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Volume 27—No. 5 HAZLETON CAMPUS, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
Total Enrollment
To Double At
Within Next E
PARNASSUS PROGRAMS
TO CONTINUE ON WAZL
At the first meeting of Parnas
sus, Hazleton Campus Honorary
Society, a schedule of activities
planned for this term was decided
upon by the club. President Rich
ard Bertolini presided for the
meeting. Miss Garbacik, faculty
advisor, attended.
The decision was made to con
tinue the weekly WAZL radio pro
gram on a part-time basis.
Election committees were ap
pointed to prepare a list of stu
dents eligible for the most valu
able Freshman and Sophomore
awards. A plan to give awards to
the most valuable students in
specific fields is also being con
sidered. These awards are all to
be given at Convocation.
Because of the many High
School students uncertain about
their college plans, Parnassus has
PENN STATE
ENROLLMENT
TOPS 1961
Total enrollment for the Spring
Term is 21,337, down 511 from the
Winter Term but 1,257 above that
of 1961 Spring Semester. Most of
the decrease from the Winter
Term is at University Park,
among undergraduates.
Including full-time and part
time students, there are 18,629
undergraduates, 2,426 graduates,
and 282 special students on the
rolls. University Park enrollment
is 16,015, and that of Common
wealth Campuses and Off-Campus
classes is 5,322.
Full-time enrollment of all lo
cations totals 17,171.
decided to visit area high schools
and discuss university life. Letters
have been sent to all area prin
cipals to gauge their reaction to
the new idea.
April 29 at 8:30 p. m. former
pledges who have maintained Par
nassus standards were initiated
into full membership.
PSU PRESIDENT
ON ENGINEERING
TRUSTEE BOARD
President Walker has been
elected to the Board of the En
gineering Foundation, research de
partment of the United Engineer
ing Trustees, Inc. The Foundation
is a joint research organization of
five major national engineering
organizations.
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PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITY EXPANSION
ENVISIONS HAZLETON GOWTH TO 500;
WILL EASE MAIN CAMPUS PRESSURES
Several changes in the existing
Commonwealth Campus system
are indicated in the master plan
of the University as presented to
Dr. Charles H. Boehm, superin
tendent of public instruction for
the Commonwealth and co-ordi
nating authority in the develop
ment of Pennsylvania’s plan for
higher education.
Most significant of the changes,
as far as this campus is con
cerned, is the projection of
doubled enrollment at Hazleton by
1970.
Expansion of the Commonwealth
Campus system to accommodate
10,000 freshman and sophomore
students by 1970 instead of the
3,500 currently enrolled, is recom
mended in the University’s plan.
Changes called for include the
following:
1. Relocation of the Allentown
Center to an Upper Bucks County
site to serve commuting students
from the Allentown-Bethlehem-
Easton complex and the growing
suburban areas of Bucks and
Montgomery counties.
2. Expansion of activities in
the Harrisburg area.
3. Conversion of Mont Alto
into a Commonwealth Campus.
4. Consolidation of Wilkes-
Barre and Scranton Centers at
Scranton for more efficient oper
ation.
5. Provision of programs of
the first two years of baccalaure
ate work at all campuses as the
need develops.
The plan is based on long-range
population studies and assumes
that enlarged facilities will at
tract a higher percentage of
freshmen and sophomores to the
Commonwealth Campuses rather
than to University Park.
Proposed enrollments (1970)
compared to current figures fol
low:
Scheduled
Altoona
Behrend
Dußois
Hazleton ....
McKeesport
Mont Alto
New Kensington
Ogontz
Pottsville 232
Scranton - Wilkes-Barre 290
Wyomissing
York
Lehigh-Bucks-
Northampton
Harrisburg
STUDENTS PAY
HALF OF COSTS
A student of Penn State is now
paying about half (48.9%) of the
cost of his education, according to
figures prepared by the Account
ing Division and released by Pres
ident Walker.
The Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania is paying a little more than
one-third (36.7%). The balance
comes from the federal govern
ment and other sources.
The student’s tuition dollar is
spent largely for the cost of teach
ing him in the classroom and lab
oratory—69.9c. The rest goes for
student services (offices of the
dean of men, dean of women,
chaplain, placement services, ad
missions and registrar, and the
division of counseling) —11.3 c;
student financial aids —4.8 c; phys
ical plant —7.1 c; administrative
and general expense such as per
sonnel services, campus patrol,
and maid service —4.9 c; and li
brary—2c.
June 8, 1962*®®"®
Full-Time Enrollments
1961-62
416
287
149
260
380