I MIGHT NEVER
HAVE KNOWN
By JOSEPH WERSINGER
Some of us are young, and some
of us are older; but we shall no doubt
agree that no matter how long we
have lived in a community, there are
many facts we do not know about it.
Hazleton owes its beginning to the
construction of a turnpike which now
connects the two principal rivers of
the region in which it stands, the
Lehigh and the Susquehanna. The
chief occupation of the original
settlers was lumbering; but when
coal was discovered in the Beaver
Meadows section in 1813, almost
every worker wore boots and a dirty
face. Many men were attracted to
the small settlement by the report of
a new and highly promising industry.
In 1856 the various sections of Hazel
Brook were incorporated into a bor
ough. Rapid growth followed until,
in 1913 the town, now called Hazle
ton beecame a third class city.
The production of coal is the larg
est industry of the “Mountain City”;
but of course we should never have
thought that 68 thousand people here
earn one hundred and nineteen mil
lion dollars on pay day in a one hun
dred and seventy-eight million dollar
industry. Then, too, although we do
not realize the fact, sixty-six hun
dred other workers earn seven and
three-quarter million dollars in a
fourteen million dollar combination
of enterprises other than coal mining.
We may not believe that nineteen
trains arrive in Hazleton each day
with one thousand tons of freight to
run its industries, but it is true. It
amazes us to think that this city’s
people read 54,500 newspapers daily,
use forty million gallons of water a
week, have thirty-nine million dollars
in its banks, watch movies from nine
thousand theater seats, read thirty
eight thousand library volumes, and
send nine and a half thousand chil
dren to schools, which employ three
hundred teachers. Another incredible
fact is that although this city is less
than six square miles in area, it has
sixty-three miles of gas mains and
fifty-three miles of sewers.
Most unbelievable is this: nearly
two million persons within a 50-mile
radius of Hazleton depend upon its
large and many industries for their
livelihood.
Those are the facts and figures,
unbelievable perhaps, but true.
NOT OVERLOOKED
“I just heard that the students
have a nickname for Prof. Smith,
and I think that is very nice,” said
Prof. Jones. “It shows a real inti
macy and comradeship. I sometimes
wish they would give me a nick-
name.”
“The students have a nickname
for you,” said his son. “It’s Sarnka.”
That night about midnight, after
thinking the matter over many times,
the father got up, went down to the
kitchen and hunted until he found a
can of Sanka. Then he read on the
label: “More than 98% of the active
portion of the bean has been re
moved.”
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The Origin Of Hazleton Undergraduate Center
Front row, left to right: Mr. J. Stewart, administrative assistant; Mr. D. P. Pugh, director of Undergraduate
Centers; Mr. A. A. Goss, administrative head, H. U. C.
Second row: H. M. Zerbe, treasurer Student Union; Mr. F. C. Kostos, assistant Administrative Head, Broad
Street Building; Mr. J. R. Mattern, assistant Administrative Head, H. U. C.
In the year of 1932, a group of
Hazleton citizens requested the
Pennsylvania State College to estab
lish an undergraduate center in the
city of Hazleton. State College as
sented after a survey was made of
various aspects which could have
become obstacles in the poth of its
success.
Hazleton Undergraduate Center
was finally founded in the year of
1934 with Mr. Ercke as its adminis
trative head. Its total enrollment
was forty-seven students who were
taught by a staff of seven. Classes
were conducted in the Markl» Bank
Building. Chemistry, the only labora
tory course, was taught at Hazleton
High School after the high school’s
noon session terminated.
The enrollment grew steadily and
larger quarters were necessary. For
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this reason the school was moved to
the Broad Street Building in Sep
tember of 1937. Mr. Herpel replaced
Mr. Ercke as administrative head as
the spring semester of 1939 com
menced.
Peak enrollment for the pre-war
years was 137 students in the year
of 1941. In 1942, Mr. Goss, our
present administrative head, re
placed Mr. Herpel.
During the war years the enroll
ment dropped considerably until it
reached its lowest point during the
43-44 semester with only 27 students.
The closing months of the war found
the enrollment increasing rapidly as
discharged servicemen enrolled.
The present enrollment of 384 stu
dents is taught by a faculty of 27.
Three hundred and three students
are former servicemen. Forty of the
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remaining number are girls.
To accommodate the student body
classrooms were acquired in the
Walnut Street School. The office and
majority of the classrooms are at
present in this building. The Broad
Street building is used mainly for
laboratory classes. A new chemical
laboratory has been built there and
the Center now possesses two. A
large room for engineering drawing
has also been furnished.
Three new departments have been
added to the curriculum. They are
music, speech and dramatics. A full
time librarian has also been obtained.
Hazleton Undergraduate Center
has progressed greatly during its
short existence and we know, with
the aid of the students and citizens
of Hazleton, it will continue to do so
in the years to come.
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