State Teachers College
Bulletin
VOLUME ELEVEN

NUMBER ONE I

BLOOMSBURG FACES WAR
AUGUST, 1942

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BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Member. of the American Association of Teachers Colleges
Member of the National Association of Business Teacher
Training Institutions.

The State Teachers College Bulletin is issued in August, December,
January, February, March, and April, by the Trustees of the
State Teachers College at Bloomsburg.
Entered as Second-Class Natter at the post office at Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania, under the Act of August 24, 1912

TO THE UNKNOWN
TEACHER

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SING the praises of the Unknown Teacher.
Great generals win campaigns, but it is the
Unknown Soldier who wins the war. Famous educators plan new systems of pedagogy, but it is the
Unknown Teacher who delivers and guides the
young . He lives in obscurity and contends with
hardship. For him no trumpets blare, no chariots
wait, no golden decorations are decreed. He keeps
the watch along the borders of darkness, and makes
the attack on the trenches of ignorance and folly.
Patient in his duty, he strives to conquer the evil
powers which are enemies of youth. He awakens
sleeping spirits. He quickens the indolent, encourages the eager, and steadies the unstable. He
communicates his own joy in learning, and shares
with boys and girls the best treasures of his mind.
He lights many candles, which in later years, will
shine back to cheer him. This is his reward.
ITKnowledge may be gained from books but the
love of knowledge is transmitted only by personal
contact. 'No one has deserved better of the Republic than the Unknown Teacher. No one is more
worthy to be enrolled in a democratic Aristocracy ,
" King of himself and servant of mankind. "
-HENRY VAN DYKE.

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State Teachers College
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
AN OPEN LETTER
To College Youth in War Time:
The quest for certainty is as old as mankind. To make certain an
uncertain future is the problem of every generation. Youth is always
confused by the process of growing up and the changing of events in the
world at large. Life is made of such things. Change and growth as part
of the ,continuous adjustment in living leads each generation to feel that
its probl·ems are more serious than those of the previous one.
Liberty, and Freedom, and Democracy are so very precious that a
century and a half ago our forefathers fought to get them in a form of
free government. A half-dozen wars in our history indicate that we
must 'ever fight to keep them. A new generation on the average of every
twenty-five years has had to make the sacrifice of force to protect and keep
Liberty, and Freedom, and Democracy as we have them in America.
What tomorrow may bring to college students no one can surely
say, but it appears that democracy may need to make as great an effort to
defend itself AFTER as DURING the pres·e nt war period. The first lin€
of defense now and later lies in the strength of the whole nation,
whereas leadership will undoubtedly com'e from the ranks of those who
are now enrolled in colleges.
Students who are now enrolled in colleges should make every 'effort
to continue their educational program as they had previously planned.
Otherwise, we shall be faced with a suicide of weakening our minds
while strengthening our "arms." The duty of all good Americans today
is to do the best they can, where they are, with what they have. College
students must continue to fit themselves for situations which will undoubtedly approach those for which they are being educated.
The three dates-1914 - 1916 - 1918- represent the beginning, the
critical period, and the ending of the first World War. Since 1939
marked the beginning of the second World War and 1941 the critical
period of the entry of America into the struggle, the question is "What
are you planning for 1943?" Are you looking beyond the next two years?

PRESIDENT

NAVY AVIATORS

Civil Pilot Training Program for Aviation Instruction
Beginning September, 1940, the Civil Pilot Training Program was
initiated by the college in cooperation with the Bloomsburg Airport. The
reopening of this aviation center, which had been closed for two years,
made available in Bloomsburg the only airport in the United States offering the five coordinated aviation courses sponsored by the Civil Aeronautic Administration. The first two programs (Elementary and Secondary) were for college students, 100 of whom have had an opportunity for
aviation instruction. Over one-half of this number enlisted in the flying
forces of our country, others are instructing in flight and ground school
throughout the United States.
A ground course consisting of Meteorology, Navigation, and Civil
Air Regulations, is offered in conjunction with the flight training and
carries four semester hours credit toward meeting the requirements of the
Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education.
In addition to the El'ementary course which the college has sponsored for a year and a half, there are now available Secondary, Cross
Country, Instructor, and Instructor Refresher Courses. Two link trainers
for instrument instruction are available at the present time at the airport.
These added facilities make Bloomsburg one of the few airports in
the United States where such compl'ete facilities are available.
Beginning July 6, 1942 at the request of Civil Aeronautics Administration the State Teachers College at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania,
changed over from an ·extra-curricular Civilian Pilot Training Program
to a full-time concentrated course. The six eight-week courses will be
offered including 240 hours of ground school and 40 hours of flight in
each course. During the present program ten Naval Aviation Cadets

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ar~ being_ trained for the _United States Navy and thirty Service Pilots are
bemg tramed for the Umted States Army in the Elementary and Secondary Course.

Aviation for Teachers of Pre-Flight Aeronautics
This college offered for the first time during the six weeks' summer
session of 1942 courses for teachers of aviation. These courses are being
introduced to meet the demand for high school teachers of aviation.
Four semester hours in ground school instruction covering the subjects of
Meteorology, Navigation, Civil Air Regulations and General Service of
Aircraft are being offered.
This ground school course is the same as that taken by licensed pilots
and we have had the experience of having offered this course five times.
Points which may interest secondary teachers are:
1-We have a Director of Aviation Education who is giving the
major part of his time to the coordination of our program, which uses
regular members of our faculty who hold Ground School Instructor certificates issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
2-Some school districts are interested enough to pay the expenses
of teachers who are now on their staff who wish to be in a position to
offer high school courses in Aviation in September, 1942.
3-A Four Semester Hour Ground School Course will be paid for
at the regular rate of $6.00 per semester hour and can be counted for
certification in the field of Mathematics, Science, or Geography.
4-Bloomsburg Airport is the only Airport in Pennsylvania completely equipped to offer all the Aviation Courses sponsored by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration, namely, Elementary, Secondary, Cross Country, Instructor, Instructor Refresher, and Link Instrument courses.
5-It is planned to offer an opportunity for all Ground School students to have some flight experience as a passenger in order that they may
become thoroughly acquainted with the mechanics of an airplane.

The Future of Aviation at Bloomsburg
Growing out of an active participation in the Aviation Program for
college students and Army and Navy Flyers, which has offered an opportunity for approximately 50 young men and women to become commercial pilots, teachers of pre-flight aeronautics, and combat pilots in the
Army and Navy of the United States, and the State Teachers College at
Bloomsburg is planning to offer a specialized field in Aviation to preservice secondary teachers. The proposal to make Aviation a field of
concentration along with Mathematics, Science, English, Geography, and
Social Studies, is now being reviewed by the Board of Presidents of the
State Teachers Colleges.
If approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the
field of Aviation will include such courses as Theory of Flight, Aerodynamics, Civil Air Regulations, Meteorology, Navigation, and related
courses in Science, Mathematics, and Geography.
All stud·ents completing the field of concentration will have flight

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experience at the Bloomsburg Airport, which is equipped not only to
offer courses in Elementary Flight Training, but also the more advanced
courses required by the Army and Navy for combat pilots.
Since many high schools throughout the state are conducting Air
Conditioning Courses in Pre- Flight Aeronautics for Juniors and Seniors,
beginning September, 1942, the next logical step is to increase the offerings from one course to a field on the high school level. It is not at all
unlikely that Glider instruction will be offered to high school students, in
which event teachers of Aviation must have had a thorough background
of aviation theory and flight experience.

College War Council
The College Community has been organized as a unit of the Columbia County Council of Defense, and the following committees are actively
engaged in the duties which their names suggest-Air Raid Warning,
Fire Protection, American Unity, Conservation of Defense Materials,
Men-in-Service.
Under the direction of the Air Raid Warning Committee the College
Campus has been organized as a defens·e zone for the duration of the war.
The zone has been divided into five sectors each with a fully equipped
section warden 's post. Two of these s·ectors, the Women's Dormitory
· and the Men's Dormitory, are manned 24 hours of the day. All other
sectors are manned during the hours such sectors are being used by students or th'e general public.
The Committee on Unity and Morale has been active both on and
off the campus. Various members of the faculty have spoken in the college chapel and at various places in our s·ervice area on phases of our
national defense and the war situation. The Public Affairs Forum, a
student-faculty college organization, meets every Monday night to discuss
affairs of current interest. R•ealizing the part group singing plays in
building public morale, there has been much patriotic singing in both the
College and the training school. One of the outstanding features in this
connection was a program of music of the Americas given by the children
of the Benjamin Franklin School in the College Auditorium.
The Men-in-Service Committee got out a mimeographed booklet
containing greetings from members of the administrative staff, faculty
and students, letters written by many of our students in various branches
of the service, and a complete mailing list of all Bloomsburg students
now in service with the Armed Forces.

Red Cross Courses
Many m·embers of the faculty and student body took an active part
in the various Red Cross activities, many of which were given at the College. Eight of the faculty took the standard first aid course, five the
advanced, and three the instructor's course. These three instructors later
taught first aid to 92 who completed the standard and 26 the advanced
courses. Three took the course in motor mechanics and three the cours·e
in home nursing in which the school nurse conducted two classes. Other
faculty members have assisted in the sugar and gas rationing, in paper
saving, and stamp salvage.
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SWIMMING POOL-CENTENNIAL GYMNASIUM

Physical Education in War Time
Realizing the need for stressing physical education at this time,
especially to prepare coUege men for military service, a committee of the
College Physical Education Association met and prepared a statement of.
aims. Our Physical Education Department is trying as fully as possible
to carry out this Committee's recommendations:
1. That the physical ·education program be placed on a five days a
week basis for four years for all men (Three times weekly is an
absolute minimum.)
2. That the programs of intramural activities, intercollegiate athletics and physical education be broadened and intensified.
3. That a complete service of medical examination be extended to
all male students; that the follow-up work including the correction of rem'ediable defects be made a part of the program.
4. That timely and vital courses such as first aid, and lifesaving,
personal hygiene, including military and social hygiene, be given.
It seems especially appropriate in the light of this new emphasis on
physical training that Bloomsburg should have dedicated its new Gymnasium on May 23, 1942, naming it the Centennial Gymnasium to commemorate one hundred years of higher education here from 1839 to
1939. The College was honored on this occasion by addresses from the
Governor of the Commonwealth and the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
This new gymnasium with its swimming pool, three gymnasium
floors, five offices, classrooms and dressing rooms offers increased facilities for prospective Army and Navy flyers who may be sent to us during
the coming year.

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Free War Courses in Engineering, Management, and Science
The College is furnishing classrooms and laboratories for cours'es
sponsored by the United States Office of Education and developed in
Pennsylvania through Pennsylvania State College.
The first three programs reached 700 students, using classrooms,
laboratories, and faculty of the college. Five faculty members have
taught in these classes in Bloomsburg and surrounding towns.
Contributions of College Faculty, Students, and Employees
Members of the Coll'ege Community have made contributions to the
United Service Organizations, the Regular Red Cross Roll Call and the
Red Cross War Relief Drive. The amounts are given here and sp·eak for
themselves.
United Service Organizations ........ ..
. ... $125.00
Red Cross Roll Call .
157.00
Red Cross War Relief Drive
548.00
Total.
. .. $830.00
Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds
Every faculty member and employee either now owns Defense
Stamps or Bonds or has pledged themselves to purchas·e regularly in the
future.
Defense Stamps are sold at the College Retail Store and also from a
booth placed in the corridor.
The figures for the college community are as follows:
Bonds pledged for year ........................ $13,300.00
Stamps pledged for year ..... .......
1,596.00
Total
. $14,896.00
Waller Hall War Service Activities
The women of Waller Hall have had a very active organization
assisting the war effort in a wide variety of ways. The Paper Conservation Committee collected newspapers and magazines each week for the
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GROUND SCHOOL CLASS IN AVIATION
Boy Scouts who called for them each Saturday. The Sewing Committee
made 132 hemmed towels for use in the laboratories of the Bloomsburg
Hospital, as well as a number of baby bathrobes. About twenty-five
sweaters and many pairs of socks were knitted for the Red Cross. Containers were placed throughout the dormitory in which the girls deposited
all empty tooth-paste and cold cream tubes. Two boxes of these were
collected and taken to a local store where they were sent away for defense
purposes. Most of the girls in the dormitory are buying war saving
stamps regularly, and a f'ew have bought bonds. The Community Government Association maintained a savings Stamp Booth in Noetling Hall
and three girls from the dormitory spent several hours a week working in ·
the booth. Twenty women from the Dormitory took the first aid course
and many others already had first aid certificates.

How Many Teach
Two years ago the State Teachers College at Bloomsburg began an
exhaustive study of all graduates upon whom the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Education had been conferred between the years of 1931 and
1940 inclusive.
Questionnaires were sent out to 1,025 degree graduates. The results
show that of this number seventy-seven per cent were teachers and fifteen
per cent were gainfully employed. Only eight per cent were unemployed,
married ( never having taught) , deceased, or were called into the armed
forces immediately on graduation.
These figures, based on practically all of the graduates of a ten-year
period, revealed a placement from 15 to 20% higher than a yearly survey
made shortly after the graduation of each class. There was evidence of a
ten-year demand for properly ·educated teachers in the Elementary, Secondary, and Business fields. The importance of having a reservoir of
teachers was realized in this period of international conflict and must be
remembered when peace arrives. During the year 1942, over one hundred
requests for teachers were received, but there were no available graduates
to recommend.

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Three Calendar Year Plan
Students of the State Teachers College
at Bloomsburg are now able to compl'ete
the regular four-year curriculum leading to
the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education in three calender years. For some
students this will be possible by attending
three regular years and two twelve-week
summer sessions.
The new plan adds a three-week presession to the ·existing regular six-week
summer session and three-week post-session.
Freshmen are accepted at the beginning of
any semester or any summ·e r session.
Students who do not desire to follow
this three-year curriculum will be allowed
to contmue on the four-year basis in operation since the state teachers colleges were
granted the right to confer the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Education in 1926.
The three-year plan will enabl'e students
to begin teaching a year earlier and will reduce the present cost by approximately
$200. This saving, when added to the possibility of ·earning a salary of $1,200 per
year, results in a net gain of $1,400 for
those who seek to enter the teaching profession under the three-year state teachers
coUege plan.
The new plan which went into effect
with the pre-session, June 8, allowed high
school graduates to begin their college work,
and upper-classmen to earn additional credits. The fact that there were over on<:'
lmndred regular students enrolled reflects
the fact that at least 20 % of the regular
college students are planning to continue
their work on the three-year basis.
The accelerating program has a twofold purpose. It provides, first of all, an
opportunity for students to complete a colle_ge education before being inducted into
service in the armed forces of the United
States. At the same time, it will help to
meet the present shortage of teachers.
Under this new program, it should be
noted, no reduction yet has been made in the
numbe1 of credit hours required for gradua-

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ARMY AND NAVY AVIATION STUDENTS
tion. This means definitely that there will
standards now prevailing. In other words, the
to complete as many semester hours of work as
college more time during the calendar year, he
the same amount of work in less time.

be no reduction in the
student will be required
before, but by attending
will be able to complete

Should Students Stay in College in War Time?

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The answer to the question, "Should Students Stay in College irr
War Time, " at this time probably perplex·es more students than any other.
This question is answered in a letter from one of the 1942 graduates
addressed to a faculty member. It reads as follows:
"By the way- in assembly, as w'ell as in some of your Curriculum Materials Classes- we students have repeatedly heard you and
President Andruss discourage leaving school to accept positions elsewher'e. After my interview with the Navy officers several weeks
ago, I have again had it indelibly impressed on my mind that going
through College at any cost- regardless of the attractive salary industry may offer- is a privilege that should never be foregone. On•e
of the Lieutenants in our department assured me that if it had not
been for my college 'education I should certainly not have become a
Naval Inspector. Briefly, a student may be offered a $1440 job in
Washington - and it may appear quite attractive to him at the
time - but it would be far more advantageous for him to complete
his college training while he has the opportunity. I wish I could
tell that to those students myself.
" I should appreciate hearing from you- news from Bloomsburg is always more than Welcome. And I should appreciate it also
if my name were not used in connection with the above, if you
would like to use my experience for what it's worth to those students
who look to a salary instead of a real opportunity."

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FIRST SEMESTER 1942-1943
Faculty Meeting, Room L . ............................. Monday, September 14
Entrance Examinations, Registration and
Tuesday, September 15
Classification of Freshmen
Registration and Classification of all Other
Classes
W 'ednesday, September 16
Classes Begin .
............... . .................. Thursday, September 17
Thanksgiving Recess Begins .... After last Class, Tuesday, November 24
Thanksgiving Recess Ends . . ............... Monday, 12M, November 30
Christmas Recess Begins . . .. After last Class, Saturday, December 19
Christmas Recess Ends
Monday, 12M, January 4
First Semester Ends .... ............... After last Class, Saturday, January 23
SECOND SEMESTER 1942-1943
Classes Begin .
. .................................... Monday, January 25
Easter Recess Begins
........ After last Class, Saturday, April 17
Easter Recess Ends ..
. .. Beginning of Class·es, Tuesday, April 27
Second Semester Ends .
After last Class, Friday, May 21
COMMENCEMENT 1943
Alumni Day .
Saturday, May 22
Baccalaureate Sermon .
Sunday, 2 P.M., May 23
.. Monday, May 24
· Senior Day, Ivy Day, Class Night
Commencement
Tuesday, May 25
Please apply to President Harvey A. Andruss for blanks and information relative to enrollment.
WALLER HALL

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REG. S. HEMINGWAY, ESQ., Pres.
FRED W. DIEHL, Vice-President
W. CLAIR HIDLAY, Sec.-Treas.
HARVEY A. ANDRUSS,

M. JACKSON CRISPIN
FRANK D. CROOP
MRS . ELSIE YORK JONES

President of the College

Entrance Requirements
New regulations for admission to th•e State Teachers Colleges of
Pennsylvania were effective September, 1932. The regulations require
the applicant to appear at the college on days announced during the summer session in addition to the regular registration day at the opening of
the fall semester. Following is a statement of the general principles controlling the new admission regula_tions. Enrollmen~ is condition~! until
the applicant has met all the requirements set forth in tlie following five
paragraphs:
1. General scholarship as evidenced by graduation from an approved four-year high school or institution of equivalent grade ( as determin·ed by the Credentials Division of the Department of Public Instruction) and ranking in the upper half of the class at graduation. Candidates for admission who lack this rank at graduation will be required to
present evidence of fitness for admission as prescribed in the detailed
standards for admission.
2. Integrity and appropriate personality as shown by an estimate of
secondary school officials of the candidate's trustworthiness, honesty,
truthfulness, initiative, industry, social adaptability, personal appearance,
and sympathy.
3. Health, physical vigor, emotional stability, absence of physical ,
defects that would interfere with the successful performance of the duties
of a teacher, and absence of predisposition toward ill health as determined
by a medical examination at the College. Specific standards will b'e set
up in the detailed requirements for admission.
. 4. Normal_ inte_lligence and satisfactory command of English as
ev1~enced by ratings in standard tests. Th'e tests to be used will be prescnbed each year by the B~ard of Presidents and will be uniform for all
State Teachers Colleges.
S. A personal interview with particular attention to personality,
speech habits, social presence, expressed interests of the applicant and
'
promise of professional development.

SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
Cost for One Semester for Student Livin1; at
*Contingent Fee .
Housing Fee
Activities Fee
Books and Supplies (Average)

Totals

Home
10.00
15.00

College
$ 4S.00
144.00
10.00
15.00

$72.00

$214.00

$4S.00

(None)

* Out-of-State Students pay $6 per semester hour ( $96 per semester).
* Bu.riness Students pay $12.00 additional.

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Students not living at home and not working in homes approved by
the College must live in the dormitories if rooms are available.
All fe'es must be paid in advance of enrollment. Fees for the regular
College year may be paid one-half in advance of enrollment and one-half
before the middle of each semester.
If any fe'es other than the Activities Fee are paid by Bank Draft,
Express, or Post Off ice Orders, or Checks, they must be made out for the
exact amount which is being paid and drawn payable to the order of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All Post Office Orders paying such
fees must be drawn on the Post Office at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. If
the Activities Fee is not paid in cash a separate order must be drawn payable to "Community Activities."

CURRICULUMS OFFERED
Four-year curriculums leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Education are offered in the following fields:
1. BusINESs-This curriculum prepares for teaching Commercial Subjects in the Junior and Senior High Schools.
2. ELEMENTARY-Four curriculums prepare for teaching in the
elementary schools, with specialization in Kind·ergarten-Primary, Intermediate, and Rural fields, and Special Classes for
Speech Correctionists and the Mentally Retarded.
3. SECONDARY-This curriculum prepares for teaching the Academic Subjects-English, Foreign Languages, Geography,
Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Speech in the Junior
and Senior High Schools.

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