Page Six - Hie Mores Collegian, December 8, 1974 3rd SITE: A. D. THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 4th SITE: WALNUT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Old Building Burned) HISTORY ,contimued_from,page 5 Hazleton Undergraduate Center was opened in 1934. The school has been a positive addition to the community ever since its birth in the Markle Bank Building to its present lo cation at Highacres. The beginning of our campus was a humble one. In 1934 the college had an enroll ment of forty-seven students taught by seven faculty mem bers in three rooms. The ori ginal home of the Center in the Markle Bank Building con sisted of two small class rooms, an administrative of. rice, and an undernourished library. Robert Eiche, now Director of the Altoona Cam.. pus, was the first administra tive head. The administrative leadership has been a contrib.. :ding factor to the progress the Hazleton Campus has made. From the beginning to the pre sent, these have been the ad* ministrative directors: 1934-39 - Bobert.E«.Eiche 1939-43 - Coleman Herpel AIR VIEW OF THE HAZLETON CAMPUS Construction of the Residence Eal 3 1943-51 - Amos A. Goals 1951-54 - Merle E. Campbell 1954-73 - Prom* C. Neste. 1973-present - William Da vid At present, the assistant di rector at Eighasres is William Schneider, who came here in 1956. Increading enrollment nec essitated novning into larger quarters. So, having outgrown its original quarters within three years, the Hazleton Cen ter moved toethe West Broad Street School, which was made available by the Hazleton City School Board in 1937. At this time, the student enrollment climbed to fifty-seven. Four years later, the United States entered World War 11. It was at this point in the history of the Hazleton Campus that its progress was not a steady one. In 1943 there was a question of the continuation of the institu tion because of the low eloo. rollment during the war years. Decline during the war years reached a low in 1944, when oontimted next page
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