PAGE TWO Chapel Sherwood Speaks Rev. Lerman Sherwood will speak on "The •Challenge of To 'morrow" at chapel services in F,chwab Auditorium 11. a.m. Sun day. Special music will supple ment th e services. Born without sight, Reverend Sherwood made a unique adjust ment to life in spite of his handi cap. He was graduated from the Maryland School for the blind and worked his way through high chonl. He attended Union Col lege and was graduated with honors in the Class of 1934. He obtained his M.A. two years later from Albany State Teachers, Col ) ege. Ordained as a Methodist min ister, Dr. Sherwood is now pastor of the First Methodist Church, 31otterdam Junction, New York. For 14 years he has been active iu youth work and travels ex tensively to fill lecture engage ments. Weather Tips Aid Warfare The weatherman will really come. into his own now that the war is over. Dr. Hans H. Neuberger, chief of the. meteorological division, ex pects thousands of service-trained meteorologists to stay in this field. To relieve overworked, under - :gaffed weather bureaus, the Penn 'State expert looks for many differ ent kinds of industries to employ their own specialists after the war. `Even in the field of medicine 'meteorology is useful," he claims, explaining "the weather affects the the behavior of patients and the speed of their recovery from cer : - tain diseases." Weather forecasts 'help the food,* chemical, and pharmaceutical in dustries to plan shipment of their products • so that spoilage cwill be minimized, he said, and power Companies need readily available information on the frequency and intensity of storms, as well as their path of travel. "Many a boy woo went into this war from other fields, and who took advantage of specialized training, will oe glad of it wnen postwar opportunities open up," Neuberger opined. Democrats' Donkey Is Orphan For decades now, credit for the creation of the famous Democratic ,donkey has been given to Thomas Nast, noted artist and cartoonist of the Civil War. But the real "in• ventcr" of the prominent emblem ,is some unknown, passed by with out fame during the reconstruc tion period after the Civil War, declared William Werner, profes 'sbr of English literature. • "A leading American cartoonist; Thomas Nast drew almost exclu sively for Harper's Weekly from the '6o's to the %Ws," said Profes sin. Werner. "He was so influential that the, defeat of Tammany Hall is often attributed to his cartoons. He originated the Tammany Hall tiger and the Republican elephant but did not create the .Democratic donkey," he emphasized. Professor Werner, who was re cently given a grant-in-aid of re search from the College to study early cartoons in America, ex plained that the famous Tammany tiger came from the emblem of a tiger on a fire company in New York with which boss Tweed was associated; the elephant came to represent the large size of the Re publican party during this period, lASTP Achievement Tests National achievement tests for 'students enrolled at the College under the Army Specialized Train ;ing Program will be given today and tomorrow. Faculty members and administrators concerned with the AST program may inspect the test results in 4 Carnegie Hall after September 1. a 6 11414 Mmes‘ t4+4 MR 7•.‘an Why Do Frosh 'Button' to Old Willow? The Willow tree on the center Mall has a two word vocabulary, "Button, Frosh," and that's why freshmen air their craniums when- ever they pass what is probably the most out standing historic landmark on campus. The story dates back some 87 years, but the tradition still carries on. In 1858, professor Waring, first head of the department of horticulture, planted the "Old Willow" that is said to have been a descendent of a willow tree that grew over the temporary grave of Napoleon at St. Helena. Sentiment was Dr. Ritenour Announces Annual Patient Report According to the annual report of the dispensary and infirmary, from July 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945, the total number of patients in the Dispensary was 20,38 , 5. The Infirmary total amounted to 788 patients. Among the illnesses treated were 20 neuropsychiatric cases, 28 fractures, 48 sinus cases, 1,280 upper respiratory diseases and 61 cases of Vincent's infection. The Dispensary granted 767 sport permits to :nen and 202 to women. Other permits given number 5,729. Sick bay for the Navy V-12 to talled 3,445 and sick call for the ASTE' amounted to 3,293. In the outpatient department, 1,698 new cases were treated, and 1,741 repeat cases totalling 5,058. The Infirmary had 2,673 bed days, the average length of day per patient being 3.4 days, and 7.1 patients per day. There were 428 excuses issued for 4,918 hours. Among the illnesses treated were 8 cases. of acute appendici tis, 61 cases of influenza, 11 cases of measles, 5 caseQ of pneumon ia. 39 cases of tonsilitis and 11 ad ditional fractures. Senate Committee— (Continued from, page one) an additional 14 elective credits which are available to students in advance ROTC training. The 'Committee on Academic Standards also provided for the conferring of the bachelor's de gree without curricular designa tion. This will mean that work achieved at the College can be augmented by comparatively un related work from other institu tions and accepted in total or in part by the college examiner to ward the degree. TELL US THE COLOR OF HER GOWN LET US 'MAKE A CORSAGE ESPECIALLY FOR HER WOODRING'S Floral Arrangements Phone 2045 117 E. Beaver THE COT .T :EGIAN very deep for the willow and many poetic ex pressions were written, one of which appears in the College La Vie of 1894. In 1911, a cutting from the "Old Willow" was planted, and that is the tree that most frosh try to detour on their way down the Mall. A boulder-monument next to it marks the spot where the original willow grew. It was also in 1858 that the construction of 'Old Main" was first started and Penn State was born. In those days "Old Main" housed all class rooms and' administration offices and was "The College." 'Ah Men!' Shouted Coeds As War Came. To An End The whistle blew and the bells in Old Main pealed. It was here— the hour everyone had been wait ing for. Committee meetings broke up in a flash, dormitories resound ed with hysterical screams and then emptied out, the Corner Room hot dogs deserted their den, and storekeepers hurriedly closed up shop. "The war's over!" It was un believable but true, and all of State College was out to celebrate. A huge mob formed at the cor ner of College avenue• and Allen street 'til it began to resemble ,Times Square on New Year's Eve. Everyone was there—professors, townspeople, students, ASTP's, and V-12er's. And everyone was shouting for all they were worth, trying to make themselves heard above the steady blow of the per sistent whistle. ;Fire engines • whizzed by, pack ed to capacity with cheering loads, but always willing to let one more passenger •on. One on looker was either being funny or dumb - when he asked, "Say, where's the fire?" -The street became jammed and soon it just looked like .a mass of heads. The joy was, unrestrained and the noise was too, for that matter—horns, sirens, shrieks, and whistles blared throughout the town. • With President Hetzers an nouncement that there would be no classes Wednesday and Thurs day, the excitement reached its peak. Parades wound their way through the streets and confetti floated down from the windows in clusters. It was an unforget table sight! Soon music fldated out from the corner loudspeaker and hilarious dancing began on the streets. Ev eryone danced whether they were old or young, and some of them sang to the tune of an old upright piano carried out on to the side walk. "No more cigarette shortage!" "All the gas we want!" Sentiment like that could -be heard above the uproar, hiding the deeper feeling of "no more useless death." And then too, - victorious female voices happily shouted one word: "Men!" Peace had come. to State Col lege and it was a wonderful thing. Freshman Test Results Students who wish to have the reading and spelling results of their freshman test inter preted should make appoint ments at, the Reading Clinic, 8 Burrowes, as soon as possible., This clinic's . facilities are also available to students who are having difficulties with their studies. NOW IN STOCK 1945 Rand-McNally U. S. Road Atlas NEW SUPPLY OF EDWARD NICHOLS' New Book "HUNKY JOHNNY" —also— copies of "MALE (ALL" "BEST FROM YANK" "RICKSHAW BOY" KEELER'S FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945 Placement JPA Jobs Open George N. P. Leetch, director of the College Placement Service, has announced that there is an excellent opportunity in govern ment service 'open to • college graduates froln almost any cur riculum through the Junior Pro fessional Assistant (JPA) classi fication of Civil Service. Students interested in knowing more about these opportunities may obtain information from their school placement officer; the Col lege Placement Service, 204 Old Main; or the local post office, said Mr. Leetch. Application should be made as soon as possible in order that ex aminations may be taken before leaving the College. Enter, Exit Via The Registrar When Millie and [Willie start to college, their first contacts are made through the Registrar's of-, Tice. Endurance promises accept ance, ...and so after writing vol times on forms, .Millie and Willie are handed a matriculation card. Proving that students recently lack something is the fact that the identification cards were not used until 1938: Then to prove that they have something, photographs were added in the summer of 1942. Now that Millie and Willie are armed to participate in college life, they are not forgotten, by those who gave them their start. At the end of every semester the recorders in the Registrar's office place their grades and list their honoraries on tracings made of fine linen that has ;been treated. Before .1928, when numbers from 0 to 100*were used, grades were recorded' on cardboard squares. With the coming . of the point 'grading system, came. the use of linen tracings from which .photostatic copies can 'be made. To go on with Millie and Willie —After troubling the recorders for eight or more semesters, Mill ie and Willie say good bye to the College through the same office in which they were welcomed when they turn in dummy diplomas af ter graduation and receive the real sheep's skin. ISO Sponsors Semi-Formal Independent Student .Council announced this week that they will sponsor a semi-formal dance in Recreation Hall September 29. Full details will be available in the near fdture. They plan to en gage an out of town orchestra for the occasion.
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