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              College To Get $578,000 Grant In Federal Aid l/iffsT" Extensive Enlargements * Made Certainty by Allocation ONE OF TWO SCHOOLS GIVEN APPROPRIATION Junior High, Gym, Men???s Dormitory Planned With Grant Extensive enlargements to the Bloomsburg State Teachers College became a certainty yesterday with announcement in Washington of allocation of $578,000 for the improvements which will include a junior high school, modem gymnasium and men???s dormitory. Allocations were made for only two teachers colleges. The grant, part of $16,348,000 approved for thirty-four loans to other institutions which will be repaired or have additions constructed to them, was announced by th?? Public Works Administration headquarters. Others Approved Other grants approved at the same time affecting this section of north-1 ieastern Pennsylvania include; Sun- \ bury armory, $97,000; Hazleton State Hospital, $490,000. j Last week Colonel A. S. Janeway,; executive director of the General State Authority, which will use the (Federal aid money for institutional building construction and repair work, announced from his offices in Harris-, burg that bids for the construction work at the Teachers College here would be asked about December 6, Details Given Details of the Public Works Administration announcement follow: I Outright cash grants in the thirty- Ifour approved projects total $2,516,000. Loans totaling $13,832,000 include a grant of 133 13 per cent, of the amount i:pent for relief labor wages. The list of projects included $2,847,- 000 for a hospital at Pittsburgh; $1,250,- Jj 000 for an arena at the state farm show building in Harrisburg, and funds for fourteen armories. The allotments are part of a $65,000,- * 000 state improvement program made possible by PWA funds. Outright, ;ash grants under the agreement with ; he State will total $10,000,000. The State may obtain an additional $lO,- )00 000 in grants through PWA pay- ' Tients of $1.53 for every dollar the; State spends for relief labor. The rest- Df the $5,000,000 is in the form of a oan. Nearby Improvements The projects and allotments in 'northeastern Pennsylvania region: 1 Tunkhannock armory, $97,000; Hazle-g ton State Hospital, $490,000; Scarmon oral school. $424,000; Sunbury armory, $97,000; Huntingdon industrial school, $382,000; buildings for Bloomsburg Teachers College, $578,000. Navy Band Is Scheduled Here 1 7 Tony Sarg???B Marionettes Also Scheduled on Winter's Course at College f The Bloomsburg State Teachers College is going to present October 8 what it regards as the finest entertainment, program in the history of the school. The opening number on the program is the United States Navy Band.p In response to requests on the part of the public for an opportunity to hearf this organization congress approved an act which was signed by thfe President authorizing a concert tour of the navy band. Three concerts will be given at the, college and will be under the direction of Lieutenant Charles Ben ter. The | ???concerts which will be held in the j Bloomsburg High School auditorium twill consist of a concert adapted for elementary school pupils. This will be followed by a concert which is expected to attract boys and girls of high school age from Bloomsburg and the surrounding territory. In the evening there will be a grand concert which the public is invited to attend. The United States Navy Band is heard four times a week over broad-! casting network. The organization has built up an enviable reputation among lovers of band music. Marionettes Booked In addition to the band, the college has also scheduled other performances. On November 5 Edwin Strawbridge and Lisa Pamova will present a dance program. For the past few years the college has presented a program designed to' develop an interest lin this form of art. The two dancers are outstanding in the dancing field and will be an unusual opportunity for students of the dance. On December 16, as the feature of the annual Christmas entertainment given to the children of the Benjamin Franklin Training School and the low-1 er grades of the elementary department of Bloomsburg public school, the College has secured Tony Sarg. A| program will also be given in the evening for the public. The name of Tony Sarg stands for the best in marionette entertainment. On Friday, January 5, George Deale will present the motion picture 'An Evening With the Circus???. Mr Deale is a personal friend of the Ringlings and was the only man who waf permitted to take pictures showing . (all the details of the life of ???show People???. Mr. Deale alstL.took pictures cirtusin Europe and his attraction (is one which will appeal to circus lov-js |erS Since the placing of the Hammond I organ in the college chapel the college has been desirous of having a .number built around the use of that instrument. On February the college will present, an outstanding organist who also has a chamber orchestra of ten people who will participate in this outstanding attraction. On March 4 Earl Spicer, baritone, will present a concert of ballads. Last spring Mr. Spicer gave concerts at Susquehanna University and Bucknell University. Mr. Spicer has given this concert in all the outstanding universities of the country this coming to Bloomsburg in this unique type of program will be of interest. The last number on the program will feature the return of the Milton Symphony Orchestra. This organization is well known in Pennsylvania where over a series of years it has built up a reputation for their excel??? lent musical presentation. The per| sannel of this orchestra is made up of outstanding musicians in Milton, Sunbury, Lewisburg, Williamsport, Lock Haven anH- Bloomsbury.. Tate Has Half Of Husky Team T-/-1--37. Drills College Grid Candidates in Preparation for Gruelling Season Half a team is better than none at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, which yesterday began prelimin-S ary drills for the 1937 football season. Half a team is what Coach Austin Tate, of the Husky gridiron eleven, has???and has to develop. Six men who played in the Stroudsburg game last year, final of the season, are back in uniform. Five more must be developed by Coach Tate, not to consider the pressing need for reserves. Players who finished the season last year and are on hand again are: Donald Mercer, a tackle, weight 180, sophomore, of Bloomsburg. He is a letterman. William Kirk, a center, weight 180, a sophomore of Berwick. He is a letterman.Gene Serofine, an end, weight 170, a sophomore, of Mocanaqua. He is a letterman. Vance Laubach, a back, weight 175, a senior, of Berwick. He is a letterman.Norman Henry, a guard, weight 180. a senior, of Berwick. He is a letterman.That???s the Picture And there you have the picture???or part of it. The other part reveals that five other players are lettermen but did not play in the final game of the season in 1936. Two others, Sheldon Jones and A 1 Finder, played in the finale. They are: John Sircovics, a guard, weight 160, senior, of Berwick; A 1 Finder, a back, weight 165, a senior, of Coal township; Andrew Giermak, an 1 end, weight 180, a junior, of Edwardsville; Alvin Lipfert, a tackle, weight | 195, junior, of Wilkes-Barre; Sheldon Jones, a back, weight 165, a junior, of Nanticoke; Charles Wenrich, an end, weight 185, junior, of Harrisburg; Stanley Zelesky, an end, weight 160,. !; junior, of Frackville. All eqiupment was given out and completed over