Thursday, June 1,1972
Director Hemel
Leaves Campus
Director Coleman Herpel has
"graduated" after over 40 years
service in the Penn State
University system.
A formal reception was staged
by Capitol Campus last week in
the Gallery Lounge honoring the
man who has directed this
upper-division of Penn State
since its establishment in 1965.
Herpel was saluted by his
colleagues and by University
Park Vice-President Holdeman
on the occasion of his
retirement.
Although he will not officially
retire until July 1, Herpel has
left the campus and is utilizing
the vacation time which he had
accumulated. George Dressler,
the Finance Officer, reportedly
will assume Herpel's post.
Although Dressler will not be
titled the campus director, he
will serve as the administrator
ranking highly with Provost
Robert E. McDermott and Dean
of Faculty Richard Heindel.
Herpel graduated from Penn
State in 1932, receiving a
bachelor of arts degree. He
entered graduate study at
Harvard University and earned a
master of arts in mathematics in
1933. He continued his studies
at Harvard until 1936 when he
joined the Penn State faculty at
the Hazelton Campus.
He became administrative
head at Hazelton, combining
active teaching and
administrative duties until
entering the navy in 1943.
Herpel returned to Penn State in
1946 at the Altoona Campus,
again serving in the dual capacity
as teacher and administrator.
When he left Altoona in 1955 to
become Director of the
University's Ogontz Campus in
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suburban Philadelphia, he ceased
active classroom teaching,
although he still holds faculty
rank as associate professor of
mathematics.
Herpel served as Director of
the Ogontz Campus until
assuming his post: at Capitol in
1966. Even before Capitol
Campus became a reality, Herpel
had an office in the main
building, even while the Air
Force was still in operation here.
Under Herpel's direction, the
campus has grown and thrived,
establishing itself as a reputable
institution of higher learning. He
was paid tribute by those who
have known and worked with
him for many years.
Vice-President Holdeman
explained that he has "known
Coleman for many years; we
were both under-graduates at
Penn St a t e ." Holdeman
emphasized the dramatic growth
of the University over the years,
recognizing Herpel's integral role
in providing for the expansion of
a fine educational system.
Provost McDermott, fresh
from an extended business trip
to Germany, praised Herpel. He
said he has also known Herpel
for many years, but never had
the opportunity to work with
him. McDermott, who just
assumed his post in early
February, expressed sorrow at
not having much time to work
with the Director in the past few
months.
Dr. F. Frederick Neubauer,
representing the faculty, paid his
tributes to Herpel. Dr. Heindel,
Dean of Faculty, read a prepared
plaudit to the "graduating"
Herpel, and presented the
statements to him in a cloth
commerative sheath.
Student body President Terry
Wimmer also spoke kindly of
Herpel, pointing to his "sincerity
and honesty" as being extremely
helpful whenever requested his
aid. A recent case in point was
his endorsement of holding the
impromptu symposium of the
mining of North Vietnamese
harbors, as ordered by Pres.
Richard Nixon.
Herpel was presented a
portable T.V. set and a gift
certificate in appreciation for his
fine educational service. He
stressed that he is "graduating,
not retiring." His future plans
are uncertain at the time, but he
is planning to rest for a few
months. "On the occasion of my
second commencement, I thank
all those who have paid tribute
to me. I will miss Penn State,"
he said.
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THE CAPITOLIST
Political
Campaign
Grants
Available
The Sophia and William Casey
Foundation is offering
Self-starter Challenge Grants to
those who will be voting for the
first time in a General Election
this November.
The last General Election was
November, 1968. Grants will be
made to first-time voters who
conceive and undertake to
complete an original project in
relation to this year's national
election. The project may be
based on research, public
education, campaigning, and
other programs. The
Foundation's purpose is to
encourage new voters to become
active in American politics and
to stimulate their imagination
along lines of making the
campaign issues meaningful,
maintaining the credibility of
the American political process
and expanding public interest
and understanding.
Assist. Dean of Faculty,
Robert J. Brown has application
forms for thegrant in his office,
suite 200. The application
deadline is August 15, 1972.
Brown believes this to be an
interesting opportunity for some
of Capitol's students.
The Casey Foundation has
had five years of highly
successful experience in offering
Self-starter Challenge Grants to
students who conceive a
worthwhile summer project. An
amazing array of projects --
artistic, scientific, educational,
social, and business have been
proposed to the Foundation.
Over 200 grants have been
allocated to successful projects.
The Casey Foundation
expects to award at least
$lO,OOO in grants in the next
few months.
Alaska
Traveling
Exhibit
From June 5 to June 23, in
the Gallery Lounge, an art
exhibit will be staged.
"Artists of Alaska" is a
traveling exhibition of 52 works
by 21 artists, which will tour the
"lower 48" states during
1971-73. A proper subtitle for
this excellent exhibit might be
"The Face of Alaska", as the
subject matter ranges the entire
length of our largest state.
Mount McKinley, the Portage
Glacier, Matanuska Valley,
Cordova Harbor, the ancient
Russian churches and the
buildings of the New Alaska are
just a few of the landmarks
featured in this show. There are
Eskimos, totem poles, ice
fishing, the midnight sun and
midday glow, and the animals
caribou, owls, porcupines and
fish pictorially depicted in
other works.
The flavor, excitement and,
yes, the mystery, too, of the
"Last Frontier" are all embodied
in this vital exhibition.
The 21 artists in this show
have exhibited widely
throughout Alaska at the
Anchorage Fine Arts Museum;
Alaska State Museum in Juneau;
Fairbanks Centennial; All Alaska
Juried Shows and at other art
center and open exhibitions.
Most have also exhibited widely
in West Coast exhibitions in
Washington, Oregon and
California.
orio - mono survey
The following survey will be used by the senior transportation
students, to determine major origin locations used by all people
traveling to the campus. Your assistance will be appreciated since
useful information pertaining to travel to and from the campus can
only be obtained through the cooperation of everyone. Please return
question sheet as soon as possible to box at ROUND TABLE.
Check one (unless other information is called for).
1. Affiliation Student, Jr.
Where did you leave from
this Thursday morning?
How did you travel
to class or work this
Thursday?
If you drove to the
campus, where did you
park?
If you traveled by
vehicle, were you a
If you live off campus
which entrance did you
use this Thursday?
How many One Way trips
do you usually make on
a typical Thursday?
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Fed. Aid to Church-Related Colleges?
Cleveland, Ohio (1.P.) -- How
to maintain their traditional
religious outlook and still
qualify for direct federal aid,
should it be made available, is a
problem that church-related
private colleges may be facing
soon, believes Rev. Henry F.
Birkenhauer, S.J., president of
John Carroll University.
In his recently published
"Report of the President,"
Father Birkenhauer says he feels
that church-affiliated schools
will be able to qualify for funds
"as long as religion retains its
`third-dimensional' character."
He said that a recent U.S.
Supreme Court decision in favor
of four church-related colleges in
Connecticut may open the door
for direct federal support.
"Built into that decision is the
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right of any institution of higher
learning to qualify for direct
federal aid provided that its
educational function is not
distorted by its religious
commitment.
"In the words of Chief Justice
Burger, 'institutions with
admittedly religious functions
but whose predominant
education mission is to provide
their students with a secular
education' are entitled to federal
aid.
"The dimension of religious
experience rises at right angles in
the learning process and, we
believe, does not distort,
confuse, or impair the search for
truth but rather enhances the
three-dimensional manifold of
knowledge."