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Tuesday, March 1, 1938
A UNIVERSITY?
GOVERNOR EARLE was entirely correct in bis
contention Saturday that the Pennsylvania State Col*
lege is tt misnomer and that it does not describe the
institution.
What he suggested— the changing <»f the name of
the College to u university possibly incorporating the
word “Commonwealth"—is not an idea that is new.
It was, however, the first time that the suggestion had
been made publicly with such enthusiasm from the
commonwealth’s administrative head. It was the first
lime that an actual name was suggested—the Univer-
sity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Actually hero at Penn State, we are a university.
Definition of the word implies that more than one phase
■of education is offered. The word “college" implies that
hut one type of education :s offered.
A senatorial commission headed by Senator Caval-
cante has been studying this problem since last, year
What the commission’s findings are, of course, will not
he divulged until the next session of the legislature.
This College is peculiar in that, as the Common*
wealth's institution of learning, it has its own charter
Most state universities do not hold their own charters,
and most of them are a part of state boards of instruc-
As a university, therefore, this institution would
still be under the direct control of the Board of Trus-
tee**-. .Monies appropriated to us ns a university would
still be administered by the trustees. Monies now ap-
propriated to the College can be earmarked for certain
The Governor asked Saturday that student opinion
in the matter he determined. The Collegian is going to
do that. It is entirely logical to suspect that both stu-
dents and. alumni do not want to lose their established
identity of “Penn State." “Penn State" is but a nick-
name for the Pennsylvania State College. No mutter
how the name of the College may be changed, it is like-
ly that Hie nickname “Penn State” will survive. Sports
writers will do much to keep our athletic teams identi-
fied as representatives of Penn State as they have in the
Administrative officers of the College find it an em*
bn Trussing job and often'a difficult one to explain and
convince people in the educational world that the Penn-
sylvania State College has eight schools and that it is
» university in administrative function and set-up.
Certainly the title of university would he more explan-
atory of our capacities.
The Collegian is anxious to comply with the Gov
c-rnnr's request that the student attitude he determined.
If that reaction will help accomplish something in be-
half of the future of this institution, it will lie a happy
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
SATURDAY’S GROUND-BREAKING ceremony
was an impressive and effective start to the building
program. It should have done a great deal toward prov-
ing to the Governor and the mnny state and national
figures that the College here is capable of putting over
an important project. It should convince them that fiv
million dollars of public funds are in able hands.
Commendation is due the persons from the College
administration and from the student body for the man
ner with which they conducted their parts in the cere
mony.
Prof. Kichard -W. Grant, chairman of the'committee
on public occasions and the members of his committee,
should Ik* congratulated for their efforts and their ad
ministration of the program.
OLD MANIA
Dirti / Deal,
Governor Earle turned earth, Senator Guffey turned'
earth, President Ifetzel turned earth. Most forgotten
man of the ceremonies was Ebert’s stooge who trot
ted about the campus to gather the dirt in which the
d'gnitnries sank the silver spade.
Steed of ihe‘ Modern Knight
3fosL outstanding and rare of the imports to arrive
in town over the Senior Ball week-end was a 1014
Ford nutn 'brought here by Fred Navis. Analyzing
the carriage, we find it composed of many parts.
Exhaust... (lives off excess gas.
Motor Works but seldom Cliff Cramer
Engine Pushing: Forward i_Peggy Jones
Manifold Distributes hot air__Churles Sweet
'Cut-Out ...Source of Noise Dave Ludwig
Horn Worse than cut out.. Fran Keesler
Brake Always handy Georgie Ebert
Spark plugs Usually earitnnod Bud Carbon
Dick Warfel
Bud Jones
Amby Kok
Martin Gross
..Stan Brown
Katie Eboch
.Bob Goerder
_Fran Conrad
Angelo Conte
Bruce M. Trnhut 'B9
Springs .
Low gear
Gas
Cylinders
Ditrerentinl Hollow
Whorls Spokes all loose
.llorliert B. Cahnn '39
..Thomas A. 800 l '3D
Sylvia Holland
Tools ..Not all there George Hess
Windshield Easily seen through—. Dean Tucker
Gas tank Usually full Joe Robb
Radiator Gets hot easily ..(An import)
Tires All puffed up Len Cooper
Jack Kennon
Joe Wcntling
Jerry Spandau
Jack Hirsh
Headlight Plenty dim
Flash in the Pan
At the ground-breaking ceremony Bill Shaffer emp
tied the box of ground for electrical engineering;
John Cosgrove emptied the box for Mineral Indus
tries. Not a stir! /But when the henrtbreaker Her
mionc Hunt emptied the dirt for the Liberal Arts
School, cameras flushed and thousands cheered, leav
ing other pot-carriers in the shade. She should have
represented the S. A. instead of the L. A. group.
Hat Racer:
“Spring-fever" Lepley of the psych, dept, is in
terested in rat-races, not of the Senior Ball variety,
hut genuine runs for the rodents. After an A. P.
report of his experiments, Lepley received an irate
letter from a humanitarian objecting to the mileage
the poor rats ran. In her letter the lady pointed out
to Prof. Lepley that he might some day (the Judg
ment day we presume) find himself in the same pre
dicament as the rats.
Ad Lib., FA AL:
Cute couples include George and Betty Carls, and
Bob Beman and Jean Keller, while Polly Surdock
.raises her right hand swears that Froth-mug Bob
Wistrand is just a plntonic friend . . Major Thomp
son gave his usual- speech at the band concert on
Sunday . . . Ted Reaves and wife, the former Sylvia
Brenncman, throw occasional parties for practice
teachers in Johnstown ... A Beaver College News
arriving in -our office had written c-n the corner:
“Hello, there, Tom Campion, remember 0. V. P. and
F.-_?n?P
Al Mclntyre fell asleep in the 3rd floor lounge on
Sunday-night and was awakened in the dark by the
chant of funeral hymns hummed by o his Collegian
mates . . . His frat pin was the only thing missing.
.... On-the-dot DnMjweher (thanks to SDX gridiron
skit) dashed into Rec Tepee on- Saturday just as
Proxy was prepared to say the first word . . .'While
the girl behind us asked "Who is prexyV
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[ of Gotmmor RayJe's a (hires ft inav
■ftnratniff the General Stub Author.
five-million dollar hit tiding
p'Of/ntm here.)
* We have turned the first spado of
earth here today and begun the State
College program of construction uh*
• der the General State Authority. >
! It is a happy, symbol, this ground
i breaking. To the fanner, the turn
ing of the soil brings promise of rich
[harvests. ‘
I To us here it means another step
i in the conscientious program of gov
! ernment, by which the responsibilities
| of the state for the education of our.
j youth be undertaken.
I For years our State institutions
j wei-e neglected. When the depression
j came, they were forgotten.
j This ceremony is but one of a State
wide series marking a $65,000,000
j program to modernize the mental, pe
i nal, correctional, health, military, and
i educational institutions of our Com
! monwealth.
j On April 1, 1863, the Pennsylvania
Legislature pledged .the faith of the
State to carry out the provisions of,
the Morrill Land Grant College Act
Jund designated this College, then
j known ns the Farmers’ High School,
jto be’the Land Grant college of Penn
[sylvanin.
. From its modest beginning this Col
lege has become a great university of
i instruction, research, and extension,
j May Tat this time congratulate the
I trustees, officers and faculty of this
College on the notable progress of the
last 75 years, and on the service it
hns rendered and is now rendering to
the people of the Commonwealth. It
is a happy coincidence that in this'
75th anniversary, year we should be I
participating in the inauguration
new building projects to cost five mil- j
I lions of dollars ns a major addition to j
l its physical facilities. I
; But, it seems J to me, thei-e is a deep
;or significance in .this. To a striking
' extent the social and economic condi
: tions/which led to the passage of the
, Morrill Act by Congress in 1862 have
, their counterpart in the conditions
; which are now making our national
: situation perplexing. The Land Grant
; College was the child of a great pe-
Campaign To Aid
Lingnan Students
'Penn State In China Committee
I To Launch Plea for Funds
' - Durins-JHarch ,
j To raise funds so'needy and desti
tute Chinese students in war-torn
and bomb-wracked". South China can
i 1 continue their studies at Lingnan
; University, the Ponn-'Stnte in China
i committee will launch:*a week/s cam- 1
; pa!gn tentatively let; to begin Mon
day, March, 14. j-’.
• The campaign, [entitled “The Far
, Eastern Student Emergency Fund,”
'will be carried through*by Student
! Council and the Women’s Student
1 Government Association, the sponsors
of the Penn State in China Commit
tee. Amy F. McClelland ’3B and John
D. Kcnnon '3B will 'act as co-chairmen
for the affair. ;
• j Because of the;pressure of war,
; both the central government of Chinn
1 and the provincial government at
[Canton, the seat'.fof the university,
| have bc-en forced‘to: drastically cur
| tall their appropriations to Lingnan.
i As a result of up of gov-
I ernment aid, ’ the has had
to slop work in its lower schools and
to restrict itself to college work only.
All students and faculty will be
contacted during /the campaign which
is hut a part of a nationwide move
ment already underway in many
American colleges:.that act ns big
brothers to Chinese educational insti-
* Life ’ Goes To Ball!
Ace Clicker Gets
Candid Shots
Life goes to the Senioi* Ball!
Charles Ward, one of Life maga
zine’s ace photographers, came to,the
Campus Senior Ball week-end and ob
tained many “shots” which are to be
used in a forthcoming-issue of that
magazine.
Starting off at the' Beta house,
Ward took pictures of a pre-ball din
ner. He then made an appointment
with one of the co-eds to take her
picture while dressing; also one of the
Phi Gam’s putting on the finishing
touches of his formnl.attire. .
i, Pictures were taken of a big-apple'
dance; Edythe Wright, Tommy Dor
sey’s vocalist, speaking to many ad
mirers; couples truckin' on down; a
panoramic view of the hall; and a’
group picture of Denn Warnock, ,Bob
Higgins and their wives, together
with Jack Kenhon and Dan DeMarino
with their dates.
After the Ball,' Ward obtained pic
tures of the crowd at the Corner
Boom.
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Governor Earle’s Address
Hod of expansion in the life of the
'young Republic.
Andrew-Jackson’s entrance into the
White House in 1829 was of the na
uirc of 'a political revolution; it
shocked the conservatives.
Two decades later, however, it was
recognized as the beginning of a new
social and economic era.
Our’ frontiers were being rapidly
extended. Hardy settlers ’built new
homes and developed rich resources.
In their pioneering they created new
needs and new national problems.
One of these needs lay In the field
of higher education. Utilization of
newly found resources demanded en- 1
gincers, scientists, skilled artisans
and agriculturalists who could under
stand the sciences as well as the arts
of the farming industry.
The existing colleges, located main
ly ,on the Atlantic seaboard, were not
prepared or equipped to .meet this
need. Also, these new groups in the
hinterland were demanding better edu
cational opportunities 'and higher
standards of living for themselves and
their children.. > -
If the leaders, and little, of
these new groups were to be useful in
guiding the Nation wisely and safely,
then they must be provided withi an
education broader than that obtainable
in country schoolhouses.
Out of the pressure of these many
conditions the idea of the land grant
college came slowly into being. ' It
was to be a new type of college, com
bining instruction and experimenta
tion in agriculture and the mechanic
arts with the classical studies of the
traditional college curriculum.
It would be financed in a new way
• —that is, by a joint obligation on the
part of Federal and State govern
' ments to build and maintain it out of
I public funds. Its guiding philosophy
would be that of service to the prac
| tical needs of a growing, developing
i nation. - • .
When the Land Grant Act was
passed by Congress, Abraham Lincoln
was President.
Out of this Act evolved-69 separate
colleges and universities in 48 states
and two .territories.
This movement advanced the course
of higher education in America and
Chinese Student Considers
Self Lucky To Be At State
“I. consider Aiyself lucky to be able
to remain here in Penn State and com
plete my studies," Miss Woot Tsuen
Ng, Chinese exchange student from
Lingnnn university/ said.' “ • ■
She was thankful for the chance to
come, to this country to study, she said,
because it would be impossible to con
tinue her studies in her war-torn
country.
“However," Miss Ng said, “next
year after I complete my doctorate, I
must go back to my country and help
them. There I will work, and if I ac
complish something beneficial, or per
haps even noble, for China, I will owe i
It to Penn State."
Just “Miss Woo"
"Miss Woo,” as most of her class
mates call her, is a student in Home
Economics and expects to receive her
Penn State Club
Bids For Talent
All-College Amateur Hour Fri.
To Give Students Chance ■
To Win Recognition
If you are another Crosby, trip the
light fantastic, or merely play the
| latest tunes on your mouth organ,
your path to,fame may begin if you
take part in the all-College amateur
night in the auditorium Friday night
al 7:30 o’clock.
The amatcuv night will be spon
sored by the Penn State club, and John
C. Bighnm ’39 will be master of cere
monies. The audience will be the
judges.
, William B. Provost '4O will- direct
a jam band in. the pit which will
company the amateur’s. The ama
teurs, however, may hnve their own
; accompanists. Each person will have
a time limit of five minutes.
However, it is not necessary to'
dance or sing.- The participant may!
be another Charlie McCarthy, a magi
cian, or an animal imitator. The acts
will be sent over a public address
system. The four most popular acts
will receive prizes of' money from a
silver collection that is to be taken.
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became the parent of our system, of
scientific research. Its contributions
to the national welfare, both through
its own institutions and through the
endowed institutions which it has in
fluenced, ■ are beyond our ability to
measure.
. And now again, 75 years later, it
seems to me'that our Nation is in a
period of growing pains and readjust
ment, and that this situation is again
the result of a combination of social,
economic, and political demands made
by a progressive peopler to meet new
conditions and new frontiers in their
path of ‘progress.
Whatever may be your political af
filiation, you must recognize the fact, 1
that the political overturn of 3932
■was the result of powerful social and
economic pressures.
You must also recognize the fact
that the problems of the subsequent
years have not been political in na
ture, but have had their origin in new
social and economic .needs and ambi
tions of the entire people.
None who has held a major public
office during these years, as I have
done, is deceiving himself with the
idea that he can'solve these problems
solely through the use. of the political
power of his office.
We all have, become very humble in
the presence of strong undercurrents
caused by the powerful pressures of
social and economic laws. In short,
as in the middle decades of the last
century* we are again breaking out
new frontiers. A new and I hope a
better Nation -is being born, and we
are suffering the temporary birth
pains.
■ Public works are. essential in this
period of transition. Fortunately, they
nrc serving Pennsylvania, in many
The State Authority program, of
which this College development is an
integral part, provides employment
and stimulates manufacture and mass
industry production in a very mate
rial way.
But more, these public'works are to
serve the highest of human purposes.
There are men and women walking
the streets with tuberculosis,. mental
and other illnesses. Some of them are
your relatives, some your friends,
degree by August 1939. She plans to
work in at least four different hospi
tals before then, to gain practical
knowledge in nutrtion and dietetics,
• Her visit in this country.expires .'in
August but she will apply for another ... • .
in' June. Her Lingnan Exchange schol- Plans are under way for' Penn
arship for the coming year has already Stat( ,, s p arLic i |iation in the fifth an
been renewed. .
The Chinese student is quite optim- nuu . mce t , ng of the Intercollegiate
; istic concerning the present condition ! Conference on Government, which
between China,and Japan. She stntcdjwill be held in Harrisburg from Fri
that the spirit of cooperation ' among day to -Sunday, April 22 to 24. The
the Chinese people will certainly carrv ,v. ... .
China through the'war victoriously. i:hemc -yenr-vvill he Model Gov-
A native of Canton, Miss'Ng’s par- c, ' nov ’ s Conferences, and various
ents were forced to flee to Honk Kong state governors and their representa-"-
because of the heavy bombing near tives .will discuss- problems of inter- ‘
their home. After her return tO-China, ptate government,
she plans to work m a hopital or do A ... _
research work in nutriton. . A major,t >' nf Pennsylvania col-
Dancing Tops Student
Survey On Activities
The Penn State n'on-fraternity'stu
dent wants to learn how to dance.
This fact was revealed yesterday
when results of a student survey'con-,
ducted by. Robert L.‘ Smith' ’39 of the
Penn State club showed, that of the
470 non-fraternity students contacted
225 or-approximately 54 per cent sig
nified' their interest in "entering a
dancing class to learn social dancing.”
Of the 16 sports comprising the
College’ year-round ntramural pro
gram, touch football, swimming, soft
ball, basketball, and volleyball are the
most poular among'the students, the
survey shows, with crosscountry fin
ishing last.
Co-Edition Elects 13
New Staff Members
The Co-Edition has elected the fol
lowing sophomore members .to its
staff:
Editorial—*Elizabeth M. Criswell,
M. Isabel Jordan, Mary, H. Shutts,
and Bess J. Treager. \
Business—M.. Elizabeth, Miller,; E.
Anne McCracken, Eloise F. Rockwell,
Helene Q. Tully, Mary Jane Veil,
Nancy Avery, Mary E. Fenninger,
Peggy.E. Jones, and'Anne M: Yeager
'4l. •
lUfisdciy, jH'nTcn 1, i9SS
sorpe. your neighbors—all are fellow
Pennsylvanians. - The State • lacked
space to care for them.
The State’s facilities were neglect
ed, so our hospitals were overcrowd
ed.- Our institutions in some cases
were fire traps. In others totally in
adequate, overcrowded deplorable con
ditions prevailed. ‘
Tlhis General State Authority in
which Penn State is sharing provides
new hospitals and institutions. v
Our penal institutions require mod
ernization. They too hove inmates
suffering, from overcrowding and-in
adequate'' facilities. Efforts to assist
the delinquent in his fight back to a
place in decent society under past and
present conditions are veryi limited.
The State Authority is also correcting
these conditions. -
Public buildings, 'training schools
for the deaf, general hospitals, and
State Teachers Colleges which have
been the State’s responsibility—some
o'f which are antiquated . and made
dangerous by fire, or other hazards—
are to be improved, or reconstructed
by Authority funds, ' •
Assisting the .underprivileged and
strengthening, our school system , are
long established principles of decent,
humane government. The Authority
is putting these principles into prac
tice. •
There will be- eight new buildings
at. State College. Tn years to come
the youth of Pennsylvania will use the
facilities now being provided, to fit
themselves '-better- for the roles they
must play in the progress of society.
Demands' upon . the College have'
grown far beyond its ability to meet
them. Last fall nearly, three thou
sand-students applied and only half
that number could be admitted.
•I believe the $6,000,000 being in
vested in these buildings' is a -wise
movement. I feel that you,-Doctor
Hetzel, and your associates, will di
rect the use of these new facilities for
the best interests of the people of our
State. - <
. So it is a great satisfaction that as
Governor of Pennsylvania I share-in
these ground-breaking ceremonies.
May the Halls that arise hQre bring
greater wisdom and happiness to fu
ture generations.
Group Will Enter
State Discussion
Students Will Confer At Fifth
Annual Government Forum
At; Capitol in April
leges will take part, each represent
inga different state.; Penn State will
represent Illinois, its second "Choice
after Pennsylvania, which 'will be
represented by the • University of
Pittsburgh. " *
Local Directors Named
. i Miss 'Genevieve Hiatt, of the Uni
j versity of Pittsburgh, will ,bo the di
rector of the meetings, which will be
held in the education forum and com
mittee rooms of the eapitol. Direc
tors of the local group are: Francis
H. Szymczak chairman; Thomas
H. Moore '3B, regional director; Nes
tor V. Wahlberg ’3B, acting secre
tary; and Prof. J. T. Law, faculty
member in.charge.
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