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Highacres 0 Collegian
Volume 28—No. 5
Belles-Lettres
Sponsors Annual
Reading Festival
On Saturday, March 9, the An
nual Belles-Lettres Reading Fes
tival for the students of Hazleton
Campus was held in the Lounge of
the Student Union Building.
The winners were Annetta Long,
Carol Yurkovic, Mrs. Naomi John
son, and Steven Nuscheck.
A welcome address was given by
by Gregg Smith and William Pet
ruska acted as Master of Ceremo
nies. Judges were: Miss Helen
Dossenboch, Mr. John Hooper, Mr.
Edgar Morgan, Mr. Ron Jay, Mr.
Thomas Price, and Miss. Gladys
Schwartz.
The program included the fol
lowing entries: Steven Duscheck,
“Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph
Kesseling; Miss JoAnne Pretti,
“The Sanitary Bachelor” by Fred
Sparks; Miss Jane Richards,
“Prairie,” by Carl Sandburg; Jo
seph Lee, “St. Peter at the Gate”
by J. B. Smiley; John Cerasaro,
“The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Al
lan Poe; William Brazzo, “Future
Fables of Our Times” by James
Thruber; Mrs. Naomi Johnson,
“Pygmalion” by George B. Shaw;
Gregg Smith, “Genesis” and “The
Cowboy’s Prayer;” Joe Broyan,
“How To Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying;” Thomas
Edmunds, “Paradise Lost” by Mil
ton; Carol Yurkovic, “Last Hour”
by Bishop; James Scarcella, “The
Cremation of Sam Maggee” by
Robert Service; Annetta Long,
“Platform Performance” by Cor
nelia Otis Skinner; Kay Yencho,
“The Waltz” by Dorothy Parker.
The winners of the Reading
Fstival were awarded an all-ex
pense-paid, week-end visit to Uni
versity Park, and they are to par
ticipate in the Annual Reading
Festival of the Pennsylvania State
University. This reading is not on
the competitive basis, and there
will be no awarding of prizes. The
purpose of this reading is to pre
sent the talents of Penn State stu
dents and their interest in fine lit
erature.
In addition to the Hazleton
Campus’ Reading Festival, there
will be a later Festival held for
the high schools. This festival in
volves students representing their
schools in the Hazleton area. In
vitations have been sent out by
Mr. Kafka to every high school in
the Hazleton region, and a large
turnout is expected. The contest
is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23,
at 7:30 p. m., in the Student Union
Building here at Highacres.
HAZLETON CAMPUS, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
Professor deEspanol
Senor Pasco Schiavo
Joins H.U.C. Faculty
Highacres Spanish classes are
presently being instructed by Mr.
Pasco L. Schiavo, well-known local
attorney.
Mr. Schiavo is a native of
Hazleton. He was graduated from
Hazleton High School in 1954 and
from Lafayette College, Easton,
in 1958. He also served for six
months with the United States
Army.
In 1962, Mr. Schiavo graduated
from the University of Pennsylva
nia Law School and is now prac
ticing the legal profession in
Hazleton.
He is married and considers
traveling as one of his hobbies,
having toured in both the United
States and Europe. Mr. Schiavo
also enjoys social gatherings
where good conversation can be
found.
He has taught at West Hazleton
High in the past and his future
plans lie in the fields of law and
education.
PRE-FINAL DANCE
SATURDAY AT HUB
The final event of the term will
be a dance on March 15. The dance
will be held in the SUB, and music
will be provided by an instru
mental group. This dance and Las
Vegas Night will be perfect end
ings to an enjoyable Winter
Term’s activity schedule.
With the Winter Term drawing
to a close, Highacres students may
cantemplate many enjoyable social
events which were held during this
term. Such memorable events as
the Ski Lodge Dance, and the Val
entine Dance were held. Added to
this list is the record dance which
was held in the SUB. A jukebox
provided the music for the dance,
and all who attended had an en
joyable evening. However, the
events of the Winter Term do not
end there.
Two movies were shown on Fri
day, February 1, 1963 in the SUB
Lounge. The first reature was en
titled “Death of a Salesman,” a
dramatic and moving story. This
was followed by “Nazi Invasion”
(German version). The affair was
chaperoned by Mr. Lee Burns.
Following the films, refreshments
were served.
Los Vegas Night
Higlights Term
O.S.G.A. Holds
Winter Session
The Winter Term Conference of
the OSGA was held at the Altoona
Campus, February 8 and 9, 1963.
The conference began with regis
tration of the delegates from 4 to
6 p. m. Friday, February 8. This
was followed by a dinner and the
general opening session at
7:15 p. m.
President Paul Miller, former
Hazleton Campus student, pre
sided. The welcome address was
given by Richard Nixon, the Pres
ident of the Altoona Campus
S.G.A. Mr. E. E. Eiche, Director
of the Altoona Campus, then
spoke to the students on the topic,
“Why Student Activities?”
An open workshop followed,
which gave the delegates an oppor
tunity for a free and wide ranging
discussion of ideas, problems, and
techniques in S.G.A. activities.
Following this enlightening dis
cussion, the delegates were enter
tained at a dance in the Altoona
S.U.B.
On Saturday, February 9, the
general session opened with an ad
dress by Mr. J. E. Holtzinger, a
member of the University Board
of Trustees and President of the
Altoona Campus Advisory Board.
His topic was “The Past, Present,
and Future of a Commonwealth
Campus.” At 10 a. m. the second
workshop of the conference con
vened with discussion on the sub
ject of “Inter-Campus Exchange.”
A business meeting opened at
11 a. m. with reports given re
garding the Keystone Societies
and student insurance from the
various campuses. The new busi
ness taken up was concerning the
O.S.G.A. spring elections.
The conference was closed with
a luncheon for the representatives.
Honor Society Plans Invitation
The Keystone Society hats which is a $.25 fine each time that they
were recently adopted by the Par- sport a different headgear,
nassus Chapter at the Hazleton
Campus will soon be a familiar
sight on Campus. At the last
meeting, a hat day was suggested
and agreed to by the members.
Henceforth, all members of the so
ciety will be required to wear their
hats each Friday. The alternative
March 15, 1963
Highlighting Winter Term social
activities on the Highacres cam
pus last weekend was the annual
Las Vegas Night, held on the eve
ning of March 8.
Traditional gambling club deco
rations transformed the Union
Building to a replica of one of the
famous Nevada clubs, with stu
dents and faculty members trying
their luck at the various games of
skill or chance, depending on
point of view or amount of win
nings.
Refreshments were served “Las
Vegas style,” and the theme of the
affair was maintained even to the
presence of attractive cigarette
girls. Added entertainment, in line
with the famous club attractions
of the gambling city, was provided
by the Highacres folk-song quar
tet.
For those whose gambling abil
ity was below par, a further di
version was furnished in the Stu
dent Lounge. There, Alec Guinness
starred in the film, The Captain’s
Paradise.
Inter-Campus Results:
Bowling and Chess
The Highacres bowling team was
defeated twice by Bloomsburg
State College, both home and
away. On Saturday, March 9, the
boys competed at Scranton in a
meet which decided who is to rep
resent the district in the State
Championship.
The chess team traveled to Al
lentown February 2. They won
seven games and lost two, are now
in first place in the league. The
chess team will be with our bowl
ers this Saturday at Scranton.
Also, a committee has prepared
the list of Freshmen who will be
invited to join the society. The re
quirements for membership are at
least a 2.5 cumulative average,
and active membership in two or
more chartered activities.