tff Highacres Volume 28—No. 2 HAZLETON CAMPUS, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA S.G.A. Ushers Student Aid Head Visits Highacres Mr. Ralph Krecker, Director of Student Aid, recently visited our campus and gave some tips on scholarships and loans. He en couraged scholars to apply for scholarships between now and January 18. Loan applications have not been printed yet due to some recent changes. Mr. Krecker stated that these should be ready after Christmas but advised waiting un til the Spring Term to apply with June 1 as the deadline. There are two committees which issue scholarships. One is the Col lege Scholarship Committee, with awards given based upon curricu lum. The other is the University Senate Scholarship Committee, awarding general scholarships not based upon curriculum, but upon need and grades. This committee averages 110 scholarships a year. It is not mandatory to repay these scholarships, but the Univer sity hopes that recipients will make it possible to continue this practice by someday replenishing the fund. Scholarships come mainly from businesses, industries, and organi zations; some from an alumnae fund; and a few from philan thropy. About eight hundred students at Penn State now hold University scholarships. Thanksgiving Dance In Holiday Season Scholarship Loan information Now Available Here Continuing students that is, those students whose term classi fication is above the first term— may apply for upper class scholar ships during the current 1962 Fall Term. Application forms may be ob tained from Mr. Schneider and the completed applications should be forwarded to: Mr. Ralph Krecker, Office of Student Aid, 218 Willard Building, University Park. Students applying for loans should have a 2.2 average or bet ter. For those who qualify, the period for obtaining and complet ing loan applications for the 1963- 1964 academic year will be from March 1 to June 1, 1963. Mr. Krecker reported recently that no additional funds are available for the period ending during the pres ent academic year, except for a possible emergency loan. Students needing such loans should confer with Mr. Schneider. S.G.A. FUNDS FINALLY ARRIVE On October 10 the SGA of the Hazleton Campus received its final appropriation which totaled $4OOO. Since the original request was for $4585, this has necessitated drastic changes in the budget. All clubs and organizations are asked to keep their expenses within reason able limits. COMING EVENTS November 21—Thanksgiving Dance November 23—Films: "The Golden Age of Comedy" and "A World Is Born" December 3—Christmas Dance Collegian Social Activities Committee Plans Gala Annual Festivities; Large Turnout Anticipated The annual Thanksgiving fete sponsored by the Highacres Student Government Social Committee will be held Wednesday evening, November 21 from 9 to 12 p. m. in the Student Union Building. O.S.G.A. Holds Fall Conference On Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27, the OSGA Conferenre for the Fall Term was held at the Main Campus. Two delegates rep resented each Commonwealth Campus. Bill Petruska and Joe Fulton represented the Hazleton Campus with Jo Anne Pretti serv ing as Corresponding Sedretary. Registration was held on Friday from 5 to 5:30 p. m. The first gen eral session began at 7 p. m. with Paul Miller, former Hazleton stu dent presiding. Dean Wharton, President of University Student Government, gave an interesting dissertation on “Student Govern ment at the University Park Cam pus.” Each campus then gave a progress report on the activities of its individual Keystone Society and a report from the Intercam pus League October Rally. Workshops were conducted in two groups with our own Bill Pet ruska serving as co-chairman for the first of these groups. That group made a general evaluation of the 1962 Summer Conference. The second group discussed “Local Campus Gains Derived from the 1962 Summer Conference.” This concluded the meetings for Friday. The second general session be gan 9 a. m. Saturday. A lecture, “Discipline: An Educational Proc ess,” was given by Dr. Frank J. Simms, Dean of Men. Afterwards, the reports of the workshops were submitted. The business meeting followed. A Constitutional Amendment was added to the OSGA Constitution providing that: “There shall be an Executive Committee composed of November 16, 1962 The committee members are. presently at work organizing the essential ingredients to make the affair a successful holiday season opener. Social Chairman, Jill Faux, is in charge of refreshments, and the decorations are being planned by the, following: Robert Beishline, Richard Grovieh, Paul Gallagher, Andrew Baigis, James Scarcella, James Donahue, Vincent Gennaro, Kay Yencho, Joan Icaurci, William Petruska, Darilyn Clark, Carol Yurkovic, Betsy 'Moore, Esther Nemeth, and John Cerasaro. A dance band, The Red Dia monds, is scheduled to provide the music for this occasion. Past ex perience has shown that dances at which a band plays are better at tended. (See editorial on page 2.) Term Ends; Holidays Near The Fall Term will end Monday, December 3, at 4:55 p. m. Final exams will be given Tuesday, De cember 5, Wednesday, December 6, and Thursday, December 7. The Winter Term will begin January 7. the officers, Advisory Board mem bers (non-voting) so long as they remain full-time students of Thn Pennsylvania State University.”' Also, a new insurance program was proposed which would cover field trips and sporting activities at a minimum cost to the student. This was to be referred to the SGA of each Commonwealth Cam pus. New business included plans to hold the Winter Term Conference at the Altoona Campus in Febru ary.
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