FRID LLY AGRICULTURAL AND Hag E 10iv,ICS MEET AT HIGHACRES Thirty-one representatives of the Pennsylvania State University rfiet Friday, October 24, at Highacres, to review and coordinate tha many educational pro grams and services offered by the University in this area. Participants included per sonnel from the Agricul tural and Home Economics Extension and the General Extension staffs in the six county area. Among the items dis cussed were the increasing demand for specialized training in technical and business fields, increased activity in rural and urban 4-H Club programs and new instuctional programs and services including classes in accounting and record keeping for business men and farmers, investments for individuals, parlia mentary law, and com munity leadership. Added emphasis was placed on the planning of talks in careers in agro business field for urban and rural young people. Frank C. Kostos, Adminis— trative head of the Hazel ton Campus and Henry Herring, Administrative head of the Pottsville Center were co—hosts for the meeting. 7 - iUE FRIENDS LIKE ZAMONDS ARE PRECIOUS AND RARE: FALSE FRIENDS LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES ARE FOUND EVERINHEREt THE HIGHACRES COLLTJGIAN POOL TODAY iStude.it body,' In the lust edition of the qpq.l . 9zlpn you may have inoiioed a warning, "Join 1a car pool and save park ing space." 1 jWe again strongly urge you to heed this warn— ;ing. Hurry because the klmter months will soon ;be with us. Remember the blizzards ' •of last winter? Accord ing to the farmer's al- manac ) the winter . of '5B-59 will be even worsei than last year's—this means an even less limit--; ed parking space than last yeare alleviate the winteri parking problem by i IFOREING CAR POOLS TODAY; 499i5 1 0 . .4. 1, t ' The following books can all be found in the High -1 acres Library. 1 The History of American Funeral Directing by ITert W. Habenstein William M. Lamers. Milwaukeet Bulfin Print--; ers Inc., 1955 The History of American Funeral Directing is the first full.—length pvr— trait of the funeral di— recting profession* 1 While the story is full of profound human and great reader interest, it is at the same time cont. BOOK REVIEW CONT. carefully told and amply documented., The book is rich in examples and illus— ; trations The history is written in a style that will appeal to both the general reader and the serious blstorian. It traces the evolution of the funeral director as we know him today. The book records the progress of lay services to the dead and to the be— reaved in Western civiliza— tion from the early Egyptians up to the present time. It reviews at some length fun— eral beliefs and practices through the ages. The book details the history of funeral goods and equip— ment such as caskets, coffins, vehicles, costumes, shrouds, and mourning clothes. One hundrad years from now, The History of is merican PuneraTTlFecTlFT7dja be - -t the key reference work on how America buried her dead !• up to mid—twentieth century, The Theory and Practice of IFENCING by Julio Martinez Castello. New York: Scribner: This book can teach a begin ner to fence and can also prove helpful to the advan ced student, Some of the many important phases of fencing covered here aret fundamental positions, pre liminary actions, attacks, parries and returns, analysis of the foil bout, how to fence against a left-handed fencer, engagements, feints ) compound attacks and com pound returns, and time cuts NOVEiii.Elf,h 7, 1958
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