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THE PROGRAM
Processional - - - - - - - Maestoso (Third Sonata) - Mendelssohn
Invocation and Announcements _________________ Harvey A. Andruss
President of the Callege
Address ____ "The Vision of Greatness" ____________________ D. Elton Trueblood
A.B., S.T.B., Ph.D., D.D.
President, Y okefellow Associates
Presentation of Class __________ John A. Hoch, A.B., M.A.
Dean of Instruction
Conferring of Degrees ____________ Harvey A. Andruss, A.B., M.B.A., Ed.D.
President of the Callege
Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Education
S. Lloyd Tourney, B.S., M.S., Ed.D.
Director of Business Education
Royce 0. Johnson, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D.
Director of Elementary Education
C. Stuart Edwards, B.S., M.Ed.
Director of Secondary Education
Donald F. Maietta, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Director of Special Education
Presentation of Candidates for the degree of Master of Education
Robert C. Miller, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Conferring of Degrees and Awarding of Diplomas ____ Harvey A. Andruss
"Alma Mater"
The Assembly
Recessional _____________ Fantasy in C Major - Bach
Organist -
William K. Decker, B.M., M.M.
Honorary Commencement Marshal - J. Almus Russell, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Balchunas, Alvin W.
Bennage, June I.
Blue, Robert M.
Boerner, Richard A.
Bohner, William J.
Bollinger, Carolyn J.
Brittingham, Barrie L.
Brogan, Mary D.
Ciocca, Louis Joseph, Jr.
Cottrell, Dorothy E.
Daskalos, Sandra
Dzury, Richard J.
Epler, Kenneth R.
Farina, Robert M.
Harder, Elizabeth A.
Hartley, Donna
Hazlett, Marcia J.
Heffner, James F.
Holden, Joseph F., Jr.
Hornung, Leann M.
Hurst, William J.
Jasinowski, Stanley D.
Johnson, Margaret I.
Johnson, Maxine K.
Kessler, Harry Richard, Jr.
Kluck, John D.
Kozlowski, Alexander M.
Kroupa, Elizabeth A.
Kurzinsky, Robert S.
Liverton, Charles P., Jr.
Long, Nancy R.
Lubas, Ronald J.
Mahoney, Francis J.
Mayer, Judith F.
Miller, Lincoln S., Jr.
Miller, Thomas Eric
Morrison, Glenn R.
Pealer, Alverta R.
Pierce, Robert L.
Ralston, James L.
Ravert, Harry Wilson, Jr.
Reifsnyder, John S.
Reilly, William J.
Rhine, Paul L.
Rizzo, Linda M.
Rosini, Dennis E.
Schrecongost, Michael L.
Sherratt, Ronald H.
Smith, Terry L.
Storm, Thomas J.
Troutman, Nancy R.
Twitmire, Barbara J.
Watkins, Scribner R.
Welter, Joseph C.
Wendell, Barbara A.***
Wertman, Carol J.
Whyte, Edward T.
Williams, Roger H.
Wilson, Charles H.
Wright, Anna Doreen
Yost, Paricia E.
Zamboras, Pauline
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Bailey, Janet D.
Bailey, Patricia L.
Beck, Edward
Berbick, Joyce M.
Bieber, Beatrice M.
Boland, Barbara J.
Borove, Anna M.
Bortree, Claudia J.
Bray, Joan M.
Brown, Anne Marie
Bruhlmeier, Amanda J.
Caldwell, Patricia A.
Caldwell, Douglas
Carson, Nancy J.
Clark, Judith A.
Conser, Anthony B.
Davey, Jean
Dymond, Kay
Ealer, Patricia A.
Eble,, Naomi E.
Ensley, Dawn
Fehr, Sharon K.
Folmsbee, Joan A.
Fox, Judith L.
Furman, Alice June
Gassert, Sonia D.
Geiger, Sandra L.
Girven, Betty J.
Haines, Susan E.
Herman, Emily A.
Herzig, Robert W.
Hunsinger, Dale H.
Jones, Barbara R.
Keil, Terry L.
Kotch, Regina K.
Kragle, Shirley A.
Krakowski, Dorothy J.
Kratzer, Harold R.
Kujawa, Lorraine F.
Kwartek, Kathleen M.
Lagana, Patricia A.
Larmouth, Linda S.**
Lathrop, Susan A.
Lee, George F., Jr.
Lennie, Michael C.
Linde, Nancy C.
Manning, Irene M.
Max, Melvyn
McCoy, Virginia R.
McCracken, Carol A
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (continued)
McCullough, Fern E.
McCutchen, Mary Louise
McKechnie, Sandra L.
Miller, Geraldine E.
Miller, Susan A.
Morrison, Susan A.
Murray, Carolee
Nelson, Joanne R.**
Newfield, Carol J.
Nicholls, Barbara A.
Obey, Carolyn A.
Osborne, Mary L.
Pedrick, Ethel Z.**
Paule, William F.
Quay, Carolyn E.
Radler, Judy E.
Raub, Nancy L.
Reilly, Sally K.
Reimensnyder, Marie A.
Rhone, Nancy J.**
Rice, Barbara A.
Richardson, Carol M.
Rink, Marilyn D.
Ritter, Donna K.
Sabol, Jean A.
Saylor, Kathryn A.**
Schraeder, Elaine R.
Seguine, Judith A.
Shields, Karin L.
Showers, Judith E.
Shriver, Diana L.
Shuttlesworth, Catherine A.
Smith, Wayne W.
Spotts, Joan S.
Stackhouse, Joan E.
Stanton, Jack
Stevens, Joseph
Terruso, Louise A.
Tomaryn, Merle J.
Unger, Beverly J.
Walker, Frances
Wanzie, Mary J.
Watson, Grace A.
Weisenfluh, Jean K.
Wetzel, Patricia A.
Winter, Elizabeth A.
Woodruff, Marcia
Wright, Virginia A.
Yakup, Jo Ann P.
Y averski, Alfred E.
Y ediny, Sue A.
Yul is, Nancy A.
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Adams, Elizabeth E.
Albright, Carl R.
Applegate, Judith A.
Artman, David A.
Bankes, Lawrence C.
Barbaro, Donna M.
Barfield, Robert E. III
Barner, Ronald B.
Barthalmus, George T.
Baumer, Karen A.
Bingaman, Martha J.
Bittenbender, Dale R.
Bogard, Donna J.
Bower, Gary D.
Bower, Roy Eugene, Jr.
Boyer, Neal L.
Boyle, Roland C.
Burkett, Richard W.
Callender, Frederick
Carlone, Carmelo
Cesarini, Ann Marie C.
Cody, Kathleen H.
Currie, Jack R.
Dampman, Robert
Dapra, Richard C.
DeGraziano, Thomas S.
Dillon, John Lloyd III
Donahue, Robert J.
Dowman, Frank C.
Eckhart, Donna M.
Egli, George
Ewing, Edgar Mulholland, Jr.
Fernsler, Howard
Fetterman, Henry E.
Fisher, Kay H.
Fister, Ann H.
Fleming, Peter T.
Forte, Rocco A.
Franklin, Donald G.
Fritz, Gerald R.
Fritzges, Charles J.
Fulton, C. Edward
Gates, Joseph
George, Wayne L.
Goss, James William, Jr.
Greco, Priscilla T.
Greenly, Larry W.
Griesing, Robert P.
Griffiths, Frederick J.
Griffiths, Robert W.
Gross, Ray Edwin II
Guzik, Barbara A.
Haile, Philip M.
Hartman, Charles Blair
Hebert, Ray F.
Hertz, Marilyn J.
Jenkins, Bernice C.
Jones, Hayden C.
Jones, Penny
Jones, William A.
Joyce, Ronald
Kacyon, Andrew R.
Kemp, Kathleen M.
Kipp, Larry D.
SECONDARY EDUCATION (continued)
Kostek, Alexis M.
Kreisher, Lillian W.
Krick, Joan M.
Krier, Susan R.
Krukas, Paul M.
Lagator, Donald P.
Lechleitner, Donald A.
Leshinskie, Joseph P.
Lewis, Ronald H.
Long, Dean N.
McDonald, Martin J.
Marnell, Thomas J .
Maul, Lynda K.
Megargel, William J.
Mercando, Neil A.
Mertz, Joan L.
Miller, George F.
Miller, Thomas John, Jr.
Moyer, Timothy C.
Murtin, John M.
Naugle, Earl H.
Naugle, Robert J.
Nutaitis, Joseph L.
Parker, Jon I.
Phillips, John F.
Plucinsky, Francis C.***
Prior, Geraldine
Rau, Karen A.
Recla, Lawrence R.
Reed, Gordon
Reidinger, Edward A.*
Romig, Randall F.
Roselli, Kathleen E.***
Rugh, Patricia A.***
Brown, Pamela S.
Buck, William L.
Dineen, Margaret T.
Frasier, Sharon A.
Gillung, Tom B.
Green, Robert A.
Haswell, Marianne
Jenkins, Judy A.
Cook, Deborah S.
Rutski, Adam F.*
Ryan, Thomas R.*
Sands, J. Robert, Jr.
Saxe, Arthur M.
Scarba, Michael D.
Schein, Joseph P. M.
Schlesinger, Harvey R.
Searfoss, Dona E.
Sheerer, Marilyn A.
Shenck, Paula A.
Shepherd, Ann G.
Sheran, Carl P.*
Sholley, Donald C.
Shymansky, James A.
Skowronski, John P.
Snyder, Jade W.
Stank, Margaret A.
Stefanik, Robert
Suchocki, Bernard R.
Taylor, Edward M.
Thomas, Philip M.
Toth, Thomas J.
Unice, Virginia I.
Updegrove, Janet
VanWinkle, Milton J.
Vinciguerra, Veronica A.
Wardigo, Michael K.
Weaver, Kevin R.
Wenzel, Ronald
Whitebread, Donald L.
Whitenight, Donald C., Jr.
Wydra, Dennis J.
Zavaglia, Joseph
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Mahoney, Betty Anne
Mengel, Elizabeth A.
Sheridan, Diane H.
Snella, Martin F.
Steible, Nancy E.
Szymanek, Barbara A.
Weigle, Sally A.
Y okl, Elizabeth
DENTAL HYGIENIST
CANDIDATES FOR MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Michael Kollesar
A Study of Programmed Instructions Versus Traditional Text-Book
Instructions
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Phyllis A. McCauslin
The Mythical Sun Imagery in Walden
Terry K. Riegel
A Survey of Economic Education in the Senior High School Level
of a Four County Area of New Jersey
* Cum Laude
** Magna Cum Laude
*** Summa Cum Laude
ALMA MATER
Far above the river winding
Midst the mountains grand,
Stands our College, dear to students
F ar throughout the land.
Far and wide though we may wander,
Still our hearts are true;
To our hilltop Alma Mater
W e our pledge renew.
Ever seaward Susquehanna
Never resting flows;
Ever upward, striving, climbing
Onward Bloomsburg goes.
Chorus
Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg,
Bloomsburg College
Up on College Hill;
Years to come shall find us ever
True to Bloomsburg still.
Words-Joseph H. Dennis
Air-"Annie Lyle"
History of Bloomsburg College
Academy, Literary Institute, State Normal School, State Teachers College, and
State College - such has been the development of Bloomsburg since its
inception as an Academy in 1839. A charter providing for the Bloomsburg
Literary Institute was drawn up in 1856. Recognized as a State Normal
School on February 19, 1869, Bloomsburg remained a private institution
until May, 1916 when it was purchased by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The transition from Normal School to State Teachers College was
begun in 1927 when authority to confer the Bachelor of Science degree in
Education was granted. By an Act of the General Assembly in January, 1960,
the fourteen State Teachers Colleges of Pennsylvania became State Colleges.
Authorization to offer courses leading to the Master of Education degree was
given by the State Council of Education in the same year. In the Spring of 1962,
the college was granted approval by the State Council of Education to offer
courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in the Natural Sciences, the
Social Sciences, and the Humanities, beginning September, 1962. The first
students enrolled in this program began their studies in September, 1963.
The Academic Costume
The academic costumes worn by members of the faculty have a special significance. The inside collar of the hood indicates the colors of the college or
university which awarded the degree. The color of the outside rim of the
hood symbolizes one of the following departments of learning:
Arts, Letters, Humanities - White
Business - Drab
Economics - Copper
Education - Light Blue
Fine Arts - Brown
Library Science - Lemon
Music - Pink
Philosophy - Blue
Physical Education - Sage Green
Science - Gold Yellow
Social Science - Citron
Theology or Divinity - Scarlet
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C!!rntrnntal "ymnantum
t;aturhan. :mllay 2!1. 1!165
l:3U J.!11l.
(£a.atrrn iuyltgqt wtmr)
THE PROGRAM
Processional - - - - - - - Maestoso (Third Sonata) - Mendelssohn
Invocation and Announcements _________________ Harvey A. Andruss
President of the Callege
Address ____ "The Vision of Greatness" ____________________ D. Elton Trueblood
A.B., S.T.B., Ph.D., D.D.
President, Y okefellow Associates
Presentation of Class __________ John A. Hoch, A.B., M.A.
Dean of Instruction
Conferring of Degrees ____________ Harvey A. Andruss, A.B., M.B.A., Ed.D.
President of the Callege
Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor of Science in Education
S. Lloyd Tourney, B.S., M.S., Ed.D.
Director of Business Education
Royce 0. Johnson, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D.
Director of Elementary Education
C. Stuart Edwards, B.S., M.Ed.
Director of Secondary Education
Donald F. Maietta, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Director of Special Education
Presentation of Candidates for the degree of Master of Education
Robert C. Miller, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Conferring of Degrees and Awarding of Diplomas ____ Harvey A. Andruss
"Alma Mater"
The Assembly
Recessional _____________ Fantasy in C Major - Bach
Organist -
William K. Decker, B.M., M.M.
Honorary Commencement Marshal - J. Almus Russell, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Balchunas, Alvin W.
Bennage, June I.
Blue, Robert M.
Boerner, Richard A.
Bohner, William J.
Bollinger, Carolyn J.
Brittingham, Barrie L.
Brogan, Mary D.
Ciocca, Louis Joseph, Jr.
Cottrell, Dorothy E.
Daskalos, Sandra
Dzury, Richard J.
Epler, Kenneth R.
Farina, Robert M.
Harder, Elizabeth A.
Hartley, Donna
Hazlett, Marcia J.
Heffner, James F.
Holden, Joseph F., Jr.
Hornung, Leann M.
Hurst, William J.
Jasinowski, Stanley D.
Johnson, Margaret I.
Johnson, Maxine K.
Kessler, Harry Richard, Jr.
Kluck, John D.
Kozlowski, Alexander M.
Kroupa, Elizabeth A.
Kurzinsky, Robert S.
Liverton, Charles P., Jr.
Long, Nancy R.
Lubas, Ronald J.
Mahoney, Francis J.
Mayer, Judith F.
Miller, Lincoln S., Jr.
Miller, Thomas Eric
Morrison, Glenn R.
Pealer, Alverta R.
Pierce, Robert L.
Ralston, James L.
Ravert, Harry Wilson, Jr.
Reifsnyder, John S.
Reilly, William J.
Rhine, Paul L.
Rizzo, Linda M.
Rosini, Dennis E.
Schrecongost, Michael L.
Sherratt, Ronald H.
Smith, Terry L.
Storm, Thomas J.
Troutman, Nancy R.
Twitmire, Barbara J.
Watkins, Scribner R.
Welter, Joseph C.
Wendell, Barbara A.***
Wertman, Carol J.
Whyte, Edward T.
Williams, Roger H.
Wilson, Charles H.
Wright, Anna Doreen
Yost, Paricia E.
Zamboras, Pauline
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Bailey, Janet D.
Bailey, Patricia L.
Beck, Edward
Berbick, Joyce M.
Bieber, Beatrice M.
Boland, Barbara J.
Borove, Anna M.
Bortree, Claudia J.
Bray, Joan M.
Brown, Anne Marie
Bruhlmeier, Amanda J.
Caldwell, Patricia A.
Caldwell, Douglas
Carson, Nancy J.
Clark, Judith A.
Conser, Anthony B.
Davey, Jean
Dymond, Kay
Ealer, Patricia A.
Eble,, Naomi E.
Ensley, Dawn
Fehr, Sharon K.
Folmsbee, Joan A.
Fox, Judith L.
Furman, Alice June
Gassert, Sonia D.
Geiger, Sandra L.
Girven, Betty J.
Haines, Susan E.
Herman, Emily A.
Herzig, Robert W.
Hunsinger, Dale H.
Jones, Barbara R.
Keil, Terry L.
Kotch, Regina K.
Kragle, Shirley A.
Krakowski, Dorothy J.
Kratzer, Harold R.
Kujawa, Lorraine F.
Kwartek, Kathleen M.
Lagana, Patricia A.
Larmouth, Linda S.**
Lathrop, Susan A.
Lee, George F., Jr.
Lennie, Michael C.
Linde, Nancy C.
Manning, Irene M.
Max, Melvyn
McCoy, Virginia R.
McCracken, Carol A
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (continued)
McCullough, Fern E.
McCutchen, Mary Louise
McKechnie, Sandra L.
Miller, Geraldine E.
Miller, Susan A.
Morrison, Susan A.
Murray, Carolee
Nelson, Joanne R.**
Newfield, Carol J.
Nicholls, Barbara A.
Obey, Carolyn A.
Osborne, Mary L.
Pedrick, Ethel Z.**
Paule, William F.
Quay, Carolyn E.
Radler, Judy E.
Raub, Nancy L.
Reilly, Sally K.
Reimensnyder, Marie A.
Rhone, Nancy J.**
Rice, Barbara A.
Richardson, Carol M.
Rink, Marilyn D.
Ritter, Donna K.
Sabol, Jean A.
Saylor, Kathryn A.**
Schraeder, Elaine R.
Seguine, Judith A.
Shields, Karin L.
Showers, Judith E.
Shriver, Diana L.
Shuttlesworth, Catherine A.
Smith, Wayne W.
Spotts, Joan S.
Stackhouse, Joan E.
Stanton, Jack
Stevens, Joseph
Terruso, Louise A.
Tomaryn, Merle J.
Unger, Beverly J.
Walker, Frances
Wanzie, Mary J.
Watson, Grace A.
Weisenfluh, Jean K.
Wetzel, Patricia A.
Winter, Elizabeth A.
Woodruff, Marcia
Wright, Virginia A.
Yakup, Jo Ann P.
Y averski, Alfred E.
Y ediny, Sue A.
Yul is, Nancy A.
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Adams, Elizabeth E.
Albright, Carl R.
Applegate, Judith A.
Artman, David A.
Bankes, Lawrence C.
Barbaro, Donna M.
Barfield, Robert E. III
Barner, Ronald B.
Barthalmus, George T.
Baumer, Karen A.
Bingaman, Martha J.
Bittenbender, Dale R.
Bogard, Donna J.
Bower, Gary D.
Bower, Roy Eugene, Jr.
Boyer, Neal L.
Boyle, Roland C.
Burkett, Richard W.
Callender, Frederick
Carlone, Carmelo
Cesarini, Ann Marie C.
Cody, Kathleen H.
Currie, Jack R.
Dampman, Robert
Dapra, Richard C.
DeGraziano, Thomas S.
Dillon, John Lloyd III
Donahue, Robert J.
Dowman, Frank C.
Eckhart, Donna M.
Egli, George
Ewing, Edgar Mulholland, Jr.
Fernsler, Howard
Fetterman, Henry E.
Fisher, Kay H.
Fister, Ann H.
Fleming, Peter T.
Forte, Rocco A.
Franklin, Donald G.
Fritz, Gerald R.
Fritzges, Charles J.
Fulton, C. Edward
Gates, Joseph
George, Wayne L.
Goss, James William, Jr.
Greco, Priscilla T.
Greenly, Larry W.
Griesing, Robert P.
Griffiths, Frederick J.
Griffiths, Robert W.
Gross, Ray Edwin II
Guzik, Barbara A.
Haile, Philip M.
Hartman, Charles Blair
Hebert, Ray F.
Hertz, Marilyn J.
Jenkins, Bernice C.
Jones, Hayden C.
Jones, Penny
Jones, William A.
Joyce, Ronald
Kacyon, Andrew R.
Kemp, Kathleen M.
Kipp, Larry D.
SECONDARY EDUCATION (continued)
Kostek, Alexis M.
Kreisher, Lillian W.
Krick, Joan M.
Krier, Susan R.
Krukas, Paul M.
Lagator, Donald P.
Lechleitner, Donald A.
Leshinskie, Joseph P.
Lewis, Ronald H.
Long, Dean N.
McDonald, Martin J.
Marnell, Thomas J .
Maul, Lynda K.
Megargel, William J.
Mercando, Neil A.
Mertz, Joan L.
Miller, George F.
Miller, Thomas John, Jr.
Moyer, Timothy C.
Murtin, John M.
Naugle, Earl H.
Naugle, Robert J.
Nutaitis, Joseph L.
Parker, Jon I.
Phillips, John F.
Plucinsky, Francis C.***
Prior, Geraldine
Rau, Karen A.
Recla, Lawrence R.
Reed, Gordon
Reidinger, Edward A.*
Romig, Randall F.
Roselli, Kathleen E.***
Rugh, Patricia A.***
Brown, Pamela S.
Buck, William L.
Dineen, Margaret T.
Frasier, Sharon A.
Gillung, Tom B.
Green, Robert A.
Haswell, Marianne
Jenkins, Judy A.
Cook, Deborah S.
Rutski, Adam F.*
Ryan, Thomas R.*
Sands, J. Robert, Jr.
Saxe, Arthur M.
Scarba, Michael D.
Schein, Joseph P. M.
Schlesinger, Harvey R.
Searfoss, Dona E.
Sheerer, Marilyn A.
Shenck, Paula A.
Shepherd, Ann G.
Sheran, Carl P.*
Sholley, Donald C.
Shymansky, James A.
Skowronski, John P.
Snyder, Jade W.
Stank, Margaret A.
Stefanik, Robert
Suchocki, Bernard R.
Taylor, Edward M.
Thomas, Philip M.
Toth, Thomas J.
Unice, Virginia I.
Updegrove, Janet
VanWinkle, Milton J.
Vinciguerra, Veronica A.
Wardigo, Michael K.
Weaver, Kevin R.
Wenzel, Ronald
Whitebread, Donald L.
Whitenight, Donald C., Jr.
Wydra, Dennis J.
Zavaglia, Joseph
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Mahoney, Betty Anne
Mengel, Elizabeth A.
Sheridan, Diane H.
Snella, Martin F.
Steible, Nancy E.
Szymanek, Barbara A.
Weigle, Sally A.
Y okl, Elizabeth
DENTAL HYGIENIST
CANDIDATES FOR MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Michael Kollesar
A Study of Programmed Instructions Versus Traditional Text-Book
Instructions
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Phyllis A. McCauslin
The Mythical Sun Imagery in Walden
Terry K. Riegel
A Survey of Economic Education in the Senior High School Level
of a Four County Area of New Jersey
* Cum Laude
** Magna Cum Laude
*** Summa Cum Laude
ALMA MATER
Far above the river winding
Midst the mountains grand,
Stands our College, dear to students
F ar throughout the land.
Far and wide though we may wander,
Still our hearts are true;
To our hilltop Alma Mater
W e our pledge renew.
Ever seaward Susquehanna
Never resting flows;
Ever upward, striving, climbing
Onward Bloomsburg goes.
Chorus
Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg,
Bloomsburg College
Up on College Hill;
Years to come shall find us ever
True to Bloomsburg still.
Words-Joseph H. Dennis
Air-"Annie Lyle"
History of Bloomsburg College
Academy, Literary Institute, State Normal School, State Teachers College, and
State College - such has been the development of Bloomsburg since its
inception as an Academy in 1839. A charter providing for the Bloomsburg
Literary Institute was drawn up in 1856. Recognized as a State Normal
School on February 19, 1869, Bloomsburg remained a private institution
until May, 1916 when it was purchased by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The transition from Normal School to State Teachers College was
begun in 1927 when authority to confer the Bachelor of Science degree in
Education was granted. By an Act of the General Assembly in January, 1960,
the fourteen State Teachers Colleges of Pennsylvania became State Colleges.
Authorization to offer courses leading to the Master of Education degree was
given by the State Council of Education in the same year. In the Spring of 1962,
the college was granted approval by the State Council of Education to offer
courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in the Natural Sciences, the
Social Sciences, and the Humanities, beginning September, 1962. The first
students enrolled in this program began their studies in September, 1963.
The Academic Costume
The academic costumes worn by members of the faculty have a special significance. The inside collar of the hood indicates the colors of the college or
university which awarded the degree. The color of the outside rim of the
hood symbolizes one of the following departments of learning:
Arts, Letters, Humanities - White
Business - Drab
Economics - Copper
Education - Light Blue
Fine Arts - Brown
Library Science - Lemon
Music - Pink
Philosophy - Blue
Physical Education - Sage Green
Science - Gold Yellow
Social Science - Citron
Theology or Divinity - Scarlet