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Warnock Looks Back On Penn Mate
Spirit During Past 24 Years
What is that thing that brings
uld grads back to - State and makes
our men on a three day furlough
spend two of them at their Alma
Mater?
Arthur R. Warnock, dean of
wen, who tomorrow will 'have
been serving the College for 24
years, wonders too but agrees that
it is an unexplainable something
about State that makes students
and faculty members want to stay.
In '1919 when 'Warnock, his
wife, two infant sons, a 'Collie
dog, baby carriage, and steamer
trunk arrived in town from the
University . of Illinois they planned
to stay no longer than five years.
They came from Pittsburgh by the
rugged way of the old Lehigh Ex
opress. 'They were greeted by a
campus that was a "vgugh look
ing place" after the SATC pro
gram, created during the last war,
had diSbande
President Sparks was out of
town so the Warnock family liv
ed at his home for a few weeks.
They had their meals with the
football squad which had come
back to life after Bob Higgins'
return from war.
When the Dean of Men left Ill
inois to become the first Dean of
Men at the College there was an
understanding with the former in
stitution that he would return in
five years. He stayed here "be
cause it is a pleasant place to
live and bring up a family but
primarily because the College 'Was
in a growing stage that offered a
thallenge....it was fun to be a
part of it," Warnock explained.
"Women were few and far be
tween and had a very small part
in activities." Margaret A. Knight
was 'Dean of Women. Dean Stod
dart, present Dean of the Liberal
Arts School was head of the de
partment of Agriculture-Chemis
try. Frank D. Kern, now graduate
dean was head of the department
of Botany. The head of the borti
titlture, Dean Fletcher, is now
Dean of the Ag. school. Many fac
ulty memers and administrative
staff members were watching the
town and College grow in 1919.
Dean 'Warnock has seen WRA
and WSGA come into being and
Wolever Named
Supervisory Head
Clarence R. Wolever, was re
cently appointed. supervisor of su
pervisory training in the College's
extension services according to a
report from the President's office.
The new supervisor, an assist
ant professor of education in ex
tension, succeeds Dr. Vernon G.
Schaefer, who resigned to accept
a position as personnel director
for Radio Corporation of Ameri-.
ca at Lancaster.
Mr. Wolever, is a graduate of
State Teachers College, Blooms
urg, Nvlhere he received a Bach
elor of Science degree in Edu
cation in 1931.
He brings to his work a vast
experience ;both in teaching and
industry, a sound understanding
of the problems of his 'division,
and many constructive ideas.
While teaching public sohool
from 1931 •to 1933, he took grad
uate work at -Columbia Univer
sity and numerous courses in in
dustrial engineering under the
Penn State extension services. In
1937 'he became supervising prin
cipal of the Falls-Overfield Voca
tional school district.
Jn 1937 Wolever became indus
trial and public utility contact
supervisor for the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany and in 1939 was made mer
chandising supervisor for West
inghouse Electric Supply Com
(pany. 'He resigned this position in
(1941 to work for the Line Ma
iterial Company, Milwaukee, Wis
'consin. 'He became affiliated with
the , College as an instructor on
'the 'ESMWT supervisory training
staff in 1942.
with them has watched coeds as
sume a definite part of the Col
lege social and government ac
tivitis. The fraternities, even
though there were only 25, occu•
pied a more influential place than
they did in the last few years.
Twenty-fora• years ago there
was a . very strong student gov
ernment policy created through
keen political competition. Rep
resentation on the School Coun
cil was based' on class orgailiza•
tions. When class meetings were
called 90 per cent of the members
turned out. The Senior Class pres
ident was the "big shot" whose
word was law to students.
• The strength of the Senior class
president was shown, when War
nock described a Pep Rally at
Co-Op Corner. It resembled a riot
more than a rally. Things were
coming to a head when fire wood
was dragged to the center of the
group. At that point the Senior
Class president and one of the
football stars stepped to the cen
ter of the mob and said, "Boys,
the show is over." The wood was
taken away and the rally *.as ov
er. This one instance did more
to arouse the Dean's
,respect for
Student government than any
other.
Politics assumed the form of the
active rather than the subtle as
it is today. Sophomores in an eff
ort to keep Frosh from organiz
ing had a tomato throwing con
test in the Chapel which was in
the Sandwich Shop wing of Old
Main. Warnock saw the lights go
out in Old Main and was hit on
"his best green hat" with a to
mato. He suggested quelling the
disturbance to Acting President
Pond. On the latter's advice he
just stood and watched "because"
as Mr. Pond explained, "it was a
Penn State. tradition." The fol
lowing morning the new Dean
of Men."waded through Old Main
through •rotten tomatoes, eggs,
and watdr."
These instances broke Warnock
into an entirely new type of col
lege. A few years later, he ex
rlainS, the challenge this College
offered began to work.
"All things considered the op
portunity to be at Penn State
during the last quarter of a cen
tury is one 'I 'couldn't haVe had
in any other institution in the Un
ited States," Dean Warnock
stated.
Dickinson College Prexy,
lecture' And. Author
Addresses Chapel Sunday
Dr. Fred P. Corson, author, lec
turer, and president of Dickinson
College, will speak at Chapel Serv
ices this Sunday.
.Dr. Corson, who was ordained
to the Methodist Episcopal minis
try in 1920, served successfully as
pastor at Jackson Heights, N. Y.;
New Haven, Conn.; Port Washing
ton, N. Y.; and Simpson Church,
Brooklyn, N. Y., before being
chosen president of_ Dickinson
College in 1932.
A profound writer, he has writ
ten two books of exceptional merit.
They are "Dickinson College---An
Interpretation of Function and
Purpose" and "The Dilemma Of the
Liberated•"
Dr. Corson has received the fol
lowing degrees: A. 8., Dickinson
College, )1917; AJM., Dickinson Col
lege, 1920; BiD., Drew University,
1920; D.D., Dickinson College,
1931; Syracuse, 1933; Litt.D., Uni
versity of Maryland, 1936; L.L.D.,
Western' Maryland. College, 1936;
Allegheny College, 1937; Franklin
and Marshall College, 1936; Get
tysburg College, 1937; and Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, 1937.
As a lecturer, the former Meth
odist Episcopal pastor has gained
a wide following. Annually he is
'called upon to address religious
groups.
The College-choir will sing Ave
Maria lby Areadelt.
THE COLLEGIAN
Forestry Faculty
Members Serve
In War Activities
'Wartime activities of four mem
bers of the forestry department
staff at the College were reported
today by V. A. Beede, department
head.
W. C. Bramble, who was asso
ciate professor of forestry when he
took military leave of absence, has
been promoted to a captaincy.
Captain Bramble is in the Medi
terranean area with the intelli
gence branch of the Army Air
Forces.
M. K. Goddard, assistant profes
sor of forestry, also was recently
made a captain. He is a battalion
adjUtant at Camp Croft, S. C., and
has been selected for special trains
ing at the Adjutant General's
School at Fort Washington, Md.
D. D. Stevenson, on leave from
his duties as professor of forestry
research, until recently served as
director of a public service camp
in New Hampshire. He has ac
cepted a temporary assignment in
the Office of Economic Warfare
and will go to Guatemala in con
necticn with the wartime produc
tion of auinine.
'M. W. Humphreys, assistant pro
fessor of forestry, has accepted a
temporary assignment on a special
timb3r production war project
which is being launched by the
War Production Board and cooper
ating agencies. The project will be
administered by the U.. S. Forest
Service to stimulate the produc
tion of lumber, veneer, logs, pulp
wood, and other nroducts urgently
needed for war. Prof. Humphrey
will be located in Virginia and
will take up his duties about Sep
tember 1.
Prize Art Prints
Are Exhibited
A collection of sixty prints by
Norman Kent, James D. Havens,
and John C. Menihan is now in
the Library, according to Robert
T. Grazier, chairman of the ex
hibit committee.
The group is comprised of . wood
cuts, block prints, linoleum en
gravings, wood engravings, and
lithographs. They cover a wide
range of subjects including land
scapes, figures, and portraits.
Kent, Havens, and Menihan
have all been active in the Print
Club of Rochester since its found
ing and each has received the
University of Rochester Fairchild
Award for notable work in crea
tive art.
Norman Kent received his early
training in Rochester, later work-.
ing independently in Italy. He has
won numerous awards in national
and international exhibitions and
is represented in some of the prin
cipal galleries in this country, in
cluding Carnegie Institute, the Li
brary of Congress, New York Pub
lic Library, Cleveland Museum of
Art, and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Some of Kent's prints shown in
this exhibit include "The Aban
doned Winery," "The Blacksmith
Shop," "Early Harvest, and "Smith
Alley." "Glen Iris" and "Ponte
Nomentano" are among the wood
cut grout). Mr. Kent's work is rec
ognized by the vigorous, broad
quality with dramatically con
trasted spacing of black and white
and expertly suggested detail.
James D. Havens won an inter
national reputation for his work in
black and white and for his color
woodcuts. His bookplates have
been shown in the International
Exhibition. Critics say that he has
a fine sense of color, a feeling for
composition, and an exceptional
grasp of the technique of wood
block cutting and engraving.
"Nuthatch," "Red Cutter," "Car
olina Corn," "Wind and Snow,"
and "Spring Mists" are examples
of Havens' work included• in the
exhibition.
John C. Menihan is Tepresented
Murphy Suggests Five
Post-War Programs .
Five possible peace plans now
open to the U. S. were outlined
today by Marion F. Murphy, geo
graphy specialist.
According to Mrs. Murphy the
following plans of world reorgan
izaticn may be possible.
1. A world federation of na
ti ;is. This popular plan would
fail, she believes, because people
are still not ready to make com
mitments and the sacrifices neces
sary for its operation.
2. A federation of the United
Nations (the United States, Bri
tain, Russia, and China) would
pr,bably also be inadequate, she
feels, because even now we can't
all see eye to eye on common pro-
Jane Abramson Safes
Day. For Thespian Show
Witn the return of veteran Jane
Abramson to the Thespian fold
"Once Over . Lightly" is beginn
ing to hit the production line.
First of the production's skits
to reach completion is "This
Ain't the Army," a burlesque
on life in the barracks, which is
credited to George Graham.
Jane is now the author of three
of the show songs, among them
the title number, "Once OVer
Lightly" which will be used as
the lietmot if.
When the show opens on Sep
tember 24, "This Ain't the Ar
my," will already have had a
preliminary try-out in Pittsburgh,
with the Y Triangle Players, 'un
der the direction of Herbert Zu
kauskas, class of '42. But there
won't be any copyright suits be
cause Zukauskas has the per
mission ,and the blessings of Gra
ham and Marty Skapik, directdr
Several other ' skits are in the.
process of production' and Skapik
is .calling both men and women
actors to try out for the cast at
Schwab, 7:30 Monday night. Inci
dentally, Skapik stated that his
urgent pleas for girls for the pro
duction numbers have at last been
answered.
by a group of lithographs, among
which. Are "Grey Day," "Adiron
dack Eirening," "Farm in the
Hills," "Connie," and "Ellering
ton's Place." A lithograph of a
parachute landing reflects Meni
han's present war work.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1943
blems. Russia's plans for Germany
after the war may be very differ
ent from ours, o•r Russia and Ger ,
many may even make a separate
peace, she said.
3. The game of power politics
where Russia will balance Ger
many and England will balance
Europe. Although advocated by
the late Professor Sypkman, of
Yale and others, this plan might
tend to develop once again nation
alistic hatreds.
4. An alliance with Great Bri
tain in which Britain would con
trol the world's inner crescent
consisting of England, Gibraltar;
Malta, Suez, Aden, Ceylon, and
Singapore; and where North and
South America, South Africa, and
Australia would form the outer
crescent of power.
5. A series of regional re
grbupings, as suggested by For
tune magazine, that might lead
eventually to a world federation.
In this plan Europe would be con
trolled for a time by a council
composed of Russia, Great Bri
tain, and the United States, which
would operate till order was re
stored and then withdraw. The
end result would be a Europe in
which nationalism are culturally
distinct_ but 'no longer virulent,
and boundaries are clear but no
longer important.
"If peace is to be permanent,
the plans must be flexible • and
must allow time for political, ec
onomic, and social readjustment,"
Mrs. Murphy said.