38TH ANNUAL HOMECOMING FOR ALUMNI
& FRIENDS CF BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1965

-Concert featuring THE FOUR SEASONS-Centennial
Gymnasium.
General Admission $2.50 per person;
Reserved Seats $3.00 per person. Tickets may be secured
at the door or by writing to Dan Guydish, Box 68,
Bloomsburg State College, Bloomsburg, Penna.

8:15 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1965

8 :30
10 :30
4 :30
11:30

a.m.- 5 :30 p.m.
a.m.-12 :00 noon
p.m.- 5 :30 p.m.
a.m.

1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.

-Registration - Waller Hall.
-All Residence Halls Will Be Op_en .to Visitors.
-All Residence Halls Will Be Open to Visitors.
-Luncheon for Alumni and Visitors - College Commons.
$1.25 per person.
-Homecoming Parade - forms at Parking Area - Centennial Gym.
-Football - West Chester State College - Bloomsburg
Athletic Park. Admission - Adults $1.50; Children $1.00.
-Get-Together - Husky Lounge
-Cafeteria Dinner for Alumni and Visitors - College
Commons. $1.25 per person.
-Informal Dance - Centennial Gym. LEE VINCENT'S
MODERNAIRES.
Admission $1.00 per person or
Alumni Membership Card will admit member and Guest
Free of Charge.

RESERVATIONS for overnight accommodations should be made directly with the Magee Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Hummel's Motel, Route 11, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Riverview Motel, R.D. 1, Berwick, Pa.; Stone
Castle Motel and Restaurant, R.D. 2, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Keller's Motel, R.D. 4, Danville, Pa.; Pine Barn
Inn and Motel, Danville, Pa.; Reichard's Motel, RD. 4, Danville, Pa.; Red Maple Motel, R.D. 2, Berwick,
Pa.; Hotel Berwick, Berwick, Pa.; Tennytown Motel, Berwick Highway, Bloomsburg, Pa.
All alumni returning to the campus for Homecoming Day are urged to leave their names and current addresses
at one of the registration tables in Waller Hall. It is extremely important that the College and Alumni Association
secure ZIP Code numbers for all graduates within the next year in order that mail may reach you from your Alma
Mater.

From the President's Desk . . .
A new era has begun at your Alma Mater - a period of significant expansion
in curriculum, enrollment, physical plant, and staff.
Although recent changes have obliterated some familiar landmarks, you will
find new ones which will help shape the Bloomsburg of Tomorrow.
We are looking forward to your return to the campus, and we hope that your
participation in Homecoming activities will make this a memorable occasion for
your friends and classmates, the faculty you knew, and also
Dr. Harvey A. Andruss

~~
Harvey A. Andruss, President

Dr. Andruss, William Lank, President of Trustees and
Boyd H. Kline, Contractor participate in ground-breaking
for new Auditorium

Test Borings for New Dormitory for 672 Men across
Second Street from Waller Hall

$14.5 MILLION TO BE SPENT FOR CAMPUS EXPANSION
The addition of nearly 450 students
at · Bloomsburg State College is expected to raise the total enrollment
for the 1965-1966 college year to
approximately 2,900, according to
President Harvey A. Andruss.
To keep pace with growing enrollments between 1953 and 1964, the
General State Authority completed the
construction of eight projects and has
acquired land at a cost of nearly
$5,000,000. In 1963, the State Legislature authorized the expenditure of
over 4 ¾ million dollars for a new
library, an auditorium, a dormitory
for 300 men, an athletic field, and an
extension of utilities.
When Governor William Scranton
presented his capital construction bud-

get for 1965-1967 to the Legislature,
his request included more than
$9,800,000 for Bloomsburg for the
construction of a science and classroom building adjacent to Sutliff Hall,
two dormitories to accommodate 672
men, south of Waller Hall, a dining
hall and kitchen on the present site of
Waller Hall, a further extension of
utilities, and additional parking facilities.
Construction began on the library
in November, 1964, and the completion date is scheduled for August 1,
1966. Ground was broken this summer for the auditorium which should
be completed by December 15, 1966.
Planning and design are nearly completed for the men's dormitory, the

athletic field, and the extension of
utilities. Work on these three projects
may begin before December 31.
Preliminary plans, including sketches of the science and classroom
building and the dormitories for 672
men, have already been submitted for
approval to the General State Authority. The dormitories will rise seven
floors above ground level, providing
a scenic view of the area as well as a
new campus landmark.
Planning for the next decade has
indicated a need for several additional
structures on the main campus as well
as classrooms, dining halls, dormitories, a library, and a gymnasium for
the freshman campus which will be
developed on the site of the former
Bloomsburg Country Club.

SUMMER ENROLLMENT SETS NEW RECORD
EXPECT NEARLY 2900 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN-SEPTEMBER, 1965 '
The 1965 Summer Sessions program was one of the largest and most
successful ever conducted at Bloomsburg State College. The 3181 students
enrolled for the three Summer Sessions represented an increase of 432
over last summer's record attendance
of 2749.
During this year's Pre-Session,
there were 1045 students pursuing
studies with 113 being graduate students, 912 ·undergraduates, and 20 in
the Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
The six-weeks Main Summer Session had 1341 students enrolled,
which included 1063 undergraduates,
256 graduates and 22 Rehabilitation
students.

In the Post-Session 789 were enrolled. Of this total 661 were undergraduates, 106 graduates, and 22 were
in the Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
The present trend of increase in enrollment at Summer Sessions is expected to continue with the growth of
College facilities and the expansion of
curriculum for both the undergraduates and graduates.
Nine hundred eighty-nine new students are expected to enroll at Bloomsburg State College for the fall term
which, with returning students, will
swell ·the enrollment at B. S. C. to a
new all-time peak of over 2,900 undergraduate students.
Included in the nine hundred eighty·

nine admissions will be 909 freshmen,
42 graduates of junior colleges or
students with credits from other colleges and univers1t1es, 32 former
B. S. C. students and 6 unclassified.
With this increase in enrollment, it
will be necessary to raise the number
of faculty from 146 to approximately
one hundred seventy.
Approximately 900 graduate students have matriculated at B. S. C.
since the inception of the graduate
studies program in 1961. During the
fall semester, nearly 140 graduates
are expected to register for either
full-time or part-time studies, according to Dr. Robert Miller, Director of
Graduate Studies.

PLAN NOW FOR ALUMNI DAY- SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1966

BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR
ATHLETIC PROGRAM

Paul S. Riegel

John L. Walker

Robert Bender

Horace Williams

NEW ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Three new members joined the administrative staff for the first time
this summer while another assumed
new and additional duties.
Paul S. Riegel, a graduate of Middlebury College and formerly Assistant Registrar at Teachers College,
Columbia University, is the new Dean
of Students, replacing Dr. J. Alfred
McCauslin who resigned in May.
John L. Walker, who served until
recently as Assistant Director of Admissions at the University of Pitts-

burgh, has assumed the duties of
Director of Admissions. Serving as
his assistant is Robert L. Bender, who
for the past five years has been school
psychologist for the Williamsport
School District.
W. Horace Williams, who has served during the past 10 years as manager
of the College Store and Snack Bar,
has been appointed Comptroller of
Community Activities Funds, a new
position approved recently by the
Board of Trustees.

TRUSTEE OFFICERS ELECTED

BSC INITIATES
EVENING CLASSES

William A. Lank, Senior Vice President, Miners National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, Bloomsburg Office, was
elected President of the Board of
Trustees at the regular monthly meeting of the board held at the college
Friday, July 23, 1965. Other officers
elected for the 1965-1966 year were:
The Honorable Harold L. Paul,
Judge, Schuylkill County Courts, Vice
President, and J. Howard Deily,
President of the Bloomsburg Fair
Association, Secretary-Treasurer.
In addition to the officers listed
above, the members of the Board of
Trustees of the college include : The
Honorable Bernard J. Kelly, Judge,
Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia,
Edgar A. Fenstermacher, Editor, The
Berwick Enterprise; Howard S. Fernsler, Secretary, Board of Education,
Pottsville ; William E. Booth, Booth
and Deutsch, Insurance and Real Estate, Danville; E. Guy Bangs, Secretary, Millville Mutual Insurance Company, Millville; Gerald A. Beierschmitt, Superintendent, Mt. Carmel
Joint Schools, Mt. Carmel.
IN MEMORIAM
Miss Bertha Rich, a member oi
the college faculty from 1926 until
her retirement in 1947, died June 26
in California, according to a letter
received by President Andruss
from Edward Reams, a former
member of the faculty. Miss Rich
had lived in Waller Hall Dormitory and served as Assistant Dean
of Women for nearly a decade prior
to her retirement. She has been
buried in Florence, Colorado, near
her family home.

Beginning in September, 1965
Bloomsburg State College initiated a
pilot program of Evening College
Courses for part-time students to determine the need and feasibility of
this type of program in the Bloomsburg area.
The courses are intended for individuals who have completed their high
school education and who wish to
develop broader interests or to improve their knowledge of specific
subjects. Each course will be offered
once a week for a three-hour period,
and will extend for the duration of
the college semester.
Any graduate of an accredited high
school who is twenty-one years of age
and gainfully employed may make
application to take these courses. The
college will reserve the right to select
the best qualified applicants. Teachersin-service and students who are regularly enrolled in a degree program at
any college are not eligible for admission. Public School Nurses and
Dental Hygienists are eligible to participate in the program.
Tuition is $12.50 per semester hour
for residents of Pennsylvania and
$20.00 per semester hour for out-ofstate residents.
Applicants should
write or call Mr. Robert Bunge, Registrar, Bloomsburg State College,
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, for additional information or application
forms.

Although the records show Bloomsburg State College has done considerably well in its athletic program for
the past two decades, indications are
that the outlook for the future should
be somewhat brighter. This is partiallv due to the efforts of -staff member; who coach nine varsity sports at
the College. They have contacted in
the past year some two-hundred high
schools and junior colleges in an effort
to attract athletes who are outstanding
both in their particular sport and in
academic achievement.
Athletic scholarships are not offered
by Bloomsburg State College. Therefore, in talking to prospective athletes,
emphasis must be placed on the College's number one asset, namely, a
good quality education at a reasonable
cost. The B. S. C. curriculum is
being expanded continually, thus appealing to a wider circle of students.
Other important factors are the availability of student loans and grants and
part-time employment.
Formerly, the College sometimes
overlooked area athletes, and these
students, in turn, often looked beyond
the State College level for greener
pastu~es. · However, B. S. C. is now
more interested in attracting local
athletes for two reasons. The athletes
of Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
are as good as you will find anywhere
in the country, and area athletes prove
to be a drawing power for the home
athletic events at the College. Area
athletes are becoming increasingly
more interested in Bloomsburg State
College because of its high academic
rating, and, in many cases, their education can be obtained at less expense
than if they have a part time athletic
scho_larship to a larger institution.
In most colleges and universities
throughout the country, graduates are
a prime factor in encouraging outstanding athletes to attend their alma
mater. Members of the coaching staff
earnestly solicit the support and cooperation of B. S. C. alumni in this
endeavor.
Following is the 1965 B. S. C. football schedule : Sept. 25-Lock Haven State - A(N)
Oct

2-Mansfield State ________ A

Oct.

8--Brockport State ______ H(N)

Oct. 16--West Chester State ____________
Homecoming
Oct. 23-Millersville State ____ A
Oct. 29-Cheyney State ________ H(N)
Nov.

6--Kutztown State ____ A

Nov. 12-E. Stroudsburg S. - H(N)

---NEWS BRIEFSSeventy-nine seniors and twelve graduate students received thir degrees at the
summer commencement exercises on
August 5th. Dr. Richard T. Parsons,
President of Lock Haven State College,
addressed the graduate class, parents, and
guests on the topic "Population, Automation, and Education."
For the fifth consecutive year a full
time residential program for adults to
receive speech and hearing therapy was
conducted on campus. The program is
sponsored by the Bureau of Vocational
Rehabilitation and the College.
Thomas Carr, freshman wrestler at
B. S. C., who was critically injured in an
automobile accident last February, has
been making steady progress towards
recovery. He hopes he will be able to
return to B. S. C. some time in 1966.
Thir.cy: s.tudeots {larticip;ated io tb~
Third Annual European Culture Tour
sponsored by the College and fortyseven students participated in the "Summer Study Abroad" program sponsored
by the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association.
For the second consecutive year an Inservice Institute in Modern Biology for
high school biology teachers, supported
by a grant from the National Science
Foundation, will be conducted on campus
during the 1965-1966 College year.
Jan Prosseda, B. S. C. Senior, who
holds conference records in Cross Country one mile and two mile runs, was
named to the N.C.A.A. College division
All-American Track and Field Team
for 1965. Prosseda, who will graduate
in January, 1966, received the 1965
Bloomsburg State College Robert Redman trophy, symbolic of the best senior
athlete.
For the second consecutive year
Bloomsburg State College has been awarded two grants totalling $27,000 by the
Division of Handicapped Children and
Youth of the United States Office of
Education. The grants are to be used
toward the preparation of teachers of
the mentally retarded.

Dr. Donald D. Rabb, Professor of
Biology at B. S. C., conducted biology
classes for the National Science Foundation Institute for secondary teachers of
science and mathematics at the University of Hawaii this summer.
Dr. W. B. Sterling, Associate Professor
of Geography, was awarded one of six
grants offered to full-time College teachers to do field research in meteorology,
glaciology, geology and other sciences.
Under the grant, Dr. Sterling spent ten
weeks this summer in the St. Elias
Mountains in the Yukon territory.
Charles Jackson, Associate Professor
of Social Studies, will be on leave of
absence during the 1965-1966 College
year pursuing graduate studies towards
his doctorate at The Pennsylvania State
University. Returning from a sabbatical
leave spent ~t Penn State _will be NelsQll
Miller, Associate 'Professor of Music;
Craig Himes, Assistant Professor of
Biology has returned from a leave of
absence at the University of Pittsburgh.
Four-hundrecl-ninetyasix degrees have
been awarded to Bloomsburg State College graduates during 1965. Of this number, four-hundred-seventy-nine have earned the Bachelor of Science degree making
them eligible to begin their career in
teaching in the public schools of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The
remaining seventeen have earned the
Master of Education degree.
Bloomsburg is the first State College
in Pennsylvania to receive a federal grant
under the Higher Education Facilities
Act of 1963. The $372,350 grant will be
applied· toward the c,ost of the new library
The application for the grant was prepared by Boyd F. Buckingham, Director
of Development.
An Alumni Directory, listing names,
addresses, and classes .of .all graduates
since 1867, is now available.
Free copies will be sent to all graduates
who hold Life Memberships in the
Alumni Association and to those who
purchase a five-year memberShip during
1965.

C. Stuart Edwards

When John L. Walker assumed his
new duties recently as Director ·or-~
Admissions, C. Stuart Edwards, who
has held that position since coming to
Bloomsburg State College in 1958, began devoting full time to his administrative duties as Director of the Division of Secondary Education, a position he has also held since September,
1961. Prior to accepting the appointment as Director of Secondary Education, he had served from 1958 to
1961 as Direcctor of the Placement
Bureau.
A native of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, Edwards graduated from B. S.
C. in 1941, and received his Master of
Education degree from Penn State in
1950. He expects to be awarded the
Doctor of Education degree with a
major in administration at the Commencement Exercises at The Pennsylvania State University on September
4th.
. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg he
held teaching, coaching and administrative positions with several Pennsylvania high schools.

Tenth Letter To Alumni
And Friends of Bloomsburg

Fall, 1965
Published by the Office of Public Relations
Boyd F. Buckingham, Director
l3ruce C. Dietterick, Information Specialist

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