Page Foui Penn State Open College, Now On, Verge Of University Rating, Shows Phenomenal Rise Tremendous Increase In Physical Facilities Made Under President Hetzel; Enrollment Boosted One of the pioneer s of agi ed States, the Fame' s' High Cents al Pennsylvania in 1850 With the acceptance ot the Mom ill Land GI ant Act by Govei nor Audi e‘s. Gregg Curtin, Am it 1, 1863, he pledged the ot the State to cal ry the same into effect " Today, the humble Fat mei s' High School is on the vet ge of recognition as Pennsylvania State Univei sity, climaxing a phenomenal yise in the Dodd of education 6 Heads in 23 Years by (hating and expeii mentation, the hist quote' of a tentany sum a %Li uggle to hold the land giant. no sr‘ piesulent, in 23 vow. ,tomed an embryonic insti tution through in umbel toed Evan Pugh, a cchohn train ed by \ 3 eat of otudl in the univet , oties of Get many, Fiance, \\\ i i !11 , 1!11m j 16 91 1 ),/ "Ye ! 114: • Sweaters • Skirts • Wool Dresses • Sports Wear, and All Accessories Moore l s Dress Shop East College At e TO THE CLASS OF 1942 . . . . . . WE EXTEND OUR HEARTY WELCOME HARTMAN'S BARBER SHOP Opposite Post Office - East Beaver Ave - Second Floor SAVERS' The College Man's Shop For Thirty-two Years We Have Been Selling College Boys' Up-to-Date 'Wen's Furnishings and Clothing If This is Your First Year at Penn State We Invite,You to Visit Our Store. WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY SAUERS' 109 SOUTH ALLEN STREET N . . - - ,- ''' -- - - Too, PENN , Blue (Detrola) and -, White,:and Other:Colors - , I.' - • -- --'_ :, z., ~ - • - /•,"0104. , t 4 ' " ' \ ' 5 Tube With a 7 Tube Performance ' Automatic Volume Control — Long ,and -ShOrt,Wave „. ~, ,- y,,,,,i4 We Service Any MakeR THE:MU S t l 'S , , -:-:•Be c verAvi.,;iii ;Glen42 - 01 1uiliir* ::,115 ' 4 tOO,M Established-in 4910.= a l ival:PennState:tiaditiOn: •' ‘ if4l. 'entail al education in the Unit- School, threw open its doors ~ and England, died at the can ly age of 36 just is he was laying the foundations of Penn State Di William H Allen, his succes sor, foi mei ly and later president of G al d College, sewed ts a years A lone coulee, agticultute, was of feted up to 1866, but the settle ment of the entne land giant upon the College by the act of 1861 led Pt esnlent John Finset and the Boatel of Ti ustees to a loot gaol cation in which engineering was to be taught, while aglicultuie and the sits were to lie expanded Too - expensive to catty out, the plan %%as abandoned and the bus tees called Di Thomas II But - losses to salvage the College and iestme it to its "original put pose" His went pet sonal influence halt ed the save of discouragement but Leath overtook him ater only three veins m office Di James Calder, a classically tallied, classically minded e•ecu- OW?, succeeded Enrollment Expands The College enrollment expand ed undo the influx of a huge num ber of piepaiatoi y students and with the inauguiation of music and art courses Three courses, ugi icultuie, classical, and scienti fic, were offered, and women stu dents uei e admitted on equal tetras in 1871 Destined to seine neatly a quar tet of a century, Dt George W Atherton ascended the inesidency dining the "clink ages" of Penn State in 1880-1881 when cuticism, pet sonar tut munation and open rebellion atose under Pt esident Shmtlidge He teemed an insti tattoo of one building, Old Main, completed in December _1863, a massive, foibulding structure with a till - son-like intetiot, a student body so depleted in nuMbets that rt scarcely exceeded the faculty, and with an unjust reputation of tin educational failure throughout, Thursday, September 10938 d In 1850 As Farmers' High School In Agricultu Evolution: High School To University EVAN PUGH W H. ALLEN c/OHN reASEI7. T.11.9002014E9 dAMES CALDER. $859 - 64 1964 ;, es 1866 - 68 , 1968 -70 cJoseskozruoce G W All4E2l'Ol-I Cowin E SPAT:Ws' clokti M.T4-10mqs Retom D t4ETZE lia -8/ 1892 -1906 1908 - /920 , 19z/-26 /927 -- Eighty-eight years of growth is depicted here Top photo shows the presidents who have served Penn State Above is Old Main as it looked In 1864 Right is the Old Main of today, rebuilt ,n 1929 with the same stone the State Di Atheiton went to uoik A revamping of Old Main was begun, overcrowded departments began their exodus to new build ings The schooli wei e organized in 1896, dormitories were el ected— a University Inn, and the first buildings by private dooms, Carnegie. Libtai y and Schwab Au ditoi ium Agi 'ennui e began it, modern development with a build• ing plop am and expansion of fa- Lilities under the Allied Agricul ~.tmnl Societies in 1900 Eng,theeling owes its fist ade quate housing to GO‘olllol Patti son who became a yam filen() of Penn State dui mg his second ad ministiation And so, iapzd de velopment has conic dining the thud quaitei centuiy, especially in the last five yews Linde' Di Spaiks, the student body grew almost phenomenally popular wing and extension activi ties were penny increased, the Somme' school established on a new basis in 1910 Pi esident Spail,, bore a huge hoiden dpi mg the Great War—a buiden which sapped his stiength, leading to hi, tetnement in 1920 Building Campaign Held His successm, Pieyident John Mai tin Thomas, took over an in stitution with 370 on the faculty and a iesident student body of 4,- 016 Meannhile, the College cam paign to inise $2,000,000 foi wel faic building, was oiganized and vigorously cat led on • Scptembei 24, 192 b, Di Ralph Doi n lIcUeI was called to the ptesidenty and a new Penn State began iapidly to 1001170 itself An adequate campus plan and the fol lowing nen buildings which wete dedicated as pint of the 75th Cele 'nation tell something of the exto nal stool Recieation Hall, Engi fleeting Building, Bimetal Indus td Old Main, Ft cal and Clang° Dotmitotits, Ldbetat As ts and Chemist! y units, Power Botany Building, Hospital Service Building, and othets Now the gi eatest building o gtam in the history of the College is in full swing The $5,000,000 apploptiated by the last legisla tut e will, with the addition of 11 new buildings, change the appear: mice of the entire campus A new eta in Penn State's history has begun PENN STATLP COLLEGIAN Ray Wat kins , Rejects • 7:30 b'Clock Clasies Additional 4 O'clock Periods Will Alleviate Lack Of Rooms, Scheduler Announces Authoi wed to have classes bet flay ,V• Watkins, College schedulini committee appointed by 'the Counei the result is that classes will bogs 8 o'clock - Watkins announced that 4 o'cl this would gieatly alleidate thel pr esent lack of classi oom space. Instead of classes beginning at. 11 o'clock on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, the horns will be changed to Tuesday and Filday at 11 and Wednesday at 4 Classes , scheduled for Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 11 will be revised to Monday and Thursday at 11 o- clock and Finlay at 4 Committee Appointed- The inirtease in the nunibei of clas, periods this semestei seemed imminent when a committee com posed of Adiian 0 Noise, Samuel K Hostetter, assistants to the president, and Registrar William YOUR KODAK • 'HEADQUARTERS . DAILY SERVICE ,ON - ALL KODAK FINISHING PORTRAITS FILMS, : SUPPLIES The - TIEN N TATE HOTO H O•P, 214 E. College Ave.', , :State Colle,e Pa. „ , FIiZZED •gm at 7 40 o'clock every morning, g oflicei, revised the proposal of at 11 on Adrrnmstatlon,lagt May anal in at the usual time this semester, lock classes will nic) ease and that S Hoffman was appinnted in May by the Council of-Adnumshation to study the proposal for ,eliminat ing lads of classroom facliamq. The plan called foi Morning classes to begz at 7 30 o'clock,and end at 12 20 o'clock. Afternoon classes weie to Inn from 1.30 to 15 20 p m This would have' in creased class petiods from seven to nine per day Buildings to be used this semes ter fogy classes .ue Agriculture Building, At mot y, Auditot ium, Buckhout Laboi atm y, Chemisti y Lobo' (dory, Dan V, hvm Hall, Dy- L (Continued On Page Six) Class of '42 May t Be Last To Enroll At 'College' Here Proposal By Governor Earle Would Give Penn State Rank Of University; Court Action-Pushed The Cim,s of 1992—primed week—mav be the la4t to entoll in For, hanging file since a sui pi: H Earle at the gi ound-biealang c, building ptogiam bete last Febru: institutionVnarne to..intltide "unive ' 01 iginally proposed by the Gay elnol, to be "The University ofith! Commonwealth of .Pennsylvania," the name was shunted in a subse quent poll of the student body ta ken by the Collegian, paimailly be cause it would exclude the tied.- tional - soca ed words "Penn State", secondly, because it was too hard on the tongue. Favor 'Penn State University' Substituted in its stead was "Pennsylvania State Unice' sity"— a name believed to answei the de sue foi snivel sity status, yet maintain the am ds ,"Penn State" Result of the poll was mimed pet sonallv to the Gm/clam by Col lege PI eqident Ralph D 41ot/el Who I ern,' ted the students wets "100 pet cent" (the poll said 981 pet cent) in favor of a change The Gavel not \ acknowledged the epoi t i ordered Charles J Mat giotti (then Attorney-Genet al) to seek legal means to change Dr: Fol tmght co so Intel , Maigiotti epotted back. =aid tecauge of the recuhal natm e of the College's charter, the institution would be !emitted to have a name-change approved by a maim ity vote of the College Bond of Trustees, Con t of Common Plea; of Centi e Coun ty and the State Council of-Edu cation Authoi dative sources indicate hoe evei , that the College hoped t WELCOME, — 'PRESHMENr: -• PACKARD • SALES - SERVICE •" STORAGE • GAS • OIL • TIRES Clark Motor Co. 120 S. Pugh 'St. ' co its official howdy-do here next he Pennsylvania State College :sing statement by Govei no' George eiemonics for the five-nullion-dollar aty 26 is a pioposal to change the • say" iankmg bide its time and have the name changed by the State Legislature when it convened in January, 1939 Call tot a special session to de bate the campaign-born graft changes buoyed hopes that legisla tive action might - be speeded up, but on. July 13, aveinoi Earle, explaining Maigiottes ruling ex cludes legislative action, notified President 1-let7el he would petition coui t to change the name to "Penn sylvania State University " WMINDS sliff Fountain • Lunch Danciii 1 Complete Food Service , _Modern,Cabms-' AuTopoß; 1 / 4 Mile South of State .College On Route 322 i 'fir Over 3,000 Enrollco In Suminer Sessioi Appi.oximately 1,000 students t , ! . tended the 29th annual SummerYk,- session at the—College heteAhls` yeat,, figures at the RegistraPil l .. fice show Of this number, 2,751 wereTeill rolled as tegulat sission stadentll attending classes on the eampus.:J The emollment last year was 1204, including 883 ginduate;stil 4 dents - ,;;; WELCOME,:X , CLASS OF '42:-), FALL & WINTER SUITS ri GERNERDIi 140 S. "ALLEN;rS'iY - " , _CLEANING_ ~ -, EliEn MIN=E= t ~ r,~
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