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:ne XXI—No. 13
University President
Dr. Eric A. Walker
Valker Talks
Dn Growth
- pf University
Statement by Dr. Eric A. Wal
er,- President, The Pennsylvania
.;ate University:- •--- - - -
.1 "As the landigrant university .
, • : the Commonwealth, Penn
I Ito throughout its history con
entiously has "attemptedto ab
• to- its fair share of Pennsyl-
I aria's college-going population.
a
1 )reover, it has always lbeen
1 nii State's policy that once a
i /dent was admitted to the Uni
- sity, the University would guar
itee him the opportunity to
replete the educational pursuit
his choosing.
But as Penn State continues to
d -nitit an additional 2,000 students
ch year, the hard fact of the
,tter is. that it is beginning to
_n out of space at the Univer
i
y Park Campus to educate the
Swing number of juniors and
1 Mors we see coming up through
q e system.
Without contingent plans for an
creased upper-dividual capacity
fch as we make public today,
e University would soon be fore
i to turn, a number of our stu
nts away after the first two
bars of their educational pur-
its.
This, we believe, would be an
1 _ conscionable act, certainly not
keeping -with the. philosophy
k.d !mission of the land-frant
iversity.
The people of Erie have .been
nerous in their support of the
thrend Campus. IWe at Penn
ate trust we will continue to
erit their support as we move
he Behrend Campus forward to
Foaden the educational horizons
Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Coming
PETER SEGAL
and
DEBORAH COOK
Saturday, January 31
Reed Lecture Hall
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p. in.
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Behrend Expanded To 4-Year
School Starting Fall Term '7O
UniversitY- Park, Pa., • Jan. _22--
The Pennsylvania _State Univer
sity will expand • the freshman
sophomore academic offerings
at the Behrend Campus in Erie
to upper-class programs this Fall.
This was announced today in
Erie 'by Kenneth L. Holderman,
director of Commonwealth Camp
uses at the University.
Mr. Holderman, representing
University President Eric A. Wal
ker, said spaces have been reserv
ed for 100 juniors to begin their
final two years • of undergraduate
education at Behrend in Septem
ber.
Mr. Holderman also said a sec
From 152 students m 1948 to nearly 1,100 students in 1965, the Behrend Campus has come a
long way.
History Shows OUr Campus
Indebted to the Erie Community
The Behrend Campus of The Pennsylvania State University was, conceived 22 years ago but its
birthright dates back to the early 1920's and the concern about education in - Erie County.
Set in the scenic countryside of Northwestern Pennsylvania, the Campus is located on a 420-
acre plot of land donated to Penn State in 1948 by Mrs. Mary E. Behrend, widow of Ernest Behr
end, founder of the Hammermill Paper Co.
The Behrend Campus opened its doors that year to
approximately 1,020 full-time students in undergraduate
The first pages of the Behrend story were writt
en in . 1920 when Penn State launched a coopera
tive program with the Erie Vocational School to
offer three-year courses in shop and steam engi
neering and sheet metal work .
That first cooperative class numbered 600 and
doubled in size by 1922. In 1926, Penn State open
ed an Erie Branch School with 100 students en
rolled_ in three-year programs
_in mining and en
gineering. _
Between 1926 and 1930, the first full-time di
rector of the fledging off-campus' school system
was named at Erie and the pioneer program -truly
came of age in the community shortly after .World
War 11.
Acting on the requOt 'of concerned civic lead
ers sparked by the late J. Elmer Reed, and pre-
and class of 100-to-150 juniors
is planned for the 'campus in
-197.1-72 and noted that by 1975
it has been projected Behrend's
full-time undergraduate enroll
'ment, currently 1,020 may well be
tripled. •
In a statement issued from Uni
ersity Park to 'coincide with the
Erie announcement, Dr. Walker
said: '
"As the land-grant university
of the Commonwealth, Penn
State has throughout its existence
conscientiously attempted to ab
sorb its share of Pennsylvania's
college-going population.
"But, as Penn State continues
to admit an additional 2,000 stu
dents each year, the hard fact of
the matter is that it is begim?ing
to run out _of space at the Uni
versity Park campus to educate
the growing number of juniors and
seniors we see coming up through
the system.
"Without plans such as we
make public today, the UniverSity
would soon_ be forced to turn a,
number of our students laway
after the first two years of their
academic pursuits. This, we be
lieve, would be an unconscionable
act, certainly not in keeping with
the philosophy and mission of the
(Continued on Page 3)
a class of 152 freshmen. Today it enrolls
degree programs.
sented with the gift from Mrs. Behrend, the Uni
versity agreed to locate a two-year campus in Erie
County.
The Behrend Campus is a Penn State campus
educating Penn State students in Penn State
courses taught by Penn State faculty. Students at
Belli:end' are expected to maintain the cAme de
greei of academic excellence as those on the main
cam Pus at University Park.
. The Behrend program was developed through
the years to provide educational- instruction In all
of the University's ten undergraduate colleges
ranging from the liberal arts 'to the sciences.
In 1953, armed with the knowledge that World
. War II had precipated vast changes in American
(Continued on, Page 3)
January 23„.1929
Behrend Campus Director
Irvin H. Kochel
BehrendPlays
Vital Role
In Community
Statement by Irvin H. Kochel,
Director of the Behrend Campus:
"A new era of higher education
becomes available to the citizens
of Northwestern Pennsylvania
with the addition of upper-divi
sion work at the Behrend Campus
of The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity. The availability of Uni
versity courses to citizens of
northwestern Pennsylvania - has
been of vital concern for some
time, and especcially in recent
years.
"We, of course, are most grati
field that within the Penn State
Commonwealth Campus System,
the Behrend Campus is the first
Campus to offer lower-division,
upper-division and graduate
study programs. The generosity
of the Behrends, the support of
the Erie community over the last
twenty years, the advice and.
counsel of the Behrend Campus
Advisory Board members, as well
as the development of its faculty,
all played a vital role in the add
ing of this new !dimension in
higher education to the citizens
of northwestern Pennsylvania.
"This action is, indeed, a vote
of confidence for the bright fu
ture for the Erie community in
the 70's. We hope to continue to
play a vital role in the growth
and development of this commun
ity through the continued educa
tion of its youth and the contin
uing education of its adults."
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Ministers ,Start
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Winter Carnival
Queen Nominations 2
Cook and Segal
Concert . • 3