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Edinboro State College
Midyear

COMMENCEMENT

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January 21, 1968
Memorial Auditorium
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

The College Marshal
The President
The Trustees of the College
The Platform Guests
The College Faculty
Members of the Graduating Class

COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS
Apricot - Dark Blue
Light Blue
Peacock Blue
Brown
- Citron - Copper
Crimson - Drab - - Gray - Silver Gray
Green - Olive Green
Sage Green
Lemon
- Lilac Maize - Orange
Pink - - Salmon Pink Purple
Russet - Scarlet
White - - Golden Yellow

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Nursing
Philosophy
Education
Public Administration
Fine Arts
Social Work
Economics
f ournalism
Business
Veterinary Science
Oratory
Medicine
Pharmacy
Physical Education
Library Science
Dentistry
Agriculture
Engineering
Music
Public Health
I.Aw
Forestry
Theology
Arts, Letters and Humanities
Science

-PROGRAM

PROGRAM

Two O'Clock
Dr. Chester T. McNerney, Presiding
Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of Science Degree

Prelude

Academic Processional

Brass Choir, Mr. Karl Gombert
Conductor

TRIUMPHAL MARCH

Guiseppe Verdi

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

Invocation

Concert Chorale and Brass Choir

Reverend Arthur Rathbun
Vicar of St. Peter Episcopal Church, Waterford

0 COME LET US SING

Theron Kirk

Dr. Jack B. Hetrick
Dean of Teacher Education

Conferring of Bachelor of Science Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Presentation of Candidates
for the Master of Education Degree

Dr. Jack E. Williams
Dean of Graduate Studies

Conferring of Master of Education Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Charge to the Graduates

Mr. Paul Foust
President of Alumni Association
Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Concluding Statement

*ALMA MATER
Commencement Address

Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

Mr. Robert L. Kunzig
Executive Director
The General State Authority
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Benediction

Dr. Eldon Shupe
Dean of Liberal Arts
Recessional

Conferring of Bachelor of Arts Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

Reverend James W. Tipton
Minister of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Drakes Mills and Edinboro

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE

Edward Edga,-

Dr. Chester T. McNerney··

President

•The audience is asked to join in the singing of the Alma Mater which is printed on the back of the program.

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

ELEMENTARY

Baccalaureate Degrees
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Peter George Chulack

Ann H. Radack

Wayne G. Johnson

Norman Derek Schruers

Sandra Jean Kinal

John H. Schurman, Jr.
Paula Lynn Mann

Ronald A. Dickson

Jean L. McConnell

Marcia L. Ernst

Betty J. McKlveen

Karen Sue Estman

Carole J. Middendorf

Robert R. Fontana

Robert L. Miller

Kathleen R. Foster

Beverly A. Muir

John W. Frombach - Cum Laude

Jane P. Muntean

Sharon M. Gates

Joseph S. O'Brien

Richard Lee Gerhart

Anna Mae Wilson Paladina - Cum Laude

Candace Ann Gillette

Kathleen A. Peterson

Betty J. Gilson

V. Susan Rudy

Jacqueline A. Gross

Norma M. Sandell

Jo Ann Gural

Joseph H. Schauer

Lawrence E. Gurrera

Diana M. Schmoke

Mary Alice Harcourt

Gayle A. Simmerman

Jean M. Heald

Nell M. Simpson

Dorothea J. Higgins

Dennis R. Smith

Linda L. Higley

William E. Smith

Joyce A. Hilow

Karen E. Taylor

Bachelor of Science Degree
ART

Conwell Anthony

Mary Ellen Neumeister

Joseph Albert Brenner

Raymond Jude Remerow

Rebecca J. McMinn

Edward J. Stefancik

ELEMENTARY
Gloria R. Anderson

Sandra Lee Callo

Robert E. Anderson

Sue A. Caswell

Joanne M. Benedict

Alfred J. Celentano, Jr.

Kathleen L. Huber

Kathleen Connolly Teconchuk

Barbara J. Bigley

Judith Clare Cook

James E. Kennell

Sylvia J. Troyer

Frank M. Bodak

Helen M. Damcott

Judith R. Brown

Betty J. Deiger

Roberta A. Linder

Karen B. Trumbull

Linda L. Callahan - Cum Laude

Shirley N. Delong

Denise H. Masenas

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

ELEMENTARY

SECONDARY

Judith A. Yarish

Nancy Lee Wilson

Rosemarie A. Vendetti-Cum Laude Barbara Ann Yurkovich
Barbara A. von Buseck

LIBRARY SCIENCE

Sue A. Caldwell
Dorothy Agnes Hilbert

Ronald L. Ealy

Thomas A. McLaughlin

Sheri Fogelboch

Michael R. Moritz

Robert A. Fratto

Kathleen M. Nathal

James Gentile

Frank Anton Noll, III

Darlene Jacqueline Green

Dolores L. Nowak -

Judith E. Holcomb

James Wescott Osborne -

John D. Horrell

James R. Palmer

Elizabeth A. Jackman

Denise Anne Piroli

Summa Cum Laude

JoanR. Hunt
Susan Elizabeth Ramsey
David W. Johnson -

SECONDARY

Cum Laude

Mary Edna Rahuba

William D. Karas

Charlotte A. Sammons

KayW. Kluz

Edward Spruk

M. Robert Kolesar

James A. Waite

Anastasia Kosaniak

Eugene S. Wasosky

Sunday M. Abraham

Robert H. Berry, Jr.

Betty Davis Bair

Robert M. Buckheit

Barbara J. Lawrence

Timothy D. Wise

Roger James Barton

David G. Cook

Joseph A. Leone

Roger James Wolz

Barry Alan Becker

George D. Corbett

Daniel M. McCue

Nancy A. Zirkle

Cum Laude

THE GRADUATING CLASS
Master of Education Degree

HONORS GROUP

This group includes those degree candidates who have earned all of their credits as students of
Edinboro State College and who have attained the following cumulative averages: Summa Cum Laude,

ELEMENTARY

3.80 to 4.00; Magna Cum Laude, 3.60 to 3. 79; and Cum Laude, 3.40 to 3.59.

Mary Hull Davenport, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Thomas Andrew Kurnava, B.S., Waynesburg College, 1958
Jeanne Frances Meister, B.S., Villa Maria C~llege, 1964
Jeanne C. O'Brien, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
Alene Snelson Paddock, B.A., Tulsa University, 1952
Myrtle Williams Silva, B.S., University o~ Illinois, 1960
Mary Kathryn Straneva, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
Charlene Weed, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962

Summa Cum Laude
-----Dolores L. Nowak

SECONDARY
Robert Clinton Baughman, A.B., Franklin and Marshall College, 1952
Helga Berthold, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
Lee Forbes Davis, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1949

Cum Laude

Richard E. Hakel, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Donald George Kaufman, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966

Linda L. Callahan

Ralph Edward Simmerman, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
John W. Frombach
David W. Johnson
GUIDANCE
Lorraine Voith Amsdell, B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1956

James Wescott Osborne
Anna Mae Wilson Paladina

Mary Dwyer Kun, B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1965
Douglas Winton, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1953

Rosemarie A. Vendetti

PROGRAM NOTES

Academic Vestments

1968 Class Officers
Thomas Marr Jack Podowski
Dorothy Mills Jack Carozza Patricia Patnick -

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PROGRAM NOTES

- President
Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
Representative of Student-Faculty Council

The gown, the cap and the hood, representing the major components of the academic dress, are
a ceremonial inheritance from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, where
dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility. The academic dress worn by those participatinB
in today's academic processional symbolizes the level of their academic attainment and the institution
they attended.

Gown

Advisers
Mr. Harvey L. Heath
Mrs. Pauline Manwaring
Miss Nola Weed
Mr. Robert Zanotti

Although the gown is more frequently black, certain universities have authorized the use of colored
gowns. The Bachelor and Master gowns are fashioned from black serge. The yoke for the Bachelor gown
is designed to be worn closed and features long, flowing and pointed sleeves. The Master gown is designed
to be worn open or closed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends, and the front part has an arc
cut away. The arms protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for the Doctor degree is made of
wool, serge, or silk with an open front faced with wide velvet panels. The sleeves are loose and bell-shaped
with three bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline in which the doctorate was obtained.

Hood
The Ceremonial Mace
The Ceremonial Mace, a symbol of presidential authority, is carried at the head of the academic
procession by the Grand Marshal, Dr. Luther Hendricks. The Mace, a gift of the Alumni Association, was
designed and executed by Mr. Seymour Blinderman and Mr. Henry Katzwinkel of the Art faculty and was
first used at the Inauguration of President Chester T. McNerney.
The Mace, twenty-seven inches high, is topped by a sterling silver sphere studded by cone-shaped
rubies. The neck of the Mace is inlaid with rosewood, alternated with silver fleur-de-lis. Cultured pearls
mounted on cups encircle the top of the staff. Discs of silver interspersed with rosewood compose the
shaft which ends with tip-casted silver. Sunken cultured pearls encircle a rounded cone with textured silver
to end in a small globe.

The most outstanding feature of the academic dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the Master's
and the Doctor's degrees. The Doctor's hood is longer than the Master's hood and has distinguishing
panels. The College or the University granting the degree is indicated by the color or coloring of the hood
lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates the field in which the degree was granted.

The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually the color of the gown. The tassel is black for the
Baccalaureate and Master degree and is worn over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for the
Doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread. Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of the cap
until the moment the degree is conferred by the President.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mr. Irving Olds Murphy, President, Fairview
Mrs. Donald E. Conaway, Warren
Mrs. Gilbert H. Diehl, Greenville
Mr. Max P. Gabreski, Oil City
Mr. Forest W. Hopkins, North East
Dr. George H. Ledger, Union City
Mr. Grosvenor S. McKee, Vice President, Meadville
Mr. Wesley G. Reitze, Meadville
Mr. Carl Welch, Greenville
Mr. William P. Rose, Honorary Life Member

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM
Programs of financial assistance and the low cost of attending Edinboro State College have made
higher education a reality for every student possessing the desire and ability to achieve such a goal.
Approximately $1,300,000 in financial assistance will be received by students at Edinboro State College
during the 1967-68 academic year through the following programs:
Educational Opportunity Grants
National Defense Student Loans
Pennsylvania Congress of Parents
and Teachers (Hanna Kent Schoff
Memorial Scholarships)
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's
Clubs Art Scholarships
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency Guaranty Loans
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency Scholarships
Soroptimist Club of Erie Scholarship
Student Employment
Traineeships for Senior Students
Concentrating in the Teaching of
the Mentally Retarded

ALMA MATER
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater glorious,
Fresh wreaths we bring to bind thy brow;
Trials past thou hast withstood victorious,
Never fairer, never statelier than now.
0 Edinboro, Edinboro, We revere thee,
Love thee, serve thee ever,
While class speeds class,
As swift years pass
To thee our hearts are true.

COlUGE ARCH\VlS
Edinboro State College
Spring

COMMENCEMENT

May 26, 1968
Sox Harrison Stadium
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

The College Marshal
The President
The Trustees of the College
The Platform Guests
The College Faculty
The Junior Marshals
Members of the Graduating Class

COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS
/1.pricot - - Dark Blue
Light Blue
Peacock Blue
Brown
Citron - Copper - - Crimson Drab Gray - Silver Gray
Green - Olive Green - Sage Green
Lemon
- - Lilac Maize - - - Orange - - Pink
Salmon Pink Purple
- - RJuset - Scarlet
White - Golden Yellow -

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Nursing
Philosophy
Education
Public Administration
Fine Arts
Social Work
Economics
/ ournalism
Business
Veterinary Science
Oratory
Medicine
Pharmacy
Physical Education
Library Science
Dentistry
Agriculture
Engineering
Music
Public H ea/th
Law
Forestry
Theology
Arts, Letters and Humanities
Science

PROGRAM

PROGRAM

Two O'Clock
Dr. Chester T. McNerney, Presiding
Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

Wind Ensemble, Mr. Donald Panhorst
Director

Prelude

Academic Processional

CORONATION MARCH
WAR MARCH OF THE PRIESTS

Meyerbeer
Mendelssohn

Dr. Eldon Shupe
Dean of liberal Arts

Conferring of Bachelor of Arts Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of Science in Education Degree

Dr. Jack B. Hetrick
Dean of Teacher "Education

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Conferring of Bachelor of Science in Education Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas
The Reverend Francis Tushim
Pastor, Our Lady of the Lake Church, Edinboro

Invocation

The Concert Chorale

PRAISE TO THE LORD

Commencement Address

Distler
Mr. Frank Muller, Director
Dr. Gilford.W . Crowell
Dean of College of "Education
Ohio University

Mr. Paul Foust
President of Alumni Association

Charge to the Graduates

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Concluding Statement

*ALMA MATER

Dr. James E. McKinley
Dean of Academic Affairs

Benediction

Presentation of Candidates
for the Master of Education Degree

Dr. Jack E. Williams
Dean of Graduate Studies

Recessional

Conferring of the Master of Education Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney
President

Presentation of the Academic Deans

Dr. Chester T. McNemey

The Reverend George W. Day
Minister, Fir1t United Pre1byterian Church, "Edinboro

GRAND MARCH FROM "AIDA"

*The audience is asked to join in the singing of the Alma Mater which is printed at the back of the program.

Verdi

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Master of Education Degree

Baccalaureate Degrees

ELEMENTARY

Bachelor of Arts Degree
Martha Mary Agard, B.A., Lake Erie College, 1964
Joyce Elaine Hamilton, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Lillian H. Lobdell, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
John Thomas Moser, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Dorothy Elizabeth Murphy, B.S., Villa Maria, 1964
Dorothy Jean Strack, B.S., Edinborp State College, 1960
Thomas Eugene Vizza, B.S., Clarion State College, 1964

SECONDARY
Robert Joseph Dean, B.S., Thiel College, 1959
James Charles Dietrich, Jr., B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967
Carole Marie Ewing, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
Lowell William Edminster, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1961

Daniel Gene Altenburg
Charles John Ansbach
Elizabeth A. Ayres
Heather Jane Baierl
Albert L. Bellini - Cum Laude
John Michael Benko, Jr.
Dennis Mahlon Burgett
Lawrence J. Carmen
Park DeWitt Casteel
Denise M. Chizmar
Joseph John Chromik, Jr. -Magna Cum Laude
Daniel W. Coakley
James Wilmont Cook
Patricia Ann Dean
Duke Bryan Diehl - Magna Cum Laude
Brent Joseph Dugan
Bart John Eiduke

Daniel Fiorentino
Rita Rea Foht
George Brett Fordyce
Dominic C. Frisina
Dorothy Ann Hritzay
Thomas Edward Mati j a
Michael 0. McMunn
Gerald Joseph Novelli
John Stephen Pegula
Stephen M. Regruth
Ronald Jerome Scanlon
Donald Louis Shafer
James K. Smalley
Lawrence Peter Smith
Thomas James Smith
Richard S. Troiano
Harold William Whittenberger

David Anthony Kolakowski, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967
Lucille Hermine Liemer, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966

Bachelor of Science in Education Degree

Ronald E. Mielewski, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Robert Richard Robie, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967

ART

Robert G. Speer, A.B., Thiel College, 1958

GUIDANCE
Richard Dale Baker, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1956
Richard L. Cavanaugh, B.A., St. Bonaventure University, 1960

I. Steve Musiek, B.A., Alliance College, 1958
Joseph Charles Ondrey, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1938
M.E., Pennsylvania State University, 1949
Ruth Swanson Orr, A.B., Western Reserve University, 1947
Anthony Passella, B.S., phio State University, 1940
Dominick Paul Sementilli, B.S., Gannon College, 1953

Judith C. Anderson
Nancy L. Anderson
Donna J. Arnink
Sarah M. Bostaph
Mary Alethea Burt
Daniel W. Byler
Norma L. Callahan
Beth Linden Cornell
Margaret Ann Dougan
Lynda J. Evanich
Regina A. Frederick
Doris Maria F ruehwirth
Christine A. Fry
Kathleen M. Fuller

Linda C. Dinger.Gilbert
Antoinette Gosik
Nancy M. Griffin
Patricia K. Heinrich
Christine Amaditz Henderson
Catherine C. Hines
James M. Horne
Barry Lee Kallmann
Joyce Marie Kiburz
Pamela Lynne Klein
Andrea J. Lauricia
Ruth M. Layton
Dennis L. Ledebur
Thomas A. Marr

THE GRADUATING CLASS
ART
Virginia Elaine Matone
Susan M. Mc Gaughey
Sarah A. Michelangelo
Dorothy L. Mills
Donald Laurence Partch
Patricia Anne Patnik
John M. Podowski
Katie S. Reisz
Sue Ann Reno
Lawrence Leonard Sebak

ELEMENTARY
Sandra Ann Shoenberger
Robert J. Simmons
Marcy L. Sites
Jane Ellen Sklencar
Ronald Clayton Smith
Alycefaye Stewart
David Vukelich
Larry B. Walker
Carol L. Walter
Carole M. Wi~r

ELEMENTARY
Dorothy Jean Adams
John E. Adams
Phyllis Mae Adamson
Margo A. Ambill
Karen Ruth Anderson
Patricia A. Anderson
Nancy E. Aquadro
Margaret Anne Augustino
Bonita J. Benson
Allyn L. Detzel Berger
Lynn C. Bishop
Bonnie B. Blackburn
Carla J. Blasch
Carolyn F. Bleutge
Dorothy E. Blystone - Magna Cum Laude
MaryAnn Bober
Christine Kay Bodamer
Karen M. Bolchazi
Paulette M. Bongiovanni
Michael Edward Brennan
Vicki Lynn Brice
Eleanor Christine Brojek
Barbara A. Brown
Gary B. Brozenich
Sandra J. Bruno
Jo-Anne E. Burger
Glenda Lee Callahan
Faye E. Carlson

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Nancy Louise Carlson
Cheryl L. Cass
Barbara J. Clark
James G. Cline
Sally J. Cole - Magna Cum Laude
Sandra Lee Congdon
Kathleen B. Cope
Martha Lynn Coudriet - Cum Laude
Linda Ruth Cridge
Christine Ann Crissman
Loreen A. D' Amico
Andrew Eugene Danielson, II
Kathleen M. Darkoch
Martha J. Deeter
MaryAnn De Fazio
Michele A. De Prille
Gloria J. DeSantis
Mary Catherine Desmone
Carole Lee DeTuerk
Judith A. Dopierala - Cum Laude
Laurel L. Duncan
Helen E. Farzalo - Cum Laude
Gertrude A. Flinn
John H. Freiwald
Nancy Lou Fretwell
MaryR. Gacka
James M. Galbraith
Linda K. Geiger

Joy M. Geisler
Elaine M. Gier
Pamela Lynn Gilliam
Barbara J. Gray
Victoria L. Greyhosky
Cherylee Grove
Susan E. Heise
LouAnn Herb
Gail Anne Herbert
Kathleen A. Hermonsky
Ruth J. Hibbard
Susan Ann Higgins
Marian Hildman
Margaret J. Hoellein
Richard James Hofmann
Adrienne Diana Hoko
Linda R. Holden
Mary Lou Holmes
M. Diana Infantino
Rose Marie Intrieri - Summa Cum Laude
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Mary C. James
Elaine R. Jeffrey - Cum Laude
Beverly Ann Johnson
Madeline E. Jolley - Cum Laude
Bonnie L. Jones
Suzanne Lee Kadel
Anne S. Kent
William D. Kent
Suzanne L. Kimble
Mary Szymanski Knickerbacker
Shirley A. Kramer
Judith Jean Kunkle
Elizabeth H. Lang
Isabelle A. Lang
Diane E. Lassack
Karen E. Leaver - Cum Laude
Evelyn R. Lefever
Marjorie A. Livingston
Catherine S. Lucia
Nancy J. Lydic
Janet Louise Mahaney
Ruth I. Maines

Michael B. Malone
Irwin Ralph Mapel
Charlene H. Mastrian
Rachel Mazza
Sandra L. Mc Clurg
Jacqueline A. McCorkle
Douglas C. McCullough
Marsha M. Mc Entire
Judith A. McFarland
Karen Lee Mc Figgen
David L. Mc Granahan
Sharon L. Merz
Marilyn K. Meyers
Virginia L. Meyers
Alice P. Michael
Suzanne Michael
Francine E. Mineo
Janice M. Mordush
Nicky J. Nickolaza~
Stephen B. Nishnick
Carole A. Olszewski
MaryAnn Theresa Olynik
Richard L. Orner
Robert L. Omer
Suzanne E. Ostberg
Sharon E. Otis
Patricia J. Paterson
Nikki Paulus
Frances A. Perry
Vicki L. Petri
Diane G. Pfisterer
Nancy A. Pluskota
Dorothy B. Pomeroy
Janet Ann Popovich
Theresa Ann Presta
Sally A. Rabits
Diane S. Reedy
Beverly Dawn Reese
Philip L. Reisker, Jr.
Kathryn Lynne Rhodes
David R. Rich
William C. Riester, Jr.

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

ELEMENTARY

SECONDARY

Leanna M. Roden
Joyce A. Rodgers
Elizabeth A. Roeder
Gregory J. Rogers
Judith E. Roman
Dennis R. Rupert
Donna J. Salkeld
Bonnie Anne Schietroma
Colette N. Schreiner
Geraldine M. Schroeck
Ellen Ann Sedelmyer
Suzanne E. Shearer
Kathryn E. Simpson
Judith L. Sninsky
Frank Staryszak
Mary Franees Stasky
Sharon K. Stewart
Russell W. Storll, Jr.

Nancy Luella Stuart
Teresa Marie Tassone
Mary E. Thomas
Gloria Grace Thompson
Frank J. Todd
Joseph C. Torelli
Norman L. Van Epps
Judith A. Van Zandt
Marsha L. Volk
Donna Lou Wagner
Ann K. Warner
Betty Lynn Whitaker
Philip Terry Winchell
Silvia R. Wisbar
Carol L. Wygant
Marlene G. Yarosik
Carole L. Yeaney
Susan Mary Yoder
Patricia Ann Zaritski
SECONDARY

Cheryl D. Aber
Charles Melton Acklin
Jacqueline Albanowski
Wendy Ellen Albitz
Charles R. Anthony
Joseph Carmine Baiera
Barbara A. Barney
Dennis R. Barto
Alfred T. Bayley
James J. Beatty
Mary Ellen Beedy,
Crystal M. Benzing
Anita L. Berardi
Daniel E. Berlin
Robert L. Bidwell
· Patrick J. Black
Susan F. Black
Robert D. Bloomquist
Jack P. Bock, II

Catherine C. Bott - Cum Laude
Ronald L. Bowen
John B. Braden
Lois E. Brown
John A. Brunecz
H. Roy Buck
Barbara J. Campbell
Judith Lynn Campeau
Linda D. Carr-Magna Cum Laude
Marion Elizabeth Carter
Cary F. Chludzinski
Robert D. Clark
Vincent C. Colaguori
Daniel V. Cook
Sharon Clark Crossen
Ann L. Cubbison
Gary W. Dailey
David L. Davis
Karen M. Davis - Cum Laude

Mary L. DeMott
Rita A. Dudzinsky
A. Edward Duffin, Jr.
F ranees L. Egyud
Sandra A. Ellis
Glenn C. Fields, III
Sharon J. Gallagher
Rose Marie George
Christine L. Greenfield ·
Peter B. Grippe
William E. Gross
Kenneth F. Haines
James L. Halligan
Donald L. Harpst
Samuel D. Hartzell
Louis J. Hauser, Jr.
Marie J. Heaster
William A. Herrmann
Bette R. Hoenes
Dennis Walter Hoesch
Jerry D. Hoffman
Carol Lee Houck
Thomas David Hudson
Gary L. Johnson
Marjorie A. Johnson
Janet M. Kasper
Helen Ann Kaus
Ronald J. Kaus
Karen D. Kirk
Patricia E. Kondzielski
James A. Kopczak
Carrie Lee Krill - Cum Laude
Shirley Jean Kuzio
Darrell L. Kysor
Russell D. Lasher
Harry W. Laughner, II
Ronald W. Litke
William James Mac Arthur
Marjorie J. Mance
Judith L. Mangold - Cum Laude
Dennis B. Manzini
Gary N. Masiroff
Richard G. Matts
David C. Mc Clatchey, III

Therese A. Nola McCloskey - Cum Laude
W. Ronald McCloskey
Sharon R. McKinley
Bonnie J. Merriman
Catherine L. Miller
David L. Miller
Gerald T. Miller
Robert Glenn Miller
Dennis W. Mohr
Garold Santi Molli
Thomas Lee Moore
Thomas F. Morgan
Richard D. Muntean
Frank E. Musiek
Michael J. O'Neill, Jr.
Darlene E. Padasak
Leslie E. Peterson
James R. Pfisterer
Charlotte J. Pilotti - Cum .Laude
Patricia A. Ponticello
Dennis M. Powell
Elaine C. Prud~nte
Donald E. Raybuck
James C. Reese
Dennis H. Riley
Russell Willard Ripper
Thomas M. Ritari
Patricia Ann Shaginaw
E. Colleen Sheppard
Jean C. Miller Snyder
Jacqueline M. Stankiewicz
Linda Jean Stevens
Raymond W , Swanson
Donald E. Sykes
Vernon S. Tenney, Jr.
Gary J. Thomas
Steve M. Vavra, Jr.
Diana L. Viglione
Karen A. Wade
Dennis J. Walberg
Don H. Wiedenheft
S. Lou Williams
William C. Williamson
Charles James Woodard

THE GRADUATING CLASS

HONORS GROUP

LIBRARY SCIENCE

This group includes those degree candidates who have earned all of their credits as students of

Jill Lynn Bond

Jenny L. Magoon -

Peggy Jean Davenport

Susan T. Rinder

Cum Laude

MUSIC
Margaret N. Uhleman

Edinboro State College and who have attained the following cumulative averages: Summa Cum Laude,
3.80 to 4.00; Magna Cum Laude, 3.60 to 3.79; and Cum Laude, 3.40 to 3.59.

Summa Cum Laude
------Rose Marie Intrieri

SENIOR AWARDS
Magna Cum Laude
Donna Arnink

Alpha Psi Omega Stratford Fellowship

Dorothy Blystone

Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

Dorothy E. Blystone

Jill Bond
Linda Carr

Justina Baron Library Science Award

Linda D. Carr

Martha Coudriet

Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

Joseph Chromik, Jr.

Atomic Energy Commission Special Fellowship
in Nuclear Science

Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship

Joseph John Chromik, Jr.
Sally J. Cole
Duke Bryan Diehl

Marian Hildman

Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

Rose Marie Intrieri

Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship

Madeline Jolley

National Council for Geographic Education Award
for Excellence of Scholarship

Karen Leaver

Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

Albert L. Bellini

Francine Mineo

Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

Catherine C. Bott

Judy Sninsky

Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

Martha Lynn Coudriet

Cum Laude

Karen M. Davis

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Judith A. Dopierala
Helen E. Farzalo

Dennis Bayusick

Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art Scholarship

Jamie Bowman
Daniel Cowen

Debut Art A ward
Alpha Psi Omega Stratford Fellowship

Elaine Flaherty

Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art Scholarship

Elizabeth Kraftician

Debut Poetry A ward

Karen E. Leaver

James Kunkle
Anthony Machi

Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art Scholarship

Jenny L. Magoon

Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art Scholarship

Judith L. Mangold

Debut Prose Award

Therese A. Nola McCloskey

James T. Finnegan Award

Charlotte J. Pilotti

Judy Sloss
James Vanlaningham

Elaine R. Jeffrey
Madeline E. Jolley
Carrie Lee Krill

PROGRAM NOTES

PROGRAM NOTES

1968 Class Officers
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
Representative of Student-Faculty Council

Thomas Marr Jack Podowski Dorothy Mills Patricia Patnick

The Junior Marshals
In the processional and recessional the degree candidates are escorted by the two Junior Marshals. The
position of Junior Marshal is an honor awarded each commencement to the man and woman of the junior
class having earned the highest cumulative scholastic average.

Advisers
Mr. Harvey L. Heath
Mrs. Pauline Manwaring
Miss Nola Weed
Mr. Robert Zanotti

Junior Marshals for the spring commencement are Miss Linda Lakatos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lakatos, Erie, and Mr. George Schmalzried, ~on of Mr. and Mrs. George Schmalzried, Conneautville,
Pennsylvania. Miss Lakatos was graduated from Harbor Creek High School and is a secondary education
major specializing in mathematics. Mr. Schmalzried was graduated from Saegertown High School and is a
liberal arts major specializing in the humanities.

1968 Class Gift
Outdoor Barbecue

The Ceremonial Mace
The College Marshal
Leading the academic procession is the College Marshal. This honor is bestowed each commencement
upon an outstanding faculty member. Mrs. Esther Campbell, a member of the Music and Drama department, is today honored for 40 years of dedicated service to the students of Edinboro State College. She
will retire to private life following this commencement. Since coming to the college in 1928 Mrs. Campbell
has served for 35 years as director of the Collegiate Singers and for many years as director of the Women's
Chorus, the Men's Glee Club, and the Madrigal Singers, in addition to her administrative and teaching
duties. In conjunction with the director of dramatics and the Collegiate Players, she presented such musical
productions as "Oklahoma!" and "South Pacific." Mu Kappa Gamma, the honorary music fraternity, was
founded under the guidance and direction of Mrs. Campbell, who has continued to serve as its adviser. She
was for 36 years one of the advisers to Alpha Delta, social sorority. Mrs. Campbell will maintain her interest
in the College as an emeriti faculty member.

The Ceremonial Mace, a symbol of presidential authority, is carried at the head of the academic
procession by the Grand Marshal, Mrs. Esther Campbell. The Mace, a gift of the Alumni Association, was
designed and executed by Mr. Seymour Blinderman and Mr. Henry Katzwinkel of the Art faculty and was
first used at the Inauguration of President Chester T. McNerney.
The Mace, twenty-seven inches high, is topped by a sterling silver sphere studded by cone-shaped
rubies. The neck of the Mace is inlaid with rosewood, alternated with silver fleur-de-lis. Cultured pearls
mounted on cups encircle the top of the staff. Discs of silver interspersed with rosewood compose the
shaft which ends with tip-casted silver. Sunken cultured pearls encircle a rounded cone with textured silver
to end in a small gfobe.

PROGRAM NOTES

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GIFTS

Academic Vestments

"They received, each for his own memory, praise that grows not old, and ·with it•the grandest of all
sepulchres, not that in which their mortal bones are laid, but a home in the minds of men, where their glory
remains fresh to stir to speech or action as the occasion comes by. For the whole earth is the sepulchre of
famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over the native earth, but lives on far away, without
visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives."-Thucydides

The gown, the cap and the hood, representing the major components of the academic dress, are
a ceremonial inheritance from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, where
dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility. The academic dress worn by those participating
in today's academic processional symbolizes the level of their academic attainment and the institution
they attended.

Dr. Harry W. Earlley, March 25, 1966
Friends, alumni, family and students established a monetary gift in memory of Dr. Earlley, Dean of
Instruction, who was serving as Acting President of the College.

Gown
Although the gown is more frequently black, certain universities have authorized the use of colored
gowns. The Bachelor and Master gowns are fashioned from black serge. The yoke for the Bachelor gown
is designed to be worn closed and features long, flowing and pointed sleeves. The Master gown is designed
to be worn open or closed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends, and the front part has an arc
cut away. The arms protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for the Doctor degree is made of
wool, serge, or silk with an open front faced with wide velvet panels. The sleeves are loose and bell~shaped
with three bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline in which the doctorate was obtained.

Hood
The most outstanding feature of the academic dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the Master's
and the Doctor's degrees. The Doctor's hood is longer than the Master's hood and has distinguishing
panels. The College or the University granting the degree is indicated by the color or coloring of the hood
lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates the field in which the degree was granted.

Dr. Thomas R. Miller, February 7, 1966
Dr. Miller became the twelfth president of the College in 1954. Envisioning and developing a Master
Plan which is today under construction, the campus is comprised of 565 acres, a total final investment of
$45,000,000 with a planned completion date of 1972. Friends, alumni, faculty and students have established
a memorial gift in memory of this man for his many acts of kindnesses and understanding.

Corporal Gary Leslie Norman, December 18, 1967
Gary Norman, a former student at Edinboro State College, was killed in action in Vietnam. In his
memory his. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norman, Erie, have set up a scholarship fund to which friends
and business organizations have contributed.

Helen Sabin Reed, October 18, 1966
A $10,000 endowment was given to Edinboro State College in memory of Mrs. Helen Sabin Reed, a
member of the Education faculty since 1961. Because Mrs. Reed was a specialist in the reading field, the
yearly $500 scholarship will be awarded to an Elementary Education major. Mrs. Theo Sabin Meyer of Erie;
Mrs. Mildred Sabin Young, Los Angeles, California, sisters; and a brother Robert W. Sabin, Long Beach,
California, established the gift.

Dr. L. W. Vanlaningham, December 2, 1967
The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually the color of the gown.· The tassel is black for the
Baccalaureate ana Master degree and is worn over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for the
Doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread. Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right shle of the cap
until the moment the degree is conferred by the President.

A memorial Student Teacher Loan Fund was established by associates, relatives and friends of Dr.
VanLaningham who served the College as Director of Student Teaching and Placement from 1949 until
his death.

ALMA MATER
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater glorious,
Fresh wreaths we bring to bind thy brow;
Trials past th~u hast withstood victorious
Never fairer, never statelier than now.
0 Edinboro, Edinboro, We revere thee,
Love thee, serve thee ever,
While class speeds class,
As swift years pass
To thee our hearts are true.

COLLE GE ARCHIVES
Edinboro State College
Summer

COMMENCEMENT

August 24, 1968
Memorial Auditorium
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

THE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION

The College Marshal
The Junior Marshals
The President
The Trustees of the College
The Platform Guests
The College Faculty
Members of the Graduating Class

COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS
Apricot
Dark Blue Light Blue
Peacock Blue
Brown
- Citron - - Copper
Crimson
Drab - - Gray - - Silver Gray
Green - Olive Green Sage Green
Lemon
Lilac - Maize - Orange
Pink - Salmon Pink Purple
- Rllsset - Scarlet
- White - Golden Yellow

- - - - - -

- -

- - -

Nursing
Philosophy
Education
Public Administration
Fine Arts
Social Work
Economics
f ourna/ism
Business
Veterinary Science
Oratory
Medicine
Pharmacy
Physical Education
Library Science
Dentistry
Agriculture
Engineering
Music
Public H ea/th
Law
Forestry
Theology
Arts, Letters and Humanities
Science

PROGRAM

PROGRAM

TenO'Qock

Dr. Chester T. McNerney, Presiding
Dr. Eldon Shupe

Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

Prelude

Lois Porter

Organist

Academic Processional

AUX ARMES

Giacomo Ferraris

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

Invocation

Dean of Liberal Arts

Conferring of Bachelor of Arts Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Presentation of Candidates
for the Bachelor of &ience in Educatio_n Degree

Conferring of Bachelor of &ience in Education Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

The Reverend George Lower

Raymond J. Broderick

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Mr. Paul Foust
President of Alumni Association

Charge to the Graduates

Campus Minister

Commencement Address

Dr. Robert Connors

Chairman of Elementary Education

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

Concluding Statement

Lieutenant Governor
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
*ALMA MATER
Presentation of the Academic Deans

Dr. James E. McKinley

Dean of Academic Affairs
The Reverend Eugene Ankeny

Benediction

Edinboro Methodist Church
Presentation of Candidates
for the Master of Education Degree

Dr. Jack E. Williams

Dean of Graduate Studies
Recessional

Conferring of the Master of Education Degree
and Presentation of Diplomas

MARCH INC

Dr. Chester T. McNerney

President

•The audience is asked to stand while the organist plays the Alma Mater.

Edouard Batiste

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

Master of Education Degree

ELEMENTARY

ELEMENTARY
Peggy Sue Alexander, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
Patricia Anderson, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Edna A. C. Baccus, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Bonnie Baier, B.S., Indiana State College, 1964
Marian Agnes Baird, B.A., Thiel College, 1966
Carol J. Battin, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Barbara Anne Becker, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1964
Roberta A. Behringer, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1964
Pamela Oaks Bratich, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Patricia Ann Cekoric, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Denis Edward Cercone, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Ralph Joseph Cicirella, B.S., Kent State University, 1955
R. Joan Cramer, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
Mary Elyn Demetter, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1964
W. Marcella Drake, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Billie Ellis Eaton, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
Donna Mae Edkin, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1964
Helen Ryburn Fell, B.S., Indiana State College, 1964
Kathryn Irene Foulk, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Phyllis Mara Goldhart, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
Annette Rae Greggs, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Judith Irene Hamilton, B.S., Indiana State University, 1962
Edward Cilfton Hatton, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Marianne Heck, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Linda Henson, B.S., Clarion State College, 1963
Barbara June Kemnec, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
Charlotte Lynn Korrell, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Paul Martin Kowatch, B.S., Kent State University, 1964
Judith E. Marshall, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Lyla J. Mason, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1960
Maureen Anne McManus, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1966
Amy Jean Millar, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
Judith C. Miller, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1963
Diana Mineo, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Jon Parmiter, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Samuel Arthur Perry, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Lois Marie Pitt, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Robert A. Pollifrone, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Linda Lou Powell, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
EvaJine Fay Hoovler Prather, B.S., Clarion State College, 1964

Vincent E. Quoresimo, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1961
Betty Joan Reed, B.S., Lake Erie College, 1966
Mary Brenda Robinson, B.S., Clarion State College, 1965
Cherryl Anne Schreiber, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Edward John Selleny, B.S., Gannon College, 1961
Richard LeRoy Shaner, B.S., Clarion State College, 1965
Norman Eugene Shea, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Barbara Ida Sislowski, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1958
Audrey M. Cleary Smith, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1961
Charlotte Allen Steves, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
Lois Annette Stull, B.A., Fairmont State College, 1961
Patsy James Tallarico, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Antonia Marie Tinti, B.S., Villa Maria College, 1966
Florence Suesser Torok, B.S., Kent State University, 1965
Anna F. Wolfe, B.S., Lock Haven State College, 1951
SECONDARY
Ralph Nelson Aversa, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Laurence David Behan, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
John Thomas Bemiss, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967
Robert George Bowen, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Thomas Patrick Carey, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
William Joseph Fordyce, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Girard Matthew Fritz, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967
Edmund Godfrey Stanton Fulton, Jr., B.S., Ashland College (Ohio), 1964
Richard Collin Greener, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Virgie Ruth Grimm, B.S., Concord College (W.Va.), 1956
William Thomas Henderson, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
Robert W. Herring, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1963
George J. Knopick, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Norman R. Lasky, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Thomas Michael Madden, B.S., Clarion State College, 1965
John William McCracken, Jr., B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Richard William Miller, B.A., Gannon College, 1961
Stuart Warren Morris, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1962
Darlene Leoda Nelson, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Thomas Anthony Newman, B.S., Indiana State College, 1965
David M. O'Dessa, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1961
Ronald Gregory Passarelli, B.S., Lock Haven State College, 1961
Lois Ann Pitts, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Barbara C. Rayl, B.A., Allegheny College, 1963

THE GRADUATING CLASS

THE GRADUATING CLASS

SECONDARY

GUIDANCE

Charles Dennis Reese, A.B., Fairmont State College, 1965
Roy Reese, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Thomas Elwood Reid, B.S., Lock Haven State College, 1964
James Davis Renner, B.A., Heidelburg College, 1963
Joseph John Schmidt, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Ronald Lee Shorts, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1959
David Lee Snyder, B.S., Oarion State College, 1958
Reva Nystrom Summerson, B.S., Mansfield State College, 1966
Roger William Travis, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Robert Joseph Washek, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967
Alan E. Wolf, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1951
Elsie Viola Woodin, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965

R. Blaine Schlosser, B.S., Penn State University, 1959
Ronald Lewis Schrecengost, B.S., Clarion State College, 1959
Grant Edward Shorts, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
William Michael Srsic, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1967
Leni R. Strong, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Robert Joseph Suppa, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Dorma Faye Tuttle, B.S., Kent State University, 1964.
William Robert Warren, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Elmer Norbert Yacobozzi, B.A., Gannon College, 1966
Dio M. Yost, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1957

Baccalaureate Degrees
Bachelor of Arts Degree

GUIDANCE
John Paul Abel, B.A., Muskingum University, 1949
Eugene Anthony Arrigoni, B.Ed., Waynesburg State College, 1964
Alan Richard Bartholomew, B.S., Kent State University, 1953
Peter John Behrens, B.A., State University of N.Y. at Stony Brook, 1967
Karen B. Bertholf, B.S., Bowling Green State University, 1962
Orin Stephen Best, B.S., California State College, 1962
William John Boyd, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
David Irwin Carnahan, B.S., Grove City College, 1949
Joanne Canfield Darling, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Richard D. Deken, B.S., Bowling Green State University, 1964
Joanne Marilyn Dwyer, B.S., Slippery Rock State College, 1961
Sara Jane Getzin, B.S., Slippery Rock State College, 1965
Anna Mary Hempel, B.S., Kent State University, 1948
Jack Edward Heim, B.S., Mount Union College, 1965
Ruth K. Hinderliter, B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1941
William Gordon Hudler, Jr., B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Phillip G. Isaac, B.S., Miami University, 1964
John Howard Komara, Jr., B.S., Slippery Rock State College, 1955
Priscilla L. Lovett, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Sara Lucille Lytle, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
Nancy J. MacGregor, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1965
J. Russell May, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Clyde Andrew Metz, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1966
Frank D. Minichelli, B.S., Gannon College, 1957
Patricia Elaine Muse, B.S., Indiana State College, 1958
D. Jean Ostermann, B.S., Edinboro State College, 1964
Martha Elizabeth Pfusch, B.A., Chatam College, 1937
Esther McCracken Rickert, B.A., Bethany College, 1944
Bernard Anthony Rye, B.S., California State College, 1959

David Lee Cozad
Mary Ann Hanas
Carolyn Lee James
Robert A. Koleno
Mary J. Loring
Gary Robert Lucht
Suellen E. Medd

William B. Putney
James Edward Remetta
Stephen Lamond Seblink
Douglas Winant Sidle
Cheryl Ann Steward
Kathleen Patricia Weyand - Magna Cum Laude
Norma Lee Woodward

Bachelor of Science in Education Degree
ART
Beverly S. Jordan
Kristine Lynn Kiefer
Karen A. Rulli
Vivian L. West
John W. Zipay, Jr.

John Frederick Baglini
Cheryl Patricia Brady
Carol Jean Coss
Kenneth Allen Foos
Sarah K. Howlett
ELEMENTARY
Janet Elaine Abert
Martha Jane Alford
Joyce Ann Catroppa
Marjory E. Chimenti
Marsha J. Chrise
Rose E. Debevec
Geraldine Gates Ewig - Cum Laude
James Patrick Finnucan
Virginia Margaret Gass

Ortha Z. Gerhart
Mary Elaine Glover
Florence B. Grasberger
Christine Anne H. Groeger
Eugene C. Grzelak
Judith Kaye Hogan
Lynette Lukehart Huddy
Joan L. Johnson
Beverly Jane Karp

THE GRADUATING CLASS
ELEMENTARY
Barbara J. Leary
Mary Ann Lolla
Alda R. Miersma
Agnes M. Mirando - Magna Cum Laude
Antoinette M. Moore
JoAnn M. Mudrunka
Nancy L. Osborne
Janet E. Packo
Jean E. Packo - Cum Laude
Jean A. Zahniser

Gerald Duane Petrarca
Susan Miller Samol
John Paul &haaf
Doris E. Skelton
Sylvia S. Smiley
Vera Leona Smith
Lois J. Southall
Lyona Doris Summerson
Richard Lynn Travis

HONORS GROUP
This group includes those degree candidates who have earned all of their credits as students of
Edinboro State College and who have attained the following cumulative averages: Summa Cum Laude,
3.80 to 4.00; Magna Cum Laude, 3.60 to 3.79; and Cum Laude, 3.40 to 3.59.*

Summa Cum Laude
------Roberta McCreary
Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

Roberta Mason Huckabone
Agnes M. Mirando
Kathleen Patricia Weyand

Geraldine Gates Ewig
Jean E. Packo
Sibyle Hutchings

SECONDARY
Alan Dale Bean
Roland E. Mariani
Janet Louise Brown
Thomas Arthur Martin
Edward Donald Dougan, Jr.
Joseph B. Miller, Jr.
Susanne C. Fasenmyer
Kathy Irene Newcome
Jerry E. Free
Harvey C. Pantzis
Robert W. Gilmore
Raymond Allen Pegg
Sharon Irene Gray
Robert D. Rhodes
Ronald Mitchell Gwynn
Constance Rinchiuso
Mark R. Haemer
Kathleen Rutkowski
James A. Handley, Jr.
Mark C. Sargent
Kathleen Ann Johnston
Nancy A. Shiring
Ronald L. Jones
Marlene Ann Streich
Edward T. Kultti
William S. Trypus
Terry Lee Lynn
Dennis Harry Trzeciak
Nancy L. Maloney
Charles A. VanWinkle, Jr.
Elden Francis Walthour

SENIOR AWARDS
Donna Arnink
Dorothy Blystone
Jill Bond
Linda Carr
Martha Coudriet
Joseph Chromik, Jr.
Marian Hildman
Rose Marie Intrieri
Madeline Jolley
Karen Leaver
Francine Mineo
Judy Sninsky

Alpha Psi Omega Stratford Fellowship
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Justina Baron Library Science Award
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Atomic Energy Commission Special Fellowship
in Nuclear &ience
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Hannah Kent Schoff Memorial PTA Scholarship
National Council for Geographic Education Award
for Excellence of Scholarship
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation
Senior Traineeship in Mental Retardation

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS
LIBRARY SCIENCE
Sibyle Hutchings -

Cum Laude

Linda K. Nelson
John J. Rocco

PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSING
Joyce Barrera
Frances Miller Bartholme
Carol Lee Calvin
Janice Lee Cianciolo
Gail L. Fees
Ruth N. Flanigan

Mary E. Holland
Roberta Mason Huckabone - Magna Cum Laude
Jacqueline Faith Maneval
Roberta McCreary - Summa Cum Laude
Susan Minor Melgaard
Marie Goodman Rhone

Dennis Bayusick
Jamie Bowman
Daniel Cowen
Elaine Flaherty
Elizabeth Kraftician
James Kunkle
Anthony Machi
Judy Sloss
James Vanlaningham

Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art &holarship
Debut Art Award
Alpha Psi Omega Stratford Fellowship
Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art &holarship
Debut Poetry Award
Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art &holarship
Pa. Federation of Women's Clubs Art Scholarship
Debut Prose Award
James T. Finnegan Award

*This group does not contain the ~ames of individuals who completed the requirements for the degree at the end of the
Post Session.

PROGRAM NOTES

PROGRAM NOTES

1968 Class Officers
- President
Vice President
- Secretary
Representative of Student-Faculty Council

Thomas Marr Jack Podowski Dorothy Mills Patricia Patnick -

The Junior Marshals
In the processional and recessional the degree candidates are escorted by the two Junior Marshals. The
position of Junior Marshal is an honor awarded each commencement to the man and woman of the junior

Advisers
Mr. Harvey L. Heath
Mrs. Pauline Manwaring
Miss Nola Weed
Mr. Robert Zanotti

class having earned the highest cumulative scholastic average.
Junior Marshals for the summer commencement are Miss Linda Lakatos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lakatos, Erie, and Mr. George Schmalzried, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schmalzried, Conneautville,
Pennsylvania. Miss Lakatos was graduated from Harbor Creek High School and is a secondary education
major specializing in mathematics. Mr. Schmalzried was graduated from Saegertown High School and is a
liberal arts major specializing in the humanities.

1968 Class Gift
Outdoor Barbecue

The Ceremonial Mace

The College Marshal
leading the academic procession is the College Marshal. This honor is bestowed each Commencement
upon an outstanding faculty member. Dr. John Gatzy, senior member of the Science Department, is today
honored for his years of dedicated service to the students of Edinboro State College.
Although Dr. Gatzy's academic background is in biological science, it was his interest in audio-visual
education which brought him to the campus of Edinboro State College in 1946 as Director of Audio-Visual
Education. In 19.59 he was appointed Chairman of the Science Department. As Chairman of the Department he assumed the major responsibilities for planning the Cooper Hall Science Building. After four years
of service as Department Chairman, Dr. Gatzy asked to be relieved of his administrative responsibilities
so that he could devote his full time to teaching and research.
In addition to his administrative and teaching duties, he served for many years as adviser to the freshman class; to Beta Beta Beta, the national biological honor society; and to Alpha Phi Omega, a national
service fraternity for college and university men.

The Ceremonial Mace, a symbol of presidential authority, is carried at the head of the academic
procession by the Grand Marshal, Dr. John Gatzy. The Mace, a gift of the Alumni Association, was
designed and executed by Dr. Seymour Blinderman and Mr. Henry Katzwinkel of the Art faculty and was
first used at the Inauguration of President Chester T. McNerney.
The Mace, twenty-seven inches high, is topped by a sterling silver sphere studded by cone-shaped
rubies. The neck of the Mace is inlaid with rosewood, alternated with silver fleur-de-lis. Cultured pearls
mounted on cups encircle the top of the staff. Discs of silver interspersed with rosewood compose the
shaft which ends with tip-casted silver. Sunken cultured pearls encircle a rounded cone with textured silver
to end in a small globe.

PROGRAM NOTES

Academic Vestments
The gown, the cap and the hood, representing the major components of the academic dress, are
a ceremonial inheritance from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, where
dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility. The academic dress worn by those participating
in todays academic processional symbolizes the level of their academic attainment and the institution
they attended.

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GIFTS
"They received, each for his own memory, praise that grows not old, and with it the grandest of all
sepulchres, not that in which their mortal bones are laid, but a home in the minds of men, where their glory
remains fresh to stir to speech or action as the occasion comes by. For the whole earth is the sepulchre of
famous men; and their story is not graven only on stone over the native earth, but lives on far away, without
visible symbol, woven into the stuff of other men's lives."-Thucydides

Dr. Harry W. Earlley, March 25, 1966
Friends, alumni, family and students established a monetary gift in memory of Dr. Earlley, Dean of
Instruction, who was serving as Acting President of the College.

Gown
Although the gown is more frequently black, certain universities have authorized the use of colored
gowns. The Bachelor and Master gowns are fashioned from black serge. The yoke for the Bachelor gown
is designed to be worn dosed and features long, flowing and pointed sleeves. The Master gown is designed
to be worn open or dosed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends, and the front part has an arc
cut away. The arms protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for the Doctor degree is made of
wool, serge, or silk with an open front faced with wide velvet panels. The sleeves are loose and bell-shaped
with three bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline in which the doctorate was obtained.

Hood
The most outstanding feature of the academic dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the Master's
and the Doctor's degrees. The Doctor's hood is longer than the Master's hood and has distinguishing
panels. The College or the University granting the degree is indicated by the color or coloring of the hood
lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates the field in which the degree was granted.

Dr. Thomas R. Miller, February 7, 1966
Dr. Miller became the twelfth president of the College in 1954. Envisioning and developing a Master
Plan which is today under construction, the campus is comprised of 565 acres, a total final investment of
$45,000,000 with a planned completion date of 1972. Friends, alumni, faculty and students have established
a memorial gift in memory of this man for his many acts of kindnesses and understanding.

Corporal Gary Leslie Norman, December 18, 1967
Gary Norman, a former student at Edinboro State College, was killed in action in Vietnam. In his
memory his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norman, Erie, have set up a scholarship fund to which friends
and business organizations have contributed.

Helen Sabin Reed, October 18, 1966
A $10,000 endowment was given to Edinboro State College in memory of Mrs. Helen Sabin Reed, a
member of the Education faculty since 1961. Because Mrs. Reed was a specialist in the reading field, the
yearly $500 scholarship will be awarded to an Elementary Education major. Mrs. Theo Sabin Meyer of Erie;
Mrs. Mildred Sabin Young, Los Angeles, California, sisters; and a brother Robert W. Sabin, Long Beach,
California, established the gift.

Dr. L. W. VanLaningham, December 2, 1967
The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually the color of the gown. The tassel is black for the
Baccalaureate and Master degree and is worn over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for the
Doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread. Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of the cap
until the moment the degree is conferred by the President.

A memorial Student Teacher Loan Fund was established by associates, relatives and friends of Dr.
Vanlaningham who served the College as Director of Student Teaching and Placement from 1949 until
his death.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Weldon Levinson &holarship
A $100 gift was presented to the Scholarship Foundation Fund through the generosity of Mr. Weldon
Levinson of Meadville. The money is to be awarded to a worthy student from the Meadville area to help
further his education.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Hanna Kent Schoff Memorial Scholarships
The Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers makes available each year two scholarships to
outstanding high school students who will attend Edinboro State College. These yearly scholarships are
continuous for four years, upon review of the scholarship committee. Awards are made on the basis of
CEEB test results, grades, class rank, personal attributes, co-curricular activities, desire to teach and a
personal interview.

Mrs. Dona/.d E. Conaway, Warren

Women's Club Art Scholarships

Mr. Max P. Gabreski, Oil City

Each year three art students who achieved sophomore or higher standing are recipients of awards. The
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's Clubs provide the grants with the selections being made by the Art
Scholarship Award Committee.

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM

Mr. Irving Olds Murphy, President, Fairview

Mrs. Gilbert H. Diehl, Greenville

Mr. Forest W. Hopkins, North East
Dr. George H. Ledger, Union City
Mr. Grosvenor S. McKee, Vice President, Meadville

Programs of .financial assistance and the low cost of attending Edinboro State College have made
higher education a reality for every student possessing the desire and ability to achieve such a goal.

Mr. Wesley G. Reitze, Meadville

Approximately $1,300,000 in financial assistance was received by students at Edinboro State College
during the 1967-68 academic year through the following programs:

Mr. Carl Welch, Greenville
Mr. William P. Rose, Honorary Life Member

Educational Opportunity Grants
National Defense Student Loans
Pennsylvania Congress of Parents
and Teachers (Hanna Kent Schoff
Memorial Scholarships)
Pennsylvania Federation of Women's
Clubs Art Scholarships

Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency Guaranty Loans
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Auistance Agency Scholarships
Soroptimist Club of Erie Scholarship
Student Employment

Traineeships for Senior Students
Concentrating in the Teaching of
the Mentally Retarded