October 17, 1955
(Noble cont’d)
In relation to the work of this
paper, this reporter has found him
to be a very easy person to just
Sit and chat with, and often very
informative* So, once again, the
best of luck in everything; from the
Collegian Staff and the entire
student body*
Mr, Kostos tours Airbases
Ihis past August, Mr, Frank Kostos,
Administrative Head at the Hazleton
Center, and Captain Walter Carper,
the Center’s Air Force R.O.T.C.
Instructor, were invited by Colonel
Riva, Head of the *,F, -R.O.T.C, at
the Penn State University, to tour
the Hunter Strategic Air Command
Base in Savannah, Georgia, where the
summer training courses were being
held.
Monday morning, August Bth, Mr,
Kostos and Captain Carper drove to
the Middletown Air Base which is
near Harrisburg, From Middletown,
Captain Carper pilotc 1 a C-54 plane
to Hunter Base, stopping in Altoona
to pick up Mr, Robert Eiche,
Administrative Head at the Altoona
Center, Lieutenant Visnovsky,
R»O.T.C. Instructor at the same
Center and Major Casey, and then
proceeded to their destination.
A program was planned for thi s
group including a tour of the
operations of the base, visiting the
students, and a tour of the barracks.
Some of the visitors from Florida,
Kentucky, North and South Carolina,
and Pennsylvania were taken for a
thirty minute jet plane ride. Mr,
Kostos enjoyed this ride immensely.
On their return flight, Wednesday,
afternoon, Mr. Kostos and Captain
Carper toured Maxwell Air Base,
Montgomery, Alabama which is the
Air Force University where most of
the academic training takes place.
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
*hhhbbhast*
Ihe following day, they spent
visiting Donaldson Air Base in
Greenville, South Carolina* Then
they flew to the Middletown Air
Base and came back to Hazleton by
automobile*
Mr, Kostos was greatly impressed
to learn that the Air Force is
counting on its’ future officers
from the R,0.. TC. ranks. He said
that every R<,O«.T,C, student that
enjoys the Air Force training should
continue on to advanced work and
train to become a future officer in
the Air Force,
Mr, Kostos says this will be un
forgettable tour. He only wishes
that every person would have the
opportunity to share and enjoy the
experiences that ho had while on
the tour of the Air Force R.O.T.C,
bases,
ACADEMIC PROBATION 1
Pennsylvania State University law
states that students who fail 35
percent of their credits for any
semester, and who are not dropped,
because their All-University average
does not fall below 1,65, will be
placed on academic probation.
All students whose
average falls belpw 1,65, are also
placed on probation* If a student’?
All-University average falls below
1.5, and the student has not had a
2.2 or better for his "most recent"
semester or a 2.0 or better for "each
of his two most recant semesters,"
he will be dropped from the University,
Under the old grading system, a
student was required to maintain a
grade of .65 or better. The old .65
is n©w equivalent to the 1,65 stated
in the University law. At the same
time, 1,5 is equivalent to ,5 under
the old system and 2 T 2 is equal to 1.2.
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