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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.
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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.