H IGHACRES GREATEST ASSET:/ V'l."''.4 LOYAL COOPERATIVE STUDENT SPIRIT ig acreszo > o VOLUME I—No. 13 HIGHACRES' NEW STUDENT UNION BUILD This is a frontal view of the new Student Union Building being constructed at Highacres. It is expected to be completed in time for the beginning of the fall term of 1958. The cost is estimated at $lOO,OOO. The split-level construction, 90 feet long and 55 feet wide, designed by architect Harry Lentz, will be located about 150 feet from the Main Building, overlooking Conyngham Valley. Brick and stone are being used in the construction. The side facing the valley is to be made almost entirely of glass. The new building will include a large social, recreation room, and a spacious cafeteria. In addition, there will be rooms for student activities. The entire building and grounds will combine the best characteristics of utility and gracious modern living. Reported by Fred Steckert and Joanne Edwards President Walker Comments On The Future Let's Look Ahead To Our Development And Expansion Of The University Highacres . Silver Anniversary , Centers In Relation To The Main Campus By Mauro Pancerella BEST WISHES FROM OUR Penn State University's Hazle- ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD Reported by John Cappello (Exclusive to The Highacres Collegian) ton Campus is preparing to cel- Penn State Centers have been es ebrate its 25th anniversary in 1959. Its history shows a constant tablished deserve great praise, and growth and expansion to meet the Penn State is proud to have been educational and cultural needs of permitted to cooperate with these this area. local groups to give Pennsylvania Here is a brief history of the at least a start toward a truly Hazleton branch of the Penn State significant community-college sys- University. The Penn State Center tern. at Hazleton was first organized in "I have been asked to comment 1934, with classes and administra on the future development and ex- tive offices in the Markle Bank pansion of the Penn State Centers. Building. Then, we moved to the This is a difficult task. It is im- Broad Street School building, portant that the programs at the which is now occupied by• classes Centers remain flexible so that conducted by the Hazleton School they can adjust easily and quickly District. Later, classrooms were to the shifting economy and cul- added, by the use of rooms in the ture not simply of the Common- Walnut Street Building, which has wealth but also of the community since been replaced by the new itself. This fact adds a new and Hazleton Elementary School build diffcult dimension to the always ing. Eventually, the State of risky business of predicting. Pennsylvania bought the spacious "The committee that drew up Markle Estate at Highacres for us. our long-range report ,completed This is the present location of only this last winter predicted a Highacres Campus. total enrollment at the 13 Penn Here are the former Administra- State Centers of 10,000 resident tive Heads: From 1934 to 1939 students by 1970. Fewer than 2700 Robert F. Eiche, who is the present students are now enrolled at the Administrative Head at the Al- Centers. For the Hazleton Center, toona Center; from 1939 to 1943 the committee foresees an increase Coleman Herpel, now the Admin in enrollment from the present fig- istrative Head at the Ogontz Cen ure of about 300 students to almost ter; from 1943 to 1951 the late 800. Amos A. Goss; from 1951 to 1954 "Frankly, I think this prediction Merle Campbell, at present in is extremely conservative. A report charge of the Division of Center issued in April by the Department Administration at University Park. of Public Instruction disclosed that, Our present Administrative Head, in 1953, almost one million young- Frank C. Kostos, was appointed to sters between the ages of eight that post in 1954. and 13 were actually enrolled in Pennsylvania schools. Insofar as I can tell, the figute is limited to public-school enrollment and does not include enrollments in the pri vate and parochial schools. If this is true, these youngsters provide much, but not all, the reservoir (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DR. ERIC A. WALKER In response to the question asked Dr. Eric Walker, President of Pennsylvania State University, by your editor, concerning the University's plans for the future development and expansion of the Center-campuses in relation to the University Park campus, Dr. Walker sent us the following state ment for exclusive release through The Collegian: "The importance of the commu nity college an institution both responsive and responsible to the local needs—to the solution of the educational crisis facing both Pennsylvania and the nation in just the next few years has been only recently recognized. Because of this, the initiative and foresight of the several communities in which PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY HIGHACRES CAMPUS, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA FACULTY TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING A. faculty committee has been appointed to handle faculty con tributions and to determine on what part of the project the fac ulty contribution is to be spent. • HIGHACRES LOOKS FORWARD glan TO ITS TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY HOW TO SEEK A SC HOLARSH I P There are two sources of finan cial scholarship aid: locally here at Highacres, and on a University wide basis by action of the Schol arship Committee. Here are some of the details: 1. Locally, there is available for a deserving high-school senior, a scholarship fund consisting of five hundred dollars offered to a fresh man in the Pursuance of a Bac calaureate Degree. The high school student is to consult his high school principal for the details. 2. Also locally, for high school seniors, there are two scholarships (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) MAY 23, 1958 MR. FRANK KOSTOS Reported by Al Hinger
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers