ffIGHACRES COLLEGIAN
VOL, II No. 4
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eggy accepts certificate from Ji 0 e Gene
.Collins as one of the winners of the Highacres
Reading Festival. Other winners are: Joe Rusnock,
second from left; Lia Ciotola, third from left; and
Joe Rusnock, Peggy Astelford,
Nancy Ancharski, and Lia Ciotola
were the four victorious contest
ants in the Reading Festival held
at Highacres on Tuesday, March
5, 1968, at 7:30 P.M. The SUB
Lounge held a large crowd of
viewers for the thirteen competit
ors.
John Gallagher, Belles-Lettres
President, whose club sponsored
the evening’s events presented the
welcoming address to the aud
ience. Andrew Kafka was the
Faculty Advisor responsible for
correlating much of the program.
George Kashi was introduced
as Master of Ceremonies and .in
turn introduced each of the thirteen
contestants with a descriptive
preface to each of their selections.
The judging panel consisted
of Mr. Gene Collins of the Fine
Arts Council of the Hazleton Area,
Miss Helen Dossenbach of the
West H&zleton High School Faculty
Mr. Nicholas Nemesh of the MMI
Hazleton, Pennsylvania 18201
FESTIVAL HELD AT HIGHACRES
Faculty, Miss Gladys Schwartz
of the Hazleton High School Fac
ulty, and Mr. Alan Price, Instruct
or of English at Highacres.
Joe Rusnock’s Winning select
ion was from Edgar Allan Poe’s
“The Cask of Amontillado.” Miss
Astelford charmed the audience
and judges with Ellen Rawlings’
short story “How High the Moon”.
Nancy Ancharski’s interpretation
of Millay’s “Renascence” ranked
her as one of the top four and
Lia Ciotola’s readings of Fer
linghetti’s poetry brought her into
the winner’s circle.
Other participants were Kath
leen Gibson, Mary Grace Macri,
Joan Stashko, Marc-Anthony Sal
vatini, Robert Fogarty, Bonnie
Bangor, Elizabeth Semon, Floria
Miele, and Kathy McGinley.
The quality of all the readings
was extremely high and all of the
participants deserve to be ac
claimed for their interpretations.
THE
inc/
are John Gallagher,
Society, and Georgi
monies.
ki:
, second from right. Looking on
left, President of Belles-Lettres
Kashi, right, Master of Cere-
LIBRARY
NEWS
The library has acquired a new
selection of books to add to the
ever growing number that appear
on its shelves. Some of the new
books which may be of interest to
you are: Samuel Hayakawa’s
Symbol. Status and Personality.
William Stanton’s The Leopard’s
Spots: Scientific Attitude Toward
Race in America. Luc
Pop Art, Otis Guernsey’s Best
Plays of the Year 1966-67.
Also, the Northeast Chapter of
the Pennsylvania Library Assoc
iation will present as their Nation
al Library Week Program a lecture
by Stephen Birmingham, author of
the best seller Our Crowd. The
event will take place Wednesday,
April 24th at 8 P.M. at the Jewish
Community Center in Wilkes-Barre.
A two dollar donation is requested.
April, 1968