October 25, 1963
The social season for fall of
1963 opened at Highacres with
two dances, the most recent held
on October 11, and the first on
October 4.
Theme of the opening event
was “Welcome, Freshmen,” and
decorations featured frosh penal
ty signs customs week. The sec
ond affair, “The Koyal Dance,”
featured medieval decorations
and sketches of knights in arm
or. Even the band fitted the
theme, since the Kingmen were
LIBRARY NOTES
The Hazleton , Campus Library
contains over 8,000 books, plus
pamphlets, magazines, and news
papers. If all students obey a
few simple rules, the library will
continue to offer invaluable as-
sistance.
1. The library is open daily
from 8:40 to 4:60.
2. Books may be charged out
for two weeks with the privilege
of" renewal.
3. A fine of two cents per day
is charged for overdue books.
4. A fine of twenty-five cents
for the first hour and ten cents
for each additional hour is
charged for overnight books.
6. Periodicals may be charged
out for one week with privilege
of renewal.
6. There will be no smoking
or loud talking in the library.
7. If you have any questions,
please ask your librarian.
Among the many new books
and periodicals available this
year, are the following:
Esquire
Harper’s Bazaar
Hi Fidelity
P.M.L.A.
Theatre Arts
FELL I N ' S
DIAMONDS CHINA
WATCHES CRYSTAL
JEWELRY GIFTWARE
14 E. Broad Sr. Hazleton, Pa.
the perfo:
freshman welcome affair was the
Valmonts.
Chaperoning the ■ “Welcome,
Freshman” dance was Mrs. Mary
Ferry, while Messers. Leister and
Price chaperoned the second
dance.
Both events drew record
crowds, and Student Union Board
members look Upon these past
successes as indicators of in
creased future particapation in
student affairs.
THE BIG BREAK-COLLEGE ADJUSTMENT
College remains today, as it did
twenty years ago, an enigma, a
mystical combination of fact and
fancy. The new freshman, no
doubt, is obsessed with various
ideas about college and college
life. One of those ideas will prob
ably dominate the attitude he’ll
acquire toward his studies and so
cial activities. Some immediately
assume the attitude that college
is merely a “glorified high
school,” and, come what may,
they’ll “get by.” For others, it’s
a round of parties, campus
dances, and V-neck sweaters.
However, the majority realize
that college is truly an institution
of higher education and should be
treated as just that. In fact, it is
practically essential that sooner
or later a student adopts this atti
tude as a prerequisite for a
successful encounter with college
life.
Indeed, the break between col
lege and high school is a big one.
To begin with, college can’t pos
sibly be compared to high school.
In the first place, college is more
adult. The responsibility to make
the “best” of each term rests
solely on the student’s shoulders,
not in parental coaxings or
teachers’ threats. The individual
shoulders the heavy burden by
himself. If he doesn’t have the
desire to learn and the will to
work, the student soon finds him
self floundering under the weight
of his own laxity.
HIGH ACRES COLLEGIAN
Molinari Heads
Business Club
The Business and Economics
Club of the Hazleton held their
first meeting Oct. 16 to elect of
ficers. The results of the elec
tion were as follows: President:
Anthony Molinari; Vice-Presi
dent: Richard Dudinyak; Secre
tary-Treasurer: Geneva Avillion.
The Business Club will sponsor
a trip to The New York Stock
Exchange and the American
Stock Exchange, and the United
Nations Building sometime in the
Spring term. The club also will
sponsor several movies and lec
tures concerning businesses
throughout the country. The
club is noted for their lectures
which are usually given by prom
inent businessmen in the com
munity.
Mr. John Longo, faculty adviser
of the club, is looking forward to
a very active schedule for the
club and hopes to spur the stu
dents into looking into various
business problems and the various
careers to be found in the busi
ness world.
Of course, there is no miracle
drug for producing good grades
or good steady habits. Various in
takes of black coffee, cold milk,
or “No-Doz” usually fail to
achieve the wondrous miracles
their users would desire. The stu
dent who “loafed” or “fooled
around in high school was often
able to “catch up” with his home
work on weekends. However,
should he carry this tendency to
ward procrastination to college,
after one week, he’ll find himsielf
“snowed under” with assignments
he could never make up. Even in
similar subject matter, the college
student has to face more intense
reading and more challenging
assignments. Whereas one chap
ter in a course such as history
would be ‘■covered in a week in
high school, usually three or four
chapters are completed in college
work.
Penn State students must cover
an eight hundred page history
text in ten weeks, along with sup
plemented readings. Facts like
these are nothing to fool with,
especially when there are two or
three other subjects on one’s
schedule. Should a freShman ask
a sophomore how he covers such
reading matter, the answer would
no doubt be as follows: “Keep up
by doing the assignments when
they’re assigned; fall behind, and
you’re dead.” Although slightly
facetious, the latter comment is
Can’t Catch Up
Longer Assignments
Belles-Lettres Society
• The first meeting of the -Belles-
Lettres Society of the Hazleton
Campus for 1963 was held Oc
tober 8.
Plans for the printing of the
historical booklet about the
Hazleton Campus were discussed.
A trip to New York City in early
November to see the Broadway
play, “Spoon River,” is being'
organized by the group. Parnas
sus will join in this activity.
The officers of Belles-Lettres
are: President, James Scarcella;
Vice President, Frank Tito; Sec
retary, Paulette Vetter; Treas
urer, Carmen Serignese; and
Chairman of Public Relations,
Noreen Reytar.
23 GIVE BLOOD
Twenty-three students donated
blood in the recent drive. This is
seven short of the schools’ thirty
pint quota. On November 26 an
other bloodmobile will be avail
able for all students who have not
donated and wish to do so. Re
member if students want, pro
tection for themselves and their
family this quota must be
reached.
.morbidly true.
Most of the time, study tech
niques are developed by the in
dividual. He knows where his
weaknesses and strengths lie. An
Associate Degree student must
learn to adapt himself to a bar
rage of day classes with little or
no free time in-between. A Bac
calaureate Degree student will
find more spare time between
classes, but more involved and de
tailed outside assignments. Re
gardless, the student must learn
to budget his time and get the
work for the day completed. Then,
and only then, will he have suf
ficient time for the college’s" social
activities and personal recreation.
Broader Social Interest
Not only must a student’s study
habits be altered or intensified,
his social outlook must also be
enhanced. This is a second differ
ence between high school and col
lege. The transition brings him
not only a round of parties and
dances, but, also, an array of films
and lectures. It is also an oppor
tune moment to join clubs and ac
tivities which are organized to
stimulate interest in special fields.
These are activities in which a
student can find enjoyment and
satisfaction for himself and
broaden his social horizon by
meeting others whose interests;
are similar. It’s a time when he
can make new and lasting friend
ships while enjoying campus so
cial life.
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