:THURSDAY, AUGUST 23. 1962
THE SHINGLE hung in front of this iwo-story center 61 college life for 125 students from the
way stone and brick building in Scranton identi- Scranton area. The bare branches of the sprawl
fies it as one of the Commonwealth campuses ing tree in front contrast with the rigid, formal
of the University. The building serves' as the appearance of the exterior of the building.
Bernreuter Cites Needs
For OSGA- 'Continuity'
i One of the primary problems df
student government is that it lacks
in continuity, Robert G. Bern
reuter, special assistant to the
President for student affairs, said
recently at the second annuar
summer conference of the Organ
' nation of Student Government As
sOciations„
The three-day OSGA conference
on "Student Leadership" was held
earlier this week at the Univer
sity. and attended by 'l5O repre
sentatives of the 14 Common-
Wealth campuses:
.1 STUDENT LEADERS. must
have= basic knowledge about the
objectives of their organizations
before they make and discuss
plans. Bernreuter said. In student
government, officers and repre
sentatives must confidently lead
the student body, he said. How
ever, these student leaders may
not be. able to do exactly what the
students want; they must formu
late and execute the poliice that
Would be_ best for the students,
he explained. • .
In the future, students ought to
have more responsibilities in
griverning themselves, he said.
Bernreuter said that•he hopes the
students would eventually be able
to control their own behavior al
most completely through their
judicial systems and by appoint
ing their own police force.
Continuing the theme of "Stu
dent Leadership", Irvin H.
,KOchel, director of the Behrend
campus, said that studeneleaders
have specific rights, privileges,
fteedoms and responsibilities. The
leaders have the responsibilities
of serving the students, of making
sure. that they are well informed
and of representing the University
With dignity, he said. One way of
Making_ sure that students are in
formed is to hold open student
government meetings, Kochel ex
plained,
• Kochel said that there are eight
characteristics of good student
leaders. The leaders must be will
ing to assume responsibility and
to make decisions, sensitive to
the needs of all • students. - willing
to take Criticism and willing to
admit and correct mistakes, •he
said.
He must also be able to give,
as well' as receive, directions and
be a loyal person to the' institu
tion and his constituents and an
honest- and trustworthy human
being, he said.
Emory J. ,Brown.;;profesor of
agricultural economics and rural
sociology, also gave i s speech on
"Group. Dynamics" in which .he
explained how to eocourage dif
ferent studehts to participate in
activity groups. Several delegates
acted out how to cope with some
of the difficult situations.
- WORKSHOPS were held on
"The Role of the Stddent Leader"
and 'on "Stimulating Interest in
Student Activities" jin which the
campuS representatives compared
and discussed ideas. and problems
of their campuses.
Representatives were informed
of the advances of the University
in growth' of enrollment and the
improvement in the quality of stu
dents and faculty in a speech by
T. Reed Ferguson, director of Uni-
Versity relations..
"In, 1956, only 43 per cent of
the entering freshmen were from
the top fifth of their preparatOry
school graduating class; in 1962
approximately four out of five of
the freshman (80 per cent) will be
from the toil' fifth,", Ferguson said.
Ferguson said that the student s
.
could help the University in its
expansion and improvement ef-
SUMMER COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
fort by knowing what is going on
and informing others.
TO LEND VARIETY to the
conference. Michael R. Lynch. pro
fessor of agriculture extension,
showed his slide collection of the
University. The delegates saw
such striking shots of the campus
as Old Main in a night exposure
spotlighting the tower with the
contrasting glittering white show
on the' grounds: They were also
able to see the comparison of the
Old and the new the original
Old Main building and the new
Beaver Staduim.
New College Diner
Do'writohn Between thet/Movies
Have you
been to
DEAN'S
WALK-IN?
If not . . .
LOOK
Hamburgers
15c
ThiCk Shakes
-20 c
French Fries
lOc
Corner of Pu g h & Swayer
Commonwealth Cam • see
Room
Exists
(This is the 11th in a series of
articles- concenting the Univers
ity's 14 Commonwealth campus
es. Today's article features the
Scranton campus.)
A 20-acre undevelOped plot of
eround located outside the city
limits of Scranton may someday
serve as the locritton of new and
expanded facilities for -students
in that .area.
THE LAND was purchased sev
,•ral years ago at a low cost by
the Advisory Board of the campus.
For the present time and for
the past 12 years, students taking
courses in Scranton have attended
classes in the two-story gray stone
and brick building shown above.
Tht—;building. built in the early
part of this century, is designed in
the Greek revival style. There are
125 students who are studying
under the two-year associate de
gree program at this campus.
It is a self-contained unit, with
all classrooms, laboratories, ad
ministrative offices, a small li
brary,. student lounges and dis
pensary located in one building.
The 30-year old building was
formerly an elementary school and
is now rented to the University at
A CRADLE OF PROGRESS The Infant
space age is growing fast. Our trips into space
cost billions. And your taxes are needed to
keep America ahead in the space race. But
there are *some people who would have dur
federal government spend your tax dollars to
build - rpm: federal electric plants and lines.
This is needless. Along with the nation's moie,
than 300 other investor-owned electric light
and - power companies, we can fdinish all the
electric power our. growing nation will =need.
Thisls no time for needless tax spending.
WEST - PENN POWER
lilior-oirnod. tax- imroiw-...14i4rN041 We* fn Mf/t~,,railliet
for Expansion
at Scranton
a 4 `norninal, price." The building
is sandwiched between houses in
a residential area in - northern
Scranton.
- The students' at this' campus,
like many,of their colleagues 'else
where, have adopted abbreviations
for their courses.
Those who are enrolled in the
drafting and design 'technology
curriculum refer to their program'
as "DDT.!' Those in the electrical
and- eleetmnies technology cur
riculum call their Progroin "EET."
All of the students commute
daily to classes since fl great '
Majority of them live within a 104
mile. radius or less.
ONLY ONE WOMAN in recent
months has enrolled at the cam
pus. In the past too, a great
majority of the students have been
'men. This is generally true at the
six Commonwealth en m puses
where only the associate degree
program is offered.
Robert E. Dawson. director at
the , campus, has served in this
position since ! the campus was
established in 195 t• Prior to that
time, he taught courses part:time
in the evening classes cponqored
by the University in -the Scranton
area since 1941_
PAGE FIVE