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2.) Dr.
Staudenmeir, Acting Campus
Executive Officer of the
Hazleton Campus
3.) Mr. John Bischoff
Di rector of the
Penn State Bookstore System
Bookstore Building
University Park,
PA. 16801
I must make it
perfectly clear that it is
up to you, the student, to
speak up. It is your right
- as an American citizen
and as a student of The
Pennsylvania
University. You are paying
thousands of collars to
attend this university. The
least it can do is to have
your books on the shelves
at the beginning of the
semester, so you don't fall
behind in your daily
If you fail to
duties.
speak up, then, as I have
already indicated, things
will continue as they have.
The ball is in your court.
Yours Truly,
Matt Harris
4i..
Editor-in-Chief
Highacres Collegian
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I reached into my pocket
James
and took out a piece of
bread that I had swiped
from the mess tent during
the last meal. Then I took
my canteen out of its
holster and handed them
both to the starving child.
He quickly devoured the
bread and guzzled down the
water. Again he turned to
me and then said to .me,
"Thank you. May God be with
you always!"
child up and carried him
back to the others. Along
the way,, we carried on a
small discussion. His name
State
was Jacob and he was Fran
Hungary. His entire family,
consisting of his parents
and 5 brothers, had been
brought to Auschwitz.
During the period of time
moment, but before I knew
it, I was standing in front
of one of the sleeping
quarters for the prisoners.
Suddenly, I heard a noise
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Gently, I picked the
RKE T
from inside. Tightening my
grip on rry gun, I
cautiously proceeded to
enter the dwelling. What I
saw almost made me want to
shoot myself. Sitting on
the floor on the far end
was a small child,
approximately 6 years old,
scrounging through the
looking for some
barracks
food to
consurre.. He was
and looked like
emaciated
about to call for
death was
Slowly, he turned to
look at me and in a passive
voice called to me,
me, please. I'm so hungry!
Won't you please help met"
from their initial entrance
into the camp and up to
this point, he had watched
helplessly 'as each member
was executed, one by one,
until he was the only one
left. He then started to
weep, so I stopped the
discussion and clung to him
like he was my very own
child.
As I returned to the
entrance of the camp, I
observed the other
survivors being given food
and water and medical
assistance. They were then
placed onto the many trucks
that we had brought with us
solely for this purpose. My
carmander instructed me to
place the child onto the
one of the trucks. I would
not comply with his order,
and I asked him if I could
look after the child.
Although he knew it was
going against regulations,
he agreed.
the child began crying
again I held him tight and
told him that everything
"Help
was going to be all right.
He told me that he was
scared that the Nazis were
going to come back and hurt
him sane more. I assured
him that never again would
the Nazis hurt him in any
manner. Never again would
the Nazis be allowed to
hurt anyone for that
matter.
It has been 41 years
since I experienced the
terror of Auschwitz. My
family is very happy and we
As we left Auschwitz,
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