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Highacres 0 Collegian
Volume 29 No. 2
Highacres Mourns Two
Death of President
Shocks Students
On Friday, November 22, Pres
ident John Fitzgerald Kennedy
was shot in a motorcade in Dallas,
Texas; The assassin, Lee Harvey
Oswald, was an ex-Marine who
once lived in the Soviet Union and
sought to become a Russian
citizen.
Shortly after his arrival at
Parkland Hospital, the President
died of a gunshot wound in the
brain. Governor. Conolly of Texas
was also shot, but his condition
was not critical.
On Monday, November 25, the
students of Highacres Campus
had. a perpetual Mass said in
honor of the deceased President.
Classes were also suspended so
that all students could join the
nation in mourning the death of
the; President.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th
President of the United States,
29, with a hero’s war record
behind him, he was elected to
Congress from Boston; at 35, he
defeated Henry Cabot Lodge for
the Senate; at 39, he narrowly
missed nomination for the Vice
Presidency; and four years later,
he was ready for his bid for the
big prize. With Lyndon B. John
son as his running mate, he went
on to win the election over Rich
ard Nixon by the narrowest of
margins. On November 8, 1960, he
became the youngest man ever
elected President of the United
States.
When the assassin’s bullet
struck him after two years, ten
months, and two days in office,
Kennedy made a start but had
not converted his large hopes for
America into accomplishments. It
remains for his successor Lyndon
B. Johnson to carry on the work
of the “New Frontier.”
John F. Kennedy will long be
remembered, especially by our
generation, as a man who elevated
youth to an esteemed position in
the nation. In his firm stand on
the integration of universities and
colleges and the institution of the
Peace Corps, President Kennedy
channeled the idealism and enthu
siasm of youth along avenues of
opportunity never before en
trusted to aspiring students. It is
quite certain that the memory of
his unselfishness, his advocation
of liberty and freedom for all
men, his hopes for peace, and his
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HAZLETON CAMPUS, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
Heinry Socoloskie passed away on November 15. He
was new aft Highacres. He started teaching this fall. He
taught because he wanted to, not because he had to. In
this age, when so many qualified teachers are leaving the
field to seek a more lucrative means of earning a living
in other fields, it is somewhat of an oddity that Mr.
Socoloskie did the reverse. He had a sense of duty and
responsibility to perform, and he did just that. He was
a warm and friendly man who always had a smile and a
good word to say to all. Even though his stay with us
was short, it will not easily be forgotten, for he was that
type of man—the type who gives to people more than he
receives. He will always leave a pleasant memory to all
who had the privilege to know him.
John Donne sums it up much better than we could:
MNo man is an island, entire of it self; every man is
a piece of the continent, a part of the main: if a piece
be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well
as if a promontory were, as well as if a manner of thy
friends or of thine own were: any man’s death diminishes
me, because I am involved in mankind: And therefore
never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for
thee.”
NEW PARKING LOT BUILT
Beginning with the winter term requires annual payments, the
in January, Highacres will put cost of the parking area, both in
into use a new student parking building ahd maintenance, must
area. All student vehicles will be be amortized by student parking
restricted to this new area, and fees, On the recommendation of
a letter will be issued to all stu- the previous student govern
dents in December with a copy of ments, a schedule of parking fees
the student parking and traffic has been established. Students
regulations. Everyone will be re- wishing to bring their cars will
sponsible for these regulations pay $7.50 per term. For those stu
when he parks on the Campus. dents in a car pool or those who
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HENRY SOCOLOSKIE
December 6, 1953
Deaths
Henry Socoloskie
Dies Suddenly
On Friday night, November 15,
Mr. Henry Socoloskie, a new in
structor at the Hazleton Campus,
suddenly passed away. He was
buried Monday, Nov. 18, follow
ing a Requiem Mass at St. Jo
seph’s Church in Mount Carmel.
Mr. Socoloskie was a faculty
member in the Engineering De
partment. He was a professional
architect who had been licensed as
such since 1937. He was a Penn
State man and received his Bach
elor’s degree in Architectural En
gineering in 1930. In 1933 he re
ceived his Masters in that field.'
He taught public school until 1932
and with the. exception of teach
ing Penn State extension courses
during the second World War had
devoted himself entirely to the
architectural field.
His projects included ecclesias
tical, educational, and residential
buildings.
The deceased had residence in
Mount Carmel. He is survived by
his wife Olga,, a son, G/eg, who is
a graduate of Dartmouth, and a
daughter Marie, a junior in . Home
Economics at Bentt State.
Pallbearers’ were: John Longo,
William Schnieder, Frank Kostos,
Dennis Cimino, Albin Tacelosky
from the Pottsville Center who
was a classmate of Mr. Socoloskie
at Penn State, and Richard Grov
ich who represented the student
body.
NEW PROGRAM
IN CHEMISTRY
Presently at Highacres, the
tworyear Associate Degree pro
grams include Drafting and De
sign Technology, Electronical and
Electronics Technology, the first
year of Production Technology,
and, also, the first year in Agri
culture Technology.
In September 1964, Highacres
will offer a two-year Associ
ate Degree program in Chemical
Technology. This curriculum pre
pares graduates for positions as
assistants to chemists and chem
ical engineers, assistants in re
search and control laboratories,
and trainees for future supervi
sory positions in manufacturing
and production. It provides the
training necessary for such posi
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