mm g—— ES 7 rN The Pennsylvania State University Delaware County Campus Vol. I, No. 3 CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA May, 1969 Ernest Repice SPRING THING FORMAL SCHEDULED “The Spring Thing”’—a formal dinner-dance sponsored by the Student Government Association— will be held May 10 at the George Washington Motor Lodge, King of Prussia. ; One of the highlights of the evening will be an awards cere- mony at which time students will be recognized for their outstand- ing achievements in scholarship, athletics, and various extra-cur- ricular activities. The winners of the student awards were selected by a faculty- staff committee composed of Dean Edward F. Linder, Mrs. Anne Karmatz, Mr. Edward M. Gehrin- ‘ger, Mr. Robert Spickler, Mr. Jo- seph G. Biscontini, Dr. A. Gregory ~ Morris and Mr. Arthur Martindale. The full-course dinner will be FOR MAY 10 served at 8:30. P.M. and will be followed by the awards cere- monies and dancing. Music will be provided by The Community, a seven-piece rock band. Three students at the Dela- ware County Campus — Joseph Renzetti, Nick Fantazzi, and Jo- seph Barbuto—are members of the group. (See feature, Page 3.) Tickets for the affair are avail able from Ed Onorato, SGA social chairman, or from special tables which will be set up near the SGA office. The attendance is not restricted to Delaware County Campus stu- dents, according to Onorato. He urged both men and women stu- dents at the campus to feel free to invite escorts from outside the campus if they so desire. 23 Army ROTC Cadets Earn Black Beret in Ranger Program Twenty-three Army ROTC -ca- dets at the campus have received black berets, admitting them into the Army’s special forces Ranger Program. The cadets received the dis- tinction after a vigorous 10-week training period which included both classroom instruction and training in counter-guerilla opera- tions. The training program in- cluded map reading, land naviga- tion, first aid and hand-to-hand combat. The training was held at the Ogontz Campus. The Ranger Program is an extra-curricular unit within the basic ROTC program. There are 48 men enrolled in the ROTC program at this campus. In addition to successfully com- pleting the classroom and field work, each cadet must present himself before a board of review for an oral examination. The last board consisted of Major Peter Van Dine, Dean Edward F. Lin- der, C.0. William Hewett and 1st Sgt. William Smith. The presentation of the berets was made by Lt. Col. Joseph Kay, assistant professor of military SUPHOMORE WORKS I MLA. DEGREE DURING SUMMERS Many college graduates obtain master’s - degrees by attending night school or summer sessions while holding a full-time job as an accountant, a reporter or an engineer. Rarely is it accom- plished by a full-time undergradu- ate college student. Ernest Repice, 19, a sixth term sophomore at the Delaware County Campus, is in the process of doing just that. Repice, a Spanish major at Penn State, graduated from South Philadelphia High School in June, 1967. He had studied Italian for four years at high school and his teacher, Mr. Nicholas F. DiArenzo, was so impressed with Repiece’s achievement that he suggested graduate school during the sum- mers. | Go— With a strong recommendation from DiArenzo and a formal ap- plication Repice was admitted into the 1968 summer session at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Middlebury is a four- year liberal arts college which serves as a graduate language school during the summers. Gra- duate ‘programs are offered in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. After completing his freshman year at the Delaware County Campus, Repice attended his first graduate courses at Middlebury. He was one of three undergradu- ates admitted into the Italian program which had a total en- rollment of 70. He successfully completed six graduate credits and will tackle eight more this summer, which will bring him half-way through his master’s program. Unfortunately, that’s as far as he can go without his bachelor’s degree. The B.A. is required be- fore the advanced degree can be granted. After completing his B.A. in Spanish (he also has 15 credits in French under his belt), Repice hopes to finish his master’s pro- gram in Florence, Italy, under a study abroad program sponsored by Middlebury. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Repice, 2229 S. Darien Street, Philadelphia. science at the Ogontz Campus, Maj. Peter Van Dine, and Campus Director John D. Vairo. The students receiving the berets were: John Zaprala, Wil- liam Hewitt, Edward Hollings- worth, David Alessi, James Wood, Charles Hackett, Edward Cava- naugh, Philip Moore, John Murray, Leonard Schuler, Kenneth Giza and Thomas Evans. Michael Borraccini, Charles Zic- cardi, Anthony Salvatore, Joseph Przygodzinski, Robert Patterson, John Capece, William Smith, John Hatman, George Hendrickson, James West and William Celins. SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR SUMMER TERM Sixteen courses in various subject areas will be offered to undergraduates during the summer term, according to John D. Vairo, campus director. All courses will be held on a Monday-Wednesday- Friday schedule at the campus. The ten-week summer term begins on June 26, 1969 and ends on September 5, 1969. Among the course offerings in the College of the Liberal Arts are introduction to microeconomic analysis, principles of economics, the writing of ideas, American history up to 1865, humanities, government and politics in modern society, introduction to logic, social problems, intergroup relations, and effective speech. College of Science course offerings include biological sciences, techniques of calculus and introduction to linear algebra. Elementary business statistics and international busi- ness will be offered for two-year associate degree students. The basic Army R.O.T.C. course and men’s physical education will also be offered. The tentative summer schedule is below. Code Course Period Room W10 ARMY 1 MWFEF 1 3 S13 BI SCI 1.1 MWF 1 108 S13 BI SCI 1.2 MWFEF 2 108 E20 BUS STAT 801 MWF 3 110 E30 COM 862 MWEFE 4 115 L16 ECON 2 MWFEF 5 112 1.16 ECON 14 MWF 1 116 L18 ENGL 3 MWEFE 2 112 : L34 HIST 20 MWEF 3 116 L36 HUMAN 1 MWF 4 116 S30 MATH 20 MWEFE 5 110 S30 MATH 63 MWF 1 110 L64 Pl. SC 3 MWEF 2 110 H10 PH ED 1.1 MWFEF 1 121 -H10 PH ED 12 MWEF 2 121 H10 PH ED 13 MWEF 4 121 L92 SOC 5 MWF 4 108 L92 SOC 19 MWEF 3 119 1.96 SPCH 200.1 MWEF 1 112 L96 SPCH 200.2 MWEF 3 119 Y.A.F. Chairman Submits Eight Requests to Campus Members of the Delaware County Campus chapter of Young Americans For Freedom have sub- mitted a list of eight requests to the administration of the campus. The requests were submitted to Campus Director John D. Vairo and Dean of Student Affairs Edward F. Linder, Jr. The requests were submitted on behalf of the Y.A.F. by Joseph Bacanskas, acting chairman. The text of the Y.A.F. paper follows: “Pursuit of academic excellence being the prime purpose of the University, the YOUNG AMERI- CANS FOR FREEDOM issue the following requests: 1) That solicitation for council- ‘men shall not be started (by the SGA) until at least the third week of the first term. 2) That there be a defined policy in regards to the letting of rooms for student activities established and made public. 3) That SGA shall not require a representative at its meetings from any independently chartered student group unless said group is directly subsidized through SGA. 4) That an elective course be given, in the form of an Under- graduate Thesis, in which the stu- dent has the freedom to pursue a particular subject which inter- ests him. The student shall meet with his advisor on the subject and determine how it is to be dealt with and at what length. It shall be a one, two, or three- credit course at the discretion of the advisor and the depth in which the student wishes to research. 5) That NEED be abolished, as the criterion for any University scholarships and a standardized test be instituted in order to judge whom the scholarships are to be awarded. The test should be made available to all students and their academic ability should be the criterion for the scholar- ships. 6) That registration be stream- lined so that the students will not (Continued on page 38)
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