FINISHED BY STUDENTS OP TEE HAZLETON CM B'S OF TIE PENN STATE imam! TOONE TEN NUMBER TWO DXCEMBER 8, 1974 HAZLETON, HEEL. 18201 GROUNDBREAKING Two hundred people.at tended the groundbreaking werenonies for the new phys ical education building here at Righecree on Sunday, Oc tober 6. Dr. William David, di rector of this campus, made welooming remarks and intro duced Senator Marti& L. Mur ray, preseident pro teapore of the Pennsylvania state Senate. Senator Mkrray spoke of Penn State's obligations to expand upon the opportun ities for one to receive an education in Pennsylvania. M 4 noted that Highacres was the first of the Common wealthomasTeses, and was al so the first to bring "the University to the students." He said that he feels that the future of Luzern. County will someday rest in the hands of those students which High* acres has been able to edu cate. In closing, the Senator wished the faculty and the student body of Highacres well for the future, and said, "I hope to be with you again when we cut the ribbon." Dr. Robert G. Quinn, the dean of Academic Instruction for the Commonwealth canpuses, spoke of the importance of health and physical educe,- tion to a student, and men tioned Penn State's inten tion that each and every stu dent have this opportunity. Dr. John Vi. Oswald, pres ident of the Pennsylvania State University, reminisced about his decision to join the Penn State administra- Iron Left to rights Dr. Jahn Oswald, David, Senator Martini L. Mnxissy, Bean Robert Quinn Lion and his first impres sions of Penn State and the Commonwealth campus system. He elaborated upon the im portance of the Commonwealth campuses to the entire struc ture of Penn State, noting that almost half of the stn.+ dents who graduated from Penn State had at one time or another attended a Commonwealth campus. He feels that the campuses are an mach an important,part of Penn State University as University Park itself, and should be regarded as am attempt to bring an education to more of the people of Pennsylvania. President Os wald thanked Senator Murray for his leadership, nd mend tioned a number of persons who were in the audience, among whom was former Direc tor Prank Costae of the Haz leton Campus. ,!,,1111 IP" glitAI:11/14 CI L).,1 r . !.. 61Y. , ,1..\1Ai11! 1./ " L. ic,illat: Dr. David explained that the activities of the_grousa breaking were meant to be a re-enaction of the ground breaking at the Hiebacres campus in 2934. Dr. David was then interrupted by the arrival on the scene of a 1931 Buick coupe which car ried inside two "1934 (m -odem portrayed by Patti Blast and Sue Petrillo,. _ 'fie "1934 co-eds" deliv ered shovels and old-fashioned hats to Dr. David, President Oswald, Dean Quinn, and Sena,. continued pegs 4 inside the collegian career info ...,page three chipper page nine feature page two history page five itss on campus where? ... pogo foartoon phaoulti photos ... page fifteen sports page sixteen
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