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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
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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