Hazleton
Campus' Own
Newspaper
VOLUME 26—No. 9
Hazleton Campus Salutes Its
Students relaxing between classes on the lawns in front of the Main Building
Highacres Revisited
Albert Humza of the 1957
Class Impressed by
Changes.
(Editor’s note: Albert Humza
addressed the following letter to
The HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN:)
Recently, I had the good for
tune to revisit Highacres after
having been away from it for
some three years—and, let me tell
you, I was pleasantly surprised by
what I saw there.
I was “pleasantly surprised” to
see the apparant improvements
and intellectual vitality of High
acres.The beautiful, new Student
Unionn Building, which graciously
“greets” the visitor to Highacres,
and the many long-needed im
provements, such as the new lib
rary and additional classrooms,
attest to its vigor; while, intel
lectually, its students seem to be
as questioning and as alert as any
Professor Snarf would hope his
students to be.
Let’s now turn our attention to
what I have done since leaving
Highacres in January, 1957:
Along with approximately fif
teen other Highacres’ “Alums,”
among whom were Manny Pier
ruci, Emil Berish, Nick Triano,
Jimmy Dino, Cal Dietch, Billy
Adams, Tony Spock, Bob Kunda,
Ben Tuchi, Tommy Kaschak, Mike
Scarlato, George Timinsky, Bill
Lovrinick, and Karl Rekas, I
“migrated” Westward to Univer
sity Park, Pa., stopping there
long enough to take a B.A. in
political science and economics
with the Class of 1959.
After graduation, I accepted a
position in industrial relations
with The Harrison Radiator Divi
sion of General Motors. In Octo
ber of last year, I reversed the
process of “Industry Lures Pro
fessors from the Halls of Ivy”
by being lured to the Halls of Ivy
from Industry. This change was,
conservatively speaking, a unique
and novel “turning of the table.”
Presently, I am a member of
the faculty of the Department of
Labor Education of Penn. State,
and, as such, deal intimately with
the Labor Movement in Eastern
Pennsylvania. My home, at the
moment, is in Allentown —a natu
ral basketball rival of most Hazle
tonians—and I am working toward
my M.A. at Lehigh University—
a natural engineering rival of
many Penn Staters.
In closing, I should like to urge
all of you to do as I have so be
latedly done: revisit Highacres,
enjoy its picturesque location and
refined intellectual atmosphere j
chat with its Profs., join its Alum
ni Association, and above all
let us know all about you by using
the “good offices” and columns of
this paper.
BEST OF LUCK
IN YOUR FINAL
EXAMINATIONS!
If' ‘ ’ %
u li brary
HighacresoCollegial!^S
Kostos Greets
Alumni
I am , delighted with this
opportunity to extend greetings
to the alumni of the Hazleton
Campus. There are too few
occasions wherein contact with
the alumni of our Hazleton
Campus is possible. Our local
alumni organization has made
tremendous efforts these past few
years to develop a program for
more active participation of our
local alumni, regardless of where
they may be living at the present
time. The first alumni dinner last
spring’ was a heart-warbling ex
perience enjoyed by all members
who were able to be present with
us. I hope those of you who were
not with us last year might plan
to attend the second annual dinner
meeting to be held here at our
Student Union Building on Satur
day, May 28, 1960. The organiza
tion appreciates your support and
hopes that it will not only
continue, but grow stronger in
the years to come.
I sincerely hope that you will
take the opportunity when you
are in the Hazleton area to visit
with us to renew friendships,
meet some of your classmates,
and, above all, enjoy again the
beautiful surroundings of the
Hazleton Campus. Changes in
physical plant have been made
since your last attendance here.
Some of you have had the
opportunity of seeing our new
Student Union Building, but I
trust that the changes that have
been made will give you a much
better impression of the efforts
that the University has been
making to improve our campus.
We realize that much more work
has to be done. This will take
time and money, but our hopes
are that we will find both, in time
to come, and our Hazleton
Campus will become a place that
you will be even more proud of.
I hope that good fortune has
been with you over the years
since you have left our Hazleton
Campus, that you are enjoying
the kind of work that you were
hoping for, but able to find a
little time to reflect on some
memories of the Hazleton Cam
pus, and the pleasant relation
ships that you have developed
here.
On behalf of the faculty and
student body, I would like to
extend an invitation to you to
stop in to see us any time that
you are in the vicinity of the
Hazleton Campus.
Convocation Date Set
Frank Kostos, Hazleton Campus
Director, announced that Convo
cation will be held on Saturday,
June 4 at 6:30 in the Genetti
Pennsylvania Room. This is our
annual big affair—a dinner-dance
arrangement where a number of
awards are distributed to stu
dents. The guest speaker will be
Dr. Robert Bernreuter, Dean of
Admissions of Penn State
University. See Mr. Kidd.
HAZLETON CAMPUS, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
Alumni Set Plans
For Dinner-Dance
Once again it is time for our
Annual Alumni Association So
cial Affair A CATERED
DINNER-DANCE.
Here are the details:
DATE: SATURDAY EVE
NING, MAY 28, 1960 AT
6:30 P. M.
PLACE: THE STUDENT
UNION BUILDING AT HIGH
ACRES. (CLUB HIGHACRES)
Alumni plans include an in
formal punch hour for old
friends and acquaintances, the
catered dinner, and an enjoy
able evening of dancing to
EASY music. Dress is not
formal.
They earnestly look forward
to share the pleasure of your
company, so plan now to
attend. They assure you a su
perb dinner (those of you who
attended last year already know
this), ample time for meeting
other alumni and faculty, and
enjoying Highacres in the midst
of its springtime beauty.
Everyone is invited. Tickets
are $2.50.
Associate Degree Students
Sign For Main Campus
Courses
Freshmen associate degree stu
dents on the Hazleton Campus of
The Pennsylvania State University
have registered for a summer
sessions program they will pursue
on the University Park Campus
for three weeks.
’34-’35 TEAM—The basketball team of 1934-35 was the first sports team of any kind sponsored by the
Hazleton Center. Front row, left to right, are Robert Fagan (lawyer), Joseph Conahan (funeral
director), Thomas Pugliese (teacher), Michael Dembroski (carnival owner), Henry Ziolkowski (surgeon),
Alfred Spalone (dentist). Back row, left to right, are V. James Kennedy (pediatrician), Donald Carter
(social security field representative), Brookes Ringlaben (businessman), Robert Eiche, administrative
head (director of Altoona Campus), Herbert Smith, Prof. Pomeroy, faculty manager, and Peter Forliano,
coach (HHS teacher and city playground supervisor.) Hope they come to the Alumni Dinner-Dance May 28.
Alumni Association
Survey Reveals Alumni Employed In
Various Fields In Wide Geographical Area
Each year a number of students are graduated from the
Hazleton Campus in the two-year Associate Degree
program. In addition, a number of students go on to the
Main Campus or some other institution of learning to
complete their four-year Baccalaureate Degree program.
An Alumnus Reminisces
(Editor’s Note: Charles Gallag
her is an alumnus of the first
Hazleton Campus class which
began in 1934. This is a letter he
wrote to THE HIGHACRES
COLLEGIAN.)
On a recent visit to Highacres,
noting the beautiful grounds and
the many fine buildings, both old
and new, my thoughts went back
many years to the original home
of the local branch of The
Pennsylvania State University. It
was originally known as The
Penn State Center.
Those of us who had the
privilege of being members of the
first class of the college in
Hazleton and having the opportu
nity of seeing the great advance
ment both in the size of the
student body and the facilities
available, can justifiably advise
the students who have enjoyed
their initial college years at
Highacres how fortunate they
have been.
I cannot recall the exact number
of students who made up the first
class of its nature; I would
estimate the number to have been
in the neighborhood of 30. Mr.
Robert Eiche was the
Administrative head, assisted by
Stuart Goas.
I Classes were first begun in
■ September, 1934 in what then was
known as the Markle Bank
Building. Chemistry classes were
conducted at the Hazleton Senior
High School. During these years,
the old-fashioned winters were
back in force with temperatures
many days down to between 10
and 15 degrees below zero. (Going
to and from these classes was not
a very pleasant experience.)
Because of the newness of the
school and the rather small
enrollment, both students and
faculty, were closely attached to
one another, and these friendships
have continued over the years. As
in all institutions, the members of
the original class have moved to
various parts of the country
following their individual occupa
tional pursuits that had their
roots in the old Penn State
Center.
Besides me, a few of the
original group still reside in the
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MAY 17, 1960
Both groups fondly remember
their days spent at Highacres.
The Highacres Alumni Associa
tion, although recently formed,
has gathered much information
regarding the whereabouts and
activities of former Highacres
students through its current
membership campaign.
Letters expressing interest in
the Hazleton Campus Alumni
Association have come from such
distant places as Iceland, New
Mexico, Mississippi, Washington,
D. C., Florida, and Connecticut.
Graduates from many classes,
including the class of ’36, have
responded.
Mr. Joseph F. Coury, ’59, writes
from Hafn, Hornafjordur, Iceland
to acknowledge his receiving
Alumni Newsletters and a copy
of the Highacres Collegian. He
says: “At present, I am employed
as an electronic technician for
Page Communications Engineers,
Inc, In the next few months I
hope to get a contract to work in
a warmer climate.”
Sp/4 James Rutolo, ’5B, writes
from Shelton, Connecticut: “I am
serving in the United States
Army as a radar operator in a
Nike-Ajax missle outfit.”
Two sisters, Dorothy and Jeanne
Melley, have written about their
progress at the main campus.
Miss Dorothy Melley ’57, tells us
that she did her student teaching
in Elementary Education in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She
will be graduated this June from
PSU. Her future plans include
teaching the fourth grade in a
school near Harrisburg. Jeanne
adds that she misses us at
Highaeres.
Miss Lillian Junas, ’55, who was
an instructor on this campus last
year, is now working towards her
M. A. degree in Journalism on the
Main Campus.
Among the other graduates
still residing in the Hazleton
Area are Miss Jean Snyder,
librarian at the Hazleton Public
Library, Att’y Dominic A. Lock
wood, Dr. Stanley Yamulla, M.D.,
William Meiss, methods engineer
at Dorr-Oliver, Prank Konschnik,
technical investigator for Western
Electric at Laureldale, Pa., Wil
liam Schumacher, Jr., draftsman
at the Highway Trailer Company,
Charles Schultz, mechanical de
signer at the Atlas Powder Co.,
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