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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
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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. *• •_
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... 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
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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