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The Post Office Address is:
Slippery Rock State College
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
The Area Code is: 412
LOCATION:
Slippery Rock, Pa. —
Western Pa. about 50
mi. north of Pittsburgh
FOUNDED:
1889
ENROLLMENT:
5,000 students
TUITION & FEES:
$710 (In-State)
PROGRAMS:
B.A., B.S., M.Ed.,
M.S.
LIBRARY:
250,000 volumes
COLORS:
Green and White
NICKNAME:
Rockets
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COLLEGIATE
SPORTS:
13
PRESIDENT:
Dr. Albert A. Watrel
ACCREDITATION: Middle States Associ
ation of Colleges and
Secondary Schools;
National Council for
Accreditation of
Teacher Education.
Slippery Rock State College is an expanding multi-purpose
Pennsylvania state college of 5,000 students.
Nestled in the beautiful woodlands of Western Pennsyl
vania on a campus of over 410 acres, Slippery Rock
is experiencing a steady growth and anticipates an enroll
ment of 7,500 students by 1975.
Founded by local residents in 1889 as a teacher train
ing school, Slippery Rock has expanded its purpose and
role into many areas. Today, the College has a well diver
sified and esteemed School of Education, a renowned
School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
which is one of the nation's largest, a progressive School
of Arts and Sciences which currently leads the Pennsyl
vania state colleges with respect to the percentage of
liberal arts students enrolled and an expanding Graduate
School.
Slippery Rock State College offers undergraduate cur
ricula in: Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences,
Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Ed
ucation, Library Science, and Health, Physical Education,
and Recreation.
Its rapidly growing Graduate School offers the Master
of Education degree in: Elementary Education, Health
and Physical Education, Physical Science, Elementary
Guidance and Counseling, Social Studies, Secondary Guid
ance and Counseling, Special Education, Reading, Biology,
and English. A Master of Science degree program in Bi
ology is also offered.
FOR:
TELEPHONE OR WRITE TO:
General interests:
Director of Public Relations
Specific information
concerning the College:
Dean —
794-7215
School of Arts and Sciences
794-7224
School of Education
794-7255
School of Health, Physical Education
and Recreation
794-7327
Graduate School
794-7219
Financial aid (scholarships,
loans):
Director of Student Aid
794-7247
Business matters:
Business Office
794-7205
Summer School:
Dean of Summer Sessions and
Continuing Education
794-7218
Transcripts and records:
Registrar
794-7220
Placement information:
Director of Placement
794-7262
Alumni affairs:
Director of Alumni Affairs
794-7280
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FOR 1972-1973
First Semester
First Semester
Fnday> September 1
Faculty Meeting
Freshman Orientation
Tuesday, September 5
Scheduling
Tuesday & Wednesday, September 5-6
Classes begin
Thursday, September 7
Last day to enter classes
Thursday, September 14
Last day to drop class without penalty
Thursday, September 28
Mid-term grades due
Thursday, October 26
Last day to drop class with WP
Thursday, November 2
Thanksgiving Vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Wednesday, November 22
Thanksgiving Vacation ends & classes resume at 8 A.M. Mon., Nov. 27
Semester Ends
Friday, December 22
Summer Session, 1973
Pre-Session begins
Pre-Session ends
Regular Session begins
Vacation
Regular Session ends
Post-Session begins
Post-Session ends
Scheduling
Classes begin
Vacation
First Six Weeks ends
Scheduling
Classes begin
Second Six Weeks ends
Faculty Meeting
Friday, August 31
Freshman Orientation
Tuesday, September 4
Scheduling
Tuesday & Wednesday, September 4-5
Classes begin
Thursday, September 6
Last day to enter classes
Thursday, September 13
Last day to drop class without penalty
Thursday, September 27
Mid-term grades due
Thursday, October 25
Last day to drop class with WP
Thursday, November 1
Thanksgiving Vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Wednesday, November 21
Thanksgiving Vacation ends & classes resume at 8 A.M
Mon., Nov. 26
Semester ends
Friday, December 21
Second Semester
Second Semester
Research Term
January 8-19
Freshman Orientation
Tuesday, January 23
Scheduling
Tuesday & Wednesday, January 23-24
Classes begin
Thursday, January 25
Last day to enter classes
Thursday, February 1
Last day to drop class without penalty
Thursday, February 15
Mid-term grades due
Thursday, March 15
Last day to drop class with WP
Thursday, March 22
Spring vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Wednesday, April 18
Spring vacation ends & classes resume at 8:00 A.M
Tuesday, May 1
Semester ends
Wednesday, May 23
Alumni Day
Saturday, May 26
Commencement
Sunday, May 27
Summer Semester, 1973
FOR 1973-1974
Monday, June 4
Friday, June 22
Monday, June 25
Wednesday, July 4
Friday, August 3
Monday, August 6
Friday, August 24
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Monday, June 4
Tuesday, June 5
Wednesday, July 4
Friday, July 13
Monday, July 16
Tuesday, July ^
Friday, August 24
Research Term
January 8-18
Freshman Orientation
Monday, January 21
Scheduling
Tuesday, January 22
Classes begin
Wednesday, January 23
Last day to enter classes
Wednesday, January 30
Last day to drop class without penalty
Wednesday, February 13
Mid-term grades due
Wednesday, March 13
Last day to drop class with WP
Wednesday, March 20
Spring Vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Thursday, April 11
Spring Vacation ends & classes resume at 8:00 A.M
Tuesday, April 23
Last day of classes
Tuesday, May 21
Alumni Day
Saturday, May 25
Commencement
Sunday, May 26
Summer Session, 1974
Pre-Session begins
Pre-Session ends
Regular Session begins
Vacation
Regular Session ends
Post-Session begins
Post-Session ends
Monday, June 3
Friday, June 21
Monday, June 24
Thursday, July 4
Friday, August 2
Monday, August 5
Friday, August 23
Summer Semester, 1974
Scheduling
Classes begin
Vacation
First Six Weeks ends
Scheduling
Classes begin
Second Six Weeks ends
Monday, June 3
Tuesday, June 4
Thursday, July 4
Friday, July 12
Monday, July 15
Tuesday, July 16
Friday, August 23
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Towers Hall — Dorm (W)
Riviera Hall — Dorm (M)
Summit Hall — Dorm (W)
Sentinel Hall — Dorm (M)
Fairview Hall — Dorm (W)
Security Office
West Gym
East Gym
Behavioral Science Bldg.
Tennis Courts — West
Ceramic Bldg.
Weisenfluh Hall - Dining
North Hall — Dorm (W)
The Hut and Grille
Rhoads Hall — Dorm (W)
Maltby Library
Old Main — Admin.
Miller Auditorium
West Hall
Education Bldg.
Porter House — Art Dept.
Counseling Center
President's Residence
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Harner Hall — Dorm (W)
Bard Hall — Dorm (W)
Hi-Rise — Dorm (W)
Dining Hall II
Vincent Science Hall
New Education Complex (planning)
Morrow Field House
Heating Plant
Thompson Field
Alumni House
Maintenance Bldg.
New Security Bldg. (planning)
World Culture Bldg.
Classroom Bldg. I
New Library
Fine Arts Bldg. (planning)
College Union
Classroom Bldg. II
Dormitory — Men (planning)
Dormitory — Women (planning)
Dining Hall III (planning)
New Field House (planning)
New Football Stadium (planning)
Tennis Courts — East
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The Slippery Rock Student
Entrance to Slippery Rock
Fees and Financial Aid
Programs of Study
School of Arts and Sciences
School of Education
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Alumni Association
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S.R.S.C.—AN EXPANDING MULTI-PURPOSE
COLLEGE
Slippery Rock State College, founded in 1889, is located
in the small (2,500 pop.) rural town of Slippery Rock,
about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh. The beautiful wood
lands of Western Pennsylvania provide the setting for the
college's spacious 410-acre campus.
Plans for the College began in 1887 when the people
of Slippery Rock and the surrounding district began to
plan for the establishment of an academy in order that
their young people might have the opportunity for edu
cation near their homes. When it was discovered that the
eleventh district of the teacher training school system of
the Commonwealth was entitled to a normal school, com
munity leaders widened their plans, they sold stock, se
cured land and in 1888 erected three frame buildings, two
residence halls, and a recreation building and chapel.
The institution received its charter as a state normal
school on February 1, 1889 and opened the following
month.
Since then, Slippery Rock has experienced remarkable
growth in its faculty, enrollment, campus facilities, func
tion, and role. It has grown from three original buildings
on 22 acres of land with 6 faculty members and 168 stu
dents, to over 30 buildings on 410 acres, 350 faculty mem
bers and 5,000 full-time students. More importantly,
though, the College has matured and broadened from a
normal school to teachers college to a multi-purpose state
college of four schools: a well diversified School of Edu
cation; a School of Health, Physical Education, and Recre
ation, which is one of the nation's largest; a School of
Arts and Sciences, which currently leads the Pennsylvania
state colleges with respect to the percentage of liberal arts
students enrolled; and an expanding Graduate School.
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PURPOSE
The College recognizes a dual purpose: to provide a lib
eral education designed to produce enlightened citizens
and, hopefully, dynamic leaders; to provide specialized
education intended to equip the student for the profession
of his choice. An improved society and a satisfying way
of life for the individual are the ultimate objectives of both.
As a multi-purpose institution committed to selected
academic disciplines, the College is responsible for creating
an environment in which learning can take place. This en
vironment is created by a faculty qualified by preparation
and experience, a student body capable of learning and
assimilating, an adequate library, a dynamic administra
tion, and supportive facilities.
The faculty is cognizant of the importance of its func
tions of service, research, and teaching, but the primary
emphasis at the College is upon quality instruction.
The current curricular structure provides for a School
of Education, a School of Arts and Sciences, a School of
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, and a Gradu
ate School, each of which has definite and specific pur
poses and functions.
ACCREDITATION
Slippery Rock State College has been accredited academi
cally by these official organizations: The Middle States
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Na
tional Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education,
and the American Association of University Women.
The College holds institutional membership in such
organizations as: the American Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education, American Association of Univer
sity Women, American College Health Association, Ameri
can Council on Education, American Institute of Biologi
cal Sciences, Association of State Colleges and Universities,
College Arts Association of America, College Entrance
Examination Board, Middle States Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools, National Commission on Ac
crediting, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and
Universities, and the Regional Council for International
Educational Exchange.
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The faculty at Slippery Rock State College includes 35
full-time teaching members, 45% of whom possess doctoral degrees from 271 different institutions in the Un ted
States, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Cuba,
Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India Iran, Italy,
Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, and Taiwan. Ihe
majority of the administrative personnel have doctoral
degrees.
The College encourages research and publications un
dertaken by faculty members. A number of faculty membcrs arc engaged in research projects in their fields of
specialization.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Undergraduate students at Slippery Rock State College
are primarily from Pennsylvania, representing nearly all
of the Commonwealth's 67 counties. The majority of the
students are from Western Pennsylvania counties with
Allegheny County providing the largest number of enter
ing freshmen.
Most entrants are graduates of a college preparatory
curriculum which usually includes four years of English,
four years of social studies, two years of foreign language,
two years of mathematics, and three years of science in
cluding chemistry. In recent years, more than four out
of five entering freshmen have ranked in the top 40%
of their respective graduating classes. The average Scholas
tic Aptitude Test scores for new students approximate 500
for both mathematical and verbal.
Students on campus during the spring of 1970 were
studying in a variety of areas, with 1,288 majoring in ele
mentary education, 796 majoring in secondary education,
1,170 majoring in health, physical education, recreation,
and physical therapy, 582 majoring in liberal arts (hu
manities and fine arts, social sciences, or natural sciences
and mathematics), and 57 majoring in library science.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
In addition to carrying through an expanding program
for more than 10,000 graduates of Slippery Rock State,
Today
the Alumni Association is interested in fostering a con
tinuing relationship between all the groups which make
up the SRSC family.
An Executive Council, elected by Association mem
bers is responsible for the direction of the organization's
activities, and a newly formed Student/Alumni Liaison
Committee is developing programs which will bring about
meaningful dialogue and cooperation between students
and alumni of the College. An "Undergraduate Alumni
Association" has been formed with students paying dues
on a regular basis toward a life membership in the gen
eral association upon their graduation. Almost one-half
of the SRSC student body is enrolled in this program. An
Alumni Loan Fund has helped thousands of students fin
ish school and academic and athletic scholarships have
been established.
The Alumni House on campus, with a full-time direc
tor, provides for the maintenance of alumni records and
the management of programs which are available for
SRSC Alumni throughout the country.
FACILITIES
Presently, the facilities at Slippery Rock State College
consist of 31 major buildings situated on a campus of over
410 acres.
There are extensive athletic fields and wide stretches
of woodland including a tract of over 42 acres located two
miles northwest of the College along Wolf Creek whic
serves as a recreational area and an outdoor laboratory
for nature study.
Two hundred and fifty acres of land are available to t e
College for expansion purposes.
A new College Union, a dining hall, a 750,000-volumt
library, and a classroom building have just been com
pleted. Construction will soon begin on a 600-men rtsi
dence hall, another dining hall, an athletic field, an a
stadium. Within the next few years, construction wt gin on a 600-women residence hall, three 300-men rest
dence halls, a fine arts building, an administration m
ing, a maintenance building, a science building ad 110
and a physical education center and fieldhouse.
Thompson Field, named for N.
Kerr Thompson, who was coach of athletics at Slippery
Rock State College for 30 years, is the varsity football
and track stadium. It has a quarter-mile track with a
220-yard straight-a-way. Concrete stands and bleachers
provide seating for 4,000 persons. The old athletic field
on top of the hill behind the President's Mansion is now
the varsity soccer and baseball field with a seating capac
ity of 900. Nine additional fields are available for a
variety of outdoor activities; including both men's and
women's physical education instructional areas, intra
mural sports field, competitive athletic practice areas,
and the women's varsity hockey field. Preparations are
underway for the construction of a new 8,000-seat
stadium.
—AQUATIC FACILITIES A natatorium, located in a sepa
rate wing of the fieldhouse, provides a 42 x 75-foot pool
equipped with underwater lights and speakers, diving
boards, strength development areas, and locker and
shower rooms. A small pool (20 x 60 feet) is located
in a small building which joins the two gymnasiums on
the south edge of the campus.
—BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE BUILDING The Behavioral Sci
ence Building provides classrooms, offices and labora
tories for the Psychology Department.
COMPUTER CENTER The Computer Center, located
on campus in the World Culture Building, was estab
lished in 1968 with the installation of the College's first
computer — an IBM 360/30. The objective of the
Center is to supply computer services to the College
community in the areas of administration, instruction,
and research. Users of Computer Center services in
clude students, faculty, and staff of the College who
collectively define, through their indicated needs, the
specific services which the Center provides. The prin
cipal units of equipment comprising the machine con
figuration presently installed are: IBM 360/40, 128,000
bytes of core memory, a 5-disk IBM 2314 Disk Storage
Unit, two (2) IBM 2415 Magnetic Tape Units, an
IBM 2540 Card-Reader Punch, an IBM 1403 N1 Line
Printer which prints 1100 lines per minute, an IBM
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2780 Remote Job Entry Device, and four (4) Videomaster 7000 Cathode-Ray Tube Terminals. Various
other kinds of equipment are utilized in the Computer
Center to support the computer. These include key
punches and verifiers, a sorter, an interpreter, and an
Optical Scanning page reader.
COUNSELING CENTER The Counseling Center is lo
cated on Maltby Avenue across from Maltby Library.
Services of the Center are provided free of charge to
students each weekday: Monday through Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 12 noon and 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Students may
make appointments in person or by calling the recep
tionist (794-2510, extension 247). Professional coun
seling services are provided by the College to assist
in the fullest possible development of each student's
academic, vocational, and personal capacities. A staff
of counseling psychologists is available to assist stu
dents with academic difficulties, problems in choosing
a major or vocation, and concerns of a more personal
nature. Confidentiality regarding counseling contact is
carefully maintained.
DINING FACILITIES Three dining areas provide modern,
comfortable, and well-situated facilities for serving
meals to the student body. Included are North Hall
Dining Area, the newly air-conditioned Weisenfluh Din1*971^11' ^ 3 nCW
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EAST GYMNASIUM East Gymnasium has a floor space
of 68 x 82 feet. A dividing net makes it possible to play
two games of basketball or volleyball at the same time.
In this building are additional offices, locker rooms and
showers for women, two rooms for corrective gym
nastics, and a dance room.
—EDUCATION BUILDING This building is used as an ele
mentary and secondary clinical center. It contains col
lege classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium, a gymnasium,
a cafeteria, art rooms, music rooms, laboratories, offices,
and a closed circuit television system.
—EMMA GUFFEY MILLER AUDITORIUM The modern
auditorium, designed to seat about 900 and including
rooms for music and dramatic purposes, contributes
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greatly to the educational and cultural life on campus.
-LEADER SPECIAL EDUCATION BUILDING Thisbu!ilding
is an extension of Morrow Field House. It contain
offices and classrooms of the Special Education Depart
mcnt and the SRSC Laboratory School for Exceptiona
Children. It is equipped with speech therapy rooms, psy
chological testing and counseling rooms, one-way vision
rooms for observation of therapy, testing and teaching,
and diagnostic and counseling clinics.
-MALTBY LIBRARY—Maltby Library is growing rapidly
to serve the needs of the College community for ma
terials of instruction, inquiry, recreation, and cultural
advancement. The Library contains over 265,000 vol
umes as well as pamphlet files and 39,000 units of in
structional materials including filmstrips, phonorecords,
tapes, slides, and transparencies. Periodical subscriptions
total 2,220. Over 40,000 volumes were added in 197071. Microtext holdings augment the material available
in books and bound journals. The Library is a selective
United States Government Depository, a member of the
Pittsburgh Regional Library Center and a member of
the Union Catalogue of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia,
with which it is connected by teletype for the location
of materials in other libraries. Most of the book col
lections are on open stacks, allowing students direct
access.
The new library building, occupied for the first time
during the fall term of 1971, was built to enclose 98,000
square feet. This facility has an ultimate capacity of
490,000 volumes and seating capacity for 1,250 stu
dents. Air-conditioned and carpeted, the three-story
structure provides such features as student lounges, li
brary classroom, seminar rooms, soundproof listening
and typing rooms, individual study carrels, microfilm
room, exhibit space, and area for special collections.
-MORROW FIELD HOUSE The field house is 265 x 304
feet and provides facilities for basketball, indoor tennis,
indoor track (six-lane indoor track), badminton,
wrestling, gymnastics, locker and shower rooms, laun
dry, and supply rooms. It also contains twelve offices,
conference rooms, trophy cases, work rooms, corrective
rooms handball court, dance room, a research labora
tory, and a lobby and foyer. The main arena area pro
vides seating for 2,700.
—OLD MAIN The Main Building houses the administra
tive offices, duplicating center and the mail room.
SHEEHY THEATRE Located in Maltby Library, the
Sheehy Theatre seats 250 and provides facilities for
the study and production of plays.
TENNIS COURTS The College has six hard-surfaced,
lighted tennis courts adjacent to Thompson Field.
—VINCENT SCIENCE HALL This three story circular
structure of contemporary classic design, planned for
teaching the five major sciences, houses 37 general and
special laboratories, three large lecture halls, eight semi
nar rooms, 14 honors laboratories, a planetanum,
special optic and photographic laboratories, and a nu
clear physics laboratory with an underground hot room
for the safe storage of radioactive materials.
WEST GYMNASIUM West Gymnasium contains several
classrooms, offices, a small gymnasium, and a large
gymnasium floor measuring 50 x 90 feet.
WORLD CULTURE BUILDING This modern structure
provides 43 classrooms and office space for 96 faculty
members. It also contains 10 service rooms and a 240seat auditorium.
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Campus Government
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Athletics
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Rules and Regulations
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Student Affairs Services
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Cultural Programs
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Religious Life
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Orientation
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The Slippery Rock student enters an academic community
in which he will find many opportunities to develop the
abilities, motivation, and curiosity that will enable him to
become intellectually and socially independent. The pro
grams of study have been designed to be relevant to the
needs and interests of the student, to the academic stand
ards which the College upholds, and to the College com
munity which the College serves.
Although the College seeks to maintain an environment
that is conducive to the personal, social, and intellectual
development of the Slippery Rock student, the student is
responsible for budgeting his time in order to realize these
objectives.
The College encourages each student to participate in
activities in accordance with his ability and interest.
Through participation in selected activities, students are
provided with opportunities to assume responsibility and
develop leadership skills. Students serve with faculty and
administration on essential committees such as curriculum,
discipline, library, and student welfare.
LIVING FACILITIES
The social adaptability of each student is challenged in
his day-to-day life within the residence hall. Supervision
of residence halls is conducted in an advisory rather than
in a directive context and is in most instances conducted
by the student's peers. Since the College attempts to pro
vide campus housing for resident students, all freshmen
men and women are required to live in college-supervised
residence halls and to eat at one of the college dining
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Sophomore students shall reside in residence halls or
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students over 21 years of age, commuters, and married
students are not bound by any housing restrictions, other
than the responsibility of keeping the Housing Office in
formed as to their current college address.
The Director of Housing is responsible for student resi
dence hall assignments. Information concerning housing
is sent to each student in May for the following school
year. A statement of terms and conditions of occupancy
is furnished to the student prior to the beginning of the
school year. Final housing assignments arc made in June
and are made on a yearly basis, excluding summers.
Changes are made only in unusual circumstances.
Residence hall rooms are furnished with single beds,
chairs, desks, dressers, and drapes. The beds are sup
plied with sheets, pillows, and pillow cases. Students fur
nish their own blankets, towels, bedspreads, dresser covers,
and other personal effects as they may desire. Self-service
laundry and pressing rooms are maintained in each resi
dence hall for the convenience of the students.
There are eleven college residence halls — six state
owned and five privately owned. Facilities in the private
and state residence halls are comparable and supervision
for both is provided by the College.
Students who reside in a residence hall (both off and
on-campus) must eat in College dining facilities.
There are a limited number of rooms and apartments
in the community available for eligible students. Approved
housing lists are available in the Housing Office. Stu
dent teachers usually reside in private homes or apartments
in the community where they teach. Residence hall as
signments will be made to student teachers, if they so
desire, with the understanding that they will not be per
mitted to remain in the residence hall during scheduled
vacation periods.
Since the state has a decided interest in the education,
well-being, morals, health, safety, and convenience of its
students, Slippery Rock State College reserves the right to
enter any room in a state-owned or supervised residence
hall for the purpose of protecting the individual's welfare
and institutional facilities. Therefore, the student, upon
acceptance of a Slippery Rock State College assigned
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room, recognizes the College policy permitting a College
official entrance into his room, providing there is reasonable belief that it is for one of the above mentioned
purposes.
Furthermore Slippery Rock State College strives to
protect the student's constitutional rights and therefore
does not provide refuge from the law. When it is necessary
for State and Federal agencies to enter a room, every ef
fort will be made to assure that the proper legal processes
are followed.
It is housing policy that the Director of Housing may
change, at any time, a room assignment for the conveni
ence of the student or the institution.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES FACILITIES
College Union
The new college union, opened in September, 1971, is
a $2 million complex housing a snack bar capable of seat
ing 450 students, a 12,000 square-foot ballroom for
concerts and dancing, a bookstore, radio station, televi
sion lounges, meeting rooms and offices for student related
activities and organizations.
Bookstore
The College Bookstore is located on the first floor of
The College Union Building. The hours of operation are:
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. — Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. — Monday through Saturday the
first two weeks of each semester
There will be no Saturday or evening hours during
summer sessions.
All students may open a charge account in the College
Bookstore. Charge items are limited to books and neces
sary school supplies. All charge accounts must be paid
upon receipt of a statement from the College Bookstore.
Cap and gown sales will be conducted at the Bookstore.
Textbooks, contemporary publications, supply items, and
apparel may be purchased. Used books will be purchased
during the week of final examinations only.
CAMPUS GOVERNMENT
Panhellenic Council
Student Government
The Student Government Association is the governing
body of all student activities on campus. Composed of a
proportionate number of elected representatives from each
class, and an elected board of officers, the student govern
ment states as its purpose. ". . . to provide a representa
tive self-government to advance the welfare and common
interests of the students and the College, and to provide
an opportunity for effective student participation, with the
faculty and administration, in matters relating to the Col
lege community."
Presidents Council
The Presidents' Council is an organization made up
of the presidents of all organizations on campus. They
meet regularly with the Student Government Executive
Board, in an advisory capacity.
House Councils
Resident students are organized to direct their campus
social life. Each men's and women's residence hall has a
"house council" made up of elected student residents who
legislate to promote conditions conducive to better living,
good scholarship, and a well-balanced social program.
Associated Women Students
Associated Women Students is the governing body for
women students at Slippery Rock State College. All un
dergraduate women belong to this organization which en
courages self-direction among women in establishing and
coordinating women's regulations and activities.
Women's Senate
Women's Senate is the legislative branch of AWS.
is composed of representatives from the House Councis
and meets bi-weekly to establish the Living Standards an
review legislative decisions.
Interfraternity Council
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The Interfraternity Council is the governing bodyo &
social fraternities on the Slippery Rock campus. Each ra
ternity is represented in the Council by a senior an
junior delegate.
The Panhellenic Council is the governing body of all
social sororities on campus. It is composed of two repre
sentatives (junior and senior delegate) from each sorority.
The Panhellenic Association represents all sorority
members, both pledge and active, on campus.
ATHLETICS
Slippery Rock State College sponsors an Athletic Program
because it believes that competitive athletics are an in
tegral part of the educational process, and consequently,
make an important contribution to the total educational
objectives of the institution. Believing that competitive
athletics helps to broaden the scope of modern educa
tion, Slippery Rock includes in its General Studies pro
gram comprehensive intercollegiate and intramural sports
programs for both men and women students. All men
and women students are encouraged to participate in
these programs.
The primary purpose of the athletic program of Slip
pery Rock State College is to provide increased oppor
tunities for the development of each participating indi
vidual physically, mentally, emotionally, morally, and
socially. The program is so conducted as to assure the
wholesome use of leisure time, to provide a healthy focal
point for group spirit, and to provide laboratory experi
ences for prospective teachers and/or coaches.
Participation in the Intercollegiate Athletic Program
at Slippery Rock State College is completely voluntary.
The operating policies of this program protect the equality
of all qualified students to participate. This participation,
and hopefully the honor and privilege of representing
Slippery Rock in Intercollegiate competition, is an option
al, but valuable part of a student's learning experience.
Therefore, a student-athlete who voluntarily goes out for
a sport voluntarily accepts the obligations and respon
sibilities imposed upon all participants.
Male students have an opportunity to participate in 13
Intercollegiate sports. Fall sports include cross country,
football, and soccer. In the winter the student-athletes
may participate in basketball, gymnastics, indoor track,
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judo, and wrestling. Spring sports are baseball, golf, ten
nis, and track and field.
, PennSlippery Rock State College is a member of the Penn
svlvania State College Athletic Conference, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association
rf ,„SoUee».c Athletics, and the Eastern Collegtate
Athletic Conference.
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The men's intramural sports program offers a variety
of competition throughout the school year. Tournaments
are held between residence halls, fraternities, clubs fa
culty, and commuting students. Intramural sports include.
tlag football, volleyball, handball, paddleball, wrestling,
basketball, foul shooting, swimming, softball, and track.
During the past year more than 2300 students participated
in various intramural sports.
The Women's Recreation Association sponsors an intra
mural and extramural program. Sports days are held with
various colleges in many of the seasonal activities. The
women's intramural program, club program, and inter
collegiate program are all vital aspects of W.R.A.
Each student at Slippery Rock State College is en
couraged to select his or her own level of sports parti
cipation and then to pursue a program designed to meet
his or her own needs.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Slippery Rock State College assumes that each student is
a mature, responsible, individual who has entered the in
stitution for educational advancement. On that assump
tion, the College expects the student to direct his energies
toward the highest scholastic achievement possible for the
individual.
The College requires that the student, while attaining
these high educational purposes, maintain a pattern of the
social behavior in keeping with good taste and high moral
standards. The student is charged with the responsibility
for regular class attendance, reasonable study hours, and
a balanced social program.
The Office of Student Standards is responsible for the
coordination of the Code of Conduct and related judicial
processes which are designed to insure student rights and
responsibilities and to assist the college in fulfilling its
educational mission.
Students registered at Slippery Rock State College are
expected to understand and respect both the College and
State rules and regulations.
Any function sponsored by or held in the name of a
recognized student organization must follow all College
regulations whether that function be held on or off campus.
To help alleviate the College's parking problem, only
seniors, veterans, and bonafide commuting students may
obtain an approval card to have a car on campus and pur
chase a decal. Car registration must be presented at is
time. Moving violations and others will be enforced under
authority of the rules, regulations, and enforcement pro
cedures, adopted by the College, which coincide with the
Pennsylvania State Vehicle Code.
All changes in major must be initiated at the Counsel
ing Center. The student may fill out a request for change
of major there and will be offered the services of the
Counseling Center for personality and vocational tests
to help him in his decision.
Seniors are expected to notify the Registrars Office
during the first week of the semester in which they are to
graduate. If they expect to meet degree requirements dur
ing the summer, they should notify the Registrar s -• !
the first week of summer. A diploma is not ordered um
this requirement is met.
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Seniors expecting to teach must have a physica e
nation and a chest x-ray or tuberculin skin tat
their senior year. Arrangements should be ma
the College Infirmary at the beginning of the las se
prior to graduation.
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A complete account of the College s rules an _
tions, living standards, and parking registration P ..
are outlined in the student handbook, the Green an
and/or the Code of Conduct.
STUDENT AFFAIRS SERVICES
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The primary purpose of the Office of Student
complementary and supportive of the ^orm^ ^0jiege.
teaching function in reaching the goals o
More specifically, its aim is the development of an outof-class learning environment — involving all members
of the academic community — which will enhance and
extend the learning experiences of students beyond the
classroom.
Concerns focus on the optimum growth and develop
ment of the student; his search for identity; development
of self-discipline and self-evaluation; competence in de
cision-making; learning and application of leadership and
organizational skills; development in social and humanrelations skills; value structuring; and citizenship respon
sibilities.
A responsibility, among others, assumed by the Office
of Student Affairs is to represent the needs of students
and to serve as resource persons in interpreting student
life and behavior to others in the academic community;
and, conversely, in interpreting the community to students.'
The major functions performed include counseling,
health services, placement services, housing, food service,
activity programming, Greek life, orientation, financial aid,
residence hall programming, leadership development, stu
dent advising, and student standards.
Undergraduate Staff Members
In addition to full-time, professional and non-profes
sional staff members, a number of undergraduate students
hold staff positions, on a half-time basis, within the Office
of Student Affairs. These students are employed as mem
bers of the residence hall staff.
Presently, there are eleven residence halls, the majority
of which house female students. Each residence hall is
administered by a Head Resident (undergraduate students,
graduate students, and non-professional employees are
eligible to hold this position). Assisting the Head Resident
in the operation of each residence hall is a team of under
graduate students serving as Hall Advisors. A Hall Ad
visor is responsible for carrying out certain tasks that are
vital to the residence hall as a whole, conveying pertinent
information to the residents on his or her floor, making
himself or herself available to fellow students as an ad
visor and friend, plus maintaining order on the floor.
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Graduate Student Staff Members
There are a number of positions in the department held
by persons working toward graduate degrees. These gradu
ate positions are available to students majoring in all aca
demic disciplines.
Graduate appointments are available to either married
or single graduate students. Those appointed are not re
quired to live in residence halls unless they are appointed
to a residence hall supervisory position.
Graduate appointments are available in the following
areas: Student activities — college union; residence hall
staff; financial aid; counseling services; Greek affairs; stu
dent standards; special programs.
Those graduate students employed in the residence halls
are provided apartments in the residence halls where they
work.
Health Services
The physicians and nurses of the College Health Serv
ices provide medical care for students. The Dispensary and
Infirmary are located in the east wing of North Hall.
Twenty-four hour nursing care is provided for students
confined to the Infirmary.
The facilities do not provide laboratory services, diag
nostic x-ray, emergency surgery, or dental care.
The college physicians may refer students to their family
physician.
Student Insurance Program
Undergraduate students are required to be covered by
health and accident insurance. This may be done by the
student through an independent source, or the student
may elect to purchase coverage at the time of registration.
The student must furnish evidence of comparable coverage
if he wishes to have a waiver granted for the purchase or
the recommended policy. The coverage procured through
an independent source must be comparable to that recom
mended by the College. The College reserves the right to
determine comparable coverage.
To take advantage of these benefits, students must re
port promptly to the College nurse all cases of accident or
illness requiring medical attention.
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Brochures, explaining the insurance coverage in detail,
are supplied by the insurance company holding the con
tract with the College and are made available to the
students.
Placement Services
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A placement service for all seniors and alumni is sponsored by the College and administered by the Office of
the Director of Placement. Through this office, with the
cooperation of the deans and department chairman, com
plete and accurate information is made available to po
tential employers.
Counseling Services
A staff of counseling psychologists is available to assist
students with academic problems such as study difficulties
or decisions regarding change of major or vocation, as well
as concerns of a more personal nature. Student personal
data and interview records are kept in strict confidence.
The Counseling Center is located on Maltby Drive "be
hind the library." The hours are: 8:30 a.m.-12 noon and
1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments
may be made in person or by calling the receptionist (7942510, Ext. 247). All S.R.S.C. students are welcome to
use the services of the Center without charge.
Selective Service
Any male student wishing the College to advise his
Selective Service Board of his status as a student must
initially complete forms SSS 104 and SSS 109. Informa
tion on selective service policy and procedure is avail
able in the Office of Student Affairs.
Veterans Affairs
All veterans should present the Certificate of Eligibility
to the Office of Student Affairs upon arrival on campus.
It is the responsibility of the veteran to contact the Col
lege concerning his Veterans Administration benefits and
to keep the Veteran's Affairs coordinator advised of any
changes in his program.
Any veteran who has served continuously on active
duty for a period of at least 180 days, any part of which
was after January 31, 1955, and who was discharged or
was released under conditions other than dishonorable is
eligible for Veterans Administration benefits under the
new Public Law 89-358. A veteran who served less than
180 days may be eligible if he was discharged or re
leased because of a service-connected disability.
CULTURAL PROGRAMS
The Office of Student Activities sponsors an Artist-Lecture
Series which presents to the college and public programs
providing information, cultural experiences, and enter
tainment.
Recent artists and lecturers appearing included: The
Young Americans, Stewart Udall, A Whitman Portrait,
Dick Gregory, David Susskind, Dr. Schoenfeld, The
Romeros, Ralph Nader, Pittsburgh Symphonetta and Miss
Mildred Miller, Charlie Byrd, and Michael Harrington.
Students and faculty-sponsored programs are presented
frequently to discuss matters pertaining directly to the
college and to widen educational horizons by out-of-classroom learning.
COMMUNITY CHURCHES
There are four churches in Slippery Rock: the United
Methodist, the Center United Presbyterian, the Highland
United Presbyterian, and the St. Peter's Roman Catholic.
There are opportunities for worship in other Protestant
and Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues in nearby
communities.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
A Catholic and Protestant campus ministry is supported
through two ordained persons, Rev. Richard Ragni
(Catholic chaplain) and the Rev. T. Neil Severance
(Protestant chaplain). The campus ministry endeavors
to embrace all phases of student life that relate to per
sonal growth and attempts to be of every possible assist
ance toward the attainment of that end.
Father Ragni and Rev. Severance maintain offices in
the Newman Center located at 344 Normal Ave. (tele
phone 794-8459). Rev. Severance also maintains an of
fice at 206 Maple St. (telephone 794-8487). The New
man Center and its programs are designed to assist in
the development of interpersonal relationships which are
so vital to student life.
STUDENT ORIENTATION
A program of activities is sponsored by the College in
order to provide a realistic and positive orientation to
the social-cultural-academic environment of the campus.
This orientation usually begins during the summer and
is continued for a few weeks into the first semester with
group meetings, small discussion groups, and social gettogethers.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Student organizations at Slippery Rock are viewed as op
portunities for self-development and self-expression.
Therefore, the success of student activities rests largely
with the students. Students are encouraged to become
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involved in organizations as their time and interest
warrant.
There are approximately 100 organizations, activities,
and teams that have been created from student interest.
The scope of the organizations include athletics, drama,
music, service, social, scholastic interest, publications,
scholastic honoraries, and Student Government. Among
the organizations on campus are:
Music Organizations
Brass Ensemble
Chamber Singers
College Choir
Concert Band
Rocket Marching Band
Stage Band
Chamber Orchestra
Women's Glee Club
Special Interest Clubs
A.C.E.I.
Biology Club
Black Action Society
Bushide Karate Assoc.
Cheerleaders
Council for Exceptional
Children
Debate Club
Geology Club
Geography Club
Health and Physical
Education Club
Independent Political
Organization
Intercollegiate Conference
on Government
International Relations
Club
Jigoro Kano Judo Club
Officials Club
Orchesis
Philosophy Club
PSEA
Psychology Club
Readers' Theatre
Rocklettes
Ski Club
Society of Physics Students
Spanish Club
Students for Free
Expression
Varsity Club
Women's Recreation
Association
Young Democrats
College Publications and News Media
Ginger Hill
Saxigena
Service Organizations
Alpha Phi Omega
WNFT
Rocket
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WATKINS, JAMES V., Associate Professor, Education;
Assistant Vice-President for Student Affairs
West Virginia University, B.S., M.S.
WATSON, DONALD W., Assistant Professor, Geology
Tufts University, B.S.; Washington State University,
M.S.; University of Michigan, Ph.D.
WELLER, MARY ALICE, Associate Professor,
Elementary Education
Kent State University, B.S., M.E.; University of Iowa,
Ph.D.
WELLS, EDGAR F., Associate Professor, Philosophy
University of North Carolina,. B.A.; Harvard University,
M.A., Ph.D.
WESTON, LOUISE C., Assistant Professor, Sociology
and Anthropology
Holy Family College, B.A.; Fordham University, M.A.
WETTIG, CLIFFORD N., Assistant Professor, Physical
Education
Wilmington College, B.S.Ed.; Xavier University, M.Ed.
WHALEY, LOIS, Instructor, Health Science
Indiana University School of Nursing, R.N.; Oregon
State University, B.S.
WHALEY, RUSSELL F., Associate Professor and
Chairman, Health Science Department
State University of New York College at Cortland, B.S.;
University of Michigan, M.P.H.; University of
Wisconsin, Ph.D.
WHEATON, MARIE L., Associate Professor, Physical
Education
Slippery Rock State College, B.S.; New York
University, M.A.
WICKERSHAM, PHILIP H., Associate Professor,
Elementary Education
Wayne State University, B.S.; University of Illinois,
M.Ed., Ph.D.
WILEY, ASA G., Assistant Professor, Secondary
Education
Waynesburg College, B.S.; University of Pittsburgh,
M.Ed.
WILHELM, RUTH I., Assistant Professor, Library
Science
Misericordia College, A.B.; Duquesne University,
M.Ed.; Syracuse University, M.S.L.S.
WILLIAMS, CAROLYN, Assistant Professor, Physical
Education
Bouve-Boston Tufts College, B.S.; University of Texas,
M.Ed.
WILLIS, MELVIN R., Associate Professor, Chemistry
Guilford College, B.S.; North Carolina State College,
M.S.
WILLKENS, WILLIAM H. R., Professor, Secondary
Education; Director of Student Teaching
University of Pittsburgh, A.B., M.Ed., Ph.D.
WINK, JON D., Associate Professor and Chairman, Art
Department
University of Texas, B.F.A.; University of Washington,
M.F.A.
WOLFGARTH, ARTHUR E., Professor and Chairman,
Educational Psychology & Guidance Department
Northwestern University, B.S.; University of Omaha,
M.A.; University of Nebraska, Ph.D.
WUKICH, RICHARD M., Assistant Professor, Art
Edinboro State College, B.S.; Alfred University, M.A.
WYKOFF, DONALD H., Professor, Educational
Psychology & Guidance
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.S.; West Virginia
University, M.A., Ed.D.
ZIEGLER, FRANCES J., Instructor, English
Slippery Rock State College, B.S.; Westminster College,
M.Ed.
ZIMMER, DIETRICH M., Assistant Professor,
Geography
University of Heidelberg, B.A.; University of Kentucky,
M.A.; University of Heidelberg, Ph.D.
ZIMMERMAN, PATRICIA A., Associate Professor,
Physical Education
East Stroudsburg State College, B.S.; University of
Illinois, M.S.; University of Iowa, Ph.D.
The Library Faculty
HELMRICH, HAROLD E., Director of Libraries;
Associate Professor
University of Washington, A.B., A.B.L.S.; Columbia
University, M.S.
BROWN, LEAH M., Science Librarian; Assistant
Professor
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., M.L.S.
COMO, LOUIS, Assistant Acquisitions Librarian;
Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania State University, B.A.; University of
Pittsburgh, M.L.S.
DEARDORFF, JOHN H., Reference Librarian;
Assistant Professor
Mankato State College, B.A., B.S.; University of
Minnesota, M.A.
GILLON, ELIZABETH H., Instructional Materials
Librarian; Associate Professor
Thiel College, A.B.; Kent State University, M.A.
KING, S. EDNA, Head of Readers' Services; Associate
Professor
Geneva College, A.B.; Duke University, M.A.;
University of Michigan, M.A.L.S.
LAMSON, ROGER B., Catalog Librarian; Instructor
Hartwick College, B.A.; University of Denver, M.A.
LENTZ, MARY LOU, Catolog Librarian; Instructor
MLS*1
®
University of Pittsburgh,
UNVILLE, DORIS M., Campus Elementary School
Librarian; Assistant Professor
!• Hays Kansas State College, A.B.; State University
°fNew York at Albany, M.L.S.
^0\E, ROBERT M., Head Catalog Librarian; Assistant
Professor
^'College, B.A.; Western Reserve University,
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MUSTAPS, PAULINA, Catalog Librarian; Instructor
University of Riga (Latvia), B.A.; University of
Michigan, A.M.L.S.
NEFF, J. EUGENE, Government Documents and
Inter-library Loan Librarian; Assistant Professor
McPherson College, A.B.; Indiana University, M.A.
POTTER, MARY ALICE, Catalog Librarian; Assistant
Professor
Slippery Rock State College, B.S.; Western Reserve
University, M.S.L.S.
RAZZANO, LOUIS, Head of Technical Services;
Associate Professor
California State College, B.S.; University of Pittsburgh,
M.L.S., M.Ed.
SIEGRIST, CHARLOTTE L., Serials Librarian;
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan, B.A., A.M.L.S.
WALLACE, PATRICIA M., Catalog Librarian;
Instructor
Kansas State Teachers College, B.S.Ed.; University of
Pittsburgh, M.L.S.
The 1972
1973 Catalog
and
designed
Don Di Spirito
edited by
Kathleen Vincent
the
College
The Post Office Address is:
Slippery Rock State College
Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057
The Area Code is: 412
LOCATION:
Slippery Rock, Pa. —
Western Pa. about 50
mi. north of Pittsburgh
FOUNDED:
1889
ENROLLMENT:
5,000 students
TUITION & FEES:
$710 (In-State)
PROGRAMS:
B.A., B.S., M.Ed.,
M.S.
LIBRARY:
250,000 volumes
COLORS:
Green and White
NICKNAME:
Rockets
INTER
COLLEGIATE
SPORTS:
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PRESIDENT:
Dr. Albert A. Watrel
ACCREDITATION: Middle States Associ
ation of Colleges and
Secondary Schools;
National Council for
Accreditation of
Teacher Education.
Slippery Rock State College is an expanding multi-purpose
Pennsylvania state college of 5,000 students.
Nestled in the beautiful woodlands of Western Pennsyl
vania on a campus of over 410 acres, Slippery Rock
is experiencing a steady growth and anticipates an enroll
ment of 7,500 students by 1975.
Founded by local residents in 1889 as a teacher train
ing school, Slippery Rock has expanded its purpose and
role into many areas. Today, the College has a well diver
sified and esteemed School of Education, a renowned
School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
which is one of the nation's largest, a progressive School
of Arts and Sciences which currently leads the Pennsyl
vania state colleges with respect to the percentage of
liberal arts students enrolled and an expanding Graduate
School.
Slippery Rock State College offers undergraduate cur
ricula in: Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences,
Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Ed
ucation, Library Science, and Health, Physical Education,
and Recreation.
Its rapidly growing Graduate School offers the Master
of Education degree in: Elementary Education, Health
and Physical Education, Physical Science, Elementary
Guidance and Counseling, Social Studies, Secondary Guid
ance and Counseling, Special Education, Reading, Biology,
and English. A Master of Science degree program in Bi
ology is also offered.
FOR:
TELEPHONE OR WRITE TO:
General interests:
Director of Public Relations
Specific information
concerning the College:
Dean —
794-7215
School of Arts and Sciences
794-7224
School of Education
794-7255
School of Health, Physical Education
and Recreation
794-7327
Graduate School
794-7219
Financial aid (scholarships,
loans):
Director of Student Aid
794-7247
Business matters:
Business Office
794-7205
Summer School:
Dean of Summer Sessions and
Continuing Education
794-7218
Transcripts and records:
Registrar
794-7220
Placement information:
Director of Placement
794-7262
Alumni affairs:
Director of Alumni Affairs
794-7280
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FOR 1972-1973
First Semester
First Semester
Fnday> September 1
Faculty Meeting
Freshman Orientation
Tuesday, September 5
Scheduling
Tuesday & Wednesday, September 5-6
Classes begin
Thursday, September 7
Last day to enter classes
Thursday, September 14
Last day to drop class without penalty
Thursday, September 28
Mid-term grades due
Thursday, October 26
Last day to drop class with WP
Thursday, November 2
Thanksgiving Vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Wednesday, November 22
Thanksgiving Vacation ends & classes resume at 8 A.M. Mon., Nov. 27
Semester Ends
Friday, December 22
Summer Session, 1973
Pre-Session begins
Pre-Session ends
Regular Session begins
Vacation
Regular Session ends
Post-Session begins
Post-Session ends
Scheduling
Classes begin
Vacation
First Six Weeks ends
Scheduling
Classes begin
Second Six Weeks ends
Faculty Meeting
Friday, August 31
Freshman Orientation
Tuesday, September 4
Scheduling
Tuesday & Wednesday, September 4-5
Classes begin
Thursday, September 6
Last day to enter classes
Thursday, September 13
Last day to drop class without penalty
Thursday, September 27
Mid-term grades due
Thursday, October 25
Last day to drop class with WP
Thursday, November 1
Thanksgiving Vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Wednesday, November 21
Thanksgiving Vacation ends & classes resume at 8 A.M
Mon., Nov. 26
Semester ends
Friday, December 21
Second Semester
Second Semester
Research Term
January 8-19
Freshman Orientation
Tuesday, January 23
Scheduling
Tuesday & Wednesday, January 23-24
Classes begin
Thursday, January 25
Last day to enter classes
Thursday, February 1
Last day to drop class without penalty
Thursday, February 15
Mid-term grades due
Thursday, March 15
Last day to drop class with WP
Thursday, March 22
Spring vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Wednesday, April 18
Spring vacation ends & classes resume at 8:00 A.M
Tuesday, May 1
Semester ends
Wednesday, May 23
Alumni Day
Saturday, May 26
Commencement
Sunday, May 27
Summer Semester, 1973
FOR 1973-1974
Monday, June 4
Friday, June 22
Monday, June 25
Wednesday, July 4
Friday, August 3
Monday, August 6
Friday, August 24
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Monday, June 4
Tuesday, June 5
Wednesday, July 4
Friday, July 13
Monday, July 16
Tuesday, July ^
Friday, August 24
Research Term
January 8-18
Freshman Orientation
Monday, January 21
Scheduling
Tuesday, January 22
Classes begin
Wednesday, January 23
Last day to enter classes
Wednesday, January 30
Last day to drop class without penalty
Wednesday, February 13
Mid-term grades due
Wednesday, March 13
Last day to drop class with WP
Wednesday, March 20
Spring Vacation begins at 9:00 P.M
Thursday, April 11
Spring Vacation ends & classes resume at 8:00 A.M
Tuesday, April 23
Last day of classes
Tuesday, May 21
Alumni Day
Saturday, May 25
Commencement
Sunday, May 26
Summer Session, 1974
Pre-Session begins
Pre-Session ends
Regular Session begins
Vacation
Regular Session ends
Post-Session begins
Post-Session ends
Monday, June 3
Friday, June 21
Monday, June 24
Thursday, July 4
Friday, August 2
Monday, August 5
Friday, August 23
Summer Semester, 1974
Scheduling
Classes begin
Vacation
First Six Weeks ends
Scheduling
Classes begin
Second Six Weeks ends
Monday, June 3
Tuesday, June 4
Thursday, July 4
Friday, July 12
Monday, July 15
Tuesday, July 16
Friday, August 23
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Towers Hall — Dorm (W)
Riviera Hall — Dorm (M)
Summit Hall — Dorm (W)
Sentinel Hall — Dorm (M)
Fairview Hall — Dorm (W)
Security Office
West Gym
East Gym
Behavioral Science Bldg.
Tennis Courts — West
Ceramic Bldg.
Weisenfluh Hall - Dining
North Hall — Dorm (W)
The Hut and Grille
Rhoads Hall — Dorm (W)
Maltby Library
Old Main — Admin.
Miller Auditorium
West Hall
Education Bldg.
Porter House — Art Dept.
Counseling Center
President's Residence
Patterson Hall — Dorm (M)
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Harner Hall — Dorm (W)
Bard Hall — Dorm (W)
Hi-Rise — Dorm (W)
Dining Hall II
Vincent Science Hall
New Education Complex (planning)
Morrow Field House
Heating Plant
Thompson Field
Alumni House
Maintenance Bldg.
New Security Bldg. (planning)
World Culture Bldg.
Classroom Bldg. I
New Library
Fine Arts Bldg. (planning)
College Union
Classroom Bldg. II
Dormitory — Men (planning)
Dormitory — Women (planning)
Dining Hall III (planning)
New Field House (planning)
New Football Stadium (planning)
Tennis Courts — East
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S.R.S.C.—AN EXPANDING MULTI-PURPOSE
COLLEGE
Slippery Rock State College, founded in 1889, is located
in the small (2,500 pop.) rural town of Slippery Rock,
about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh. The beautiful wood
lands of Western Pennsylvania provide the setting for the
college's spacious 410-acre campus.
Plans for the College began in 1887 when the people
of Slippery Rock and the surrounding district began to
plan for the establishment of an academy in order that
their young people might have the opportunity for edu
cation near their homes. When it was discovered that the
eleventh district of the teacher training school system of
the Commonwealth was entitled to a normal school, com
munity leaders widened their plans, they sold stock, se
cured land and in 1888 erected three frame buildings, two
residence halls, and a recreation building and chapel.
The institution received its charter as a state normal
school on February 1, 1889 and opened the following
month.
Since then, Slippery Rock has experienced remarkable
growth in its faculty, enrollment, campus facilities, func
tion, and role. It has grown from three original buildings
on 22 acres of land with 6 faculty members and 168 stu
dents, to over 30 buildings on 410 acres, 350 faculty mem
bers and 5,000 full-time students. More importantly,
though, the College has matured and broadened from a
normal school to teachers college to a multi-purpose state
college of four schools: a well diversified School of Edu
cation; a School of Health, Physical Education, and Recre
ation, which is one of the nation's largest; a School of
Arts and Sciences, which currently leads the Pennsylvania
state colleges with respect to the percentage of liberal arts
students enrolled; and an expanding Graduate School.
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PURPOSE
The College recognizes a dual purpose: to provide a lib
eral education designed to produce enlightened citizens
and, hopefully, dynamic leaders; to provide specialized
education intended to equip the student for the profession
of his choice. An improved society and a satisfying way
of life for the individual are the ultimate objectives of both.
As a multi-purpose institution committed to selected
academic disciplines, the College is responsible for creating
an environment in which learning can take place. This en
vironment is created by a faculty qualified by preparation
and experience, a student body capable of learning and
assimilating, an adequate library, a dynamic administra
tion, and supportive facilities.
The faculty is cognizant of the importance of its func
tions of service, research, and teaching, but the primary
emphasis at the College is upon quality instruction.
The current curricular structure provides for a School
of Education, a School of Arts and Sciences, a School of
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, and a Gradu
ate School, each of which has definite and specific pur
poses and functions.
ACCREDITATION
Slippery Rock State College has been accredited academi
cally by these official organizations: The Middle States
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Na
tional Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education,
and the American Association of University Women.
The College holds institutional membership in such
organizations as: the American Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education, American Association of Univer
sity Women, American College Health Association, Ameri
can Council on Education, American Institute of Biologi
cal Sciences, Association of State Colleges and Universities,
College Arts Association of America, College Entrance
Examination Board, Middle States Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools, National Commission on Ac
crediting, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and
Universities, and the Regional Council for International
Educational Exchange.
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The faculty at Slippery Rock State College includes 35
full-time teaching members, 45% of whom possess doctoral degrees from 271 different institutions in the Un ted
States, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Cuba,
Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India Iran, Italy,
Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, and Taiwan. Ihe
majority of the administrative personnel have doctoral
degrees.
The College encourages research and publications un
dertaken by faculty members. A number of faculty membcrs arc engaged in research projects in their fields of
specialization.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Undergraduate students at Slippery Rock State College
are primarily from Pennsylvania, representing nearly all
of the Commonwealth's 67 counties. The majority of the
students are from Western Pennsylvania counties with
Allegheny County providing the largest number of enter
ing freshmen.
Most entrants are graduates of a college preparatory
curriculum which usually includes four years of English,
four years of social studies, two years of foreign language,
two years of mathematics, and three years of science in
cluding chemistry. In recent years, more than four out
of five entering freshmen have ranked in the top 40%
of their respective graduating classes. The average Scholas
tic Aptitude Test scores for new students approximate 500
for both mathematical and verbal.
Students on campus during the spring of 1970 were
studying in a variety of areas, with 1,288 majoring in ele
mentary education, 796 majoring in secondary education,
1,170 majoring in health, physical education, recreation,
and physical therapy, 582 majoring in liberal arts (hu
manities and fine arts, social sciences, or natural sciences
and mathematics), and 57 majoring in library science.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
In addition to carrying through an expanding program
for more than 10,000 graduates of Slippery Rock State,
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the Alumni Association is interested in fostering a con
tinuing relationship between all the groups which make
up the SRSC family.
An Executive Council, elected by Association mem
bers is responsible for the direction of the organization's
activities, and a newly formed Student/Alumni Liaison
Committee is developing programs which will bring about
meaningful dialogue and cooperation between students
and alumni of the College. An "Undergraduate Alumni
Association" has been formed with students paying dues
on a regular basis toward a life membership in the gen
eral association upon their graduation. Almost one-half
of the SRSC student body is enrolled in this program. An
Alumni Loan Fund has helped thousands of students fin
ish school and academic and athletic scholarships have
been established.
The Alumni House on campus, with a full-time direc
tor, provides for the maintenance of alumni records and
the management of programs which are available for
SRSC Alumni throughout the country.
FACILITIES
Presently, the facilities at Slippery Rock State College
consist of 31 major buildings situated on a campus of over
410 acres.
There are extensive athletic fields and wide stretches
of woodland including a tract of over 42 acres located two
miles northwest of the College along Wolf Creek whic
serves as a recreational area and an outdoor laboratory
for nature study.
Two hundred and fifty acres of land are available to t e
College for expansion purposes.
A new College Union, a dining hall, a 750,000-volumt
library, and a classroom building have just been com
pleted. Construction will soon begin on a 600-men rtsi
dence hall, another dining hall, an athletic field, an a
stadium. Within the next few years, construction wt gin on a 600-women residence hall, three 300-men rest
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and a physical education center and fieldhouse.
Thompson Field, named for N.
Kerr Thompson, who was coach of athletics at Slippery
Rock State College for 30 years, is the varsity football
and track stadium. It has a quarter-mile track with a
220-yard straight-a-way. Concrete stands and bleachers
provide seating for 4,000 persons. The old athletic field
on top of the hill behind the President's Mansion is now
the varsity soccer and baseball field with a seating capac
ity of 900. Nine additional fields are available for a
variety of outdoor activities; including both men's and
women's physical education instructional areas, intra
mural sports field, competitive athletic practice areas,
and the women's varsity hockey field. Preparations are
underway for the construction of a new 8,000-seat
stadium.
—AQUATIC FACILITIES A natatorium, located in a sepa
rate wing of the fieldhouse, provides a 42 x 75-foot pool
equipped with underwater lights and speakers, diving
boards, strength development areas, and locker and
shower rooms. A small pool (20 x 60 feet) is located
in a small building which joins the two gymnasiums on
the south edge of the campus.
—BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE BUILDING The Behavioral Sci
ence Building provides classrooms, offices and labora
tories for the Psychology Department.
COMPUTER CENTER The Computer Center, located
on campus in the World Culture Building, was estab
lished in 1968 with the installation of the College's first
computer — an IBM 360/30. The objective of the
Center is to supply computer services to the College
community in the areas of administration, instruction,
and research. Users of Computer Center services in
clude students, faculty, and staff of the College who
collectively define, through their indicated needs, the
specific services which the Center provides. The prin
cipal units of equipment comprising the machine con
figuration presently installed are: IBM 360/40, 128,000
bytes of core memory, a 5-disk IBM 2314 Disk Storage
Unit, two (2) IBM 2415 Magnetic Tape Units, an
IBM 2540 Card-Reader Punch, an IBM 1403 N1 Line
Printer which prints 1100 lines per minute, an IBM
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2780 Remote Job Entry Device, and four (4) Videomaster 7000 Cathode-Ray Tube Terminals. Various
other kinds of equipment are utilized in the Computer
Center to support the computer. These include key
punches and verifiers, a sorter, an interpreter, and an
Optical Scanning page reader.
COUNSELING CENTER The Counseling Center is lo
cated on Maltby Avenue across from Maltby Library.
Services of the Center are provided free of charge to
students each weekday: Monday through Friday, 8:30
a.m. - 12 noon and 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Students may
make appointments in person or by calling the recep
tionist (794-2510, extension 247). Professional coun
seling services are provided by the College to assist
in the fullest possible development of each student's
academic, vocational, and personal capacities. A staff
of counseling psychologists is available to assist stu
dents with academic difficulties, problems in choosing
a major or vocation, and concerns of a more personal
nature. Confidentiality regarding counseling contact is
carefully maintained.
DINING FACILITIES Three dining areas provide modern,
comfortable, and well-situated facilities for serving
meals to the student body. Included are North Hall
Dining Area, the newly air-conditioned Weisenfluh Din1*971^11' ^ 3 nCW
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EAST GYMNASIUM East Gymnasium has a floor space
of 68 x 82 feet. A dividing net makes it possible to play
two games of basketball or volleyball at the same time.
In this building are additional offices, locker rooms and
showers for women, two rooms for corrective gym
nastics, and a dance room.
—EDUCATION BUILDING This building is used as an ele
mentary and secondary clinical center. It contains col
lege classrooms, a 200-seat auditorium, a gymnasium,
a cafeteria, art rooms, music rooms, laboratories, offices,
and a closed circuit television system.
—EMMA GUFFEY MILLER AUDITORIUM The modern
auditorium, designed to seat about 900 and including
rooms for music and dramatic purposes, contributes
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-LEADER SPECIAL EDUCATION BUILDING Thisbu!ilding
is an extension of Morrow Field House. It contain
offices and classrooms of the Special Education Depart
mcnt and the SRSC Laboratory School for Exceptiona
Children. It is equipped with speech therapy rooms, psy
chological testing and counseling rooms, one-way vision
rooms for observation of therapy, testing and teaching,
and diagnostic and counseling clinics.
-MALTBY LIBRARY—Maltby Library is growing rapidly
to serve the needs of the College community for ma
terials of instruction, inquiry, recreation, and cultural
advancement. The Library contains over 265,000 vol
umes as well as pamphlet files and 39,000 units of in
structional materials including filmstrips, phonorecords,
tapes, slides, and transparencies. Periodical subscriptions
total 2,220. Over 40,000 volumes were added in 197071. Microtext holdings augment the material available
in books and bound journals. The Library is a selective
United States Government Depository, a member of the
Pittsburgh Regional Library Center and a member of
the Union Catalogue of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia,
with which it is connected by teletype for the location
of materials in other libraries. Most of the book col
lections are on open stacks, allowing students direct
access.
The new library building, occupied for the first time
during the fall term of 1971, was built to enclose 98,000
square feet. This facility has an ultimate capacity of
490,000 volumes and seating capacity for 1,250 stu
dents. Air-conditioned and carpeted, the three-story
structure provides such features as student lounges, li
brary classroom, seminar rooms, soundproof listening
and typing rooms, individual study carrels, microfilm
room, exhibit space, and area for special collections.
-MORROW FIELD HOUSE The field house is 265 x 304
feet and provides facilities for basketball, indoor tennis,
indoor track (six-lane indoor track), badminton,
wrestling, gymnastics, locker and shower rooms, laun
dry, and supply rooms. It also contains twelve offices,
conference rooms, trophy cases, work rooms, corrective
rooms handball court, dance room, a research labora
tory, and a lobby and foyer. The main arena area pro
vides seating for 2,700.
—OLD MAIN The Main Building houses the administra
tive offices, duplicating center and the mail room.
SHEEHY THEATRE Located in Maltby Library, the
Sheehy Theatre seats 250 and provides facilities for
the study and production of plays.
TENNIS COURTS The College has six hard-surfaced,
lighted tennis courts adjacent to Thompson Field.
—VINCENT SCIENCE HALL This three story circular
structure of contemporary classic design, planned for
teaching the five major sciences, houses 37 general and
special laboratories, three large lecture halls, eight semi
nar rooms, 14 honors laboratories, a planetanum,
special optic and photographic laboratories, and a nu
clear physics laboratory with an underground hot room
for the safe storage of radioactive materials.
WEST GYMNASIUM West Gymnasium contains several
classrooms, offices, a small gymnasium, and a large
gymnasium floor measuring 50 x 90 feet.
WORLD CULTURE BUILDING This modern structure
provides 43 classrooms and office space for 96 faculty
members. It also contains 10 service rooms and a 240seat auditorium.
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Rules and Regulations
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Student Affairs Services
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Cultural Programs
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Religious Life
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The Slippery Rock student enters an academic community
in which he will find many opportunities to develop the
abilities, motivation, and curiosity that will enable him to
become intellectually and socially independent. The pro
grams of study have been designed to be relevant to the
needs and interests of the student, to the academic stand
ards which the College upholds, and to the College com
munity which the College serves.
Although the College seeks to maintain an environment
that is conducive to the personal, social, and intellectual
development of the Slippery Rock student, the student is
responsible for budgeting his time in order to realize these
objectives.
The College encourages each student to participate in
activities in accordance with his ability and interest.
Through participation in selected activities, students are
provided with opportunities to assume responsibility and
develop leadership skills. Students serve with faculty and
administration on essential committees such as curriculum,
discipline, library, and student welfare.
LIVING FACILITIES
The social adaptability of each student is challenged in
his day-to-day life within the residence hall. Supervision
of residence halls is conducted in an advisory rather than
in a directive context and is in most instances conducted
by the student's peers. Since the College attempts to pro
vide campus housing for resident students, all freshmen
men and women are required to live in college-supervised
residence halls and to eat at one of the college dining
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Sophomore students shall reside in residence halls or
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students over 21 years of age, commuters, and married
students are not bound by any housing restrictions, other
than the responsibility of keeping the Housing Office in
formed as to their current college address.
The Director of Housing is responsible for student resi
dence hall assignments. Information concerning housing
is sent to each student in May for the following school
year. A statement of terms and conditions of occupancy
is furnished to the student prior to the beginning of the
school year. Final housing assignments arc made in June
and are made on a yearly basis, excluding summers.
Changes are made only in unusual circumstances.
Residence hall rooms are furnished with single beds,
chairs, desks, dressers, and drapes. The beds are sup
plied with sheets, pillows, and pillow cases. Students fur
nish their own blankets, towels, bedspreads, dresser covers,
and other personal effects as they may desire. Self-service
laundry and pressing rooms are maintained in each resi
dence hall for the convenience of the students.
There are eleven college residence halls — six state
owned and five privately owned. Facilities in the private
and state residence halls are comparable and supervision
for both is provided by the College.
Students who reside in a residence hall (both off and
on-campus) must eat in College dining facilities.
There are a limited number of rooms and apartments
in the community available for eligible students. Approved
housing lists are available in the Housing Office. Stu
dent teachers usually reside in private homes or apartments
in the community where they teach. Residence hall as
signments will be made to student teachers, if they so
desire, with the understanding that they will not be per
mitted to remain in the residence hall during scheduled
vacation periods.
Since the state has a decided interest in the education,
well-being, morals, health, safety, and convenience of its
students, Slippery Rock State College reserves the right to
enter any room in a state-owned or supervised residence
hall for the purpose of protecting the individual's welfare
and institutional facilities. Therefore, the student, upon
acceptance of a Slippery Rock State College assigned
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room, recognizes the College policy permitting a College
official entrance into his room, providing there is reasonable belief that it is for one of the above mentioned
purposes.
Furthermore Slippery Rock State College strives to
protect the student's constitutional rights and therefore
does not provide refuge from the law. When it is necessary
for State and Federal agencies to enter a room, every ef
fort will be made to assure that the proper legal processes
are followed.
It is housing policy that the Director of Housing may
change, at any time, a room assignment for the conveni
ence of the student or the institution.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES FACILITIES
College Union
The new college union, opened in September, 1971, is
a $2 million complex housing a snack bar capable of seat
ing 450 students, a 12,000 square-foot ballroom for
concerts and dancing, a bookstore, radio station, televi
sion lounges, meeting rooms and offices for student related
activities and organizations.
Bookstore
The College Bookstore is located on the first floor of
The College Union Building. The hours of operation are:
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. — Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. — Monday through Saturday the
first two weeks of each semester
There will be no Saturday or evening hours during
summer sessions.
All students may open a charge account in the College
Bookstore. Charge items are limited to books and neces
sary school supplies. All charge accounts must be paid
upon receipt of a statement from the College Bookstore.
Cap and gown sales will be conducted at the Bookstore.
Textbooks, contemporary publications, supply items, and
apparel may be purchased. Used books will be purchased
during the week of final examinations only.
CAMPUS GOVERNMENT
Panhellenic Council
Student Government
The Student Government Association is the governing
body of all student activities on campus. Composed of a
proportionate number of elected representatives from each
class, and an elected board of officers, the student govern
ment states as its purpose. ". . . to provide a representa
tive self-government to advance the welfare and common
interests of the students and the College, and to provide
an opportunity for effective student participation, with the
faculty and administration, in matters relating to the Col
lege community."
Presidents Council
The Presidents' Council is an organization made up
of the presidents of all organizations on campus. They
meet regularly with the Student Government Executive
Board, in an advisory capacity.
House Councils
Resident students are organized to direct their campus
social life. Each men's and women's residence hall has a
"house council" made up of elected student residents who
legislate to promote conditions conducive to better living,
good scholarship, and a well-balanced social program.
Associated Women Students
Associated Women Students is the governing body for
women students at Slippery Rock State College. All un
dergraduate women belong to this organization which en
courages self-direction among women in establishing and
coordinating women's regulations and activities.
Women's Senate
Women's Senate is the legislative branch of AWS.
is composed of representatives from the House Councis
and meets bi-weekly to establish the Living Standards an
review legislative decisions.
Interfraternity Council
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The Interfraternity Council is the governing bodyo &
social fraternities on the Slippery Rock campus. Each ra
ternity is represented in the Council by a senior an
junior delegate.
The Panhellenic Council is the governing body of all
social sororities on campus. It is composed of two repre
sentatives (junior and senior delegate) from each sorority.
The Panhellenic Association represents all sorority
members, both pledge and active, on campus.
ATHLETICS
Slippery Rock State College sponsors an Athletic Program
because it believes that competitive athletics are an in
tegral part of the educational process, and consequently,
make an important contribution to the total educational
objectives of the institution. Believing that competitive
athletics helps to broaden the scope of modern educa
tion, Slippery Rock includes in its General Studies pro
gram comprehensive intercollegiate and intramural sports
programs for both men and women students. All men
and women students are encouraged to participate in
these programs.
The primary purpose of the athletic program of Slip
pery Rock State College is to provide increased oppor
tunities for the development of each participating indi
vidual physically, mentally, emotionally, morally, and
socially. The program is so conducted as to assure the
wholesome use of leisure time, to provide a healthy focal
point for group spirit, and to provide laboratory experi
ences for prospective teachers and/or coaches.
Participation in the Intercollegiate Athletic Program
at Slippery Rock State College is completely voluntary.
The operating policies of this program protect the equality
of all qualified students to participate. This participation,
and hopefully the honor and privilege of representing
Slippery Rock in Intercollegiate competition, is an option
al, but valuable part of a student's learning experience.
Therefore, a student-athlete who voluntarily goes out for
a sport voluntarily accepts the obligations and respon
sibilities imposed upon all participants.
Male students have an opportunity to participate in 13
Intercollegiate sports. Fall sports include cross country,
football, and soccer. In the winter the student-athletes
may participate in basketball, gymnastics, indoor track,
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judo, and wrestling. Spring sports are baseball, golf, ten
nis, and track and field.
, PennSlippery Rock State College is a member of the Penn
svlvania State College Athletic Conference, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association
rf ,„SoUee».c Athletics, and the Eastern Collegtate
Athletic Conference.
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The men's intramural sports program offers a variety
of competition throughout the school year. Tournaments
are held between residence halls, fraternities, clubs fa
culty, and commuting students. Intramural sports include.
tlag football, volleyball, handball, paddleball, wrestling,
basketball, foul shooting, swimming, softball, and track.
During the past year more than 2300 students participated
in various intramural sports.
The Women's Recreation Association sponsors an intra
mural and extramural program. Sports days are held with
various colleges in many of the seasonal activities. The
women's intramural program, club program, and inter
collegiate program are all vital aspects of W.R.A.
Each student at Slippery Rock State College is en
couraged to select his or her own level of sports parti
cipation and then to pursue a program designed to meet
his or her own needs.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Slippery Rock State College assumes that each student is
a mature, responsible, individual who has entered the in
stitution for educational advancement. On that assump
tion, the College expects the student to direct his energies
toward the highest scholastic achievement possible for the
individual.
The College requires that the student, while attaining
these high educational purposes, maintain a pattern of the
social behavior in keeping with good taste and high moral
standards. The student is charged with the responsibility
for regular class attendance, reasonable study hours, and
a balanced social program.
The Office of Student Standards is responsible for the
coordination of the Code of Conduct and related judicial
processes which are designed to insure student rights and
responsibilities and to assist the college in fulfilling its
educational mission.
Students registered at Slippery Rock State College are
expected to understand and respect both the College and
State rules and regulations.
Any function sponsored by or held in the name of a
recognized student organization must follow all College
regulations whether that function be held on or off campus.
To help alleviate the College's parking problem, only
seniors, veterans, and bonafide commuting students may
obtain an approval card to have a car on campus and pur
chase a decal. Car registration must be presented at is
time. Moving violations and others will be enforced under
authority of the rules, regulations, and enforcement pro
cedures, adopted by the College, which coincide with the
Pennsylvania State Vehicle Code.
All changes in major must be initiated at the Counsel
ing Center. The student may fill out a request for change
of major there and will be offered the services of the
Counseling Center for personality and vocational tests
to help him in his decision.
Seniors are expected to notify the Registrars Office
during the first week of the semester in which they are to
graduate. If they expect to meet degree requirements dur
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this requirement is met.
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Seniors expecting to teach must have a physica e
nation and a chest x-ray or tuberculin skin tat
their senior year. Arrangements should be ma
the College Infirmary at the beginning of the las se
prior to graduation.
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A complete account of the College s rules an _
tions, living standards, and parking registration P ..
are outlined in the student handbook, the Green an
and/or the Code of Conduct.
STUDENT AFFAIRS SERVICES
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The primary purpose of the Office of Student
complementary and supportive of the ^orm^ ^0jiege.
teaching function in reaching the goals o
More specifically, its aim is the development of an outof-class learning environment — involving all members
of the academic community — which will enhance and
extend the learning experiences of students beyond the
classroom.
Concerns focus on the optimum growth and develop
ment of the student; his search for identity; development
of self-discipline and self-evaluation; competence in de
cision-making; learning and application of leadership and
organizational skills; development in social and humanrelations skills; value structuring; and citizenship respon
sibilities.
A responsibility, among others, assumed by the Office
of Student Affairs is to represent the needs of students
and to serve as resource persons in interpreting student
life and behavior to others in the academic community;
and, conversely, in interpreting the community to students.'
The major functions performed include counseling,
health services, placement services, housing, food service,
activity programming, Greek life, orientation, financial aid,
residence hall programming, leadership development, stu
dent advising, and student standards.
Undergraduate Staff Members
In addition to full-time, professional and non-profes
sional staff members, a number of undergraduate students
hold staff positions, on a half-time basis, within the Office
of Student Affairs. These students are employed as mem
bers of the residence hall staff.
Presently, there are eleven residence halls, the majority
of which house female students. Each residence hall is
administered by a Head Resident (undergraduate students,
graduate students, and non-professional employees are
eligible to hold this position). Assisting the Head Resident
in the operation of each residence hall is a team of under
graduate students serving as Hall Advisors. A Hall Ad
visor is responsible for carrying out certain tasks that are
vital to the residence hall as a whole, conveying pertinent
information to the residents on his or her floor, making
himself or herself available to fellow students as an ad
visor and friend, plus maintaining order on the floor.
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Graduate Student Staff Members
There are a number of positions in the department held
by persons working toward graduate degrees. These gradu
ate positions are available to students majoring in all aca
demic disciplines.
Graduate appointments are available to either married
or single graduate students. Those appointed are not re
quired to live in residence halls unless they are appointed
to a residence hall supervisory position.
Graduate appointments are available in the following
areas: Student activities — college union; residence hall
staff; financial aid; counseling services; Greek affairs; stu
dent standards; special programs.
Those graduate students employed in the residence halls
are provided apartments in the residence halls where they
work.
Health Services
The physicians and nurses of the College Health Serv
ices provide medical care for students. The Dispensary and
Infirmary are located in the east wing of North Hall.
Twenty-four hour nursing care is provided for students
confined to the Infirmary.
The facilities do not provide laboratory services, diag
nostic x-ray, emergency surgery, or dental care.
The college physicians may refer students to their family
physician.
Student Insurance Program
Undergraduate students are required to be covered by
health and accident insurance. This may be done by the
student through an independent source, or the student
may elect to purchase coverage at the time of registration.
The student must furnish evidence of comparable coverage
if he wishes to have a waiver granted for the purchase or
the recommended policy. The coverage procured through
an independent source must be comparable to that recom
mended by the College. The College reserves the right to
determine comparable coverage.
To take advantage of these benefits, students must re
port promptly to the College nurse all cases of accident or
illness requiring medical attention.
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Brochures, explaining the insurance coverage in detail,
are supplied by the insurance company holding the con
tract with the College and are made available to the
students.
Placement Services
.
A placement service for all seniors and alumni is sponsored by the College and administered by the Office of
the Director of Placement. Through this office, with the
cooperation of the deans and department chairman, com
plete and accurate information is made available to po
tential employers.
Counseling Services
A staff of counseling psychologists is available to assist
students with academic problems such as study difficulties
or decisions regarding change of major or vocation, as well
as concerns of a more personal nature. Student personal
data and interview records are kept in strict confidence.
The Counseling Center is located on Maltby Drive "be
hind the library." The hours are: 8:30 a.m.-12 noon and
1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments
may be made in person or by calling the receptionist (7942510, Ext. 247). All S.R.S.C. students are welcome to
use the services of the Center without charge.
Selective Service
Any male student wishing the College to advise his
Selective Service Board of his status as a student must
initially complete forms SSS 104 and SSS 109. Informa
tion on selective service policy and procedure is avail
able in the Office of Student Affairs.
Veterans Affairs
All veterans should present the Certificate of Eligibility
to the Office of Student Affairs upon arrival on campus.
It is the responsibility of the veteran to contact the Col
lege concerning his Veterans Administration benefits and
to keep the Veteran's Affairs coordinator advised of any
changes in his program.
Any veteran who has served continuously on active
duty for a period of at least 180 days, any part of which
was after January 31, 1955, and who was discharged or
was released under conditions other than dishonorable is
eligible for Veterans Administration benefits under the
new Public Law 89-358. A veteran who served less than
180 days may be eligible if he was discharged or re
leased because of a service-connected disability.
CULTURAL PROGRAMS
The Office of Student Activities sponsors an Artist-Lecture
Series which presents to the college and public programs
providing information, cultural experiences, and enter
tainment.
Recent artists and lecturers appearing included: The
Young Americans, Stewart Udall, A Whitman Portrait,
Dick Gregory, David Susskind, Dr. Schoenfeld, The
Romeros, Ralph Nader, Pittsburgh Symphonetta and Miss
Mildred Miller, Charlie Byrd, and Michael Harrington.
Students and faculty-sponsored programs are presented
frequently to discuss matters pertaining directly to the
college and to widen educational horizons by out-of-classroom learning.
COMMUNITY CHURCHES
There are four churches in Slippery Rock: the United
Methodist, the Center United Presbyterian, the Highland
United Presbyterian, and the St. Peter's Roman Catholic.
There are opportunities for worship in other Protestant
and Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues in nearby
communities.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
A Catholic and Protestant campus ministry is supported
through two ordained persons, Rev. Richard Ragni
(Catholic chaplain) and the Rev. T. Neil Severance
(Protestant chaplain). The campus ministry endeavors
to embrace all phases of student life that relate to per
sonal growth and attempts to be of every possible assist
ance toward the attainment of that end.
Father Ragni and Rev. Severance maintain offices in
the Newman Center located at 344 Normal Ave. (tele
phone 794-8459). Rev. Severance also maintains an of
fice at 206 Maple St. (telephone 794-8487). The New
man Center and its programs are designed to assist in
the development of interpersonal relationships which are
so vital to student life.
STUDENT ORIENTATION
A program of activities is sponsored by the College in
order to provide a realistic and positive orientation to
the social-cultural-academic environment of the campus.
This orientation usually begins during the summer and
is continued for a few weeks into the first semester with
group meetings, small discussion groups, and social gettogethers.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Student organizations at Slippery Rock are viewed as op
portunities for self-development and self-expression.
Therefore, the success of student activities rests largely
with the students. Students are encouraged to become
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involved in organizations as their time and interest
warrant.
There are approximately 100 organizations, activities,
and teams that have been created from student interest.
The scope of the organizations include athletics, drama,
music, service, social, scholastic interest, publications,
scholastic honoraries, and Student Government. Among
the organizations on campus are:
Music Organizations
Brass Ensemble
Chamber Singers
College Choir
Concert Band
Rocket Marching Band
Stage Band
Chamber Orchestra
Women's Glee Club
Special Interest Clubs
A.C.E.I.
Biology Club
Black Action Society
Bushide Karate Assoc.
Cheerleaders
Council for Exceptional
Children
Debate Club
Geology Club
Geography Club
Health and Physical
Education Club
Independent Political
Organization
Intercollegiate Conference
on Government
International Relations
Club
Jigoro Kano Judo Club
Officials Club
Orchesis
Philosophy Club
PSEA
Psychology Club
Readers' Theatre
Rocklettes
Ski Club
Society of Physics Students
Spanish Club
Students for Free
Expression
Varsity Club
Women's Recreation
Association
Young Democrats
College Publications and News Media
Ginger Hill
Saxigena
Service Organizations
Alpha Phi Omega
WNFT
Rocket
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WATKINS, JAMES V., Associate Professor, Education;
Assistant Vice-President for Student Affairs
West Virginia University, B.S., M.S.
WATSON, DONALD W., Assistant Professor, Geology
Tufts University, B.S.; Washington State University,
M.S.; University of Michigan, Ph.D.
WELLER, MARY ALICE, Associate Professor,
Elementary Education
Kent State University, B.S., M.E.; University of Iowa,
Ph.D.
WELLS, EDGAR F., Associate Professor, Philosophy
University of North Carolina,. B.A.; Harvard University,
M.A., Ph.D.
WESTON, LOUISE C., Assistant Professor, Sociology
and Anthropology
Holy Family College, B.A.; Fordham University, M.A.
WETTIG, CLIFFORD N., Assistant Professor, Physical
Education
Wilmington College, B.S.Ed.; Xavier University, M.Ed.
WHALEY, LOIS, Instructor, Health Science
Indiana University School of Nursing, R.N.; Oregon
State University, B.S.
WHALEY, RUSSELL F., Associate Professor and
Chairman, Health Science Department
State University of New York College at Cortland, B.S.;
University of Michigan, M.P.H.; University of
Wisconsin, Ph.D.
WHEATON, MARIE L., Associate Professor, Physical
Education
Slippery Rock State College, B.S.; New York
University, M.A.
WICKERSHAM, PHILIP H., Associate Professor,
Elementary Education
Wayne State University, B.S.; University of Illinois,
M.Ed., Ph.D.
WILEY, ASA G., Assistant Professor, Secondary
Education
Waynesburg College, B.S.; University of Pittsburgh,
M.Ed.
WILHELM, RUTH I., Assistant Professor, Library
Science
Misericordia College, A.B.; Duquesne University,
M.Ed.; Syracuse University, M.S.L.S.
WILLIAMS, CAROLYN, Assistant Professor, Physical
Education
Bouve-Boston Tufts College, B.S.; University of Texas,
M.Ed.
WILLIS, MELVIN R., Associate Professor, Chemistry
Guilford College, B.S.; North Carolina State College,
M.S.
WILLKENS, WILLIAM H. R., Professor, Secondary
Education; Director of Student Teaching
University of Pittsburgh, A.B., M.Ed., Ph.D.
WINK, JON D., Associate Professor and Chairman, Art
Department
University of Texas, B.F.A.; University of Washington,
M.F.A.
WOLFGARTH, ARTHUR E., Professor and Chairman,
Educational Psychology & Guidance Department
Northwestern University, B.S.; University of Omaha,
M.A.; University of Nebraska, Ph.D.
WUKICH, RICHARD M., Assistant Professor, Art
Edinboro State College, B.S.; Alfred University, M.A.
WYKOFF, DONALD H., Professor, Educational
Psychology & Guidance
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.S.; West Virginia
University, M.A., Ed.D.
ZIEGLER, FRANCES J., Instructor, English
Slippery Rock State College, B.S.; Westminster College,
M.Ed.
ZIMMER, DIETRICH M., Assistant Professor,
Geography
University of Heidelberg, B.A.; University of Kentucky,
M.A.; University of Heidelberg, Ph.D.
ZIMMERMAN, PATRICIA A., Associate Professor,
Physical Education
East Stroudsburg State College, B.S.; University of
Illinois, M.S.; University of Iowa, Ph.D.
The Library Faculty
HELMRICH, HAROLD E., Director of Libraries;
Associate Professor
University of Washington, A.B., A.B.L.S.; Columbia
University, M.S.
BROWN, LEAH M., Science Librarian; Assistant
Professor
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., M.L.S.
COMO, LOUIS, Assistant Acquisitions Librarian;
Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania State University, B.A.; University of
Pittsburgh, M.L.S.
DEARDORFF, JOHN H., Reference Librarian;
Assistant Professor
Mankato State College, B.A., B.S.; University of
Minnesota, M.A.
GILLON, ELIZABETH H., Instructional Materials
Librarian; Associate Professor
Thiel College, A.B.; Kent State University, M.A.
KING, S. EDNA, Head of Readers' Services; Associate
Professor
Geneva College, A.B.; Duke University, M.A.;
University of Michigan, M.A.L.S.
LAMSON, ROGER B., Catalog Librarian; Instructor
Hartwick College, B.A.; University of Denver, M.A.
LENTZ, MARY LOU, Catolog Librarian; Instructor
MLS*1
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University of Pittsburgh,
UNVILLE, DORIS M., Campus Elementary School
Librarian; Assistant Professor
!• Hays Kansas State College, A.B.; State University
°fNew York at Albany, M.L.S.
^0\E, ROBERT M., Head Catalog Librarian; Assistant
Professor
^'College, B.A.; Western Reserve University,
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MUSTAPS, PAULINA, Catalog Librarian; Instructor
University of Riga (Latvia), B.A.; University of
Michigan, A.M.L.S.
NEFF, J. EUGENE, Government Documents and
Inter-library Loan Librarian; Assistant Professor
McPherson College, A.B.; Indiana University, M.A.
POTTER, MARY ALICE, Catalog Librarian; Assistant
Professor
Slippery Rock State College, B.S.; Western Reserve
University, M.S.L.S.
RAZZANO, LOUIS, Head of Technical Services;
Associate Professor
California State College, B.S.; University of Pittsburgh,
M.L.S., M.Ed.
SIEGRIST, CHARLOTTE L., Serials Librarian;
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan, B.A., A.M.L.S.
WALLACE, PATRICIA M., Catalog Librarian;
Instructor
Kansas State Teachers College, B.S.Ed.; University of
Pittsburgh, M.L.S.
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