trervt , mber 6, 2956 FACULTY SKETCH MEET Mr. McKINSTRY By G. Opilla With a blair of trombones, we usher in ollr first tactility sketch, Mt. McKinstrY, 7ho is an avid jazz fan. The Highacres :sociology and Psychology professor is an accomplished trombone player who ft ring his student days at Alfred University, N.Y., entertained the crowd as a member of a hot jazz combo. In ',Ais days as a foot soldier in Uncle's Infantry, he raised cain in his regi— zlental band. SinCe this was during TT, the Army had no use for a pro— rlressive trombone player and Mr. E. , ,Kinstry found himself in the honorable rield of radio operating, where he invented a morse code jazz improvisation on his telegraph key that drove the enew crazy. We fl_nd that Yr.Kinstry is Just as accomplished along academic lines as he is with his trombone. He has acquired his BA and MA from Alfred University and has taken courses at Syracuse University toward his PhD. A native of Rochester, N.Y., Mr. McKinstry has been employed by the Western Electric Corporation as a training and testing supervisor. At home, you are apt to find him relax— ing to the strains of Woody Herman, and being fondly attended to by his wife and two charming little daughters, who still demand an occasional trombone solo from their daddy. ***** * * * * STAFF THIS ISSUE Rekas, R. Warman, K. Opilla, M. Remas, Avigliano, , L. Sorokatch, J. Machung, Milko, G. Valkowski l R.-Arlotto„ Karvounis, J..Kenvin, Mo Preputnik, Scaran,,L. Berish, W. Earp. Advisor: Mr. Kafka HIGMCIIES COLLEGIAN Pennsylvania State University law states that students who fail 35 Perce of their credits for any semester v and who are not dropped because their all average does not fall below 1.65, will be placelon academic pro— bation. All students whose all.university average falls below 1.65 are also placao on probation. If a student's average falls below 1.5, and the student has no' had a 2.2 or better for his "most rec'eriii semester:or - a 2.0'0r better for "eachof his two most recent semesters," he will be dropped from the University.. Under the old grading systemp,a student . was required to maintain a grade of .65 . or better. The old .65.1 s now equal to the 1.65 stated in the University la wib At the same time, 1.5 is equivalent to .5 under the old system and 2.2 is equal to 1.2. The differencsin these grades is due to the fact that our grading system is now based on the numbers from zero to four, whlle the old system was from a minus two to a plus three. ACADEMIC PROBLTTON ****** * * * * * The Russian school teacher asked a pupil who the first humans were. "Adam and Evei" the kid replied. "And what nationality were they?" "Russian v of coursW said the kid.. "And how do you know?" asked the teacher "Easy," the kid replied, "They had no roof over their heads, no clothes to wear, and only one apple between the two of them and they called it Paradise'," ****** * * * * * Page 3
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