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There is an old folk song wilth the following words included
in it: “I know where I’m going.. How many of us at this
stage of our college career, that is, freshman or sophomore,
can state such a fact? The actual truth would be only a few.
Far too many first and second year students are not sure what
field they will engage in, nor, as well, what they will major in.
Now, in mlaaiy cases this is quite understandable, for some may
be trying to discover what ther are truly interested in and can
perform well in. However, what about those who are just pro
crastinating? They are placing no amount of concern on a de
cision that means the utmost in one’s path to a degree. It is no
good! to just tlake a helter-skelter arrangement of courses and
then at the last minute make a decision on curriculum and
major without having weighed and reweighed the merits of
each course in relation to the particular individual’s aptitudes,
performance, and needs, Bach succeeding term should bring
one closer to the answer to one’s field of study. If one only
realizes the great importance of such a decision, if he is in his
firslt two years of college, and if he has still not decided his
major, he should take account with himself. Nothing but ex
perience can teach this lesson. Experience and your own re
flections make the decisions for you and it is too important a
decision to mlake at the spur of 'the moment. Perhaps, when
you have settled this problem of field of study, you can con
tinue to work on some other lyrics contained in the folk song
mentioned above, which are: “... and I know who’s going with
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me...
Petition Signed
By 150 Students
Recently, several students,
headed by Edmund Skernolis, drew
up a petition. This petition’s pur-
pose was to regain the privilege
of card playing at Highacres.
Signed by 150 students, it was
taken to director of student af
fairs, Mr. Joseph McCallus. It
succeeded in bringing about a trial
run, so to speak. Students are now
allowed to play pinochle and
bridge. However, if the director
discovers the privilege is again be
ing abused, forfeiture will occur.
Highacres m Collegian
“HAZLETON CAMPUS’ OWN NEWSPAPER”
Published by the Journalism Club of the Hazleton Campus
of the Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Co-Editor Barbara Mondik
Co-Editor Paul Marino
Photographer Robert White
Business and Publicity Anthony Gennaro
Typist Marcia Juda
Sports Editor Sabatini Monatesti
Reporters Esther Summer, Nancy Israel Cathy Defina, Tom
Potance, Kenneth Hughes, Ann Marie Petras.
Faculty Advisor Mr. Thomas Price
EDITORIAL
Administration Issues
Fire Escape Warning
The administration of Highacres
wishes to call the students* atten
tion to the hazards involved in
using the fire escapes of Main
Building during this term. Since it
is winter, there is usually ice or
snow covering the structure, which
makes it extremely dangerous. Se
rious damage to a student’s phys
ical well-being is only enhanced by
using the fire escape to cut off a
few minutes extra walking time.
Though the administration cannot
order the students to discontinue
the use of the fire escape they can
and do strongly urge it. We of the
Highacres Collegian staff support
their admonition.
HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
New Book in Highacres Library
is Reviewed for PSU Students
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
A Moveable Feast,
Sketches of the Author’s Life
In Paris in the Twenties
Ernest Hemingway left the
world a generous legacy in these
sketches of his early life in Paris
in the Twenties. So complete is
the spell of his art that the four
decades between what was done
and what was felt then and what
was remembered and written later
seem barely to have intervened.
Everything is perceived directly
through the eyes and ears of the
young writer himself, living in the
pre-dawn of recognition.
The reader walks with him
along the Paris streets, watching
fishermen along the banks of the
Seine or dropping by at Sylvia’s
Beaches to borrow a book; returns
with him (sometimes frugally
skipping a meal) to the Heming
way’s small apartment on the rue
Notre-Dame-des-Champs with the
sawmill in the courtyard below;
sits by him In a cafe while
paragraph by paragraph, scarcely
looking up, he constructs one of
the stories that created a new
voice for the literature of our
time.
It was a time of hunger and dis
cipline and also one of fulfillment
and happiness. We share taut
Achievement of Quota
Guarantees Blood To
Highacres Students
It has recently been announced
by the school nurse, Mrs. Marga
ret Tamea, that the blood drive
which was held last term was
successful. The Red Cross in
formed Mrs. Tamea that our
thirty donors have sufficiently
covered our student body. Due to
our fluctuating enrollment, the
previous quota of thirty-five pints
was decreased to thirty. Those
persons who need blood can obtain
the blood receipts in the infirmary
SEVEN STUDENTS
LEAVE HIGHACRES
Students at Highacres who in
tend to transfer to University
Park for the 1965 Spring term are
as follows:
Brobst, Charles J.
Egger, Carolyn
Kapes, Jerome T.
Misantone, Louis
Sehar, John, Jr.
Uricheck, Thomas J.
Potance, Thomas J.
February 10, 1965
days at the race-track at Enghein
and happy strenuous weeks skiing
in the Verahlberg in Austria.
These chapters glow with the joy
of recollection.
There are many vivid portraits
from memory: Gertrude Stein pro
viding little glasses of liqueurs
and impromptu lectures in her
apartment on the rue de Fleurus;
Ezra Pound learning to box; Fowl
Maddox Ford discoursing oh the
mysteries of being a gentleman;
and a number of others, all pro
foundly expressive. One of the
more important is the portrayal of
F. Scott Fitzgerald, an amusing
truthful one, softened by the af
fection for the man and respect
for his genius. The motor trip he
and Hemingway made from Lyons
to Paris will surely take its place
as one of the great comic journeys
of literature.
This represents a book review
of only one fine book in our library
here at Highacres. Many other
fine and Informative volumes are
on the shelves, as well as the
many reference works. The stu
dents are encouraged to use the
library not only when the need
necessitates, but also for the pure
pleasure of browsing and select
ing a book for enjoyment.
in the Main Building in room 213
from Mrs. Tamea. The persons
who are on the blood honor roll
are as follows: Michael Jemo,
Robert Lutz, Carl Klinetob, Jo
seph Broyan, Thomas Belletieri,
Joseph Lucia, James Haefner,
Martin Mehal, David Nicky, Jer
ome Kapes, Charles Brobst,-Karen
Trimble, Vincent Gennaro, Larry
Dickenson, Philip Mylett, Harry
Keller, Ann Marvin, Jerry Sabol,
John Sehar, Glen Taylor, Anthony
Gennaro, Frank Tito, Alan
Leipfert, Charles Rudewick, Peter
Mashack, Daniel Cassarella, Stan
ley Roslevege, Robert Shimshock,
and two members of our faculty,
Mr. Thomas Price and Mr. Fred
Lane.
The student body at Highacres
will be covered until some time
in July. Because our coverage will
not be extended through to next
Fall Term, our next bloodmobile
will be held some time before the
end of the Spring Term.
Area Students on Dean’s List
street, Weatherly; Victor Eugene
Foose, Nuremberg; Glenn Hether
ington and Bruce Lindtnmuth,
RD 1, Ringtown; Ruth A. Rarick,
255 West Main street, Ringtown;
Walter Kreiger, West Pine street,
Sheppton; and Eugene Edward
Riley, RD 1, White Haven.