INDIANA STATE COLLEGE
INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA
OctoJxe^ I960
College Enrollment Record Hits New High
Enrollment at the State College, Indiana, Pennsylvania, has reached
a record figure in 1960-61 for the sixth consecutive year despite every
effort to hold down enrollment because of the need for more facilities.
A total of 3125 full time undergraduates are now enrolled at the
college in Indiana, according to Mary L. Esch, registrar.
This number includes 3097 full time students and 28 persons who
are now enrolled full time but who will transfer to nurses training at the
Indiana Hospital at the end of the current semester.
The 3125 figure for 1960-61 compares with the 2893, including 30
nurses, for 1959-60, and the 2647 figure including 21 nurses for 1958-
59.
Of the 3125, 1393 are men and 1732 are women. Of the 3125
students, 1302 are day students and 1823 are boarding students.
In addition to the full time enrollment of 3125 there are 1000 diff-
erent persons enrolled part time in the graduate studies division, 110
teachers in service taking Saturday Campus classes, and about 240 other
part time students, including those taking the TV course.
Issued quarterly by the Alumni units and individuals having
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&ive the complete details ot who,
Indiana, Pennsylvania ^^at. when, where, how, and why.
October 1960 Alumni News Bulletins are published
every October, December, March and
c !•. A iL c M- L I June, as of the first of the respective
Editor Arthur F. Nicholson . ,,. r V •
month. News deadline for each issue
Associate Editor Marie Sacco ■ ->n j • ± ±l • i- j i
IS 30 - days prior to the printing date.
Executive Secretary Mary L Esch Por example news for the December I,
President of the College I960 issue should be available Novem-
Willis E. Pratt ber I, I960.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
President — Franklin H. George, 775 Wayne Ave., Indiana, Pa.
Vice President — Mrs. Audrey S. Graham, 517 McNair Ave., Pittsburgh 21, Pa.
Secretary — Miss Mary Bagley, Cherry Tree, Pa.
Executive Secretary - Treasurer — Miss Mary L. Esch, 399 South Sixth St., Indiana,
Pa. (Phone No. Indiana 5-4169)
ALUMNI NEWS BULLETIN
VOLUME 12 October - i960 NUMBER 1
State College, Indiana, Pennsylvania
May 28. 1960
General Alumni
Association Meeting
Secretary's Minutes
The annual meeting of the General Alumni Association was held in
Fisher Auditorium on Saturday morning, May 28, 1960, at 10:30 a.m. The
President, Mr. Franklin George, opened the meeting with the following
remarks, "The May 28, 1960, meeting of the General Alumni Association
is now called to order. We wish to welcome you on this occasion and
sincerely hope that you may have a very pleasant day."
A motion was made and approved to dispense with the reading of
the minutes of the May 1959 meeting since they were published in the
October 1959 Alumni Bulletin
Mrs. J. P. Clarke and Miss Kathryn McFadden escorted the Senior
Class into the auditorium and Mrs. Clarke, was appropriate remarks, pre-
sented the Class for membership in the Alumni Association.
Mr. George welcomed the Class into membership in the Association
and stated that he would like to urge each member of the graduating
class to become an active member of the Alumni Association and to take
part in its program. Mr. Kenneth Mechling, Class President, responded
for the class by saying, "I, for the Class of 1960, accept with honor and
pleasure membership in the Alumni Association. We shall always be
grateful for the many opportunities Indiana has given us and we hereby
pledge our assistance to further the programs of the Alumni Association."
The financial report was then given by Miss Mary L. Esch. (See
Executive Council Minutes, May 28, 1960)
Mrs. Sally Johnson gave a brief report from the Projects Committee
meeting and stated that the committee had discussed a reorganization
of the Association, an annual giving program, and allocated $2,500 for
alumni publications for the 1960-61 college year. She reported that she
had named the following persons as a committee to study alumni-giving
programs at other colleges and universities: Mrs. Audrey Graham, Chair-
man; Mrs. Rose McManus, Dr. Arthur Nicholson, and Miss Mary L. Esch.
Mrs. Graham commented on the work to be done by the Committee
by saying that they would like the members of the Alumni Association
to try to secure information on the annual giving program of other col-
leges and universities even outside of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Nicholson reported on the Alumni Bulletin. He said that in the
March 1960 issue there was an interesting article by Bertrand Russell,
and that the June issue will carry an article by Margaret Mead, "Is Col-
lege Compatible with Marriage?"
In speaking of the Council of Alumni Association of State Colleges
in Pennsylvania, Dr. Nicholson stated that Indiana State College belong-
ed to this organization for one year and that it is our considered opinion
that we should withdraw our membership and maintain an observation
attitude toward this organization. A motion to this effect was made and
passed unanimously at the Executive Council Meeting, May 28, 1960.
Miss Esch then gave a report on the Athletic Field Project. (See
Executive Council Minutes, May 28, 1960)
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The President of the College, Dr. Willis E. Pratt, then addressed the
audience, "I am very happy to welcome all of you again, and the seniors
as well. I wish I could speak to you in length this morning, but I cannot
do that now. I hope that you have seen the new buildings on campus
including Walsh Hall, the new science building; Cogswell Hall, the new
music building; and Wahr and Langham Halls, the new dormitories. I
trust you will all come to the cornerstone laying for Stabley Hall, the new
library. Thank you very much for coming to see us."
The reunion classes were recognized with a round of applause. It
is interesting to note the number from each class attending the meeting
as shown below:
1895 — 1 1925 — 9
1900—1 1930—16
1905—3 1935—11
1910 — 27 1940 — 3
1915 _ 24 1950 — 1
1920 — 10
Mr. George introduced Miss Nancy Newkerk, Dean of Women; Mr.
Leroy Schnell, Dean of Men; and Dr. P. D. Lott, Chairman, College Alumni
Liaison Committee. He then called for reports on unit activities and re-
ports were given by representatives from the following groups: Tarentum,
Jeannette, Pittsburgh, Tri-Township, Kiski Valley, Pittsburgh North Boros,
Washington D. C, and Philadelphia.
The program for the day was read and, on motion duly made and
seconded, the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Bagley, Secretary
Demand For Teachers Continues High
Over 9,000 requests for teachers were made to the Indiana State
College Placement Office during the year September 1, 1959 to August
31, 1960, according to John E. Davis, director of student teaching, place-
ment, and Keith School at Indiana State College.
In total there were 9,167 different requests for teachers made of the
Indiana State College placement office.
These requests represented a total of 3,250 schools. The greatest
demand for teachers. Dr. Davis said, was in the elementary education
field. There were 2,512 different requests for elementary education
teachers.
There were 777 requests for teachers of languages including 414
for English, 28 for Spanish, 39 for French, 8 for German, 12 for Latin,
166 for English and a foreign language combination, 45 for English and
speech, 9 for English and reading, 5S for no definite language, and 1
for journalism.
In the total period covered, Indiana State College had about 650
graduates. Dr. Davis said. This meant that there were about 14 requests
on the average for every graduate available.
In general, Dr. Davis said, every Indiana State College graduate for
the year who wished to teach was placed in a position. Many of them
had a choice of a good many different positions.
Alumni Executive
Council Meeting
Secretary's Minutes
May 28, 1960
The May 1960 meeting of the Executive Council of the General
Alumni Association was held in Fisher Auditorium Saturday, May 28,
1960, at 9:30 a.m. The President, Mr. Franklin George, called the meet-
ing to order and, after extending greetings, requested a motion to dis-
pense with the reading of the minutes of the October 1959 meeting since
they were published in the December 1959 Alumni Bulletin. Motion made,
seconded, and passed.
The Treasurer's Report was then given by Miss Mary L. Esch.
Balance May 23, 1959 $ 512.54
RECEIPTS
Dues — Alumni Units
Beaver Valley $ 46.50
District of Columbia 25.50
Homestead 30.00
Indiana 1 86.00
Jeannette 79.50
Johnstown 60.00
Kiski Valley 105.00
Lawrence County 33.00
McKeesport 42.00
Philadelphia 27.00
Pittsburgh (Senior Group) 112.50
Pittsburgh ( Junior Group) 25.50
Pittsburgh North Boros 90.00
Tarentum 70.50
Tri-Township 82.50
Total dues from Units $1,015.50
Individuals 1,420.00
Life Memberships (3) 105.00
Total dues $2,540.50
Gifts — Units
District of Columbia $ 25.00
McKeesport 50.00
Philadelphia 50.00
Pittsburgh (Senior Group) 200.00
Pittsburgh (Junior Group) 200.00
Pittsburgh North Boros 100.00
Tarentum 75.00
Tri-Township 25.00
Total Unit gifts $ 725.00
Gifts from Individuals 26.50
Total gifts 751 .50
$3,804.54
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EXPENSES
Juno, October, December 1959 and March 1960
Alumni News Bulletins (printing, mailing, edi-
torial and typing service) and envelopes $1,757.50
Publication Rights on article by Bertrand Russell .-. 10.00
Payment to Council of Alumni Associations of the
Pennsylvania State Colleges 1,200.00
Supplies for Addressing Machine 26.75
Travel Expenses (Officers and College Alumni
Liaison Committee to unit meetings and All-
Pennsylvania College Alumni Luncheon) 115.84
Printing — pledge cards, letters and envelopes,
alumni dues, and Athletic Project 122.40
Salary Executive Secretary 200.00
Place cards and flowers for Alumni Day 21.24
Keystones and ribbon for badges 66.46
Alumni membership cards 59.80
Framing 1959 Citation Certificate 2.75
Miscellaneous 2.70
Total expenses $3,585.44
Balance May 28, 1960 $ 219.10
Mrs. Johnson gave a Isrief report from the Projects Committee meet-
ing and stated that the committee had discussed a reorganization of the
Association, an annual giving program, and allocated $2,500 for alumni
publications for the 1960-61 college year. She reported that she had
named a committee to study alumni-giving programs at other colleges;
the personnel of the committee — Mrs. Audrey Graham, Chairman; Mrs.
Rose McManus, Dr. Arthur Nicholson, and Miss Mary L. Esch.
Dr. Nicholson reported on the Alumni Bulletin and stated that the
June issue was being printed today. The March issue has carried an
article by Bertrand Russell on "University Education and Modern Con-
ditions," which was one of the finest articles written in our time on edu-
cation; the June issue will carry an article by Margaret Mead, famous
anthropologist, on "Is College Compatible with Marriage?" He also
asked that the alumni keep sending in news items. Dr. Nicholson said
that in the near future the Alumni Bulletin would be supplemented with
news letters which Dr. Pratt intends to prepare. These will be sent to all
alumni for which we have an address. Bulletins go only to those who
are dues-paying members.
The following remarks were mode by Dr. Nicholson on the Council
of Alumni Associations of State Teachers Colleges: "I have made several
remarks in the past about this alumni council. This is the association of
alumni of State Colleges in Pennsylvania. It cost us $1,200 to belong to
the organization for a year and I suppose at this meeting we should
make some decision as to whether or not we should continue our member-
ship. Now as of the last year, in which we had a full membership, all the
State Colleges were members except West Chester and Lock Haven.
Slippery Rock was in only partially. We thought we should go along
with this for a year because it would be embarrassing not to do so. This
organization employed a man, Mr. Paul Comley French, to work as q
representative in the legislature for the State Colleges in Pennsylvania.
We attended the meetings from time to time in Harrisburg. We tried to
find out just exactly what the association was doing and it seemed to
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me that while Mr. French is a competent person the organization has nC
real practical purpose, and to continue to belong to it would be a waste
of money. Twelve hundred dollars is a very considerable amount of
money — $1,200 x 1 2 is a good budget. What French did accomplish
was to spend about $15,000 for intangibles. I see no reason why our
alumni association should continue to belong. If the organization of
Alumni Associations in Pennsylvania ever could get any real direction, if
would probably be to our advantage to belong; but it appears to me that
the Board of Presidents and officers of the Alumni Council were undecided
and weren't very consistent and, this being the case, I think we could
arrive at the conclusion that it isn't worth belonging to the organization
at this time. This is just one point of view and there could be others.
Quite a number of other individuals share the opinion that while French
is a very competent individual he was going in no particular direction
and there was no cohesive purpose holding the organization together.
We may want to go back in the future, but at the m«eting of the Pro-
jects Committee this morning we decided to recommend to you that we
give a token payment of $100 for the 1960 year as a s!iowing of good
feeling and I will so move, Mr. President, that we do not renew our mem-
bership in this Council of Alumni Associations of the State Colleges in
Pennsylvania, but that we give them $100 as a token contribution to
show that we are nominally interested."
Motion was seconded that we give a token payment of $100 to the
Council of Alumni Associations of State Colleges in Pennsylvania.
A comment was made from the floor that it was "silly" to send $100
to the organization. After considerable discussion. Dr. Nicholson stated
that we became a member of the organization at this time last year but
that we are not committed for either the $1,200 for the current year or
for the token contribution of $100. Mr. Ankeny requested an amendment
to withdraw the motion to send $100 to the Council. The motion was
properly made, seconded, and duly passed withdrawing the previous
motion.
The chair requested comments from Dr. Nicholson on this matter.
He stated that he saw no reason for sending even a token contribution
to the organization and that he had no feeling about changing his
motion. He then presented the following motion: "That for the present,
our Alumni Association shall withdraw its membership in the Council with
the right to request membership at some future time if funds are available
and we see some good that would result to the college by so doing."
The motion properly made, was seconded, and duly passed.
Miss Esch then gave the report on the Athletic Field Project.
NEW ATHLETIC FIELD PROJECT
Tatar
Contributions Pledges Contributions Pledges
ALUMNI UNITS _ $ 375.00 « 50.00
Indiana Unit $ 200.00
McKeesport Unit 50.00
Jeannette Unit 50.00 $ 50.00
Tarentum Unit 50.00
Tri-Township Unit
ORGANIZATIONS 35.764.61 B5. 095.00
Cooperative Association $23,300.00 $30,000.00
Syntron Foundation 3,000.00
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J. S. Mack Foundation 5.000.00
Student Union (Profit) _ 1,703.11
McCreary Foundation 1,000.00
Student Council (ISC) 750.00
Class of 1959 3 75.00
Indiana Chamber of Comnf>erce 250.00 25,000.00
Pittsburgh Steelers Sports 100.00
ISC Film Society _ 96.50
Others 190.00 95.00
PARENTS OF STUDENTS _ 928.00 700.00
SPECIAL FRIENDS _ _ I 35.00
MEMORIALS 10.00
CLASSES OF 1879 THROUGH I960 4,803.69 3,636.00
$42,016.30 $59,481.00
President George called for old business and since there was none
he called for new business.
Dr. Nicholson stated that he has been increasingly worried about
the Alumni Association meetings and the people attending not feeling
free to express their opinions. He said that he would always like to hear
what the other fellow has to say whether favorable or unfavorable and
that the Alumni Association should serve as a platform so that many
people could express opinions and viewpoints.
Mr. George then asked the audience to think about the annual giv-
ing program so that when the question comes up ai the fall meeting it
can be thoroughly discussed.
Mrs. Hane, representative from the Philadelphia Unit, told of their
plan to get new members for their Unit and of their "Lets Get Together
Meeting."
Mrs. Audrey Graham suggested that the Executive Council try to
meet in a smaller room.
The following announcement was made by Mr. George, "Official
Delegates are guests of the College for the Alumni Luncheon. Compli-
mentary tickets may be secured from Miss Esch."
The President then entertained a motion for adjournment. Meeting
adjourned 10.20 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Bagley, Secretary
News Items About Indiana Grads
AS IT MUST TO ALL • Clara Calhoun Phillips, 1893,
• Jane McElveen Patton, 1884, died July 6, 1960. She was 86
died June 18, 1960, at the age years of age at the time of her
of 96. She was our oldest living death and was the first woman
alumnus and was 96 on March 9, trustee at Pennsylvania State Uni-
1960. She was living at the Mc- versify. She served as trustee
Guire Convalescent Home, New there for twenty years and was
Brighton, Pa., at the time of her active in establishing the first
death. She had been a life-long women's dormitory at the univer-
resident of Pittsburgh. sity. She was named the Disting-
Sarah Gallagher of the class of uished Rural Woman of Pennsyl-
1884 IS still living. She was 96 vania in 1955 by the American
in June. Country Life Association.
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• Sue MacDonald, 1895, died
June 2, 1960, at the Presbyterian
Home, Oakmont.
• Mrs. Mabel McKee Cronemeyer,
1899, died May 31, 1960, in
Redlands, California, where she
had made her home for many
years. She was a teacher in the
elementary schools in McKees-
port. Pa.
• Madge V. Cameron, 1903, died
May 13, 1960, in the Indiana
Hospital as a result of a heart at-
tack. She taught for a number of
years in Springdale.
• Ross M. Hosack, 1905, died at
his home 37 Amm St., Bradford,
Pa., August 10, 1960. Mr. Hosack
attended Gettysburg College af-
ter graduating from Indiana,
taught school, and later was as-
sociated with the Burroughs Add-
ing Machine Company. In 1933
he went to Bradford where he
was associated with the Tuna
Valley Savings and Loan Associ-
ation until his retirement in 1953.
He was 74 years of age at the
time of his death.
The following editorial item
appeared in the Bradford Era of
August 11, 1960.
"The community has lost an-
other good and conscientious
citizen in the passing of Ross M.
Hosack, retired secretary of the
Tuna Valley Savings and Loon As-
sociation.
A serious, purposeful and ser-
vice-minded man, hAr. Hosack was
a successful savings and loan
executive and an active church-
man."
• William Elliott Pierce, 1909,
died May 3, 1960. He was 71
years of age at the time of his
death. After completing his work
at Indiana State College, Attorney
Pierce graduated from Washing-
ton and Jefferson College and the
Harvard Law School. He was ad-
mitted to the Indiana County Bar
in 1917.
He was admitted to practice
before the State Supreme Court
and U.S. District Court. Mr. Pierce
was a member of the Pennsyl-
vania Bar Association and the
American Bar Association.
Attorney Pierce was chancellor
of the Indiana County Bar Associ-
ation. He also served as Indiana
County solicitor.
He held the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel in the Army and served
on active duty during World War
I and World War II. He enlisted
in the National Guard in 1910
and was promoted to Second
Lieutenant in 1916.
He was wounded and gassed
in France during World War I and
was discharged in 1919 with a
Division Citation. He was dis-
charged from active duty follow-
ing World War II in November,
1945.
Mr. Pierce was a holder of the
Pennsylvania Medal of Honor, the
Silver Star, the Purple Heart and
the Croix de Guerre.
Mrs. Edna Bell Pierce, who for
many years was a member of the
Board of Trustees, continues to
reside at the family home at 514
School Street, Indiana.
• June Thompson Morrow, 1912,
died at Whittier, California, Aug-
ust 21, 1960.
• Nelle Martin Rinn, 1913, died
May 9, 1960 in Bartow, Florida.
After her graduation from Indi-
ana, she attended Washington
Seminary in Washington, D.C. and
the Parsons School of Design in
New York City. For the four
years previous to her death, she
had been on the staff of Webber
College, Babson Park, Florida.
• Austin Parker Anderson, 1916,
died May 15, 1960, at his home,
330 South Third Street, Indiana,
Pa. He was 65 years of age at
the time of his death.
Mr. Anderson retired as the
owner-operator of Anderson's
Shoe Store August 1, 1959. He
founded the company in Indiana
in 1924. At the time of his retire-
ment his son Austin P. Anderson,
Jr., and son-in-law, Clyde Mc-
Allester, assumed operation of the
st-ore.
Mr. Anderson began his career
in Royers Store in Greensburg in
1919. During World War I he
served with the Ordnance Dept.
of the First Army in France.
Following his discharge he
founded the store in Indiana and
supervised its growth and de-
velopment until his retirement less
than a year ago.
• Alma Double, 1916, died May
18, 1960. She lived at 7215
Thomas Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa., at
the time of her death.
• Margaret G. Seberry, 1932,
died May 27, 1960. She was re-
siding at 1423 Kelton Avenue,
Dormont, at the time of her death.
• I. Eugene Pound, 1933, died
July 10, 1960 at his home at
1150 Indian Springs Road, Indi-
ana. Mr. Pound resided all of his
life in the Indiana vicinity except
for seven years. He served as
principal of the Elderton School.
Most of his mature life he was a
teacher in the Indiana Joint High
School. He also taught for a few
years before going to Elderton at
Rossiter and Cherry Tree.
• Juaniata R. Barley Thompson,
1937, died February 4, 1960, at
the Walter Reed Army Hospital.
She lived with her family at
10210 Brunswick Avenue, Silver
Spring, Maryland. During her
teaching career she taught at
Greensburg, Pa.; New Brunswick,
New Jersey; and the American
School in Tokyo. Her husband, Lt.
Col. Robert W. Thompson, is
stationed at Arlington Hall with
the Army Transportation Corps.
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• Miss Lena Ellenberger of Em-
poria, Kansas, who served as a
teacher in the Health and Physi-
cal Education Department from
1925 to 1955 died at her home
Monday, August 29, 1960.
WEDDING BELLS
• J. Frederic Way, 1952, married
Agnes Regina McElhaney Septem-
ber 3, 1960. Mrs. Way is a grad-
uate of the Rochester Institute of
Technology Retailing School and
Mr. Way is now placement di-
rector for the College of Business
at Syracuse University.
• James Dick, 1953, married Lois
Valerie Work July 30, 1960. Mr.
Dick has received his master of
arts degree from the University of
Pittsburgh and is a supervisor of
art in the Elizabeth-Forward
Schools. Mrs. Dick is a graduate
of Clairton High School and Ge-
neva College and is an element-
ary teacher in the Elizabeth-For-
ward Schools.
• Margaret Ann Nibert, 1958,
married Dale M. Shafer August
27, 1960. Mrs. Shafer is a mem-
ber of the English faculty at Oley
Valley Area High School. Mr.
Shafer received his bachelor of
science degree from Kutztown
State College and a master of
arts degree from Columbia Uni-
versity, New York City. He is cur-
rently head of the mathematics
department of Oley Valley Area
High School, Oley, Pa.
• Donald E. Sexton, 1959, mar-
ried Bonita Louise Grundy, August
27, 1960. Mr. Sexton has a com-
mission as a Second Lieutenant in
the United States Army Reserve.
He is a member of Sigma Phi Ep-
silon Fraternity and is now teach-
ing and coaching at Cumberland
Valley Joint High School near
Harrisburg. Mrs. Sexton will grad-
uate in January, 1961, from the
home economics department. She
is doing her student teaching at
Ligonier, Pa. A past president of
Delta Zeta Sorority, she has also
served as state secretary of the
College Club of the Pennsylvania
Home Economics Association.
• Loretta Ann Fancsalszki, 1959,
married John McKay Ackerman
June 25, 1960, at Eilwood City,
Pennsylvania.
• Nancy Louise Bartell and Rich-
ard Erickson were married August
12, 1960. Both the bride and
groom are 1960 graduates of
Indiana State College. Mr. Erick-
son is a Second Lieutenant in the
United States Army stationed at
Fort Benning, Georgia. The couple
reside at Matheson Road, Colum-
bus, Georgia.
• Sandra Lee Kerr and Robert Lee
Shaffer were married August 20,
1960. Mrs. Shaffer attended
Gettysburg College for two years
and received her bachelor of sci-
ence degree from Indiana State
College in May, 1960. She is a
member of Phi Mu Fraternity. She
now teaches in the Laura Lamar
Schools, Homer City, Pa. Mr.
Shaffer recently returned from
two years in the Armed Forces
and is continuing his studies at
Indiana State College.
POSITION
• Mrs. J. Fred Weaver, 1935, of
10 Emerson Place, Needham 92,
Massachusetts, moved to Massa-
chusetts from Parkville, Baltimore
County, Maryland, in the summer
of 1952. Dr. Weaver is associate
dean and director of graduate
studies at the School of Education
of Boston University. He also is
co-author of first and second
grade arithmetic texts, "Numbers
We Need."
Dr. and Mrs. Weaver have four
children: Barbara (20), a sopho-
more at Bucknell University, Jeff-
rey (15), a high school freshman.
His principal is Dr. Walter G. Pet-
erson, class of 1929, I.S.C. Jane
(13), a seventh grader and
Michael ( 1 ), a fifth grade pupil.
• Donald Melville Glossner, 19-
36, has been named a member
of the faculty of Elizabethtown
College, Elizabethtown, Pa. He
began his duties in September,
1960. After graduating from Indi-
ana State College in 1936, he re-
ceived his M.S. from the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania in 1951.
Since 1954 he has been teaching
at Carson Newman College, Jeff-
erson, Tennessee.
At Elizabethtown he will hold
the rank of associate professor.
Prior to teaching at Carson New-
man College he had positions at
Rockford Business College, Villa-
nova University, the Universit/ of
Pennsylvania, and Beacom Busi-
ness College.
DR. GLENN C. HESS
• Dr. Glenn C. Hess, 1937, is
now serving as superintendent of
schools of the Canon-McMillan
Joint Schools in Canonsburg, Pa.
Dr. Hess has been supervising
principal of the Richland Town-
ship Schools near Johnstown from
1946 until August 31, 1960.
Dr. Hess received his master
and doctor of education degrees
from the University of Pittsburgh.
Prior to accepting his position
at Richland, Dr. Hess was super-
vising principal of the Vintondale
Borough Schools. He has served
as head of the English depart-
ment and publicity director of the
Conemaugh Township School Dis-
tr ict, Somerset County. Previous
to that he taught English and sci-
ence in Dale Borough public
schools.
The educator had served two
and one-half years in the Naval
Reserve. While in the Navy he at-
tended Princeton University, Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology
and the Naval Air Technical
Training Center, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Married to the former Virginia
Niessner, he is the father of three
children — Audra, 17, Gary, 14,
and Barbara, 1 1 .
• Julius P. Filcik, 1953, who has
become a member of the District
of Columbia Bar, has become a
member of the law firm of Burns,
Doane, and Benedict with offices
in the Munsey Building, Washing-
ton 4, D. C.
• Charles B. Flint, 1954, has been
named assistant supervisor of Pa-
cific Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany's Washington, D.C. agency.
The announcement came June
3, 1960, from Ralph J. Walker,
vice president, at the company's
Los Angeles home office as Flint
completed an intensive eight-
week management training
course.
In his new post, Flint will help
administer a projected expansion
of sales and service in the District
orea, according to Walker.
Flint, who started with Pacific
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Mutual in April, has three years
experience in the insurance under-
writing field.
At State, he received his bache-
lor of science degree in business
education. Active in extra-curricu-
lar affairs, he was president of Pi
Omega Pi, and secretary of Sigma
Tau Gamma and Gamma Rho Tau.
He was active in the band, the
YMCA and was president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce. He
was also advertising manager of
the college annual.
Flint and his wife, Harriet, have
one son, Herbert, 2. They live at
730 Hampton Road, Petersburg,
Virginia.
• John Shotts, 1958, is now ele-
mentary music teacher in the
Shannock Valley Schools super-
vising vocal training and instru-
mental music from first to sixth
grades. He had been teaching
music in the Patton Schools since
his graduation from college.
MAGAZINE EDITOR
• Ellis R. Thomas, 1952, has been
named the new editor of the Busi-
ness Education Observer, the of-
ficial publication of the New Jer-
sey Business Education Associ-
ation. The appointment, which
will run for two years, was made
on April 30 at the spring con-
vention meeting of the NJBEA
held on the campus of Rider Col-
lege, Trenton, N. J.
Mr. Thomas also participated in
a panel discussion of business
education problems at the annual
NJBEA convention in Atlantic City
this winter. The panel included
such authorities as Dr. Peter Ag-
new, NYU, and Dr. Michael Trov-
ers, Trenton (N.J.) State College.
In April, 1960, Mr. Thomas was
guest discussion leader for a semi-
nar of graduate elementary stu-
dents at Columbia University in
New York. Here he pointed out
specific problem areas in regard
to the duties of the elementary
teacher in preparing the student
for high school and followed up
with positive recommendations.
HONORED AT
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
• Mrs. Esther J. Denniston, 1920,
was honored June 5, 1960, for
25 years of teaching at the Col-
lege Heights Elementary School.
Mrs. Denniston was presented an
inscribed plaque containing a
picture of the school. She also
received illustrated notebooks
made by the children from the
school and kindergarten and a
China Vase gift.
The plaque bore this inscription:
"In sincere appreciation to Mrs.
Esther J. Denniston for 25 years
of loyal and devoted service —
Parents and Teachers of the Col-
lege Heights Elementary School."
Mrs. Denniston received her
bachelor of science degree from
Indiana State College and the
master of education degree from
Penn State. She also attended the
University of Wisconsin.
She began her teaching career
as an elementary teacher in
Johnstown in 1935, and came to
State College in 1943. In 1947,
she was appointed principal of
the College Heights School.
WHO'S WHO IN
AMERICAN WOMEN
• The name of Ethel Orr, 1909,
has been listed in "Who's Who in
American Women."
After graduating from Indiana
she remained for four years as a
teacher of English at the College.
She received her B.S. and later
her M.A. degree from Teachers
College, Columbia University.
She was a demonstration teach-
er at Horace Mann School of Co-
lumbia for many years and later
a director of student teaching in
Glassboro, New Jersey and Mont-
clair. New Jersey. She spent a
year as director of elementary
workshop at Rutgers University.
During the summers she lectur-
ed on education at various uni-
versities including Montana, West
Virginia, Pittsburgh, and North
Carolina.
She is the author of "Reading
Today," a series of readers for
Grades V through IX.
Since her retirement she makes
her home in Pittsburgh.
She has traveled extensively,
her latest trip being a six weeks
tour of the Orient.
She is a member of the Pitts-
burgh Garden Center, Riverview
Garden Club, Audubon Society
and is very active in the Pitts-
burgh-North Boroughs Unit.
SYRACUSE GRADUATE ASSISTANT
• Nancy Nagey, 1959, has been
awarded a graduate assistantship
in the Syracuse University Grad-
uate Program in Student Person-
nel Work for Women.
The assistantship grant that
Miss Nagey receives will amount
to approximately $2,000 per year
and is awarded in terms of room,
board, tuition for ten hours of
academic work per term, certain
discounts and privileges and a
monthly cash stipend of $45 for
the first ten months and $55 per
month during the second year.
In return for the assistantship,
Miss Nagey will act as head resi-
dent in a housing unit at Syracuse
University. This responsibility plus
some duties in the office of the
Dean of Women at Syracuse Uni-
versity, together with Miss Nag-
ey's graduate work, will comprise
a full-time program.
AMITA AWARD
• Sister Maria Serafina (Mazza),
1919, professor of Italian at
Seton Hill College, received an
AMITA award at ceremonies in
New York City Saturday, May 7,
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1960. The award is in a form of
a gold statuette appropriately en-
graved.
AMITA is "dedicated to honor-
ing American women of Italian
lineage who have excelled in the
arts, in business, or in a profes-
sional field." In addition to recog-
nizing women who have achiev-
ed, AMITA also makes scholarship
awards each February to deserv-
ing talented young women, re-
gardless of national origin.
Sister Serafina was graduated
from Seton Hill College with a
major in Spanish; did her master
of arts work entirely in French at
McGill University in Montreal, and
received a doctor of philosophy
degree in Italian from Columbia
University. In August, 1934, she
received the medaille d'or La Troi-
sieme Republique Francaise from
McGill University for excellence in
French.
The King's Crown Precs of New
York published Sister Serafino's
doctoral disse"tation under the
title "Not for Art's Sake," the
story of II Frontespizio, in 1948.
The book was widely reviewed in
the United States and in Italy.
While in Italy during the summer
of 1957, Sister Serafina was a
guest of the leader of the Fronte-
spizian literary movement, at din-
ner in the castle of Montauto.
Since receiving her doctorate in
1947 and returning to teaching.
Sister Serafina has continued to
do research work and has had a
number of magazine article pub-
lished. She also serves as Seton
Hill's foreign student adviser. She
is a member of the National As-
sociation of Foreign Student Ad-
visers, of the American Associ-
ation of Teachers of Italian, and
she is on the national register of
The Catholic Commission on Intel-
lectual and Cultural Affairs.
In addition to academic duties
and literary interests, Sister Sera-
fina is active as a teacher of re-
ligion in the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine.
Although several women promi-
nent in education have been cited
previously by AMITA, Sister Sera-
fina is the first member of a re-
ligious order to receive the
award.
DELTA KAPPA GAMMA AWARD
• Delta Kappa Gamma Society
has given a $1,000 educator's
award to Dr. Blanche Jefferson,
professor of art education at the
University of Pittsburgh, for her
recent book, "Teaching Art to
Children".
Various publishers submitted
for consideration for this prize
thirty-four books v/ritten by wom-
en. Dr. Jefferson's book was se-
lected from this group for the
educator's award.
Dr. Jefferson was for a number
of years a teacher of art in Keith
School, State College, Indiana,
Pa. She received her award at
the Delta Kappa Gamma Society
meeting at the Americana Hotel
in Bal Harbour (Miami), Florida,
Thursday, August 11, 1960.
About 2,000 women educators
attended this luncheon which was
a Birthday Luncheon of Delta
Kappa Gamma's International
Convention. All told Delta Kappa
Gamma awarded fifty-six scholar-
ships to members for graduate
study in addition to the educator's
award.
• Charles Z. Emanuel, a teacher
in Northwestern Beaver County
Joint Schools, Darlington, was
awarded a National Science
Foundation grant for summer
study in the natural sciences at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, N. Y. A 1952 graduate of
Johnstown High School, he earn-
ed his bachelor of science degree
in education at Indiana State Col-
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lege in 1956. He plans to con-
tinue to teach in the Beaver
County school system while work-
ing for a master's degree.
• Donna Lou Nagey, 1957, re-
ceived an honorable mention for
her string quartet in o nationwide
contest for young composers
sponsored by the National Feder-
ation of Music Clubs. A recipient
of the Alumni Scholarship during
her four years at Indiana State
College, Miss Nagey received her
master of music from Eastman
School of Music in 1958. She
teaches organ, piano, and theory
at Mars Hill College, Mars Hill,
N.C.
• George Simcina, 1953, attend-
ed the Western Michigan Univer-
sity National Science Institute for
eight weeks during the summer of
1960.
AUTHORS ARTICLE
• Miss Esther Dawson, 1938, is
the author of an article entitled
"First Days for the Beginning
Teacher," which appears on
pages 24 and 76 of the Instructor
magazine for September, 1960.
Miss Dawson is elementary
principal and third grade teacher
in Third Ward School, Tarentum,
and she resides at 1133 Consti-
tution Drive, Tarentum, Pa.
Miss Dawson has made several
previous contributions to the In-
structor magazine as well as to
other educational magazines and
religious publications.
PICTURE IN LANGHAM HALL
• In Langham Hall, the new
dormitory for men on the Indiana
State College campus, in the front
hall, there hangs a picture of
Judge J. Nicholas Langham for
whom the dormitory is named.
This portrait is a gift to the col-
lege from Louise Langham Bald-
ridge, granddaughter of Judge J.
Nicholas Langham. Mrs. Bald-
ridge now resides at 1448 Grey-
stone Drive, Pittsburgh 6, Pennsyl-
vania.
RETIRED
• Mrs. Sara Tonkin, 1917, has
retired after 32 years in the
teaching profession from her po-
sition in the Harmony Joint
Schools, Cherry Tree, Pa., as of
May, 1960.
Mrs. Tonkin began her teach-
ing career in 1918 in the Pine
Township School at Heilwood.
She also taught at Green Town-
ship and Cherry Tree before leav-
ing the teaching profession for a
ten-year period in 1937.
In 1947 she resumed her teach-
ing duties as a sixth grade teach-
er at Cherry Tree, a position she
has held until the time of her re-
tirement.
• Margaret Giegerich, 1925, re-
tired from her teaching in business
education at Langley High School,
Pittsburgh, this past spring. She
had been at Langley High School
for 31 years. She began her 35
year teaching career in the Pitts-
burgh district at Sharon High
School.
She received additional educa-
tion at the University of Pittsburgh
and the Universities of Southern
California, Columbia, and Har-
vard.
After two years at Sharon High
School, Miss Giegerich taught at
the former Baxter High School
and from there went to Langley.
ADVANCED DEGREES
• Shirley Myers Park, 1953 re-
ceived her Master of Education
degree at commencement exer-
cises at the Pennsylvania State
University August 12, 1960. She
will teach at Penns Valley High
School, R. D. 2, Spring Mills,
Pennsylvania in 1960-61. For the
past four years, she taught at
Keystone High School, Knox,
Pennsylvania.
She and her husband, Eugene,
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(they were married August 15,
1959) now reside at 81 Woods-
dale Park, State College, Pennsyl-
vania.
• Harry David Fair, Jr., 1958, re-
ceived the master of science in
physics degree from the University
of Delaware at Newark, Dela-
ware, June 10, 1960.
• Twenty-one Indiana State Col-
lege graduates received their
master's degrees at the University
of Pittsburgh June 8, 1960. In all,
2,282 students were graduated at
that time.
Secretary of State Christian
Herter gave the commencement
address entitled "The University
and The World Community".
Chancellor Edward H. Litchfield
presided at the commencement
and conferred all degrees.
Indiana State College grad-
uates who received their master's
degree include:
Edward A. Teichert, Jr., Robert
Raymond Rhodes, Robert Louis
Scalpello, Ernest Embrich Hanus-
ka, Elsie Louise Rea, George Rob-
ert Mohr, Richard Lewis Kelly,
Ruth Amelia Johnson, Edwin Don-
ald Johnston, Wilma Cobb Weed,
Nancy Ann Zebroskey, Philip
Martin Beltz, Verna Bindas, Alex-
ander Noah Lairo, John M. Pet-
chor.
Cleona Natalie Redman, Ber-
nard Stephen Sewak, Gladys
Mack Siard, David Gene William-
son, Isabel Cunningham Phillips,
and Homer Paul Kline.
• John Clinton Harwick and Mary
Carolyn Myers Harwick, both In-
diana State College graduates,
received their master of education
degrees in guidance from the col-
lege in Indiana on August 21,
1960.
Pictured with them are their
three children (left to right) Bob,
born July 3, 1956, John Barry,
born April 27, 1955, and Mary
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Beth, born July 24, 1957.
Mr. and Mrs. Harwick met while
they were in college. John grad-
uated in 1954 with a major in
social studies, English, and driver
education. Mary, after their mar-
riage in 1954, had to drop school
for a time but between 1954 and
1958 v/hen she graduated, she
completed two years of college
and also became the mother of
three children.
After his graduation, John was
a social studies teacher, track and
cross country coach at Marion
Center Joint High School from
1954 to 1956. From 1956 to
1957 he was a driver training
and social studies teacher at
Oswayo Valley Joint School at
Shinglehouse, Pa., where he also
served as head coach of basket-
ball, track, and cross-country.
He was sports editor of the In-
diana Evening Gazette from 1957
to 1959, and has been employed
under the Indiana Bureau of the
Johnstown Tribune Democrat since
1959.
In addition to her duties in the
home and the rearing of three
children, Mary has done her
graduate work for her degree
since receiving her bachelor of
science degree in 1958. She has
done some substitute teaching at
Benjamin Franklin Elementary
School.
John is president of the Indiana
Track and Field Club, a Sunday
School teacher at the Calvary
United Presbyterian Church, and
is a member of the Benjamin
Franklin Lodge No. 753, F. & A.M.
Mary is president of the Indi-
ana Phi Mu Alumnae Chapter,
member of Eastern Star, and a
Sunday School Teacher at the
Calvary United Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Harwick recently won the
Brace-for-an-Ace Award from the
Pennsylvania Society for Crippled
Childred and Adults for his work
in promoting benefit basketball
games during the past three
years. He also recently won sec-
ond place in the feature sports
story category of the Keystone
Press Conference Contest.
He is the AAU - Allegheny
Mountain Association 1960 one
mile and two mile walking
champion. He competed July 14,
in the Olympic selections for the
1 2 '/z mile walking team and
finished as 14th out of 46 entries.
John and Mary did the majority
of their graduate work at Indiana
together in their classes. They are
the first husband and wife team
to receive their master's degree
together at Indiana.
"Going to school together and
studying together have been
wonderful experience," John and
Mary have said. "It hasn't been
the easiest thing in the world, but
we would be willing to do it over
again."
Mr. & Mrs. John Harwick and Family
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• Six Indiana State College grad-
uates received advanced degrees
at the Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity commencement, June 11,
1960, at Beaver Stadium, Univer-
sity Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania.
Those receiving advanced de-
gree include:
Joseph Anthony Cima, Marjorie
Elaine Anderson, William Francis
Nealen, Carl Patterson Oakes,
Evelyn Mary Varner, and Jennie
Shamey.
• Carol Sigworth Budd, 1957, re-
ceived her master of library sci-
ence degree at the Carnegie
Library School, Carnegie Institute
of Technology, June 7, 1960.
• Tv/o Indiana State College
graduates, Donald L. Dinsel, 19-
56, and James W. Lieb, 1956, re-
ceived their master degrees from
Ohio State University August 26,
1960. Mr. Dinsel received the
master of science degree and Mr.
Lieb the master of education de-
gree.
News from the Alumni Units
JEANNETTE UNIT
• The Jeannette Unit closed a
successful year Tuesday night,
June 14. The dinner meeting was
held at the Ben Gross Restaurant.
Dr. Dorothy Snyder from the Col-
lege, was guest speaker. Dr.
Snyder told of the expansion of
the college and the building pro-
gram.
The slate of officers for the
coming year are president, Mrs.
Hebrank; vice president, Mrs.
Harry Stump; secretary, Mrs. Wil-
bur Shaul; and treasurer, Mrs.
Newell Connor.
Serving on the committee were
Mrs. Paul Stiffey, Mrs. Stump,
Olivia Evans, and Mary McDowell.
Delegates to the college were
appointed. They are Mrs. Lester
Brown and Mrs. Rolf Hansen.
The committee for August has
as Its chairman Mrs. Earhart and
Mrs. Wilson as co-chairman.
Following the dinner cards
were played. Prizes were won by
Mrs. Roy Noel, Mrs. Adelson Wil-
son, Mrs. Evalyn Earhart, and
Mrs. Connor. Mrs. Robert Costello
won the door prize.
Submitted by
Helen S. Simpson
• On Thursday, May 12, members
of the Jeannette unit toured the
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Lincoln District of the West Penn
Power Company. Their host was
Mr. Ray A. Hardy.
The electronic oven was demon-
strated by the company's home
economist. Various foods v/ere
cooked in the oven for the group
to sample.
Edna Brinker was in charge of
arrangements for this meeting.
Mrs. Edmund Hebrank, presi-
dent, presided at a short business
meeting prior to taking the tour.
In the absence of Secretary Mrs.
Wilbur Shaul, the minutes of the
previous meeting were read by
Mrs. John M. Simpson.
Alumni News Galley 9
Mrs. John F. Simpson gave an
interesting report on the various
new building additions to the col-
lege.
The club voted to contribute
$25.00 to the fund for the publi-
cation of the Alumni News Bul-
letin.
Mrs. Paul Stiffey was named
chairman for the Spring Dinner.
It was held at Ben Gross Restau-
rant on June 1 4.
PHILADELPHIA UNIT —
I.S.C. ALUMNI
• We look forward to our spring
outing with the Hoehlers for we
know we'll have a jolly time. This
year, it came off in the afternoon
of May 21st with 10 members and
9 guests present. Before and be-
tween showers we could hear the
click and knew husbands were
playing horse-shoes. Wives did
not have to urge them to come
along and rain could not dampen
their fun.
Showers held off until tables
were set outdoors with good food
and each member sharing her
speciality, all topped by Rose-
anne B. Hone's delicious layer-
cake and the Hoehlers' hot drinks
and cakes.
After retiring indoors some
played cards, while members held
a meeting called by President
Roseanne B. Hane. Sec.-Treas.
Patsy W. High read the minutes
including the financial report. We
discussed at length what to do
about increasing our membership
and printing our new directory.
INSTANO 1912
• The spring luncheon of Instano
1912 was held at the Congress of
Clubs, Pittsburgh, Pa., on Satur-
day, May 7, 1960. In spite of
heavy, prolonged rain, twenty-
two persons enjoyed the after-
noon, arranged by Edith M. Fisch-
er, Helen Campbell, and Edythe
Miller.
Edith Williams McWherten will
move from Greensburg to her new
home at 501 Erie Street, Davis
Island, Tampa, Florida, in early
June. Her Greensburg home has
been bought by the Episcopal
Church there for a home for their
rector.
Nellie Pardee expects to spend
part of her time with Edith. They
expect to return for our fall
luncheon in November, for which
Jean Lacack Russell and Adelaide
Ramsay Clarke will make the ar-
rangements.
Submitted by
Adelaide R. Clarke
PITTSBURGH UNIT
• The Pittsburgh Unit held its first
meeting of the year on Tuesday,
September 6, at the home of Mrs.
Elizabeth McCune McClure.
The new president, Anne C.
Carlin, asked each member pres-
ent to report on her summer va-
cation activities. The responses
were varied and interesting — cov-
ering the western, northern, and
southern states, Mexico and Ha-
waii.
The new Yearbooks, listing 140
members, were received and
checked. One new member, Ther-
esa Langsner, was welcomed and
several members of the Junior
Section, now discontinued, be-
came seniors and were warmly
welcomed also.
Olive Dickson, Elizabeth Mc-
Clure, and Margaret Seibert Mc-
Intyre — all past presidents of
the Unit — and Helen Brennen,
past president of the General
Alumni, have retired after long
and successful careers in the
Edgewood and Pittsburgh Schools.
The October meeting will be
held October 4, at the home of
Rose Brennen McManus, in Mt.
Lebanon.
Submitted by
Grace N. Lacock
CLASS OF 1905 — THE 55TH
YEAR CLASS REUNION
• Eleven members of the Class of
1905 attended the 55th Class Re-
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union at Indiana State College
May 27, 28, 29th, 1960. Those
present were: Mame Moore
Dougherty, Fort Lauderdale, Flori-
da; Ruth Forney Gross, St. Peters-
burg, Florida; Anna Clark Mellott,
Ambridge, Pa.; Rebecca Fowler,
Blairsville, Pa.; Janet Sligh, New
Alexandria, Pa.; Vida Van Horn
Hyle, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Charlotte
Crossman Seanor, Indiana, Pa.;
Jennie Craig Rial, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Melinda Detwiler, Indiana, Pa.; S.
Frank Snyder, Gettysburg, Pa.;
Cecelia Rayburn Jamison, Greens-
burg, Pa.
The Reunion was highlighted
by the Class Dinner at the Indiana
Country Club on Saturday even-
ing. May 28th, sponsored by Mrs.
L. Murray Peelor.
Honor guests at the dinner
were: Mrs. Mabel Waller Mack,
daughter of Dr. D. J. Waller,
President of the College in 1905,
and Mrs. James S. Blair.
Invited honor guests unable to
be present were: Miss Jane Ack-
erman. Coral Gables, Florida,
Supervising Principal of the Model
School in 1905, Miss Mary Esch,
presently Executive Secretary of
the College, Mrs. Martha Ekin
and daughter Lucile Ekin Yetty,
mascot of the 1905 Class, and
Mrs. William O. Foreman, widow
of William O. Foreman, former
Treasurer of the Class.
Letters of greeting and best
wishes were read from Thomas T.
Hill, Norwalk, Connecticut, who is
at present visiting his daughter in
Iceland; Josephine Iseman Bell,
Seattle, Washington; Josephine
Brown Martin, Detroit, Michigan;
Anna Wigton Wilson, Warriors
Mark, Pa.; Rebecca Lacock Mc-
Sweeney, Wildwood, New Jersey;
Caroline Hubacher Deitrich, St.
Cloud, Florida; Grace Buterbaugh
Wassam, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Lida R.
Barns, Uniontown, Pa.; Eva Stumpf
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George, Spokane, Washington;
Clark Crawford, Millerstown, Pa.,
and Ross M. oHsack and Mrs. Ho-
sack, Bradford, Pa.
Our great regret was the ab-
sence of our Class President, Ross
and Ross M. Hosack and Mrs. Ho-
Through his efficient, faithful, and
untiring efforts, the class organi-
zation and interests are being
successfully perpetuated.
Cecelia Rayburn Jamison, Secy.
Written and Read by Mame
Moore Dougherty at Alumni Day
Luncheon and at Class 1905 Re-
union Dinner, 1960.
GREETINGS! CLASS OF 1905
Let's show the world we're still
alive!
Throw aside the hampering gar-
ments of time.
Old age is naught but a "state of
mind".
Give arthritis pains a do or dare
And twirl our canes with a jaunty
air;
Give up Vitamins B, C, and A,
Our daily dozen day after day.
A sight of the Campus will give
us thrills,
A better remedy than taking the
pills.
A stroll through the grove once
again
Will help to alleviate many a
pain.
Meeting old classmates will make
us feel
That this is worth while and life is
real.
Polish store teeth and bifocal
glasses
So we can smile at whatever
passes.
Don't tell your age, but if you do
Subtract from it a year or two.
Forget pitying smiles of the
younger kind.
Remember in time that they will
find
A stoop in the shoulders, a creak
in the joints,
And a number of things that
cause annoyance.
Reflect that we may not pass this
way
Another time, another day;
So let's be cheerful, happy, and
gay-
Tighten our belts if that be pos-
sible
Make up our minds that we're
responsible
For a big REUNION this coming
May
At INDIANA — REMEMBER THE
DAY.
(Mame Moore Dougherty)
College Co-Sponsors The Twenty-First
Annual Central-Western Pennsylvania
Education Conference
Keynote Speaker For
Twenty-First Annual Meeting
DR. MAX LERNER
The 21st annual Central-Western Pennsylvania Education Confer-
ence will be held Monday and Tuesday, October 10 and 1 1 , 1 960, on
the campus of the State College, Indiana, Pennsylvania, according to Dr.
I. L. Stright, conference chairman and director of graduate studies at
Indiana State College.
Dr. Max Lerner, noted author, teacher, and journalist, will be the
keynote speaker for the conference discussing the subjects "Beyond the
Power Principle" and "Education and the Image of Man." Dr. Lerner's
addresses are at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 10, in Fisher
Auditorium.
Dr. John Ciardi, professor of English at Rutgers University, and
Poetry editor of the Saturday Preview magazine, will be featured guest
speaker using the subject "What Good Is A Poem" at the Tuesday, Octo-
ber 11, meeting at 10:45 a.m., in Fisher Auditorium.
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Dr. Ciardi will also speak on the subject "How Does A Poem Mean*'
at a meeting of secondary teachers Tuesday, October 11, at 2:15 p.m.,
in Keith School Auditorium.
Other featured speakers include Martin Essex, superintendent of
schools, Arkon, Ohio; Gertrude M. Lewis, specialist for upper grades in
the United States Office of Education, Washington, D. C; Robert Rosen-
berg of the Gregg Publishing Company, and Paul H. VanNess of New-
ark, New Jersey Public Schools. Also a large number of local area and
Pennsylvania educators will be included in the speaking program.
The conference. Dr. Stright indicated, will feature outstanding clinics
in the areas of public relations, speech and hearing education, music
education, art in elementary education, art in the secondary school,
audio-visual education, mathematics, elementary science education, read-
ing in the junior and senior high school, new concepts in education, vo-
cational agriculture, adult education, and American education in the
1960's.
Demonstration lessons will be presented in various phases of ele-
mentary education in the Thaddeus Stevens, Eisenhower, Horace Mann,
and Keith Laboratory Schools. Several demonstration lessons will also be
given in secondary school methods in the Keith Laboratory School by
college faculty members.
There will be department meetings in administration — supervision,
art, business, classroom teachers, English, Foreign Language, geography,
guidance, health and physical education, home economics, industrial arts,
library, mathematics and science, Pennsylvania Future Teachers of Ameri-
ca, safety education, school nurses, secondary school principals, social
studies, special education, supervision and curriculum, and vocational
agriculture.
These department and section meetings will deal with the current
problems in education today. There will be a fine exhibit of textbooks
and curriculum materials sponsored by twenty-nine different counties and
organizations.
The Central-Western Education Conference officers are-.
Dr. I. Leonard Stright, conference chairman, director of graduate
studies. State College, Indiana; Dr. John E. Davis, conference secretary,
director of student teaching and placement. State College, Indiana; and
Dr. Arthur F. Nicholson, conference information, director of public re-
lations. State College, Indiana.
The Central-Western Convention District officers are:
Donald McKelvey, president, Reynoldsville-Winslow Joint Schools,
Reynoldsville; Thelma Morse, vice-president, Everett-Southern Joint
Schools, Everett; M. Ethel Dixon, second vice-president, Johnstown
Schools, Johnstown; and William F. Shaffer, secretary-treasurer, West-
mont-Hilltop Schools, Johnstown.
Cooperating organizations participating in the Central-Western Edu-
cation Conference include the Central-Western Convention District of the
Pennsylvania State Education Association, Armstrong County Teachers,
Ford City Teachers Institute, Indiana County Teachers Institute, Jefferson
County Teachers Institute, Kittanning Union School District, Nanty Glo-
Vintondale Teachers Institute, Punxsutawney Teachers Institute, Windber
Teachers Institute, Indiana Teachers Institute, and the Indiana State Col-
lege.
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Homecoming Day, October 8, I960
[Homecoming Day at the State College, Indiana, Pennsylvania, will
be held Saturday, October 8, 1960, Dr. James K. Stoner, faculty chair-
man of the event, has indicated.
Day long activities will be highlighted by a parade, football game,
Alumni meetings, and social events.
The annual Homecoming parade produced by various student org-
aniz.ations of the college will have for its theme "Famous First". Sorori-
ties, fraternities, and other college organizations will portray in float
form representations of color symbolizing famous firsts.
The parade will begin at the college campus, move through the
center of the Indiana community, and terminate at College Memorial
Field. Community and college organizations will present awards for the
best floats in the parade.
The annual Homecoming football game will feature the gridiron
clash between Coach Samuel G. Smith's "Big Indians" and the Edinboro
"Red Raiders" on Memorial Field beginning at 2:45 p.m.
Evening amusements will include dancing in the Keith School and
Waller Gymnasiums and socializing in the Student Union, Whitmyre Hall
after 8:30 p.m. The college dramatics department will present a dramatic
performance directed by Robert W. Ensley at 7:30 in Fisher Auditorium.
Charles A. Davis will direct the Indiana Glee Club in a brief music con-
cert in conjunction with the dramatic show.
The Indiana Alumni Unit is sponsoring a Homecoming Donee for
Alumni and friends at the Indiana Country Club from 9:30 p.m. on. Music
is by "The Tophatters."
Franklin H. George, partner in the Koontz and George Insurance
Company in Indiana and president of the General Alumni Association,
has announced a meeting of the Alumni Executive Council in Fisher Audi-
torium at 10:00 a.m. The Alumni Projects Committee will meet in the
John Sutton Hall Alumni Office at 9:00 a.m.
At noon there will be a luncheon (by reservation) in the college
dining room. Alumni president Franklin H. George will preside and Dr.
Willis E. Pratt, president of the college, will welcome Alumni. Various
Alumni and college officials will be introduced. There will be incidental
music on the Hammond Organ.
Registration for Homecoming Day begins at 9:00 a.m. and will con-
tinue all day in Room 101, Leonard Hall.
During the past 85 years, approximately 18,500 people have been
graduated from the State College at Indiana, Pennsylvania. The insti-
tution has grown from a small normal school of 300 students and eight
faculty members in 1875 to a degree granting teachers college with an
enrollment of 3,125 undergraduate students, 300 special undergraduate
students doing part time work, 175 faculty members in the current 1960-
61 term. In addition the college now has developed a graduate division
of about 1,000 students.
An estimated 30,000 people will view the spectacular Homecoming
Day parade. About 8,500 Alumni and guests will visit the college on
Homecoming Day. Various fraternities and sororities, and other organi-
zations at the College will hold open house for their Alumni during the
afternoon.
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Eighteen New Faculty Join Indiana Staff
Eighteen new faculty members joined the professional staff at
Indiana State College for the 1960-61 college year. Dr. Willis E. Pratt,
president, has announced.
These eighteen persons include: Frances V. Atkins, Edwin W. Bailey,
Charles W. Faust, Dr. David S. Green, Lawrence Albert lanni, Mrs. Ann
S. Jones, Sallie Sue Koon, Donald M. Maclsaac, Dr. Esko Newhill, Glenn
W. Olsen, Dorothy Palmer, Catherine Shaffer, Bert A. Smith, Dr. Louise
E. Sweet, Dr. Josep Vidal-Llecha, Cyril Zenisek, Mrs. Rosa G. Dembo, and
Dr. Charles D. Leach.
Frances V. Atkins, an assistant professor in the home economics de-
partment, taught for the past year at Dublin High School, Dublin, Vir-
ginia. Prior to that she was a graduate assistant in the College of Home
Economics at the Pennsylvania State University from 1958 to 1959.
She taught from 1956 to 1958 also at Dublin High School and for
two years prior to that at Fries High School, Fries, Virginia. She received
her bachelor of science degree at Radford College, Radford, Vo., and
her master of science degree from the Pennsylvania State University.
Edwin W. Bailey, an associate professor in the mathematics depart-
ment, has taught for twenty-four years in Pennsylvania, seven of which
have been in the public schools, six years at Mercersburg Academy, and
nine years as a mathematics critic at Edinboro State College.
He received his bachelor of science in mathematics and physics at
Albright College and his master of arts degree in mathematics at Co-
lumbia University. He has taken additional graduate work at John Hop-
kins University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Princeton University.
Charles W. Faust, an assistant professor in the foreign language
department, taught for the past three years at Wake Forest College,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Prior to that he taught for three years
at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, and three years
at DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana.
He received his A.B. degree from Indiana State Teachers College,
Terre Haute, Indiana, and his M.A. degree in languages at Middlebury
College in Vermont. He has taken additional graduate work at the Uni-
versity of Virginia.
Dr. David S. Green, an assistant professor in the education and psy-
chology department, received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse Uni-
versity, his master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University,
and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He has had five years experience
as a teacher, one of which has been in the public schools.
Lawrence Albert lanni, an associate professor in the English speech
department, taught from 1954 to 1959 in Mentor, Ohio. Prior to that he
taught for two years in Conneautville, Ohio. He received his M.A. degree
from Western Reserve University and his B.S. degree from Clarion State
College.
Mrs. Ann S. Jones, an associate professor in the English-speech
department, taught for the past eight years at the University of Pitts-
burgh. Prior to that she taught for four years at Westminster College and
for sixteen years in Ohio and Pennsylvania public schools.
She received her A.B. degree from Muskingum College, New Con-
cord, Ohio, and her M.A. degree from Columbia University. She has
taken additional graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Sallie Sue Koon, an assistant professor in the home economics de-
partment, has had nine years of public school teaching experience and
tliirteen years of college teaching. She received her bachelor's degree
from the University of North Carolina and her master's degree from Iowa
State College.
She was for eleven years in the North Carolina Extension Service
working from the State College at Raleigh. She also taught for two
years at the University of Georgia, and worked for the Florida State Ex-
tension Service. She taught at Auburn, Alabama, and in the public
schools of Florida.
Dr. Esko E. Newhill, an associate professor in the social studies de-
partment, taught for the past five years at Slippery Rock State College.
Prior to that he taught for five years at West Liberty State College in
West Virginia and for five years at various public high schools in New
York state. He received his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Syracuse
University.
Glenn W. Olsen, an assistant professor in the mathematics depart-
ment, has taught for four years in various public high schools in Pennsyl-
vania. He received his bachelor of science degree from Edinboro State
College and his master of education degree from Pennsylvania State
University.
Dorothy Palmer, an assistant dean of women, taught last year at
Holiidaysburg and prior to that she served as a head resident at Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio. She received her bachelor of science degree
from Indiana State College and her master of arts from Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio.
Catherine P. Shaffer, an assistant professor in the English-speech
department, taught at Peace College, Raleigh, North Carolina for the
past two years. Prior to that she taught at Hartwich College, Oneonta,
New York, Slippery Rock State College, Wesley Junior College in Dover,
Delaware, Conservatory of Music at Dayton, Virginia, and at the Mata-
moras (Pennsylvania) Public School.
She received her A.B. degree from Pennsylvania State University and
her M.A. degree from Gettysburg College.
Bert A. Smith, an associate professor in the social studies depart-
ment, worked for the past two years for the Bureau of Government Re-
search. Prior to that he taught for six years at Christian College, Co-
lumbia, Missouri.
He received his A.B. degree from the University of Nebraska and
his A.M. degree from the University of Missouri.
Dr. Louise E. Sweet, an associate professor in the social studies de-
partment, was a lecturer in the University of Michigan Extension during
the past year. Prior to that she was a grantee in research for the Social
Science Research Council. She has also taught at the University of Kan-
sas, the University of Michigan, worked for the University of Michigan
Museum as a lecturer and for about three years was a public school
teacher at Plymouth, Michigan.
She received her A.B. from Eastern Michigan University and her M.A.
and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Josep Vidal-Llecha, an associate professor in the foreign lang-
uage department, has taught for the past eleven years at the College of
Mining and Technology. Prior to that he was an educational director for
a firm in Mexico and was from 1934 to 1939 in law practice in Barce-
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lona, Spain.
He received his bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degree
from the Instituto Nacional de Reus. He received his law degree from the
University of Barcelona and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Ma-
drid. He has taken additional work at the University of Paris.
Cyril J. Zenisek, an assistant professor in the science department,
has taught last year at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Prior to that
he taught for six years at Ohio State University. He received his bachelor
of science and master of science degrees from Ohio State.
Mrs. Rosa G. Dembo, an assistant professor in the foreign language
department, taught for three years in the New Jersey Public Schools, for
two years in Philadelphia, one year at Arizona State College, three and
one half years at the University of Bridgeport, and nine years at the
Gymnasium, Kaunas, Lithuania.
She received a B.A. degree from the Gymnasium at Kaunas, Lith-
uania, a B.A from the Sorbonne in Paris, a B.A. from Ohio State Uni-
versity, M.A. from Ohio State University, and has been doing further
graduate work at Columbia University.
Donald M. Mac Isaac, a half time instructor in the education and
psychology department, has for the past nine years been associated as
a faculty member in the audio-visual education center at Syracuse Uni-
versity. He received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and
has taken additional graduate work at that institution.
Dr. Charles Daniel Leach, an associate professor of education, re-
ceived his B.S. degree from Lycoming College and his M.Ed, and Ed.D.
from Pennsylvania State University. He was a graduate assistant at Penn
State and for four years was guidance director in the Lewistown School
District. He was also employed for a brief time as a specialist in edu-
cotional statistics by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction.
COLLEGE FROSH
RANK HIGH HERE
• A comparison of the freshmen
who entered Penn State in Sep-
tember, 1959, and freshmen who
entered Indiana State College in
September, 1959, shows that the
Indiana State College freshmen
rated higher in terms of rank in
high school classes than did those
at Penn State.
Of the freshmen who entered
Indiana State College, 51.7 per-
cent were in the highest fifth of
their high school graduating
classes whereas 45.1 per cent of
those entering Penn State were in
the highest fifth of their high
school graduating classes.
Of the Indiana State College
freshmen, 82.3 percent were in
the highest two-fifths of their high
school graduating classes where-
as 81.0 percent of the Penn State
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freshmen were in the highest two-
fifths of their high school gradu-
ating classes.
Both colleges took about the
same number from the lower two-
fifths of the high school graduat-
ing classes. Penn State had 4.5 in
this category and Indiana State
College has 4.6 percent.
A note appearing in the Penn-
sylvania State University Faculty
Bulletin says, "One thing seems
clear, Penn State has a student
body with intellectual potential
that we can proudly compare with
students in other top American
universities."
If this be so, on the basis of
the figures given in the present
article, then the same thing can
be said about Indiana State Col-
lege, which in this particular
group at least, outranks Penn
State.
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