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LETTER TO GRADUATES

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Bloomsburg, Pa.

Winter 1960-1961
BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

State Colleges At

The

Crossroads

A Message From Dr. Haruey A. Andruss, President, Bloomsburg State College
Academy, Literary Institute, Liiteray Institute a!lld State NonnaJ
School, State Normal School, Staite
Teachers CoHiege, a[ld now Starte
College - such has been the development of Bloomsburg.
The dropping of the word
"TEACHERS" from the name of
the college, to form its present title
"Bloomsburg Sta,te College," did
ooit change its purpose of educatmg teachers for the schools of the
Commonwealth of Peninsylvama.
Inquiries a:re received daily regarding graduate courses leading
1to the Master of Science degree in
Education in either the Elemen,tary o.r Business Fields; ,these programs will begin in the summer of
1961. However, there a:re am. equal
number of people applying for admission who think 1:lhey oan enmlil
in LiberaJ Arts or other Gene11al
coHege cours·es.

of rthe Governor's Committee on
Education; onily ·three of ,these reports :hav,e been, re}eased to date.
The three deal with high school
gnaduates, teachers, and curricuJums. Among those which willfullow a:re two reports which wil'I affect our Sta!te Cotleges - one on
higher eduoaition, including aJl colleges, universities, and institutions
,requiring high school graduation
:as one of the qualifications for admission, and the other on Teacher
Education, which involves some
seventy-six of the eighty-three colleges and universities whos·e graduaites are eligible for certification
by ,the Department of PubJic Instruction.

other functions of education may
be undertaken. More than half
,the teachers certified each year
for ·Pennsylvania schoois have been
graduated by our Sta,te CoHeges.

Alumni may be assured ,that the
primary fnnction of ,their Alma
Mater will con1tinue to be thait of
1teacher
education, even though

If you have any suggestions,
OOllllments, or questions to raise
about the future of Bloomsburg,
they will be welcomed by

Newspaper repora;, radio aind
television discussions, and cdticatl
evaluations ,ain,d proposals will be
made in the next few monith:s.
As soon as a:n,y of ithe p.110posals
appear likely to be considered or
adopted, rumouncements wiJil be
made, either ,through ,the P['esident's New Letter to ·ailil Alumn~ or
the President's page in the Alum:nti
Quai:rrerly, so that they ma:y keep
abreast of the developments oonitemp1ated.

The fnnction of Sta'lle CoJleges
in Pennsylvania will be determined
.iJn,

a Jiarge measure by the Reports

President

. CLASS REUNIONS AT Tl-IE COLLEGE, SATURDAY MAY 26, 1961
Jane Kenvm Widger, searetary
of the Cfass of 1950, reported recen!tly that more than 80 members
of the class expect to attend rtheir
dass reunion on May 26, 1961. A
joint dinner meeting wihl be held
in the CoNege Commons with the

Cfass of 1951 (tenth reunion), and
each class wil,I rthen meet separaitely to complete other p~ainned activ,i:ties.
If you or other members of your
class need help to plan a reunion
for May 26, write Boyd Bucki:nig-

ham, D:i!rector of Public Rel1ati:ons,
Box 18, Bil.oomsburg State CoHege,
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvani -are prepared ,to help supply informa,tion and services which will
make yolfil" reunion ·ain event ,to anticipate and to remember.

Graduate Program To Get Underway During Summer, 1961
Graduate Council Appointed
The appointment of a Graduate
Council, to develop and supervise
a Program of Graduate Studies at
Bloomsburg State College, was
imnounced in November by President Harvey A. Andruss.
Six-Member Council Headed
By Dr. Martin
Dr. Thomas B. Mart.in, Director
of the Division of Business Educat~on, has been appoinlted Chairman of the Graduate Council and
Director of Graduate Studies. Other rnembern of the Council include:
Jolm A. Hoch, Decl!n of instruction; Dr. Hoyce 0. Johnson, Direcbor of the Division of Elementary
Educahon; Dr. Cecil C. Seron:,y,
Chairman, Department of Communications; Dr. Ernest H. · Engelhardt, Chairman, Department of
Education and Psychology; Dr.
John J. Serff, Chairnrnn, Uepa1·tment of Social Studies.
The Gmduate Council has the
responsibility of establishing regul,ation1S governing the program, developing curriculums that will be
available, developing and approv·
ing new policies and revising existing policies as the program of
graduate studies progresses.
Preliminary Announcement
Now Available
One of the first official acts of
the Graduate Council was the appmval of a preliminary announcement desc.dbi:ng the new Program
of Graduate Studies. The announcement includes information
1segard.ing the scheduling of classes, semester hour 1oad, quahficaitions for admission and a schedule
of fees.
'
The St.1Jte Council of Educwtion
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has authorized B1oomsburg
to inaugurnte a pmgram of gradua,te studies in business Education
and in Elementary Education at
tne beginning of ,tne summer term
in June, Hl61. Students, completing the requirements established
IJy tlw Gmcluate Council, will be
awarded the Master of Education
ctcgree by the Cohlege.
Purposes and Objectives
The need for professional educa:Uon for teachers extending beyond the undergraduate level has
long been recognized by educa-

>tional leaders throughout rthe
United States. In recent yeairs the
Pennsylvania State Council of Education has taken positive ,acti:on to
impmve insitructilon in pubHc
schools by upgrading ce11tification
requirements for ,teachers. This
action indicates a elem· recognition
by the Sta:te Council of the need
for training beyond the Bachelm's
degree. Mandated s,a1a,ry schedules
which provide sa1airy differentiais
for holders of Master's degrees in
the form of higher maximum sa1aries give ,additional recogniti:on of
the value of gradua te study.
The progra:m of graduate studies
at Bloomsburg State CoUege will
have as its primary purpose the increasing of the competency of elementa,ry school ,teachers ,and of
'beachers of business subjects in
Pennsylvania. To achieve this purpose, the following specific objectives, as they relate ,to the imdividua,l student, have been developed:
1. To p:mvide an opportun~ty
for developing a better undenstanding of the cul!ture of
our society - a society in
which the teacher is expeoted ,to ,assume an inoreasingly
impmuant role.
2. To encoumge independernt
thought and i:nitiahve and
develop
probliern - soJvi:ng
ability.
3. To provide an incentive for
c o n t in u i n g professi'Ona1l
growth.
4. To deve1op a basic understanding of research methods
and techniques so that repoPts of research in the field
of educ:xtion may be correctly interpreted and evaluated.
5. To devdop a more comprehem,ive understanding of the
teaching ,and leamirng processes.
6. To provide opportunrity for
advanced study in a selected
field of specil'izaiton.
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Scheduling of Classes
All graduate dasses wiM be
scheduled during laite afternoons,
evenings, and/or Saturdays during
the regu'la1r academic year. The calendar and daily time schedule for
g11wduate courses offered during
the summer tmm wHl be simi1ar to
,the calendar and daily time schedu1e for undergmduate courses.
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Graduate situdents wrl'l be ab'le to
pursue a full-time graduate study
progmm during the summer. In~ervice teachers wiLl be able to
complete the ,requirements for the
Master of Education degree without interference with normal professional duties.

Semester Hour Load
During the regulacr nine-month
academic year, a gradua,te student
who is teaching full time wilu. be
permitted to enroll in a maximum
of four semester hours of gradua,te
courses each semester. A student
may enrolJ during the summer
term in a maximum of ten semester
hours of courses restricted to graduate students.
Planning Program of Study
E,ach student admitted to candidacy for the Master of Education
degree wiU be assigned to an advi!sory committee consisting of two
membe1:s of the graduate faculty
and the Director of Graduate
Studies. One member will be
designated as chairman of the
committee.
Application forms for admission
to graduate courses are now available. A Graduate Studies Buliletin, containing informatvon concerning curriculums and course offerings, will be wavaiwable for distribution before the program is inaugurated. Requests for die Preliminary Announcement, f.m application forms, for the Gradua'te
Studies Bullietin, when it is iwai:1able and for additionail information' concerning the graduate pmgram should be addressed ,to Dr.
Martin at the College.
NEW DORMITORIES TO
BE CONSTRUCTED
Two new do11mitories will be
constructed on the B}oomsburg
Campus' in the near future by the
GeneraI State Authority. When
completed, the buildings will provide accommodations for 500 resident women.
The new dormitorfos are being
designed by the a:rchitectuml firm
of Eshbach, Puliliimger, Stevens, and
Bruder. The cos,t is estimarted at
$1,790,000.
Each building will
have four floors and a basement.
The oampus s1:vte of the new buildings has not yet been announced.

Quarter - Term System Considered At Bloomsburg
PennsylV'a:n~a's fourteen Staite
Colieges have Teceived permission
,to opemte on a yeair-round, fourterm basis, beginilllllg in 1961. The
pmpos,aJ was approved rut the November meelling of the fourteen
members ,of ,the Board of Presidents.
Twelve-week Terms
Under the quarterly system, the
terms would last about twelve
weeks each. W:iJth oo1lege opening
in September, the quwte11s wou1d
end in November, February, May,
and Augus,t. Short vacations would
separate each ,term. Attendance
would not be required during the
summer term, but those who en-

rol:l 00D1Secutively for each quarter
wfil be a!ble to complete rthe staindard four-year ,cu.nrioulum m tmee
ca:lenda:r yeairs.
Class Periods Lengthened
Instead of enmliing for the usuarl
five oour:se for each S'emester, situdents wol.llld enroU for thuiee or
four oourses. Class periods would
be J-engthened from 'a[): hour to 75
minutes; the number of dass meetmgs per week would remaii:n the
same.
Fees wou1d remain ·aippro,ximately t:he same but would oover only
fourth quarter, probably the summer term, would he an additional
cost, smiila:r to present airra:nge-

men1ts fo[" attending summer
schooJ:.
Dr. Chaa.iles Boehm, Superintenent of Public Instruction, has given his support to this accelerated
plan and saiid that :iit would make
room for morn studernts1 to rul1tend
college durming a time when demands for admission ,are increasing.
The dec:iision to change fr,om the
presenlf: two-semester arrangement
-is le£t to the discretion of eaich individual school.
Adminis1tmtive
of£icers ·and faculty at ,Bloomsburg
Me cuI1rentl'y studying alll a.1Spects
of the p1a:n, but no action is alilltioipated until the LegiJSlatrnie grants
addi!tioll!a1 appropriations to Jmplement the new system.
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Alumni Projects Need Your Support

mads." Another legisfative year
The need for a strong Alumni member of the .assocfation NOW!
On page 4 of this News Lettfil, l:ies ahead, and we must convince
Association is urgent! Ahhough :i:t
is a state-supported :ioottt:ution, your suppmt is solicited ii!n ,an ef- the Leg:iisliaito["s and the Goverinm
Bloomsburg, like every Starl:e Col- fort to provide a .slrltable memocria1, that additional funds are needed
lege, needs a s tiiong Alumna. ,t!o honoring Howa:rd Fenstemaker, a if chiJdren· £r,om families, of limiited
contribute, Il!Ot merely money, but graduate of Bloomsburg who w:ilH economic mean;s a:re ,to have a
also mor:a1 and legis1rutive support soon complete his· thirty-fifth year higher education. Remember! No
The money which you con:tribuite as a member of ·the faculty. Your amount of scholarship or 1loa:n
is equally important, for it helps generous OODJtribution:, added ,to money can offset limited appropriprovide some of the all-important money a:lxeady received, wiltl help ations! Without adequate ,approex:tnas which ,t:ranisform a group of the Association: reach the $3500 pria1tions for mol"e classrooms,, dorbuildings and ,a group of people goal and a:l.so pay trJbute to one of mitories, and faculty, we cannot
into a Bloomsburg of which a1l of Blioomsburg's outstanding eduoa- aooommodaite 1:he :i:ncreasiing num1tors ,at the ~ame 1:ime.
us can be proud.
ber of students who are able to
Nearly ,a yea:r ago, your Alumni
In November, Tepresernllatives of finance the cost of their ooilege
Board of Directors adopted a the fourteen State Colilege Ahimni educa,tlon.
Tmee-Poinit Program: (1) to in- A:ssociaitions meif: in Harrisburg ;t,o
crease the membership by securing reorganize the Council of General
MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
1,000 new membern; (2) to mise Alumni As.sooi:a:t:ions. This was
Dr. and M:rs. Harvey A. Andruss
$3500 for books for the ,college Ji- necessitated by the death of Paul embarked from New York at noon
brairy; (3) to contribute $1400 tio Comly French who had helped or- on December 19, 1960, for a twensupport the activities of the Coun- ganize the Coun:oil and had served ty-four day Mediterranean Cruise.
cil of Alumni Associations of Penn- as its public rel1aitions oODlsulltJant. Sailing aboard the S. S. Indepensy1v,ania's fourteen State Co1;}eges. The representaitives of the various dence, Dr. ,and Mrs. Andirus:s visThese goals were adopted to help alumni associatiOillS agreed to ited Santa Gruz Algeciras Naples
the Associrut:iJon keep pace wiith rthe shoulder the work ,and responsi- Genoa, Rome, 1Cail1lll!es, B;:rceliona'.
pl'Ogress and developmenit of your biHties of the Council, during the P,a:lma, Gibrailtar, Oas,ablanca, and
,alma matm.
ooming yeair, insitead of employing Madeira. They will reif:urn !10 New
A1though we have fawlen sihor,t of a lll!ew puhliic :relations· consultant York on Thurs.day, Janua1ry 12,
the goal of 1,000 additional mem- 100 succeed Paul French. The bud- 1961.
bers, the records of ,the Association get was reduced in :li:ne with the
This "Letter to Graduates" is the
show a definite increase in "1he new arrangement, and each coll
in a series to be published in ornumber of rtm,ee-year, five-year, lege ailumm .associ:a,tion was aisked second
der that (1) all graduates may hear
and life memberships subscribed !In conrtribute $300 instead of the from their alma mater f:mm time to
in 1960. This i:s encouraging. Your $1400 requested ithe year before.
time, (2) the college may report proOn page 1 of ,this lelf:ter, Presi- gress and request support, in conjuncaiumni dues' are only $3.00 for one
tion wiith the Alumni Association, for
year, $7.50 for three years, $10.00 dent Andruss has outlined vecy · projects
which the Oommonwealth of
for five years, iaind $35.00 for a I:ife dea:rly some of the pI1oblems ,that Pennsylvania will not finance at ,the
membership. Why not beoome a lie a:head. We ,a:re "at the cross- time the need must be met.
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Wallace Derr, President
William Barton, Vice-President

John B. Sibley, Secretary
Clayton H. Hinkel, Treasurer

COLUMBIA COUNTY BRANCI-I
Bloomsburg State College Alumni Association
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

1lf..

December, 1960

Dear Alumnus:
Your response to the request made 1ast yeair by the Columbia County Bmnch
of the Bloomsburg State CoHege Alumni Associaition for funds to provide a po~trait and living memorial for Dean Emeritus Wililii:am Boyd Sutliff has enoouraged
us to undertake a sim:ilar project for om esteemed friend and teacher, Mr. Howard F. FelllStemaker, who will oomplete ,thi,1,ty-tive yea:rs of service to your Alma
Mater this year.
To oommemornte this event, members of the faculty of B.S.C. have expressed a wilhngness to underwrite the oost of a:n oil portrait and booklet if former
studellJts of Mr. Fenstemaker and ,the genera!l altumni will prnvide a suitable
memorfa!l, preferably in the form of Jibrary acquis:iitioru; which wilil perpetuate
Mr. Feootemaker's respect for }earning. It is our hope rtha:t thousands of future
students at this .iinstitwtion will be inspired ,to foH:ow in his footsteps.
The B.S.C. faculty ha,s already been solicited. The Fenstemaker porrtra:i:t
wil!l be unveiled at the annual dinner meeting of ,the Columbia County Hral!lch
of the Bloomsburg State College Alumni Association, which wiH be hefd in the
CoJ!1ege Commons at 7:00 p. m., Tuesday, February 28, 1961. All members of
the Alumni Association are i!nvi!ted. Miss Lucy Vailero, Assistant Executive Secreta,ry of the P.S.E.A., will be the speaker.
Mr. Fenstemaker needs no introduction tio our group, since his service span
at B.S.C. has oovered ,almost ,two gernerations. His contributions to his Alma
Mater a,re unique, and his interests ha,ve covered the w:idest pos,sible ra1Uge of
activities including music, community and church organiz,wtions, and aill areas of
academic knowledge.
May we count on your ,support in establishing a suitable memorial for this
grea;t educator. Your contributiorns to a library fund wiU provide for the acquisition of research volumes in the Humanities.
Very truly yourn,

Jf4k c:. L
Wallace E. De:nr, Fresidernt
Columbia County Bmnch

HOWARD F. FENSTEMAKER LIBRARY FUND
Bloomsburg State College
Bloomsburg, Pa.

December 15, 1960
Mr. Clayton H. Hinkel, Treasurer Columbia County Branch
Bloomsburg State College, Bloomsburg, Pa.

I wish to contribute $_______to the Fenstemaker Memoria,l Fund. Please include my name in
the testimoniiar booklet.
Name___________________________
Year of graduat~on_ _ _ _ _ __
Seoond dalte
Maiden name_____________________
(if applicable) _ _ _ _ _ __
(Street)

(City)

A copy of the testimonial booklet wiH be mailed to aH oontmbutors.

(State)