" r ™SYLVAm STATE DIVERSITY mu* I!• I 11 • ZLEm cmm f§f Highacres Collegian A. Volume 28—No. 3 HAZLETON CAMPUS, HAZLETON, , PENNSYLVANIA December 3, 1962 S. G. A. Annual Christmas Dance Highlights Fall Term’s End at HUC S. G. A. Holiday Party Planned For Orphans The Christmas Party, sponsored by SGA, for the poor children and orphans of the area will be held Sunday, December 23, from 2 to 4 p'. m. The age limit of the chil dren will be 12 years of age. Vari ous charity clubs of the area and the Salvation Army will be con tacted in order to secure the names of the children to be invited. James Salvaggio will be in charge of securing these names and he will contact Circle-K to solicit help for the party. Joan lacurci will be in charge of the toys and with the entire coun cil serving as the committee. Downtown stores will be asked to donate toys for the children. Kay Yencho will be in charge of re freshments, and Richard Powell will be in charge of decorations. The S. G. A. Christmas Party will be held in the cafeteria of the Student Union Building at High acres. REGISTRATION SCHEDULE SET Registration for the Winter 1963 term will be held in the Main Building on Thursday, January 3, 1963. Students will report accord ing to name. 9:30 a. m. Baccalaureate stu dents, last name A-M. -11:00 a. m> —Baccalaureate stu dents, last name N-Z. 2:00 p. m. Associate Degree students, last name A-M, 3:00 p. m. Associate Degree students, last name N-Z. Students should bring with them their receipt for the Winter term, a fountain or ballpoint pen, and their student ID card. Classes will begin January, 7. Mr. J. Pollard Physics Teacher Joins Faculty The new physics instructor at Highacres is Mr. Jesse Pollard, a native of Halifax, Virginia. Mr. Pollard’s educational back ground has been varied and ex tensive beginning with his early schooling in his home town. He attended Mars Hill Junior College in Mars Hill, North Carolina for two years, and the University of Maryland from 1940 to 1941. Dur ing the war years of the 1940’5, Mr. Pollard served with the Air Force as an instructor of airplane mechanics from 1941 to 1943 and saw a tour of overseas duty in various countries of Western Europe during 1945 to 1946. After the end of the conflict, he returned to the University of - Maryland from which' institution he received his Bachelor of Science and Mas ter of Education degrees. Following this, he taught high school for two years and furthered his educational and teaching ex perience at such institutions as the University of Michigan, Jackson- THURSDAY'S SEMI-FORMAL CLIMAXES SOCIAL PROGRAM; SHANTONES FEATURED The annual holiday dance marking the end of the Fall Term and the beginning of Christmas vacation for Penn State stu dents will be held Thursday, December 6, from 9 to 12 p. m. The affair is being sponsored by the Student Government Association with its members, at present still at work on the final arrangements. TWO CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS The Bayberry plant grows in the New England coastal afirea. It is rarely found far inland and seems to thrive close to the sea in the rocky soil. Early American col onists harvested' the fruit of the plant and prepared the wax in the late fall. The resulting quantity of wax was never great, so the candles Were reserved for burning only during the Yuletide. Legend has it that the burning of these candles during that happy season would bring wealth and good luck throughout the coming New Year. The poinsettia is by far the most widely used Christmas floral dec oration today and may be from two to ten feet in height with a color range of red, white, or a del icate pink. This plant has an in teresting historical background. It was introduced into the United States from Mexico by Dr. Joel R. Poinsett, the first minister from our country to venture south of the border. The small, yellow cluster at the center of the colored leaves is the part of the plant ac tually considered to be the flower. ville University, where he was in structor of physics and math, Clemson College, South Carolina, and Campbell College, North Carolina. At the latter two col leges, Mr. Pollard was employed in the capacity of Assistant Pro fessor of Physics. Mr. Pollard, his wife, and their four children are presently re siding in Conyngham Valley and enjoy their new environment very much. Decorations and refreshments will be handled by the Social Ac tivities Committee, under the di rection of Jill Faux. Dress for the evening will be semi-formal and music will be provided by the popular group, The Shantones. Every member of the committee is at work doing his or her part to aid in transforming the S. U. B. into a glowing reflec tion of the holiday season and to make the occasion a memorable one at Highacres. It is hoped that this final activity of the term will be well attended so that a majority will share in what promises to be an enjoyable evening. -23 Transfers For Winter Term At the end of this Fall Term, approximately 23 students will be leaving the Hazleton Campus. 21 students will be transferring to the Main Campus. They are as: follows: John Erbe, James Gal lagher, Mary Garbacik, Walter Kreiger, Frederick Neff, Van Pol owchak, William Remaley, An thony Sarge, William Schreiner,, James Stumber, Rosalie Switaj,, Elizabeth Tarone, John Tarone, Robert Yale, Joseph Yanoebko, Carmela Sacco, Maurice Gugliem ini, George Mitchell, John Staff a* Michael Zubeck, and Carmen Mil ora. Louis Kolinkiewiez is transfer ring to the Ogontz Campus and Thomas Orgozalek to the Wilkes- Barre campus.
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