PAGE SIX College Enlarges, Expands Centers; Four Schools Open for First Time AVwg with the expansion program on campus, the College has enlarged and extended the of its Centers in a coordination of existing programs. Four more full-time Oaten are opening this fall at Erie, Harrisburg, McKeesport and York. ▲ 82-room home built by J. M. Risher about 25 years ago, and leased by the College, wfl bouse the McKeesport Center. The evening technical institute already established tharo Will move from the McKeesport Vocational School to the new site with classes held txtfh during the day and in the evening. 1 An institute of modem languages and a guidance clinic will also be included. According to Foster Grosh, who has been named admin istrative head of the new Center, the day institute will offer a one yaar technical course, equivalent to the five-year evening course. The plans for a Center in Erie were culminated in June with the to the College of the 450-acre Behrend estate, seven miles east o t Erie. Given by Mrs. Mary B. Behrend as a memorial to her late husband, Ernst R. Behrend, one of the founders of the Hammermill Paper Company, the school will provide instruction for nearly 200 Pan State freshmen and a day and technical institute. Harrisburg Center Kewly painted and remodeled, the Harrisburg Center, located at Swond —H McClay streets, will provide 12 classrooms, two labora tories, eight offices for faculty and Staff, a dispensary and a lounge. The center will offer three serv ices. a day and evening technical institute, an institute of modem languages and accommodations farPetm State freshmen. York is <he fourth new full-time Center to open and H will offer dsjr and evening technical insti- These four centers are in addi tion to tho ones already located at Allentown, Dußois, Altoona, Ha zelton, Pottsville, Swarthmore, and Wilkes-Barre. Swarthmore Expansion In addition to the opening Cen ters there will be an expansion of the Swarthmore Center with eve ning classes opening at Bristol Seotember 27. Classes will be held at Bristol and Morrisdale High Schools. Another Credit In the Telephone business ...for 21 years! ‘lt may seem like a long time to you ... but to me it’s just like yesterday that I started. "Guess that’s because it’s always been interesting... always so many phases of the business to learn... always something different and vital to do. “Right now I’m one of 125,000 men and women who have been in telephony for 21 years or more. They call us the ‘Telephone Pioneers of America.’ “I’ve seen the telephone industry come a long way— improving methods, developing new means of com munications. constantly growing. But in many fields we’ve hardly scratched the surface; we’re still pioneer ing. The future is full of challenges, and opportunities!” THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM Class Center for freshmen will open at Bradford under the su pervision of the Dußois Center. The Center is being opened there at the request of the Bradford Board of Commerce after a sur vey showing the need and desire of the community for a college center. The Center will offer freshmen courses in engineering and liberal arts. In addition to the freshmen it will accommodate persons desiring to enroll in part time work. New Altoona Site Steady growth of the Altoona Center since its establishment nine years ago resulted in the purchase of Ivyside Amusement Park. Located two miles north west of central city it is being converted into the “Penn State Center in Altoona.” The former skating rink, 100 by 50 feet, is being transformed into a single-story student union with a cafeteria ir.nnffp and book store. ROTC Students in Good Standing To Get Active Duty Deferments Within the limits of prescribed enrollment quotas, deferments from call to active military service under the Selective Service Act will be extended to selected ROTC students, whether they are enter ing their freshman year or are about to complete their formal edu cation this fall. The department of military science and tactics at the College has been advised of this decision by the Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Army. The over-all Army quota of those deferred from induction during the coming year totals 77,800 while the Air Force quota is 40,- 800. The quota to be allotted to Penn State has not been deter mined as yet, Col. Ben-Hur Chas taine, professor of military science and tactics at the College, said, To be eligible for deferment until the completion of their col lege training, students enrolled in ROTC units must remain in good standing in both their aca demic and military courses, must demonstrate proper and sufficient aptitude and leadership charac teristics to ultimately qualify for a commissioned appointment and must attend a summer training camp when ordered by competent authority. Active Duty Students who have been form ally enrolled in the advanced course before June 24, 1948, and who remain m good standing throughout the remainder of their academic and military courses, will automatically be deferred from induction until after the completion of the course, the dir ective stated. The directive also pointed out that the deferment procedure does not allow the non-veteran student, or the veteran with less than 90 days’ service, any indef inite exemption. Those ROTC stu dents who have completed less than 90 days active military ser will be subject to 21 months ac tive service as officers when call ed to duty by the President. All students falling within the 18 to 26 year age groups are ob liged to register with their local boards. When the student is cer tified for deferment by the pro fessor of military science and tac tics, both the student and the pro fessor of military science and tac tics will notify the local board of this action. Cancelling Deferments Failure to pass qualifying ex aminations, sub-standard acade mic and military grades, unsatis factory leadership traits, or un authorized absences from partici pation in the ROTC program were cited as reasons for cancell ing a deferment and the local SEE US FOR SNACKS Come in and see us for snacks. We have sandwiches and cokes to take back to your room. We also have a complete selection of magazines. THE NITTANY DELL Across from Atherton Hall SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948 CoL Ben-Hur Chastaine board again would be notified of such action. Colonel Chastaine said that more than 1000 freshmen men were expected to enroll for ROTC courses at 10 of the state teach er’s colleges and undergraduate centers; that about 470 students would be enrolled for the second year of elementary traning; and that the enrollment in the ad vanced course probably would exceed 225 students. Captain Brian B. O’Neill, ROTC public relations officer, has compiled a list of facts essential to sophomores taking first year ROTC. . , 1. Although being m ROTC does not mean an automatic ex emption from the draft, defer-, ment may be granted. Prior to deferment, a student must sign a statement in which he agrees to serve for two years as a commissioned officer, after commissioned, and on call by the Secretary of Defense. 3. After enrolling in ROTC 1,. a student is required to complete the basic course prior to gradua tion. 4. Students taking ROTC and advanced courses in their junior year are required to spend seven hours a week of military training. 5. Transferees to the College, who were not required to take ROTC in their freshman" year, are not required to take ROTC since they are considered trans fer students.
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