Page 2 CAM PAIG N FOR LIGHT BEGINS Need for a traffic light at the in tersection of State Highway Route 93 and the Hazleton Campus Drive way'has always been present. Yet, direct action to install a light has up to this time been somewhat lack ing. However, a Traffic Control Committee headed by Joe Mariano and Bonnie Bangor, has started the wheels turning to install the neces sary signals. Action toward this campaign was initiated by George Kashi, who sub mitted an editorial to the Collegian published in its first edition this year. He requested support and petitions from the student body. Tom Berner followed up this editor ial by contacting the Tamaqua “Evening Courier”. This organiz ation has since given its full public support. The Hazleton “Standard Speaker” has been most co-operative with the members of the student commit tee and is also giving its full sup port by following the action of the students in the paper. On registration day, March 26th, a petition was signed by the student body and faculty sent to the Board of Directors of Sugarloaf Township to request a survey by the State Highway Department and for “im mediate installation of appropriate traffic control signals.” Mr. Paul Cerullo, Business Man ager of Highacres, is advising the committee on all actions, and Mr. Harold Aurand is faculty advisor for the project. The Collegian will follow this campaign diligently and publicly announces its strong support of an action which is imperative to the well being of the. campus. The Editor FACULTY SPOTLIGHT The Faculty Spotlight is a new feature of this paper. In each issue we will present some in teresting facts about and opinions of a member of the faculty in order to better acquaint the students With the faculty. The first subject of the Spot light is Ralph Crawford. Mr. Craw ford, biological science teacher, was born in Juniata County near Harrisburg.. He received his early education at Harrisburg area schools. He attended the Univer sity of Wooster where he received his B. A. degree. He was awarded an M. S. degree in Biology at the Pennsylvania State University in 1948. Mr. Crawford continued his studies after. receiving his M.S. degree. He attends a different University almost every summer in order to keep abreast of the ever-expanding sciences. He has earned 165 credits above and be yond graduation requirements. Among the different schools he has studied at are: Mi I lersvi Ile Coll ege, Elizabethtown College, University of Colorado, University of Denver, Cornell University, and the University of California at Berkley. A great desire of his is to be come a student counselor. He feels that too many students enter college on the, wrong foot, not knowing just what they want to learn. He is going to study some Psychology courses in order to achieve this aim. He is very dedicated to his work and is interested in the students. One can often see him in the SUB, discussing academic matters with his students or ex pressing some of his views on im portant topics on campus. Mr. Crawford is definitely in favor of the two-semester school Highacres Collegian year. He thinks that the present three-term system places entirely too much pressure on both student and teacher. In the fifteen week semester, there is more time allo cated to the students for classroom study, and the material can be cov ered with more ease. It is very difficult to describe him in a few words, but, if there are any words that most accurately describe Mr. Crawford, they are: dedicated, sincere, humorous, friendly, and thoughtful. TGIF NEWS On March I, members of the student body met in the SUB Lounge to discuss the issue of Highacres - College or High School. Mr. Harold Aurand opened the discussion. There were two op posing points of view on the sub ject. Some students feel that they go to college to study, not for social life, and Highacres offers them this opportunity. On the other hand, others feel that Highacres does not offer a college student enough of a college atmosphere. They believe that student apathy is a result of the lack of interest at the campus. Al so, some students believe that there should be more student power. By this power they mean more respon sibility to conduct dances and other social activities. The TGIF concluded with no definite solution, but with many alternatives to. the problem which were presented by students and faculty.
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