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PRESIDENT WALKER
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from which Pennsylvania colleges
and universities will draw their
students in 1963.
"But if we assume that it is the
reservoir and that the present per
centage of college-going in Penn
sylvania is not increased, our col
leges and universities will enroll,
for the fall term of 1963, about
300,000 full-time and part-time
students. This means that, for ev
ery 100 students new going to col
lege in Pennsylvania, 170 will be
enrolled in 1963, just five years
from now.
"Can the established four-year
institutions in the Commonwealth
expand fast enough to admit this
increase ? I doubt it.
"But my belief in the future ex
pansion of the Centers is based
not so much on the inability of the
four-year institutions to expand
fast encugh to do the job but
rather on the inherent need ani
demand for the type of programs
with which the Centers can do the
best possible job. For instance, I
firmly believe that associate-de
gree programs, closely co-or
dinate with the needs of the local
economy for skilled technicians,
will expand tremendously in the
next five to ten years. In fact,
five new associate-degree curricula
are even now being considered in
respcnse to insistent demands in
various communities.
"I further think that enrollments
in the baccalaureate programs will
increase greatly. It now looks as
though more and more students
will look to the Centers for the
first two years of their collegiate
training, transferring to the cam
pus at University Park for their
upperdivision and graduate work.
This trend, I feel, will be accel
erated as the cost of going to col
lege continues to increase in the
years ahead. If this trend is ac
celerated, it will mean, of course,
a change in the complexion of the
work at University Park, a change
for which I feel we must make
definite plans.
"Finally, to provide adequately
for the general educational up
grading demanded by the increas
ing complexity of our social, eco
nomic, industrial, and political
structures, we shall have to expand
our informal adult-education pro
grams. Such noncredit classes are
definitely needed to provide the
'citizens of our communities with
the proper tools for successful liv
ing in mid-twentieth century
America. To be effective, most
such programs will have to be of
fered within the community itself.
"If these needs are to be met,
the Penn State Centers will have
to be expanded dramatically. In
fact, it seems likely that new Cen
ters will have to be established,
a prospect not considered by the
long-range report.
"Further, if this expansion is to
be realized, there must be the
closest possible co-ordination be
tween the University and the corn
" munities themselves.
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"As the Centers grow, they will
have to have more classrooms,
more laboratories, gymnasiums,
student-union buildings, libraries.
They will have to have enlarged
faculties. Penn State will need the
help of informed, public-spirited
local citizens to provide all these
things. Further, and perhaps more
important, Penn State will need the
help of such citizens in designing
programs that will make the Cen
ters truly significant community
educational institutions.
"Penn State pledges its support
in accomplishing these things. The
history of whole-hearted commu
nity co-operation we have had dur
ing these past few years assures us
that we can expect such co-opera
tion in the future. This is why
I believe firmly in the healthy
growth of the Centers in the years
ahead."
SCHOLARSHIP
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available. The Dorr-Oliver Inc.
Scholarship is for an Associate
Degree applicant in engineering
and amounts to $480.00 per year,
and by action of the local scholar
ship committee can be extended for
the period of two years. The
i:azleton National Bank Scholar
ship is for an applicant in any
curriculum in the Associate Degree
program and amounts to $450.00
each year, and can also be given
for the period of two years. One
of these scholarships will be
awarded on alternate years. The
Dorr-Oliver Incorporated Scholar
ship was awarded for the first time
last fall for the school year 1957-
1958. The Hazleton National Bank
Scholarship will be awarded for
the school year 1958-1959.
3. Various scholarships are
given to worthy students already
in college who show their willing
ness to study, but are having a
difficult time financially. These
scholarships are given via: a. The
University Scholarship Committee;
b. Individual Colleges.
Any student who has attained
good grades '
preferably well above
a 3.0, should contact Mr. Schneider
and investigate the opportunities
for obtaining aid from one of the
scholarship funds.
A freshman may have a difficult
time proving his scholastic ability
and also his willingness to help
himself, but a sophomore, or upper
classman, can use his past grades
to assert himself and so find it
easier to get financial help.
4. A fund has been set up at the
Center (not too solvent as yet,
but nevertheless, it exists) to help
students at the Center. A similar
loan fund is available at the Cam
pus to help needy students. A stu
dent who is financially embar
rassed can get aid by applying for
such aid.
The interest on this type loan
usually doesn't begin until a stu
dent leaves the University; thus,
the student need not worry about
repayment of the loan until that
time.
5. Recently, a $17,240 scholar
ship fund was established at Penn
State to honor the late J. Paul
Smith, president of the Vicking Co.
of Chicago, Illinois. The fund was
originally established to benefit the
children of employees of the Vick
ing Co., but since the company
became a part of Union Carbide
Corp., a year ago, it has no such
employees. It was determined that
the money remaining in the fund
should be transferred to Penn
State where Smith received his
Bachelor of Science Degree in
1912, and that it should be used
to benefit students working toward
a science degree. The name of this
fund, quite naturally, is the J. Paul
Smith Scholarship.
Thus, anyone wishing to further
his education, and having trouble
doing so financially, should inquire
for more information, which can be
had by asking the front office here,
or by contacting the Coordinator of
Scholarships, 203 Old Main Bldg.,
Penn State University, University
Park.
FAREWELL SALUTE
From Captain Harhi
"I wish to thank all the students,
faculty, and staff for their coopera
tion and friendliness in making the
AFROTC progr'am, and my com
plex duties easier. For the forth
coming academic year, I will be
assigned to the Strategic Air Com
mand in Mississippi. All best
wishes to y'all."
HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
FENCING CLUB—CO-ED STUDENT ACTIVITY Dorothy
observes two fencers in action.
GREETING FROM THETA SIGMA PI, HIGHACRES SORORITY
Theta Sigma Pi Sorority is one of the most stimulating activities which
our campus offers to the co-eds. The purpose of the Sorority is to en
courage better understanding and practice of the social customs among
our young women, and to offer mutual suggestions for self-improvement
in wholesome and gracious living. Under the leadership of their advisor,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bodenstein, the Sorority held a number of successful
social events, for example the May Day Celebration at Highacres, during
which the May Queen, Betty Ficek, was crowned.
HIGHACRES STUDENTS ENJOYING A RECENT DANCE
The Highacres AFROTC unit, selected on their demonstrated
under the direction of Captain Paul ability to organize, lead and com-
Harhi, is about to conclude another mand men.
very successful semester of Air As a climax to the AFROTC
Science work. activities, the cadet squadron held
The program gives the young its annual Military Bail at the Al
college student an opportunity to tamont Hotel on the 10th of May.
develop his leadership potential. A buffet dinner was served and
At Highacres, the Freshman Cadet dancing followed. At this function,
is first taught that a leader must the Convair Cadet Award for 1958
learn to take orders before he is was presented to Cadet Captain
able to give them. This he learns John Potochney; and Cadet Cap
on the drill field during leadership tain John Bodnar received the out
training periods. Cadet officers are standing sophomore cadet award.
AFROTC NEWS
MAY 23, 1958