Step back in time features news items from The Daily Star 25 and 50 years ago.
25 years ago
Feb. 9, 1987
Hartwick College has collected almost $1 million in its Annual Fund campaign _ about 83 percent of its goal to raise $1.21 million by the end of June.
"We've been extraordinarily lucky in the support we've received," said Donald E. Brown, vice-president of external affairs.
Hartwick has received $914,000 in cash gifts and $100,000 in pledges, as of the end of January. The college is $300,000 ahead of where it was a year ago, when the goal was $1,051,034.
"The hardest money is yet to get," Brown said. He expected about 80 percent of the pledge money to come through, he added.
Money from the Annual Fund is unrestricted and goes toward salaries, equipment, acquisitions for the library, utilities and other expenses. The fund is separate from Hartwick's $36 million endowment.
50 years ago
Feb. 9, 1962
Dr. William L. Gragg, superintendent of the Ithaca Public Schools, has been named Director of Education at the State University College at Oneonta it was announced Thursday by Dr. Royal F. Netzer, President of the college.
Dr. Gragg will assume his duties at the Oneonta college April 1, resigning the Ithaca position he has held since 1951.
The newly appointed official will be responsible primarily for guiding the development of the college's Education Division and campus school. He will also coordinate the professional training and the academic work in those areas in which students are preparing to teach. This aspect involves close liaison between the education course work and specialized areas in the arts and sciences.
Dr. Gragg will fill the position formerly held by Dr. Herman D. Behrens, who retired from State University service last June to teach at Ohio Teachers College.
