10—Collegian Anniversary Section Tuesday,. April 14, 1987
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COLLEGIAN
YEARS
April 17, 1936
PENN STATE IN THE WORLD WAR
Germans re-arm the Rhineland, Marshall Badog-
Bo's fascist legions havo.penctrated to the Lake Tana
region where the British sphere of influence is severely
menaced. Every paper carries news of border clashes
in Outer Mongolia
The . German student is under arms; he must spend
a year of his youth in compulsory military training.
Italian students are marching and dying in the furn-
ace•like plains of Ethiopia. All the students in Europe
are awake
American students, as a whole, are removed from
the 'terrific strain education feels under the, fascist des-
pots. The American student, however, shall be just as
regimented, just as helpless, as the European univer-
mity man when the patriots anti the jingoes make the
next wai
The American college today is losing whatever lib-
erty and dignity it may have once held. The slow stran-
gUlation and decay of democratic control of our own
cleAtinies is ‘a painful sight
We arc being led like lambs to the slaughter by the
Judas-goats who led us into the last war. The Penn
State men who died in the last great war went blindly,
without 'knowing that they were handing their lives
over in a monstrous. farce.
Among the Penn State men who dropped under the
Dec. 9, 1941
We Show Steady Hands
We sjped Japan's death warrant yesterday.
. With the formal declaration of war by Con
gress, the last barrier to the. Japanese bari-,kari
was hurdled. :United States' only altermgye,
war against Japan, climaxed a situation that
America didn't want, didn't invite; a war which
was forced upon us by Aids •powers.
• The reVerberations of the Sudden and fantastic
attack. upon American Possessions in 'the Pacific
Ocean threw Penn State students into a peak of
excitement and anxiety. The inevitable Ameri
can declaration of war heightened their emotion
al perplexity.
' The macabre hand .of war thrust itself into
,itudent life and demanded* American youth its
•nrice, because from the youth of the nation will
ng the nation's victory or defeat. All the
nation, terror, uncertainty; and upheaval of
wrote itself upon student 'faces.
;That part am I going to .play?" was the
Sh — xio'us question asked by deferred students,
potential - draftees, and coeds. "What are we to
do?" they inquired of each other. The answer
is not simple, probably not entirely correct, but
it i.? an answer which springs from common sense
plinking.
As students, we have a job to perform, bloody,
Senseless, and heartbreaking as it seems. We
must win. We must win by utilizing our natural
resources, our wealth, our strength, and . our lives.
lire must barter ourselves in the warring market
for the attractive and costly package , of .peace,
pn established peace at our own terms. •
.War is a job of legalized murder. As much as
individuals. decry the practice of bloodshed to
assert. their privileges, society still clings to its
Oct. 15, 1969
Editorial Opinion
is in complete sympathy with the aims of
The National Vietnam War Moratorium
and joins with thousands of other Americans
in protest of this. damnable war.
These Are,Some of the Pennsylvanians Slaughtered in Vietnam:
Auen, David 0., Blairsville
Abbott, Denis' E., McConnelsburg
Adam, Barr• L., Reading
Adams, Robert L. Jr.r Carlisle
Adams, Robert L.. Tarentum
Aikey, Timothy W., Warrensville
Allen, Richard C., Philadelphia
Allum, Daniel E., Milner
Althoff, Rodney E., York
Amantea, Samuel D., West Mifflin
Amos, Joe, Philadelphia
Anderson, William E. Jr., Acme
Andre, Douglas V., Chicora .
AuHere, Armand .1., Lansdale
Bagenstose, Tom J., Reading
Bagshaw, James M., Belleville
Baker, Jack A., Sipesville
Baker, Joseph W., Pittsburgh
Balmer, Wayne A., Beaver Springs
Balukonis, Richard C.,
West Hazleton
Samar, Larry K., Loganton
Barnett, John D. Jr., Reading
Barrott, William C., Philadelphia
Baun, David E., Mercer
Beck, Joseph R. Jr., Greencastle
Bell, Charles A., Philadelphia
Benning, William D., Pittsburgh
Sense, John F. Jr., Philadelphia
Benson, Arnold, Jr., Chester
Berg, Gerald L., Reading .
Beyrand, John M., Wyano
(Mohair, Michael F., Philadelphia
Bish, Leonard T., Plymouth
Btanchett, Stephen P.,
Philadelphia
Blanco, Charles J., Philadelphia
Blotzer, Edward J., Pittsburgh
Balkh; Kenneth C., Auburn
Bonney, Alan W., Easton
Boorman, James E., Hulmevllla
Booth, John R., 'Bainbridge
* Borick, Joseph .1., Wilkes•Barra
Bowman, John D., iii, Secant
Boyd, Richard K., Jr., Carlisle
Boyer,Steven H., Lancaster
Brayoy, Bryant, Jr., Philadelphia
Brennan, Gary 0., Pittsburgh
Brennan, John F., Braddock
Brillo, Albert, Jr., Canonsburg
Baker, Bernard G. Coraopolis
Brisoda, Stephen C.. Frackville
Brixton, Louis E., Coraopolis
Bronakoskl, James D., Erla
Brooks, James F. Jr., McKeesport
brooks, Richard W., 111.
Philadelphia
The Daily Collegian
Brophy. Patrick J., Erie
Brown, Michael P., Hazleton
'Brown, Ralph W., Benton
Brown, Sherrill V., Pittsburgh
Brown, Welter, Philadelphia
Bryan, Hector W., Philadelphia
Buckley, William R., Scranton
Burd, Harmon C., Derry
Davidson, Willlefn J., Jr..
Coatesville
Dayhoff, Ralph P.,' Harrisburg
Deeny, Michael F. 111, Levittown
Demolmmo, Anthony, Jr..
Wheatland
Dell, Kenneth J., East Vandergrift
Derrico, Jack E., Bethlehem
Devor, Kenneth L, Walnut Bottom
DeWitt, David E., Lancaster
Dick, William E., Jr., Pittsburgh
Diehl, Dana E., Shippensburg
Diffenderfer, Terry E., York •
Dillman, Wayne T., Philadelphia
Doddy, Victor L., Bethlehem
Donohue, Francis D., New Castle
Dorchek, George R., Johnstown
Doyle, Joseph C., Butter
Drake, Donald J., Mount Union
Dobbs, Raymond A.. Bellefonte
Dunlap, John T., lit, Feetserville
Durant, Willie, Philadelphia
Easton, David S., Pittsburgh
Ebert, Charles D., Pittsburgh
Eisenhart, Guy L., Lake Ariel
Eisenhower, William J.,
Trqut Run
Ellis, Adolphus, Aliquippa
Eltringhem, William D.,
granchdale
Falk, Richard W., Walnutport
Fawks, Ernest E., Altoona
Fedor, Terrence E., Allentown
Feeman, James 0., Roaring Serine
Fey, Glenn T., Ashley
Fine. Norman E., Jr.. Milton
Fisher, James R., Star Junction
Foley, Robert J. J.. Norristown
Fox, John W., Conshohocken
Fronts, Larry E., Punxsutawney
Frey, William A., York
Frey, Wlillem J., Monroeville
Frits. Martin C., Mecum'',
Fullerton, Fred S., Jr.. York
Fyock, Terry L., Indiana
Galata, John M., Greensburg
Gallagher, Joseph T., Philadelphia
Gamber, Robert A., York
Gault, Alen R.. .McKees Rocks
hail of steel in the last war were two athletes, Red Re
boot and Levi Lamb. Old grads will tell you what these
big fellows did to opponents on the gridirons and wrest
ling mats of that halcyon day, before they were mut.-
dered. Today we have a plaque in Rec hull to perpe
tuate the memories of these Penn State men.'
Wake up! We shall not die in a shameful slaugh
ter like Red and Levi. We know why they died; not for
natiopal honor, not for the sanctity of our womanhood,
not to make the world safe for democracy- They died
without knowing that the world would be safe for noth
ing because of their deaths.
Today we know more about what makes war, who
profits from war and who losts by war than Red and
Levi. We must use that knowledge to save our own
lives. We cannot shirk, we cannot evade, we must not
be discouraged by tjie spineless lads who would rather
not do anything about it.
The Peace Strike of next Wednesday is our way of
showing the irresponsible, power-drunk patriots and in
dustrialists who killed Red and Levi in the last war that
they cannot do the same to us.
We have a mighty force against them—all of us
gathered in•' a Peace Strike, along with 350,000 other
students in . the land. That will give them pause when
they stare tl►inking about a good war as a way out of
the depresSidp. They will think about . the• 350,000 and
the'•half Million there will, be next year when . nexe, they .
slah.to diiike the world safe for democracy 'or "when
they start the next war to end wars. They Will recog
pize our protest against compulsory ROTC; they will
realize 'that Students want to name their own destiny;
not to go off blindly like Red and Levi. •
•Penn Stale. men: do you want life or a plaque in.
Rec hall?
first natural law—that only the fittest of its group
shall •survive. Today, .Japan has forced us to
prove that law. . .
,We must sacrefice. We must give up our ideals,
careers, homes, and lives to help maintain our
chosen method of living. But, above all, we must
think. The utilization of our mental . and physical
advantages will be wasted unless We learn to ap
ply ourselves.
Our job? • We can serve our nation'a:s.effectiVe
ly as possible by staying where we are, keeping
our heads, and pursuing the same objectives until
we are called upon to do a specific task. Like
squirrel who run from one tree to an
other, We are of no use to the nation by running
from our present duties. Only by mobilizing the
total strength, the coordination of forces behind
the army, can the United States best carry on - its
war against Japan.
Students playa big part in smoothing out this
behind-the-scenes organization. By •doing the
tasks • they are assigned to do, by staying in• col
lege and educating themselves until Uncle Sam
'beckons his long arm, students are helping to
maintain a national - equilibrium.
In these abnormal times, students must estab
lish a normal attitude. They should not hap
'iazardly attempt to leave college to join the army
or. take national defense jobs until the need is
apparent. By attending college, they will im
• ve the orderly system of war which the United
e -- %----. , iovernment is setting up. ' • '
- ugly business in which we . are dow•en-
N ......,
\.'nd no savor. In this picture of deadly
\ '.. dshed, we find no relief. But' we
\ ‘:'Jsfaction—the fulfilling of a duty,
\N \ , 'which may lead to the most
\\ tvoi:ld —peace .
Gay, Curtis T,, McKeesport
Gearhart, Donald L., Pittsburgh
Glambrpne. Richard L.,
Norristown
Gibble, Alvain R., Lancaster
Gigllotti, 4 1 Alchool, Johnsonburg
Gingery, John 8., Carlisle .
Gies, Donald R. ' Spring Grove
Gleam, Darry F., Harleysville
Glelxner, William A.,
.Mechanicsbura
Gloriosa, John A. Lansdale
Golebiewski, Ronald F., Pittsburgh
Gorman, Henry W., Philadelphia
Gough, Linwood, Philadelphia
Grasser, Harold P., Manna Choice
Grassi, Lawrence G., Bradford •
McCreight,,Joseph 'T., Philadelphia
McCoen, William D., Jr.,
Philadelphia
McElwee, Thomas, Phila.:llphi,
McGill, James G., Johnstown
McGinnis, Harry F., Jr.
Pittsburgh
McMaster, Glenn L., Bolivar
McMonegal, John J., Jr..
Girardville
McMullen, Gene S., West Chester
McNeish, Richard L., Mercer
McNichols, Richard F.,
Philadelphia
•
McVay, Richard W., Pittsburgh
McWilliams, Robert H., Jr..
Canton
Meiss. Robert W., Jr., Yardley
MeCzkowski, Joseph, Philadelphia
Miller. Gary L., Rochester
Miller, Stephen P.. Philadelphia
Minor. Robert P., Philadelphia
Mohn, Richard S., Lebanon
Moll, Wayne T., Bethlehem
Monteith, Robert F., Jerome
Montgomery, Clarence W.,
Pittsburgh
Moore, William J., Philadelphia
Morales, Julio V..
Philadelphia
Morgan, George, Philadelphia
Morningstar, Robert L.,
Wart ordsburg
Morris, Jeffrey L., Harrisburg
Morrow, Harold E., Valencia
Moyle. Wesley A., Duquesne
Murphy, John J., Philadelphia
Myers, David G., State College
Neal Reuben J., Wheatland
Neldrick, Jack L., Erie
Neumver, Owen F., Harrisburg
-J T. D
Newby, Frederick A., Jr.,
Philadelphia
Nye, Jerry W., Hummelstown
Oates, Samuel A., Jr..
Philadelphia
Moyer, Barry Reinhold'
Mullins, Edward P., Bethlehem
Murphy, John P., Conshohocken
Mutter, Alvin G., Boyertown
Nate, Timothy M., Strausstown
Nahodil, Donald A., Jr.. Shamokir
Nicholson, Georg. J.,
Reynoldsville
Mika, Joseph S., Philadelphia
Nixon, Robert J., Posit
Noden, Timothy J., LinWooet
Nolan, Charles A., Jr., •
Philadelphia
Noland, Kenneth E., Chester 7 .
Null, Ricky L., Lemoyne
O'Donnell, John T., Philadelphia
O'Toole, Peter J., Pittsburgh..
eiacobello, Frank A.. Jr..
Coatesville
Glennln!, Michael A.,
Philadelphia •
Ginter, Edward .1., Greensburg
Glowlak, Frank A., Plymouth
Good, Paul E., Sherpsville
Goshorn, Waletr L., Mifflintown
Graeser, Calvin K., Jr., Wayne
Griffin, Sammie, Philadelphia
Groft.Ronald H., Christiana
Haefner, David R., Williamsport
Hairston, Melvin L.,
Philadelphia
Ham, Geoffrey L., Ivyland
Hamilton, Joseph T., Philadelphia
Hammond, Russell E., Pittsburg't
Hanna, Robert, Philadelphia,
Hannigan, Thomas M., Jr.,
Philadelphia
Hans, Nell R., Muncy
Hargrave, John K., Glenside
Haring, Walter W.,, Easton
Harmon, Dennis G., Belleville
Harper, Thomas 0., Jr.,
Philadelphia
Haworth, William H., Bristol
Haylett, Larry C., Franklin
Haynes, Robert E., Pittsburgh
Heaps, Charles W., Mount Joy
Heath, Russell M., Philadelphia
Henderson, Charles E.
,Philadelphia
Hennessy, Daniel A.,
Newtown
Henry, Leonard 1., Erie
Henry, Scott 0., Commodore
Henninger, Arthur J., Emmaus
Herrin, Larry F., Glen Mills
Hershman, Kenneth, Philadelphia
Hess, Larri, L., Gettysburg
Hess, Paul J., Jr., Sharon
Heiser, Joseph E., Jr., Irwin
Heuston, Gerald W.,
Roaring Spring
Hewlett, Dennis H.,
Philadelphia
Heydt, Richard 8., Reading
Hicks, James R., Philadelphia
Higgins, Matthew, Philadelphia
Hill, David W., Erie
Hirst, Robert L., Allentown
Hockenberry, Joseph L.,
Yeagertown
Hoffman, Dennis lE., Orwin
Holler, Courtney P., Jr., ' •
Shippensburg •
Hellenbech, Merlin C., Andress
Holliday, James W., Souderton
Holloway, Edwin' N., 111,
Flourtown
Hommel, David E.,
Mt. Pleasant Mills
Hopkins, Irvin J., Philadelphia
Horvath, William F., Pittsburgh
Horwitz, Stanley L., Harrisburg
Houser, Clyde R., Jr.,
Troxlertown
Hollenbsch, Kenneth R.,
Allentown
Horvath, Charles W., Bethlehem
Hovanclk, Andrew M., Jr.,
New Brighton
Moyer, Michael G., Reading
Collegian part of
By JOHN LOTT
For a crew-cut farm boy from Gettysburg, Penn
State in the sixties was a cup running over with culture
shock.
I arrived in Happy Valley in the fall of 1962, vowing
I'd milked my last cow and determined to become a
sports writer. By the time I left graduate school six
years later, my hair was longer and I was as tired of
sports Writing as I had been of milking cows.
Along the way, I had been jolted into a new aware
ness of what mattered. And The Daily Collegian had
helped me discover that the press could make a
difference for the better.
During my Penn State years, I had been witness to,
and part of, the biggest student revolution the campus
had ever seen. It changed all of us. For some of us, the
change was profound.
The Collegian office, located then in the basement of
Sackett Building, was practically my home during my
undergraduate years. I pulled my all-nighters there,
studying with my feet propped on the sports desk. I
wrote my term papers there, the chatter of a single
.typewriter echoing from the concrete floor to the 12-
foot-high ceiling. At the city desk, I consumed a steady
diet of takeout Cokes and greasy burgers from the New
College Diner. And sometimes, draped over the rim, I
slept there.
As it was for so many before and since, the Collegian
was my life, the start of a lasting love affair with
newspapering.
For the Collegian of the sixties, there was no short
age of drama on the front page and in the office. Those
were'exciting, head-spinning times perhaps the best
of times to be a Penn State student and a Collegian
staffer. '
Youth had always been rebellious, of course. But this
was different. As a nation gasped, students took to the
streets, waved signs, shouted slogans and occupied
buildings. The targets were war and racism and at
Penn State, a peculiar brand of sexism.
The movement came late to idyllic Happy Valley,
but by the mid-sixties, the pages of the Collegian began
to reverberate with the times: draft-card burnings,
protests against the university's military research,
SDS . vs. YAF the Students for a Democratic Society
on the left jousting with the Young Americans for
Freedom on the right.
For those of us still naive about the high ideals of
journalism, covering the campus in the Sixties soon
disabused us of one notion. Objectivity was impossible.
A Collegian reporter might . start on neutral ground
when assigned to cover SDS, but even the most
conscientious staffer found it difficult to remain de
tached from the story.
It was a frenzied baptism into political reporting.
Some Collegian reporters grew cynical before their
time. Others began to embrace the revealed truth they
were writing about.
We also knew that a story perceived as favorable to
one side would likely inspire an angry visitation from
the other. Leaders of the newly politicized student
groups paraded into and out of the Collegian office,
seeking favor or screaming foul. If they were happy,
they'd lounge about the rim, making small talk. If
angry, they'd march straight to the editor's office and
pound on the door, which often had just been slammed
shut by its eagle-eyed proprietor.
The student body was united on one issue perhaps
the biggest of all at Penn State in the mid-Sixties. While
Vietnam galvanized students across the land and
polarized a nation, Penn State students were rocking
their rulers in Old Main over something we'd label
today as institutional sexism.
Then, we called it in loco parentis.
Isley, Charles L., 111, Philadelphia
Jackson, Alvin E., Philadelphia
Jackson, Joseph E., Lancaster
Jacksan, Lehron, Jr.,
Philadelphia
Jacksan, Richard 8., Philadelphia
Jankowski, Walter J.,
Chester Springs
Jemison, John L.. Pittsburgh
Jeremicz, Gregory, Philadelphia
Johnson, Arthur A., Philadelphia
Johnson, George H., Croydon
Johnson, Theodore, Honmestead
Johnston, Clement 11., Jr.,
Pittsburgh
Johnston, Randy L., Reinholds
Johnston, Thomas P., Philadelphia
Jolley, John W., Jr., Philadelphia
Jones, Perry K., Philadelphia
Jones, Reese A., Quakake
Jordan, Reginald A., Philadelphia
Kaiser. Dennis D., Latrobe
Kaspaul, Alfred A., Fairview
Keenan, Donald Wayne, Claysvllle
Keylovlts, Edward J., •
Northampton
Kelley, Leon J., 111, Pittsburgh
Kemerer, Thomas 8.,
Mt, Pleasant
Kennedy, Thomas J., Jr., Erie
Kessel, Robert L., Gettysburg
Kibler, Alfred J., Altoona
Kinard, Larry V., Philadelphia
Kinnear, Lawrence F.,
liEtiEnB
Kierlc. Terrance E., Sharon
Knepp, Glenn D., Jr.. Bigler
Kooser, Kenneth 8., tonnelisville
Kotik, Robert J., McKees Rocks
Kreisher, Sidney G., Lewistown
Koreyich, William A..
Philadelphia
Unveil°, Michael L., Hershey
Lanskl, Joseph W., Philadelphia
Lauer. Michael 0., Allentown
Laws, Dwight W., Philadelphia
Lefever, David IL, Norristown
Lenertowlcz, Charles, Philadelphia
Lesslg, Daniel K., West Reading
Light, Joseph M., Pittsburgh
lightmen, Samuel, Ambrdlge
Linderman, Mark T., Lansdale
Link, Raymond P., Buller
Listorti, Joseph A., Elwood City
Dick, Timothy M., Greensburg
Dineen, Thomas G., Jr..
Lansdowne
Disslnger, Gary F., Lebanon
Dixon,- Stephen D., Philadelphia
Orendorlf, Ernest E., Jr.,
West Chester
Orley, Walter F., Emmaus
Ors!no, John 9., Philadelphia
Oltey, Carlton M., Chester
Palma, Francis M., Philadelphia
Palmer, James. L., Philadelphia
Parker, Vernon H., Jr., Secant
Paropacic, John P., St. Marys
Paul, Jay, Philathiphia
Pettiford, James 1..., Clairton
Pettus, Kenneth, Philadelphia
Plesakov, Luciano P., Hllllarda
Potts, Jerry, Harrisburg
Price, Barry C.. Chester
Proudloot, Lewis H.. 111, Elevraon
Railing, Charles D.,
Chambersburg
Ramey, Vernon L., Pittsburgh
Ream, Gary L., Carlisle
RPddinaton. Jarnes,j., Scranton
Oakes, Jack W., Kennerdell
Ochs, Valentine A., • Sandy Lek.
Olnewskl, John M.. Phllodelphli!
Onderto, John P.. Monessen
Orison, Louis J., Burgettstown
Oscefus, John A., Pittsburgh
ostitin, Joseph L., Pittsburgh
Palm, Allan H., Greenyille •
Park, Joseph C., Jr., Horsham
Parola, Jay W.. Charleroi
Pass, John, 111, McKee' Rooks
Passanante, William J.,
Pittsburgh
• • •
Perko', Anthony P., Irwin
Patterson, Robert D., Leechburg
Pentland. James D., Pittsburgh
People, James D., Altoona •.
Perrin', Robert R., Wllkes•Barre
Platowskl, Robert J., Philadelphia
Mon!, Pietro, Hannastown
Policastro, Mark E., Renovo
Porter, James F., Warrington "
Porter, Timothy M., Pittsburgh
Powers, James W., Jr.,
Loya!henna
Pratner, Allen J., Euclid
Price, Arnold. W., Philadelphia
Price, Rodney A., New Enterprise
Probst, Delmar W., Erie
Rauber, William, Wheatland
Reale, John IL, 111, Philadelphia
Reed, Gary 0., Lyndora
=2on=l
Reed, Scott D., Reading
Reeder, Edward J., Boothwyn
Rees, William A.. Drexel Hill
Reims, M. Raymond. Bristol
Relele, Aaron H., Hershey
Remper, Gerold N., Tarentum
Reynolds, Robert M., Imperial -.
Rice, Jack W., New Enterprise
Richardson, James, Philadelphia
Rlsner, Wayne E., Philadelphia
Ritchey, Clair F., Jr.; Everett
Rltsick, EdWard, Austin
Rodman, David 8., Hanover
Rodriguez, Louis, Ambridge '•
Rogers, Kenneth L., Pltisbursh•
Roniig, Leroy H., McClure
Meyers, David R., Washington
Myers, Richard V., Glenmoore
Nadolskl, Robert, New Florence
Natoli, Joseph R.. Clearfield
Neff, Phillip E., Mill Nall •
Nemchick, Michael J.,
McKeesport
Nichols, Colin K., Spartanburg
Nickerson, Lewis R., Pittsburgh
Whitlow, Robert J., Garret
Niernann, David L:, Conneautville
Norman, Gary L, Erie
Nostadt, Frank J., Jr., •
Philadelphia
O'Brien, William J., Connellsvllle
O'Neil, Robert A., Allentown
Ockey, Bruce G., Plttsburgh
Olds, John H., Philadelphia
Olearnick, Thomas, Mt. Carmel
Olzak, Raymond D., Pittsburgh
Opllnger, David P., Allentown
Palusclo, John J., Harrisburg . •
Panella, Nick Jr., Aliquippa •
Paolantonlo, Bennie J., Ambridge
Patrillo, Albert J., Susquehanna
Patterson, Earl A., Tionesta
Paull, Chaster D., Wilkes• Barre
Pearson, George B. 111, Towanda
Pellegrino, Joseph D.,
Philadelphia
Pelullo, Leonard S., Philadelphia
Perry, Timothy E., Mariinshurp
Pierce, Larry W.. Baden
Pliska, Michael D., McKeesport
Posiesnlk, Wayne A., Clairton
Post, Daniel G., Philadelphia
Potempe, Louis W., •Philadelphia
Powell, Richard E., Royersford
Powers, William M., Erie
Prazinko, Robert J., Reyloi •
Pye, Safford S., Bucks
Pysher, Gerald J., Ackermanville
Guinn Raymond F., Imperial
Rafferty, Edward J., Havertown
Raiford, Charles L. Jr., Pittsburgh
Ralph, David E., Philadelphia
Ralston, James V., Bradford
Ramalio, Charles E. Jr.,
Allison Perk
Redmond, Carter, Philadelphia
Reese, William R.; Norristown
Reichert, Lawrence J..
Philadelphia • • •
Reilly, Edward W., Upper Darby
Reilly, James J., Jr.. Washington
Richards. Charles H.. Jr..
Canonsburg
changing world
That pretentious tag referred to the university rule
that barred women students from living off-campus
and, among other things, prohibited women from
visiting the apartments of male students. All in the
interest of protecting the weaker sex from whatever
might befall them after curfew, which, if memory
serves, was 11:30 p.m: on week nights and 1 a.m. on
weekends.
Where students reserved their demonstrative ten
dencies for football rallies, suddenly Old Main lawn
was covered with angry crowds, chanting, singing,
cheering the speeches of their leaders, jeering any
administrator brave enough to face them.
If it couldn't stop a war in Vietnam, student power
might at least stop an archaic, sexist policy in our
midst. It did.
Another quaint rule the "balanced speakers
policy" also drew our indignation. Old Main decreed
that a visiting anti-war speaker had to be "balanced"
in short order by, say, a visiting four-star general. For
a time, the administration was bogged down with this
business of balancing, according to standards no one
understood, apparently in the interest of keeping
everyone's mind stuck in neutral.
Besides covering the protests on our doorstep, we
wrote stories about PSU students going south to help
register black voters. We wrote about the death of God
(concluding that reports of his/her demise were pre
mature). I interviewed Dick Gregory, the black come
dian and activist, backstage at Rec Hall and William
Scranton; the governor, over chicken and cold cuts at
his mansion.
I also met the local sheriff when he visited the
Collegian office to serve the papers for my first libel
suit. The aggrieved party was a professor. Columnist
Mel Ziegler had "evaluated" his course in print. As
editor, I had hurriedly approved Mel's copy at two
minutes to deadline. We settled out of court.
Years later, as I try to bring those times back into
focus, the tumult, the shouting and the headlines aren't
the first things that come to mind. What I remember
most are the clatter and clutter of the Collegian
newsroom, the late nights in the smoky Centre Daily
Times composing room, and the post-mortems at the
Diner after the paper had been tucked in.
The Collegian was its people, and we were a tight
bunch. We laughed with each other, screamed at each
other and, in a few cases, fell in and out of love with
each other. Through it all, we shared the exhaustion
and excitement of a communal push for excellence.
The cup was indeed overflowing, and the company was
good.
Among my most vivid memories are the long walks
home alone at 3 a.m. after putting the paper to bed. I
can still remember how I'd review in obsessive' detail
the creation of another Collegian, wondering if we'd
gone too far with this story or not far enough with that,
hoping some layout idea I'd copied , from the New York
Herald-Tribune would look good in the morning, wish
ing I could retrieve the editorial to rewrite a crucial
sentence.
Most of all, I remember how good it all felt, how
much fun it was. I discovered that I didn't want to be
just a reporter, or photographer, or editor. I wanted it
all. I loved the process of producing a newspaper, from
start to finish, and the incredible learning that went
with it.
At the Collegian, I learned there was something very
special even noble about the newspaper business.
I still believe that. And I'm grateful to the Collegian
and Penn State for the chance to make that discovery.
John Lott was Collegian editor in 1965-66. After
working in Ontario newspapers for 12 years, he be
came journalism coordinator at Centennial College in
Toronto in 1980.
Weiser, Charles A.. 111,
Philadelphia
PtifteY. Tracy H., Downingtown
Rigale, Joseph D., Coraopolis
Riley, Howard G., Philadelphia
Riley, Howard G., Philadelphia .
Ritz, Marshall L.., Delta
Roberts, Charles G., Brownsville
Thomas, Michael .C., ArimdtsvMs
Tice, Edward J., HI,
Williamsport
Tigue. Paul E., Jr.. Stroudsburg
Towner, John G. Towanda
Townsend, George .H..
Philadelphia
Trievel, Clyda E., Jr., Boyertown
Valentine, James R., Johnstown
Valint, Julius J., Jr., Uniontown
Van Keuren, Depuy R., Emmaus
Verbilia, David, Tamaqua
Verdinek, George T., Bridgeville
Vernon, Paul L, liomstead
Wagner, William J., Jr.. •
Pittsburgh
Walker, 'James Pt., Pittsburgh
Walls, William H., Horsham,
Walter, Clifton M., Erie
Wargo, Dennis M., Clairton
Warren, Robert M., Pen Argyl
Weatherby, John G., RoCkledge
Weber, Jerome P.. Pittsburgh
Weest, James J., Colwyn
Welker, Abram J., Wyncott
W/1111121, Edward A., Warrington
Welsh, Lewis N., Philadelphia
West, James E., McKeesport
White, Eugene, Philadelphia
White. William 1.,
North VandergrlN
Wicket, Kenneth W., West Lawn
Williams, Kerry L., Philadelphia
Williams, Ronald A., Philadelphia
Williams, Stephen, Philadelphia
Williams, Woodrow, Philadelphia
Wlllow, Robert , G., Johnsonbura
Woodward, Wayne H., Philadelphia
Warman, Chester E., Jr., Easton
Yartymyk, Michael H.,
Freemansburo
Yeutter, Danlel J., Philadelphia
Zoog, Charles L., Mt. Pleasant
Andrews, Dennis D., Pittsburgh
Asherman, Aldon M., Jr.,
Towanda
Barnes, Donald .1., Philadelphia
Burkett, Herold E., Lewistown
Byrne, Cone, .1., 111, Drexel Hill
Charnel, Andrew P., Scenery Hill
Clifford, Micheal .1., Avoca
Clydesdale, Charles F., Piltsbureh
Dickson, Edward A., Wyoming
Ellis, Raymond, Gettysburg
Gilbert, David A., Montouravilla
Holt, Ralph D., It, •
New Cumberland •
Holder, Kenneth L.. Mt—Wolf
Kearney, David 0.. Pittibursh
Lynn, Doyle W., Aliquippa
Mcßride, Earl. P., Want
McCormick, John W., Jr.,
VlHaney'
Mossman, Joe R., Springfield;,'
Oxley. James K.. Bradford ..
Salisberrif. Larry G.. Washington
Williams, Franklin 5.,
Philadelphia
Williams, Joseph T., Philadelphia
Williams, Joseph T., Philadelphia
Williams, Lonnie C., Philadelphia
Willis, John 11:, Philadelphia
Wilson, Harry C., 11, Richboro
'Wilson, Lloyd C., Philadelphia
Winkelyoss, Thomas
McKeesport •
Wlnowitch, Theodore A.,
•Pittsburgh
Wise. James D., Pittsburgh
Woods, Gregory W., Pittsburgh
Warman, Kenneth G., Perkasie
Wyles; Donald C., 'Saxton
Wylie, Glenn R., Saxdnburg • •
Yasenosky, Andrew R., Leckrane
Yatsko; Joseph P.,, Jr., Levittown
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Yeast, John, Edinboro
Young, Ronald E., Harrisburg
Zackowskl, Edward F.,
Philadelphia
Zavislan, Barry A., Uniontown
Zelenick, John M., Pittsburgh
Zerfass, Jerome V., Bethlehem
Albrecht, George H., Terrace
Bevich, George M., Jr.,
Summit Hill
Bottesch, John R., Munhall
Cestaric, Joseph A., Midland
Cote, John M., Philadelphia
Downey, Earl G., Williamsport
Hetrick, Raymond H.. Brookville
Hincewic:, Edward J., Scranton
Korpics, Anthony F., Bethlehem
Lielmanis Atls"K., Quakertown
Lukasik, Bernard F., Dickson City
McEwen, James A., Washington.
Mittel, Lonny L., Red Lion
Nuschke, Edgar E.. Austin
O'arien, John L., Pittsburgh
Preaux, Thomas A., Cecil
Purcell, Howard P., Lansdowne
Riddle, Oliver .1., Coraopolis
Rance, Robert F., Norristown
Shell, Robert 1.., Klmberton
Stearns. Allan J., Girard
WestfelL Robert L.: Meadville
Weyandt, Irvin G., Ciaysbore
Widener, Michael E., Connellsville
Yeingst, Peter J., Elverson '
Abbott, Raymond L., Sugar Grove
Adamoll, Rowland J., Philadelphia
Addison, John E., Philadelphia
Aloe!diner, Eldridge C.,
Havertown •
Allen, •John 8., Philadelphia
Almoney, Jahn S., York
Anderson, James, Philadelphia
Andrew, Dennis R., Easton
Antonace, John Jr., Lower Burrell
Atherton, Frank W., .Templeton
Baer, Glenn C., Reading
Bailey; Thomas E., Columbia .
•
Mimi% Barry T.. Springfield
Buti, Frederick A., Barnesbord
Camarole. Manfred F..
Philadelphia
Camino. Jahn E.,' Brownsville
Cara, Robert J., Philadelphia
Carey, John P. J., Pittsburgh
Carnet, Patrick J.. Philadelphia
Carney, Thomas E.. Stroudsburg
Carr, Robert H., Philadelphia
Carr, Robert H.. Jr.. Beaver Fat
CasP, Michael A. Beaver ' •
Cassel, Ronald R., Harrisburg
Cavarocchi, J., Philadelphia
Cerene, Ambrose J., Olyphant
Chase, Raymond H., Jr.,
Meadville
Chalman, Nathaniel, Pittsburgh
Christy, Albert K., Mercer
Chutchatschinow, We
Philadelphia
Clark, Reuben L., Jr., Philadelphia
Clinger, Guy W., Jr., Lewistown
Ccbarrubfo, Louis A.,. Philadelphia
Coffey, Edward A.. Pittsburgh
Cottleid, John D., Philadelphia •
Cole, William N., Clairton • •
Coleman, Joel CI., Pittsburgh
Collins, John J., Vandergrift
Collins, Michael T., Philadelphia
Cooper, Alexander, Philadelphia
Correll, Joseph C., Hamburg
Covington, Hopson, Bristol
Cox, David L., Jr., Pittsburgh
Cox, Edward J., Jeannette
Cration, James .1., Philadelphia
Cralo, David, 111, Pitcairn
Crane, Donald E., Stillwater
Cross, Joseph A.. Philadelphia
Crowder, Raymond 0.. Jr..
Chadds Ford
Cryster, James P., Ili, Pittsburgh
Cummings, Richard M.,'
Wilkes-Barre
Dahr, John W.. Dlllsburo
Dalai', John F., Penndel
Danowild, David L. Philadelphia
Century
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COMMUNICATIONS
CAREER DAY
Join alumni
and friends who will be
on campus to share their experiences
on communications careers in
advertising, broadcast/cable, film &
video, newspapers, magazines,
public relations and graduate school.
April
105 5 The institution which would eventually become
The Pennsylvania State University was char
tered. Although no communication areas were
among the initial fare, an 1857 announcement
claimed "writing for the press" as one of the
"subjects proposed to be taught."
11 073 Penn State's first instruction in the ordinary
operations of transmitting and receiving mes
sages through telegraphy was offered. In 1 879,
phonography was added as a course which
would be available from time to time. Both
were apparently dropped shortly thereafter.
1007 While electric lights were first being installed at
" Old Main, The Free Lance was being launched
as Penn State's first student publication. The
paper folded in April 1904, but within five
months The Collegian was born.
903 The Carnegie Library Building was erected
thanks to a $150,000 gift from Andrew Carne
gie. When the main library moved to its current
location in 1940, the Department of Journalism
moved in.
1914 Penn State's first separate journalism course,
Rhet. 14 Journalistic Writings, was listed
among the English Department's offerings. A
second journalism course, concentrating on
copyediting, was added in 1914. The journa
lism major became an integral part of a new
Journalism Department created in 1929. In
1955, the department became a School of
Journalism within the College of the Liberal Arts.
School
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Communications
1920 Penn State's first advertising course, Journ.
26 Writing Advertisements, was listed among
the English Composition and Journalism Depart
ment's offerings. A separate advertising major
was created within the Department of Journa
lism in 1937.
930 Penn State's first course dealing with film and
" telecommunication, Dram. 61 Appreciation
of the Theatre, Cinema and Radio, was offered.
The film/television production major was cre
ated by the Department of Theater Arts in
1968.
1941 Penn State's first separate telecommunications
course, Speech 300 Principles of Radio
Speech, was listed in the Speech Department's
offerings. A broadcasting major was first offered
by the Departments of Speech and Theater Arts
and the School of Journalism in 1961.
950 Penn State's first mass communications course,
Journ. 68 Law of Moss Communications, was
listed in the new Journalism School's offerings.
The first interdisciplinary major in communication
studies was offered by the School of Journalism
and Deportment of Speech in 1973.
1905 Penn State merged the programs previously
housed in the School of Journalism with the
telecommunicationS program from the Depart
ment of Speech Communication and the film
program from the Department of Theater and
Film into a new School of Communications.
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