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Homecoming Issue
ISC ALUMNI LETTER
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
••
FALL 1968
THE 1968-1969 COLLEGE YEAR WILL MARK THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF DR. HARVEY A. ANDRUSS AS PRESIDENT OF BLOOMSBURG iSTATE COLLEGE
GREETINGS TO ALUMNI
The response of the classes of 1927-1939 to the Francis B. Haas Memorial Fund has been
most encouraging. Originally, only the students graduating during this twelve-year period have
been invited to contribute. However, there may be other alumni who remember and revere the
contributions made by Dr. Haas to our college, and wish to participate in this memorial.
Contributions will be used for the portrait of Dr. Haas and for the identification of our
buildings with aluminum letters. In any event, we
hope that when you come back to Bloomsburg,
you will find the opportunity to see the Francis B.
Haas Auditorium.
Cordially yours,
HARVEY A. ANDRUSS, President
AGENDA FOR HOMECOMING WEEKEND
Friday, October 18, 1968
8: 30 P.M.-Big Name Entertainment Committee will present Sam and Dave, soul singers, plus two
other musical groups, in concert in Haas Auditorium. General admission, $2.75 per
person; reserved seats, $3.25 per person. Tickets may be secured at the door or by writing to John Mulka, Director of Student Activities, Box 158, Bloomsburg State College,
Bloomsburg, Penna. 17815. The Homecoming Queen will be crowned at the beginning
of the concert.
Saturday, October 19, 1968
8:30 A.M. -5:30 P.M.-Registration-Waller Hall.
-l<·lQ: 30 A.M.-Homecoming Parade-begins at Parking Area, Centennial Gym.
12: 00 NOON-::-,-Luncheon begins for Alumni and visitors-College Commons-$1.25. per per5on~c3,{eteria service.
2: 00 P.M.-Football--Millersville State College-Town Athletic Park, 7th & Iron Streets. Admission-Adults, $1.50; Children, $1.00.
4: 30 P.M. - 5: 30 P.M.-Get-Together in Husky Lounge Annex and Waller Hall Lobby-all Residence
Halls will be open to visitors.
5: 30 P.M.-Dinner for Alumni and visitors-cafeteria service-College Commons-$1.25 per person.
8: 30 P.M .-Semi-formal Dance-Two locations
Centennial Gym-FATH ER'S ANG ELS-suggested for students and recent graduates.
Husky Lounge-LEE VINCENT'S MODERNAIRES-suggested for faculty and less
recent graduates. Admission-$1.00 per person or Alumni Membership Card will admit
member and guest free of charge. Students and Alumni are welcome to attend the dance
of their choice.
* The parade will form at Centennial Gym, proceed down Second and Main Streets to Market, south on Market
to Fifth, east on Fifth to East, north on East to Town Hall. Alumni and friends are urged to return to Bloomsburg early
to see this gala procession.
1869 - 1969 ••• JOO
Years of 'J'eacher Education at B. s. c.
RESERVATIONS for overnight accommodations should be made directly with the Magee Hotel, 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 & Motel. Danville, Pa.; Reichard's Motel, R.D. 4, Danville, Pa.; Red Maple Motel, R.D. 2, Berwick, Pa.; Hotel
Berwick, Berwick, Pa.; Tennytown Motel. Berwick Highway, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Briar Heights Motor Lodge, Berwick-Bloomsburg Highway.
More Campus_Lanclmarks Give Way To Progress. • •
"Grove of Pine Trees,'' located behind
"Portico"- on the west side of Waller Hall
Carver Hall and ad acent to the former Noetbeing removed to make room for the new
ling Hall, which was planted in the IBB0's
Dining Hall-Kitchen facility.
to help conceal an "old fashioned plumbing
facility."
Fourteen projects, involving nearly $17,000,000 in construction funds, will keep contractors
busy on the Bloomsburg campus for the next several years, according to Boyd F. Buckingham,
Director of Development.
The doors of Elwell Hall were opened on September 4 to the first contingent of the 672
men who will occupy the seven story residence hall. Construction is continuing on Hartline
Science Center and the new dining hall-kitchen.
Bids will be opened and construction started during the fall, winter, and spring months for
the following: a nine story residence hall for 400 women, a general classroom building, a parking area for 215 cars, a maintenance building-garage, a gymnasium-field house, an athletic
field, and an extension of utilities. The last three projects are to occupy sites on the 68 acres
of the upper campus which was formerly the Bloomsburg Golf Course.
Prcj::cts now being designed include a student center, an administration-supply building,
recreat'.on areas, and additional land purchases, roads, and parking areas. Construction funds
for all 14 projects have already been approved.
Funds tatalling $9,888,600 will be requested during 1969-70 for eight additional buildings.
The list includes a classroom building, two residence halls for men, two residence halls for women, a dining hall-kitchen, a maintenance building-garage, and the demolition of Waller Hall.
While new buildings will continue to appear on campus, several old landmarks will be removed. Science Hall, built in 1906, will be demolished to provide badly needed recreation
facilities in the living area of the lower campus. Waller Hall, built in three phases beginning in
1875, must be demolished to provide the site for a.high-rise residence hall for 300. women.
Conduits. foc .llieam, -water, stO§ID water; .electricity, ~age, gas; _-;wd- telepltunea,_e:ae, ins•alled underground nearly a year ago. These utilities should be adequate to service most of the
rema:ning structures which are to be erected on the lower campus.
Dr. Kimber Kuster, who retired from the faculty several years ago and is now serving on
the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association, is heading a committee to develop plans for
planting trees and shrubbery to restore the natural beauty of the campus.
President Andruss and the Board of Trustees, Buckingham noted, have developed a longrang'.) plan to accommodate increases in enrollment as well as a continued expansion of the
c:uu:ci,J:'.u111Jor:l;J_:ith,.!lnd!.!rgraduate.a.mLgraduate students. _-.
____ . ___ ... "" __ ,. _ .._._
PLACEMENT OF B.S.C. GRADS REMAINS HIGH
A placement report of Bloomsburg State
College graduates of January and May, 1968
shows that 491, or 85.8% of those answering
the survey form have accepted teaching positions. Of the 709 total graduates, 137, or
20%, had not b'.!en heard from through the
middle of July.
Secondary Education has the highest number of graduates with 267, followed by Elem'.!ntary Education with 216, Business Education 109, Special Education 62, and Arts and
Sciences 55. Three hundred eighty-nine accepted teaching positions in Pennsylvania and
112 began their teaching careers in other
states. Nineteen members of the January and
May classes accepted non-teaching positions,
25 went into full time graduate work, 16 followed careers in the Peace Corps or VISTA
program, or entered the military service, and
11 were not available for teaching due to being married or other reasons. Of the 25 going
into full time graduate studies, 14 were Secondary Education graduates, 7 were from Arts
and Sciences, and 4 were from Special Education.
Because of the large number of students
coming from Columbia or surrounding counties, there are rarely, if ever, a sufficient number of teaching positions to keep these graduates in their home counties. Columbia County
had the largest loss with only 31 of the 85
students remaining in the county, a loss of 54.
It is interesting to note that only 94, or onethird of the 288 coming from Coal Region
counties, went back to a Coal Region county
for a job.
The two Pennsylvania counties which rank
higher than any of the other counties for an
increase in teachers were Bucks and Montgomery. This higher ranking is due to these
counties having B.S.C. student teaching centers and the fact that good salary schedules,
new facilities, proximity of graduate schools
and numerous teaching vacancies makes them
attractive to our graduates. Of the 114 graduates placed in those two counties, 41 of
them came from Coal -Region counties.
As the information on the survey was received before the state mandated salary
raise, it is difficult to present, at this time a
'
complete and accurate salary picture.
Overall site of new Dining Hall-Kitchen
facility looking across East Second Street from
Elwell Hall towards main section of campus.
Graduate Degrees Outlined
Dr. Charles Carlson, Acting Director of
Graduate Studies, reports that the Master of
Education degree is now offered in the following areas: biology; business education;
elementary education; English,; history; social studies; reading; foreign language; special education with emphasis on mental retardation; speech; speech correction.
This past spring, the first Master of Arts
proposal for Bloomsburg State College was
submitted to the Department of Public Instruction for consideration. Focusing in the
field of history, this degree program is designed for students who desire to pursue the
traditional Doctor of Philosophy degree. A
language competency and research thesis are
requirements for the degree. A visitation committee is expected to be on campus during the
1968-69 college year to determine the readiness of B.S.C. to offer this Master oLArts degre«'p~1...
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This past college year saw the initiation of
the Master of Education degree in French,
German, and Spanish. Enrollment has been
very encouraging. Each language area offers
a variety of evening courses during the year
in addition to regular daytime courses during
the summer. Offerings this fall include Voltaire and Rousseau, Schiller, and History of
Spal)}sh Literatur,e in )he Medieval Period.. __ .
---- Tne7)epaitriien1-orPliysicaI---ScTeiices has submitted a proposal to Dr. Carlson for the
Master of Education degree in physics, chemistry, and physical science. Each program is
designed to provide a maximum opportunity
for the student to take courses in his major
field of interest, while also increasing his understanding of education. It is hoped that
approval of this program can be obtained
during the 1968-69 college year as the new
Hartline Science Center, scheduled for completion in December, will provide excellent
facilities for implementing graduate programs
in the physical sciences.
Figures for the 1968 summer graduate student enrollment show that 219 attended presession, 447 attended main session, and 188
attended post session. In all three sessions, the
1968 enrollment was up considerably over
the 1967 summer enrollment of graduate students.
As a result of the recent action by the
State Legislature, graduate tuition went up
from $16.00 to $20.00 a credit for Pennsylvania residents and from $20.00 to $25.00 for
out-of-state students.
Additional information concerning graduate courses can be obtained by contacting Dr.
Charles Carlson, Acting Director of Graduate
Studies, Bloomsburg State College.
New Administrative Appointments .•..
Elton Hunsinger
Robert Norton
John Trathen
John Mulka
George Birney
Charles Thomas
Three staff members at BSC, along with three new members, have received administrative appointments. ELTON HuNSINGER, Dean of Men
at BSC for the past six years, has been named Dean oZ Students, replacing D ·. Paul S. Reigel. RoBERT No:1TON, Assistant Dean of Men for the
past year and former BSC basketball coach, will be Acting Dean of Men. JoHN J. TRATHEN, Assistant Comptroller of Community Activities Funds
for the past six months, has been appointed Comptroller of Community Activities Funds, replacing Horace Williams who retired in July o; 1968.
JoHN S. MuLKA, Assistant Dean of Men at Clarion State College, replaces Robert Bender as Director of Student Activities. GEORGE BIRNEY, retired Naval officer, is the Personnel Director, a new position at the college. CHARLES D. TrroMAS, former Dean of Men at Clarion State College,
has been named Director of Counseling Services, another new position.
Two other appointments were made at the division and departmental level with DR. EMERY RARIG, Professor at Columbia University, being
appointed Director of the Division of Business Education, filling the vacancy le't by the death of Dr. Reginald Sheppard. The other appointment
was for a new position with DR. TEJ BHAN S. SAINI, a native of Ind:a, b~:ng named head of the Department o7 Economics.
OVER $1,000,000 IN FINANCIAL AID TO B.S.C. STUDENTS
·-
Approximately 1,500 or nearly one-half of
all undergraduate students at Bloomsburg
State College received some form of financial
aid, amounting to a total of $1,037,121, during the 196 7-68 college year, according to
John Scrimgeour, Director of Financial Aid.
Loans which include National Defense
Loans, Alumni Loans, and State Guaranty
Loans, accounted for the largest percentage
of the financial assistance with a total of
W. Horace Williams
Miss Elinor Keefer
$518,318. There were 251 recipients receiving
Two Bloomsburg State College staff mema total of $114,800 in National Defense Loans
hers retired during the month of .July.
for an average of $45 7 per student;. 39 students received Alumni Loans amountmg to a
W. Horace Williams, Comptroller of Community Activities Funds, and a member of the
total of $13,295 or a per student average of
staftfor the past 13 years·at Bloomsburg State "'"-$341. State Guaranty Loans, which are not
College, retired on July 31, 1968.
obtained through the college but bv the s!udent himself, totaled $390,223 for 461 rec1pWilliams joined the staff at BSC in 1955
ients or an average student loan of $846.
as manager of the Husky Loung~ operation
which included the college book store and
The next largest amount of financial aid
snack bar. On September 1, 1965, he assumed
was in the form of scholarships and grants
his duties as Comptroller of Community Acand amounted to $321,900. Of this total,
tivities Funds.
$256,850 in Pennsylvania State Scholarships,
Miss Elinor Keefer, a member: of the B<;C
administered by the Pennsylvania Higher Edfacultv for the past 17 years,.reti;ed -~n- July
ucation Assistance Agency, was awarded· to 20, 1968. She served as Head L1branan for
518 students for an average of $496 per stu15 years and Head of Acquisitions for the
dent. Educational Opportunity Grants totaled
past two years.
$49 200 for 101 students at an average of
During her_ 15 years a~ Head Librarian at
$487; another $49,200 was available in EO
BSC, the holdmgs of the library an~ the numGrants through matching funds from the
her bf staff were tripled, and the library serPennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency, National Defense Loans, student emvices to the college a?d comm1:nity were
greatly expanded. Durmg that _time,. three
ployment, and private outside _sources. B~C
!1ew library qu_arter~ were ?rgamzed 1~clu?Alumni Scholarships awarded m the Sprm~
mg the Juvemle Library m the BenJamm
of '67 for use during '67-'68 totaled $3,22j
Franklin Building.
for 23 individuals or a $140 per student averPrior to the appointment of James B. Watts
ao-~.
as Director of Library Services in June, 1966,
" Employment was available in three areas
Miss Keefer had ;equested that _she
r~for Bloomsburg State College students and
lieved of her duties _as Head L1brana!1 _1?
this amounted to a total of $196,903, broken
order to devote full time to her respons1b1lidown as follows: Pennsylvania State Student
ties as Acquisitions Librarian.
Employment Program-$100,467 for 296 students for a $339 average; work study- $80,1
LOYAL TY FUND REMINDER
723 for 26~ students for a $300 av.er.age;
graduate assistants-$15,713 for 21 rec1p1ents
for a $747 average.
Signature __
Approximately $33,000, not included in
Name while
the above figures, was paid to student help by
?e
in college ________ _
Address _______________ _
.Zip_,___
Year of Graduation ____
Amount of Remittance $_______
ment.
RECORD ENROLLMENT
Slightly over 3450 undergraduate students
completed registration for the first semester of
the 1968-69 college year making it the largest
enrollment in the history of the college. Freshm~n represent about 865 of the total figure.
In summarizing new admissions, J c,hn L.
Walker, Director,.of Admissions; stated drat
7,337 applications were originallv d 'stributed
for the 1968-69 college year with 3,840 application procedures initiated. From this number
1,520 freshmen applicants were offered admission with 980 accepting the offer of admission. Cancellations have reduced this figure to
863 students accepted, which is the maximum
number of new students that can be accepted
due to limitations on campus of classroom
space, dormitory space, and dining facilities.
As a result of these campus restrictions, applications for prospective resident women were
not sent out after early February, 1968.
Forty-five per cent of the incoming freshmen ranked in the top-fifth of their graduating class. Included in this group are 9 valedictorians, 11 salutatorians, 5 who ranked 3rd in
their class, 11 who ranked 4th in their class,
and 9 who ranked 5th in their class. The avererage total scored on the Colleg~ Board SAT
mean scores for the class, combining verbal
means with math means, was slightly above
1000.
LUNCHEON RESERVATION
I
1
Mail Check to
ALUMNI OFFICE, BOX 31
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
ARA Food Services in the operat:on of the
College Commons. This form of financial
assistance is available to all interested students
but is not administered through the office of
Mr. Scrimgeour.
Scrimgeour stated that all the above figures indicate a little less than one-half of the
undergraduate enrollment of Bloomsburg
State College has received some kind of financial assistance in obtaining a college education. He further indicated that the amounts.
of financial aid and the number of recipients:
would be increased during the 1968-69 college
year in proportion with the increase in enroll-
1
In order to help us with our Homecoming luncheon plans, please fill out and clip this
portion and return to: Mr. George Stradtman, Box 38, Bloomsbu·ci Sta'e College, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 18715. . . MAKE _ _ _ RESERVATIONS FOR ME FOR LUl'JCH
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, IN THE COLLEGE COMMONS.
Name and Addre:;s----~-
BOARD OF TRUSTEE OFFICERS
i,i,ili!i,~~
]. Howard Deily
Judge Harold L. Paul
William A. Lank
SPORTS OUTLOOK
At the Organization Meeting of the Bloomsburg State College Board
of Trustees held in July, the following officers were re-elected: WILLIAM
A. LANK, Bloomsburg, President; JuDGE HAROLD L. PAUL, Pottsville,
Vice President; J. HowARD DEILY, Bloomsburg, Secretary-Treasurer.
Other members of the Board are E. Guy BANGS, Orangeville; GERALD
BEIERSCHMITT, Mt. Carmel; WILLIAM E. BooTH, Danville; EDGAR A .
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S lfi!&IRlfM!fiilf,uBt.t#ltl, H044Akff79. :Pt£Rwi;11aw; PbiliiiHte; a,uct.
Juool!. BERNARD
J.
KELLY, Philadelphia.
FALL AND WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULES
SWIMMING
FOOTBALL
9/20
9/27
10/4
10/12
10/19
10/26
11/1
11/9
11/16
Lock Haven* .......
Mansfield *t . . . . . . . . .
Susquehanna* ......
West Chester*t ......
Millersvillet
(Homecoming) ...
Cheyney* ..........
Kutztown*t ........
East Stroudsburgt ...
Championship-West
* Night Game
H
H
H
A
H
A
H
A
t Conference
12/7
12/12
12/14
1/11
1/15
2/5
2/8
2/12
2/14
2/15
2/26
3/8
Howard University .. A
Monmouth ......... H
Wilkes ............ H
Millersville . . . . . . . . . H
West Chester ....... A
East Stroudsburg .... A
St. Joseph's ........ H
Lock Haven ........ H
California .......... A
Slippery Rock . . . . . . A
Trenton ........... H
State Meet. . . . . . . . . Slippery Rock
CROSS COUNTRY
Mansfield . . . . . . . . . .
Kutztown ..........
Lock Haven ........
Susquehanna .......
Millersville . . . . . . . . .
Kutztown ..........
10/1
10/5
10/8
10/10
10/12
10/22
I
F" ·--·-·---~ -
.-
A
H
H
A
H
A
10/24
10/26
10/30
11/2
Mansfield ...... ·.... H
Cheyney ........... A
Kings ............. A
Championship ......... West Chester
The outlook for the fall and winter sports teams at BSC is encouraging.
The big question mark is in football. New head coach Jerry Denstorff inherits a team made up chiefly of sophomores and juniors which
will lack the magic combination of Lichte!, Tucker, and Kucharski of
last year's squad. The spring practice has indicated to coach Denstorff
that this will be a building year and could probably be a lean one. However, he expects to produce some interesting football to provide fans
with thrills and action in an eight game schedule with five games at
home. Last year the Huskies posted a 6-3 record which was one of _the
best in recent years.
Clyde Noble. has been named to direct the cross-country team and
expects a good nucleus to return to lead the harriers to a winning season
for an improvement over last season's 4 win 4 loss record.
Basketball under Earl Voss and swimming under Eli McLaughlin
will both have a wealth of talent returning and should continue on their
winning ways. The cagers posted a 13 win 7 loss record last year and
lff8 " 1 ~ $1J:lfnli & II\ :i NGMl, ·
Russ Houk will be starting his twelfth year at the helm of the wrestling team and is expected to produce another banner squad. With a
good nucleus returning from last year's plus some outstanding sophomores, the wrestlers will be aiming to top their last year's 7-4-1 record.
BASKETBALL
12/4
West Chester ....... A
12/6
Shippensburg ....... H
12/11 Kutztown .......... A
12/ 17 Millersville . . . . . . . . . H
12/26 ~ 27 Highspire Tourn.
1V8
Mansfield .......... H
1/11 Cheyney ........... A
1/15 Towson ............ A
1/18 Clarion ............ H
1/29 East Stroudsburg .... A
2/1
West Chester ....... H
2/5
Shippensburg ....... A
2/8.
Kutztown .......... H
2/11 Lock Haven ........ H
2/13 Millersville ......... A
2/15 Mansfield .......... A
2/19 Cheyney ........... H
2/22 East Stroudsburg .... IJ
2/26 Philadelphia Textile . H
2/28 State Meet-East
3/1
State Meet-East
WRESTLING
12/7
12/12
12/14
12/16
1/6
1/11
1/18
1/28
2/1
2/5
2/7
2/14
2/19
2/28
3/1
Appalachian State,
Old Dominion, and
Ashland College . . . . . H
Mansfield .......... H
Indiana State Quad
Meet ............ A
Southern Illinois .... A
Millersville . . . . . . . . . H
Oswego ............ A
Clarion ............ A
Kutztown .......... H
Waynesburg ........ A
E. Stroudsburg ...... A
Shippensburg . . . . . . . A
Lock Haven ........ H
West Chester ....... H
State Meet .... Clarion
State Meet .... Clarion
...
Sixteenth Letter To Alumni
And Friends of Bloomsburg
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POST AGE
PAID
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
PERMIT NO. 10
Fall 1968
Published by
THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
AND DEVELOPMENT
BoYD F. BUCKINGHAM, Director
BRUCE C;. DIETTERICK, 111/ormation Specialist
~·
ISC ALUMNI LETTER
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
••
FALL 1968
THE 1968-1969 COLLEGE YEAR WILL MARK THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF DR. HARVEY A. ANDRUSS AS PRESIDENT OF BLOOMSBURG iSTATE COLLEGE
GREETINGS TO ALUMNI
The response of the classes of 1927-1939 to the Francis B. Haas Memorial Fund has been
most encouraging. Originally, only the students graduating during this twelve-year period have
been invited to contribute. However, there may be other alumni who remember and revere the
contributions made by Dr. Haas to our college, and wish to participate in this memorial.
Contributions will be used for the portrait of Dr. Haas and for the identification of our
buildings with aluminum letters. In any event, we
hope that when you come back to Bloomsburg,
you will find the opportunity to see the Francis B.
Haas Auditorium.
Cordially yours,
HARVEY A. ANDRUSS, President
AGENDA FOR HOMECOMING WEEKEND
Friday, October 18, 1968
8: 30 P.M.-Big Name Entertainment Committee will present Sam and Dave, soul singers, plus two
other musical groups, in concert in Haas Auditorium. General admission, $2.75 per
person; reserved seats, $3.25 per person. Tickets may be secured at the door or by writing to John Mulka, Director of Student Activities, Box 158, Bloomsburg State College,
Bloomsburg, Penna. 17815. The Homecoming Queen will be crowned at the beginning
of the concert.
Saturday, October 19, 1968
8:30 A.M. -5:30 P.M.-Registration-Waller Hall.
-l<·lQ: 30 A.M.-Homecoming Parade-begins at Parking Area, Centennial Gym.
12: 00 NOON-::-,-Luncheon begins for Alumni and visitors-College Commons-$1.25. per per5on~c3,{eteria service.
2: 00 P.M.-Football--Millersville State College-Town Athletic Park, 7th & Iron Streets. Admission-Adults, $1.50; Children, $1.00.
4: 30 P.M. - 5: 30 P.M.-Get-Together in Husky Lounge Annex and Waller Hall Lobby-all Residence
Halls will be open to visitors.
5: 30 P.M.-Dinner for Alumni and visitors-cafeteria service-College Commons-$1.25 per person.
8: 30 P.M .-Semi-formal Dance-Two locations
Centennial Gym-FATH ER'S ANG ELS-suggested for students and recent graduates.
Husky Lounge-LEE VINCENT'S MODERNAIRES-suggested for faculty and less
recent graduates. Admission-$1.00 per person or Alumni Membership Card will admit
member and guest free of charge. Students and Alumni are welcome to attend the dance
of their choice.
* The parade will form at Centennial Gym, proceed down Second and Main Streets to Market, south on Market
to Fifth, east on Fifth to East, north on East to Town Hall. Alumni and friends are urged to return to Bloomsburg early
to see this gala procession.
1869 - 1969 ••• JOO
Years of 'J'eacher Education at B. s. c.
RESERVATIONS for overnight accommodations should be made directly with the Magee Hotel, 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 & Motel. Danville, Pa.; Reichard's Motel, R.D. 4, Danville, Pa.; Red Maple Motel, R.D. 2, Berwick, Pa.; Hotel
Berwick, Berwick, Pa.; Tennytown Motel. Berwick Highway, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Briar Heights Motor Lodge, Berwick-Bloomsburg Highway.
More Campus_Lanclmarks Give Way To Progress. • •
"Grove of Pine Trees,'' located behind
"Portico"- on the west side of Waller Hall
Carver Hall and ad acent to the former Noetbeing removed to make room for the new
ling Hall, which was planted in the IBB0's
Dining Hall-Kitchen facility.
to help conceal an "old fashioned plumbing
facility."
Fourteen projects, involving nearly $17,000,000 in construction funds, will keep contractors
busy on the Bloomsburg campus for the next several years, according to Boyd F. Buckingham,
Director of Development.
The doors of Elwell Hall were opened on September 4 to the first contingent of the 672
men who will occupy the seven story residence hall. Construction is continuing on Hartline
Science Center and the new dining hall-kitchen.
Bids will be opened and construction started during the fall, winter, and spring months for
the following: a nine story residence hall for 400 women, a general classroom building, a parking area for 215 cars, a maintenance building-garage, a gymnasium-field house, an athletic
field, and an extension of utilities. The last three projects are to occupy sites on the 68 acres
of the upper campus which was formerly the Bloomsburg Golf Course.
Prcj::cts now being designed include a student center, an administration-supply building,
recreat'.on areas, and additional land purchases, roads, and parking areas. Construction funds
for all 14 projects have already been approved.
Funds tatalling $9,888,600 will be requested during 1969-70 for eight additional buildings.
The list includes a classroom building, two residence halls for men, two residence halls for women, a dining hall-kitchen, a maintenance building-garage, and the demolition of Waller Hall.
While new buildings will continue to appear on campus, several old landmarks will be removed. Science Hall, built in 1906, will be demolished to provide badly needed recreation
facilities in the living area of the lower campus. Waller Hall, built in three phases beginning in
1875, must be demolished to provide the site for a.high-rise residence hall for 300. women.
Conduits. foc .llieam, -water, stO§ID water; .electricity, ~age, gas; _-;wd- telepltunea,_e:ae, ins•alled underground nearly a year ago. These utilities should be adequate to service most of the
rema:ning structures which are to be erected on the lower campus.
Dr. Kimber Kuster, who retired from the faculty several years ago and is now serving on
the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association, is heading a committee to develop plans for
planting trees and shrubbery to restore the natural beauty of the campus.
President Andruss and the Board of Trustees, Buckingham noted, have developed a longrang'.) plan to accommodate increases in enrollment as well as a continued expansion of the
c:uu:ci,J:'.u111Jor:l;J_:ith,.!lnd!.!rgraduate.a.mLgraduate students. _-.
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PLACEMENT OF B.S.C. GRADS REMAINS HIGH
A placement report of Bloomsburg State
College graduates of January and May, 1968
shows that 491, or 85.8% of those answering
the survey form have accepted teaching positions. Of the 709 total graduates, 137, or
20%, had not b'.!en heard from through the
middle of July.
Secondary Education has the highest number of graduates with 267, followed by Elem'.!ntary Education with 216, Business Education 109, Special Education 62, and Arts and
Sciences 55. Three hundred eighty-nine accepted teaching positions in Pennsylvania and
112 began their teaching careers in other
states. Nineteen members of the January and
May classes accepted non-teaching positions,
25 went into full time graduate work, 16 followed careers in the Peace Corps or VISTA
program, or entered the military service, and
11 were not available for teaching due to being married or other reasons. Of the 25 going
into full time graduate studies, 14 were Secondary Education graduates, 7 were from Arts
and Sciences, and 4 were from Special Education.
Because of the large number of students
coming from Columbia or surrounding counties, there are rarely, if ever, a sufficient number of teaching positions to keep these graduates in their home counties. Columbia County
had the largest loss with only 31 of the 85
students remaining in the county, a loss of 54.
It is interesting to note that only 94, or onethird of the 288 coming from Coal Region
counties, went back to a Coal Region county
for a job.
The two Pennsylvania counties which rank
higher than any of the other counties for an
increase in teachers were Bucks and Montgomery. This higher ranking is due to these
counties having B.S.C. student teaching centers and the fact that good salary schedules,
new facilities, proximity of graduate schools
and numerous teaching vacancies makes them
attractive to our graduates. Of the 114 graduates placed in those two counties, 41 of
them came from Coal -Region counties.
As the information on the survey was received before the state mandated salary
raise, it is difficult to present, at this time a
'
complete and accurate salary picture.
Overall site of new Dining Hall-Kitchen
facility looking across East Second Street from
Elwell Hall towards main section of campus.
Graduate Degrees Outlined
Dr. Charles Carlson, Acting Director of
Graduate Studies, reports that the Master of
Education degree is now offered in the following areas: biology; business education;
elementary education; English,; history; social studies; reading; foreign language; special education with emphasis on mental retardation; speech; speech correction.
This past spring, the first Master of Arts
proposal for Bloomsburg State College was
submitted to the Department of Public Instruction for consideration. Focusing in the
field of history, this degree program is designed for students who desire to pursue the
traditional Doctor of Philosophy degree. A
language competency and research thesis are
requirements for the degree. A visitation committee is expected to be on campus during the
1968-69 college year to determine the readiness of B.S.C. to offer this Master oLArts degre«'p~1...
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This past college year saw the initiation of
the Master of Education degree in French,
German, and Spanish. Enrollment has been
very encouraging. Each language area offers
a variety of evening courses during the year
in addition to regular daytime courses during
the summer. Offerings this fall include Voltaire and Rousseau, Schiller, and History of
Spal)}sh Literatur,e in )he Medieval Period.. __ .
---- Tne7)epaitriien1-orPliysicaI---ScTeiices has submitted a proposal to Dr. Carlson for the
Master of Education degree in physics, chemistry, and physical science. Each program is
designed to provide a maximum opportunity
for the student to take courses in his major
field of interest, while also increasing his understanding of education. It is hoped that
approval of this program can be obtained
during the 1968-69 college year as the new
Hartline Science Center, scheduled for completion in December, will provide excellent
facilities for implementing graduate programs
in the physical sciences.
Figures for the 1968 summer graduate student enrollment show that 219 attended presession, 447 attended main session, and 188
attended post session. In all three sessions, the
1968 enrollment was up considerably over
the 1967 summer enrollment of graduate students.
As a result of the recent action by the
State Legislature, graduate tuition went up
from $16.00 to $20.00 a credit for Pennsylvania residents and from $20.00 to $25.00 for
out-of-state students.
Additional information concerning graduate courses can be obtained by contacting Dr.
Charles Carlson, Acting Director of Graduate
Studies, Bloomsburg State College.
New Administrative Appointments .•..
Elton Hunsinger
Robert Norton
John Trathen
John Mulka
George Birney
Charles Thomas
Three staff members at BSC, along with three new members, have received administrative appointments. ELTON HuNSINGER, Dean of Men
at BSC for the past six years, has been named Dean oZ Students, replacing D ·. Paul S. Reigel. RoBERT No:1TON, Assistant Dean of Men for the
past year and former BSC basketball coach, will be Acting Dean of Men. JoHN J. TRATHEN, Assistant Comptroller of Community Activities Funds
for the past six months, has been appointed Comptroller of Community Activities Funds, replacing Horace Williams who retired in July o; 1968.
JoHN S. MuLKA, Assistant Dean of Men at Clarion State College, replaces Robert Bender as Director of Student Activities. GEORGE BIRNEY, retired Naval officer, is the Personnel Director, a new position at the college. CHARLES D. TrroMAS, former Dean of Men at Clarion State College,
has been named Director of Counseling Services, another new position.
Two other appointments were made at the division and departmental level with DR. EMERY RARIG, Professor at Columbia University, being
appointed Director of the Division of Business Education, filling the vacancy le't by the death of Dr. Reginald Sheppard. The other appointment
was for a new position with DR. TEJ BHAN S. SAINI, a native of Ind:a, b~:ng named head of the Department o7 Economics.
OVER $1,000,000 IN FINANCIAL AID TO B.S.C. STUDENTS
·-
Approximately 1,500 or nearly one-half of
all undergraduate students at Bloomsburg
State College received some form of financial
aid, amounting to a total of $1,037,121, during the 196 7-68 college year, according to
John Scrimgeour, Director of Financial Aid.
Loans which include National Defense
Loans, Alumni Loans, and State Guaranty
Loans, accounted for the largest percentage
of the financial assistance with a total of
W. Horace Williams
Miss Elinor Keefer
$518,318. There were 251 recipients receiving
Two Bloomsburg State College staff mema total of $114,800 in National Defense Loans
hers retired during the month of .July.
for an average of $45 7 per student;. 39 students received Alumni Loans amountmg to a
W. Horace Williams, Comptroller of Community Activities Funds, and a member of the
total of $13,295 or a per student average of
staftfor the past 13 years·at Bloomsburg State "'"-$341. State Guaranty Loans, which are not
College, retired on July 31, 1968.
obtained through the college but bv the s!udent himself, totaled $390,223 for 461 rec1pWilliams joined the staff at BSC in 1955
ients or an average student loan of $846.
as manager of the Husky Loung~ operation
which included the college book store and
The next largest amount of financial aid
snack bar. On September 1, 1965, he assumed
was in the form of scholarships and grants
his duties as Comptroller of Community Acand amounted to $321,900. Of this total,
tivities Funds.
$256,850 in Pennsylvania State Scholarships,
Miss Elinor Keefer, a member: of the B<;C
administered by the Pennsylvania Higher Edfacultv for the past 17 years,.reti;ed -~n- July
ucation Assistance Agency, was awarded· to 20, 1968. She served as Head L1branan for
518 students for an average of $496 per stu15 years and Head of Acquisitions for the
dent. Educational Opportunity Grants totaled
past two years.
$49 200 for 101 students at an average of
During her_ 15 years a~ Head Librarian at
$487; another $49,200 was available in EO
BSC, the holdmgs of the library an~ the numGrants through matching funds from the
her bf staff were tripled, and the library serPennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency, National Defense Loans, student emvices to the college a?d comm1:nity were
greatly expanded. Durmg that _time,. three
ployment, and private outside _sources. B~C
!1ew library qu_arter~ were ?rgamzed 1~clu?Alumni Scholarships awarded m the Sprm~
mg the Juvemle Library m the BenJamm
of '67 for use during '67-'68 totaled $3,22j
Franklin Building.
for 23 individuals or a $140 per student averPrior to the appointment of James B. Watts
ao-~.
as Director of Library Services in June, 1966,
" Employment was available in three areas
Miss Keefer had ;equested that _she
r~for Bloomsburg State College students and
lieved of her duties _as Head L1brana!1 _1?
this amounted to a total of $196,903, broken
order to devote full time to her respons1b1lidown as follows: Pennsylvania State Student
ties as Acquisitions Librarian.
Employment Program-$100,467 for 296 students for a $339 average; work study- $80,1
LOYAL TY FUND REMINDER
723 for 26~ students for a $300 av.er.age;
graduate assistants-$15,713 for 21 rec1p1ents
for a $747 average.
Signature __
Approximately $33,000, not included in
Name while
the above figures, was paid to student help by
?e
in college ________ _
Address _______________ _
.Zip_,___
Year of Graduation ____
Amount of Remittance $_______
ment.
RECORD ENROLLMENT
Slightly over 3450 undergraduate students
completed registration for the first semester of
the 1968-69 college year making it the largest
enrollment in the history of the college. Freshm~n represent about 865 of the total figure.
In summarizing new admissions, J c,hn L.
Walker, Director,.of Admissions; stated drat
7,337 applications were originallv d 'stributed
for the 1968-69 college year with 3,840 application procedures initiated. From this number
1,520 freshmen applicants were offered admission with 980 accepting the offer of admission. Cancellations have reduced this figure to
863 students accepted, which is the maximum
number of new students that can be accepted
due to limitations on campus of classroom
space, dormitory space, and dining facilities.
As a result of these campus restrictions, applications for prospective resident women were
not sent out after early February, 1968.
Forty-five per cent of the incoming freshmen ranked in the top-fifth of their graduating class. Included in this group are 9 valedictorians, 11 salutatorians, 5 who ranked 3rd in
their class, 11 who ranked 4th in their class,
and 9 who ranked 5th in their class. The avererage total scored on the Colleg~ Board SAT
mean scores for the class, combining verbal
means with math means, was slightly above
1000.
LUNCHEON RESERVATION
I
1
Mail Check to
ALUMNI OFFICE, BOX 31
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
ARA Food Services in the operat:on of the
College Commons. This form of financial
assistance is available to all interested students
but is not administered through the office of
Mr. Scrimgeour.
Scrimgeour stated that all the above figures indicate a little less than one-half of the
undergraduate enrollment of Bloomsburg
State College has received some kind of financial assistance in obtaining a college education. He further indicated that the amounts.
of financial aid and the number of recipients:
would be increased during the 1968-69 college
year in proportion with the increase in enroll-
1
In order to help us with our Homecoming luncheon plans, please fill out and clip this
portion and return to: Mr. George Stradtman, Box 38, Bloomsbu·ci Sta'e College, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania 18715. . . MAKE _ _ _ RESERVATIONS FOR ME FOR LUl'JCH
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, IN THE COLLEGE COMMONS.
Name and Addre:;s----~-
BOARD OF TRUSTEE OFFICERS
i,i,ili!i,~~
]. Howard Deily
Judge Harold L. Paul
William A. Lank
SPORTS OUTLOOK
At the Organization Meeting of the Bloomsburg State College Board
of Trustees held in July, the following officers were re-elected: WILLIAM
A. LANK, Bloomsburg, President; JuDGE HAROLD L. PAUL, Pottsville,
Vice President; J. HowARD DEILY, Bloomsburg, Secretary-Treasurer.
Other members of the Board are E. Guy BANGS, Orangeville; GERALD
BEIERSCHMITT, Mt. Carmel; WILLIAM E. BooTH, Danville; EDGAR A .
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S lfi!&IRlfM!fiilf,uBt.t#ltl, H044Akff79. :Pt£Rwi;11aw; PbiliiiHte; a,uct.
Juool!. BERNARD
J.
KELLY, Philadelphia.
FALL AND WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULES
SWIMMING
FOOTBALL
9/20
9/27
10/4
10/12
10/19
10/26
11/1
11/9
11/16
Lock Haven* .......
Mansfield *t . . . . . . . . .
Susquehanna* ......
West Chester*t ......
Millersvillet
(Homecoming) ...
Cheyney* ..........
Kutztown*t ........
East Stroudsburgt ...
Championship-West
* Night Game
H
H
H
A
H
A
H
A
t Conference
12/7
12/12
12/14
1/11
1/15
2/5
2/8
2/12
2/14
2/15
2/26
3/8
Howard University .. A
Monmouth ......... H
Wilkes ............ H
Millersville . . . . . . . . . H
West Chester ....... A
East Stroudsburg .... A
St. Joseph's ........ H
Lock Haven ........ H
California .......... A
Slippery Rock . . . . . . A
Trenton ........... H
State Meet. . . . . . . . . Slippery Rock
CROSS COUNTRY
Mansfield . . . . . . . . . .
Kutztown ..........
Lock Haven ........
Susquehanna .......
Millersville . . . . . . . . .
Kutztown ..........
10/1
10/5
10/8
10/10
10/12
10/22
I
F" ·--·-·---~ -
.-
A
H
H
A
H
A
10/24
10/26
10/30
11/2
Mansfield ...... ·.... H
Cheyney ........... A
Kings ............. A
Championship ......... West Chester
The outlook for the fall and winter sports teams at BSC is encouraging.
The big question mark is in football. New head coach Jerry Denstorff inherits a team made up chiefly of sophomores and juniors which
will lack the magic combination of Lichte!, Tucker, and Kucharski of
last year's squad. The spring practice has indicated to coach Denstorff
that this will be a building year and could probably be a lean one. However, he expects to produce some interesting football to provide fans
with thrills and action in an eight game schedule with five games at
home. Last year the Huskies posted a 6-3 record which was one of _the
best in recent years.
Clyde Noble. has been named to direct the cross-country team and
expects a good nucleus to return to lead the harriers to a winning season
for an improvement over last season's 4 win 4 loss record.
Basketball under Earl Voss and swimming under Eli McLaughlin
will both have a wealth of talent returning and should continue on their
winning ways. The cagers posted a 13 win 7 loss record last year and
lff8 " 1 ~ $1J:lfnli & II\ :i NGMl, ·
Russ Houk will be starting his twelfth year at the helm of the wrestling team and is expected to produce another banner squad. With a
good nucleus returning from last year's plus some outstanding sophomores, the wrestlers will be aiming to top their last year's 7-4-1 record.
BASKETBALL
12/4
West Chester ....... A
12/6
Shippensburg ....... H
12/11 Kutztown .......... A
12/ 17 Millersville . . . . . . . . . H
12/26 ~ 27 Highspire Tourn.
1V8
Mansfield .......... H
1/11 Cheyney ........... A
1/15 Towson ............ A
1/18 Clarion ............ H
1/29 East Stroudsburg .... A
2/1
West Chester ....... H
2/5
Shippensburg ....... A
2/8.
Kutztown .......... H
2/11 Lock Haven ........ H
2/13 Millersville ......... A
2/15 Mansfield .......... A
2/19 Cheyney ........... H
2/22 East Stroudsburg .... IJ
2/26 Philadelphia Textile . H
2/28 State Meet-East
3/1
State Meet-East
WRESTLING
12/7
12/12
12/14
12/16
1/6
1/11
1/18
1/28
2/1
2/5
2/7
2/14
2/19
2/28
3/1
Appalachian State,
Old Dominion, and
Ashland College . . . . . H
Mansfield .......... H
Indiana State Quad
Meet ............ A
Southern Illinois .... A
Millersville . . . . . . . . . H
Oswego ............ A
Clarion ............ A
Kutztown .......... H
Waynesburg ........ A
E. Stroudsburg ...... A
Shippensburg . . . . . . . A
Lock Haven ........ H
West Chester ....... H
State Meet .... Clarion
State Meet .... Clarion
...
Sixteenth Letter To Alumni
And Friends of Bloomsburg
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POST AGE
PAID
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
PERMIT NO. 10
Fall 1968
Published by
THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
AND DEVELOPMENT
BoYD F. BUCKINGHAM, Director
BRUCE C;. DIETTERICK, 111/ormation Specialist
~·
Media of