VOL. IV, NO. 6
Kentucky C C. Alumnus A
DAY
Couple •
Headline Writes Book
of what some oldtimers call
"the modern inconviences,"
people made out as best they
could with what they had on
hand. If you had a toothache
and needed relief you might
have rubbed the tooth with a
mixture of gunpowder and
brimstone. If you had a dance
or play party and needed
music, somebody in the crowd
could be counted on to fiddle or
play a tune on the banjo and if
you needed a cabin and land
you cleared the land and hewed
out logs for a house.
Dick and Anne Albin from
Kentucky will be at The
Student Center along with
"Mark Sherman and The
Cumberland County
Bluegrass" on Friday, Nov. 8,
doing a concert of songs and
stories from the days of the
early settlers in the Ap
palachian and Ozark Mountain
regions.
Fitting their concert to the
things important to these early
settlers, the Albins combine
ballads and songs, stories,
customs and superstitions in a
concert called Makin Do With
What You Have.
The concert emphasizes such
things as home remedies,
courting and marriage
customs, folktales and the
ballads and songs that came
over to America from Europe
Pres.
Council
The presidents council met
on October 31. The council
discussed the role of the new
publicity co-ordination com
mittee headed by George
Peterson. The school calendar,
communal dinners, faculty
student get togethers, and the
removal of Tuesday night
movies were discussed. Also,
voted on was a pressing
student issue.
Those organizations
represented were SGA, MH
BOG, XGI, Ski Club, Chess
Club, Head Shop, ITE, Social
Dick and Anne Albin have
collected and sung folk songs
for the last six years and they
have done concerts and
workshops all over the coun
try. In addition to college and
community concerts, the
Albins have toured as part of
the National Humanities
Series, performed in two
National Folk Festivals,
produced and hosted a
television series and their work
has been seen on educational
television.
Anne and Dick Albin also
write songs and they have
recorded some of them on two
albums, Mahatma Gandhi Spat
Here and Que Asco.
Making Do With What You
Have is a concert of mountain
folkmusic that has been
described as a "... back porch
song sharing session." Dick
and Anne accompany their
songs on the guitar, banjo,
autoharp, and mountain
dulcimers they design and
build themselves.
Makin Do With What You
Have will be presented at The
Student Center on Friday, Nov.
8. The concert will begin at 8:30
P.M. and admission will be 25c.
Sponsored by Head Shop,
Cultural Committee, Social
Committee, and the Meade
Heights Board of Governors.
Meets
Committee, BSU and lEEE.
The next meeting should
have several key issues
pressing to be voted!
Presidents of ten organizations
have unforseen committments,
which do not allow them to
attend the presidents council.
The next meeting will be a
most important one in which
your organization should be
represented. It is your
presidents duty to represent
you or appoint an agent.
Chairperson
Presidents Council
C.C. READER
A beautifully poetic and
philosophically oriented book
entitled A SHIP OF DREAMS
will be published by a Penn
State-Capitol Campus alum
nus. William Russell Bittner,
Jr., a 1972 graduate, is the
author of this provocative and
haunting collection of essays.
Mr. Bittner's style is
reminiscent of Herman Hesse
and Kahlil Gibran. He probes
the depths of human nature in
search of truth, reality and
freedom. Mr. Bittner readily
states, "much of my in
spiration came from the study
of philosophy and psychology
at Penn State-Capitol Cam
pus". He wrote most of his
essays while attending the
University.
A SHIP OF DREAMS, which
will be published on November
14th by Dorrance and Com
C.C.
Students
Advise
Businessmen
Nine out of ten business
failures in the United States
are caused by lack of general
business management skills,
according to Dun and Brad
street. But students at Penn
State-Capitol Campus are
trying to change that. Small
business owners in the greater
Harrisburg area may receive
advice, and if necessary, daily
management assistance from
seniors and graduate students
under the Small Businegs
Institute Program of the SBA.
Today, under the direction of
Dr. Harold Gilmore of Her
shey, Associate Professor of
Management, 17 Penn State-
Capitol Campus students in the
Business Policy course, are
working with local businesses.
The students, operating in
counseling teams, supply the
businesses with up-to-date
knowledge and practices in
exchange for valuable work
experience.
A York student, Michael
Roddy, is a consultant to Pope
Engineering of Felton, Pa. Ray
Kasper and Amar Bhajandas,
both of Harrisburg, work with
Center City Storage of
Harrisburg. Clark Baker of
Mechanicsburg, Joe Daversa
of Harrisburg, and Mike
Physical Plant Committee
The Physical Plant Corn
mittee met Tuesday, October
29, to discuss long range and
short range planning of the
campus complex. The long
range Plans call for con
struction of buildings and
renovation of existing
buildings. Considered short
range plans are
(1) Painting
and renovation of vendorville,
student center, and hallways.
pany of Philadelphia, will be
available at the Walden Book
Stores in the Harrisburg East
Mall and The Capitol City Mall.
Mr. Bittner will be at the
Harrisburg East Mall to
autograph his book on Friday,
November 15th from 5 to 9 p.m.
The following Friday,
November 22, Mr. Bittner will
be at the Walden Book Store in
the Capitol City Mall.
Dorrance and Company has
"high expectations" for the
book. A SHIP OF DREAMS
will be distributed in both the
United States and Canada.
During a recent visit to
Capitol Campus, Mr. Bittner
gave an autographed copy of
"A Ship of Dreams" to the
school library. If it's in the
library the next time you're
there, take it home and spend
some enjoyable moments
reading it.
Rayeur of Carlisle all do
consulting work with
Harrisburg Taxicab and
Baggage Co. Sara Zeger of
Mechanicsburg is a consultant
to York Industries, Inc.
William Osborn of York ad
vises Winter Welding and Mah
cine Corporation of York.
The Penn State-Capitol
Campus SBA program
provides small business
owners with custom tailored
financial and managerial
advice from professors and
students who are abreast of
current business studies and
reports. At the same time,
businessmen and women keep
students and academic ad
visors in touch with the
realities of the marketplace.
Penn State-Capitol Campus
students and professors are
serving ten Harrisburg area
businesses during the fall
term, from October to
December, 1974. Dr. Gilmore
proposes to extend the benefits
of the program to an additional
ten businesses during the
course of the academic year.
This program of business
advice is part of a continuing
effort by Penn State-Capitol
Campus to serve the greater
Harrisburg area with the skills
and knowledge of a university.
(2) Flower, bushes, and trees
(3) Walkways and bikeways
(4) Large multi purpose dome
behind main building.
(5)
Utilization of existing space.
Although the scope of this
committee involves two ob
jectives, the short range plans
involve the present student
body. Student response is of
utmost importance to innovate
these very possible short range
plans.
NOVEMBER 8, 1974
By Fred Prouser
All-U Day was held last
Saturday, Nov. 2nd, up at
the Park. It was a good
excuse to venture up to
Lion Country for a football
game and concert. THE
C.C. READER, represented
by Doug Gibboney and this
writer made an appearence
at a Press Association
conference where plans
were unveiled whereby THE
DAILY COLLEGIAN would
publish Commonwealth
Campus newspapers. For
this pilot project they
hoped for four campuses,
possibly ten to take part in
this publishing venture.
When asked as to our
interest in such a project,
we politely said "No
thanks", spoke a few words
on autonomy and individ
uality and said our paper is
content with being pub
lished in Middletown.
The drive up to University
Park can be an enjoyable,
scenic trip. The mountains
and foliage are beautiful
thru the mist of a Saturday
morning. To escape the
massive traffic jam that
resulted in delays for many
motorists that day, we took
a back road thru farmland
country-corn sheaves in the
fields and horse and
buggys on the road.
Arrival at the Park was
compounded by the hassle
of finding a parking space.
We finally found a space in
Lot A, got a bite to eat
before the game and
proceded to the stadium.
Ten dollar bills waved in
the hands of many along
the road to the stadium
hoping for a ticket to admit
them to the game. By game
time, Beaver Stadium was
filled with 60,000 frenzied
football fans. ABCSports
was at the game in force
with TV cameras on the
sidelines, in the press box
and dangling from a crane
on a platform high above
the stadium bringing the
game to a regional TV
audience which saw PENN
STATE defeat MARYLAND
24-17.
Throughout the game,
fans were treated to an
aerial show put on by a hot
air balloon and an airplane
trailing a message for the
Republican candidate for
Governor, Drew Lewis.
Meanwhile on the
ground, the crowd played it
up for the TV crews.
Hand-lettered banners pro
claimed "PENN STATE &
ABC #1". Every time a field
goal or extra point was
attempted, security guards
went into action to retrieve
the football from the
stands. Each time, these
men in the blue blazers
were successful in rescu
ing the ball from souvenir
minded fans.
The collective madness
of a Penn State victory was
evident after the game.
(Continued On Page 8)
- see p. 5
PHOTOS!
Our Cover:
Loggins & Messina in
Concert Photo by
Fred Prouse