Kutztown University - Keystonia Yearbook (Kutztown, PA)

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Contents President's Address Page 4 Activities Page 6 Classes and Organizations Page 18 Sports Page 48 Faculty . Page 64 Alumni Greetings Page 70 Faculty Directory Page 78 Seniors Page 80 Senior Directory Page 116 Underclassmen Directory Page 120

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Education and Survival When historians come to record the age in which we live they will hove several options. They may refer to it as the age of science; if they are more discerning, they will call it the atomic age; but. if they are concerned with the total pattern of development, they may identify it as the age of educational renascence. I incline toward the latter definition, largely because of professional interest and pride, but more particularly because of the inclusiveness and pervasiveness of the term education. Recently, our attention has been called to the Russian commitment to education and to the fact that in the U. S. S. R. education amounts to a passion. As far back as the thirties. Stalin said to the cream of Russian youth gathered at Yalta education alone will solve our prob- lems. and, through education we will conquer the world. Americans are pondering these statements. Slightly over three-hundred fifty years of notional history have been replete with success in nearly all material enterprises. But, os we mature and reflect, and as we subject our accomplishments to critical scrutiny, we are not too pleased. In consequence, os never before, education is being accorded a central place in the concerns of all Americans. We have come to realize the political fortune, the business success, the economic well-being, the spiritual stature, the ethical standards, and the aesthetic sensitivity of our people are intimately bound up with the quality of our education. Indeed, this self-scrutiny has found us wanting in those very areas which ore most crucial for ultimate survival. Ultimate survival is not a mere shibboleth—it is stern reality which involves our freedoms, our hopes, our aspira- tions. and our way of life. Neither teachers in the notion's classrooms nor teachers of teachers in colleges and universities dare to forget the awful implication of the current international struggle. Science, the humanities, the behavioral sciences, in fact all forms of education, must help us discover clearer pur- poses and new depths so thot the youth of America may respond with confidence and vigor to the exigencies of the present and of the challenges of the future. The Class of I960 is indeed fortunate to be graduating from college at a time when high value is placed on quality education and quality teaching. The best wishes of the faculty and of the administration of the college go with them in the hope thot the educational renascence moy have given each member a new purpose and a new vision to face the tasks ahead. Dr. Italo de Francesco, President