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Jim Casey To Graduate htrb Etids
By MICHAEL BLATZ
As must happen to, all Penn
tiiate men, James A. Casey faces
the possibility of being a candidate
for a bachelor’s degree at next
week’s commencement exercises.
This item would be of little sig
nificance as a news story were it
not for the fact that down through
the years Casey has become a Penn
State tradition and surely the
passing of a tradition warrants a
few words. His name is almost a
Penn State legend and thousands
of. people have come to accept it
as being synonymous with such
ivy-covered places as Old Main,
Hecreat.ion Hall, the Lion shrine,
the Ag bams, the Mall, the Eat
3iind Tearoom and a host of other
spots that stir alumni memories.
While Casey is no ivy-covered
monument, still the number of
rfiaggy dog stories told about, him
are countless.
•One of the most erroneous tales
ah-eady being circulated about
Casey, who has been on' the cam
pus longer than most people care
to remember, is that he was on
3land to greet Abe (Lincoln when
Hie president came up to dedicate
Pdn.n State as a Land-Grant Col-
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•In an exclusive interview with
The Collegian, Casey denied this
rumor, saying that Lincoln did not
make it to State College for the
ceremonies. He missed connections
with the Boalsburg and Bellefonte
Central stagecoach at Lcwistown.
Since the coach only made one trip
weekly, the president never gat in
to State College.
His story is verified by old Col
lege documents which also record
the cancellation of a dinner at Ye
Oldie Corner (Inn in the great
Emancipator’s honor. The records
were signed, purely a coincidence
of course, by one J. A. Casey, Esq.
While there seems to be great
confusion as to when Jim did
come to State, it is most, likely
that he first came to Penn State in
the fall of 1941, a mere 13 semes
ters ago.
He took the £>sych tests given <ilt
incoming freshmen and, despite
the results of the test which hint
ed that he’d make a good minister,
Casey set out determinedly to ma
jor in physics. _ .
His perseverance is now bearing
fruit, for after 13 semesters and
some 'lB'o credits attempted, his de-
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gree is almost in sight ... a fact
that should cheer the heart and
inspire all students who might feel
that winning a degree is hope
less.
'During the war years when the
male enrollment, was rather lean,
Casey did.his paid, to keep things
going. Would the (Skellar close for
lack of patrons? Not if Casey could
help it, so. he took to .spending at
least six. nights a. week, in the
’Skellar stirring up trade. Might
the local theaters close? Not as
long as Casey was cin hand to at
tend all' performances, evening
and matinee. Local 'buses bringing
former Penn State men on fur
lough from the services were all
met by Casey. Some say that
Casey must- be twins or triplets
to always 'be in so many places in
the course of the day. Others say
that Casey was the sole support
oL' the local merchants during
those lean and hungry war years
and that a movement is underfoot
to dedicate “Hurrah for Casey
Day” to him annually on the first
of Shrd'lu.
This movement will not cciniliet
with the others underway: the
movement to have Casey plastered
on a panel in Old Main by that
noted frescoer H. 'V. Poor, or the
one to raise funds to have a sad
dle placed on Warneke’s Lion and
a grantie statue made of Casey,
sword in hand and the cry of
“Freedom!” on his lips.
As a student, nothing need be
said for Casey . . . as an activities
man some of his titles might be
listed ....
Creative and energetic, he has
foundered many organizations at
State. Until Casey appeared on the
scene there had never been an In
dependent Student Committee on
campus; and once organized to the
point where Shingles and keys had
been made for the charter mem
bers, Casey turned the society over
to the lesser lights to run. He was
an honorary member of Tribunal,
a post never before or since held!
by, anyone else. Seeing a need,
Casey promptly created the posi
tion. He is the only person to ever
hold the honorary title “Official
Kibitzer” on The Collegian staff.
As an example of the important
roles Casey has held on Campus,
the case of Froth magazine might
be considered. When he dropped
out of school for a semester, the
humor magazine, of which he was
business manager, folded com
pletely and hasn’t been able to get
out of the red and start up since.
Asked'what he had gotten from
his tenure at the College, he said
that he had a broad education and
made some excellent contacts.
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