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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wealth but also of the community since been replaced by the new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