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Eisenhower To Make
First Appearance
New students at Penn, State will get their first look at Dr. Milton
S'.Eisenhower, president of the College, tomorrow night.
. Eisenhower, who was named as 11th president of Penn State
lait winter and took over duties here July 1, will speak to fresh
'at 8 o'clock in Recreation Hall.
it be the subject of Dr. Eisenhow-
men . and sophomores at a meeting
College life and education wi
er's talk. He is expected to speak
for 20 or 25 minutes.
More than 800 colleges, univer
sitis, and related educational in
stitutions have been . invited to
send delegates to the inauguration
of Dr. Eisenhower Oct. 5.
Plans for the inauguration are
being handled by Wilmer E. Ken
worthy, chairman of the inaugu
ration committee. At the presi
dent's own request, the program
will be simple, consisting of a re
ception for visiting delegates on
the night of Oct. 4, a short induc
tion ceremony on Beaver Field at
10:30 a.m. Oct. 5, and a student .
inaugural ball the same night.
" The inauguration ceremonies
will be held outdoors, Kenworth'y
explained, so that as many per
sons as possible can attend.
Should weather conditions force
the inaugural indoors, he pointed
out, only a limited number of
seats would be available. These
would be assigned to invited
guest's, he said.
Space and time limitations
make it necessary to limit guests
at the inaugural reception to dele
gates from other colleges and uni
versities, officials of the common
wealth, the State College Borough
council, the State College School
board, the Alumni Executive
board, the All-College Cabinet,
the Council of Administration and
other administrative officers, and
representatives of clerical. main
tenance, and service personnel of
the College.
Dr. and Mrs. Eisenhower also
will hold a reception for members
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Student Leader
Extends Welcome
Penn State's student body and
student government take pleas
ure in welcoming you to the
campus. We will do our best to
make your stay here a pleasant
and profitable, one.
'A large factor in the success
of your life here can be a strong
and efficient student government.
Last year, for example, plans
were initiated for the much
needed student union building,
for a literary magazine, and for
the freshman customs program,
which we -hope will contribute
to the• color, spirit and signifi
cance of your college life. These
are but three examples of ,what
students. can accomplish here
through their own initiative.
Participation in student gov
ernment and politics will bene
fit both you and the College.
Remember, we shall all be work
ing for a bigger and better Penn
State.
'Robert M. Davis
AU-College
,President
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1950
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Pres. Eisenhower
Extends Welcome
To New Students
Dear Students:
To all of you who are coming
to The . Pennsylvania State Col
lege campus for the first time,
either- as freshmen or as students
from Penn State centers, and co
operating institutions, I extend
a sincere and cordial welcome.
I know you are going to be thrill
ed—as I have during my first
several months here—by the
beauty of the campus, the friend
liness of the entire College CQM
-munity, and the spirit of service
which pervades every depart
ment and school of the College. l
Penn State is a large, distin
guished, and fairly complex edu
cational institution. No doubt you
will for a time experience a
glorious confusion. Most likely
you'll get homesick, if this is
your first protracted period away
from home. I hope you'll enjoy
both the confusion and the home
sickness, for these are things
which, as a College student, you
will probably experience only
once. Soon you will find that
there is order and reason in most
affairs of the College, and of
course that homesickness will
pass as you make new friends.
Soon, too, you will discover
that the College has •no plan to
educate. YOU. Rather, you • will
find that the College provides
for you highly competent teach
ers, counselors, equipment, and
opportunity: These are available
to you so that YOU may educate
YOURSELF. It is good to know
from the beginning of your life
here that at Penn State • the
quality of personnel and facili
ties is among the highest in the
nation. - Hence, in this environ
ment your opportunity to de.velop
yourself into a balanced, mature,
thoughtful, individual is remark
ably great, and is highly privil
eged one, , for you have been
selected.•from among many appli
cants. Good luck to all of you.
To returning upperclassmen,
may I say that, since taking of
fice on July 1, I have been look
ing forward to meeting as many
of you as I possibly can. Especial
ly to leaders of student ori„„-nniza
tions do I extend a cordial in
vitation to come in to see me
after the first rush of events
this fall is completed, probably
following the inaugural ceremony
early in October.
Milton S. Eisenhower
College President
4000 Attend first . - - - :v - eeting
Of Orientatii n -P . . rtgram
Counselors Assist
Male Students
In Orientation
Male students newly arrived
on campus will be assisted in
their orientation this week by a
group of student conselors.
Aimed at .thoroughly acquaint
ing new men with the operations
and activities of the College, the
counseling program was set up
by a seven-man student com
mittee appointed last year by
All-College Cabinet.
Each new male student will
meet with an appointed counsel
or• three times during Orienta
tion week. Discussions will deal
with the relationship between
students, student government,
and the College.
Hours for the counselor-stu
dent meetings are listed in detail
in the freshman and sophomore
orientation week schedules.
The counselors will familiarize
the students with religious, so
cial, and academic activities on
campus. They also will conduct
tours of main buildings, on cam
pus.
Previously, the orientation pro
gram was conducted by the Penn
State Christian Association. This
year, however, It Is under the
supervision of Wilmer E. Ken
worthy, assistant -to the presi
dent, with the offices of the dean
of men and the dean of women
cooperating.
Daniel DeMarino, assistant
dean of men, is chairman of the
counselor orientation committee.
Student's Chances
Good In Draft
College officials are not ex
pecting the drafting of young
men for military service to take
large numbers of students dur
ing the current school year.
Dr. C. 0. Williams, acting dean
of admissions at the College,
said last week that most men
admitted this semester as fresh
men either will be under the in
duction age of 19, or just turned
19. The first men to be called
are in their twenties,
The Selective Service Act also
provides for deferment of full
time students who have complet
ed one year of college work and
who had indicated before Aug.
1, 1950, their intention of return
ing to college. To qualify they
must rank in, the upper half of
their classes.
Graduate students enrolled on
fulltime basis or holding as
sistantships .in teaching or re
search when the assistantship is
a requirement for., their courses,
also are eligible :for deferment.
But, like %the Undergraduates,
they must have rated in the up
per half of their classes during
their last undergraduate year.
Special. Edition Of
Daily Collegian
This issue of Collegian, the
fine.. for the Fall semester, is .a
special edition to aid in orien
tation of new students at Penn'
State.
Because of a shortage of
newsprint caused by a rail
strike in Canada, where our
newsprint is produced, there
are not enough copies of to
day's Collegian to go around.
Other special issues are
planned for Wednesday and
Friday. Copies can be obtained
at the Student Union desk, in
dormitory dining halls, and at
fraternities.
Week-Long Activities Begin
With Rec Hall Convocation
Four thousand new students will meet in Recreatioi Hall this
morning for convocation, the opening meeting of Orientation Week.
Scheduled for 8 a.m., the meeting will be attended by 1000 fresh
men, 259 frosh women, and 3750 sophomore and transfer students.
It will he the first time since the end of World War II that fresh-
man men will be on campus. Las
Full Program
For Orientation
Planned For Coeds
A program of Orientation week
counseling and events will be
available for all new women stu
dents during the coming week.
Some 250 frosh women and the
450 other new students, including
sophomores and transfer students,
had their first orientation week
mixer last night in their dormi
tories. 'Women living in town re
ceived invitations to the various
lormitory mixers.
Tonight, at 7 p.m., a mixer for
women only _ will be held at
Schwab Auditorium to intro
duce. Dean of Women Pearl 0.
Weston and her staff Tomorrow
night, WRA will hold a sports
rally in Schwab at 7 p.m., and
Wednesday,. WSGA . will sponsor
a meeting at Schwab at 7 p.m.
Panhellenic council and Leonides
will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in
Schwab on •Thursday' before the
PSCA mixer. WRA will sponsor
an open house on Friday night• at
7 p.m. in White Hall, and the All-
College Cabinet mixer is sched
uled for Saturday night at 7 in
Rec Hall. Chapel will be held at
11 a.m. Sunday, and an inter-re
ligious meeting is scheduled for
6:45 o'clock that night. Both
events will be held in Schwab.
The orientation crew, made up
of women from' Cwens •and
Chimes, women's hat societies,
and the presidents of the WRA,
WSGA, Panhel and Leonides,
would hold nightly meetings in
the dormitories after all events
to answer any questions the
women may have concerning
campus life and activities.
Student Union Building
Set To Begin in :0? ecember
Construction of the $2,000,000 Student Union Building will start
in December as scheduled despite the Korean war situation, the Col
legian has learned. •
The building, first of its kind in Penn State history, will be fi
nanced by a student assessment, levied at the close of last semester
by All College Cabinet and approved by the Board of Trustees
June 10.
Site of Building
Site of the building. Pollock
road south of Osmond Laboratory,
has been approved by the trus
tees. Entrance will be on Pollock
road. and terraces
.south of the
building will command a view of
Holmes Field and Mt. Nittany.
The two-story building will be
highlighted by a ballroom with
half the floor space of Rec Hall,
plus an extensive coffee shop,
soda bar and dining room facili
ties, and lounges. '
Other facilities include a bil
liard area, table game area, table
tennis area, browsing library, stu
dent book exchange, music room,
and student organization. offices.
Assessment
The student assessment will be
$7.50 per semester during the cur
rent school year, following which
it will be upped' to $lO per semes
ter until such time as the facili
ties are completed and paid for.
Completion of the "first unit"
PRICE FIVE CENTS
year, some 500 freshman women
began their studies here.
The new students were sched
uled to gather yesterday at 8
p.m. in living-unit and Tempor
ary Union Building (TUB) groups
according to dormitory status.
School Meetings
Following today's mass meet-•
ing, students will meet in school
groups. Hours for this and all
other meetings throughout Orien
tation week are listed in detail
in schedules which are to be dis
tributed at the convocation.
On the week's agenda are coun
seling and scheduling confer
ences; scholastic, aptitude, and
psychological tests; health exam
inations; mixers; and informa
tional programs. The orientation
period will close with registra
tion Saturday.
To Greet Students
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi
dent of the College, will welcome
new students at a meeting in
Recreation Hall tomorrow at 8
p.m.
Student leaders representing
major fields of activity on campus
will explain these activities at a
ReOreation - Hall - meeting today at
8 p.m. Robert Davis, All-College
president, is expected to open the
meeting.
The Penn State Christian As
sociation (PSCA) has scheduled
a program of social and religious
events for Orientation week. First
on the PSCA program is a mixer
Thursday at 8 p.m. on the Old
Main terrace or, in case of rain,
in the TUB.
Religious Meeting
A PSCA-sponsored inter-relig
ious meeting is planned for Sun
day at 6:45 p.m. in Schwab Audi
torium. Campus and town relig
ious. leaders will' be introduced.'
Receptions in town churches will
follow at 8 p.m.
Beginning today, copies of the
student and the library handbooks
will be available to new students
in 304 Old Main. Students must
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will be followed by additions to
the building. Included in future
plans are increased space for the
ballroom, a faculty lounge, a lec
ture hall, more dining room space,
and additional student govern
ment office space.
inside Today's Paper
Page
Student Government 2
Customs .. 3
ATM, Fraternities 5
Sports 7,8, 9
Music 10
Recreation 11
Hat Sccieties 12
Tribunal' 12
Drama 12
Regulations 13
Publications 14.
Women's Items 14, 15