----Alumni Day- Saturday, May 7
AGENDA FOR ALUMNI DAY, 1966
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Registration for all Alumni -Waller Hall

9:00 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m.

Informal get-together for all Alumni and Faculty;
refreshments -Waller Hall Lobby

11 :00 a.m. -

The Bloomsburg Players and Alpha Psi Omega fraternity present "Through The Ages," Directed by Mr.
M. J. McHale - Carver Auditorium

12: 15 p.m.

Luncheon - College Commons - $1.50 per person,
or Alumni Dues receipt or membership card.
Annual Meeting of Alumni Association - College
Commons
·
Class Reunions as indicated below.
Open House in Residence Halls.
Class get-togethers and dinners as scheduled.

1:30 p.m.
*3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.

* All Classes to
1905 [Inclusive) - Alumni Room
1906- Room 10, Noetling Hall
1911 - Room 11, Noetling Hall
1916- Carver Auditorium
1921 - Faculty Lounge

1926 - Room 8, Science Hall
1931 - Roam 22, Science Hall
1936- Roam 13, Noetling Hall
1941 - Lounge, West Hall Dormitory
1945 & 1946- Rm. K-6, Gr. Fl., Ben Franklin

1951 - Lounge, East Hall Dormitory
1956- Lounge, New North Hall Dormitory
1961 - Day Women's Lounge, Ground Floor,
Ben Franklin
1962 to Present - Upper Level, Husky Lounge

FRIDAY EVENING, May 6, the Class of 1916 (Mrs. Helen S. Henrie, Chairman) will hold their Fifty-year Reunion. They will be guests of the Alumni Association at a dinner to be held in the College Commons at 7:00
p.m. Members of the Class of 1911 (Mrs. Fred W. Diehl, Chairman) are invited to attend the dinner; members
of the Class of 1915 are invited to attend the dinner as guests of the Class of 1916. The Class of 1916 has
also scheduled a breakfast meeting in the Hotel Magee at 9:00 a.m., May 7th.
Other classes have made the following plans for Saturday, May 7th:
Class of 1921 - [Mrs. Harry Cole, Chairman) plan to meet as a class during alumni luncheon on May 7. No evening meal planned.
Class of 1936- [Mrs. N. W. Moreth, Chairman) dinner at 7:30 p.m. Bloomsburg Elks Club, May 7. Get-together ot 6:00 p.m.
Class of 1941 - [Charles Robbins, Chairman) dinner ot American Legion, Old Berwick Road, 6:30 p.m., May 7.
Class of 1945 - [Mrs. Mary Lou John, Chairman) and Closs of 1944 are joining with Class of 1946.
Class ol 1946- [Mrs. John Trowbridge and Mrs. Charles W. Creasy, Jr. Co-chairmen) smorgasbord at Hotel Magee, 6:00 p.m. May 7.
Class of 1956- [Dr. William Bitner Ill, Chairman) dinner at Moose Club, 5:30 p.m., May 7.
Class of 1961 - [Edwin Kuser, Chairman) get-together at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. in WHLM rooms, Market Square, May 7.
RESERVATIONS for overnight accommodations should be made directly with MAGEE HOTEL, Bloomsburg, Pa.; TENNYTOWN MOTEL, Berwick Highway,
Bloomsburg, Pa. 1 HUMMEL'S MOTEL, Route 11, Bloomsburg, Pa.; RIVERVIEW MOTEL, R.D. 1, Berwick, Pa. 1 STONE CASTLE MOTEL & RESTAURANT,
R.D.2, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1 KELLER'S MOTEL, R.D. 4, Danville, Pa. 1 PINE BARN INN & MOTEL, Danville, Pa. 1 RE/CHARD'S MOTEL, R.D. 4, Danville, Pa.

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT
Alumni Day early in May
has proved so successful that
we hope you will be able
to attend the second year's
events.
You will note that the new
Auditorium and Library are

nearing completion and that there have been
many other campus changes.
Most of all, we shall look forward to seeing
you, and I know you will be looking forward
to seeing your friends of yesteryear.

HARVEY A. ANDRussJ

President

Dormitory for 672 men.

New Science and Classroom Building

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
By BOYD F. BUCKINGHAM

$16 Million for New Proiects In Next Four Years
Boyd F. Buckingham joined the B.S.C. fac- '\,"molished this summer and a four story
ulty in 1953, and
dormitory for 300 men will take its place
has served as Direcsometime in 1967.
tor of Public RelaIn mid-April, architects will have
tions since January,
completed plans for a dormitory to
1955; he was aphouse 672 men across the street from
pointed Director of
Development in June,
Waller Hall. Six private dwellings, be1965. In the latter
tween the Ben Franklin Laboratory
capacity, he works
School and Centennial Gymnasium, are
with college personbeing purchased as the site for a science
nel, architects, and
and classroom building which is expectState Agencies to coed to be ready for classes in September,
ordinate new build1968.
ing projects.

Within the next five to seven years,
all but one or two buildings, completed
and in use before 1930, will probably be
razed to make way for new structures
and facilities on the Bloomsburg campus.
Familiar landmarks, symbolic of the
days when the institution changed from
Literary Institute to State Normal
School to State Teachers College, will
have been replaced by larger and more
modern buildings designed to accommodate increased enrollments and an
extension ·of higher education opportunities for the youth of the Commonwealth.
Currently, there are five existing buildings which were completed before 1930.
Carver Hall, the first to be erected on
the campus in 1867, was remodeled in
1954, and houses administrative offices
and an auditorium. Various sections of
Waller Hall, built between 1875 and the
turn of the century, may be razed to pro·vide a site for a dining hall and student
center. The precise future of Noetling
Hall has not been decided, but it may
provide the site for another building.
Science Hall, completed in 1906, is destined to give way to a dormitory for 400
women. Old North Hall will be de-

The new library, completely airconditioned, is scheduled for occupancy
shortly after December 15, 1966. Another classroom, possibly two, will occupy the area between Sutliff Hall and
Lig-ht Street Road.
The exact locations of a new athletic
field and a field house are expected to
be announced in the near future. With
the purchase of additional land, which
was a part of the old Bloomsburg Golf
Course, an area of approximately 68
acres will be available for athletic facilities, dormitories, and related structures.
At the moment, it seems likely that the
15 acres, east of Centennial Gym and
behind the President's Residence, will
provide an area for recreational and
health and physical education activities.
Most of these projects will materialize
as the result of the $10,800,000 appropriated recently by the State Legislature
at the request of Governor William
Scranton. An additional amount of $5,300,000 is expected to be allocated in
1967 to complete projects designed in
the next two years.
We borrow from an old phrase, ...
"Things aren't what they used to be
at Bloomsburg State College - they're
better than ever."

$253,305 In Grants
For 3 Year Period
A total of $253,305 in grants from four
divisions of our Federal Government has been
approved for Bloomsburg State College. The
first of these grants was initiated during the
1964-65 college year and the balance extends
through the 1966-67 college year.
The four Federal Government divisions
issuing the grants are the U.S. Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ($88,800), the National
Science Foundation ($17,030), the National
Defense Education Act Institutes ($73,901),
and the Office of Economic Opportunity,
Work-Study Program ($73,694).
The grants that were received during the
1964-65 period were as follows: $27,000 from
~he Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare for traineeship of handicapped children; $7,560 from the National Science Foundation for the ln-Se,rvice Institute in modern
biology for secondary school biology teachers.
~ During the current-college~ yea;" $27,000
was again granted for traineeship for teachers
of handicapped children and $7,470 was received for the In-Service Institute in modern
biology for secondary school biology teachers.
A grant for $73,694 from the Office of Economic Opportunity under the Work-Study
Program is currently in use. During the 1966
summer session grants from the NDEA of
$38,755.68 for summer institute advance
study in English and $35,146 for summer
institute advance study in geography will be
used.
Federal approval from the U.S. Office of
Education has been received for $34,800 for
graduate fellowships and undergraduate
traineeships for teachers of handicapped
children for the 1966-67 college ye:ar.

3Jn ~emortam
The Bloomsburg State College community was shocked by the death of DR.
EDWARD T. DEVOE, Professor of English
at the college for the past twelve years,
on December 22, 1965. In addition to his
teaching duties, Dr. DeVoe had been extremely active on various college administrative and student committees and for
years was the adviser to the Obiter staff.

Spring Arts Festival
Fifth Annual Program
An excellent array of talent will be presented during the Fifth Annual Spring Arts
Festival at Bloomsburg State College to be
held Thursday, April 21 through May 1,
1966. As in the past, the festival is being
brought to the campus with the purpose of
stimulating interest and participation in the
creative arts for the students and the faculty
members as well as the area community residents. All events will be open to the public
with no charge for admission.
Schedule for the Spring Arts Festival.
Thursday, April 21 through Saturday,
April 23----,--"You Can't Take It With
You" by the Bloomsburg Players.
Monday, April 25, 8: 15 p.m.-Pennsylvania Ballet Company of Philadelphia in a program of contemporary ballet.
Tuesday, April 26, 2: 00 p.m.-Spanish Painter, Vaguero Turcios will
speak on "Five Painters and the
Problem of Reality"
Tuesday, April 26, 8: 15 p.m.-Turcios will speak on "Mural Painting"
Wednesday, April 27, 10:00 a.m. Turcios will speak at a gallery lecture on "A Brief History of Spanish
Art"
Wednesday, April 27, 8: 15 p.m. Scott Elledge, Professor of English
at Cornell University, will lecture
on E. B. White.
Thursday, April 28, 2: 00 p.m. and
8: 15 p.m. - The Bruce Cameron
Quartet, student ensemble from
Bucknell University will present a
program of jazz.
Friday, April 29, 8: 15 p.m.-Richard
Eberhart, Poet and Professor of English at Dartmouth College, will
read some of his own poetry.
Saturday, April 30, 8: 15 p.m.-Curtis
String Quartet will present a concert of Haydn, Schubert, Wolf, and
Debussey.
Sunday, May 1, 3:00 p.m.-Concert
by the Bloomsburg State College
Concert Choir.
Throughout the entire festival, a contemporary religious painting exhibit from the
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, will
be on display in Waller Hall.

Dr. Andruss Pays
Tribute to Dr. Haas
Dr. Harvey A. Andruss paid the following
tribute to Dr. Francis Haas who succumbed
of a heart attack in Harrisburg on February
28, 1966. Dr. Haas preceded Dr. Andruss as
President of Bloomsburg State College for a
period of 12 years and then served 16 years
as Superintendent ·of Public Instruction before his retirement.
The College and the Community of
Bloomsburg remember Frank Haas with admiration and respect bordering on reverence
for his twelve year tenure as President of
what was then the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, after which he was State Superintendent of Public Instruction for a period
of sixteen years.
The transition from State Normal School
to State Teachers College status was difficult.
There were two Presidents in a period of
seven years, after which stability was restored
(Continued on page 4)

SUCCESSFUL WINTER SPORTS PROGRAM
The three winter varsity sports teams of
wrestling, basketball, and swimming completed their regular season activities the end
of February with the grapplers of Russ Houk
and the tankmen of Eli McLaughlin being in
c;ontention for State College Conference
Honors.
Although Houk's wrestling team was not
considered the strongest in recent years,
nevertheless, it finished the regular season
with a ten win, one loss, one tie record. The
lone defeat came at the hands of the powerful Lock Haven State Bald Eagles who had
perhaps one of the best teams in the history
of the Maroon and Gray College. Bloomsburg
tied another powerhouse, Southern Illinois
( 19-19) in a quadrangular held early in the
season.
Bloomsburg finished third with 78 points
behind East Stroudsburg ( 80) and Lock

Haven with 94 points in the annual Pennsylvania State College wres.tling meet held at
East Stroudsburg March 4, 5. The two Huskies, Jim Rolley, 130 pounds, and Tom Vargo,
195 pounds repeated as state champions
while sophomore Barry Sutter at 145 pounds
also became a state champion.
The basketball team of Coach Bob Norton had a fine 7-3 record at mid-year when
it lost its two star players, Gene Miller who
graduated in January and Mike Marrow who
had to be side-lined due to academic difficulties. Up to that point, it appeared as
though the Huskies would be the second best
team in the Eastern Division of the PSCAC
behind Cheyney State.
The loss of the high scoring and rebound
power of the M & M boys proved to be the
telling tale as the Huskies lost eight in a row

Bloodmobile Record Set

NEW ENROLLMENT HIGH

On Thursday, March 10, the Bloomsburg
State College Community graphically demonstrated its belief in the spirit of "giving of
oneself so that others might live" by contributing 808 pints of blood in the 15th annual
visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile.
Campus leaders, under the direction of
student chairman Michael Fitzpatrick, called
for an excellent turnout of donors to show
the world that B.S.C. students are behind
U.S. Foreign Policy in Viet Nam. The response was so great that the 808 pints collected were more than three times greater in
number than any previous contribution at the
college or in the Town of Bloomsburg.
The visit was scheduled in Centennial
Gymnasium from 10: 00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m.
The Bloodmobile Staff provided more than
two and a half times the usual facilities for
a visit, with twenty-one nurses from . the
Wilkes-Barre Red Cross Staff, two from
Johnstown, and a number from Bloomsburg
in charge of the 30 cots.
More than 1,000 had originally indicated
their intention of donating blood but for various reasons, donations were taken from only
808 of those who reported.
The visit was extended several hours beyond the normal 4: 00 p.m. termination time
in order to take care of the heavy afternoon
schedule. "It was a splendid effort by all concerned," stated George Stradtman, faculty
coordinator.

More than 5500 applications for admission for the 1966 fall term have been distributed by Bloomsburg State College, according
to John L. Walker, Director of Admissions.
Of that number, over 2,900 applications have
been returned to the Admissions Office by
prospective students.
The freshman class of new students at
Bloomsburg State College is not expected to
exceed the 885 new students who were admitted last fall when the total enrollment
rose to a record 2,838 full-time students. Although the number of new freshmen will not
exceed the size of the freshman class which
was admitted in September of 1965, the total
college enrollment will still climb to a new
high of approximately 3,000 students. The
reason for this is that with today's higher
caliber of student, the attrition rate is lower than usual.
The Admissions Office discontinued sending out applications around January 1 to
women who would find it necessary tp be
housed on campus or in private homes in the
Town of Bloomsburg. Early in February, it
became impossible to accept any more completed applications from prospective resident
women. Walker announced recently that completed applications will continue to be .received from men and women who--can- commute from their own homes and for men who
plan to reside on campus or in approved housing in the Town of Bloomsburg.

(Continued on page 4)

Earl Voss, Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education was recently appointed head varsity basketball coach
beginning with the 1966-67 college year. Voss, who was
freshman basketball coach this year, will assume the duties
that were handled by Robert Norton and his assistant, Tom
Davies this year.
The change in the basketball coaching assignment was
necessitated by the growth in enrollment of students in the
division of secondary education. Both Norton and Davies are
superviso,rs of seniors who are doing practice teaching. They
will now be able to devote full time in their professional
responsibilities in the supervision of student teachers. College
officials stated, in considering this change, that they have
Earl Voss
been well pleased with the high caliber of the varsity and
freshman basketball programs directed by Norton and Davies
during the past three years.
Voss led this year's freshman basketball team to a very successful 13 win 2 loss
season. At West Chester State College he was an outstanding athlete in both basketball and baseball. He earned his masters degree from Temple University. In addition
to having been a successful high school coach in Delaware, he has been a co-director
of Athletic Games Incorpornted and has participated in the National Basketball Clinic
as a co-director with Coach Jack Ramsey, St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia.

• • • NEWS BRIEFS • • •
The 1966 Summer-Sessions schedule is as
follows: Pre-Session-June 6 to June 24;
Main-Session-June 27 to August 5; PostSession-August 8 to August 26. Inquiries
regarding Summer Sessions should be directed
to Robert L. Bunge, Registrar.

* * *

The fourth annual European Culture Tour
sponmred by B.S.C. will be conducted this
summer from July 11 through August 18,
1966. Additional information can be obtained
from Edson J. Drake, Program Director at
Bloomsburg State College.

* * *

Raymond Burger, B.S.C. graduate, class of
1959, recently participated under the General
Electric Company's Corporate Alumnus Program by giving a financial contribution to
B.S.C. which was matched by General Electric Company. Under the Corporate Alumni
_Program of General Electric gifts- are matched
up to $2,000.00 per employee per year. B.S.C.
graduates, now working for G.E., are encouraged to use this liberal financial aid to
the college.

* * *

Two Bloomsburg State College graduates
were recently elected to the two highest offices
of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. Roy W. Brandu, New Holland, class of
1949, was elected President and William E.
Zeiss, Clark Summit, a 193 7 graduate, was
elected President of the Department of Classroom Teachers.

Congratulations to
The Bloomsburg Players, who throughout
the years have always provided outstanding
entertainment on campus. This year, under
the guidance and direction of faculty members Michael McHale, Robert Richey, and
James McCubbin the Players are enjoying
one of their finest years. During the present
college year, they have performed in "Mary,
Mary," "Picnic," and "Twelfth Night." "You
Can't Take It With You" is scheduled during
the Spring Arts Festival from Thursday, April
21 through Saturday, April 23.

The Thirty Second Annual Business Education Contest will be held at the college on
Saturday, May 14.

* * *
On Tuesday, March 22, Dr. Harvey A.
Andruss, in his capacity as Chairman of the
Committee on Budget and Fees for the Board
of Presidents of the Pennsylvania State Colleges, testified before the Appropriations
Committee of the State Senate.

* * *
Boyd F. Buckingham, Director of Development, and Dr. Robert Miller, Director of
Graduate Studies, attended the National Conference on Higher Education in Chicago
March 13 through March 16. The conference
was sponsored by the Association for Higher
Education, NEA.

Winter Sports Programrcontinuea from page 3)

before closing the season by defeating the
Rams of West Chester State. This gave the
Maroon and Gold an 8-11 season record
which was one game better than last year.
Praise, however, should be given to Coach
Norton and his team for the fine display of
determination they exhibited in losing several of their final games by only a few points.
The swimming team with an 8-5 record
had its first winning season since the spo,rt
was inaugurated back in 1959. Coach Eli
McLaughlin, who has been at the helm for
the past five years, worked exceedingly hard
in developing a winning combination. The
freshman program at B.S.C. is starting to pay
off as several of last year's frosh team members were outstanding on this year's varsity.
This year's frosh team was undefeated in four
meets which adds a bright outlook for next
year's varsity.
New team records were set by B.S.C.
swimmers in the following events: The 200
Yard Free Style; The 50 Yard Free Style;
One Meter Diving; 200 Yard Butterfly; The
200 Yard Back Stroke; The 200 Yard Breast
Stroke; and the 400 Yard Free Style Medley.

Support Your Alumni Association . . .
1 Year - $3.00; 3 Yrs. - $7.50; 5 Yrs. - $10.00; Life Mem. - $35.00
SEND CHECKS: EARL GEHRIG, TREAS. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, B.S.C.

Eleventh Letter To Alumni
And Friends of Bloomsburg

Spring, 1966
Published by the Off ice oif Public Relations
BoYD F. BUCKINGHAM, Director
BRUCE C. DIETTERICK, Information Specialist

Paul S. Riegel, Dean of Students at B.S.C.,
received his Ed. D. degree from Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York City
on March 4, 1966. His special field of study
was the Administration of Higher Education.

.* * *

Pete Retzlaff, pro football player for the
Philadelphia Eagles, will be featured at the
Ninth Annual Athletic Awards banquet at
B.S.C. on Friday, April 15, at T: 00 P.M.

Dr. Andruss Pays Tribute
(Continued from page 3)

through the hands of Dr. Haas, a master administrator.
Having had an opportunity to work with
Doctor Haas in organizing the Department of
Business and later as Dean of Instruction, the
present administration is a prolongation of
~---me--ro1IID:rfm.mdattonswhich Were lam during his tenure.
During his years the Benjamin Franklin
Laboratory School, the Centennial Gymnasium, the Junior High School now known as
Navy Hall, a new Heating Plant, a Maintenance Building, and a Laundry were added
to the college plant.
But most of all, the interest of the Alumni
in their Alma Mater was quickened so that
the Centennial Celebration in 1939 was one
of the most memorable in the history of the
college.
The name of Francis Buchman Haas will
be inscribed along with the name of David
Jewett Waller, Jr., as the most outstanding
Pre,sidents in the history of our college..
It is worthy of note that these two men
also served as Superintendents of Public Instruction. Dr. Haas also had the rare distinction of serving two consecutive terms as President of the Pennsylvania State Education
Association in 1932 and 1933.
Bloomsburg State College will do well to
note and long remember the contributions of
these two great men of Education who were
also great human be,ings and a source of inspiration to all those who look to the future
of the "College on the Hill."

CHANGE OF ADDRESS - Whenever you change your
address, please notify the ALUMNI OFFICE immediately.
Include your Zip Code number. Help us keep in tou~h.

NON-PROFIT ORG.
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