By MARIANNE PINDAR
When students hear the name
of this month’s Collegian Per
sonality, it immediately brings
to mind an image of “the lady in
the Library who is responsible
for breaking up our in-between
class social get-togethers*” New
students, before you all become
discouraged and put down this
article, remember: ‘it’s the good
librarian who upholds the true
meaning of a library - to create a
peaceful, working atmosphere
for its diligent college students.’
Now that the air is cleared on
that matter, let’s get better
acquainted with our librarian -
Mrs. Mary Ferry.
Mrs. Ferry has been employed
as a Librarian at PSU for twen
ty-three years. Before coming to
Highacres, she taught senior
classes in English Literature at
McAdoo High School for nine
years. Mrs. Ferry has taught
English and still teaches a
Library Studies course in ad
dition to her position as head
librarian here at Highacres.
A former resident of Jijn
Thorpe (Mauch Chunk), Mrs.
Ferry presently resides in West
Depending on your feelings
toward the University, you may
find some Penn State souvenirs
amusing or downright
disgusting.
Penn State propaganda ranges
in everything from pencils to
ponchos.
At several locations in State
College you can buy just about
anything in the old Blue and
White.
T-shirts, probably Penn
State’s best advertisers, were
the top sellers.
Lions on toilet seats with the
appropriate saying for the Pitt
game were big sellers this fall.
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The Highacres Collegian Monday, January 29,1979 Page 3
MRS. MARY FERRY
Hazleton. She’s married, has two
children and a pet poodle named
“Buffy.” Her son and daughter,
who she claims are her “real
pets,” are former PSU’students.
Mrs. Ferry attended Kutz
town State College, received her
Bachelor’s degree from Muhlen
burg and her Master’s degree at
Temple University. She still
does graduate course work at
Kutztown State. Only once, has
she taken a class at Penn State,
a grad course in (A.V.) audio
visual arts.
In her career, Mrs. Ferry has
been involved in Elementary
education, Secondary education
and Library work. Being that
her mother was a first grade
teacher, Mrs. Ferry felt that this
would also be her life’s work.
Once she had contact with this
field, she found she didn’t like it
as much as she had anticipated,
and changed to another area of
study. This is one of the reasons
she feels college is a valuable in
vestment, “once you’re there,
you can change your career
choice, because the opportunity
to investigate various fields is
open to all.”
Our personality, attributes her
Other hot sellers were “Joe’s
University,” “Penn State Sugar
Bowl 1979,” and “Rah-Rah”
hearled by Snoopy and Wood
stocks. There were more than
100 T-shirts designs seen around
State College this year.
Penn State is also on beer
mugs, blankets, bottlecaps, and
bookbags. There is absolutely no
- escape from the Blue and White.
The three major bookstores in
State College, the HUB
Bookstore, the Student Book
Store, and the University Book
Centre, carry a wide range of
Penn State propaganda.
Annette Demoto
love of books to her parents. She
states that her family loves to
read and books could always be
found around her home.
Since she began working at
Penn State, Mrs. Ferry said the
most excitement for her, came
with the building of the new
library. She was in on the plan
ning of the new structure. Her
involvement mainly concerned
selecting and co-ordinating the
library’s entire decor. This
writer learned that the present
library site is also the third one.
Previously, it was located in the
Memorial Building, it was later
moved to the Main Building, and
now the library is housed in it’s
present location, - a brand new
building all to itself.
In addition to her job, Mrs.
Ferry enjoys teaching and
working with the students. She’s
always willing to help. She
states that the majority of
students (at Highacres), are
serious in their college work.
I hope through this article,
one can clearly see that Mrs.
Ferry fills the position of
Librarian more than adequately.
Mrs. Ferry - Keep up the good
work and be happy!
K
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(g)Army ROTC
Capt. Goodwin
385-4500