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INDIANA STATE COLLEGE
INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA
Alutiuid, A/ewd Bulletin
INDIANA STATE COLLEGE
INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA
^becemoet f965
COVER: The Grove in winter — a "wonderland" of lights and darks.
Issued quarterly by the
General Alumni Association
State College
Indiana, Pennsylvania
December, 1965
Editor Samuel F. Furgiuele
Associate Editor Anita Hudson
Executive Secretary Mary L Esch
President of the College
Willis E. Pratt
Alumni units and individuals having news for this bulletin are urged to send same to the editor as early as possible. Give the complete details of who, what, when, where, how, and why.
Alumni News Bulletins are published every October, December, March and June, as of the first of the respective months. News deadline for each issue is 30 days prior to the printing date. For example news for the March I, 1966, issue should be available February I, 1966.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
President — Dr. Arthur F. Nicholson, 1116 Chestnut St., Indiana, Pa.
Vice President — Mrs. Mary Steele Kellar, 708 Grove Ave., Johnstown, Pa.
Secretary — Miss Catherine Taylor, 877 Thorn Ave., Sewickley, Pa.
Executive Secretary-Treasurer — Mary L. Esch, 399 South Sixth St., Indiana, Pa.
ALUMNI NEWS BULLETIN
VOLUME 17 DECEMBER I965 NUMBER 2
State College, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Alumni Executive Council Meeting Secretary's Minutes
Saturday, October 9, 1965 Cogswell Hall Auditorium
The fall meeting of the Executive Council of the General Alumni As- sociation was called to order at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, October 9, 1965, in Cogswell Hall Auditorium by the President, Dr. Arthur F. Nicholson, after which he requested a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the May 1965 meeting which have been published in the October 1965 Alumni News Bulletin. Motion made, seconded. Passed.
The Treasurer, Miss Mary L. Esch, presented the following report cov- ering the period May 29, 1965 to October 9, 1965:
Balance May 29, 1965 $ 877.17
RECEIPTS Dues — Alumni Units
Lawrence County $43.50
Philadelphia 9.00
Tarentum 72.00
Total Dues from Units $124.50
Dues — Individuals 4 1 0.00
Total Receipts 534.50
$1,411.67 EXPENSES June 1965 Alumni News Bulletin & Editorial expenses $743.70
Service Contract for Elliott Addressing Machine 75.00
Postage on Frames for Addressograph-Multigraph 4.15
Engrossing and Framing Alumni Citation Certificates 7.52
Flowers 62.50
Total Expenses 892.87
Balance October 9, 1965 $ 518.80
Mr. Furgiuele gave a resume of the September meeting of the Council of Alumni Associations of the Pennsylvania State Colleges. A discussion on the additional $300 contribution for the 1965-66 college year follow- ed Mr. Furgiuele's report — this contribution requested by the Council in addition to the annual assessment of $300. Mr. Furgiuele stated that all the colleges had contributed the $300 basic dues for 1964-65; ten col- leges contributed the additional $300; one contributed an additional $150; three did not contribute the additional $300. In spite of this, the Council had to borrow $2,500 to carry on activities. Mr. Furgiuele made a motion that Indiana pay the additional $300 for 1965-66; sec- onded by Mrs. Nell Chaplin. Mrs. Mary Kellar stated that she felt the support of the Council should be one of the Association's first obligations and Dr. Nicholson stated he felt we have a strong moral obligation to
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continue support of the Council. The motion was brought to a vote and carried unanimously.
Miss Esch introduced the new officers of the Association: Dr. Arthur F. Nicholson, President; Mrs. Mary Kellar, Vice President; and Miss Cath- arine Taylor, Secretary.
Dr. Willis E. Pratt, President of the College, was introduced by Dr. Nicholson. In his address to the Executive Council, Dr. Pratt stated that in the past year more action was taken on the campus in the way of building and development. He commented on the Charles R. Foster Dining Hall, which was recently completed and scheduled for dedication today; the new John P. Elkin Hall dormitory which houses 314 women students; the new Science Complex to be completed within the next year; and several new dormitories which are now in the planning stage. Dr. Pratt also spoke of the creation of four new departments, and stated that a Director of College Development would be appointed in the near future. "The most important thing that has happened to the College is the in- crease in enrollment," Dr. Pratt remarked as he told of the current enroll- ment of 5,100 full-time students. He further stated that next year the anticipated enrollment of full-time students is 5,800, and that by 1971- 72, the full-time enrollment should reach 8,100. Concerning the Centers at Punxsutawney and Kittanning, Dr. Pratt stated that they are growing rapidly under Dr. Nicholson's leadership. Dr. Pratt stated that the Uni- versity Bill which was passed by the Senate some time ago is rather con- fused at the present time. However, he feels that the college will reach university status in the next two or three years.
Mrs. Flossie Sanford reported as follows on the Jennie M. Ackerman Loan Fund and the Flossie Wagner Sanford Loan Fund:
JENNIE M. ACKERMAN LOAN FUND
Number of Amount Average
Contributions Contributors Contribution
May 1, 1963 to May 23, 1964 500 $6,096.55 $12.00
June 1, 1964 to May 29, 1965
Training School Solicitation 34 852.00 25.00
Alumni 44 477.00 11.00
Jeannette Alumni Unit 25.00
Class of 1924 51.00
Total Contributions to Date $7,501.55
Thirty-two (32) loans have been granted to students in the sum of $6,350.00, of which $3,390.00 has been repaid with interest amounting to $66.18. Expenditures amounted to $1 14.41 . The cash balance at this time is $4,493.32, and loans receivable is $2,960.00.
The Pennsy'vania Federation of Women's Clubs established a loan fund in November 1964 in honor of Mrs. Flossie Wagner Sanford upon her retirement as President of the Federation, and she selected Indiana State College as recipient of this fund. Contributions received to date total $4,361.29 and $1.00 has been paid as a service charge by a bor- rower. The cash balance at this time is $1,391.29 and loans receivable is $1,971.00. Twelve (12) loans have been granted in the sum of $2,129.00.
Mrs. Sanford stated that both funds were on an inactive status dur- ing the summer, but that they will be again active now that college is in regular session.
Under old business, Dr. Nicholson reported that the incorporation of the Alumni Association as a non-profit organization, as approved at the May 1965 meeting, was practically accomplished. He stated that during the summer months it appeared that the college name could change at any time and, therefore, the final papers were held up. A University Bill was passed in the Senate where it was introduced by Dr. Albert R. Pechan, and at the present time, a similar bill is in the House of Representatives where it was introduced by Mr. William G. Buchanan. Dr. Nicholson stated that action is now being taken on the incorporation procedure and, should the University Bill be passed, a separate court action would be made to have the name changed from General Alumni Association of Indiana State College to whatever name would be correct.
In response to the call for other old business, Mr. Furgiuele brought up the matter of sending alumni bulletins to all graduates of the College, as discussed at the May 1965 meeting. Dr. Nicholson presented the mat- ter to the floor for discussion as to whether or not the alumni bulletin should be sent to every graduate even though that individual was not a dues-paying member.
The question was raised concerning the expense to the Alumni As- sociation of sending bulletins to all graduates. Mr. Furgiuele stated he believed that through wider distribution of the alumni bulletin, the ad- ditional monies which might come through annual giving would result in a general increase in contributions and more than pay for, or justify, the cost.
Mr. Furgiuele also stated that if the bulletin was sent to all individ- uals rather than just a select group, it might be possible to publish it as a college bulletin called "Alumni Issue of State College Bulletin." If this would be possible, the Alumni Association would pay only for the publi- cation, and the postage, which is paid by the College, would be at a much lower rate.
Mrs. Sanford raised the question as to whether or not it was true that the bulletin had not been sent to Annual Giving contributors who do not pay alumni dues. In response, Miss Esch stated that almost all per- sons, when contributing to the Annual Giving Fund, also send alumni dues. Mrs. Sanford made a motion that the alumni bulletin be sent to all members of the Alumni Association who cooperate in the Annual Giving program. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Johnson. Passed.
Dr. Nicholson stated that the newly passed motion would not result in many more bulletins being sent; but that the real problem is whether the alumni bulletin should be sent to all graduates of Indiana State Col- lege who are eligible for membership in the Alumni Association even though they are not dues-paying members. Dr. Nicholson then asked for a vote on the distribution of alumni bulletins to all graduates. Mr. Furgiuele made the motion that the question of the distribution of the alumni publication to all graduates of Indiana State College be studied and held for possible action at the May 1966 meeting. Motion seconded by Mrs. Sanford. Passed.
Dr. Nicholson appointed Mrs. Flossie Sanford, Chairman, and Mrs. Audrey Graham, Co-chairman, to serve as a Committee for Action in the Alumni Association. The purpose of the Committee would be to explore ways and means of action, including possible alterations of the consti- tution, changes in meeting times and dates, recommendations for perpet- ual care of the loan funds, and any other action which would result in a change of policies. It was requested that any suggestions in this matter be submitted to Mrs. Sanford. Mrs. Sally Johnson was asked to serve as Chairman of a Special Projects Committee which would have for its specific purpose the development of the Annual Giving Program.
Under new business, Mr. Furgiuele announced that the College has just completed the making of a motion picture called "Indiana State Col- lege Story," which depicts Indiana State College as it is today. The film is available to alumni groups and individuals. It was financed through the cooperation of the Student Cooperative Association and an individual, a graduate of 1913, Mr. Julius Kany, who sent an unrestricted contri- bution to the College.
Mr. John Varner extended the invitation to attend the annual Home- coming dance at the Indiana Country Club.
Reports concerning the activities of the various alumni units were given by Mrs. Vera Stauffer, Washington, D. C; Mrs. Vivian Lovell, Tri- Township; and Mrs. Flossie Sanford, Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Johnson asked for the support of the alumni in regard to the Big Indian Scholarship Fund Drive.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjournd at 10:45 a.m.
Respectfully submitted, Catharine Taylor, Secretary
DPI Evaluation Team Visits Graduate School
A twenty-three member Department of Public Instruction team, head- ed by Dr. C. O. Williams, visited Indiana State College for three days beginning Monday, October 18, 1965.
Purpose of the visit included ( 1 ) granting to the College approval for automatic initial and permanent certification of graduate students completing a program in Counselor Education; (2) granting to the Col- lege approval for automatic permanent certification in Art, Business, English, Elementary Education, Mathematics, Music, Social Science, Geog- raphy, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Elementary Science, and Physical Science; (3) granting to the College probationary approval of proposed graduate programs in Education for the Mentally Retarded, Speech and Hearing, and Reading.
While at Indiana, the group conferred with College officials, visited college classes, and talked with department chairmen and faculty relative to their study of curriculums, facilities, and library.
The visit of the team was coordinated by Dr. I. L. Stright, dean of the Graduate School a\ the College.
Dean Appointed to Study Tangiers School System
Dr. R. W. Cordier, Dean of Academic Affairs at Indiana State Col- lege, was recently appointed by the State Department and the Regional Council on International Education as one of a committee of four to ex- plore the feasibility of establishing an American School in Tangiers, Morocco. Other members of the team were Dr. Shepherd L. Witman of the University of Pittsburgh and President of the Regional Council, Dr. Todd Bullard, President of Potomac State College and Dr. Neille Shoe- maker, Chairman, Department of English, Baldwin-Wallace College.
The study was financed by the Federal Government and directed by the Regional Council. After a three day briefing by members of the State Department, the committee traveled to Paris for an additional briefing by the African Section of UNESCO. The group then went to Rabat, the capital of Morocco for consultations with Moroccon Government Officials and on to Tangiers for an on-the-spot survey of an existing school which may become the American School in Tangiers.
The school, situated on a 32 acre tract, presently is a primary and secondary school with an American curriculum. Projections for the school include the continuation of the primary and secondary program for North African children, creation of a junior college whose graduates may come to the United States to complete the Bachelor's Degree in any one of the forty colleges and universities that comprise the Regional Council, de- velopment of a four year college, a center for the training of teachers, and an Arabic Studies and Seminar Center to be used by teachers and professors from all nations.
The committee was commissioned to determine whether such a school is feasible and if so, to determine the directions in which it should be developed, the administrative organization of the school, its financial support, staffing, as well as other problems which will need to be re- solved
Upon returning to the United States the Committee prepared a report of its findings and recommendations for the State Department and the Regional Council on International Education. If an American School in Tangiers is established it will be under the direction of the Regional Council. The Council established a similar school and seminar center in Basal, Switzerland several years ago.
At the close of the committee's study in Tangiers, Dr. Whitman flew to Basal, Switzerland to visit the Council's Regional College there. Dr. Cordier went on to Sierra Leone in South West Africa to visit Fourah Bay College which is affiliated with Duraham University in England. There he consulted with college and government officials regarding the projected affiliation of this college with the Regional Council.
Cultural Affairs Programs Take on New Look at ISC
Indiana State College, which has had a long history of cultural events dating back to the early years of the institution, is in the process of making considerable change in the structure of cultural affairs pro- grams.
Dr. Willis E. Pratt, president of the college, has stated, "We are evolving at Indiana State College an extensive and varied program of cultural affairs designed to appeal to many points-of-view and the differ- ent cultural interests of students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the col- lege.
"In order to coordinate our cultural program we have appointed a director of cultural affairs, Dr. Arthur F. Nicholson, who also serves as chairman of a cultural affairs advisory council composed of seven faculty members and ten students.
"The director in consultation with the advisory council and a myriad of other interested persons has moved ahead to provide a widely diversi- fied artists-lecture series. In addition the director of cultural affairs serves to coordinate programs of the religious life committee, departmental cult- ural affairs, the freshman reading program, Christmas program, and to cooperate with exhibit activities of the art department, concerts of the music department, the lecture series of the Student Union Board, dramatic productions and all other cultural and culturally-related social activities on campus.
"We feel that the director of cultural affairs, the cultural affairs ad- visory council, and affiliated campus groups have developed an excellent program which will continue to serve the cultural needs of an active, growing student body and faculty as well as interested friends of the college.
"Funds for the artists-lecture series, religious-philosophic discussion series, as well as for college sponsored and performed music concerts, dramatic presentations, and other cultural ventures are principally furnish- ed by allocations from the Indiana State College Student Cooperative Association with some supplementation from the sale of season tickets, the regular college budget, and private gifts," Dr. Pratt concluded.
Several new concepts have been employed in programming the Artists-Lecture Series for the 1965-66 season.
Among these now concepts is that of having distinguished campus visitors for periods of from one day to a week. Among those scheduled as campus visitors for the current academic year have been Dr. S. I. Haya- kawa, famous general semanticist; Dr. Aaron Copland, noted composer and musician; D,\ George E. Blair, of the Office of Innovation in Education in New York State; Colin Wilson, famous English writer; Ritchie Calder, professor of international relations at Edinburgh, Scotland; Ulrico Schet- tini, famous Italian artists; Dr. Gerald Wendt, America's foremost spokes- man for science; David S. Blanchard, deputy director of the International Labor Organization; and Ralph Bradford, former college professor repre- senting the Council for Citizenship Education.
Other speakers include Winston S. Churchill, 25 year old grandson of the late, great British Prime Minister; Colonel Anthony Richard Flores, deputy adjutant general of the Department of Military Affairs of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania; Watson S. Sims, news editor of the World Services Division of the Associated Press; Eve Merriam, social critic and poet; George Enninful, the young bureau chief of the Ghana News Agency; Frans Reynders of Amsterdam, Holland, world famous mime; and J. Gaither Pratt, chief researcher in the Para-psychology laboratory of Duke University.
Group performances include concerts by Orchestra San Pietro of Naples, Italy; the Little Angels of Korea; Voyages in Poetry and Folk Song; the Beaux Arts Trio of New York; the National Players of Washing- ton, D. C, presenting Moliere's "The Miser" and Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Hungarian Ballets Bihari with the famed Nora Kovach and Istvan Rabovsky; Tom Ewell in "The Many Faces of Laughter," and Feis Eireann, singers, dancers, and instrumentalists from Ireland.
The Philosophy of the Artists-Lecture Series as now constructed is to involve as many students and faculty directly in the programs as possible. The multiple performance and guest residence policies are aimed at con- tributing to a university atmosphere on the Indiana State College campus. The titles "Convocation" and "Cultural Life Series" have been changed to Artists-Lecture Series with no distinction between the two, and all pro- grams will be part of the newly titled series.
A further development now in the planning stage envisages the eventual incorporation of the religious-philosophic discussion series as part of the Artists-Lecture Series. In 1965-66 the religious philosophic series will still be held as a seperate series but under the direction of the Cultural Affairs Advisory Council.
The Religious-Philosophic Discussion Series speakers for 1965-66 in- clude Gordon Lange, noted Quaker leader in Laymen's Movement; Judith Hollister who formulated the plans for the Temple of Understanding in Washington, D.C.; Pastor James Cook of the Shepherd of the Street Move- ment of the Lutheran Church; and Dr. Henry F. Pommer, professor at the Allegheny College. Two other speakers for the Sunday afternoons of March 13 and April 17 are yet to be chosen.
College Seeks Alumni Help
On Alumni Day 1966 the College will dedicate the new field house as Memorial Hall, in honor of Indiana alumni who gave their lives in the service of their country in World War I and II, the Korean War, and the Viet Nam conflict or who died as a result of such service.
To properly honor these alumni, a bronze plaque will be inscribed with their names and placed in an appropriate location at the site.
So that all such servicemen and women may be appropriately recog- nized all alumni knowing of persons who gave their lives in the service of their country are asked to get in touch with Mr. Wade N. Mack, College
Assistant Dean of Men and Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the dedication.
Lt. Gen. William F. Train, Commanding General, Second United States Army, will accept the building in behalf of these servicemen.
Alumnus Represents Indiana at East Michigan Inauguration
Mr. Michael Gendich, 1935, represented Indiana State College at the inauguration of Dr. Harold E. Sponberg as fifteenth president of East- ern Michigan University at Ypsilanti, Michigan on October 2, 1965.
Mr. Gendich, who as a student was an all-around athlete and rates among the all-time greats at Indiana, has continued to serve his Alma Mater through the years. In 1959 he was awarded the Alumni Citation for distinguished service toward the attainment of the high ideals and standards for which the College stands.
Since 1956 Mr. Gendich has been president and general manager of Manor Industries, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan.
Present at the inauguration were delegates from more than 500 American and foreign universities and professional organizations.
Bowling Instruction Workshop Conducted at Waller Gym
A workshop concerned with bowling instruction on a gymnasium floor was conducted at Indiana State College Thursday, October 28, 1965.
The project was coordinated through the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction in cooperation with the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and the recently formed Life- time Sports Foundation. Only one other State besides Pennsylvania has been given the opportunity for hosting this type of workshop.
Goal of the project was the promotion of physical and mental health through activity in these "lifetime" sports by providing the opportunity for young people to learn the necessary skills to enjoy them. A portion of the workshop was also devoted to the adaptation of bowling skills to the mentally and the physically handicapped.
Attendance at these workshops was open to college students, pa- rochial, public, and private school teachers, youth-serving agencies, vo- cational rehabilitation instructors, recreation directors, and other interest- ed persons. The workshop was under the direction of Frank Clause, professional bowler, teacher, traveler, and lecturer.
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Noted Tune Detective" Dies
Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, a beloved friend of the New York City Unit of the General Alumni Association, and visiting teacher in the ISC Summer School Graduate Program, died at Doctors Hospital in New York on Thursday, November 11, 1965.
A "tune detective," Dr. Spaeth delighted in disclosing that the catchy phrases of most popular songs came from the classics. He was also a pro- lific writer, lecturer, and editor in chief of the magazine Music Journal.
Fraternity Sponsors "Bleed-In"
A "Viet Nam Bleed-In," to collect blood for men wounded in the Viet Nam fighting, was recently co-sponsored by the American Red Cross and Alpha Phi Omega, Indiana State College Honorary Service Fraternity for Men.
The "bleed-in," held Friday, November 12, 1965 at the Keith School Gymnasium, resulted in the collection of 204 pints, all of which will be used for military purposes. Since men wounded in the Viet Nam fighting are returned to hospitals in the United States for treatment, the blood will not be sent directly to Viet Nam, but will be used in these U. S. hos- pitals.
Activites of Interest to Alumni
Dec. 6 - Artists-Lecture Series - Beaux Arts Trio - Fisher Audi- torium - 8:15 p.m.
Dec. 12 - Christmas Vespers - Fish- er Auditorium - 2:30 and 8 p.m.
Jan. 3 - Artists-Lecture Series - National Players - "The Misers" Fisher Auditorium - 8.15 p.m.
Jan. 4 - Artists-Lecture Series - National Players - "Romeo & Juliet" - Fisher Auditorium - 2:15 p.m.
Jan. 16 - Mid-Winter Commence- ment
Feb. 1 - Artists-Lecture Series -
Colin Wilson - Fisher Auditorium - 8 p.m. - Student Union - 2 p.m.
Feb. 2 - Artists-Lecture Series - Colin Wilson - Keith Demon- stration Room - 10 a.m. - Cogs- well Auditorium - 2 p.m.
Feb. 8 - Artists-Lecture Series - Eve
Merriam - Fisher Auditorium - 7:30 p.m. - Ackerman Hall - 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 14 - Artists-Lecture Series ■ Hungarian Ballets Bihari - Fish- er Auditorium - 8:15 p.m.
Feb. 20 - Philosophic-Religious Discussion - Cogswell Auditori- um
Mar. 3 - Artists-Lecture Series - George C. Enninful - Fisher Auditorium - 1 1 a.m. - Student Union - 2 p.m.
Mar. 10-12 - Three Act Play - Fisher Auditorium - 8:15 p.m.
Mar. 13 - Philosophic-Religious Discussion - Cogswell Auditori- um
Mar. 15 - Artists-Lecture Series - Tom Ewell - "Many Faces of Laughter" - Fisher Auditorium - 8:15 p.m.
Dr. Wilis E. Pratt Elected Director of Broadcast Council
Dr. Willis E. Pratt, president of Indiana State College, was elected a director of the Allegheny Educational Broadcast Council, Inc., at a meeting of the council participants held October 28, 1965 at Pennsyl- vania State University.
Dr. Pratt will serve as a director of the organization for three years.
The Allegheny Broadcast Council is the administrative organization responsible for the operation of WPSX-TV, Channel 3, educational TV station located at University Park, Pennsylvania. The station serves 22 counties in Central and Western Pennsylvania.
Addition to Student Union Currently Under Construction
Construction on a $200,000 addition to the Student Union at Indiana State College is currently underway.
The two story structure will add 10,400 square feet to the 27,000 square feet in the present structure. Among the features which the ad- dition will provide will be three meeting rooms and a serving pantry, which will provide facilities for meetings and banquets for groups of as many as 200. A large terrace and the preservation of the historic Shaver Spring are additional features which will add to the uniqueness of the building.
The complete redesigning of the food service facilities will also enable the Union to provide a larger variety of food and faster service to coffee shop patrons in pleasant surroundings. Plans call for the regular serving of hot and cold food.
The addition will also provide expanded facilities for programs of the Student Union as well as for campus groups desiring an attractive meeting place. Also to be made available will be more student office space, a photography dark room, and expanded game facilities.
Scholarship Fund Established
A new scholarship fund, to be known as the Jemina S. Boyd Scholar- ship Fund, has been established at Indiana State College under the pro- visions of the will of Grace Noble Lacock, graduate with the class of 1897.
The bequest, which will be made available to the College at about mid-year 1966, amounts to $25,000.
Miss Lacock, a devoted and active alumna of the College for many years, was a retired Pittsburgh school teacher, having taught in the Con- roy, Linwood, and Minersville Schools of the Pittsburgh School System.
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Science Prof Publishes Book on Henry George
Steven B. Cord, Indiana State College Professor of Science, is author of a book entitled Henry George: Dreamer or Realist? which was publish- ed by the University of Pennsylvania Press on November 18, 1965.
More and more, Henry George is being recognized by historians and economists as an important figure in the shaping of American democratic thought. Writer, social scientist, and economist, George was one of the first to impress upon the American people that poverty and depression could bring down the established social order, but that this could be pre- vented by proper legislative action.
His proposal of land value taxation is regarded by economists to- day as having special merit in urban renewal and tax reform. The impli- cation of George's proposal are thoroughly explored by Dr. Cord in his book.
In discussing his work, the author states that he was surprised to discover that there is more support for George and his idea of land value taxation among economists than is generally believed. He cites the re- cent adoption of a heavier land tax in Hawaii as support for the import- ance of George's ideas.
Authorities, Dr. Cord continues, advance two reasons for the import- ance of Henry George's views of land taxation: first, a heavier tax on land rent would constantly require that land be put to that most suited to market needs, thus penalizing underuse of land; secondly, such a tax could replace the burdensome tax on improvements. Because of the nature of the tax, it would encourage private initiative and promote a natural expansion in private construction.
Indiana Recommended for Federal Grant
Indiana State College has been rcommended for a federal grant for the improvement of its Armstrong County Center at Kittanning, Pennsyl- vania, according to word recently received from the State Commission on Academic Facilities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The grant, which amounts to $75,943.00, is made possible under Section 103 (community colleges and branch campuses) of the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963. Before payment can be made to the College, however, approval must be given by the U. S. Office of Edu- cation. This approval must then be followed by review and approval by several agencies of the Commonwealth before the grant is actually made.
Also included in the recommended list are branch campuses of Penn- sylvania State University at Scanton, Beaver, Fayette, DuBois, and New Kensington (2).
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Alumnus-Trustee Elected to National Postal Office
James L. O'Toole, Sharon Postmaster and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Indiana State College, was elected president of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States at the group's national convention held recently in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Association of Postmasters represents approximately 34,000 postmasters from all parts of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Since being appointed Post- master in Sharon, Pennsylvania in 1950 Mr. O'Toole has been very active in professional postal ac- tivities, on the state, as well as national, level.
In the State Association of Post- masters he has served as County Director, Regional Director, and Vice President. He was also elect- ed to the presidency of the org- anization in 1 958.
Other activities include parlia- mentarian, State Convention chairman, instructor in the post- master orientation program, and representative to the Employee- Management meetings of the Philadelphia Region.
Nationally, Mr. O'Toole was appointed a member of the As- sociation's Executive Committee in 1961, served as chairman of the Constitution and By-Laws Commit- tee in 1962 and 1963, chairman of the Reception Committee in 1964, Chairman of the Legislative Committee in 1965, and Legal Counsel since 1 962.
Recognized as an outstanding postmaster, Mr. O'Toole has re- ceived many honors, including a Letter of Commendation from the Regional Director of the Phila- delphia Region in 1958, the Post- master General's Superior Achieve- ment Award in 1959, a second letter of Commendation from the Philadelphia Region in 1964, and the Postmaster General's Letter of Commendation in 1965. He has also been awarded the Order of the Vest of the Air Transport As- sociation.
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A native of Sharon, James OToole earned his B.S. Degree in Education from Indiana State Col- lege, and his law Degree from Georgetown University Law School.
Before assuming the position of Postmaster at Sharon, Mr. OToole was District Supervisor for the U. S. Department of Commerce. At other times he served as an in- structor in the Business Depart-
ment of the University of Mary- land and was associated with the U. S. Steel Corporation in Pitts- burgh and the Sharon Steel Corp- oration in Sharon.
The new president has also been extremely active in civic and community activities, among them Red Cross, Community Chest, Unit- ed Fund, Kiwanis, Elks, and ath- letic programs for boys.
General Alumni Association Granted Corporation Status
The General Alumni Association of Indiana State College was grant- ed corporation status Monday, November 22, 1965 by Judge Edwin M. Clark of Indiana County.
The General Alumni Association will have as members graduates of the college and as associate members students who attended one or more semesters without graduating.
Incorporators and directors until the first election are Mary L. Esch, Sally B. Johnson, Mary Park Jack, Irene Park Barbor, and Arthur F. Nichol- son, all of Indiana.
Study Abroad Program Now Accepting Applications
"Contemporary Europe 1966," a study-travel project sponsored by Indiana State College, is now accepting applications from interested per- sons, according to Dr. John R. Sahli, director.
Included in the program, currently in its second year, is travel to nine countries of Western Europe — Holland, Denmark, West Germany, East Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, England, and Scotland.
The study-travel project, which carries with it six undergraduate or
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graduate credit hours, is devoted to the study of the politics, economics, sociology, history, and culture of that part of the western world from which the American culture springs.
Tentative plans for the tour, which is open to students of any Penn- sylvania institution of higher learning on a flrst-come-flrst-served basis, call for departure from the United States by jet on June 20, 1966, with return tentatively set for July 28.
Additional information on the tour (the proposed itinerary, costs, etc.) is available upon request. Interested persons should write to Dr. John Sahli, Department of Social Science, Indiana State College, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Keith School Class of 1919 Meets for 46th Anniversary
Ten members of the 1919 Class of the Model School (now the John A. H. Keith School) of Indiana State College met for their 46th anni- versary reunion at Indiana's Holiday Inn on September 25, 1965.
The school, which was operated as a training school for grades one through nine, graduated 17 members in the 1919 group, one of whom, Audrey Meade, is deceased.
Those in attendance at the get-together were Miss Mary Wiggins, Edward Deloss Martin, Mrs. Kathaleen Orr Rink, and Mrs. Beatrice Flem- ing Harvey, all of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Gracia Woodward Shaulis of Butler; Joseph Hawxhurst and Mrs. Lois McHenry Stepp, Indiana; Mrs. Wilda Hoover Sloan, Apollo; Mrs. Esther Richards Wallace, Huntingdon; and Mrs. Loretta Lingle McHugh, Jr. of Uniontown.
Alumnus Works on Trilogy
Harold Fleming, 1950, already an established author, is currently working on a trilogy which will include a novel about a Western Pennsyl- vania family, a second about the thirteen year old daughter from whose point of view the first story is told, and the final book which tells of the girl's children and their return to the grandfather's farm to encounter the world their mother knew as a child.
The novels which comprise the trilogy are tentatively titled Elizabeth Newt and the Salamanders, The Marriage of Becky, and The Sons of Orrin, respectively.
Mr. Fleming, who has been writing seriously for about thirteen years, has had poetry published in many of the country's leading publications, as well as in three soon-to-be-published collections.
He also has written curriculum guides in English Composition and literature, and has co-authored several books on grammar and compo- sition.
Mr. Fleming is a teacher of senior English in the Abington, Pennsyl- vania, High School.
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Indiana Cops Division Title For Second Straight Year
Indiana State College for the second year in a row came home with the honors in the Western Division of the Pennsylvania State College Ath- letic Conference. The second season under the tutorship of Coach Chuck Klausing was, to say the least, successful with a final mark of 7-2 won and lost and 34 new school records set.
At the end of the regular season ISC was tied with Edinboro State College for the championship of the Western division of the PSCAC with identical 4-2 conference records. The Highlanders were disqualified for an infraction of the conference rules and their games were forfeited. This nullified a 10-6 Homecoming loss to Edinboro and gave the Braves their second championship with a 7-2 final tally.
ISC got the season off to a rocky start when they lost to Ball State University 26-14. The Braves' next opponent was a stubborn Geneva Col- lege eleven who nearly tied the Indians in the last minute of the game, but a blocked PAT preserved the victory 20-19.
Shippensburg State College invaded the ISC campus for the first con- ference game of the season. The final score was 46-7, Indiana. The Highlanders of Edinboro State College were hosted at Homecoming here and went home with a victory of 10-6. A new team on the schedule, Ferris State College of Big Rapids, Michigan, drew the wrath of the Big Indians as ISC set a new school record in winning by a score of 57-0.
The last four games of the season were played against conference teams with the league title still open to anyone. Clarion State College was the first of the four teams to be played and almost dashed the In- dians' title with an 18-9 win. The last home game of the season was against arch-rival Slippery Rock State College and George P. Miller Stadi- um was filled to capacity for the 14-7 Big Indian win. California and Lock Haven rounded out the ISC season and provided Indiana with two more wins by scores of 47-27 and 50-21, respectively.
The trip to East Stroudsburg was about as successful for ISC as East Stroudsburg's trip here was last year. This time the final score was 26-14, East Stroudsburg, as compared to last year's 27-14 dubbing.
Indiana had three notable stars this year in quarterback Mickey Watson, fullback Dave Cessna, and end Gary Milanovich. All three were selected for All-Conference honors by the coaches of the PSCAC.
The Indians will graduate nine regulars this year of whom replace- ments need to be found for only four. Several transfer students and a strong freshmen squad will bolster the many returning regulars for next year. The outlook for the up and coming season is highly promising with one of the strongest teams ISC has ever had.
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Admission for Women Closed
Admission for women to Indiana State College for the first semester of 1966-67 has been closed, effective November 3, 1965, according to Dr. James W. Laughlin, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Ad- missions. Applications for men, however, are still being accepted, he explained.
Admissions for both men and women for the semester which begins in January, 1966 has also been closed, Dr. Laughlin stated.
News Items About Indiana Grads
AS IT MUST TO ALL
• Mrs. Helen Smith Huss, class of 1917, passed away at her home at 1433 N. Euclid Avenue, East Liberty, Sunday, November 21, 1965.
A life-long resident of the East End, Mrs. Huss was a past presi- dent of the Pittsburgh Unit of the College Alumni Association.
She was also a past president of the Louise Child Care Center in Shadyside.
• Alice M. O'Neill, class of 1902, died on February 25, 1965. Prior to her death, she had made her home at 908 Wotton Road, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Miss O'Neill, a retired teacher, had spent most of her teaching years in the Minersville and Leo Weill Schools of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania.
• Grace N. Lacock, 1897, a re- tired Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania school teacher and a descendant of a pioneer family, died at the Episcopal Church Home in Lawr- enceville, Pennsylvania on Octo- ber 1, 1965.
Before her retirement Miss La- cock had taught in the Conroy,
Linwood, and Minersville Schools of the Pittsburgh School System.
• Isabel M. Collins, head of the Indiana State College Home Eco- nomics Department from 1924 to 1 938, formerly of Columbus, Ohio, died recently at Lutheran Senior City, Columbus.
• Mrs. Mary Ella McKnight Shank, class of 1910, a retired teacher and principal of the Hillsdale Avenue School in Dormont, Penn- sylvania died in St. Clair Memorial Hospital October 22, 1965.
Mrs. Shank, who lived at 522 Kelso Road in Mt. Lebanon before her death, had first taught at the former Beadling School in Mt. Lebanon.
She went to the Hillsdale Ave- nue School in 1936 and retired in 1941.
• Jennie Kern Barnett, 191 1, died at her home at 1152 Franklin Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania September 22, 1965.
A retired teacher, Miss Barnett had taught at the Osborne Street School in Johnstown.
• Raymond T. Stough, business education 1924 and B.S. degree in 1930, died July 15, 1965 at Middletown, New York.
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• Mrs. Twila Lear Marshall, 1918, died unexpectedly at Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania September 14, 1965.
After being graduated from Indiana Mrs. Marshall taught in the Brackenridge and Vandergrift Schools.
She and her husband had re- turned to the Allegheny Valley area about three years ago after having lived in Silver Spring, Maryland for approximately 30 years.
• Mrs. Martha Wassell Faloon, 1912, died in Washington Hos- pital following an automobile ac- cident the latter part of October.
Mrs. Faloon, who lived at the University Square Apartments in Pittsburgh prior to her death, had taught in the Pittsburgh Schools for several years following her graduation from Indiana.
• Mrs. Edgar C. Sheppard (Eliza- beth Haines) of Tuckahoe, New Jersey, Class of 1900, died Octo- ber 10, 1965.
She taught school for two years in Emsworth, Pa., and 16 years in the public schools of Tuckahoe. She was the sister of Jean Haines Anderson and Sue Haines Travis.
• First Lieutenant Harold A. (Rusty) Preisendefer, 1962, was killed in a helicopter crash during a combat assault mission in Viet Nam.
Lt. Preisendefer, an Army heli- copter pilot, was serving as an aircraft commander aboard a UH- 1B helicopter at the time of his death.
At ISC, Lt. Preisendefer had been very active in campus activi- ties, serving at one time as an officer in Sigma Phi Epsilon fra- ternity.
WEDDING BELLS
• R. Dan Caldwell (January 19- 63) of Indiana, Pennsylvania and Marlene R. Hall of Schenectady, New York were married October 2, 1965 in Schenectady.
The newly-married couple are making their home at 811 Main Avenue in Schenectady, where Mr. Caldwell is a business teacher and his wife a secretary at the Sche- nectady Army Depot.
• Captain Michael L. Cassidy, January 1960, and the former Barbara Ruth Liggett of New Flor- ence were married recently at New Florence.
The couple are making their home at Lawton, Oklahoma near Fort Sill, where Capt. Cassidy is assigned to the Army Training Center.
AWARDED MEDAL
Capt. John A. Croft, Business Education, May 1956, was recent- ly awarded a first Oak Leaf Clust- er to the Army Commendation Medal at Fort Leavenworth, Kan- sas.
Capt. Croft received the award for meritorious service with the Seventh U. S. Army in Germany from 1962 to 1965. NAMED DIRECTOR OF DATA PROCESSING
Charles Marchyshyn, Business Education, 1951, has been named director of data processing for the Allegheny Power Service Corpor- ation, which with West Penn Pow- er, is an affiliate in the Allegheny Power System.
Marchyshyn, who makes his headquarters at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, lives at 4732 New- Ions Drive East, Murrysville, Penn- sylvania.
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NAMED TRUST OFFICER
Leo F. Buttista, music graduate with the class of January, 1949 has been named trust officer for the Merchant's National Bank in Manchester, New Hampshire, ef- fective November 1, 1965.
Following his graduation from Indiana, Mr. Buttista earned his law degree at Duquesne Univer- sity and became affiliated with the Mellon National Bank and Trust Company of Pittsburgh.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, and has been admitted to practice before the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania as well as the Military Court of Appeals in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Buttista, the former Martha Ann Boyle of Indiana, Pennsyl- vania, is also an ISC graduate, having earned her degree with a major in music in January, 1948.
APPOINTED BAND DIRECTOR
M. Douglas Fleshman, 1954, has been appointed Band Director of Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Before accepting the new po- sition, Mr. Fleshman was band di- rector and head of the music de- partment in the Council Rock School District, Newton, Pa.
His wife is the former Joan Ditt- mar, ISC class of 1955.
NEW APPOINTMENT
Albert J. Sgro, 1949, has been appointed principal of Parkville Senior High School in Baltimore County, Maryland.
He had been principal of Lan- downe Senior High School prior to his new appointment. In his 14 years in the Baltimore County School system Mr. Sgro has also served as a classroom teacher, a department chairman, administra- tive assistant, and vice president.
NEW POSITION
James L. Dick, 1942, has been named vice commander of the Air Force Cambridge Research Lab- oratories at Laurence G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass. and has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the Air Force.
Colonel Dick, who first entered the Air Force in 1946, had been assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, before being given his present position. At Kirt- land he had served as chief of plans and programs at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory.
The new colonel is married to the former Marie Beard of Indi- ana.
NEW OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT
Ira S. Paul, 1940, has been named chief of the management branch of U. S. Civilian Personnel in Turkey, with headquarters in Ankara.
This is Mr. Paul's third overseas assignment, the first in Wheelus, Libya, and the second in France. Before being appointed to the new post, he was with the direct- orate of civilian personnel at Headquarters, U. S. Air Force, at the Pentagon.
NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Miss Marian Thompson, first grade teacher in the Indiana Borough Schools for the past 30 years, was named 1965 "Teacher of the Year" by the Indiana Jun- ior Women's Civic Club.
Miss Thompson graduated from Indiana in 1926 and was award- ed the Bachelor of Science degree in 1945. She has been a first grade teacher for a total of 41 years.
For the past 16 years Miss Thompson has been a cooperating teacher for ISC. Her primary in- terests are in the teaching of reading and the language arts.
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JOINS SALES FORCE
Isaac C. Shank, Science, May 1964, a native of Bedford, Penn- sylvania, has joined the sales force of Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc.
Prior to joining Atlas, Mr. Shank taught chemistry and biology at Cambria Heights High School, Patton, Pennsylvania. HAS IDEA PUBLISHED
Geraldine Wetherson Wagner, 1926, has contributed ideas for an art project to The Instructor Magazine. These ideas are pub- lished in the December 1965 issue of the magazine.
RETURNS FROM TOUR OF EUROPE
Dr. Madalene R. Barnett, Busi- ness Education, 1959, recently re- turned from a five-week tour of Europe, during which she attend- ed the International Congress of Logopedics and Phoniatrics in Vienna.
On her tour Dr. Barnett visited London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Inssbruck, and Geneva.
In Copenhagen she participat- ed in discussions and observed therapy sessions in the State Insti- tute for children with speech problems, in which Dr. Barnett has great interest.
ADVANCED DEGREES
• Carolyn Drushel Hervey, 1960, received her Master of Arts De- gree in Education from California State College at Long Beach, Cali- fornia on July 30, 1965.
• James Andrew Eldridge, 1964, was granted the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching by Miami Uni- versity of Ohio on August 29, 1965.
• Joseph Raymond Tremul, Sec- ondary Education, May 1954, was awarded the degree of Master of Education at the Annual Com- mencement at Temple University on June 17, 1965.
• James Alvin Boytim, Secondary Education, May 1959, earned the degree of Master of Science in Education at Temple University on August 12, 1965.
• The following Indiana grad- uates received advanced degrees as indicated from the Pennsyl- vania State University on Satur- day, September 4, 1965.
Master of Education
Thomas S. Andrews - Counselor
Education - May 1961 George R. Bocz - Art Education -
May 1961
Richard Lee Curry - Music Educa- tion - May 1961
Kathleen A. McCullough Dunhoff - Art Education - May 1959
William Ralph Gray - Mathemat- ics - May 1961
Austin Ray Helsel - Educational Administration - May 1957
Leo John Lenze - Business Educa- tion - May 1958
William Aden Mingle - Business Education - May 1961
Diane Sue Mull - General Family Studies - Jan. 1960.
Joyce Regina Nutbrown - Counse- lor Education - Aug. 1960
Donna Irene Perry - Art Education May 1962
Edward Francis Podrasky - Physi- cal Science - May 1955
Allen Lee Rowe - Business Edu- cation - Jan. 1962
Richard Lee Swartz - Business Edu- cation - May 1960
Joann Louise Taylor - Counselor Education - May 1958
Jean Avonelle Whitacre - Art Edu- cation - May 1951
Doctor of Education
James Edward Garthwaite - Art Education - May 1947
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College Receives Grants
Indiana State College recently received three grants of $1,000 each, according to President Willis E. Pratt.
The first grant was made to the college by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Orr (Mrs. Orr is the former Lena Dulfer, ISC graduate with the class of 1917) of Hilliard, Ohio, and Miss Ethel M. Orr, class of 1909, of Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania, in memory of Winifred E. Orr of the class of 1900. A second grant, also for $1,000, was given to the college by the Ameri- can Brake Shoe Foundation.
The third grant, also of $1,000, was given to Indiana by Julius F. Kany of Dolgeville, New York. Mr. Kany graduated from Indiana in 1913 and has also attended colleges, both in the United States and Europe, where he has earned several degrees.
The three grants which are "unrestricted" will be used for special projects at the local college, according to Dr. Pratt.
Activities of the Alumni Units and Groups
THE PITTSBURGH UNIT
The Pittsburgh Unit of the Indi- ana Alumni met at the Pittsburgh National Bank Board Room Tues- day, November 9, 1965 with our president, Mrs. H. E. Sanford, pre- siding. Mrs. Sanford read a se- lection on Time, God's precious gift and greeted the 33 members. Our membership is increasing - six new members at this meeting.
We are delighted to report that Jean McKinney has been made principal of Mifflin School at Lincoln Place in Pittsburgh.
We are looking forward to our Christmas dinner party at the Women's City Club in the Penn Sheraton Hotel on Tuesday, De- cember 14. Our annual benefit bridge luncheon will be held Feb- ruary 19, 1966 at the Wilkinsburg Women's Club House.
Ann Doherty has been made a Life Member of the Alumni. The jr. members of our association de- clare this is a good investment - we oldsters think so, too.
Mrs. Sanford had clippings from the Indiana Penn and we well re- alized as they were read that times have changed - married couples in school, bowling parties, swimming. No such warning as Aunt Jane gave to us - "If you go out in the darkness of the night, you'll never be the same." Maybe we didn't want to be.
Mrs. Sanford announced the possibility of an Institute being held at the college next summer - particulars will be announced later.
We are sorry that some of our active members have been quite ill - Mrs. Marie Murray, Mrs. Isa- bel Wucher, Mrs. Mildred France, Mrs. Philip Huss, and Mrs. Thomas McManus.
Other recent activities of the Unit included a tea held Sunday, September 26 at the Wilkinsburg Club House.
Guests at this event included Dr. Joy Mahachek, Mary Alice St.
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Clair, Mary and Hazel Esch, and Angie Marshall.
We were delighted to have as guest soloist for the tea Ralston Thomas, a 1954 ISC graduate. Mr. Thomas is also soloist at the South Avenue Methodist Church in Wilkinsburg.
Another meeting of the group was held on Tuesday, October 12 at the Pittsburgh National Bank Building. Our new president, Flos- sie Wagner Sanford, presided.
Present at this get-together were 38 members. Can you imagine - we have 18 new mem- bers. I hope we can continue to grow and have such a friendly group.
Submitted by
F. Elizabeth Piper
TARENTUM UNIT
In June the Tarentum Unit clos- ed two years of successful and pleasant meetings. For the years 1966-67 Miss Mabel Milldollar will preside as president. The offi- cers who will assist her are: Miss Margo Durkas - vice president; Mrs. Margaret Humes Starke - treasurer; and Miss Martha Freeh- ling - secretary.
One of our meetings included a trip to Century Inn, Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania, where the group had lunch and a tour of the oldest tavern on the entire length of the National Pike. Built in 1794 by Stephen Hill, Founder of the Vil- lage, it has been kept continuous- ly as a tavern.
We also held a dinner meeting at Cranberry Hall, Cranberry Township, followed by a visit with Mrs. Baldinger at her "Museum of Fine Foods," a small shop along U. S. Rt. 19, Zelienople, Pa. Here, over 4000 varieties of exotic foods, imported candies, and hick- ory smoked meats were for sale and inspection.
In June the Tarentum Unit trav- eled by bus to Falling Water, the Frank Lloyd house at the Edgar Kaufmann conservation near Ohiopyle.
At the present time our mem- bership is fifty-five. We feel there is a keen local interest in the Ta- rentum Unit and look forward to increasing the membership as well as creating successful and pleas- ant years ahead for the unit. Submitted by Edith Thomas Mosley President 1964-65 PHILADELPHIA UNIT
At mid-afternoon, October 17, the Philadelphia Unit gathered for their fall-meeting at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Read Ross in Doylestown.
The weather was perfect and after enjoying the beauty of aut- umn foliage along the way, more beauty was met in this home — oriental rugs, old and modern furniture, and pictures, all chosen with exquisite taste.
The social hour, as usual, con- sisted largely of reminiscing, at which Mrs. Sue Haines Travis ( 1903-05) is especially good, but it took Franklin Astor (1939) to keep places and dates straight. Going back several generations brought some common contacts in the western part of the state and at Indiana.
The secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Patsy Watson High ( 1 924 ) , in the absence of the president, presided at the meeting. Before the minutes were read, she asked all to rise and give a few minutes of silent thought to the two members whom death had called - Mrs. Ida Rob- ertson Smith (1915) and Mrs. Jeane Haines Anderson.
The first business was the report of the nominating committee, fol- lowing which the new president, Mrs. Elizabeth Read Ross (1925),
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(who had been the first president when the unit was organized in 1932) and the vice-president, Mrs. Leone Moyer Gardner (19- 18), took their seats. The "irony of fate" — Elizabeth Read Ross is now not only president of the Philadelphia Unit of I.S.C. Alumni, but a trustee of West Chester State College. Betty's philosophy, however, is the kind that can take care of two loyalties.
On the suggestion of the new president the office of treasurer was separated from that of secre- tary and Mrs. Helen Bruner Snyder (1917) was duly elected treas- urer. This was done because the combined offices which had been so long and efficiently run by Patsy Watson High had become a burden no one person should carry.
Because 50 cents (from the 2- dollar dues) allowed for the local unit is inadequate, Mrs. Roseanne Ball Hane (1916) made a motion which carried, that when there was local need a dollar contribu- tion should be made to the "Sun- shine Fund." Immediately, "the hat" was passed.
Next, on suggestion of the president, a trip to New York or elsewhere was substituted for the spring picnic and the meeting was adjourned.
Then those boxes ( most of them round and of metal) of goodies came out. Everyone seemed to have something to share. There were Helen Snyder's delicious cake, hostess Betty's brownies, Mary Flegal's peanut - krispies, candies and nuts.
After showering Betty with com- pliments, all were homeward bound. Those with cars continued the sharing and invited those without cars to ride along. Submitted by Mary Edna Flegal
THE PITTSBURGH-NORTH BOROUGHS UNIT
The fall season of the Pitts- burgh-North Borough Unit got off to a good start with the annual Picnic - Luncheon Membership Round-up at the beautiful home of Dr. and Mrs. George Kirsch, Jr. of Siebert Road. Mrs. Kirsch is the former Clara Mae Price.
The fine weather brought forth an excellent attendance of mem- bers who enjoyed the spacious gardens, made gay by the beauti- ful trees and flowers, as well as the friendly hospitality of the home.
A delicious picnic lunch, which delighted all in attendance, was prepared by the committee of Adele Giammartini Bauer, Georgi- ana Carpenter McCammon, and Sylvia Smith Higbee.
Our President, Catherine Taylor, conducted the business meeting with Louise Crooks, the recording secretary, reading the minutes. The district chairmen received the yearly dues and presented the paid-up members with their 1965- 66 year books and membership cards.
The Hospitality Committee of Mary Wyman and Lillian Wald- schmidt Brown sent cards to mem- bers who were ill.
The next meeting will be a card party luncheon at Kaufman's on November 20, at 12:30 P.M., with Fannie Evans Baird, Alberta Luch- singer McKain and Dorothy Faulk in charge of arrangements.
The delegates appointed to at- tend Homecoming on campus October 9 are Adelaide Ramsey Clarke, Margaret Allen, Ethel Orr, Mildred Pauch, Sylvia Smith Hig- bee and Catherine Taylor. Submittted by Lillie List Herman Corresponding Secretary
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INSTANO 1912
For eighteen years members of the 1912 Class of Indiana have met twice a year for lunch and reunion. Today, Saturday, Novem- ber 6, 1965, thirty persons rode to The Top of the Towers in Pitts- burgh's Gateway for the Fall Meeting.
When there in May, we viewed the Monongahela River and the Mt. Washington hillside. Today we looked down upon the Ohio and across the Allegheny, observ- ing the huge redevelopment ac- tivity on the North Side.
Six counties were represented. Katherine Haberlew, Alice Cook, and Ola S. Pigman came from Westmoreland. Ola's daughter, Margaret Dinger was a guest. Nellie Pardoe came from Johns- town, Mary B. Kincaid from Butler and Janet L. Banfield from Can- onsburg. Florence Wallace and Edith B. Wolfenden drove down from Indiana. Edith will be leav- ing soon for her winter home in Florida.
The others attending were from Pittsburgh and surrounding su- burbs. They were Margaret Allen, Clara A. Plank, Dr. Olive B. Tschippert, Helen M. Brennan, Marion Brown, Helen Campbell, Adaline Galer, Ruth G. Reimer, Martha H. Cooley, Sara Jones, Jean L. Russell, Verne M. McKee, Ethel M. Wallace, Helen MacLeod, Ruth O. Bracken, Ethel Orr, Mary W. Hayes, Agnes Y. Wright and the committee for the day, Edith S. Miller, Sara S. Esch and Ade- laide R. Clark.
Regrets of those unable to at- tend were read, as was a report of the 1912-50th Anniversary Scholarship Fund.
Lillie List Herman is on a Carib- bean cruise.
Dr. Annabell McKerahan (19-
12) served on the 40th Anni- versary Committee of Pitts' 1925 class and marched in the aca- demic procession.
Clara Plank, one of six active charter members of the Perry Wo- man's Club was honored at the club's 40th anniversary tea.
We were saddened today by the recent sudden death of Mar- tha Wassell Faloon. She had planned to be with us.
Mary Wolfhope Hayes is mak- ing the arrangements for the May 1 966 meeting.
Submitted by
Adelaide Ramsay Clarke
WASHINGTON, D. C. UNIT
The Washington, D. C. Unit of the Indiana Alumni Association launched its fall and winter schedule of events at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Stauffer, Camp Springs, Md., with an out- door supper on Saturday, Septem- ber 18, 1965. No formal program was planned so the late after- noon and evening were spent in reminiscing about our college days and the changes and pro- gress at the college, as well as general conversation. It was in- deed gratifying to have thirty-one members and guests attend the first event of our 1965-66 calen- dar.
In spite of the inclement weath- er and football game loss, the Homecoming weekend at Indiana was quite a happy time for this correspondent and her family.
The next scheduled affair of the Washington Unit is a dinner party on November 13 with Naomi Con- rad Funk as chairman. We are looking forward to a fine attend- ance and an enjoyable time. Submitted by Mrs. Francis Stauffer Recording Secretary
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Architect's drawing of Student Union showing new $200,000 ad- dition, currently under construction.
Construction on Science Complex continues to move along, with com- pletion scheduled for September, 1966.
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