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The Glenville GED Examination Scheduled In March

On Monday, March 24, and Tues­

day , March 25, another General Ed·

ucat1on Development Test • ~ ))Ched·

ulcd.

CoUege Concert Choir, under the direction of Mr. Mark Aamot, is pre­

paring for tour.

Given under the d~rect 1on or the

Wc~t Virgmia St:ll..: Department ol

EducatiOn the-.c te~b JHOYidC me<~v

urcmcnt of educational eq Uivalence

at the lugh school graduation level.

State and o;chool offic•al~ u~ the~

tests' rco;u lt~ pnmanly a) a basis fo r

i\.Suancc of a high :.chool equiVale nce

certificate to qualified non·h1gh

school grad uate adull 'l who dc'11rc

to advance thcm~lvcs vocat ionally.

Many college odmiSMOn'l officer~ also

usc these te~ t rc_~w lls a:. a factor 111

the acceptan..:c or those allult~ who

wish to contmuc their educa tiOn a t

an advanced 1\:vel.

College Choir Plans Three Stale Tour

The GSC Symphonic Band has

just fmished a successful four day

tour of West Vuginia and Ohio and

now the Conrert Choir is prepa.ring

its annual tour whJch wiU begin with a ooncc.rt m the coiJcge audtt·

orium on March 25 at 8 p.m.

The 4~member choir w1U leave

G1enviUe on March 26 and will pre­

sent its first concert a t Parkcrsbwg

South High School at I p.m. Then,

at 2:45 p.m. at Parkersburg High

School, a concert will be presented

to that student body.

Later that evening, the choir will

present a concert at the UnJled

Presbyterian Church in Parkersburg.

and will then stay ovem.ght m Par­

kenbuq area homes.

The choir wdl leave Parkcrsbwg

early the momin.g of Masch 27 for

Manetta. Ohio for a concert at 10

Lm. From Manetta, the chou will

go to McConnelsville, Ohto for a con­

cert at I p.m. The choir w1U k:avc

McConnelsvLlle at 3 p.m. for Colum­

bus. Oh.io ror a concert in SL J ohn's

lutheran Church. Arter th1s concert

the choir will spend lhe night ag:un

in pnvate homes.

The chorr wlllleave Columbw a t

7:30 a. m. on lhe mornin8 or March

28 for Gallon, Oh10 where 11 wW pr~

xnt a concert at I 0 a.m. I rom Gat­

Jon lM chou will go to WaTTen, OhtO

for a concert that mg.ht m lhe

Emmanuel Lulheran Church. After

the concert, the chou w111 agam stay

111 pnva te homes.

On March 29 the chou will leave

Warren, OhJO for Plt t.sburgh, Pa.,

amvmg there at II a.m. The cho~r

wiJI have March 29 orr with no con·

ccrt.s .scheduled that day. While m

Pittsburgh. the chou will stay at the

Webster Hall Hotel.

On March 30, the group Will

leave Plltsburgh return in& to Bodgc­

port, W Va., where they will present

a concert at the Bndgeport Methc;

da.n Chwch at 4 p.m.

The musicians will then re turn to

Glenville, arrivmg at 8 p.m. The tour

which s tarted 111 Glenvdlc will abo

fimsh in Clenvllle with the cho1r'~

participatiOn in Glenville's all.-city

Holy Week 5Crvices on April I.

Me mbers or the Glenville State

Choir include : Carolyn Hazen,

Janet Alkire, Lynda Alford, Jane

Turner, Jayne Beer, Betsy Wing­

field , Susan icro;, Karen Kibble,

Judy lathey, Debb1e Gnescr, Lynn

l:.lsWlck, Judy D:lVIs., Debb.e Cam~

bell, lolS Ingram, Katie Sm1th, Shit·

ley Starcher, Kathy Sayre, Duma

Duffteld , Sh~tley Cunnmgham, Son­

dra Neese, Sue Bo))ton, lrvm Hoyt.

Richa.rd Kump, Charles Nichols., Oav­

K.I Lough. Lawrence Ba.ll, Cary Davis.

John CoU.ns., Keith Boyles, Tom

Laudcrman, bob Ba•~. tevc We lls.,

Herman Winland, Harold Ullum, Ron

Roth, Wayne M3thews, W11Jard Ptg­

got.. Don Melton, and harlcs Harn

Mr Mark Aamot, dtreetor or the

chou, ha.s announo::d that March ) I

and Apnl I , 2. 7, 8, and 9 are try·

OUt dateS for thO"C WhO Wi)h tO par·

ti 1pate 1n the college chorr nnt

year. Interested students who arc

not pre.Jently pa.rtJcipanng m the

chou are 1nvatcd to try ou t for

It should be de fimtcly under·

litood that the d1ploma I""Sucd by

the State Department or Educat1on

IS not a regular litgh School D1ploma

and the po'ISC~~r or such 1s not en·

tilled to lake part m a n •. ogular htgh

q:hool graduahon C).erc•~. We:.t

Virgmta IS the on ly litatc that 1'\..'lues

the Htgh School Equ1volent D1ploma.

Applicants for th1" test must be

bona fide re-.,den ts or Wes t Vtr·

g1ma or haw la:. t a tte nded a school

10 wc .. t Vtrglnl3. Prev•o u-. h•gh

\Chool e nrollment 1 not n. .. -quued to

take the test.

There arc five te~ ts 10 the G l:..D

te-.t battery_ They 1ndudc (I) Cor­

rectness and Hfect•veness or J:.,.

pn:utOn. ( 2) Interpre tatiOn of Read·

mg Matcnal\ m CX:Ja l Stud•c' (3)

Interpretation or Rcadmg Matcnals

m atur.tl Sctcnces. (4) l ntcrprcta­

t•on or L1terary Matenals. and (5)

General Mathematical Abll1ty The

membership In the organo;JtiOR. State Dcpartmenl o r l·.ducatiOn rc-

Mr Aarnot hll'l announced that qu1re' that apphcan t make on the

th01e students who paS..\ the try· C I D te't a \tandard -.core or 35 out.J Will be allowed to partiCipate o r above on ca<.h or the five tests

for the rest or Uu year a" well a.o; o r an avcr.tgc standard ~ore or 45

nc>.t year af then schedule permit). o n all five tc))tS. Non-high school

The Student Government A~ ....

QlJOn w1ll present 1ts thud annual

concrrt on Apnl I The con1.:ert Will

be g1ven 10 two performances at 1 00

and 9 00 p m 10 the audllonum It will feature the Sh1rcUc , a nallon­

al singmg group, and the Teardrops

rrom Pittsburgh, Pa. T•ckct 'l can be

purc hased m advance rrom any SCA

officer ror $2.50 or ror $3.00 at the

gradwte~ must achtevc a ~re o r 40

on each or the f1ve tests or an aver­

age ~tandard score of 50 on a ll.fivc

tests for adm.~•on lo <;13tc coiiOI:lC\.

Apphcallo n rorm' can be acqult-

1...-d rrom Mr Kcnmt Kmdcr''l office

AppLicants a~n be rca o;..•ugncd to an

alternate test date 1f the 1r ongmaJ test date has been filled to capac1ty

The test fcc •:. $5 fo r a ll five tc,t\.

The GSC Symphonic Band has just comple ted a two-sta te tour.

Mercury

"Don Pasquale," to be performed in English by lhe

National Opera Company tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the audito riu m.

Thursday Lyceum Features 'National Opera Company'

If a handful or people d o a job

usually requiring hundreds, that's

news! But if 12 talented, profcss-

ionaJ artists perform an opera almost

cverynighl. .. and in a different city

.. lhat's not only news, that's a

miracle! The best part or that mir·

acle will occur when the group or 12

talented professiona ls k nown as the

National Opera Company appears in

the GSC auditorium tomorrow even­

ing, March 20 a t 8 p.m.

Known for their enthusiasm and

abiLity to present "Opera in English"

as both e ntertaining and fun, these

performers travel throughout the

Southeastern United S 13tes witnes~

ing spontaneous laughter and ap~

lause.

Upon arrival at GSC, the National

Opera Company will be attired in

appropriate costumes., accompanied

by a piano and will p resent "Don

PasquaJe" by Donizetti.

Their talent origina ted 20 years

ago when they were first known as

the Grass Roots Opera Company.

A basic philosophy of the group has

always been that if the audience •s not confused by a fore ign language,

they can belter appreciate the opera

and can follow the plot more easily.

Realization of this philosophy has led

to the broadcast of a good percentage

of their English opera selections over

televUion and radio programs.

Nationwide auditions are held in

both the United States and £01ope

and have helped discover such talent­

ed opera singers aJ Jeanette Scovotti

and Elfego Esparaza. Both have been

performers of the Metropolitan 0~

era and arc veterans of the National

Opera Company.

A talent in music grows from the

grass root level as the new troupes

of the opera a rc d •scovercd.

Bcginmng group)) perfo rm ror ~tu­

dents both young and o ld m schools

Any student who will be en­rolling in the professional sem­ester next year (either first or second semester) must file a

~udent teaching application form with Or. Ross during the month of March. They do not have to have completed all of their requirements to fill out this application fonn .

throughou t North Carolina, where

their singers have sharpened their

talents and captured and held the att­

ention or many young audiences. In

so doing they have helped develop a

new generation of opera lovers, as

well as team spirit among themselves

which assures fu st-ctass perrormances

ror the ir more sophistica ted adult

audiences.

Wha t erfects the National Opera

will have o n the GSC audience can

perhaps be compared to other aud·

iences when they commented: "From

the fust cwtain until the bubbling

finale, the audience ate it up like

whipped cream," or "The quality or

the perrormance by members or the

National Opera Company ... in prc­

sent~ay vernacular ... was fabulous,

just rabulous ...

GSC Alumni Preps Brochures

A new idea has been put into

ciTcct 10 publicize the courses or

study offered a t Glenville S tate Col­

lege. During the first semester or

1968-69, members or the Alumni

As.wcia twn, w1th the assistance of

the " Mercury" staff, prepared a brc;

chure concerning the f-rench pro­

gram at esc. T h1s brochure contains informa·

!Jon about staff and racilitcs, curr·

•cub m teacher preparation, courses

or ~tudy and Liberal Arts require-­

ments.

Members of the A lu mni Associa­

tiOn arc planning to prepare a bro­

chure for each deportment on cam­

po\ by next year. They arc start ing

With department~ m wh1ch new pre;

b'Tam~ have been developed. The

nc \t brochure to be published wiU

be ror the l:.ducatlo n Department

com:crmng the pre-elementary eduL ...

J. tlon program. I ollowing this bto·

chure w•ll be a brochure ror the busi­

ne'~ department.

In addJt1on to I he prcccdmg bro­

chure)), Dr D. Banks Wilburn has

o;uggc,tcd that a special brochure

concet11ing the recent cha nges on

campus be published as soon as

;>OSSible.

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Illiteracy Rate Is High! POWER OF THE PRESS

When a doctor makes a mistake he buries it.

When a garage man makes a mistake he adds it on your bill.

When a carpenter makes a mistake it's just what he e)l.pected.

When a lawyer makes a mistake it was just what he wanted, because

he has a chance to try the case all over again.

When a judge makes a mistake it becomes the Jaw of the land .

When a preacher makes a mistake nobody knows it.

But when an editor makes a mistake-the trouble starlS.

- TID BITS (London)

To My J ournalistic Public:

By the remarks printed in the last newspaper and today's issue it

would seem that everybody is becoming an expert on Journalism. We have

seen a speech and an art teacher become Walter Cronkites, a man who

obviously never made a mistake in his life, and a business major who

thinks he is reading the "New York Times" or "WaU Street J ournal" each

Wednesday when the "Mercury" is published.

First o f aU to you, Mr. James A. Rogers, instructor of art, may I say

why don't you have a chat with Miss Patricia Dillon, Secre tary of FAO,

and find out the minutes of your "vital issue." Or are you really saying

that because a secretary has a legal pad she obviously knows aU the min­

utes so that she would not have to ask people what is happening. Or you

could pay attention so that you will no t caU the four persons from whom

I obtained information " lia rs." If you do this you will see that a motion

was made to disband any stipulations for Comprehensive Exams.

And to you, Peter Rabbit, I would like to know where there is a rule

stating that a s tory must accompany a picture. You and Mr. Beach ob­

viously read no other news except that found in the "Mercury" because

if you did you would know that a picture with an appropriate cutline is

acceptable in Journalism. Wha t do you suggest for page one news? Fur­

thermore, for a person who has an awful lot of " Who cares?" you sure do

read the " Mercury" with a fine tooth comb. Please, next time, have

enough "guts" to sign your name.

Mr. Beach, why should I have written an editorial about men from

North Central when a story was printed in several "Me rcurys" and they

certainly were played up. Did you forget to read those issues? Maybe

there are holes in your precious sidewalk, but did you ever try to he lp

instead of criticizing? I'm.sorry, that would take too much time from

you and your little group, correcting errors in the newspaper. Sir, do you

know what your job is?

Last of a U for aiJ four of you ')ournalists," I am sorry I made several

speUing C!ro rs. However, I forgot that editors arc inhuman. Perhaps I

will "Jearn to think and open my eyes in the future." For now, please

forgive me and try to read the " Me rcury" for news and not for errors.

The Editor

Your " illiterate" Editor

R. Scott Cribbs

An Edito r knocked at the Pearly Gates.

His face was scarred and cold.

He stood before the man of fate

For admission to the fo ld.

What have you done St. Peter asked

To gain admission here?

I've been an editor, Sir, he said,

For many a nd many a year.

The Pearly Ga tes swung open wide.

St. Peter touched the beU.

Come in, he said, and choose your harp.

You've had your share of hell

-Anonymous

T he G le nville Mercury

T he Student News pape r

Glenvi lle State College, 200 High Street , Glenville, W. Va. Ed itor. . . ...... Robert Scott Cribbs

.Janet Kesterson

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharon Dutton

Assistant Ed itor .

News Editor .

Photographer .

Advertising Manager . .

Circulation Editor ..

Sports Editor .

IBM Operator.

Adviser .

T ypist .

. .. . ... Thomas Patrick

. .... ..... .. Newton Nichols

..Jim BuiJ

... Willis Perry

. . ........ . Kathy Casto

.. .... Yvonne H. King

......... . ...... Be tsy McCoy

Art Editor. . . ............ . ....... Bob Bailes

THE GLENVILLE MERCURY

Enough Is Enough ... My dear Empathetic Readers:

" He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone." (John

VJJI, 7) "Said the pot to the kettle, go away, blackface." (Cervantes)

lf all events, departments and endeavors on campus are perfectly man­

aged, then you have a right to gripe when your news staff shows its im­

perfect qualities, however, most humans are somewhat imperfect, so read

on . .

The nrst basic essentials of a journalism course arc: ( 1) stressing

of the fact that those concerned with a newspaper learn to tolerate the

constant criticism of the uninformed public, and (2) disregarding of the

unique position of the staff whose efforts are not to be publicized.

However, when week after week we serve only as a springboard for gripes.,

it becomes difficult to sit idly by and watch the ' unlearned' tear down

castles whkh you have knowingly constructed.

I am thick-skinned. . .I do not care that 'John Q. Public' does not

like the "Mercury;" I am no t concerned that there are grammatical

errors at times; I could really care that the headlines or lines of type are

somewhat crooked. I am, first of all, a teacher. (I teach English students

to write joumalisticaUy.) My purpose, then, is to help others impart news

to the campus via available methods, but by no means do we strive to be

professionaL Ale our plays or musical concerts professional?

I am concerned mainJy that my 54 reporters learn to write, that my

staff is now qualified for employment in newspaper plants throughout the

country, that we do ow own rcpor ting,writing, setting of copy, headlin­

ing and paste-ups with no help. Perhaps it shows, but is my ftrst duty not

to teach these prime essentials of journalism? Consider the fact that my

program is never concluded-no sooner is a paper distributed on campus

than we begin another eyrie of preparation for the next week! Thus,

constant pressure is exerted.

When I undertook this job, two and one-half years ago, I set up certain

goals: (I) to change a bi-weekly production to a weekly; (2) to change

laborious letterpress methods of printing to a simplified, less expensive

offset method; (3) to establish a coUege News Bureau and (4) to secure

needed machinery for learning the journalistic trade. These purposes have

been accomplished.

Stories which have been held, altered, printed, suppresse~ given pro­

minence and/or killed were done so at my in~istence and under my super­

vision. Contrary to false concepts of leisure-filled days of the staff, in

add ition to class time, print ing shop hours and office work, four hours

each week are spent for press night at which time journalism students con­

tribute three hours per week. (For which they receive no degree, no

praise, no credit, no grade and no applause or curtain calls.)

I could, in Uke manner with some degree of experience and intelli­

gence, criticize other campus endeavors; but I'm too busy for that. My

class periods are not spent in " tearing apart" the newspaper every week

as I understand others do. Surely we are not considered a mong the

"literary masterpieces" or the "classics," so how about ignoring our

"gross errors" for at least a breathing speD?

Now, aU of a sudden, out of nowhere we have so many journalism

"experts" on campus that I cannot possibly imagine why some "expert"

has not _been recommended for my job.

Therefore, I reiterate, "If you could do such a great job, why don't

you? My job can be secured-but one word of caution: You'JJ also have

to do pamphlets, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, public relations, news

releases and be 'on caU' for any other journalistic endeavor which may

arise .

Dear Editor;

RespectfuUy,

The Only M.S.J. (Masters of

Science in Journalism) On

Campus

Yvonne H. King

If Mr. Rabbit's letter is an example of the level of thought currently

littering the halls of this college, Goo h"elp us all.

Very sincerely,

~------Pn_·"_'•_d_~_y_G_,_~_"_~_·u_e_P'_'"_"_·n_g_co_._.G_,_~_'_'~_· t_t•_.w_._v_._· ____ __J JL_ ____________________________ w_;_m_am __ M_o_•k------~

Wednesday, March 19, 1969

Summer Jobs Offer Travel

Need a summer JOb? like to

work in a foreign country? The

American-European student service

is offering jobs such as construction

in Austria; farmwork in Germany,

Sweden and Denmark; road const:ru·

ct1on in Norway; and forestry work

in Germany. Then· are also jobs

available in lrelancl, t.ngland, )·ranee,

Italy and HoUand to American uni­

versity students.

The students who procure these

jobs have the opporlunity to live and

take an actual part in the life of the

people of these coun tries.. Every

year, t he program has been expanded

to include many more students and

jobs. Some more of the jobs offered

are child care work (females only),

hotel work (limited number avail­

able), and some more qualified jobs

requiring more specialized training.

The student should keep in mind

that they will be working on the

European economy and wages will

be scaled accordingJy, but the stu­

dent wiU also receive his or her room

and board. Working conditions such

as hours, regulations, safety, etc., will be controlled by the labor min­

istries of the countries invotved.

The main purpose of this pro­

gram is to afford the student an opp­

ortunity to get into real living con­

tact with the people and customs of

Europe and, in so doing, a conaete

effort can be made to learn some­

thing of the culture of Europe.

Any student desiring further in­formation about this program should

write to: American-European Stu­

dent Service, Box 34733, fl 9490

Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Europe).

Voc. Home Ec. Loan Available For 69· '70

A Vocational Home Economics

l oan is being sponsored by Phi

Delta Phi. The loan isS 105, the tot­

al sum of Glenville State CoUege t W-­

tion and fees for one school sem­

ester.

High school graduates or s tudents

presently attending Glenville State

College with a major fie ld of study

in Vocational Home Economics are

qualified for this loan.

The recipient will be selected on

the basis of rmancial need from the

infonnation recorded on the loan

appUcation, scholastic ability and

achievement and service and leader­

suip lJOlenlial.

The recipient of the Vocational

Home Economics Loan wiU have one

year from the date of graduation or

withdrawal from Glenville S tate Col­

lege to make fuU payment of the

loan, interest free. If the full pay­

ment of the loan is not made within

that year a four per cent interest will be added on the balance due. Money

repaid by the recipient is placed in

the Phi Delta Phi Revolving loan

Fund and becomes available for fut­

ure recipients.

AppUcations may be secured

from the home economics advisers,

Mrs. Chaddock, Mn. Wolfe and Miss

Woofter. In order to qualify for this

loan, t he application must be post­

marked no later than April 7, 1969.

The recipient of the loan will be

notified by May 30, 1969.

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Wednesday, March 19, 1969

Associated Women Hold State Meeting

The A ssocia ted Women Studen ts

for West Virginia CoUcgcs and Uni­

versities he ld State Day at J!airmont.

on March 8, which the WOGS organ­

ization attended. The theme for the

program w as " Womanpowcr."

Those students participating were

JiU Coleman, Ronda Robinson, Ro­

berta Chancey, Carolyn Rastle, Judy

Greenlee, Cathy Hesson, Cheryl

Blankenship, Mary Ca mpbcU, Dcvcr­

Jy Hurst and Mrs. Jean Wright, ad­

viser for the group.

Beverly Hurst represented Clcn­

viUe in a panel discussion of " Wo­

men in Campus Politics." A g uest

speaker for the convention was Mrs.

E. K. S tevens, director of personne l

for the s tate o f West Virginaa. Miss

Toby MoJdcl, Region IV coordinator

for International Associated Women

Students shared a preview of the

lAWS convention with aU the girls.

AU schools were then broken up

into three workshop groups. Each

group had a separate topic mcluding:

C ro up I· A WS · A Program Oriented

Group II · The Educa ted Woman

and C roup Ill · The new Woman.

Several new ideas for eSC's campus

were presented and affiliation with

AWS was discussed during the con­

vention.

A formal dance was held o n

March 14 by the organization. The

theme was 'Through the Looking

Glass With Alice In Wonderland."

The Seven Seas and Smokey Hanson

from Charleston provided music for

the dance.

II Wa5 anno unced by the pres;.

dent, Judy Greenlee, that the next

WOGS meeting witl be he ld Ma~ch

20, in the aud1to rium at 6 p.m. AU

women are urged to at tend.

Recruiters Interview Here

To da te this year, approximately

55 .sch.')OI,: and institutions from

various states such a5 Maryland, Vtr­

ginia, Ohio and Florida have sent

reauiting teams to the campus to in­

terview students for positions in

their respective school systems.

Since it has been estimated tha t

approximately 85 per cent of the

studen ts pbn to en ter teaching

r~elds, natwally most o f the recruit·

ers 3'fe from school system~ but

there a re also recruiters from the

fiekts of business as we ll. Allhough

business students have not had as

many intervtew as educat iOn s tu­

dents, the Placement Servu:c con·

tacts the companies in wh1ch the

student shows an inte rest, and to

which his fteld IS related.

Many states do not send recruit·

ers but send mstead a complete fold·

er o f cr itena about the school sy~

tern, the town, salary scales and

o ther important informatio n needed

by the student The interviews arc

almost compk:ted , with o nly about

I 5 more school systems expected to

send recruiters.

THE GLENVILLE MERCURY

Dear Mr. Cribbs:

The last issue of the " Mercury" was spectacular. You must have put

it together with your eyes and mind closed . T he stories were fu:q ucntly

marred by illiteracy and/or typogmphical e rrors and just plain bad jour·

nalism. Here arc just a few boners.:

There was a picture of a Stmwbcrry l,rinccss on page one and a

s tory about same on page three, with no indicatio n that the two

were connected .

A s tory about a Theta Xi smoker appeared o n page two; the

corresponding picture was relegated to page four.

There was a pictwc of a snake but no story.

The counterspy did not really wntc a book about a dairy, d id

he?

DusHine milro ad sta tion???

And the Men's lntmmurab standings were just so much white

paper.

These errors may seem trivial but they wouldn't have been made if

careful journalism had been practiced . Whnt's really too bad, though, is

that the " Mcrcwy" so often misses the important stories. For ins tance,

the tittle blurb about the high school baske tbaU to wnamc nt could have

been a s tory. And the fact that onJy 48 o ut of 84 faculty me mbers

bothered to respond to the chaperoning questionnaire should have in·

spired you to write a n edito rial Such a luck of energy o n the part of the

faculty is sy mptomatic of the whole atmosphere of apathy a t esc. But what most amazed me is the fact that the day Vo lume XL,

No. 16 of your newspaper was issued , three ed ucator-judges from the

North Central AssociatiOn we re on campus pass1ng or failing Gk:nviJic

State College. If this school loses its accreditation, yo ur futu re diploma

and my JOb won't amo unt to a nything. The fact tha t you relega ted the

entire s ituation to a box on page o ne Ust ing three names is incomprchcn·

sible to me.

Yow edito rial should have dealt with the importance of those three

men to esc. Or at least you should have welcomed the m. Instead you

chose to thank the jani tors for sweeping the haUs. And for s taying here

dwing vacations to wash windows and wax .noors. T hey have a vacation,

dunng which they do not work. What do you think the maintenance

departme nt gets paid to do, if not all the things you listed?

And before you pr;Usc the main tenance department too highly (al· though I am attacking you, no t them), consider the fac t that there is o nly

o ne stretch of sidewalk o n Cilmpus tha t docs not have ho les in iL The

fro nt s teps of the ad ministratiOn building arc crumbling. And why, o h

why, did the maintenance me n po ur ceme nt for sta irs into 2x4 forms a nd

then leave the wood in place and let the cement sink down behind it?

Try walking from Louis Benne tt l-lall to Clark Hall up those ridiculous

stai.rs.

In futwe issues you might choose to edito rialize on some of the follow-

ing topics:

The holes in the sidewalks

The Parking Pro ble ms

T he proposed new men's do nn

Women's ho urs

S tuden t abuse o f library facilities

GSC's role in the village of G lenville

Drawbacks of the su1tcasc campus

Shucks. you might even pm1sc the sccretan es., S<" they won't feel hurt.

S rnccrcly,

S tcwa rt Beach

Rest In Peace . . . Dear Edito r:

There is an o ld prayer which goes some thing Uke this: "Lord, f ill my

mouth with worthwhile stuff and nudge me when I've said eno ugh."

Enough has been Wd abou t comprehensive examinations. They're

under the soil of GSC. They lay beside a tombstone wttich reads, " R. I.P."

And, before WE'RE nudged, I suggest we let comps do exactly that.

R.I.P.

Sincerely,

A Nudger

Page Three

Read For Content, Not Errors/

DcarErl itor,

Like " Peter Rabbit," I have read some issues of the MERCURY that I

thought were :.omething less than good. However, I have not been able

to determine how his letter helped 1mprove the situation. Some of his

complaints were ~o trivial and ~o vague it amazed me that he had the

::mdacity to criticize anyone else.

Of course he has never heard of " Norfokl." Out surely he has read ar·

ticlcs befo re than con tained typographical e rro rs. If " Pe ter Rabbit"

would have read the letter by Steve Wells more objectively , he would have

realized that it was directed towards the girls o f GSC. It would be nice

if the girls would get later hours and I'm sure S teve really cares whether

or not S<'me "~elf·mad\· ('Tilt~·" thinh~ hh Ie ifer was "tntcllcctuaUy sl im·

ulat 111g.'" : l1c 1:-~ue 1L-.cl! ~~far more Important.

" l)ctcr' ' also d isagreed with how the n..:ws was placed in the newspaper.

Making the Dean's Hst is a weU-dcscrvcd honor fo r a s tudent and I sec no

hatm 1n putting it o n the nrst page. " Peter" admitted that there was too

much Greek news to be placed in one sectio n. However, he then com·

plaincd because the fraternities avcmgcs were no t placed under Greek

news. Someone sho uld info rm " Peter" tha t he sllould leave such matters

to the editor and his staff. That is their job, you know. You surely

know that, don' t you, " Pe ter?"

The "all-knowing'' " Pe ter Rabbit" though t that the aJioca tion of funds

for housing was not important enough for the fro nt page. We do need new

ho using facilities and j us t because he is apathe tic doc~•,,ot mean :~II stu·

den ts arc. His sta te me nt, "there was so much white space on the sports

page that I tho ught discrimination was back in sty le," also confused me.

What type of discrimination is he talking about? When was discriminating

against sport~ pages ever in s ty le? That is what he means, isn' t it?

I think it is nice tha t the faculty intends to chaperone social even ts.

Chaperones arc required fo r social events and social events arc needed.

Man is a social being, " Pe ter." After aJJ, there is more to coUcge life than

eating carro ts to protect your cyc.s from the strain of study ing.

Poor " Pe ter" doesn ' t know what the Gamma Beta Phi society is.

What do you expect from a newspaper, "Peter?" Would a foo tnote ex·

plaining each a rticle in de tail help you any?

If this le tter upsets you, " Pe ter," I am glad. It must be wonderful to

have the Lime to scrutinize a newspaper and d iscover all the errors that

were made. But if you have to spend that time o n such a trivial matter

you have surely shut yourself off from the o utside world. There are other

problems facing the esc student tha t arc far more important than a few

m1stakes made by the edito r and s taff of the MERCURY .

Sincerely,

David Marshall Scott

Rabbit • You Lose Dear Ed itor:

With due consideration for the low mentality of Pe ter Rabbit, I would

like to express my ideas on the editorial of March 12. Of aU the editorials

I have seen in my college career, this is the worst o ne yet. Need I explain

why?

A small percentage of the student body works hard enough to gel o n

the Dean's List. Dear Peter Rabbit, arc you jealo us? 1 didn' t sec your

name on the li:;t. Would it be less noticeable if the s tory was o n the back

page?

Who is to say what is most importan t? I Uke to find out that GSC is

expanding and funds arc being allocated fo r ho using. Liste n, big cars, if

you forge t that quickly about good o ld GlcnviUc you don ' t deserve to nap your trap.

So Paul S teve n We lls has written a stupid article, and it doesn't matter

what girls say about s ide burns. esc has undue rest net ions on females and

more people sho uld pro test. Glenville is ridicu lo usly backward in its rc­

\lrietions and yow rabbit hare is slowing this school down even more.

Have you ever heard of huma n mtcrcst stories? S ho uld a paper be straJght

fact and not have some stories of lighter nature? WcU, I'm tired of straight

I wou ld like to know wha t news you want in the " Mercury." Every

lead that was cut down was Glenville news. Do n' t worry Pe ter, my qucs­

ttons arc burning your fw but many professors ate on your side. These

profcsson. can' t cut their perfect bod ies down so they take it o ut on the

" Mercury.'' Lay off'! Anyone who considers the paper so poor should

transfer their Chmt-li kc souls down to the " Mercuty" office and work for

the paper!

The " Mercury" has some fau lts that need to be ironed o ut but GSC has

a lot more fau lts to work with. Why don't we a ll try to improve this place

for once instead of wri ting trash against the " Mercury." For all the lazy

professors and the dead rabbit with the charred hair, I submit my name.

I sign my name to cartoon~ and I'm too brave to hide behind the name of an

egg-bearer.

Sorry Rabbit, but your eggs arc rotten!

Bob Bailes

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Can GSC Accept Non-Traditionals? To whom it may concern:

In reference to the cartoon which appeared in the "Mercury" of March

12, 1969, I would like to say the e ntire idea behind this drawing was

totaUy unfair. How can we, students and faculty, judge the qualifications

of a person, a nd I think we all know who, by appearance or certain happ­

enings which might take place in the classroom?

I feel that sooner or later Glenville State CoUegc will have to break

from the o ld, traditional ideas of the professor and classroom situation.

We have had some o ther chances to accept these changes and before, as

now, snide remarks were said and disproving looks passed among the pc~

pie, If this is the way Glenville is going to accept those w ho are not trad­

itional, those who attempt to employ some progressive ideas in education, then Glenville will become lodged in a rut and it will take years tore­

gain a place among o ther progressive colleges.

I also feel that it must be made known that aside from the example

stated on page two or the " Mercury" many o ther examples of produc tive

and interesting class sessions could have been shown. A person should not

and cannot be judged by one or even a few examples, but his total contri­butions should be weighed.

Let's give the non-traditional a cha nce!

Pamela Weinstock

Just Who Was Served? To: Editor

The Glenville Mercury

It was most interesting to read in "The Mercury" fo.r March 5 that

"From about 1818 the area had been served by gasoline boats. ...

Apparently there were activities on the Little Kanawha which have

no t been reported previously to the historians of river travel The usual

date given is about 1886, the year in which Daimler developed the proto­

type of the modern gasoline engine, as the earliest possible time.

Just who were served by the river boats of the early 19th century is

also of interest since this region was an almost unbroken wilderness with

the principal settlement of the period in the vicinity of deKaJb.

Byron J. Twner

GREEK NEWS

Alpha Sigma Alpha pledges were photographed in the Ballroom.

Pledging Ceremony Held By Nu Lambda

Pledging session for Nu Lambda

Psi sorority began with the flower­

ing ceremony held on Monday night,

March I 0. Those receiving nowers

Linda J. Searles, a freshman Eng­

lish major from Rainelle; Cathy Ann­

ette Gumm, a sophomore English

major f rom Sutton; Melody Ann

Johnson, a sophomore English ma­

jor from Parkersburg; Rosemary Jane

Phillips, a freshman from Loraine,

AlphaSio's Take 11 Pledoes ~=YK;:j:.;:=~~:::::~J~·:::~ £, £. ' Coleman, a freshman English maJor

Ohio, majoring in social studies; Ben-

Plan For Mother's Day Sing~ro.:~:::~~=orpr::~h:l::;~; On March 7, Gamma Kappa ation of Anne Lorentz Murphy. Joyce Elaine Savage, a freshman

Chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha held Jacqueline Pitts Blankenship wiU home economics major from Bruce-

a ribboning ceremony for 11 pledges teach music at Neale Elementary and ton Mills; Sue Anna Bumgarner, a

in the Old Lollis Bennett Lounge. Jackson Junior High in Parkersburg.

A pinning ceremony was held in the Janice Reed will be teaching French

sorority's lounge on March 12 for at Gilmer County High School

the foUowing: Plans are being made for the

Marjorie J ane Barnes is a fresh- annuai ·ASA Mothers' Day Sing. The

man from Grantsville majoring in committee for the sing includes Mar-

mathemottics. A physical education ilyn Smith, chairman; Jud}' Green-

major, Rita Janlne Buckhannon is a lee, Margaret Hirst and Sharon Out-

sophomore from Spencer. Carol ton.

Jean Burggraf is a sophomore music The Alpha Sigs are also looking

major from Erie, Ohio. A Glenville forward to the annual ASA State resident, Rosemary Ly nn Elswick is

TKE Pledges 171

Plans Court Balf a rreshmanmthc prc-mcdprogram. A sophomore f rom Buckhannon,

Day. This year the event will be held

at GSC on April 26. Judy Sanford is

the State Day chairman and her

committee includes; Mary Daniels,

Theresa Snider and Kathryn Roten.

Gamma Kappa Chapter will be the

hostess to ASA chapters from Con·

freshman French major from Letart;

Betty Kay Lewis, a sophomore tnlns­

fer student \najoring; in elementary

education from Vincent, Ohio;

Darlene Hart, a freshman elementary

education major from Flushing, N.

Y.; and Cathy Suzanne HolTman, a

freshman elementary education ma­

jor from Vienna. The following

girls were elected officers of their

pledge class on March 11 : Melody

Johnson, president; Betty Lewis, vice

president; and J oyce Savage, secret·

ary treasurer. On Monday evening, March 10,

Tau Kappa Epsilon conducted pledg­

ing ceremonies at the house, where

I 7 men were pledged.

On Tuesday, March 18, fra ter

Pete Woodham visited with the Iota

Omega chapter of TKE here at Gle n­

ville. Frater Woodham, who is a

supervisor, will be on campus for

two days.

The next TKE sponsored social

activity wiU occur during the week­

end of March 28-29. At this time

TKE will sponsor a mix on Friday

and Saturday nights.

During the latter part of April,

all chapters of Tau Kappa Epsilon

throughout the United States and

Canada will observe "Public Service

Weekend.''

May 10 has been designated as

the date for the 36th Annual Court

Ball The Co~t Ball is the o ldest

Gle nville, having first appeared in Donna Sue Fult,z is a h9me econom-

1930 under the sponsorhsip of the ics major. Ann Starcher is a fresh-

Holy RoUer Court, which became m.m £ .. Riish major from G lenville.

the Iota Omega Chapter of TKE in Mary Louise Joseph is a soph~

May, 1964. more elementary education major

from Elkins. A j unio r business rna­

PHI DELTA PHI HAS MEET jar, Sharon Elwne Mason ;, from

Phi Delta Phi will hold their

regular meeting on Thursday, March

20 a t 6 p.m. The meeting will be

held in the home economics depart­

ment

T hree pledges will be initiated

at the mee ting. They are : Shirley

Starcher of Weston, Barbara Lipps

of French Creek and Brenda Boggs

of Reedy.

The group is also sponsoring a

scholarship to be awarded to a high

school or Glenville State College stu­

dent. Applications may be obtained

from the home economics advisers,

Mrs. Chaddock, Mrs. Wolfe and Miss

Rupert. Janet Marie Pose~ is a fresh­

man secretarial major from Burns­

ville. A sophomore from Alliance,

Ohio, Deneen Marie Schillig is an

elementary education major. Social

studies is the major of Christine Fay

Spears f rom Walker.

Several of the Alpha Sigs are

doing their student teaching this

semester. Carolyn Jean Burke will

be at Rayon Elementary School in

Parkersburg. Nancy Eberhardt will

be teaching physical educa tion and

art at St. Mary's High School.

Bridgepor t High School and its home

economics department is the destin-

The sorority is now making def­

inite plans to go nationaL Several

groups are under consideration and

visits are being planned to different

cord College and Marshall University. campuses where these sororities are

1OM PI d act;ve.

en e ge Definjte plans are now underway

0 K for Nu Lambda Psi's dance, "Stone mega appa Age Stomp." Theenterwnment will On March 10 , Omega Kappa Phi be provided by the Esquires from

fraterni ty pledged ten men.

The new pledge class consists of

George Allen, a freshman from Par·

kersburg; Thomas Berry, a soph~

more from Weston; Lonnie Brewster,

a sophomore from Beverly; Wade

Coffrndaffer, a freshman from Clark­

sburg; Thomas Johnson, a freshman

from Charleston ;John Settle, a fresh·

man from Pittsburgh, Pa.; Michael

Shamblin, a sophomore from Clen·

denin; Frederick Boothe, a freshman

from Spencer; Stanley Pittman, aju·

nior from West Alexandria, Ohio;

Charleston. Other activities arc also

being planned for the Friday night of

that same weekend. Couples are en­

couraged to come attired in their cavemen costumes.

The sorority wouJd like to thank

Omega Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Epsi­

lon, Theta ){j and the "Philly-Loo­

Byrd" for their cooperation during the rush.

Miss Janet Cochran, a member of

Nu Lambda Psi will be doing her stu­

dent teaching in Parkersburg beginn­

ing March 23.

Pledge Class Contains 11 and Dav;d Wynne, a fm lunan from Summersville.

Delta Zeta pledges are shown during a visit to the DZ House on Main S treet.

Eleven girls make up the new

pledge cl:.ss of Delta Zeta sorority.

They arc Lynda Alford, Margaret

Stump, Kay Coberly, Diane Cochran,

Cynthia Day, Mary Kennedy, Shir­

lie Camp, Elain Arno ld, Sherry Er­

win, Debra Wade, a nd Denise Oat­

son. Three of the pledges have been

appointed to office. T hey are: Lyn­

da Alford, song leader; Margaret

S tump, standards chairman; and

Mary Kennedy, social chairman. For­

mal pledging began Wednesday,

March 12.

At their meeting Monday night,

the me mbers voted to have a rumm·

age sale March 28-29. Nu Lambda Psi p ledges are pictured on 'Dress Up Day.'

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Theta XJ Arumall iead in the Creek bowlin~ leacue and member Gerald

Ramsburg shows good bowling fonn.

THE GLENVILLE MERCURY

Men's Flights Are Revealed

Mtn'l mtnmuraiJ u of Thun­

day, March 6 were u foUow•

flchl o I

TKEI 4-0

Board men 4-1

f aculty 2-1

Theta X1 Animals 1-3

Cne&}ltons 1-3

Outcut.s (}4

Ffi&hl No. 2

Rebels 5-{)

Pa~ Faw

Women parbapate m intramural baskttbaJJ pmc:.

Omep Kappa Plti

Hu.sllers Three Potentials Sign For Pioneer Squad 4-1

2-2 Seniors Rank High In (i Club Tourney

Coach BiiJ lianhn ha.s announced

the signing of three potential players pound quarterback from Belpre Htgh

for the Pioneer football team. First School, Belpre, OhiO. John has good

Last 1s John Hume, a 5'1 0", 170

1s Fr!flk Wi~. a S' t 1", 190 pound speed and i.s also 1 good student, halfbaclc from Shenandoah High

School. Caldwell. Ohio. Frank wa1

a stand.out htgh school player earn­

ing such hono rs. u a second team

A U..Ohio Cla.u A; A I~C?uthea.stern

Ohio ftrst team; Pioneer· Valley

League Most Valuable Player; and

also lettered in basketball and ttack.

Also signJng w&J Gary Evans., a

5'11 ", 165 pound quarterback and

defensive halfback [rom South liarri­

son High SchooL Gary was 311 A 1.1-

Ua rTison County in both his j unior

and ~nior years. Cary could play

either offense or de fense.

On March 22, the Pioneer Bowl­

ing Team will play in a Regional

BowUng Match in Parkersburg. The

ma tch will be at Emerson Bowling

Lanes. A definite time is not known

but is tentatively between 11 and 12.

ranking m the top one-fourth of hb

class.

Intramural Basketball Sees Tournament Action

On Mar. I I , Women's Intramural

Baske tball was held for the second

Lime. There were eight teams par­

ticipating in the double elimination

tournament which will run for a per­

iod of seven weeks.

The standings as of now are :

TEAM

ASA Verona Maple

oz NLP

3& 4

Town G irls

1 &2

5&6

WIN

2 LOSS

'Help Us To Walk Straight Mr. Peter Rabbit

1969CarrotSl

Glenville, W. Va.

My dear Mr. Rabbit:

Abraham Lincoln once said something like, " It is far better to keep

your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and be proven

one." It seems quite apparent I am calling you a fool. Yet, ( cannot fmd

an untrue statement among you.r 'dir ty dozen' try hard as I may. The

Pope sajd that writers who could no longer write become critics and in the

end are proud to be fools.

In your case, M.r. Rabbit, I am prepared to apologize for tacking

"Fool" on to you. It certainly is too bad t hat talen t such as yours should

go unheralded. If you are as hairy as you say you are, (I have no reason

to doubt your word) then this is you.r opportunity. I urge you to step

fo rth and le t your litUe light shine. Help us to walk straight in our blund­

ering mistakes.

Still you maintain that we are not making mistakes. Yop. M.r. Rabbit,

(as you have several copies of past ''Mercurys' ' (no t "Mercuries") ) have the

feeling that we know no better. Again maybe you have hit the nail on the

head. Did you ever stop to realiz.e " it's too late to close the bam door

when the horse has gotten out?"

I and 'The Glenville Mercury" are both asking for your help, Mr.

Rabbit Perhaps you can stand out among us baldies. Act now! Do not

let another issue go to press witho ut you.r supreme guidance. We need

the touch of your wand (hair), but the decision is yours. You can hop on

down the bunny trail leaving only this cloud of dust or you can pledge to

help us. Come on and prove your smoke to us. Come and prove how

much hair. you have.

There is only one more thing, Mr. Rabbit, that has come strongly to

my attention. It seems with you.r anxiety in writing such an astounding

letter, you let all your hair cover your face. A pseudonym seems to be a

"cop-out" 1 suppose in you.r gallant escapade to set us straight you never

got around to scribb~ your own HAIRY name.

Tom Patrick

''Hairy-the-lesser"

Dud$ 2-2 Mutha 1-2

Fire Dop 1-2

Theta Xi C reeks 1-4

TKE II 0-3 Ft;ghl No. 3

KVC 4-1

Court Jesters 3-1

Dec Jays 3-1 World War I V 2-2

TKE 111 1-3

Theta Xi Unicorns 0-S

Ft;ghl No. 4

Spastics 4-0

Commuters 4-0

Falcons 2-2 rorest Technology 1-3

Dead Bears 1-3

Theta }(j Spoilers (}4

Flight No. 5

StcwbaUs 3-1

Good Guys 3-1 TK£ Pledges 2· 1 Alpha Delta Epsilon 2-2

Downtowncrs 2·2 Theta Pledges 0-S

Christian Athlete Men Organized on Campus

The Fellow of Christian A thle tes

is now organized on the campus of

CSC. The purpose of the FCA is to

confront athletes and coaches and,

through these individuals, reach the

young of the nation with the chall­

ense and adventure of serving Christ

and following Him through the fell­

owship of the church and in athictics.

In the

In the last meeting, offi cers were

elected. They are: captain, Don

Puckett ; captain elect, Richard Wer­

ry; secretary-treasurer, William Jones;

and bulletin chairman, William Fult­

ineer.

The members of the FCA would

like to ex tend an invitation to all

men of esc to join the organiza Lion.

Bullet in borads will announce the

time and location of the next meet-

ing.

Future Matches An ticipated The Chess Cluh announces forth­

coming plans for a match with Salem

College to be held at Glenville. The

matc h wiU be open to the public.

It is sched u.OO for some time within

the coming week, but at press time

the date was tentative.

The West Virginia I ntercoUegiate

Chess Championship wiU be at Mor­

ris Harvey College on April l 9. Att·

ending the Championship from GSC

willb e John Richardson, Michael

Richardson, James Ca.rez and Daniel

Schuda..

The Chess Club is also trying to

schedule a match with Marshall Unj..

venity in the near future., but as yet

~ not received cottfumation.

The annual G~lub Clas.s Basket- Leadull the fre).}tmen and kadlJ'C

ball Tournament was held Moncby 5COrer for both pmes W&J Oak

night, March 10 m the gymna.sJum. Tawney With 28 potnt He UJrd

The Semors outd1 tanced the Soph­

omores by a count of 75-63 1n the

first game. In the second hit the

'never-say-die' Freshmen s tung Lhe

Jumors 65-64 in a game that vent

down to the last wtustle.

The Seniors were led by vartJty

ace Jame Archer, Wtlh 23 poml!.

He was followed by Robert G roves

w1th 17, and John Po rterfie ld, I I.

T he Sophomores h3d three double­

ftgure men with W11liam Pe rry lead­

ing the way with 26. The o ther two

were Char~s T ho mas and John Wy­

mer who scored 13 and 12. respect·

ively.

The game was close all the way

with the Seniors finally taking com­

mand in the last five minutes. Quick

ball handling by James Archer a nd

rebounding by Robert G roves made

the difference, although William Per­

ry did a line job of rebounding 011

both e nds of the noor.

&ODd scorm1 blbncc. 1 tt.tna :.c m

each half Also sconnc fot tM I rc.shmen were Dan Wesner 'NIIh

nme and Jame Sp1ccr With echt pomU .. The Jumor had loodJCOr­

lfll balance and led by aJ much aJ I 0

pomt ln the ~:arne. James LLIIy wa

the ht,gh scorer m the 5eoond half,

sconn& 10 po1nts and leadmg lhe Ju·

niors W1th 12. A los m double ftgu.re

were Lany .. C .. Cryzb wtlh II ,

Manon Cordon and Mlke Castm

both scoring I 0 pomts.

Finals for thu annua l event were

held Monday, March 17, with the

tint game start:tn1 at 6 :30 and the

champion.shjp pme a t 8 p.m. There

will be troph1cs presented to the

winning cla55 :tnd to the most val·

uable player.

Bowling Team Ranks Fourth

The Pioneer bowling team ranked In the final game of the cvenin&:

the Freshmen used steady ball play-ing to overcome the J unior Jquad. fou rth m the WVIAC's latest stand·

ings. The standings were u follows

Th I I • T W. Va. State, Concord. Fainnont., e a I ops Glenville, Beckley, and MorrOJ Hu·

In Standing According to the new Creek and

Independent bowling chairr.-~an , Dave

Bodkin, the current standings are as follows:

In ftrst place with 16 wins a nd

fow losses is the The ta Xi Animals

followed by second place Delta Zetas

having 17 wins and seven losses.

T hird is Omega Kappa Phi mounting

11 wins and five defeats tailed by the

four th place TKE I team holding 10

wins and 10 losses. TKE Ill team

holds ftfth p lace in a nine game

win and fifteen game los.s fo llowed

by sixth place TK E II winning six

and losing 14. In seven th place is

The ta Xi Greeks having two wins and

18 losses trailed by eaghth place

The ta Xi Unicorns in their one game

win and 15 game loss.

A makeup schedule game was played March II , with Omega Kap­

pa Phi meeting Theta Xi Animals

Crom 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and TKE I

playing Theta Xi Grcck5 from S p.m.

to 6 p.m.

vey.

In individual bowUng resulu.,

GlcnvtUe placed three men 1n the top

ten. lynn Dawson placed thud

with a 197.9 average for the 27

games. Sixth was Dave Bodkm with

an average of 185.2 for 24 games.

Seventh place was held by AI Mat­

one who had a 184.5 average for 27

g;lmes.

Glenville also placed high in team

averages. The P10neers have the

secpmd

second hCh game w1th a ptnfall of

1022. In high senes. Clenv&l~ pbced

th11d with a scne.s of 2881 pins. The

postal league bowling wiiJ be h~h­

Lighted by the conference bowbna

tournament which is to be hekl at

Oalc Hill on Apnl 12.

KAPPA DELTA PI MEETS

Kappa Delta P1 Fratem1ty wtJ.I hold

a meelJ.nl at 4 .00 p.m. on 1 hunclay,

March 20, for the pu.rpox of electllll

new orfteers to fill the vacanc~es bell\1

created by prospectrve student t.c:achers.

Tho leavtJll to do thear student teach-

,-- ---- - - ----. U\1 are Erven Ro..-an. preSident. Anne A lady's expensive watch has been Gerstner, VJOC-p~Ddent, Barban \tiller,

found by Rev. Bayer of the Tnrury com:spondlnl ICCfeatry; Sheryll Jame­

Me thodi.st Church. Owner may claim son, recordmJ secn:tary; Sturley Hard­

the watch at the WesJey Found.1tion man, treasurer, and Marpret RI&"C)',

Office. hutona.n recorder

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THE GLENVILLE MERCURY

Morris's Painting Is Surprise Gift

by Melody Johnson

On entering the office of Or. D.

Banks Wilburn, president of our col­

lege, one might notice an 18"x32"

painting of the campus tower clock.

This painting was done by Mr. Jerry

Morris, instructor of art here at GSC, by request of Mrs. Wilburn. Accord­

ing to information received by this

reporter. Mrs. Wilburn wanted this to

be a "surprise" Christmas present.

While visiting their daug hter in Cinn­

ciTJati, Dr. Wilburn was to ld that

Dr. Wilburn is shown with Mr. Morris's painting of the tower clock. large wrapped o bject was a bulletin

Bill of Films Set Mar. 24~=-d ~":.~'~;~~~:, ~~;~y;o~::: Monday evening, March 24 • at films are works of art, some ate ad- around this large package was pre-

8 p.m. there will be a bill of experi- mittcdly experimental sented to Dr. Wilburn instead of

mental or " underground" ftlrns pr~ "Experimental" and " under- Jeffrey.

sen ted in the auditorium. The films

which will last about two hoUis run

the gamut fro m documentary ftlm

technique to animation and anima­

tion oombinations. Some of the

films have a thesis while others are

primariJy audio-visual experiments.

These films are an introduction

to co ntemporary 'llon - oommercia1

film-making. Although many of the

ground" refers not to subject matter

but to methods and producers, both

of which, in many cases, were un­

known before the ftlms were releas­

ed .

The entire campus is invited to

attend the showing. There will be

no admission charge. The fine arts

oommittee and the speech d epart­

ment are jointly sponsoring the pr~

sentation.

Two Articles Are Published Robert A. Smith, instructor in lion to the Structure of Matter,"

physical science at Glenville State will appear in the fall issue of "The

College, has been notified that two

manuscripts by him have been accept­

ed for publication in leading science

education periodicals.

An article by Mr. Smith entitled

"Conservation of Momentum on the

Overhead Projector" wW appear in

the May issue of ' 'The Physics Teach­

er" magazine. This is a demonst ra­

tion using the overhead projector to

show the concept of conservation of

momentum. The idea involved in the

demonstrat ion is not new, but adapt­

ing it for use on the overhead is

unique. Mr. Smith observes that by

presenting the concept in this man­

ner, the entire class can take meas­

urements and observe the pheno­

mena.

A second article, "An lnt roduo-

Science Teacher." The exact date o f

publication is not dfeinite at this

time.

In this manuscript four demon­

strations which Mr. S mith uses to

illustrate the topic are described.

Once again the demonstrations are

not new, but Mr. Smith's use of

them is unique.

At this time Mr. Smith is oom­

pleting work on a third manuscript

for which he has a publisher when it

is comple ted. This article, "A Study

of Plasma Iron Disappearance with

lton-59 in Normal and Whole Body

Gamma-Irradiated Rats," is the result

of research done last year at the

Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Stu­

dies, Oak Ridge, Tenn. This research

was supported by funds from the

Atomic Energy Commission.

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The painting was done on canvas

and was framed with lumber strips

and metal trim. I t was underpaintcd

with cool colors and overlaid with neutral and warm colors in acrylic

paint which is similar to oiJ paints..

"-tr. Morris said he attempted to cap­

ture the serenity of esc in hjs paint­

ing. ''The hands on the clock are

set a t 5 :00 which symbolizes qu.it­

ting time," stated Mr. Morris.

'Words' Cast Is Selected

The Gle nVIlle State College Aud­

itorium will be the setting for the

Speech Department's second produc­

tion of the year. " Wo rds," d irected

by Stewart Beach, will be presented

April 16, 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. Mr.

Beach stated that " Nothing Like this

has ever been presented here ~

fore." He continued, '"The arrafl8e­

ment is totally my own."

" Words" wW oonsist of two one·

act plays by Eugene lonesoo, " Bald

Soprano" and "The Lesson." The

themes of the plays are constructed

around the ideas of education and

communication. Also included in

the agenda wiU be slides and movies

taken by Mr. Beach and other me m­

bers of the department.

T he cast, which was chosen on

March 5, consists of: S ue Ann Stal­

naker, Mary; Darrell Wilmouth, Fire

Chief; Brenda Cottrell, Mrs. Smith ;

Bill Lewis, Mr. Smith; Martha Moody

Mrs. Martin; George A llen, Mr. Mar­

tin; Mary Bland Whiting, Pupil; Dave

Lo ugh, Professor; Trava Tiann Vo­

gel, Maid; AI Rauch, Narrator; Ruth

Terry and Patsy Herold, Audience

lnf11trators.

Training Program Sponsored At GSC

Glenville S tate College will be the

host March 24 for a group of people

training to beoome school supervis­

ors, elementary schoo l principals,

and secondary school principals. A ll

of the trainees are receiving gradu­

ate credit f rom West Virginia Univer­

sity for their field work.

The meeting will be under the

leadership of Mr. Victor Berry, dire­

ector of field services, Dr. Bell, and

Dr. Gautier. The trainees come from

a surrounding eight county area.

The program under which they

are training is sponsored by West

Virginia University, the West Virginia

Department of Education and the

local school districts.

New Social Studies Is Theme of Speech

Mr. George Davis, Assistant Pro­

fessor o f Geography at BaU State

University, Ind., spoke to various

students of the Social Studies De­

partment, March 10 and II . The

that aJthough it is stW very early in

the program, there have been signs of

significant progress.

Besides teaching three geography

classes and the social studies meth-

subject of his discussion was., "New ods class, Mr. Davis also lectured to

Social Studies: A Topic for Dis- the Gibner County social studies

cussion o r a Source o f Motivation." teachers.. Later this year he plans to

Not only did Mr. Davis discuss and make consulting and teaching trips

demonstra te ideas of the new social to the University of Ch.icago, West-

stud ies, but he also spoke o n its his- em Michigan University and the pub-

tory, philosophy, objectives, and m~

thods.

According to Mr. Davis., ' 'The

new soical studies is the means of

teaching the discipline of geography,

history,social studies, etc., through

an inquiry process. T h is is of a sig­

nificant difference in that it stresses

the scientific method and minimizes

the significance of memorization."

The goals of the new social studies

are to teach new means of motiva­

tion, participation and relevance, in

which the s tudent is directly involv­

ed in solving problems that are sig­

nificant to him.

In addition to be ing Assistant

Professor of Geopaphy Mr. Davis is

also director of special programs at

BaU University, and consultant to

four other colleges and universities.,

o ne of which is the University of

Chicago. He has also developed an

experimental program "to identify

the service and activities that aid

margimlly prepared s tudents to suet>

essfuUy adjust to the academic de­

mands of college." Mr. Davis stated

Board payment for the second

half of the second semester in the

amount of $ 10 L.97 is due on or be­

fore March 27, 1969.

Th.is notice is only for those stu­

dents who paid o n ly half o f their

board for the semester in February.

Many paid for the en tire semester

when they registered.

tic school systems of Houston, T~x.

and Columbus., Ohio.

Movie Slated for Aprill Adolfas Mekas' " Hallelujah the

Hilli" will be presented on Monday,

April l a t 8 p.m. in the auditorium.

T his film is being presented as part

of the Foreign Film Series..

" Hallelujah the Hills" is the story

of two rivals who unite in fr iend­

ship as t hey try to forget their lost

love, Vera, who has tired of the

seven year courtship and married

another. It was described by " Life"

magazine as 'Topsy turvy fun and a

z.any spoof."

Tickets may be purchased at the

door fo r $1 and anyone who attends

two films may purchase a season

ticket for S l. Mr. Jack Musser has a

list of names of those who have

attended.

Lit Society Views 'Romeo' Members of the Literary Society

attended the Zefferelli production of

Shakespeare's " Romeo and Juliet"

in Clarksbwg o n March 15. After

the movie, the group discussed the

production over dinner at the Oak

Hill Cafeteria

At the March 16 meeting of the

society, the members discussed sev­

eral selected short stories.. Sharon

Erwin led the discussion. In April.,

the Literary Society wW discuss Ed·

ith Wharton's novel, "Ethan Frome."

New initiates of Kappa Delta Pi.