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November 11, 1993
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Memory Lane
Prying Open Delco’s History:
Fewer Students But More Fun
By Martyna Sliwinska
If you are an average Delco
student, you have heard so much about
the future of the campus that nothing
can surprise you. However,
somewhere in between the plain
present and the colorful future, a very
memorable past has been lost. Take
yourself back twenty-six years, when
the first students crossed the threshold
of Penn State’s Delaware County
Campus, and you will find an entire
bouquet of surprises.
It was fall of 1967 when the brand
new branch of Penn State, Delaware
County, opened its doors for incoming
freshmen. The administration was in
for a pleasant surprise when instead
of the expected 80 students, over 300
registered. With the faculty of twelve
and the quickly expanding student
body, Delco faced another problem:
its location.
Unbelievable as it seems, when
Delco first opened, it was located in
Chester, occupying the two bottom
floors of a roller rink! Such a
distraction could not go unnoticed. It
even forced the college to end its
classes at 3:30 PM, when the roller rink
would fill the entire area with loud
music and a cascade of colorful lights.
There still are some members of
the original faculty here on campus.
They are Dr. Priscilla Clement, who
was one of the first hired, Dr. Robert
Ginsburg, Dr. Jane Cooper, Dr. George
Franz, Dr. Michael Kersnick, Dr.
Kenneth Kinman, and Dr. Elizabeth
Buckmaster. The challenge was to be
very “universal” as each of the faculty
had to teach a couple of subjects each.
Dr. Buckmaster remembers, “The most
popular programs were the two year
programs with emphasis on
engineering.”
The students’ only link with
University Park was the enormously
popular All- U Day. Unlike today, the
event was the highlight of the year, a
huge celebration, and a wonderful
party with more than impressive
student attendance and involvement.
When asked about the biggest
change throughout the years, Dr.
Buckmaster firmly states with a smile:
“At the time, Viet Nam just started
becoming a very ‘unpopular’ war, and
that caused the students to be
extremely political. Not a day would
go by without the students making
their voice heard, whether it included
arranging for different speakers or just
taking a stand.”
Such a small setting and the
relatively small student and faculty
count enabled everyone to get to know
each other pretty well. Delaware
County Campus had become a very
cohesive group of students and
teachers, whom Dr. Buckmaster
describes as “exceptionally lively”
young people. She summed up her
memories by simply saying with a
sincere smile, “It was fun.”
Fun it certainly was, just as is
learning about Delco’s past. It does
have some quite surprising features
and some quite admirable people, who
have helped this campus to become
what it is today.
Music Instruction Combines Teaching
With Conducting and Music Therapy
By Wes Tomlinson
“The world is a better place
because of music” is an expression that
captures the philosophy of Dr. Folkert
H. Kadyk, popular professor of music
at Penn State Delco. Dr. Kadyk also
teaches music at the Delaware County
Community College and at
Immaculata College. He previously
was a classroom music teacher and
instrumental conductor in the Great
Valley School District.
Dr. Kadyk has served for several
years as the Assistant Conductor of
the Main Line Symphony Orchestra,
where he has performed as a bass
trombonist and euphonium (baritone
horn or tenor tuba) player for thirty
years. Dr. Kadyk can be heard at the
first concert of the Main Line
Symphony’s 48th Concert Season is at
8:00 P.M,, Friday, November 12, at the
Valley Forge Intermediate School on
Rt. 252, Valley Forge Road and Walker
Road. The concerts feature soloists
from the world famous Philadelphia
Orchestra.
In addition to teaching musicand
playing with the Main Line Symphony,
Dr. Kadyk also gives lessons for all of
the brass instruments in his private
studio. He has also used music as
therapy for emotional disorders with
patients at hospitals in this area.
He received his Doctorate in the
Psychology of Music and Music
Education from Temple University,
where he wrote his thesis on “How
Children Learn Music”. He received
Masters degrees from Temple and
Villanova and undergraduate degrees
in Engineering from Purdue University
and Music History and Theory from
the College of Wooster. He has also
studied at Yale University and the
University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kadyk has a son who is a
professional violinist and teacher and
a daughter who is a nurse and a
mother. He said that he is very much
interested in computers as a tool for
teachers and students.
Dr. Folkert H. Kadyk
~~ Photo by: WES TOMLINSON
semi-formal dance.
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The recent SGA Pumpkin Sale raised money for a proposed campus
Photo by: WES TOMLINSON
Chinese Masks Foreshadow
Spring Semester Celebration
By Jaime Wentworth
If you have passed through the
Library/Learning Center building
recently and poked your head into
Room 112 looking for Mrs. Kirker, you
may have noticed the huge papier
mache monster-like heads sitting off
to the side. Maybe you were puzzled,
amused, or curious. In any case, the
heads are part of the newest project in
Mrs. Kirker’s Design class of thirteen
students. ;
“We're making Chinese New
Year Masks,” says Kirker,”as part of
the Cultures Of Asia program. The
masks are decorated with bright colors
and draped from behind with a length
of gaudy material that'll really stand
out. In China, troupes of dancers use
the masks to perform on the Chinese
New Year. One dance they do is the
Lion Dance. *
This is only one of the projects
her class has done in tribute to the
Cultures of Asia program. The banners
that are hanging in the lounge of the
Library/Learning Center bearing a
Campus Debates
Activities Fee
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has a different view regarding the
proposed fee. “The Student Activities
Fee is not official. Just because it was
passed at the C.C.S.G meeting doesn’t
make it official. It still has to be
presented to the Board of Trustees and
after that there are several other
channels it has to go through.”
"Irepresented the student's views
at the C.C.S.G. meeting. I didn’t just
sit there,” Amy stated. She also insists
that a draft was made available at a
previous S.G.A meeting and warned
about the dangers of the various
rumors that are circulating around
campus about the fee. Amy also stated
that the details of the proposed fee are
still “sketchy”.
“They would like to see the fee
implemented by the Fall of 1994, but
that is just an estimate of the earliest it
could be implemented,” Amy said. “It
could possibly go through by then, but
I don’t think it can go through that
fast. The C.C.S.G. has battled with it
for two years so I can’t see it going
through so fast.”
Only time will tell if the Student
Activities Fee will be implemented in
the distant, or not so distant, future of
Penn State Delaware County.
white dragon on a red background also
were done by students for the
program. (Notice the initials PSU in
the body of the dragon as well as on
its tail.)
When the masks are finished, the
class will hang them from the ceiling
in the student lounge, making the
masks look as if they were in motion.
“We hope to have a troupe come from
Philadelphia to put on a professional
performance in January,” added Mrs.
Kirker.
So the next time you pop your
head in the door be sure to ask Mrs.
Kirker about the masks. There's a lot
of history behind themk, as well as
many interesting stories. And, don’t
forget to ask her about the Bodhi-
Dharmas.
-Dean’s List-
The Dean's List for the Summer '93
semester was recently released by
registrar Joyce S. Rigby. To be
named, a student has to achieve a
GPA of 3.5 or higher. The
following is a complete list in
alphabetical order:
Chu, Rei-Chieh Tiffany
Isaac, Roy Puthenparam
Jacoby, Ellen Heather
Madden, Michael James
Naggar, Hany Ahmed-Sai
Steinmetz, Cynthia Lee
Wagner, Michael David.
Getting Answers
By James Foltz
The Great Decisions ballot results
continue. Here are some more results:
Article 2: United Nations: What
role in the new world?
Issue A:
85% of the ballots cast voted that
they agreed the UN should be given
power by the U.S. and other member
states to be a world police man.
85% of the ballots cast voted that
they agreed the UN should have
intervened more strongly, and sooner,
in the former Yugoslavia.
92% of the ballots cast voted that
they agreed the UN should have
intervened more strongly and sooner,
in Somalia. :
77% of the ballots cast voted that
they agreed the U.S. should hold troops
in readiness for use by the UN as peace
keepers.