Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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ADMINISTRATION D There are standards for everything in life; the higher the standards, the harder the intelligent student will strive to meet them. The Administration at I.S.C. sets high standards for its students in the hope that they will develop a keen sense of responsibility and a respect for knowledge. Both are characteristic of the mature adult, enabling him to maintain self-respect and serve a useful role in society. The diploma received at graduation should represent more than a sufficient number of credits, more than merely required work. It should represent this acquired responsibility and self-respect. The Administration does its best to see that this is true for every student at the college.

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PRESIDENT WILLIS E. PRATT □ Indiana points with pride to the growth and development of the College. We are proud of the calibre of our student body which includes 4,316 undergraduate students and 800 part- time students, making a total enrollment of 5,116 students. We are very proud of our Fresh- man Class of 1,260 young men and women, 85 per cent of whom come from the upper two- fifths of their high school class and who achieved College Board Scores which average 1 ,000. We are also proud of our fine staff of 247 members who come from outstanding univer- sities from all parts of the country and, in fact, from many parts of the world. Indiana takes great pride in its beautiful cam- pus which includes fifteen major buildings and has in some stage of construction seven more. We point with pride to the program of the College which includes the largest Graduate School among the state colleges of Pennsylvania and to the new Schools of Liberal Arts and Education. Indiana is also envious of its fine academic program which provides fifteen curricula in both undergraduate and graduate fields, the only Re- serve Officer Training Corps in the state colleges of Pennsylvania, one of two computer centers in the state colleges, and one of three Foreign Study Programs in the state (Indiana Study in Spain). Indiana also has an excellent record of achievement as evidenced by state-wide testing programs. Student affairs on the campus also require a great deal of emphasis which bring rich rewards. Having the only Student Union Building, cost- ing a half million dollars, having athletic facil- ities constructed with the assistance of the Gen- eral Alumni Association and several foundations which are second to none in the Common- wealth, and having a Summer Theater which is unique among the state colleges are only a few examples of the variety of student activities on the Indiana Campus. To enable some students to attend college who might not otherwise have an opportunity, two very fine Centers have been established in the past year or two at Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and Kittanning-Ford City, Pennsylvania. We have much to be proud of at Indiana State College, the largest state college in the Common- wealth.