ballot will be elected as queen. Attendants of respective classes will be elected by thl'l same manner. The candidate with the second highest number of votes in• the queen's class will be declared attendant in that class. Thus, the second most popular candidate will become attendant, if in the queen's class. '

All students will be eligible to vote for the queen. Students may only vote for attendants in their respective classes. Freshmen will not vote for upper class at­tendants. The Queen will be chos­en from upper classes.

Candidates selection should be made on basis of individual poise,

personality, beauty, and talent.

PAGE TWO

Editorials • • Cl

Repeat

of the Big Bull marke.t? BURNED OUT by the fickle trend of an unpredicted economic

trend, countless rich men were jumping from high story buildings; slashing their throats, and doing numerous self­inflicting fatal wounds to escape the realm of reality.

· Just 20 years ago this week, lasting over a perj.od of 23 horror provoking days, businessmen, whose balance sheets indicated a profitable margin for September but were ruled off in the red at the end of October, were the victims of the greatest market crash in the history of the I)ation.

Speculation as to the repetition of the disaster has been occurring. Certainly there appears grounds for argument con­cerning the repetition. The AIJJ.erican people have a way of forgetting disasters, especially if not of immediate effect.

But with all the wild-haired speculators; with all the little men whose pocketbooks misguide their intelligence; with all the Chicago gamblers eager to increase $5,000 into $500,000 in a few days, it doesn't seem likely that "force.,d selling" will repeat itself. Fortunately, the government has set up, in the form of the Securities and Exch!l-nge Commission plus addi­tional law forbidding practices, limits to which the average speculator can go. These laws, coupled with a high degree of skepticism of Wall Street practices, have tended to make the market a safer place in which to get rich--or go broke.

It might be well, however, to erect a monument to those 23-days of disaster, other than W. C. Handy's "Wall Street Blues," which would reverberate the agonizing sequels of Black Thursday, October 24, 1929.

The navy • • •

opposes pre�ent unification THE TESTIMONY various Naval officers have been present­

ing before the Armed Forces Committee is, on the sur­face, a blast at defense strategy in general and a blast at the Air Force's B-36 bomber in particular.

According to the Air Force spokesmen the gig�ntic bomber is the answer to most of our strategic needs be�ause of its invulnerabilty to successful attack from fighting planes and the precision of its high level bombing.

According to Navy officers the reverse is true. The Navy says that two of its jet fighters could give the leviathan a "good" fight, and three attackers would practically insure its destruction. They also say that accurate atomic bombing from a height of 40,000 feet would be highly improbable be­cause too large a number of favorable conditions would have to be present.

They also say the answer is carrier-based bombers that could deliver tlie A-bomb anywhere, with less chance of suc­cessful attack by enemy fighters. Also, carriers would not provide as easy an opportunity for detection an attack as would the giant land bases necessary for the use of the B-36.

But the real issue at stake in the hearing . before the committee so far as the Navy is concerned is probably the �hole unification set-up. They have felt for some time that �ecretary of Defense Louis Johnson has been discriminating against them in favor of the Army and Air Force.

They feel that they are being relegated to a secondary role and that the Navy air arm is in danger of losing identity completely. As evidence they point to the sudden cancellation by Secretary Johnson of the Navy's $170 million carrier and .the proposed slash in the number of Na val aircraft for the fiscal year beginning next July. .

The Navy is thus apparently voicing its objection to the &>resent system of armed forces unification.

foes my Bonnie ...

lie over the ocean? •

FOR GENERATIONS the argument, pro and con, to what peak women should be allowed to reach in education has

been a debatable question. Evidentally .some former educat­ors spent considerable time studying the question.

High authorities have the opinion that the more refined a woman's education becomes, the weaker her children will be. Spencer asserted in his Biological Principles that physi­cal and mental work may render future women unfit for mothers. Dr. Hertel, a Dane, and Professor Bystroff of St. Petersburg collected information concerning the percentage of over-worked men· and women in higher education. The per­centage of over-worked women nearly doubled that of the men. Women, being more disposed to sedentary work than boys, devote themselves entirely to mental work, and as a rule display more assiduity. Not merely intellectual work, but insufficient exercise and close confinement are equally re­sponsiole for derangements of health.

Mr. Clark, an American, concluded that if this continued or half a century 'that the mother's for our future genera­ions will have to be brought from acrossed the Atlantic.'

Maybe he was right who said, 'My Bonnie lies over the ean.'

IN COLLEGE WITH "REB"

Und diss next curve iss very ll\teresting • • -, @If,, e •• , ,. ,, . l.w•.1

You Can't Go Horne Again by Thomas Wolfe Review by Shirley Fisher

THE STORY deals with George Webber, a gifted young auth-or who from childhood had wanted to be famous and to be

loved. When he finally obtains these desires, he finds that they are not enough. As an artist he searches for the truth of life and wants to picture its stark reality in his novels.

His efforts to do'this in his first novel, which is an auto­biographical sketch of his native village, lead him into much trou­ble. For the first time George real-· izes how deeply people are afraid to face the truth.

·

The publication of his first novel coincides with the stock market crash bri�ing ab!>Ut the destruction of the false values of the 1920's. Again George sees clearly that to be free, men must accept the truth. His continutid search for it leads him through England and Nazi Germany.

terizations, and scenes were drawn vividly to bring out the point. Most of his characters were interesting and realistic, but too few were carried throughout the book. The characters served their pur­poses in contributing to the theme, and then dropped. Finally, it does not seem that

Wolfe stay_,ed with any definite form or stfle in telling his story. Some plots were told by the flash­back method, while other� wer,e related as present action. At times, future occurrences were told chapters before they occurred.

His woriderings lead him to the conclusion that if man wants to win his ultimate freedom he will have to destroy the dark roots of the past which hold his spirit pris­oner and spread out toward the unknown future. Under the Green

As for my personal re-sponse to the book, I received little emotional reaction. In putting across his theme, Wolfe used a multitude of scenes and characters with little development of plot. Since I per,sonally prefer a story with more plot develop­ment, I did not enjoy what seemed to me a loose compil­ation of scenes to illustrate a point. · Many times Wolfe went into

great detail (covering from five to six chapters) to give an account of a person, and most of this de­tail was unnecessary to the story. Some of these passages were bound to the narrative by such slim threads, and still others I thought not at all, that I could not see how they contributed to the

I T IS funny how the movie ,.'Rope of Sand" affected the group I

was with. Every one of the fellows cam� out feeling tough, just like the hero.

* Eastern has one of the most

friendly campus grounds of any school I have ever seen. Upper classmen smile and · speak and make us freshmen feel like one of them.

*

Upon awaking this morning I heard the chirping of birds, and I thought I saw sunlight streaming in through the window; but when I arose the sunlight was filtering through a rain storm and the birds were chirpin� from fright.

Wednesday, October 19, 191

··The soap box TWO OF last year's cheer leadi

said and we quote, "we sincer1 wish the writer of the criticisi letter would have suggested a br ter method for making the sel1 tion instead of questioning t integrity of the judges who chc this year's cheerleaders.''

The so-called criticising let1 stated that the only democra way for electing or selecting th1 is to have the entry out in fr� of the student body. What is "better" way of selecting than the democratic way?

And just what is the way chi leaders are chosen ? Who are t judges and how are they chose' It does seem that very few peo1 knew about the actual· selection the leaders. Why weren't the SJ

dents in on the actual voting? � ter all, they are the ones who the yelling if any is done.

Why can't the cheer leaders chosen by the students as U were back in 1946? On a particui day a special assembly was h] and all persons interested in bei cheer leaders demonstrated wl they could do. After seeing all 1 candidates in action,. they w voted on by· the students.

Possibly this assembly choosing the cheel' leaders co1 be a regular assembly on W edn day. Nearly all students are f1 at that time and could attend, enough publicity was put out they would know when and wh1 it was.

The only way to get cheers fl) the bleachers is by organizing the people who want to yell· ii one area, instead of scatte� them ·all over the bleaches. D anyone feel like yelling when ting among a group of old fog or some fuddy-daddy? It · is 1 easy to be enthusiastic ab something when no one else is

And besides the fact that cheering section is scattered, m1 of the students do not know yells, although some of them h been in use for many years. other reason for the un-energ cheers is that the students ne have the opportunity to work the cbeer leaders, except at gs time. Why couldn't pep assem� be held before games someti during the week when stud� could come, if there is sucli time?

Another way the cheering ml be improved is the cheerleadl We . are not ql\estioning the abi or effect on the part of the ch

· leaders. It is how they attemp make a crowd yell. The moveme of the arms, the way the jum1 executed at the end of the yell, the way the torso is used throu out the yells are not inducive pep. The movements are all restrained.

Let us cite some examples. modern dancer wants to show vigor and· vitality, what does do? She leaps or jumps high 1

the air, letting herself go wi feeling that anyone watching will react in the same way. other example! Does a bas player only swing the bat half around to hit a home run? He completes a full swing w

both the arms and legs,. ac panied frequently by a body t

Are these examples p1 enough that there could should be some changes made'

Respectfully submittea, Names withheld by req

principle theme.

Eastern State News There were several vivid pass­ages relating to the theme which I enjoyed thoroughly, and felt that they would make highly interest- _v _o _L._ x_x_ x_v _. _. _. _N_ o_. _5 ______ W_E_D _N _E _S _D _A_Y_,_o_C_T _O _B_E_R _1_9-i , ing excerpts; but as for wading through ·these loosely connected incidents one after another, I found it difficult to stay with the book.

As for the essential theme of the novel, I felt that the authqr was trying to show that one canlt go home again-both his home and

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himself have changed. His roman- PRINTED BY PRATHER THE PRINTER tic memory of it does not bear -------------------------_, any resemblance to the sordid re- BOB STERLING, HARRY READ ------------------------------�-J----- Co-E

liaty of the place. Thus, a person KENNETH E. HESLER ------------------- ----------------------� Auociate

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and truthfully. SHIRLEY FISHER -----------------------------------·----------- Society I believe that Wolfe accom- BUD ADAMS -------------------------------------------------- Photog

plished this end in his book. REPORTERS: June Strader, Marcell Pacatte, Betty Frew, Marie Bell, and Jim Ale

His many instances, charac- FRANCIS w. PALMER, Adviser

short stor

The Magic Was Gone DWIN was fed up with

'age. Fo:-- years he had th that w<.man; now he free. There was no other he was leaving her.

would never give him a for in her quiet way she

him. Of this he was had given her · every

for 'happiness, but as a· ns a failure. dark now. John Goodwin

.curtains and gazed at 'ght outside their little ts pale yellow glimmer ible, now obscured by branches. At least all

t for him. ten years of mar­

Mary was no longer the .itnctive girl who wait for him between at the university. Al­. and uncritical, she

dull and uninterest­wondered now why

"eel her. from the window, he

to the base rocker and t. l-ooking at the light­i� the initials' J. G. en­

the side. Mary had to him while they were

ge. She had kissed .. embered, and said "Harpy first anniver-

Jard the stairway, • jty on his cigaret,

'

John thought of his wife lying in bed, probably awake, waiting pa­tiently for him .to come upstairs.

But this part of marriage no longer iI.J,terested him, at least not with Macy. He remembered the happy, radiant Mary who blossom­ed ,mith girlish delight when he slipped the engagement ring on her finger.

"Some day you'll be famous, John, and we'll live in a fine house," she used to say. Now, af­ter ten years, he had a comfort­able law practice. But Mary had changed; she was not essential to him'any more. He was amazed by his own coldness about the whole thing.

Mary's patience anm�yed him. Never complainhtg, ex­cept when he tracked dirt in­to the house, her docility, her willingness to let him make all decisions, drove him mad. He tried to be home for dinner,

at least three nights a week, but she said nothing when he forgot to say which nights. Besides, he was tired of eating the same things all the time.

Her life was really simple. She seemed content reading love magazines, keeping the house in a semblance of order and infre­quently having the "girls" over for bridge. She was, he thought, pathetic. However, she was con-

• • •

Widger. presides over institute in Mattoon Friday DR. HOW ARD DeF. Widger,

English department head and president of the Eastern Division of the Illinois Education Associa­tion, presided over the meeting of that organizatiofi Friday at Mat­toon.

Dr. William H. Zeigel is secre­tary of the organization. ·

The morning program was highlighted by an address by Vera Micheles Dean, Director of Re- . search Department, Foreign Pol­icy Association.

During the afternoon session the Honorable Walter H. Judd, representative from Minnesota

· and a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, addressed the assembly.

siderate about taking care of his clothes.

Occasiol'lally she would ask him to help wash the dishes. He did, once; it made her sparkle almost like the old Mary. But he had more important things to do and hadn't time to indulge her little whims.

Mary's love for him puzzled John at times. She was still af­fectionate, or at least seemed to be. He was always mystified by the whimsical way she looked at him over the breakfast table. Her soft brown eyes, touched with sadness, disturbed him somehow.

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Retal lick (cont.) (Continued from page 1)

m.p.h., pictures are snapped at one-second intervals. An entire area can be mapped

by overlapping and splicing the pictures together. Retallick knew his business though. Previously he made world climate maps for the quartermaster corps, serving three and a half years in the Pacific.

"Freezing weather sets in by September 19," said instructor Retallick. "There is only about three months between break-up and freeze-up above the artic cir­cle." Land i11that area is practi­cally worthless, he said, except for any natural resources which may exist. Few have been discovered as yet.

Umiat would really be a desert, he said, except for its low temper­atures. Annual precipitation is about eight inches, compared to the ten inch maximum for warm desert areas. Summer thaw pene-

. trates the ground to a depth of six to nine inches, so the subsoil is always frozen.

During the summer 90 per cent of the land is swamp. Visibility is usually good, although often

Her. pert, up-turned nose and her little mouth, no longer saucy, was ludicrous framed in pin curlers.

It was a pity she had wrapped her whole life around him. She was sweet, yes, but not at all suited to him. He regretted his hasty mar­riage; somehow he had outgrown her.

He decided to go upstairs and explain it all to her. She would be crushed; but he would make her see it was for the best. Out of fairness to him, she might even consent to a separation right off. He might not even have to pay alimony. Grinding his cigaret out on the

ashtray, he rose from his chair, walked slowly up to their bed­room and flicked the wall switch.

"Dear John," said the note pin­ned to the pillow on the unruffled bed, "I don't love you any more." You have taken the magic out of· our marriage. I am leaving you and shall never return. Your to­mato juice is on the second shelf of the refrigerator-Mary."

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cloudy. Rain is in the form of a mist, rather than showers; but you can expect snow in any sea­son, he said. Winds are variable, not strong. Retallick felt only a four mile wind while he was there.

Swarms of large, bother­some mosquitoes multiply during the short Artie sum­mers. Birdlife becomes abund­ant, along with a few· black flies. Some caribou, moose, grizzly bears and foxes are found around Umiat, he said. This is the land of the tundra.

For the most part, the area is monotonus, rolling and treeless, he said. ·

"Tundra is a very green luxur­iant growth, composed of grass, sedges, mosses and lichens," he said. From the air, thousands of lakes dot the region. From the ground, the lake banks seem straight as dredge canals. This is caused by the warmer water •dis­solving the frozen subsoil, he said.

Striking out with a trail marker group in 14-ton "alligators" and the smaller "weasel," arctic coun­terpart of a jeep, he made a 600 mile cross country trip over the tundra. They were plotting a route for winter tractor trains, which would later bring in supplies for naval oil reconnaisance groups.

Temperatures average 24 degrees below zero in Janu­ary, with a reeord of 62 be­low. Summer, however,' isn't that extreme, with a reeord­e<f June. low of 26 degrees, and a high of 82 degrees above. It seldom goes above 50 degrees, he said. While in the Umiat country,

Retallick made many flights over the Brooks range, its glaciers and valleys, and the surrounding,' area. He also "had a look at the rest of Alaska," including Anchorage, Fairbanks and Point Barrow.

Retallick is using the material he gained from his research as the bulk of his doctoral thesis. A na­tive of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he did his undergraduate, work, he took his masters degree at Clark university, Massachu­setts, where he is how working on his Ph. D.

He and his wife, Lois, at pres­ent live in a barracks apartment at Eastern. They have two chil­dren, Dick, ·11, who is in the sixth grade at the Eastern training school, and Kathleen, a three-year­old.

Watch for the special 'big" issue of the News to be published No­vember 2. Two complete sections planned. ""'

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ay, October 19, 1949 PAGE FIVE

Alter to attend education City basements flood; doesn't bother T-vil le

corpse, i n the homecoming play. June Squibb has the role of

Elaine, Mortimer's girl friend. Miss Squibb is remembered as Laura in Glass Menagerie, 1949 spring production. A 'inember of Sigma Sigma Sigma social soror­ity, she is a sophomore speech ma­jor from Vandalia. In high school June was active in dramatics, hav-

Dr. Coleman's classes met by other profs

fo in Chicago Oct.· 24 and 25 HEAVY precipatation brought many unhappy hours to resi­

dents of Charleston and nearby cities. Following the past heavy rain fall numerous citizens of Charleston spent many unplea­sant hours pumping water from their basements. One fair city · nearby. had no fear of the buckets of water that they would .have to remove from their basements­you see, Trailerville has no base­ments.

DR. CHARLES H. Coleman, head of Eastern's social science de­

partment, is not meeti11g his clas­ses this week.

NALD R. Alter, of the so­llcience department, will an educational conference

llliversity of Chicago Octo­and 25.

�rk of the conference to formulate' a set of prin­

'which can be used as a pde in determining the of. the specialized prepara­

future secondary school

tA!ter's work will hinge the social science studies.

for judging the program subject matter students in the social studies fol-

se courses should provide teneral understanding of

rary society in all its tlpects.

se courses should provide 'al understanding, more complete, of the economic,

and political aspects of con­y society. These aspects sEtlted by the study of 11eiences · of economics,

y, and political science .. e courses provide a spe­rstanding, more nearly of the interrelationships

his physical environ­ented in the science

aphy. se courses should provide

·111 understanding, more �lnplete, of change and

sses of change as repre­in the science of history. ese .courses should provide

'zed knowledge, still more flmplete, of certain select­

s of one or more of these nces.

ese courses should provide, practice, tlte ability to

ly into one or more of "ences at selected points. se courses should provide embered possession of a

ography. This would in­rememberance of books

hors studied (b) and abil-jlldge critically both books temporary periodical liter-

(c) a knowledge of stand­orities most likely to be

in matters that have to be up (d) the habit and the

lbvolved in keeping. abreast lbhlications. ese courses should provide,

h all the above, an under- . of the nature of evidence,

lysij and synthesis as ap­to both historical and con-rary data.

7hese courses should provide, h lrabove, a definite re-

for ning. This should ap-in following ways: (a) "ty of purpose, (b) devotion

acy, (c) willingness to fol­the fu·gument in whatever di-

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ERAN GABS

Play cast (conJJ,.._ (Continued from page 1)

production. A member· of Sigma Sigma Sigma social sorority, she played the part of the school­teacher in Trail of the Lonesome Pine at Eastern high.

Mary i'rances Hornbrook will make her first appeai:ance on Eastern's stage in the role of Ab­ble. A member of Delta Sigma Epsilon social sorority, she is a business education sophomore from Marshall. In high school she was in productions of There'll Come a Day and Jumpin' Jupitor, as well as several one act plays.

Jerry . Robinson, sophomore speech major from Lawrenceville,

· is cast as Teddy. In high school he was in two major productions, having the leads i1' Dear Ruth in his junior year and Date with Judy, the senior play. This will be his first real character part. Jer­ry was in one act plays last year at Eastern and was on the stage crew of last year's homecoming play, Blithe Spirit. He worked on sound effects for Glass Menagerie

rection it may lead. All the above criteria apply pri­

marily to courses called academic. For professional criteria three are added.

10. These courses should have ·given each graduate a knowledge

of himself with an understanding of his own capabilities and short­comings.

11. They should have given each graduate a knowledge of people with an appreciation of why they behave as they do.

12. They should have given each graduate, through practical ex­perience, the chance to test his. knowledge of himself, his mastery of subject matter, and his under­standing of people. The chief pro­cedure so far devised for doing · this is commonly called practice teaching.

When Mayor Laffoon, of Trail­erville, was asked what he thought of the heavy rain fall, his reply was, "Let 'er rain."

last spring. He is pledged to Sig­ma Pi fraternity.

Dick McBride, transfer student from Paducah junior college, will portray Mortimer. Also from Law­renceville, Dick was radio an­nouncer for station WPAD, Padu­cah. In high school he was in pro­ductions of Hobgoblin House, Brother Goose, George Washing­ton Slept Here, and Sparkin'. Af­ter high school, he did radio dra­matic workship for seven months in Milwaukee. While there, he was active with the Little Theatre, be­ing in productions of Tattercoats and the Black Prince and A Long Christmas Dinner. Before Padu­cah, he was radio an�ouncer at station WSON, Hen�son, Ken­tucky. At present, he is regular staff announcer on station WLBH, Mattoon, from 6:45 to 10:45 p. m. each Sunday evening and is an­nouncer-engineer for the Eastern "Let's Go to College" programs. McBride is an English major.

Bill Tucker, representing the third member of the Arsenic cast from Lawrenceville, has the role of Mr. Gibbs. A speech major, he is a member of English club. In

· high school he was Randolph in Date with Judy and was co-mana­ger of the senior play, Dear Ruth. He was in several' one act plays, both in high school and last year at Eastern. Bill was on the stage crew of Blithe Spirit and Glass Menagerie, plus handling sound effects for the latter. He will also play the part of Mr. Spinalzo, a

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ing the role of Judy in Date with Judy; Mary Herries irl Kind Lady; Lola Pratt in Seventeen; and parts in Best Foot.Forward and Valiant.

Bob Stucky, although no sadist, has the part of Jonathan. A jun­ior English major at Eastern, he is from Effingham. A Phi Sig, he is a member of the varsity club and the Newman club. Although he had some experience in high school dramatics, this will be his first appearance on Eastern's stage.·

Robert Zimmerman, better known as REZ in the old Antidote column of the News, is Dr. Ein­stein, although he really isn't like that. REZ was in the 1946 and 1947 homecoming plays - Snafu and Dear Ruth. He has been in several one act plays at Eastern and last summer had a part in Man with the Bowler Hat. A sen­ior speech major, he is from Eff­ingham.

Gaydon Brandt is officer O'­Hara. A Phi Sig and member of the Varsity club, he is a speech correction major from Mattoon and is a junior at Eastern. This will be his first appearance on Eastern's stage. He was in sev­eral one act plays in high school and had a part in the senior class play, Fighting Littles.

Don Rothschild has the role of Lt. Rooney. A junior industrial arts major from Charleston, he is a member of Kappa Sigma Kap­pa fraternity. He has been stage manager for all Eastern play pro­ductions during the past . two years and is stage manager for

· Arsenic in addition to his role of Lt. Rooney. At Eastern high he was in several one act plays and

While he is out ,of town, other members of the department will conduct his classes.

the senio; class play, Come Rain or Shine. He appeared in the play Night Must Fall. During the sum­mer of 1948 and 1949 he was tech­nical director with the Saugatuck Summer Players in Michigan. While there he had parts in pro­ductions of Kiss and Tell, Dirty Work at the Crossroads, What a Life, and John Loves Mary.

Richard Allison will be Dr. Har­per in Arsenic and Old Lace. A Kappa Sig and member of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, this is his first try at CQllege dramat­ics. A Charleston sophomore, he is a speech major. In high school he had parts in several one act plays.

Richard Wilkin will characterize Mr. W'itherspoon in the homecom­ing play. A speech JI]ajor from Oblong, he is an independent. Arsenic will represent his debut at Eastern, where he is a junior.

John Simmons, l;>usiness educa­tion major from Rossville, has the part of officer Brophy. A fresh­man, he is a member of Business club. In high school dramatics, he had parts in One Mad Night and Danny Silletto.

Eugene Mazzone is officer Klein. A sophomore speech major from Decatur, he had parts in high schools plays. At the Muskegon, Michigan Little Theatre he was in Seventh Heaven and Man With the Bowler Hat. He has also been active on stage crews.

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Sports • • •

Basketba l l n ewcomers tryo ut; veteran s to p ractice n ext wee k "WE SHOULD win a few games"

said Coach William a. Healey. This of course was his conserva­tive opinion on the fast approching basketball season.

With. six lettermen returning from · last year's squad which rang up an impressive total of 23. wins against only 6 losses in tying for the conference championship, it might be possible that the Panther coach is making an under state­ment.

In any event, all prospective freshmen and newcomers will be making their bid for a place on the squad in the tryouts which are to be held this week. Returnees from last season will take over the hardwood next week to start train­ing for the rigorous season ahead.

Practice sessions will be hinder­ed due to the fact that the last gym class runs to twenty minutes to five three days a · week. Mon­days and Fridays are the only days when the hoopsters can start prac­tice earlier. Healey added that a few night sessions may be needed to prepare for the coming season.

Expected to pace . the Panther's attempt for another championship are Ray DeMoulin, senior from Decatur; Don Glover and John Wilson, both juniors from Paris; Ken Brauer, sophomore from Alta­mont; Tom Katsimpalis, sopho­more from Gary, Indiana; C. J. Doane, junior who hails from Fountain, Indiana ; and Harry Hedden, a junior of Robinson.

Missing from last year's squad, which was acclaimed the greatest Eastern cage team of all time, are Neal Hudson, now head basketball coach at Neoga; Bob Olson, head coach at · Harvard, Illinois; and Jack Miller, assistant basketball mentor at Pontiac.

Several prom1s1ng newcomers have already been working out in the gym with an eye on the var­sity squad or perhaps a chance on the "B" team which will be com-

Lantz will represent Eastern at Carbondale DR. CHARLES P. Lantz will rep-

resent Eastern at the dedication of a new athletic field at- Carbon­dale October 13 in 'honor of Wil­liam McAndrews.

Athletic directors from all parts of Illinois will be on hand to honor the man who for 30 years has been athletic director at Carbon­dale.

posed of only freshmen and sopho� more boys this year.

Among the more promising new cagers are: Max Wilson, fresh­man who received all-state men­tion at Paris last year; Les Rush­ing, who prepped at Sullivan; Jim Sullivan of Mattoon; James John­son, freshman from Brazil, In­diana; Harold Meeks, freshman cager from Robinson; and Don Duez, freshm'n from Moweaqua.

Southern of Carbondale is ex­pected to give co-champions East­ern and Wes tern the hardest fight for the conference crown. The lads from the " South" have lost only one starter from a good 1948-49 quintet. Normal has about the same team back, and DeKalb, which usually has a good team is­the dark horse of this year's race for the championship.

This year's hard court men will be out for more than another con­ference championship, however. They have their eyes aimed at a return bid to the National Inter­collegiate Basketball champion­ship tournament at Kansas City where last year they lost a heart­breaking 65 to 64 decision to Be­loit college in the quarter finals. Previous to this setback the Pan­thers had.. dealt successive de­feats to Miami University and San Jose of California.

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arid the squad for that victory over Normal. Not only did they declare open season on Redbirds but in O'Brien's four years at Eastern he has beaten Normal three times. The only loss came in his first year.

Eastern's pass defense has been next to terrible so far this sea­son. Opponepts have completed over half of their passes. Quincy completed four in nine tosses, St. Joe completed six in 13 tries, and Normal was successful eight times in 13 attempts. That's an overall average of .514. One touchdown was scored · by a pass and another was set up by a pass. The latter was the deciding margin in the St. Joe game.

· Ernie Waren is director of the YMCA in Beloit, Wisconsin. Be­loit college stopped Eastern at Kansas City last winter 65-64. Lou Stivers, former Panther grid captain now head coach at Oak­land, claims one of his boys is the best high school football players he has seen. Say, I wonder if . . .

Basketball is in the air again, and several schools are getting off to a fast start. Eastern hasn't started as yet but several of the regulars and· candidates have been working out for over two we�s. Among them were : Tom Katsim­palis, C. J. Doane, Don Glover, John Wilson, Ray DeMoulin, and Ken Brauer. Harry Hedden will be back in school in time to be eligible.

Overshadowed by the line play of John Horsley and the . kicking of Hank Lopinski was the bril­liant running of Larry Mizener. Just when it looked as if •the Nor­mal line was tightening, "Mize" would rip off a big gain and East­ern would roll again.

Another boy who was outstand­ing was Wayne Schweinberger a freshman from Moline. Incidental­ly, Wayne won all-state honors at Moline high.

Even though there was no school Friday it didn't mean a holi­day for· the· footb'all team. But they held practice in the morning in-

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Eastern's next meet will be here this afternoon against a strong Normal team. As Normal has the same team which won the confe:r:-

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300 d a d s- atte'nd their specia I d ay AN ESTIMATED 300 fathers of college students attended East­ern's Dad's day grid victory over Normal and a_ large number gath­ered at a reception in the student lounge afterward.

More than 75 dads drove in the parade, many of them carrying banners provided by the Women's League and Men's Union. Twenty high school bands took part in the parade, following demonstrations at Morton park, witnessed by sev­eral hundred townspeople and col­lege guests.

1 President Robert G. Buzzard

stead of the . afternoon. The usually quiet Paul "Socks"

Burrus was heard to m,utter this to an opponent in one of the recent games--"Say, buddy, with your I. Q. you would think you'd have a low voice."

Oh, well, I tried.

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ence a year ago they are s favorites again this year. meet should be close and worth watching.

Following is the order in 1 the two teams finished:

Runner 'Ii Moffitt, Western 1 " Curtis, Eastern U Smith, Western 1 6 Johnson, Eastern 6 Sims, Eastern , 16 Schneider, Western 16 Glover, Eastern 1 1 Wills, Eastern 1 7 Scott, Eastern 1 7 Lewis, Wes tern l'1

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welcomed fathers at the -rec following the game, inviting back next year to inspect th library · and dormitories. T

brary will be in use and the . itories wil_l be und�r eons

Coach Maynard O'Brien impro'inptu spel\ker and CI the inspiration given by cl

an important factor in the of Normal's favored Redbird · Four fathers won prizes in tests handled by master-of monies Steve Morgan of M T. L. Przysieki of Park father of Dorothy frzysie a necktie for being the fath the farthest distance. •

C. E. Urfer of Willow Hill prize for the father with the est family. Mr. Urfer's son i:;i a junior. Bernie Cobble of leston, stepfatP,er of Mike II regular guard on the I team, won a cigaret lighter youngest father.

Jim Reec;l's · father, Cal ·

proved to be the oldest fa her won a prize made up of t.oi cum and cologne. Ray De president of Men's Union, Jahala Foote, president of men's League, were in ch Dad's day plans.

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dog Panthers THE fans still talking

Eastern's '1-6 win over , the Panther grid squad

ey to Carbondale Satur­tackle Soutliern. The game the second in the confer­both teams.

has played three and lost them all. They

eir first conference game ormal last week. Despite

losses the Maroons could rough. This is their

ing game and diamond so their coach and fans

ldamoring for a win. General McAndrew memor­ue will be · unveiled in pre­

llremonies. will probably be at full

although there were a ·es in the Normal game.

llaker, senior guard, is nurs­llldly bruised shin, but with

t it is coming around Gail Abney, fleet halfback

point ace ·is still out with leg muscle, and Roman

ia ltill walking with a limp. t·nowski, senior right played fine ball for

last year, still is bothered ined ankle. He has seen

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Darling sees repetition of 'Once in a life time' EVERY BALL game has its hum-

an interest angle or "once in a lifetime" elements, but these ele­ments usually remain on the field or in the dressing room. One of these angles started two years ago in a grid game with N ormal's Redbirds and was culminated a week ago last Saturday when the Panthers again faced Normal.

Youthful Rex Darling, assist­ant football coach, was master­minding the junior Panthers in that season two years ago. The B squad members, most of whom are now playing varsity ball, ·were on their way to a perfect season when they met N ormal's second stringers. .

The Redbirds shoved over a marker in the third period. Dean Burridge missed the placement try and the Birds led 6-0. And in­cidentally, that team was quarter­backed by one Larry Fellows, who

been posted but these men may get the nod. Cox and Ghere at th.e ends; Scruggs and Tschannen at the tackles ; Schweinberger . and Howard at the guards ; and Parke or Burrus at center. Thi! backfield is more uncertain. Lapinski or Boudreau will work in the pivot position; either Mizener or Crum will go at right half; Benoche at left half; and either Curtis or Wagner at fullback.

Eastern whipped the Maroons last year 38-0.

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Maroons next Saturday at Carbonda le B's sto p Normal in first ha If 1 3-0 EASTERN'S B team helped along

Co-captains Ghere and Benoche recall greatest grid thrills

by two blocked punts and the deceptive running of little Dave Cohrs, romped to a 13-0 triumph over Normal's B team last Thurs­day.

Chuck Williamson broke through the Normal forward wall to block two punts. One set up the first touchdown and the . other he re­covered in the end zone with the

called some of the signals for Normal in this year's varsity game.

Mooseheart's Bill Sargent was quarterbacking the Blue and Gray B's. He fired a desperation pass to Paul Arnold, and the Charles­ton end crossed the line to tie the count. Then Coach Darling sud­denly realized he had no one to make the try for point. Gail Abney was benched with an in.jury (as

· he was two weeks ago. ) . "Who can kick this one ? " Rex yelled to the bench warmers.

John Lopinski, Georgetown, had the answer. He knew from having played against Bill Musselman in high school that the Danville lad was an expert. "Why don't you send him in, Coach ? " he asked. Bill, who wasn't wearing shoulder pads, stepped up and kicked a per­fect placement to give the Pan­thers a 7-6 verdict.

A week ago Saturday the game once again hinged on a one-point margin. Eastern scored, and the stage was set for the touch of drama that followed. For Bill Mus­selman, who never before had played varsity ball, and whose

· educated toe had won for Darling's B's two years ago, came in for the placement try.

The kick was good! In the final quarter Normal scored, and when Dean Burridge (the same fellow who missed the try two years ago) failed again, the Panthers had wrapped up another 7-6 decision.

ONE OF Eastern's co-captains this year is Russ Ghere, senior

from Arcola. The big end has won two letters and is working for a third in three years of varsity competition.

Russ likes football best because it takes more team work than most of the other sports. But it is not, by any means, the only sport he has played. . Prior to his college life he parti­cipated in basketball, football, and track at Arcola high, winp.ing three letters in football '.' and four in basketball and track.

His biggest thrill was a 55 yard touchdown jaunt against Ball State two years ago. But it has to share top billing along with East­ern's conference champs last year in football.

When he isn't on the fuotball field or track Russ likes to hunt and fish so it looks as if he is an all-around sportsman.

Of all the sports he has parti­cipated in- he would rather coach football.

He is a veteran with three and a half years of service behind him in the army. For a time he was stationed in Okinawa.

help of Ken Partenheimer, for the second score.

Eastern threatened early in the first quarter when Dick Davis

. raced 55 yards to the Normal 25. Paul Foreman passed 10 yards to "Soupy" Campbell on the Red­bird 15. Dave Cohrs plowed to the nine but the threat was stopped.

In the second quarter Normal began to liven up but was stop­ped. Williamson broke through to block the punt and recover. Soer­gel pitched to Partenheimer on the Normal one, and Tom Hartley scored on the next play. The kick for the point was wide.

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EARL BENOCHE, fleet halfback from Bradley, represents the

other half of the co-captain duet. The 5 foot 11 inch, 170 pound sen­ior is working towards his fourth letter in football.

An all sport man at Bradley high he won three letters in each of the four major sports. He still remembers the night he scored four touchdowns and an extra point against one of his high school �oes.

At Eastern he has confined his talents to baseball and football, although he played basketball with the Bradley and Kankakee American Legion teams. He traveled to Beaver' Falls, Pennsyl­vania for the National American Legion basketball tournament with Kankakee. A team from Kan­sas beat them for the title.

While serving 34 months in the European theater with the army he found time to stay in shape by playing basketball and football.

Unlike Ghere, he still likes to sit down and read a good book now and then. History is his num-ber one subject. ·

Merv Baker, a graduate from Eastern and Earl's old coach, was a prime factor in his enrolling at Eastern. He would like to coach football or basketball after grad­uation.

couldn't get anywhere.. At this point Partenheimer and William­son broke through to block the punt and Williamson recovered in the end zone for the score, and to give Eastern a 12-0 lead. J. D. An­derson skirted left end for the point and the Panthers led at the half 13-0.

The third quarter was all even with no scoring. Eastern made the only threat when Fred Thurston ran to the Normal 25 yard line. But a pass by Cohrs was inter­cepted in the end zone on the next play.

The fourth quarter saw the Pan­thers again threaten with a run­ning attack followed by a flurry of passes. Hartley and Cohrs paced the runs to the Normal 20, then with Dennis Gregory as a chief target for .Foreman's and Soergel's passes, the B's threat was stopped when a penalty called back a touchdown.

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Charleston sa le b a rn has nosta l g i c a p pea l of 'horse a n d b u g gy d ays' fo r · o l d ti mers Tefft a nd Wa lke r com bine i n 1932 ONE O F the most colorful places

hogs and 50 head of sheep change hands during the afternoon. In an hour or less, starting at 11 o'clock, an average of 25 horses pass under the auctioneers stand. According in Charleston on Saturday is the

old sale barn on Seventh street, beside the town branch of the Em­barrass river.

, to Walker, every animal brought to the sales barn is auctioned off.

Farmers from all over this area of the midwest, sometimes from almost a dozen counties, bring their livestock to the auction block of Tefft and Walker Community sales. Packers come with an eye peeled for good beef, veal, mutton and l?ork.

For years, since before the turn of the century, the old sale barn has been an historic landmark in Charleston. It has variously been a feed stable, hitching yard, livery stable or sales barn and general social center for bargaining, sharp-eyed horse traders and live­stock buyers.

The old barn has been a beehive of activity every Saturday and holiday except Christmas since 1932, when Walter Walker, chief auctioneer, went into partnership . with Guy Tefft, who purchased _, the structure six years previously.

Last year it grossed over a mil­lion dollars, reaching the figure that was barely missed the year before. Hundreds of head of live­stock are sold within the space of a few hours.

From 150 to 300 head of cattle are sold during the day. About 200

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. Although primar'i.ly interested in livestock, other items are auc­tioned off. Hence if the seller has a grindstone, piece of furniture or farm implement h.e wants to sell, he brings it to the sale barn, along with his sheep, hogs or cattle. These items are put on the block

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first thing in the morning outside the barn.

Horses are also sold on the out­side and in the morning. Buying starts at 1 1 o'clock. As with all the · animals, they are brought to the barn and listed for sale upon arrival. As this is the usual pro­cedure, it is never known in ad­vance exactly how many animals are to be auctioned off that day.

When the auctioneer calls off a given number, the horse or horses, if a team, are led around from the north side of the barn and to the front of the stand, where chief auctioneer Walker, his son-in-law J·ames Robe;rtson, or auctioneer Dan Teuth reads off its statistics and qualifications.

All buying knd selling is brisk, ( Continued on page 9)

Wednesday, October 19, l

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Buyers sit on wooden bleachers and make t� bids, wbile tlie auctioneer chants through · a mi­crophone. Bidders "raise" by lift­ing their hand. After the bid is closed, the sale is registered and the �uctioneer rings an old dinner bell for another calf or heifer to be brought in.

The barn clears rapidly after the final bid has been made and that last heifer or bull has chang­ed hands. Buyers and sellers, weary fr� long hours of sitting, climb down from their hard plank seats, ditcussing the day's auc­tion.

By this time everyone is intent on getting back to the farm, get­ting their new stock turned out or bedded down and getting some.­thing hot into their stomachs.

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gathering dusk, one almost for­gets this isn't some day out of the past. But then he hears the roar of a motor starting and turns to see a 1949 Chevrolet truck driving off with a load of heifers.

Next scheduled vacation will be­gin Wednesday, Nov. 23 and last until Monday, Nov. 28. This Thanksgiving recess will start at 1 p. m. on the 23rd.

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· Eureka ! ! Lanza comes to Charleston-at last MARIO LANZA, young tenor who

twice failed to appear last 'spring for Eastern's final enter­tainment course, has finally made it to Charieston.

· Appearing at the Lincoln thea­tre since Sunday in the movie

SUBSIDIES .TOTALING $150 will be paid to organizations enter­

ing floats in the homecoming parade, according to a decision made by the homecoming commit­tee last week. The Charleston Chamber of Commerce is expect­ed to put up a considerable part of this sum.

Prizes were boosted from a total of $25 to $50, according to another announcement by committee chair­men Stanley Elam and John Greathouse. First prize will be $25, second $15, and third $10.

It is not yet known how the funds for subsidization will be split. The money may be evenly

· divided among the organizations entering floats, in which case it will probably amount to about $7 each. Last year there were 39 or­ganizations represented but a more normal entry is 20 to 25.

It is thought that the new plan will encourage more clubs to put well-decorated floats in the parade. Oftentimes the organiza­tions which hope to win first prize will spend up to $50 or · more. While this is not encouraged, bet­ter balance among all entries is an end sought by the committee.

'That Midnight Kiss," tonight will be his last performance.

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Socio ls • • •

Engagements MISS SHIRLEY NEIBCHS, New­

man, and Donald Henderson, al· so of Newman, became engeged recently.

A freshman, Shirley is a music major. Don, a Sophomore, is a phy­sical education major. He is a member of Eastern's football squad.

Phi Sig ma introduces six pledges at meet PHI SIGMA Epsilon introduced

eight new members to their ini­tial pledge duties last Monday which will last for nearly seven weeks. New pledges are Bill Brewer, Louisville; Jim Gray, St. Francisville; Larry Wright, Mat­toon; Bob Schearer, Mattoon ; Bob Stump, Moweaqua; Jules De­Bouch, Manteno; Ivan McDaniels, Marshall; and Bob Sterling, Broc­ton.

Pan Hellenic elects Biedenbach as head P'A.N-HELLENIC elected Louise Biedenbach president at a recent inter-sorority election. She is a Delta Zeta. )

June Squibb, a Sigma Sigma Sigma, was elected secretary and

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Beta Ga mma chapter initiates six members BETA GAMMA chapter of Sigma

Pi fraternity held an installa­tion ceremony October 9, in the dance studio.

Those going through the formal ritt!al were William VonAlmen, Olney junior; John H. Bell, St. Francisville junior; Harr:ic L. Hed­den, Robinson sophomore; Richard Stoll, Lawrenceville junior; Jim" my K. Mitchell,., Oblong junior; and Jeane Winll:ler, Indianola, who is now teaching in Wellington. These men 117ere unable to be pres­ent at the initial installation of the Chi Rho Fraternity into Sig­ma Pi fraternity June 10, 1949.

Shirley Bensco�er, Delta Sigma Epsilon, was elected treasurer.

Rush rules are to be set up for . next quarter bx Pan-Hellenic. The organization is writing a new con- . stitution, re-orgamzmg because Delta Zeta is already a member of national Pan-Hellenic.

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Music confo to be held at Eastern Oct. 28 WORKSHOP AND conference on

music for the elementary class­room teacher will be held at East­ern on October 28. An invitation is being extended to all grade teachers.

Eastern's music faculty will give demonstrations and proced­ures in singing, listening, creat­ing, instrumental and rhythm work. Chorus will be given as a final part of the program in the afternoon.

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Enterta in ment com mittee an nounces concert dates PROGRAM FOR the concert ser-

ies on Eastern's entertainment course is as follows, according to the latest release.

William Schatzkamer, pianist-­October 31; Columbia Grand Opera quartet - January 23; Elena Nikolaidi, mezza-soprano­February 20; Houston Eymphony orchestra ( Efrem Kurtz con.)­March 6.

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. invited to attend this amateur radio meeting.

Engl ish club announces second meeting notice ENGLISH CLUB will hold its sec-

ond-regular meeting of the year at 7 :30 tonight in Room 35 of Old Main.

Charles Douglas, freshman from Danville, will show movies he took while on his Alaskan trip during the summer of 1947.

Students majoring or minoring in . English are · especially invited to attend.

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