pace six Free-lance Author Attends Sessions Several weeks ago educators and laymen alike became enthusi astic over a new philosophy in education when they read a nine-page essay in Life magazine on the Allentown school system. The author of this essay, which has made the Allentown system a model for the entire country, is a free lance author named Richard Barnitz who is presently attending Penn State under the GI Bill of Rights. Barnitz. however, is no ordi nary GI. In addition to being a veteran of both won'd wars. serving as a private in the Arrnv in I end a private P—t dr>as in the Marine Corn® in TT Vie the Of the nlder-t to at tend Penn 0-tote U-’- Sg an( J W a° born on r’ -'-tmoq Day. B«r>an fta-cer * Barmt* ben p n bis writing career after World War I when he rose from corw bov to editor of the Hanover. Pa.. Times Her ald. He later was employed by the Chiea«o Times and the Inter national News Service. “I like shiftin" for mvsaif as a free lancer, though.” Barnitz said, “and I enioved mv essav on the Allentown system for Life most of all.” Biggest outlet for Barnitz’ tal ents has been the Readers’ di gest. His best known nieee in the Digest was entitled “How TDear to My Heart.” It is about his home town, Hanover. Son Is Prof Barnitz came to Penn State this summer because the GI Bill offered him a means of security, at least until he can get a job or sell some of his work. He has a temporary part-time job writing copy for publications of the Col lege’s Institute of Local Govern ment; He is probably the only grand father to ever attend the College. His son, a graduate of the Yale Graduate School, is a professor of sociology at the Fairmont State College in West Virginia. He also has a daughter. Lively Past Bamitz has led an exciting life, bat claims he is living on bor rowed time, having been pushed out of the window of a moving train while in the Marines, fallen A' « •* - 60 MAMV WOMEK) WASH CLOTHES WERE./ WWY MOT vOU ibc ax IT \