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STATE

TEACHERS

COLLEGE

BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

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Administrative Personnel
HARVEY A. .ANDRUSS ........................................ .............................................. President
MRS. ANNA M. KNIGHT ............................................................ Secretary to President
THOMAS P. NoRni: ........................................................... ............. Dean

of Instruction

ELIZABETII B. MILLER ...................................................................... Dean of Women
ETHEL A. RANSON .............. .. ...... ... ...... .............................. Assistant Dean
MARY E. MACDONALD ................................... ..................... Assistant Dean

of Women
of Women

JoHN A. HocH ........................................................................................ Dean of Men

of Men
S. HERRE ...................................................................... Assistant Dean of Men
EDNA J. HAZEN .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. Director of Elementary Education
RxcHARD G. HALLISY .................................................. Director of Business Education
ERNEST H. ENGELHARDT ........................................... Director, Secondary Education
JACK W. YoHB .......................................................................... Assistant Dean
RALPH

M. BEATRICE METTLER ...................................................................... Graduate Nurse
MARY L. FONTANA ................................ .... ............................. ...................... .'.. Dietitian
PAUL G. MARTIN .............................................................................. Business Manager
EDWARD SHARRBTTs .................................. Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings

The Board of Trustees
REG. S. HEMINGWAY, President ....................... .. ...................................... Bloomsburg
FRED W. DIEHL, Vice President ........................................................... ·: ....... Danville
MRS. ELSIE YoRKs JoNBs, Secretary ...................................................... Bloomsburg
EARL V. WISE ................................................................................................. Berwick
GEORGE L. WEER ... .. .... .. .... .. .... .... .... .. .. ... ..... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... .... ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... Kingston
HowARD S. FERNSLER .................................................................................... Pottsville
CHARLES D. STEINER .................................................................................... Shamokin
C. WILLIAM KREISHER ... ... ..... ..... .... .. ..... .... .. .. .... .... ... ... ... ... ..... .... ...... .... ... ... Catawissa
VICTOR DIEHM ............................................................................................... Hazleton
HARVEY A. ANDRUSS .............................................................. President of the College
FRANCIS B. HAAs, ex-officio .............................. Superintendent of Public Instruction

VoL. 22-No. 2

JANUARY, 1954

Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania,
under the Act of August 24, 1912.

Carver Hall - 1867

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

Wall'i'r Hall - Women's Dormitory

BLOOMSBURG

and YOU
Navy Hall - Bminess Education Department

Science Hall

Thousands of young people graduating from
high school this year are faced with the problem, "What shall I choose as my life's work."
What of teaching?

If you like boys and girls, have a pleasing
personality, and are interested in a life of service, it is probable that with training you can
become a successful teacher.
America needs teachers.

The crisis 1s par-

ticularly acute in the elementary field where
record enrollments are anticipated during the
next decade. A study recently completed by
the National Commission on Teacher Education
reveals that more than one million new elementary school teachers and nearly 250,000 new
secondary teachers will be needed before 1960.
Here is opportunity.

Here is job security.

Here is a profession.

Benjamin Franklin Training School

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Individual Counseling

While it is the hope of Bloomsburg State
Teachers College that you attend some institution somewhere for your own sake and for the
sake of the future welfare of the nation, we feel
that Bloomsburg has many advantages which
cannot be found in all colleges.
People who a re well-dressed select their
clothes with care-clothes that fit well and bring
out their personality; clothes that accentuate

their best features and enhance their personality.

In the same manner and with the same care you
should select your college.
Bloomsburg makes an effort to tailor the education to the needs of the individual. At Bloomsburg, teachers are more interested in teaching
students than in research; have time to talk with
and counsel students, correct study habits, prevent failure-if possible-before it is too late;

Individual Instruction

place emphasis upon the areas in which the
student is weakest rather than in cutting the
cloth by a standard pattern which may or may
not fit the individual. It is this fact, plus the
College's emphasis on the living aspects of education, that is responsible for Bloomsburg's outstanding record as measured by the success of
its graduates.
Bloomsburg State Teachers College is owned
and operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but it is not entirely supported by taxpayers. Over a period of years, the state has
assumed one-half the burden of the costs of
maintenance, operation, and instruction, while
the students bear the remainder. In effect, this
means that every student attending a teachers
college receives a scholarship from the state.
This "gift" amounts to about $300 a year for
each student. Over a four-year period, the state
is contributing $1200 to the education of each
state teachers college graduate.

Class Participation

Individual Business Training

Bloomsburg is a community organized for living and learning. It
provides a beautiful campus, comfortable dormitories, a pleasant dining room, and excellent recreational
facilities. Bloomsburg also provides
a well-rounded program of health
instruction and physical activities; a
modern gymnasium with a beautiful
swimming pool; tennis courts and
playing fields. More important than
all these advantages is the friendly,
personal atmosphere that pervades
the campus-a feeling that is impossible to find in colleges of more than
a thousand students.
Bloomsburg, known throughout
the Central Pennsylvania area as the "Friendly
College," has long been
noted for the congenial
atmosphere on its campus where the "Hello"
spirit among both students and faculty is traditional.

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1-Recreation Center
2-0utstanding Athletics
3-"Swing Your Partner"

Presidential Candids

Bloomsburg, like other teachers colleges in
Pennsylvania, offers curriculums for teaching
elementary and secondary academic subjects,
such as English, Science, Mathematics, Languages, etc. In addition, Bloomsburg offers educational opportunities for prospective teachers
of business and retail selling. It also trains
teachers in the fields of special education, speech
correction, and kindergarten.
The first two years at Bloomsburg are devoted
to general or liberal education in that only one
course bears any direct relation to teaching as a
career. Beginning in the second year, a tentative choice of the field of concentration must be
made so that electives or choices may be followed
in order that, in addition to general knowledge

of many things, a specific preparation may be
made for the fields in which you intend to teach.
In the Senior year, student teaching, either in
our own laboratory school or in the schools of
towns located near the college, provides an
ample opportunity for the student to observe, aid,
and participate in the actual teaching process.
Bloomsburg meets the highest standards as a
college. It is on the approved list of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Its department of
Business Education is accredited by the National
Association of Business Teacher Training
Institutions.

All-College Dance

The social life at Bloomsburg is well organized,
and while some activities originate in various
fraternity or dormitory groups, there are allcollege dances and many other special events
open to all members of the student body. The
finest concert and dramatic artists are brought to
students, either on the college campus, or in
connection with the Bloomsburg Civic ·Music
Association. Record concerts, forums, discussions, field trips, professional meetings, outstanding speakers, all serve to supplement the
more serious work of the classroom.
Bloomsburg is one of the pioneers in student
participation in college government. The Community Government Association is composed of
all students and faculty members of the college;
and the governing board, the College Council,
initiates policies under which all campus organizations and extracurricular activities are
organized and conducted.
The question of the right college for you
cannot be answered specifically.
Certainly,
Bloomsburg is not the only place where you can
get a good education. It may not even be the
best place for any one particular student. The
chief factor in successful formal education is the
student himself. Some students will do better
work in one environment than in another; others
will not do as well.

Modern Swimming Pool

College Council Officers

Bloomsburg is interested in selecting for admission those students who can best take advantage of the many opportunities Bloomsburg
has to offer. If you have a sound mental and
moral background, possess emotional stability,
and the kind of personality that can develop in
a friendly college atmosphere, Bloomsburg is the
college for you!
But any young person who is thinking about
going into teaching has a right to know something of the placement record of the college
which he expects to attend in preparing for that
profession. Bloomsburg offers its graduates intelligent, personalized placement service which

attempts to find the right pos1t10n for each
individual. The placement office keeps its candidates informed on matters of supply and demand.
It also works diligently to secure for them the
best position and highest salary their qualifications merit.
Through a series of surveys made at regular
intervals during the last twenty years, it was
found that more than 85 percent of Bloomsburg
graduates have taught in regular teaching positions and over 12 percent are gainfully employed
in other occupations. This record speaks for
itself.

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2-Wanna help?
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4-At least it's balanced.
5-What are you selling now, Rowley?
6-Inner sanctum.
?-Discussion of world-shaking
events.
8-Doesn't anyone drink that coffee?

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5-In a huddle. 6-A couple of coeds. 7-What, no heart?

4-0h, to own a convertible!

I-Known as barking one's shin. 2-Hey, how did they get a broom job? 3-"Five foot two, eyes
of blue . . ." 4-That's Cyrano in the middle. 5-"What, they changed the book again?"
6-"Little Ducky Duddle . . ." ?-North Hall gang. S~Im't she sweet? 9-It's not all work.

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IF YOU PLAN TO REGISTER
Academy, Literary Institute, State Normal
School, State Teachers College-such has been
the historical development of the present State
Teachers College at Bloomsburg.
Beginning with a private academy, opened
in 1839 by C. P. Waller, a graduate of Williams College, Bloomsburg has grown steadily
through the years despite trying times in the
early years of its development. In June, 1939,
the College very fittingly celebrated its Centennial-one hundred years of progress.
Since that time there has been a rapid
growth and extension of the services of the
College. Plant improvements have been extensive, and parallel with these changes have
come significant changes in the curriculum
and course offerings. These developments
have raised the institution to a position of preeminence in the field of teacher education.
Bloomsburg State Teachers College is a
professional institution for the education of
teachers for our public schools. The College
requires the maintenance of high standards in
academic work, balanced programs of social
and recreational activities, and opportunities
for the development of self-direction and
leadership. The attainment of these objectives is aided by a sound health program,

favorable study conditions, a good library,
and supplementary social and recreational
activities.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1.

General scholarship as evidenced by
graduation from an approved four-year
high school or institution of equivalent
rank and ranking in the upper-half of
the class at graduation. Those students
in the lower-half of the class will be required to pass a written entrance examination satisfactorily,

2.

Integrity and appropriate personality as
shown by an estimate of secondary school
officials of the candidate's personal qualifications.

3.

Health, physical vigor, emotional stability,
and absence of physical defects that would
interfere with the successful performance
of the duties of a teacher as determined
by a medical examination at the college.

4.

Normal intelligence and satisfactory command of English as evidenced by rating
in standard tests.

5.

A personal interview with particular attention to personality, speech habits, social
presence, expressed interests of the applicant, and promise of professional develop·
ment.

SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
(Subject to Change)
The cost of one semester for students living at
Contingent fee
Housing fee (board, room and laundry)
Activities fee
Books and supplies (estimated)

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College

$45.00

$ 45.00
216.00*
15.00
30.00

none
15.00
30.00

$306.00
$90.00
Business students pay $12.00 additional.
Out-of-State students pay $7.50 per semester hour credit.
A deposit of ten dollars shall be made by all students who wish to register at
the college.

* May be increased if cost of living continues to rise.
A general information bulletin is available giving the new curriculum patterns,
requirements for admission, and summary of expenses. This bulletin and application
blanks will be mailed to interested persons upon request to the College. Catalogs are
also available for distribution.