PENN SAMPLE IS-S3J-E-- Collegian Introduces Tabloid Paper It Will Use - In Creating New Daily Switch To New Publication Will Go Into Effect At Start Of Next Year, 35 Years After Original 'Free Lance" i`i4ew,lCollege - B r iiilChti§s - In Blueprint Stage Still "Sometime in the future" the present $16,000,000 College,physical plant will be vastly increased if , 2.7 buildings now on the preferential list every pass beyond thebluernint stage _ ' Whether the College will be a university at that time is still in doubt as no action has been taken by the Board of Trustees. There is a possibility that the trustees'may consider the name change at their meeting on Friday, June 7 ',Prominent on , the list of new buildings are men's and women's dormitories The men's dormi tories are planned as a continua tion of the present quadrangle formed-by Jordan, Watts, and Jr % in,Halls, and will extend to Pol lock Road ' New Women's dormi tories will be located between Grange and Mary Beaver White Hall Student Union Building ' A much-needed Student Union building - and' wings on Recreation Hall are included among the de sired improvements . The,4-addi bons to Recreation Hall would provide a swimming pool and ad ditional locker space In addition \to dormitories, - a Student Union building and wings on Recreation Hall, 23 new build ings or additions to present struc tures are listed below. This is not a preferential list. ' PSCA, wsoA Plan '43 Aid Progroms - PSCA and _ WSGA will jomtly sponsor six, programs for next Year's freshmen to - answer ques tions, needs, : and build a better College ,spirit as -well-as to aug ment _ spoisoi , student counselor programs - Similar programs 'have been presented separately by the -two groups m 'the paste - - :l4nder:the new plan,-the, t*o groups will co operate in presenting the series at 7,p m alternate Thursdays be ginning Septe - mber 24. Committee in Charge The committee in charge is headed by St\rab. P Searle '42, and'lncludes Arnold C. Laich.,'4l, Anne M Borton '42, - and Marga: ret K Sherman '43 John F Put ney and Miss Elizabeth C Bell, dean of freshman women, will act as faculty -, advisors to the project. To ensure attendance' the com mittee will ask all-College Cabin, et to approve the programs as class meetings,. in-which - case all freshmen will , be obliged to at tend in accordance with freshmen customs The plan Will be sub mitted to the Cabinet at its first meetmenext Fall ' , Discussion Topics The program will present - in dramatic _ form , Tdiscussions , on topics, such as "Extracurricular Activities," , "How to Study," "Student-Faculty Relations," and others _Entertainment, will be provided and:.the meetings will serve as miniature 'pep rallies. The -last, program, is tentatively, scheduled- as a.fre..shman,amateur. ' Speakere:iyho,,wilL" discuss the vaiious - problems.preiented at the meetmgx; r will:ouiclude both facul-' ty, and:"studepts:,'SFollOvi-up.ses gions ..are,,beer'platmed" ;CA - Chums "foi-; alternateZ - -Tue'sdays These' sessions l mplrbe_used for raore2lndlyidhalized;dischssion . of :the.P#lo4ll44loX3, STATE COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE, PA THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1940 Two wings on Main Engineer ing building, two additions to the Buckhout laboratory, two wings on the mechanical engineering laboratory, an addition to Frear laboratory; wings on:.the textile chemistry building, a pertoleum research laboratory ===l Two wings on the new library, additions to the Infirmary, a horse barn, a wing on Pond laboratory, a new auditorium, an addition to the new electrical engineering building, a journalism building, a new armory, two wings_on Bur rowes building, a field house, an other home economics building, fine arts building , A new engineering experiment station, an animal industries building, a commerce and finance building, a mineral industries ex periment station, and additions to the new physics building , 6100 Enrollment Expected In Fall- With a record freshman class of 1,420 expected to enroll - next year, approxiniately 6,700 stu dents, more than ever before, wdl be seeking bachelor's degrees at the College s , Under present plans, faculty limitations will hold down fresh man admission to' only , 100 more than last yeir although enlarge ments in ,the physical plant would allow more Transfers Governed Next year's. stringent regula tions governing the admittance of transfer students are not expected to lowei the enrollment from oth er colleges The probable result will - be a raise in the scholastic standard of the transfer group The expected enrollment of 6,700, will more than double the size of the student body 20 years ago when only 3,232 undergradu ate students were on the campus„ Most' of this increase has come 'since Dr Ralph D Hetzel became president in 1926 Paralleling the growth of the College has been the borough's population In 1930 they coincid ed almost exactly borough pop-' ulation was 4,450 and. College en 'rollment was 4,444 Reierse TheTolds . . . Meet The New fellegian Hello, - folks' This is the new .Collegian ' ' Reverse''the fold betwee n these two special pages and you will be, able to preview the new daily that 'will appear 150 times ,next year' and yet - sell - for . the. same,price as this' year, $2.50.:',. The publication schedule calls for issuesTflie_momings 'a Week, Tuesday ,through Saturday. _ 'lt:puts ,Penn. State and the ',Collegian" On Tthe map, as going' concerns. Put - it, on • your must: gist. *• •_ "„(1- , - ... during whose 13-year admin istration this 81-year-old College has doubled its size. 9 New Buildings Ready Next Fall Keeping pace with progress in student population , and College growth, nine new buildings are ex pected to be available for use next Fall, Ray , NT 'Watkins,' College icheduling,office'r, has announced Although very few of these buildings have been equipped with the $500,000 movable equipment, stipulations in the bidders con tracts state that all _ll‘tures must be installed before the first sem ester begins _. At the present time, the majority of r classrooms in the nesO buildings are not being used, while adminis trative offices are gradually being moved to their new homes - Lecture Rooms Used -.. In - the Liberal Arts building, all lecture rooms are being used, with offices and classrooms-in the cen tral section still not in use Forty per cent of the . Electrical Engineering-unit-is in use although laboratory equipment is still miss ing because heavy machinery, which requires special manufac turing has been long in arriving Laboratories Used Two lahoratories in the agricul ture trio-chemist' y ,building and one in agriculture engmeering' are open, while no classrooms in these two buildings, or in forestry and Chemistry and Physics are avail able. The Mineral Industries central wing, which contains experimental laboratories on fuel - technology and ceramics, completely equip ped with fixed facilities, with very little movable equipment installed. ' Offices Established Offices of the psychology depart ment and its "research rooms have been established in the basement of the Burrowes building The only othei office, assigned to Prof. George R Green, nature education department, is located on the third floor. ° - - ° Although moving of the Car negie Library records - and books to the new Library building has not taken place, the changing of quar ters is due to be finished before the begmnmg of, the College year The ,reason "for the slow prog, ress - m-the equipping of the, nine buildings with movable' fixtures, Watkins extilained,,ti due to the great variety of contracts which have becri let by GSA authorities according ~.,to, _specifications laid doyn,tiy o Golege pffictigq,-L By ADAM A. SMYSER Collegian Editor Folded into the arms of the old Collegian today LS its newest baby, a tabloid daily It is a baby conceived long ago and nurtured to strength and reality during years of warmth in the minds of Collegian. editors, a sturdy baby - crying out that it must grow sturdier That this daily Collegian should be born was an inevitability It is an essential part in the mesh of internal strengthening that Penn Slate needs in its sole as a fast-growing American university Through 53 years the Collegian his served Penn State, first as the monthly, "Free Lance," then as a weekly, and until this year as a semi-weekly. Now with its 35,- 000,000 buildings ready to be opened -it is inevitable -that the needs of the College should re- - quire a daily Collegian and it is inevitable that the Collegial; should respond Plans for the new Collegian are that it shall have a healthy growth, beginning modestly de veloping wholesomely Its local subscription rates will remain the same One year $2 50, one semester:sl 50 It will mail anywhere m the United States for $3 25 a year or $2 00 a semes ter It will continue to sell single copies at five cents - Its issues next year will begin with a mammoth Freshman Num ber to be mailed out before Fresh man Week to all freshmen and to all others whose subscription or ders and placed before the 1939- 40 term closes When its regular schedule, be gins it will appear-five mornings a week, Tuesday through Satur day, and by the end of the year it will have issued 150 numbers It will continue the unlimited editorial independence it has al ways enjoyed and it will continue to Work always for a better Penn State It will offer the many regular featires indicated in this Transi tion -Issue, a regular calendar, daily editorial interpretation and comment, special feature pages, three humor columns each week, a daily sports page, a full page of women's news daily. As Collegian, Inc ,a non-profit corporation, it will have its policy controlled by students and its per manecy assured by a board of di rectors composed of five students and of nine faculty members elected by the students Breton R Goldner, assistant professor of journalism, was elect ed president of the Collegian, Inc board of directors Tuesday after noon with Adam A Smyser '4l, Collegian editor, chosen secretary Conte Elected President -- Of 1940-41 iSM Group John C Conte '4l has been elect ed president of the local chapter of the American Society for Metals for next year. James Woodward '4l and Delmar V. Hughes '4l will be' vice-presidents _ - Dr. David F McFarland, head of -the 'department of metallurgy, will be corresponding secretary and' treasurer,: and Dr. Carl C Samans, 'professor of metallurgy, faculty advisor. Other students on the executive committee will be Louis C Cavalier '4l, program chairman, and Clyde B. Durst '4l, social chairman., , • A new freshman and_sophornore .AHM-graPP - 1 ',Planned SAMPLE J;;SUE New Daily Fetes 53rd Anniversary When the Collegian begins its five-day-a-week publication next Fall„ it_ will also commence its 53rd year of publication as the student newspaper of the College. Established in 1887 as "The Free Lance," it fought a losing battle from the tune of its first is sue in April until it stopped pub lishing in April, 1904. The fore runner, styled like a menthly news magazine, stepped out on the wrong foot It always ap pealed-a few days late and died with the final edition dated April appearing= May. _ ' "State' Collegian" The "State Collegian" -became the initial paper's successor and was published on or about Sep tember 30, 1904 Later, the title 'Was changed to "Penn State Col legian " This change failed to upset the editorial or news policy aond was merely a change in name The Collegian has remained as the official student newspaper of the-College throughout the years and next year a change in format will be effected which will bring it down to tabloid size and for the first time as a daily. Own Compositions Played By Music 60 Students A program of original composi tions and arrangements, written by seniors in the music curriculum, was presented in Schwab auditor ium Tuesday All music was com posed or arranged by members of the Music 60 class this semester Seniors who contributed to the program include Bruce I Garner, Elizabeth A Harts - wick, Francis A. McCormack, Florence Marquardt, Carl D Sassaman, Verna F Sager, Roderick P. Thompson, Clair J. Wagner, Grace W. Wright, Harriet A. Williams, and Louise L Zierdt. Heyharl Will Hold Posl On Public Safely Group Prof Amos E Neyhart, head of the Institute of Public Safety, has accepted a position on the Honor ary Board of Edsel Ford's Good Drivers League. The League will sponsor a nation-wide driving contest for boys of high school age. Conducted on a state-wide elimi nation basis, the fmalweedmg out process' will take place at the World's Fair this summer. There will be $30,000 in' prizes to be of. fered, consisting of 48 uruversity scholarships and 96 free trips to the World's Fair. ,The contest is now being pub• beized. in all - the - principal teen. age-magazines
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