Friday, September
.6,,1935
Co-Ed Beauty Shoppe
_ _ I FOR RENT—Nice rooms for stu-
A-Beauty Shop for Co-Eds .
03 E. Beaver Opposite Post Office
Phone 888
Graham & Son
Established 1896
Our fortieth year in business to , greet a Freshman
. Class. Graham's, that friendly little store.
• HORSEBACK RIDING
- • SPECIAL TICKETS ON EASY TERMS
$1 an hour, or 6-hour ticket for $5 .
13-hour ticket for $lO
FREE INSTRUCTIONS—MAKE RESERVATIONS
CAMPUS SADDLE SCHOOL .
Rear: of Hotel and Theatre—Phone 9655—Open Day and Night
To the Parents of
Penn State Freshmen
During the next four years, your son or daughter will spend
the most enjoyable years of his or her life. Aside from receiving
an education, he - will participate in some form of extra-curricu
lar activity. •
A complete account of all of the news of the College and its
'students is published in the PENN STATE COLLEGIAN.
Why" not,subscribe now, and receive a full account of your
7 -f i son - or- - daughter's-achievements while at Penn State.
The - -$2.50 subscription price is so small compared with the
satisfaction and enjoym' ent that the Collegian will bring that you
cannot afford to pass it by. The first issue comes September 11,
so fill out the blank below and return it immediately to make sure
that you will receive the first Penn State news of the year on time.
Mr. R. W. Oberholtzer, Jr
Circulation Maniger,
The Penn State Collegian;
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Extends a welcome and i nv itation
to patronize our
'39 COmplete FOOD and FOUNTAIN Service
CLASSIFIED
dents, good location, reasonable rates;
board if desired. Mrs. Noll, 512 East
College avenue.
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Do You Know—
That the Polylith in front of the
Armory was erected in 1896 and con
tains all the speciments of known
building stone found in Pennsylvania?
That it has been estimated that
over 100,000 blue books are used by
students for examinations during each
school year?
That the permission of the presi
dent of the College •as well as the
approval' of the Dean of Women was
the red tape gone through for secur
ing a date with a Penn State co-ed
back in the '7o's
That the original• old' Main build
ing was condemned and torn down in
1929 and that the present structure,
completed the next year,' was built
from many of the same old stones?
That the former Old Main building
housed the entire College in 1869 and
that it was used until 1886 for dormi
tories, professors' rooms, classrooms,
and administrative offices?
,That the tradition of the Old Wil
low tree dates back to the time when
a professor planted it in 'memory of
earlier days? The original tree was
blown dowh in a wind storm and a
cutting was - platted in 1921., It now
grows near the drinking fountain on
the main campus walk.. •
THE
_PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Penn State First Founded
• As Farmers' High School
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ton, had been found, destined to serve
nearly a quarter of century. He
received an institution of one building,
Old. Main, conipleted in December,
1853, a massive but forbidding struc
ture, with a dark, almost prison -like.
interior, a student body - so depleted in
numbers that it scarcely exceeded the
faculty, and with a. reputation and
name over the State (hoWever unjust)
of an educational . failure-and not en
titled to the proceeds 'of the Land
Grant. With rare deterMination and
I insight, he placed the work of the in
stitution squarely..upon its charter,
won the "people of ~.the Commonwealth
to its support,' -found 'in Governor
James A. Beaver, a.life-long friend
of the College,.' .tower. of strength
and enthusiasm.
A revamping 0f...121d Wain was be
gun, over-crowded'. departments be
gan their exodus - ;tenew buildings.
The 'schools:were organized in 1896,
dormitories were-erected, a University
Inn, and the first buildings by private
donors, the Carnegie' Library and
Schwab Auditorium. Agriculture be
gun its modern development with a
building program and expansion of
facilities under the aegis of The Al
lied Agriculttiral Societies in 1900.
Engineering owes its'. first adequate
housing to Governor Pittison who be
came a warm friend of Penn State
during his second administration,
while most caustic in his denuncia
tions in his vetoes of the bills of 1883
and 1885.
Liberal studies were strengthened,
departments of physical education,
forestry, home economics, the calori
meter and research activities were
established, a Summer School and
Farmers' InstituteS fostered. Dr.
Atherton left the institution firmly
established in the hearts of the peo
ple of the Commonwealth as the
crown of the free public school sys
tem, an institution of ' nearly one
thousand studentS, thiity buildings,
nineteen four-year courses, and (with
surprisingly few omissions) all the
major lines of development of a mod-
ern State university,• :least in em
bryo.
Thus the College - groped its way
during the first quartet;;. century. It
"found itself" under President Ather
ton during the second .quarter cen
tury. Its rapid developrnent has come
during the third' quartePeentury; and
peculiarly so in the
.last; five years.
President Sparks, Thomas and Het
zel are three different tines of execu
tives. Under Dr. Sparki'the student
body grew almost phenomenally; pop
ularizing and exterisionaetivities were
greatly increased, the Siniimer'School
established- -on 'a - - neW'UsiS — iii"l9lo.
Comprehensive buildinePlitriS were
outlined, and genuine, additions to the
plant made. More adeqUate support
was provided in which the active co
operation of Governor Tuner should
bo noted. President Sparks bore a
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huge burden during the Great Vor—
a burden which sapped his strength
to the breaking point, leading to his
retirement in 1920. Dr. Sparks hand
ed over to President John Martin
Thomas an institution with 37Q on the
faculty and a resident student body
of 4,010.
The service of Dr. Thomas of four
years was marked by plans for a
greater Penn State, a better physical
plant, mode adequate legislative sup
port. The College campaign to raise
$2,000,000 for welfare buildings was
organized and vigorously carried on.
The $8,000,000 bond issue was pro
posed.although not realized since the
revenues of - the State were assured
adequate to meet the new building
program. Four permanent buildings
were erected and the School of Edu
cation and the Graduate School estab
lished.
September 29, 1926, Dr. Ralph Dorn
Hetzel was called to the presidency
and a new Penn State began rapidly
to real& itself. An adequate campus
plan and the following new buildings
which were dedicated as part of the
Seventy-Fifth Celebration tell some
thing of the external story: Recrea
tion Hall, Engineering Building, Min
eral Industries, Old Main, Freer and
Grange Dormitories, Liberal Arts, and
Chemistry units, Power Plant, Bot
any Building, Hospital Service Build
ing, and other permanent units.
The inward history of change and
development is even more significant.
A new freedom to teach, a more.lib
cral environment in which to learn,
a continuous search for avenues of
service to the Commonwealth—these
are some of the spiritual factors
which are moulding a new and inner
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GLENNLAND POOL
PUGH STREET
Penn State\yhile the campus is un
dergoing an almost complete trans
formation.
L. A. Lectures Offered
A' series of lectures on cultural
subjects is offered annually by mem
bers of the faculty of the School of
the Literal Arts. Last year's series
included •h lecture by Barr2tt H.
Clark, well-known authority on the
drama, besides several numbers by
local faculty members.
WELCOME FRESHMEN
Try our sticky Cinnamon Rolls
THE ELECTRIC BAKERY
%z-Block South of Post Office
Shoemaker Bros.
Will offer at public auction two complet:
homes of furniture at 1006 W. College Ave
Sept. kith-1 P. IV
MERRITT'S
111 S. Pugh St.
Extend Gi'eetings to the Class of '39
Fruits, Luncheon Meats, Delicatessen,
Groceries, Pretzels, Potato Chips
Cookies and Cakes—Bulk and Package
We carry a complete line of nationally known candies,
both wholesale and retail.
OPEN 8 A. M. TILL MIDNIGHT
The Store with the White Front
Schlow's
QUALITY SHOP
3.
Welcomes the
Co-Eds of '39
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