t within the
ings bui
the use of the faculty and 350 students en
rolled at the campus is shown above. The
Commonwealth Campuses
Old Mansion Once Used
As McKeesport tampiusi
By DOROTHY DRASHER IKeesport with almost 200 studentsi
(This is the, eighth in a series of ; enrolling.
articles concerning the Univers- I AFTER TWO YEARS with the',
ity's 19 Commonwealth campus- ( grade
degree program at the!
es. Today's article features the ,grade school site, a 10-acre un-
McKeesport campus.) developed area of land was given
Ito
,the University by William
The McKeesporl. campus had,Buck. a McKeesport realtor.-Then
t
three different locations in . fiveia community campaign was)
,years during the period when its launched to raise money for de
velopment" of: the s ite and the
associate degree program was
-- construction of b u ildings. .
being established for students is . Tons of land fill liiere used to,
the' area. ! level off the area and the $240,000
FOUR MILES fiom the
,presentir:ls used :
to
build a classroom
administration
sedin the communit y;
drive!
cl
site of the campus, the one - year!administration building. This fa
technical institute day program! cility also housed the i Library,
began in 1948 in ini old mansion. dispensary, faculty offices! and a
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The three-story; •20-room brickt cafeteria.
mansion had forMerly been used! Two years later when the '
science laboratory was added to
as a home for the aged. Even the ;campus, enrollment expanded
after considerable funds were but the male-female ratio still
spent for' repairs, on the house, remained at about 24-1.
it was not long before the site of 1 In 1959 the baccalaureate de
the campus was changed to the g ree , program was fira offered
third floor of a nearby grade
and more women then enrolled.
school' in a residential area
•
nroUment for the campus was
With youngsters learn ing at 315 when the newest building,
ABC's on the first and second! the Buck Student Union, was
• floors, the one-year technical dedicated last May.
.
. ,
program continued for the older! THE . STUDENT UNION -was
students in the rented third floor!
built from student fees and in
of the building. , !eludes areas for a lounge, book-
In 1953 the associate degree store, office space, student meet
program was inaugurated at Mc-' ng rooms and a cafeteria. -
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or used chiefly by engineering students since Oyu
half of those enrolled are in this mirk' uluns.
Walter A: Kearney, director of
the campus, has held the post
since 1959 when he succeeded
Daniel T. Hopkins, who is now
regional director off continuing
education for, the University.
'Frehch Partie, Set
ITo Honor Visitors
A mixer for the , lo Fiench stu
dents visiting, on campus for 13
days through 'the Experiment in
International Living Will be held
at 6:30 p.m. Wedneiday in the
Pollock area recreation room.
"La Fete Francais' or "French
party" will tje sponspred by the
Association of Women' Students.
Luther H. klarshbatger, profes
sor of religicin, will
~ ;be' a dinner
guest of AWS, at the,evening meal
Monday. Students rihtereSted in
,meeting and talking 'with him
should meet at 5:30 i p.m. in . the
recreation room of Pollock dining
hall_
Students viho do not have meal
tickets for the Pollock re." dining
hall should contact Janke Chrabas
at UN 5-8650 for reseivations. 4
AWS is al4o planning a theatte
party for the Mateer Playhouse
for interested students in the near
future, Sandra Whitely, president,
said last night. ; •
VANIA
Visiting Professors
Named_for
Appointments of several visit
ing professors for the academic
year 1962-63 have been announced
recently.
ELMER 1.. LUCAS, who has
served during the past three 'sum
mers on the faculty of the College
of Mineral Industries, 'is once
again a visiting prUessor of geol
ogy for the summer term.
Lucas has served on the faculty
of the University of Oklahoma
since 1941.
He has served also as a con
sulting geologist for oil companies,
working mainly 'in I the Rocky
Mountain region. His research has
been concerned primarily with oil
shale distillation in Oklahoma and
with sedimentary petrograptly.
CHARLES PERELMAN. of the
Free ,University of Brussels; Bel
gium, has been appointed a .dis
tinguished visiting professor of
philosophy and speech for the fall
term.
He is widely known as, an au
thority on the history and theory
of rhetoric and on the relations
between rhetoric and philosophy.
Perelman will teach a seminar on
the general theory 'of argumenta
tion and will also give courses in
speech. i .
KURT SCHUEITE, visiting pro
fssor of ' mathematics at Ei&
genossische Technische Hoc
schule, Zurich, Switzerland, has
been appointed visiting profes
sor of mathematics for the fall,
winter and spring termtt- He is a
logician specializing in •m et a
mathematics.
DENIS STEVENS, internation
ally known musicologist,' 'Com
poser, critic and conductor, 'has
been appointed a distinguished
visiting-professor of music for the
fall, winter and spring terms.
Since 1960, he has been serving
as professor of music at the Royal
Academy of Music in London.
From 1957 to .1962, he was also
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musicological consultant to the
British Broadcasting; Cerp., spe
cializing in medieval,lßenaisiance
and baroque music. , 1 1 •
The distinguished visiting pro
`
fessorship program was institgted
at the University in 1958 to enrich
the educational program by bring
ing - to the campus teachers and
scholars of international renown
whose presence will serve tol_in-
I splre and to instruct both students
'land faculty.
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