JANUARY 14, 1960
Panel Discussion On Public Schools
Held At The Highacres Campus
A hard-hitting panel discussion
on the public schools took place at
the Highacres Campus of Pennsyl
vania State University recently.
Prank give-and-take on a wide
range of subjects brought out
many questions from students on
alleged serious defects of teachers,
mainly in the high schools,
politics, and provisions for better
than-average students.
Two students and an area
educator made up the panel. They
were Phyllis Cohen, a freshman;
Paul Thompson, a senior, and
Julius Schneider, supervising prin
cipal of West Hazleton High
School.
The most intensive discussion
took place in the course of a
question and answer session be
tween Schneider, the other panel
ists, and members of the student
body.
Schneider was asked about the
influence of politics as related to
teaching jobs, so-called “kick
backs” and other questions per
taining to politics and the board
of education.
In his area of decision, Schneider
told them, politics has no influence,
but he said he could not speak for
the situation in other school
districts.
“Mother-Daughter” T
Theta Sigma Pi Sorority spon
sored a tea with entertainment at
the Highacres S.U.B. on Sunday,
January 10, 1960 for the mothers
of students, wives of the Faculty,
and the Faculty women.
An interesting program was
presented, featuring singing, danc
ing, a dramatic reading, and piano
renditions by sorority members.
Chairman for this occasion was
Sandra Pohlman, first-semester
freshman at P.S.U.; Claudia Laux,
Hazleton
Colorful empty bottles dis
playing a lone candle provided a
beatnik lighting system through
out the SUB on the eve of Dec. 4.
Strips of black, orange, green,
yellow and pink crepe-paper hung
from the ceiling and in the
doorways. Allan Saul sat in a
corner, beating on bongo drums,
while Tom Malarky made his way
to the top of a ladder to recite a
few lines of Shakespeare. Several
students gathered in groups and
College-Community
Chorus Sings
Handel’s “Messiah”
The Pennsylvania State Univer
sity’s Hazleton Campus-Commu
nity Chorus presented its Christ
mas interpretation of Handel’s
“Messiah” on Sunday evening,
December 13, at the Sechler
Auditorium of Emmanuel’s United
Church of Christ in Hazleton.
The “Messiah,” an oratorio, was
Schneider agreed with a student
contention that it is practically
impossible to fire an incompetent
teacher under present Pennsylva
nia law, unless you can prove
charges of immorality. Business
could not profitably operate under
this principle, he admitted.
He also acknowledged that
Pennsylvania schools are doing
practically nothing to help the
better students. Everything, he
said, is done for the average, weak
and retarded students, but most
superintendents are afraid to start
classes for advanced students.
Our leaders of tomorrow are the
best students, he said, but in most
high schools, the good ones just
learn to loaf because the tempo is
too slow.
The panel was the project of
Frank E. Walser, speech instructor
at Highacres. Walser called it a
success and said the students were
frank and forthright. The session
was rewarding to all who took part
in it, he said. Approximately 50
students and four instructors were
present, with the classroom filled
to capacity.
Francis Parano, a senior, was
student chairman. Walser said it
is his hope to have another such
panel next year.
ea Held At Highacres
also in her first semester, planned
the entertainment. The program
announcer was Mary Lou Zukov
ich. Usherettes were Mary Korba,
Evelyn Casper, Janet Kamin, Do
nata Matteo, Barbara Jarick, and
Claudia Laux.
Mary Lou Zukovich, a second
semester student in pre-med, is
president of the Sorority. Mrs.
Elizabeth Bodenstein is faculty
advisor.
Campus Goes Beatnik!
sat on the floor to advocate some
beatnik principles. The beatnik
atmosphere was almost complete.
Lacking were such essential items
as liquor, and the insurgency
which prevails among beatniks.
Confined by these restrictions,
the students made the best of their
opportunities. Several of the male
populus went the distance in
make-up. They came with
darkened beards, horn-rimmed sun
written in 1741 by George Freder
ick Handel. It was completed in
24 days and after a rehearsal
April 8, 1742, it was performed
at Dublin.
The soloists at the College-Com
munity concert were Mrs. Brian
Fetterman, Mrs. May Morrow,
Rev. John Stoudt, and Rev. Brian
Fetterman. The accompanists were
Thomas Clatch, pianist, and Jo
seph Jumpeter, organist. Both
accompanists are students of mu
sic at the Hazleton Campus. Miss
Pearl G. Garbrick, assistant pro-
HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
THETA SIGMA PI
SORORITY PLANS
TRIP TO NYC
A trip to see a play in New York
City will climax the semester’s
activities for the girls of the
Theta Sigma Pi Sorority. The
girls are planning to make the trip
in February during the mid-se
mester vacation.
On the agenda thus far are
plans to see either Jackie Gleason
in “Take Me Along,” or “Sweet
Bird of Youth,” and dinner.
The trip will serve as a farewell
party for the girls who are leaving
Highacres in February.
Bake Sale
Sorority plans for the month of
January include a bake sale on a
date to be announced. Here’s a
good chance for all you lucky
fellows to go see how she can
bake! Edwina Roland is committee
chairman.
Miss Sandy Pohlman and her
committee are getting ready to
serve the girls’ mothers and the
faculty wives at a Mothers’ Tea
on January 10. Miss Claudia Laux
is in charge of the entertainment
and she is now recruiting all our
local female talent.
Christmas Banquet Held
On Sunday evening, Dec. 13, the
sorority held their annual Christ
mas banquet at Singley’s Steak
House. The thirty girls present
enjoyed their meal very much. On
the menu were ham, turkey,
chicken, pork chop, and lobster tail
platters.
Mrs. Leah Kostenbauder, Mrs.
Mary Ferry, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Bodenstein were guests at the
affair.
After dinner the girls exchanged
gifts with their secret pals. Mrs.
Bodenstein, advisor to the girls,
was the recipient of a lovely
rhinestone pin and earring set
given her by the sorority.
glasses, and casual sneakers or
white bucks. Most of the girls’
attire consisted of bermuda shorts
and extra large sweaters.
It appeared that everyone had
a good time. Activities of this sort
are almost certain to be recog
nized by the students as an outlet
for disbanding all that ails them.
A hearty well done to all respon
sible for making the beatnik party
a success,
fessor of music at Highacres is
the directress of the chorus.
After the performance, refresh
ments were served by the Theta
Sigma Pi Sorority of Highacres
under the direction of Mrs.
Elizabeth Bodenstein.
The concert given before a
capacity audience showed excellent
musicianship on the part of all.
The tone quality of the chorus and
its interpretation of the work was
splendid. Miss Garbrick and her
chorus entertained those present
in the truest sense of the word.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT COUNCIL IN SESSION. Seated around
the table from left to right: Vic Cortez, Vic Mills, Sandie Pohlman
(Secretary), Jack Baradziej, Thomas Brennan (President), Bob
Perugini (Vice-President), Joseph Bolitsky, Nancy Bradney, and Ed
Coel (Treasurer).
Mid-Semester Ra
These are the Hazleton Campus
students who have attained the
honor of being in the first fifth
ranking through virtue of their
mid-semester grades:
BACCALAUREATE STUDENTS
Semester & Cur-
Rank Student Average riculum
1 Cheplick, Peter 3.82 3 Ch.E.
2 Bradney, Nancy 3.60 3 A.L.
2 Marino, Joseph 3.60 1 Chem.
2 Zukovich, Mary 3.60 2 P.M.
5 Ceol, Edward 3.50 3 B.A.
6 Defina, Dominic 3.44 1 A.L.
7 Cortez, Vic 3.40 3 B.A.
8 Kobrick, Thomas 3.31 1 Engr.
9 Chegwidden, Carl 3.25 1 Engr.
10 Aliison, Richard 3.20 1 Sec.Ed
10 Rabets, John 3.20 3 Sec.Ed
10 Slavich, Michael 3.20 1 Phys.
13 Macoviak, Thomas 3.19 1 Engr.
13 Rinehimer, Arthur 3.19 1 Engr.
15 Washo, Basil 3.18 3 Ch.E.
16 Sullivan, Francis 3.15 3 Phys.
17 Bartkowiak, Robert 3.06 1 E.E,
18 Biank, Jr., Samuel 3.00 1 P.M.
18 Bridge, Michael 3.00 1 Engr.
18 Fichter, William 3.00 1 Psy.
18 Greybush, Joseph 3.00 3 P.M.
18 Lent, Charles 3.00 1 Sec.Ed
18 Tarone, John 3.00 1 B.A.
18 Yale, Barbara 3.00 1 Journ.
Beat Goes Square:
Now In Dictionary
Many of the dictionaries that
college students are using this
year contain, to the possible
dismay of some academic conser
vatives, such new items as rock
’n’ roll, beat generation and the
screwdriver cocktail.
In fact, Larry Urdang, a
lexicographer for the American
College Dictionary, recently dis
closed that the beat novelist Jack
Kerouac had been asked by the
dictionary to help define beat
generation.
Mr. Kerouac’s definition: “mem
bers of the generation that came
of age after World War II and
Korean War who join in the
relaxation of social and sexual
tensions and espouse anti-regi
mentation, mystic dis-affiliation
and material-simplicity values,
supposedly as a result of ‘cold
war’ disillusionment.”
In addition to screwdriver (a
cocktail made from vodka and
orange juice) and rock ’n’ roll (a
heavily accented rhythm, related
to hillbilly and blues forms), new
scientific terms and names are in
the latest dictionary.
Pope John XXIII and Governor
Rockefeller made it, and so did
sputnik, strontium 90, astronaut,
count down and dirty and clean
bombs. Clean in this sense means
free of radioactivity.
Some words that did not make
the thirty-second printing of the
American College Dictionary, ac
cording to Mr. Urdang, but that
are under careful consideration
are: espresso, blue jeans, Ethel
Barrymore, rush hour, kickback
and freeloader.
College Arts Society
To Present Film Feb. 22
The College Arts Society will
present the third in a series of
four outstanding films February
22. The film “Monsieur Vincent,”
based on the life of St. Vincent
de Paul is in French with English
subtitles.
The last movie of the series is
scheduled for April 4. It is an
Italian film entitled “The Bicycle
Thief.”
“What is the hardest task in
the world? To think.”
iking Of Students
25 Mulik, Bernice 2.88 1 Med.T
26 Brennan, Thomas 2.83 3 E.E.
26 Drusa, Thomas 2.83 5 Sec.Ed
26 Sterba, James 2.83 3 P.M.
29 Dufallo, Joseph 2.82 3 Ch.E.
30 Lotito, Elaine 2.80 1 B.A.
30 Slapcinsky, John 2.80 2 Coun.
32 Ogorzalek, Jr. Mat. 2.78 3 Aro.E.
33 Bafile, Thomas 2.75 1 Engr.
33 Fetterman, Robert 2.75 1 Engr.
33 Fogash, Kenneth 2.75 1 B.A.
36 Redwinski, Robert 2.73 4 E.E.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE STUDENTS
1 Bartos, Bernard 3.59 1 2E.T.
2 Gladis, Stephen 3.25 1 2DDT
3 Glenn, David 3.19 1 2DDT
4 Remaley, William 3.13 1 2DDT
5 Casper, Catherine 3.12 3 2MDT
6 Love, Donald 3.06 12DDT
6 Palinchak, Michael 3.06 1 2E.T.
8 Beccone, John 3.00 3 2E.T.
9 Andreas, Walter 2.94 1 2E.T.
9 Bogert, Gerald L. 2.94 3 2E.T.
1 1 Maruschak, Joseph 2.93 3 2E.T.
12 Bernoski, Fred 2.88 1 2E.T.
12 Pasdon, Norbert 2.88 1 2E.T.
12 Yencho, Joan 2.88 3 2MDT
15 Naugle, Allan 2.85 1 2DDT
16 Rodzewich, Joseph 2.83 3 2DDT
18 Kolesar, George 2.81 1 2DDT
19 DeMara, Francis 2.76 12E.T.
19 Resuta, Francis 2.76 1 2E.T.
Ronnie Lyon Elected
Chairman Of ICG
A new club has been organized
at the Hazleton Campus, This club
is known as the “I. C. G.” standing
for the Intercollegiate Conference
on Government. The purpose of
this club it “not to preach, nor
even to teach, but merely to
provide a means whereby students
may learn together how their
government operates.”
The club has had two meetings
thus far. At the first meeting the
temporary officers of the club were
elected. They are: chairman,
Ronnie Lyon; secretary, Donata
Matteo; and treasurer, Joe Bolits
ky. The club has begun to draw
up its constitution and by-laws.
The temporary officers attended
a Regional Executive Committee
Meeting at the University of
Scranton on Sunday afternoon,
December 13. Plans for a regional
convention were discussed. The
Hazleton Chapter of I. C. G. is a
member of the Northeastern Re
gion of Pennsylvania I. C. G. The
regional convention will be held at
Marywood College in Scranton on
March 6.
The State Convention will be
held in Harrisburg on Thursday,
April 7 through Saturday, April 9.
The State Convention Program for
1960 will be the framing of a
bi-partisan mock political platform
and a bi-partisan mock nominating
convention for President and Vice-
President of the United Stater.
I, C. G. is an organization
composed of more than forty
junior colleges and universities in
Pennsylvania on a state-wide ba
sis. Pennsylvania is the on ! y
state that has an organization of
this kind. Membership in the
Hazleton Campus I. C. G. is open
to any student in good standing
who is interested in politics,
government, or parliamentary law.
The I. C. G. was founded in 1934
at the University of Pittsburgh
and has gained wide influence in
state political circles.
Have you Used Highacres'
Record Lending Service?
There are still very few
students who have noticed a new
addition to Hazleton Campus’
library—that is, a record lending
service. The wide selection of
records may be taken out in the
same manner books are.
All students are encoui-aged and
urged to take advantage of this
service.
—Emerson,
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