Highacres @ Collegian
Volume 31 • No. 1
Commonwealth Ball
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS EXHI
The Hazleton Campus of the
Pennsylvania State University has
obtained from the National Aero
nautics and Space Administration
a prized exhibit dealing with the
advancements made in modern
space travel;
This educational exhibit, valued
at $lO,OOO, may be reviewed in the
game room of the S.U.B. during
the weeks of April 22 to May 6,
inclusive.
Procured by the Arts Commit
tee, a branch of the Student Gov
ernment Association, the exhibi
tion includes several mercury
tracking stations and X-15 re
search vehicles. Examples of vari
ous advancements made in the
field of space communications also
are on display.
Parnassus Initiation
Parnassus Honorary Society of
the Pennsylvania State Universi
ty’s Hazleton Campus held instal
lation of officers and formal
initiation of 25 students at a
candlelight ceremony in the Stu
dent Union Building on Sunday,
April 19.
The newly-elected officers are:
Elaine Hahn, president; Robert
Lutz, vice-president; Jerome
Rapes, secretary, and Edward
Mehalick, treasurer.
Those initiated included Marga
ret Boyer, Anita Fahringer,
Karen Kreitzberger, Elaine Hahn,
Janet Astleford, Linda Corra, Jo
seph Hullick, Charles Rudewick,
Thomas Murmello, Robert Lutz,
John Gido, Curtis Link, Sabatini
Monatesti, Edward Mehalick,
Richard Dudinyak, Carmen Lom
bardo, John Eidleman, Jerome
Kapes, Leonard Martin, James
Donahue, Richard Tito, Francis
Perucci, Paul Marino, Robert
Knittle, and Richard Jameson.
The purpose of the Parnassus
Chapter of the Keystone Honor
ary Society is to enrich student
life at the Hazleton Campus by
encouraging both academic study
and positive participation in or
ganized activities. Membership iu
Parnassus is granted undergradu
ate students on the basis of
character, scholarship, leadership,
arid service in Campus life. Con
secration to democratic ideals is
also a primary factor in deter
mining admission.
HAZLETON CAMPUS, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
Left to Right: G. Kane Hoefling, Mike Rohall, James Scarcella,
Mike Washo.
Conference Held Here
On April 29, a group of local
and state officials gathered at
Highacres to discuss the problems
related to the zoning of areas
near Hazleton which will be af
fected by the interchanges of the
Anthracite Expressway and the
Keystone Shortway.
Committee chairman, Arthur J.
Whitaker, said invitations to par
ticipate in the meeting were
sent to all municipal officials in
the affected areas.
Interchanges are under con
struction in Butler, Sugarloaf,
Hazle and Line Townships, and
White Haven Borough. Hazleton
and West Hazleton will be af
fected by new access roads from
the interchanges.
The meeting was conducted
by a group of state and county
experts who explained and ad
vised upon the problems of control
in areas of interchange develop
ment.
Assisting with arrangements
was the Community Development
Bureau of the State Department
of Commerce.
President Richard Grovich pre
sided during the business session
when Larry Wydock and Phillip
Jefferies reported on the Society’s
constitution and by-laws. Ralph
Crawford, faculty advisor, also
participated in the ceremony.
Janet Mihal, Esther Nemeth, and
Carole Yurkovic served as usher-
Highlights Spring Term
BIT AT HIGHACRES
Tech. Job Interviews
Beginning on January 22 with
the National Security Agency and
ending with the Sandia Corpo
ration on April 16, eight corpo
rations conducted interviews at
the Hazleton Campus among the
two-year tech, students.
In addition to N.S.A. and San
dia, the following companies also
conducted interviews: the Sun Oil
Company, New Jersey Zinc,
1.8. M., Eastman Kodak, Pennsyl
vania Power and Light Company,
and the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
Dean's List For
Winter Term
Dean’s List students in the Bac
calaureate program and their av
erages are as follows:
Janet A. Astleford, 4.00; Rich
ard Dudinyak, 4.00; Stanley L.
Milora, 4.00; George M. Perzel,
3.70; Jerome T. Kapes, 3.70; Bar
bara A. Zeleznock, 3.70; Curtis G.
Link, 3.67; Anita L. Fahringer,
3.50; Marcia L. Juda, 3.50; Robert
J. Lutz, 3.50; Annmarie H. Petras,
3.50; Francis Pierucci, 3.50; and
David C. Rhinard, 3.60.
Dean’s List students in the
Associate Degree program and
their averages are as follows:
Nicholas E. DiFeo, 3.77; James
P. Donahue, 3.77; Ronny J. Kersh
ner, 3.70; Joseph A. Colasurdo,
3.69; Ralph S. Park, 3.63; Ross
L. Baker, 3.54; and Sabatini J.
Monatesti, 3.54.
First Inter-Campus
Joint Activity
On Saturday night, April 25,
the Pennsylvania State Universi
ty’s first annual Inter-Campus
Commonwealth Ball was held in
the Americana Room of Gus Gen
etti’s Lodge.
This Ball, sponsored by the Stu
dent Government Assiciations of
the Wilkes-Barre, Allentown, and
Hazleton Campuses, was the first
step in establishing better co
ordination, co-operation, and com
munication between the Common
wealth Campuses in the Pocono
District. The effort was deemed a
success by the 300 attending
guests.
The gala semi-formal affair fea
tured performance by the Towns
men; music for dancing was pro
vided by the Shantones. This
winning combination of contempo
rary and traditional entertainment
contributed much to the evening’s
gaiety.
A reception line, consisting of
Richard Grovich and Leonard
Martin of Hazleton, Sheldon Hess
of Wilkes-Barre, and Randy Ott
of Allentown and their dates,
greeted the guests at the door.
A champagne bottle of bubble
bath was presented as a favor to
each girl who attended.
During the night, pastries and
coffee were served from a sweet
table.
It is hoped that future affairs
of his type may be as successful
as this first inter-Campus event.
PSU Name 10 Yrs. Old
The University recently marked
the tenth anniversary of the
changing of its name from “The
Pennsylvania State College.”
The request to change was
made, President Milton S. Eisen
hower explained at the time,
because the designation of Uni
versity would “reflect more appro
priately the stature, function, and
character of the institution.”
The name change approved in
1953 was the third for Penn State.
The institution was chartered in
1855 as The Farmers’ High School
of Pennsylvania and in 1862 be
came the Agricultural College of
Pennsylvania. This was changed
in 1874 to The Pennsylvania State
College.
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