Alumni Day Is Early This Year!

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AGENDA FOR ALUMNI DAY (1965)

9 :30 a.m.- 2 :00 p.m.-Registration
9 :30 a.m.-11 :00 a.m.-Campus Tours and Open House in Dormitories.
12 :45 p.m.
-Luncheon (Family Style) in College Commons-$1.50
or Alumni Dues Receipt. Tickets may be secured in
Lobby of College Commons.
2:00 p.m.
-Annual Meeting - College Commons
3:15 p.m.
-Class Reunions
4:30 p.m.
-Tea and Dance in Husky Lounge
6:00 p.m.
-Class Dinners at time and place planned by classes.
8:30 p.m.
-Big Name Entertainment, featuring comedian Dick
Gregory and the Four Lads. Centennial Gymnasium
-$2.50 General Admission, $3.00 Reserved Seats.
All Classes to . . . .
1904
1905
1910
1915
1920
1925
1930

(Inclusive) - Alumni Room
- Room E, Noetling Hall
- Room F, Noetling Hall
- Carver Auditorium
- Faculty Lounge
- Room K, Noetling Hall
- Day Men's Lounge, Science Hall
1961 to Present -

Lounge, East Hall
Lounge, West Hall
Lounge, New North Hall
Room 8, Science Hall
Room K-6, Ground Floor,
Ben Franklin
1960 - Day Women's Lounge, Ground
Floor, Ben Franklin
Upper Level, Husky Lounge
1935
1940
1945
1950
1955

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FRIDAY EVENING, May 7, the Class of 1915 will hold their Fifty-year Reunion. They will be guests
of the Alumni Association at a dinner to be held in the College Commons at 7 :00 p.m. Members of the
classes of 1914 and 1916 will, in turn, be guests of the Class of 1915, Friday evening.
RESERVATIONS for overnight accommodations should be made directly with Magee Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa.;
Tennytown Motel, Berwick Highway, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Hummel's Motel, Route 11, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Riverview Motel, R. D. 1, Berwick, Pa.; Stone Castle Motel and Restaurant, R. D. 2, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Keller's Motel,
R. D. 4, Danville, Pa.; Pine Barn Inn and Motel, Danville, Pa.; Reichard's Motel, R. D. 4, Danville, Pa.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
The scheduling of Alumni
Day for May 8 represents a
departure from the tradition of
holding this important event
after college classes have ended.
We hope that this change of
date to early in the month of
May will make it possible for
more of you to return to the
campus.
While education is much more
than buildings alone, you will
have an opportunity to see the
two new dormitories occupied by women for the
first time in September, and the
walls of the

structure which in time will become the long-awaited
and much-needed Library.
Designs have been completed and appropriations
made for an Auditorium to seat 2,000, and a Dormitory to accommodate 300 men.
But most of all, we look forward to your return so
that you can meet your friends of other years, the
faculty you knew, and also

Harvey A. Andruss, President

Architect's Sketch of the New Auditorium to be erected near Navy Hall

EXPANSION CONTINUES DURING 1964-1965 COLLEGE YEAR
GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT, FACULTY, CURRICULUM AND PLANT
By Boyd F. Buckingham, Director of Public Relations
ENROLLMENT AND PHYSICAL
IBM Center.
the design and construction of another
FACILITIES
Football fans saw their last game on
dining hall which may be built on

The number of men and women
living on campus was nearly doubled
in September, 1964, when the college
opened East and West Hall dormitories to house 500 resident women.
With 200 men living in New North
Hall and more than 400 men and women in different sections of Waller
Hall, the total campus population exceeded 1,100 students.
The new dormitories have alreadv
had several salutary effects. The Admissions Office was able to increase
the number of Freshmen on campus,
and the total college enrollment was
increased to 2,478. Attendance at
home athletic events increased so
sharply that it became necessary to
limit the number of fans admitted to
basketball and wrestling contests in
Centennial Gym. A similar increase
has been noted in the number of students attending programs presented by
the Bloomsburg Players and the Evening Entertainment Committee.
That elusive "phantom", sometimes
described as "college spirit", received
additional impetus and enthusiasm
from the increased memberships and
activities of campus organizations.
The Husky Lounge bowed to the
growing need for food service resulting in the necessity of moving the
College Store to the Day Women's
Lounge in ·Noetling Hall. The former store area now contains tables and
chairs and vending machines dispensing everything from "soup to nuts".
One observer noted recently, "Things
aren't what they used to be . . . .
they're better!" The Day Women?
Their new headquarters are located on
the ground floor of the Benjamin
Franklin Building, adjacent to the

Mt. Olympus early in November, and,
a week later, the bleachers and fences
were removed to make way for the
giant bulldozers and the beginning of
the new library. Construction is expected to begin early this summer on
the new auditorium and a dormitory
for 300 men. The area now occupied
by Old North Hall, the potato cellar,
and part of the Ben Franklin playground will provide the site for the
new dormitory.
Nearing completion are architect's
plans for a new athletic field and an
extension of campus utilities. Pending completion of the new facilities,
the Husky gridders will play home
contests at Bloomsburg Athletic Park
and the diamond squad will perform
at the Light Street Field used by the
Tri-County League.
Total cost for the library, men's
dormitory, auditorium, athletic field
and utilities is expected to approximate $4,700,000.
Architects are currently designing
plans for a science classroom building
( near Sutliff Hall) and a dormitory
for 672 men. Construction of the
latter will require the closing of Wood
Street and the use of the grass plots
across the street from Long Porch.
The dorms and classroom building will
cost nearly $4,500,000 when completed.
VVhen the fall semester begins in
September, 1965, an enrollment of
2,800 is anticipated. To help accommodate this number of students and
approximately 3,100 in 1966, the
college will begin a "phase-out" of the
elementary laboratory school in September, 1965. To keep pace with other
needs, funds have been requested for

part of the site now occupied by
Waller Hall.
FACULTY

Student enrollments have nearly
tripled during the past decade, and the
number of faculty has shown a proportionate increase. There are 146
faculty this year and the staff will exceed 165 next year. During the 1964
Summer Sessions, the number of students and faculty was greater than
that of the regular college year less
than ten years ago.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
During the current year, the college
received approval to grant the Master's degree in English and Social
Studies, including Geography. This
is an addition to graduate programs in
Elementary Education, Business Education, Special Education for Teachers of the Mentally Retarded, and
Speech Correction.
Approximately
725 students are enrolled in programs
leading to the Master of Education
degree. Applications have been submitted for approval by the Department of Public Instruction to allow
the college to offer a graduate program in Biology. \Vork is progressing on two other proposals for graduate study in the areas of Guidance
and Counseling and School Business
Management.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

The number of students enrolled in
the Arts and Sciences curriculum
continues to increase at a moderate
pace.
In addition, course work has been
expanded in science to include individual research projects in Biology,
Chemistry, and Physics.
Elective
offerings have been expanded in the
Social Sciences, particularly Sociology.

Fourth Annual College Spring Arts Festival
The Fourth Annual Spring Arts
Festival at the Bloomsburg State College will be held from Thursday,
April 22nd through Sunday, May 2nd,
1965. According to Miss Susan Rusinko, Faculty Chairman, this should
be the finest festival to date with the
purpose of stimulating interest and
participation in the performing of the
creative arts on Campus and throughout the Community.
All events will be held in Carver
Auditorium and are open to the public.
There will be no charge for admission
to any of the activities.
The events will get under way with
the Bloomsburg Players presenting
John Patrick's Pulitzer Prize winning
comedy "The Teahouse of the August
.Moon", Thursday through Saturday,
April 22nd - 24th.
On Monday, April 26th, there will
be an art lecture "The Roots of Modern Art" by Jack Bookbinder, Director, Division of Art Education, School
District of Philadelphia, at 8 :15 p.m.
Mr. Bookbinder will speak again at
the Assembly on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
on "The Art of this World".
At 8 :15 Tuesday evening, Howard
Nemerov, Award \,Vinning Author
from Bennington College (Vt.), will
present a reading of his poetry, with
commentary.
A drama lecture will take place
Wednesday evening, at 8 :15, with
Gerald W eales, eminent scholar of
drama and editor, writer and faculty
member of the University of Pennsylvania, presenting "Arthur Miller and
the Name Game".
At the Thursday Assembly, at 2
p.m., there will be a concert by Earle
Spicer, ballad recitalist of songs from
Elizabethan times to the present.
That evening at 8 :15, the Orson Welles Production film adaptation of
Franz Kafka's novel, "The Trial",
will be shown.
Thursday, April 30th, at 8 :15 p.m.,
brings dancing to the stage of Carver
Auditorium, with "Adventures in
Choreography" being presented by
Merle Lister, Barrie Landauer, Rosalind Pierson and company, sponsored
by the Lincoln Square Y.M.C.A.
Theatre, New York City.
Music will be the toast of the hour
Saturday evening, May 1st, at 8 :15
p.m., with the Esterhazy Orchestra, a
musical group dedicated to the masterpieces of the Eighteenth and Early
Nineteenth Century, playing a program of String music for Chamber
Orchestra. This Orchestra, under the
brilliant conductorship of David Blum,
is making its debut tour of the United
States.

The Festival will come to a close
Sunday, May 2nd, 3 p.m., with "Hayden's Creation" by the Bloomsburg
Choraleers, under the direction of
William Decker, of the College Music
Department.

PRESIDENT ANDRUSS TESTIFIES
AT SENATE HEARING

On Monday, March 29, Dr. Harvey
A. Andruss, in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee on Budget and
Fees for the Board of Presidents of
the Pennsylvania State Colleges, testified before the Appropriations Committee of the State Senate.
Dr. Andruss emphasized the need
for increasing financial support by the
State, improving budgeting and purchasing procedures to allow the colleg"es to function more effectively,
coordinating and speeding construction of buildings to accommodate
rapidly increasing enrollments.
He also suggested establishing a
four-man bureau to coordinate Finance, Physical Plant, and Curriculum
for the 14 State Colleges.

Legislators Visit Campus
Ten members of the Pennsylvania
General Assembly visited Bloomsburg
State College on Friday, March 26.
The Legislators represented the areas
from which the College draws its
greatest number of students. They
had the opportunity to tour the campus, ob:;trve the progress being made
in the building and expansion program, arn; meet administrators, faculty, and members of the student
body. Due to the prime importance
being placed on higher education in
Pennsylvania. it is hoped thzit the visit
afforded them the opportuni: v tc, learn
more about B.S.C. and the other
thirteen State Colleges in urcler to
plan necessary legislation. This was
the third consecutive year this successful get-together has been held.
Invitations were originally extended to 25 Legislators, but previous
committments limited those attending
to the following: SEN A TORS : Robert P. Casey, Scranton; Preston B.
Davis, Milton; Harold E. Flack, Wilkes-Barre; REPRESENT AT IVES :
Adam T. Bower, Sunbury; Harry A.
Kessler, Danville; Bernard F. O'Brien, \,Vilkes-Barre; Fred J. Shupnik,
Luzerne; Kent D. Shelhamer, Berwick; James A. Goodman, Mahanoy
City; Kenneth B. Lee, Eagles Mere.

A WARM \,VELCOME was extended by Dr. Harvey A. Andruss and students
to Coach Russ Houk and his wrestlers on their return from Terre Haute,
Indiana on March 14th after winning the National NAIA Championshipsymbolic of small college supremacy.
One of the wrestlers, Jim Rolley,
Clearfield, also captured the 130 pound NAIA Title.
Coach Houk was named N AIA Coach of the Year for the third time since
the honor was initiated five years ago.
The Huskies previously held NAIA Titles in 1960 and '62 and have won the
Pennsylvania State Title five out of the last seven years.
Houk's overall record in dual competition in eight years at B.S.C. stands
at 81 wins, 8 losses and 1 tie.

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1'ews Briefs
Dr. Melville Hopkins is the Director of
Forensics at the College.
The B.S.C. Debating Team, coached by
Samuel Prichard, recently captured the
Third Annual State College Tournament
at Clarion State College.

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Charles G. Jackson, Associate Professor of Social Studies at B. S. C.,
testified at the public hearing conducted
by the House Committee on voting and
elections on Saturday, March 6th, in
Williamsport. The title of Mr. Jackson's
statement was "The Application of Limited and Multi-Weighted Voting Theories: Suggestions for Legislative Apportionment in Pennsylvania".

Miss Cecilia Cuadra, a Latin-American student from Costa Rica, is visiting
the B. S. C. campus for a three-week
period to observe complete administrative
and teaching procedures and observe
student reactions in the Benjamin Franklin Laboratory School. Her - visit has
been arranged in conjunction with the
Internship Program of the Pennsylvania
State University's Latin-America Edu~a tion Project.

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Stecher and Horowitz, duo-pianists,
were featured by the Civic Music Series
on February 22nd and the National Ballet
Company, of Washington, D. C., appeared on March 25th.

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Former B. S. C. Art Professor, DonStudents from Bloomsburg State Colald Herberholz, now residing in Calilege appeared twice in 1965 on WNEPfornia, is the co-author of a new book
TV's (Scranton - Wilkes-Barre) program "Varsity"---featuring-----tlte -coUeges - -- ''Developing--------Arti&ti£ and- -Percep-tual:c-Awareness".
and universities of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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During the Spring semester, the Eng****
lish Department is initiating an advisory
Dr. Donald Maietta, Director of Specisystem for English majors and concenal Education at B. S. C., participated
trators.
This will encourage students
in the National Conference on Rehabilto indicate preferences for courses in
itation Codes and Communicative Disfuture semesters and this will permit
orders held at Berea, Kentucky, March
the department to gauge demands and set
18-21.
up courses in relations to it.

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Mrs. Wanda K. Snyder, a graduate
student in Special Education, is one of
four graduate students throughout the
State who has been selected to present
papers at the Annual Convention of the
Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Association on April 10th in Pittsburgh.

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Hanson Baldwin, Military Editor of
the New York Times, was the featured
speaker of the Endowed Lecture Fund
Series presented in Carver Auditorium
March 17.

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The Lebanon Valley Concert Choir,
sponsored by the Evening Entertainment
Committee at B. S. C., presented an
outstanding program in Carver Auditorium on March 19th.

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Bob Herzig, B. S. C. Star Basketball
Player, who is in his Senior year, was
again named to P.S.C.A.C. first team
and received honorable mention on the
Associated Press of Pennsylvania College Selections. Herzig played the entire season with an injured knee.

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Danny Litwhiler, a graduate of B. S. C.
who became one of Baseball's greats,
will be the featured speaker at the Eighth
Annual Athletic Awards Banquet at
B. S. C. on Tuesday, April 13, 1965.

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The B. S. C. Chess Team recently defeated the Lafayette College Chess Team
by a 3-2 score to become the undisputed
leader in the Eastern Pennsylvania College Chess League. The Husky Rooks

were previously defeated by Lafayette
last September-the only team to defeat
the Huskies this year.

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Two summer abroad programs will
be offered by the College this year.
The first, a European Culture Study
Tour including thirteen countries - 42
days from July 1st through August 11this being offered by the Department of
Social Sciences under the direction of
Edson J. Drake, Faculty Member. The
second program, from July 15th to
August 31st, will be a summer study in
Dijon, France; Mainz, Germany; and
Madrid, Spain, through the sponsorship
of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. Director of this program is Dr. Carl D. Bauer, Chairman of
the Foreign Language Department at

B. S. C.

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- ~The -1965 Summer-Sessions schedule is
as follows: Pre-Session - June 7 to
June 25; Main Session - June 28 to
August 6; Post Session - August 9 to
August 27.
Inquiries regarding summer sessions
should be directed to John A. Hoch,
Dean of Instruction.

Tickets for the Big Name Entertainment of Dick Gregory and the
Four Lads appearing in Centennial
Gym the evening of Alumni Day,
May 8th, may be purchased in advance by ordering direct from Gil
Gockley, of the office ofl C. G. A.,
Bloomsburg State College, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
General Admission - $2.50 each;
Reserved Seats - $3.00 each.
Your help is needed to support
Alumni activities. Join now! Oneyear membershil>43.00, three years
-$7.50, five years-$10.00, life--$35.00.
Dues should be paid to Mr. Earl
Gehrig, treasurer, Alumni Association,
Bloomsburg State College.

Ninth Letter To Alumni
And Friends of Bloomsburg

Spring, 1965
Published by the Office of Public Relations
Boyd Buckingham, Director
J3ruce C. Dietterick, Information Specialist

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