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VOLUMEPOOTNUMBER 5
J.B. Dahlkemper to Speak on “Success in Business”
by Thad Wawro
Collegian News Editor
Local businessman and en
trepreneur Joseph B. Dahlkemper
will conduct a lecture in the
Niagara Residence Hall lobby on
Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The lecture is
part of the Whole Life Series
sponsored by the Niagara
Residence Hall Staff.
Dahlkemper, the owner and
originator of the Dahlkemper
Catalog Showroom chain, will
speak to the Behrend community
on the topic of “Success in
Business”. The lecture is schedul
ed to last 20 minutes, after which,
there will be a short answer and
discussion session.
J.B. Dahlkemper, a resident of
Erie, began in the catalog mer
chandising business in the early
1950’s as a sales director for a
tobacco jobber. Dahlkemper’s
job was to get the customer into
Apartments Latest Phase in Behrend Expansion
by Kimberly Ford
Collegian Staff Writer
The on-campus student apart
ments that are currently under
construction behind Lawrence
and Dobbins Halls, will house 192
students and be available for stu
dent use for the Fall semester of
1985. -
Upperclassmen (juniors and
seniors) will have priority in reser
ving apartment spaces. The ra
tionale behind this priority is that
presumably, upperclassrrien have
lived in the conventional residence
halls for a longer period of time
than underclassmen.
Although there will be no
freshmen in the apartments, in the
event of a shortage of up
perclassmen to fill the apart
ments, contracts will be available
to sophomores. A contract offer
to sophomores will be largely
contingent upon that student’s
academic average and perfor
mance.
In the light of the ratio of up
perclassmen to freshmen, is it an
ticipated that there will not be
enough upperclassmen to fill the
apartments? Mike Ryan, director
of food and housing comments,
“Currently in the residence halls,
there is a fairly even mix of both
upper and underclassmen.”
Because of the fact that spaces are
being reserved for advanced
J.B. Dahlkemper local businessman and entrepreneur will conduct a
lecture on how to succeed in the business world.
transfer students and the
likelihood that many commuters
might move on campus because
they like the aspects of on
campus apartments, there is a
possibility that the majority of
apartments will be filled.
For the present academic
semester, 405 of the 648 residence
hall spaces were filled by return
ing students. By March of this
year, there were approximately
450 students on the waiting list for
residence hall spaces.
The apartments are modeled
after the' Nittany apartments at
University Park. Although the
official contract has not yet (at
this writing) been approved, it is
being geared towards the contract
currently in use at University
Park. At the Nittany apartments,
residency is limited to graduate
students only.
Among the many features of
the apartments is that of a meal
plan option. Although students
will not be required to purchase a
meal plan, food service coupons
will be available.
Each apartment is completely
furnished and will have wall-to
wall carpeting, a living room, kit
chen and two bedrooms. The liv
ing room will be equipped with a
tressel table with four chairs, easy
chairs, end tables and lamps.
Each bedroom will have beds, ,
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dressers, desks, bookshelves,
walk-in closets and a television
jack. The kitchen will have a
range, refrigerator and garbage
disposal.
The Nittany apartments at
University Park are approximate
ly 5650 per semester, so conse
quently the estimated charges will
be slightly higher than those of
residence halls which cost 5560
per semester. Because the apart
ment tesidents will not be required
to purchase meal plans, which are
currently $750 per semester,
through careful and collective
planning, students can save enor
mous amounts of money.
The basement of building 3 will
house a community center com
plete with laundry facilities, a
lounging area, a small kitchen,
and a duty office for student
managers.
The Director of Student Af
fairs, Bill McCartney comments
on the specifics of residential
assistants (RA) in the apartments.
“There will be one RA per
building,” he says. “This means
the RA will share an apartment
with three other students. The
RA’s job description will be dif
ferent from that of the typical
assistant’s, in that his or her job
will involve more minor
maintenance skills,” says Mc-
Cartney
the showroom after he or she had
seen the jobber’s catalog.
In 1956, Dahlkemper began his
own catalog merchandising
business. At that time, he ordered
his merchandise through the
Walter Bell catalog and only kept
one of each item in stock so when
made a sale, the item would have
to be replaced.
In 1960, Dahlkemper moved his
operation from a rather small
3,000 square foot building to an
impressive 20,000 square foot
showroom. The turning point for
the business came when
Dahlkemper began using the
Creative catalog for merchandise.
At that point, the business began
to grow and prosper.
Presently, Dahlkemper owns
and operates a total of five
showrooms; four in Pennsylvania
and one in Ohio. Two of the Pen
nsylvania stores are right here in
The alcohol regulations will be
identical to those in existence, and
the apartments will have 24 hour
visitation.
Although the apartments will
not be co-ed, it is possible that
males and females could live ad
jacent to or across from each
other.
Despite the fact that no
deadline for applications has been
set as yet, Ryan suggests that,
“Students submit their roommate
selections together. In other
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Opinion pages 4-5
Entertainment/Feature pages 6-9
Sports pages 10-12
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NOVEMBER 9, 1984
The Joseph B. Dahlkemper Co.
itself is a family run organization
with Dahlkemper as the president
and chairman of the board and his
wife, Lois, as vice-president and
secretary. Edward Dahlkemper,
one of their sons, is vice-president
of showroom operations while
Joseph S. Dahlkemper, another
son, is vice-president and director
of loss prevention. Mary Ellen
Razanau kas, . one of the
daughters, is director of
employee training; another
daughter, Patricia, is a diamond
controller who is also a student a:
Gannon University. Amy
Dahlkemper, a third daughter, is
a freshmen at Villa Maria
Academy who assists in the cor
porate offices. Amy’s favorite job
is playing the Dahlkemper mascot
“Jav Bee”.
words, four potential roommates
must request each other to be vir
tually assured of being placed in
the same apartment. In addi
tion,” he says, “two students can
be placed in the same bedroom by
requesting each other as room
mates.”
A conceptual second phase plan
is envisioned for additional apart
ments in the future. The apart
ments are being financed by the
food and housing department of
Penn State University.