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Vol. XI. No. 5
Markle
Hailed As Fine
"Xmas Present"
What was described last night by
Administrative Head Amos Goss as a
"Christmas present" from the Hazle
ton Educational Council came in the
announcement that the Hazleton Cen
ter will soon be moved to the 66 acre
Markle estate on the crest of Conyng
ham mountain.,
The final signing of papers took
place yesterday by representatives
•from the Hazleton Chamber of Com
merce, the Educational Council and
officials of the Pennsylvania State
College.
Although the actual figures involved
were not released, it was stated that
Eckley, B. Markle made a sizeable
donation to the cost. The site has
been known for years as "Highacre,s."
The buildings on the new campus
include the 82-room Markle mansion,
a five room cottage, a seven car gar
age • and several greenhouses to be
converted into class rooms.
Plans for the improvement of the
site and buildings were advanced by
officials of the college. The main
house is to contain 14 class rooms,
two laboratories, a library, cafeteria,
student lounge, and several faculty
offices.
The garage is to , be converted into
chemistry laboratories and adminis
trative offices will be established in,
the cottage. Botany and zoology labs
and classrooms will be set up in the
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Annual Holiday
Senii-Formal
This Evening
Art Wendel and .his orchestra will
play for the annual. Hazleton Center
Christmas SemiJFormal tonight in
the Eagles ballroom on North Wyom
ing street. The affair starts at 9:00
o'clock and entrance will be by the
matriculation card.
Intermission entertainment has been
arranged by the Penn State in Hazle
ton Chorus. The dance is being spons
ored by the schools activities board
with general arrangements in charge
of Robert Kostic.
Other committee members are: Re
freshments, Paul Pucillo, Margaret
Kohler, Kenneth Minchin.
Decorations, Jim Geffert, Jack Sip
pel, Clinton Pittner.
Music, John Wersinger, Leonard
Williams, Kenneth Vayda.
Publicity, Henry Zeigler, Beverly
Silverman and faculty advisor Syd
Rudman.
HAZLETON CENTS' ' ' HAZLETON. PA,
state
XMAS DECORATIONS
AT BROAD STREET
Silver streamers across the hall
and green and red holly pieces have
been placed in the Broad Street
building for the Christmas holiday
season.
Several of the faculty members
and students did the work last week.
Other decorations have been placed
in the offices of many of the faculty
members who have most classes in
that building.
LIBRARIAN TO BE
MARRIED DEC. 24
Miss Jeanne McShea, school libra
rian, will be married the day before
Christmas in St. Gabriel's rectory to
Harvey W. Harrison, manager of the
local Household Finance Corp. office.
The couple will spend their honey
moon in New York City. Miss McShea
is a graduate of Kutztown State
Teachers' College and Mr. Harrison is
a Bucknell alumnus.,
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sYLVAI
"HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"
ROTC Planning
Military Ball
Here January 7
The Reserve Officers Training
Corps unit here is making plans for
a military ball January 7. The affair
will be held in the Altamont Hotel
ballroom and music will be furnished
by Art Wendel- and his orchestra.
A committee, being advised by
Sgt. Joseph Flaherty, is making the
arrangements. Members are Hank
Ziegler, A. John Arruffo, Herb
Kump, Mike Sekerak, Howard Hall,
Cliff McCarty, Jack Sipple, Aaron
Lentz, and John Wersinger.
As a special feature, the commit
tee has extended an invitation to all
veterans attending the center to at
tend the ball. Since the ball will be
in dress uniform, these veterans have
been asked to wear the uniforms of
their respective services.
Those who are interested in at
tending are urged to make their res
ervations with Sgt. Flaherty or any
member of the steering committee as
soon as possible. This will enable the
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HAPPY
NEW YEAR
December 17,, 1948
n Center
Married Gl's
Have Successful
Study Formula
BY Beverly Silverman
There is no doubt that a lot of
changes will occur in the lives of
Hazleton Center students during the
Christmas vacation. If one of the
changes is marriage, then all is for
the best, facts have proved.
The following article is for the
veterans at H.U.C. who are and who
shall be married in the near future.
From a recent survey it has been
discovered that married Gl's attend
ing college apparently have a success
ful formula for happy marriage.
According to Dr. Judson T. Landis,
associate professor of sociology at
Michigan State College, the great
majority of couples are very happy.
The big factors are mutual agree
ment on goals and mutual interests.
While one of the reasons for diffi
culty in combining college and mar
riage is money problems, the greatest
problems are in-laws who are too
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