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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

J. R. Rackley, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chairman, Board of State College Presidents
Ex-Officio Member, Board of Trustees
George B. Molenhoff, Assistant Commissioner of
Higher Education and Staff Director
George W. Hoffman, Director, Bureau of State Colleges
Louis W. Bender, Director, Bureau of Community Colleges
John H. McNally, Director, Bureau of Higher Education
Facilities
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Dr. Otis C. McCreary, Chairman

Council of Basic Education
Mrs. Albert Greenfield, Chairman
Joseph F. Burke
Dr. Paul S. Christman
Parke H. Lutz
Dr. William M. Potter
Walter Wilmarth
Mrs. Ernaline K. Mohr

Council of Higher Education
Frank N. Hawkins, Chairman
Dr. Katharine E. McBride
Dr. Otis C. McCreary
Gail L. Rose
James H. Rowland, Esq.
Dr. Leonard Wolf
Mr. William H. Rea

Members at Large: Mario C. Celli, Ira C. Gross, Duane E. Wilder
BOAR,D OF TRUSTEES
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE

Bloomsburg
Mr. William A. Lank, President
Hon. Harold L. Paul, Vice-President
Pottsville
Mr. J. Howard Deily, Secretary-Treasurer Bloomsburg
Mr. Howard S. Fernsler
Pottsville
Philadelphia
Hon. Bernard J. Kelley
Mr. Gerald A. Beierschmitt
Mt. Carmel
R.D. 1, Orangeville
Mr. E. Guy Bangs
Mr. Edgar A. Fenstermacher
R.D. 2, Berwick
Mr. William E. Booth
Danville
Dr. Harvey A. Andruss
President of the College

THE PROGRAM
Processional ---------- - · - - - - - - "Trumpet Voluntary in D" - Stanley
Invocation _ _ _ __ _ __ _________ Harvey A. Andruss
President of the Callege
Address ----- -------------------- Charles H. Watts, II, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Litt.D.
President of Bucknell University
Presentation of Seniors Honored ________________ Gerrold W. Hart, B.S., M.A.
Advisor, Senior Class
Presentation of Awards ------------------------ Paul S. Riegel, A.B., M.A., Ed.D.
Dean of Students
"Father of Heaven" _ __ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __
Arr. Decker
Concert Choir
Presentation of Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in
Education --------------------------- John A. Hoch, A.B., M.A., Ed.D.
Dean of Instruction
Conferring of the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education Harvey A. Andruss, A.B., M.B.A., Ed.D.
President of the Callege
Presentation of Diplomas
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., Ed.D.
Director of Secondary Education
William L. Jones, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D.
Acting Director of Special Education
Presentation of Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts John A. Hoch
Con ferring of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts ____________ Harvey A. Andruss
Presentation of Diplomas
Alden Buker, A.B., M.A. , Ph.D.
Director of Arts and Sciences
Presentation of Candidates for the Degree of Master of Education Robert C. Miller, B.S., M.S., Ed.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Conferring of the Degrees and Awarding of Diplomas Harvey A. Andruss
"Alma Mater" --------- - - - - - -- - - - ----------- The Assembly
Recessional ________ · - - - - -- --------------- "March" - Handel
Organist and Choir Director - William Decker, B.M., M.M.
Commencement Marshal - -- - - -------- James B. Creasy, B.S., M.S.

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Armstrong, Melinda S.
Byers, Susan Brown
Cook, George H.
Doto, Girard
Fritz, James J.

Kam, Diane Mei Ling
Kuchta, Alice H.
Madara, James K.
Pellen, Emma Jane K. **

Pentz, Roberta
Snyder, Ann E.
Szalku, Frank J.
Walker, Gregory
Wood, Dolores L.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Bartlett, Alan C. *
Berlitz, Karen J.
Bold, Cheryl Crewdson
Cain, Susan Jo
Chamberlain, Carol Cox
Davis, Irene
Gerhard, Carole L.
Haines, Sally Fisher
Graziano, Rochelle

Hakim, Arthur S.
Hashin, Marlene A.
Hilton, Ann L.
Kile, Jack C.
Kleiser, Jean E.
Kleppinger, Althea C.
Kovalchick, Gene J.
Lunger, Ruth Oberdorf

Moyer, Katherine A.
Scarantino, Ross A.
Tezik, Anthony J.
Ulrich, Nancy Shirk
Watts, Harriet Davis
Wirth, Helen L. (Mrs.)
Worthington, Vivian I.
Yordy, Charles A.

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Beily, Alan J.
Bomboy, Barry J.
Cobb, Alice C.
Cole, Susan R.
Crop£, Thomas I.
Cunningham, George
Domzalski, John F.
Flaherty, Cecilia
Genelow, Carolyn
Harvey, F. 'I_Mahlon
Hess, James R.

Jacobs, Jay B., Jr.
Kisela, Kathleen P.
Kishbach, Ellen Tyson *
Knorr, Thoma F.
Krape, Susan C.
Kwasnoski, John B. *
Laughlin, Marlene K.
Marmo, Joseph
Rhodes, Carol L.
Rolley, James B.
Sanko, John A.
Schnaars, David R. III

Bashore, Samuel R.
DeFrancisco, Diane
Dente, Philip A.

Grubb, Edward Newton
Leister, Patricia L.
Prowant, Judy E.

Schragen, Louis W.
Seidel, Homer Geissler, Jr.
Shirk, Ray H.
Shoemaker, Patricia B.
Soley, Anna Marie
Steidel, J. Richard
Studlick, Joyce **
Sunaoka, Leatrice K. ***
Vargo, Thomas R.
Waples, John J.
Zablocky, Irwin F.

SPECIAL EDUCATION
Tulli, Randy L.
Winters, Maxine D.
Wroblewski, Darlene E.

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Albertson, Eileen M.
Gers, Judith A.

Perrin, Corey F.

Sandone, Patrick W.
Shershen, Eugene D.

CANDIDATES FOR MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Bertsch, Harry J.

Concavage, Thomas E.
Plowfield, Patricia A.

Sorce, Gail L.

ELEMENT ARY EDUCATION
Frederick, Lee T.
*Cum Laude
**Magna Cum Laude
***Summa Cum Laude

Raker, Lynne L.

HISTORY OF BLOOMSBURG STATE 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 leadin g 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

Music - Pink

Business - Drab

Philosophy - Blue

Economics - Copper

Physical Education - Sage Green

Education - Light Blue

Science - Gold Yellow

Fine Arts - Brown

Social Science - Citron

Library Science - Lemon

Theology or Divinity - Scarlet

ALMA MATER
Far above the river winding
Midst the mountains grand,
Stands our College, dear to students
Far throughout the land.

Ever seaward Susquehanna
Never resting flows;
Ever upward, striving, climbing
Onward Bloomsburg goes.

Far and wide though we may wander,
Still our hearts are true;
To our hilltop Alma Mater
We our pledge renew.

Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg,
Bloomsburg College
Up on College Hill;
Years to come shall find us ever
True to Bloomsburg still.

Chorus

Words-Joseph H. Dennis

Air-"Annie Lyle"