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