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FRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1031
YOUR NEW LIFE
han a thousand young men and young wo-
Commonwealth and approximately a bundled
, scattered throughout the United States aie
aiting a calendar date. For many years
iuths ha\c dicamcd of that day, have pon
that great event, that momentous occasion
rst gicat home ties arc seveied and for the
/oung manhood and young womanhood aie
iced in a position whole important decisions
de without the immediate aid of parental
\ania State College officials have deciocd
\te, so important to bundled? of students,
iptembei 17. Next week over two thousand
11 say goodbye to sons and daughteis with
it their teachings and their admonitions have
a in vain. And then these objects of untold
11 leave for a new* world, a competitive woild
nds with rich gifts, but with still nchei gifts
iho aie just a little in advance of a fellow*
little better than the average
ledless to i emind you that the four best y ears
i aie just ahead of you You have been told
times before, undoubtedly. You have prob
it and unconsciously, because you have heaid
i often, have looked foivvard to your college
it you will find that as far as happiness is
college is no different fiom other walks of
partially a segregated world, possibly more
. because of the many common interests of its
, but nevertheless it is filled with problems,
chaos, and upon many decisions which you
:ed to make, jour happiness, your success will
11 receive hearty welcomes at Penn State
I souices. Fraternities, organizations stu
dy—all will greet you. Some of these wel
re sincere—probably most of them—but some
t-and-dned,” handed out by insincoie imli
a mattei of custom Weigh them for what
orth and don't blindly follow a leader until
e he is worth following.
>e vou will learn to love Penn State and we
ill soon loalizc the value of loyalty to your
heie will be those heic who think they are
nodern and who scoff at College loyalty and
those who think it is smart and an indication
to be cynical. Evaluate these things for
s the best advice w e tan give you
rturnl for you to possess the desire to thiow
the bonds which have bothered you during
days. In all paths of life you will naturally
to some extent by ceitain bonds of conduct,
h originated m youv home weio those con
ve with only vour best interests in view We
hcMtato before you eliminate them entirely
ife at Penn State
THE FIRST STEP RIGHT
o not a stranger to extra-gun icular activities
hool, unless they were nyopcrly supervised,
ities were something to keep your mind from
ts pui suits or something that made vou too
tht to prepare your daily recitations. Often
ehool student has a great deal of tiouble
pioper medium between participation in
natics, oi music, and textbook application,
n State you will find a varied field of activi
table tluce-nngod circus for suiting the taste
■ulual student. You will find activities hete
rely different basis from your high school,
a you W’ere drawn into some line of activity
iot fulfill youi need or was enttrely too much
landlo and do justice to your academic woik.
ate the field is so wide that the student does
nself in this predicament
ewspaper has been sent to you with a definite
It lias endenvoied to survey the numcious
n the campus and at the same time has tried
; you with Penn State traditions and customs.
>f gi cat benefit to you to participate in some
:tivity here, but it is not necessary for you
hastily into something fiom which you would
the piopci benefit. Consider your mteiests
OLD MAIN FIGURES
i
In and out of Old Mam each day of the year
walk men and women who do not tench, who do not
rcscaitli, who do not take courses, but who make all
these functions possible. The College catalog names
them, appreciatively enough, “General Administra
tive Officers" The student often knows them rather
bv name than, bv pcisonalitic*.
Room 120] holds the cential figure. As one
matches down the hall to the big glass door of 201 the
gu.udun of the office faces one, seated at the f.u
end ot the office lobby No matter how quietly the
dooi is opened, Miss Maiy Xitzky always looks up
mquumgly She v ants to know one’s business there.
If one is wise and experienced and without an ar
ranged engagement, he asks to see Mi Morse.
Mi. Adiian O Motsc, executive secretary*, listens
quietly to one’s tioubles, as he sits, dark-haired and
pleasant, behind a maple desk. If he can ai range mat
tei s, he will If one’s requests aie somewhat absurd, he
'■miles and wittily ushcis one through the door—out
But if mattcis are serious and important he
say*s• “Yoq had better see the president.” One is
shown out acros* the lobby* and waits until Miss Ntt/ky
nods and say* it is all right. One goes through the
dooiwav to entci a big room, hung with crimson
diapes. Beneath a many-aimed chandelier sits, Di
Ralph D Het/el at a gieat desk of walnut He
work'- with head bent After a while Ins spectacled
blue eyes look up and he listens to one.
At the othei end of the hallway Compti oiler
Raymond 11. Smith works in a room of gieen turn and
maple furniture, with a pewter smoking sot given him
by the student body. A graduate of Penn State, he
directs the finances of the College fiom Ins office which
i c surrounded by r accountants, clerks, and stono
giaphers He knows what everything costs and who
must pay foi it
Behind a battery of clerks and assistants m a
large lust flooi room, Registiar William S. Hoffman
lias a small glassed-off cubby. Tall and with dis
oideied dark hair, he once diew pictmcs foi Fioth
and collected match’boxes He say’s who can enter
Penn State and he knows, for he is the final authority
on admittance to the College.
Down the hall behind door number 108 aie the
little 1 ofTices of Cyrus V. D Bissey and Dr Carl E
Maiquardt Mr. Bissey is College scheduling officer
and his name is on every registration blank He sits
in the midst of many charts and files, clearing up
complexities of schedules and room assignments that
would dnve less patient men mad He is young and
wears thick-lensed glasses
Di Maiquardt in the adjoining room peers out
from a fortress of college catalogs. No mattei fiom
vvhcie ono is tiansfeung, the College examiner can
figuic one’s pieparation to the fiaction of an honor
point And what he says one knows, one knows as
fai as the College is officially concerned.
Many emotions have been experienced bcfoio the
door numbered 111 in the main lobby’ For behind it
is the office of the small, light-haned dean of men
Dean Aitliui R. Wainock deals out advice and help
to all men who seek. He brings expciicnce to tbe
tnbunals and councils of college men, sitting in judg
ment of othei college men. All who come away from
his dc.-k, no matter under what fear they entered,
testify to an understanding tolerance.
Counteipait of Mr. Wainock for the women of
tho College, Miss Charlotte E. Ray is gray-haned,
believes in student initiative. Her office is in room
201 whoie she regulates the extra-curricular life of
Penn State women
Facing one another across the first floor hall are
oftices ol the department of public information and
tho alumni association. In the former, blond Mr.
Donald M Ctcsswell has a desk in a far coiner and
from it sends out what the press heats about the
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Effective Study Develops
Ability To Use Knowledge
Good Reading, Class Rot
Scholastic Success-
Fundamental
Because colleges have foi thei
principal justification the function o
intciesting tile powers and cupabil
iticv of chief emphasis n
ivudv should be placed on the devel
opmont of the ability’ to use knowl
•dge But the importance of acquir
mg true oi factual knowledge shoub
not be minimized for on it depend
the ability of using knowledge
One of the most important abili
f ios to be developed is that of study
ng and to those students who nr<
'oitunate enough to bring an effectiv<
method w i\.h them to college furthe
attention should be devoted to ninktm
refinements in it. Those who must be
'in ut the stait have nothing to gan
from college until effective svudvmp
can be developed i
The basic requirement for effective
study is the intense desire to learn
and the will to do Without these
all advice and the superstructure of
method fails. The principal urge tc
learn can be developed by cultivating
ambitions, studying for the lcwaids
of good work, and by taking an in
herent interest in the subject studied.
That part of study which is done with
eager in.eiest goes smoothly and re
qunes little effort. Some subjects will
be uninteresting and theie tbe stu
dent must be perpetually stimulating
his interest
By avoiding all environmental dis
tractions that interfere with study
ing and by arranging a fixed daily
progiam most of the difficulties of,
concentration will be overcome. Par
ticulaily viseious i*, the tendency’
among students of indulging in dny
droanis This is often due to ignor
ance of words and of poor background
for the course. At any rate the cvf
should be located and ovcicomc and
not given into.
Because most studv m college con
sists in reading, the ability to do it
quickly and thoroughly is indispens
able. Rapid reading saves much
time when matenal on some special
point is sought or when the general
scheme of the book is desired. It
also affords a bird’s eye view of what
is to be studied mom thoroughly and
thus tics the whole study imo a com
prehensive unit.
Most students can increase the
speed of their reading without any
loss in comprehension of the ideas
read. The notion that slow readers
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tom Habits Requisite for
--Desire To Learn
lly Necessary
ie mows comprehensive is a nus
aken one. The inxio of ideas gamed
iy both types is about the same and
he lupid loailci, of course, gains
nany more By continually forcing
nieself to speed up, by skipping wise
y, and by’ reading phrases and sen
ences instead of words, rapid rend
ng can be developed
Where thoiough leading is desir
d, a rereading, after the bud’s eye
new of the whole has been gnined.
liould be made. The puiposc should
be kepi, in mind and the thought in
each section should be undcistood
jofoic passing on A few fundanien
'u! ideas aie bcttci than n gaiblud
mass of unrelated facts Mental or
written outlines of the whole read
ing and notes for review work aid
n completely mastering the mu.ninl
Good class room habits aie as im
portant as good leading ones Be
cause it is a place to learn and not
to demonstrate what is alieadv
known, the mind must be piepaied
for the subject nra.ter and for
thought before the class penod. Ap
propuate procedure must be adopted
in each class because teaching meth
ods vary greatly In classes where
the lectuic presents material supple
mentary to vhe text and leadings, co
pious notes arc a gicat advantage and
indispensable. Fewer notes aie nec
essary whoie the class penod is de
voted to questions and discussions
Long notes should be avoided be
cause the student should be fiec foi
thought on the problems discussed,
during Jva period The piofessoi’s
answer to a problem lias less value
*.o the student when merely memouz-j
ed than the same solution of the’
student reached bv bis own think-j
mg guided by the impoitant points!
of the bcuire. When lectures do not'
fall into cleailv outlined foim thebest
that can be done is to note important
points ar(l recast them ij tei the'
class After having gone to all tho
trouble of note-taking, onlv tho hope-]
lessly ignorant stud ait puts them
aside and forgets them Notes should
be read over critically and tied up
1 with readings and fitted into the ,
Jseheme of the course when they are
■ still fresh in the mind j
I To understand a point the student
must hove some mater mis of thought
which relate to u Memory furnishes
them. Logical lcmembenng takes
To Future
WILL DIRECT New Class When |
Registering
REGISTRAR HOFFMAN
care of itself fairly well when meth
ods of reading and of learning arc
effective By getting the meaning of
the idea to bo remembered half the
difficulty is overcome. Mechanical
repetition by rote should be avoided
in preference to the thought mastery
of the point. When facts have no
logical connection some arbitrary as
sociation should be formed to help
retain them. Self-made associations
arc more likely to be helpful chan
systems taken over fiom some mem
ory training course.
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