: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
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