Page Four Navy Contracts Being Accepted . The Professor of Naval Science, The Pennsylvania State Univer sity announces that applications are now being accepted for the new two-year Contract Naval ROTC Program. Eligible candi dates must have sophomore stu dent status with not less than a “C” average and be accepted as a junior student for the Fall Term 1965, on main campus. Eligibility requirements are as follows: (1) Unmarried, never have been married, and agree to remain un married until commissioned. (2) At least 18 years of age upon enrollment and will not have reached the 25th birth date prior to 30 June of the year of grad pation. (3) Physically qualified with waivers granted for visual acuity not less than 20/40 each eye, correctible to 20/20. Successful applicants will attend a special six-week summer train ing session during the period 10-17 June to 20-31 July at either the University of North Carolina, Purdue University or the Univer sity of California at Los Angeles. ■Tuition, room, board and transpor tation expenses for the summer training session will be borne by the applicant who will receive pay at the rate of $78.00 per month during this period. Application may be made not later than 1 May 1965, at any XI. S. Navy Recruiting Station or at the Department of Naval Scienc, Wagner Building, Univer sity Park, Pal Notification of ac ceptance and authority to par ticipate in the summer training session will be issued prior to 30 May 1965. Books Received For Highacres Library Brown, Roger. New Directions in Psychology. Holt, 1962. Hook, Sidney. Quest for Being and Other Studies in Naturalism. St. Martine, 1961. Fromm, Erich. The Heart of Man. Harper, 1964. Hammond, Gray. Ranks and Pol itics in America. Princeton Uni- versity Press, 1957. Einstein, Bernice W. College En trance Guide. Grosset, 1964. Ruffner, Frederick et al. Code Names Dictionary. Gale Re- searc Co., 1964. Kovach, Ladis D. Computer-ori- ented Mathematics. Holden-Day, 1964. Hoadley, Anthony. Essentials of Structural Design. Wiley, 1964. Funk, Ernest. Automotive Main tenance and Trouble Shooting. American Technical Society, 1963. HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL AND GOLF AMONG FAVORED SPORTS Belles-Lettres Holds Sixth Annual Festival For High Schools The Belles-Lettres Society of the Hazleton Campus of the Penn sylvania State University spon sored the Sixth Annual Regional High School Reading Festival in the Student Union Building. This was a contest for interpre tative reading of poetry, prose, and drama. Nine prizes were awarded to the winners* Par ticipants were judged on interpre tation, communication of mood, and understanding of the presen tation. The fine list of distinguished judges included the following: Mrs. Elisbeth Dautrich, Head Li brarian of the Hazleton Public Li brary; Mr. William Pierce, Head of the Commonwealth Campus Li braries of the Pennsylvania State University; Mr. Edward Merrick, Photographer and Staff member of the Hazleton Standard-Speaker; and Mr. Pasco Schiavo, member of the Highacres faculty. The extravaganza was held in three places headed by three chairmen. Mr. Woodward, chair man for the poetry, conducted the poetry session. Mr. Thomas Pen nock headed the prose delegation in Room 209 in the Main Admin istration Building, and Mr. John O’Connell served as chairman of the drama in the lounge of the Student Union Building. Mr. Andrew Kafka serves as faculty advisor of the Belles- Lettres Society. Penn State Chastised by Critics And Is Becoming Whipping Boy Pennsylvania State University, the giant among Pennsylvania’s colleges, rapidly is becoming a favorite whipping boy in higher education. Critics chastise the university on a variety of points—its tuition fee of $525 is too high; it receives $25 million a year in state tax monies, but the state really exer cises no control over how the money is spent. But nowhere is the university more vulnerable than on the ques tion of its campus centers vs. the new community college system. This is the boiling debate in Pennsylvania education these days. The university now operates 16 campus centers across the com monwealth, and only two weeks ago received permission to estab lish three more in the western part Intramural volleyball and inter collegiate golf are the recently in itiated Spring Term sports events at Highacres, with Coach Al Leister the mainstay behind the activities. To date there are 4 teams playing volleyball, and ap proximately 8 students participat ing in competitive play. These stu dents are taking part in these ac tivities on their own time during the day, and it is rumored that they are having the time of their lives. The results of the volleyball games are going to be in the next issue, so keep watching fans! By the way, it might be interesting to cheer your favorite team on, so let’s all try to make the games. During a recent interview with Coach Leister, we asked a few questions about intercollegiate golf. We found that the golf squad consists of thirteen players and one assistant coach. The assistant coach is a faculty member who is our mathematics instructor, namely Mr. Gleim. To him and to the rest of the team we would like to say just one thing—good luck on the putting greens. The mem bers of the team are as follows: George Bobby, Mike Ballick, Al Chickilly, Rocco Formica, Walter Kruczek, J ohn O’Connell, Mike Snovitch, Joe Lucia, Tom Bellet ieri, Jerome Kaes, John Grutous ky, Paul Miller, and Mike Wash insky. All of the preceding gentlemen can be seen practicing at the Valley Country Club, and they will represent Highacres in intercollegiate match play. of the state. Proponents of the new com munity college program launched in 1963 but nowhere near off the ground as yet, complain that fur ther extension of the center net work would stifle the growth of community colleges. Sen. Joseph S. Clark put it di rectly on the line. He said: “ I should like to urge that Penn State be encouraged to concen trate its attention and resources on its state college campus ... and that the community college pro gram be pursued separately. I would not encourage Penn State to expand further.” Dr. Eric A. Walker, Penn State president, tried to accommodate the critics a bit by suggesting that there was room for the centers and the colleges to grow and flourish, hand-in-hand, in Pennsyl Intercampus Activities Held at Ogontz The Spring Term Tournament of the Inter-Campus Bowling, Chess, and Table Tennis League was held last month at the Ogontz Campus, Abington, of the Penn sylvania State University. Our Hazleton Campus was rep resented by the following teams: Bowling—James Quinn, Richard Meiser, Edward Skernolis, Daniel Cassarella, John O’Connell, Ross Dymond. Chess Charles Rudewick, Mi chael Rudewick, Fred Mashack. Table Tennis—Andrew Shuless ky, Harold Sasso. Student Affairs Advisor Joseph MaCallus accompanied the del egation. Unofficial results indicate that Hazleton was upset by the other seven teams present. Besides Hazleton the other seven Penh State Campuses participated ih the tournament are as follows: Allentown, Scranton, Schuylkill* Wilkes-Barre, Wyomissing, Ogontz, and York. Authentic Ivy Fashions For Class and Campus A DISTINCTIVE SHOP FOR MEN 42 W. Bread St. Hazleton, Pa. vania’s higher education system. He even offered the university's assistance in developing academic programs for the colleges and assisting them in training their personnel. But he added: “I see no valid reason why Penn State should not continue to utilize its commonwealth campuses to offer high level occupational pro grams, particularly those uniquely related to the professions,” he told the council. Providing low cost post-grad uate education for as many of Pennsylvania’s college-age stu dents as possible is certainly the vogue in education thinking today. But Walker hoisted a storm warning that is easily lost amidst the haste and pressure of the com munity college drive. *‘The community college seems to be a ready-made answer to a whole variety of current ed ucational problems,” he said. His implication was clear—it isn’t, not yet, anyway. Penn State is, to use Walker's word, a “ready-made” target in this current debate. May 4, 1965
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