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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.
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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
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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',"
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