DR. DICKSON SPEAKS TO STUDENTS
A receipt of lest year's sl.ooo Super
ior Teaching Award at Penna. State University Baseball and Track, the two major sports
visited the Hazleton Campus Friday night, at Penn State have gotten off to fine starts
April 28, to discuss "Painting As A Language'.' this year.
He is Dr. Harold E. Dickson, professor Coach Joe Bedneck’s ball team has racked
of history of art and architecture on the up three victories against only one defeat.
University Park Campus. The weatherman has not helped the Lion nine
Dr. Dickson, who has been teaching at however. They have lost five games due to
Penn State since 1923, is a native of Sharon, adverse weather conditions. The team stands
He received his Bachelor of Science degree a very good chance of getting into the NCAA
in Architecture at Penn State and his Master District Two playoffs.
of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees at The track team has only had one dual
Harvard. meet so far but in that one they defeated un-
Much of his research has been concerned beaten Navy,
with Pennsylvania art and has led to the pub- In the Quantico relays Bob Brown, State’s
lication of "A Working Bibliography of Art in star sprintman set a school and meet record
Pennsylvania", "A Hundred Pennsylvania Build-when he ran the 100-yard dash in 9.4 seconds,
ings", and "Pennsylvania Painters". He has only .1 of a second off the world’s record,
also been concerned with the work of George The Lion mile-relay team also came out victor-
Grey Barnard, Pennsylvania sculptor. ious at Quantico. They turned in a very good
The lecture which was held in the Stu- time of 3:14.8.
dent Union Building and was open to the pub- Bob Brown also came through at the Penn
lie, is one of a series arranged as part of Belays. He won the Championship of America
a program to broaden the cultural offerings 100 yard dash in 9.9, running into a strong
at the Commonwealth Campuses. headwind. Jerry Wettstone tied for first in
Nearly 20 faculty members as well as the highjump with a leap of
student groups are visiting various campuses In other sports; the golf team sports
as a part of the program and will talk or a 3-4 log while the tennis team is 2-4 and the
present programs in art, music, literature Lacrosse squad is 1-5.
and other fields. If you are planning to go up to the main
campus, why not take in a ball game or a ten
nis match? The Penn State teams appreciate
your support.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION
The S.G.A. has passed a new constitu
tion to replace the out-dated one now in use
and has posted it in various places on the
campus. The students are asked to read or On Thursday, May 11, 1961, there will be
at least skim over it so that it may be rati- an election of new officers for the coming term,
fied by the campus in the near future. The All persons wishing to run for office must sub
probable ratification date is Monday, May 8, mit a petition to Mr. Kidd by 10:A,®. Tuesday,
1961, and voting will take place in the S.U.BJllay 9, with a minimum of ten signatures.
PLEASE! 11 Everyone take advantage of your Only those who have been here at Highacres
privilege and vote for or against the Consti-for at least one semester, who intend to be
tution next week. Remember, your student coun- here for at least the next two successive
cil will be functioning under this new docu- terms, and who have a 2.2 average are eligible
ment next fall. to run for office. All students are eligible
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The man who believes there is nothing
bigger than himself lives in a very small
world indeed.
SPORTS EVENTS AT THE MAIN CAMPUS
to vote.
Intelligence is like a river—the deeper
it runs the less noise it makes.
by Dave Leonard
S.G.A. ELECTION