7,'l.ltBllOAY, APRIL 39, 1946 Alumni News 'Award of Merit' Honored For Coverage Of Campus Happenings The ' Penn State Alumni News edited by Hugh R. Ril ey .Jr., received an "Award of Merit" for "effective Presen tation of news of the camp us" in a competition. sponsor ed by the American Alumni Council, an organization of alumni secretaries represent ing more than 350 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. . The certificate received by, the Penn State Alumni As - sociation states that the llemis received the award "for outstanding 'editorial achievement in the publication 'of an alUnini magazine." , ThVre Were 176 entries in "the 1945 Magazine Awards ComPeti tion"' of the Connell. The Penn State Alumni News was one , of ten - magazines to . receive an Award of Merit. The - Ne Ws also - gained honor able 'mention reeognition in' two special divisions of .the magazine ebnipetition. In the "edithrial opinion page" cleSsification- the Penn State publication was cited .along with magazines, from the :University of Oklahoma and COlby College. The Wilsethisin Alinnnu s received, the top award in this clasification. Anotlier honorable mention WaS.,aWarded the NeWs . 'for. its "articles on re:search," along With the_CalifOrnia monthly-and the Colihribia Aluerini. News. The 'Cornell Alumni News was ranked highest handling of scienti fic news. Players- • (Continued from ,page One) he is "neatly dr6S - secl and in telligent" and thinks Its all very. . . his .sister's -feud &lid-. the rieikhboi-hOod - fend in- . . . . War=fare Sprang from a Red 'crass fienetit,ancl is 'the cir4ljeCt of #ii.leh'stbrirrY raving on ~aha off stage. L'eading the are Mrs. Ar &dr - (Eliz,abeth Adanis) and. Mrs. Pringle :(Balls6ra. 'CoOper). Mr. Archer. Walter St. .Clair) does his_ bit' by ruining Mr.' Pringle's (Harry Natgchke) bridgework, a.nd- : 1V . 1r.• P. reciprocates by pre-. Senting Mr. A. ,with a smashed nOse. • Dexter's parents, the Franklins, ;(Helen 'Joanne Peoples and Port man Paget) -look On with amused eyes..and try, via the ,grapevine, T he - Story of Student Unions . The Student Union building movement is considered one of the most significant developments in Arrierican college life. Not only have the great structures on the leading campuses of the nation brought a great change for the better in student life, but :they are now wide . ly considered a vital part of the college prograin At the recent conference of the Association , of College Unions, J. L. Morrill, president of .the • University of Minnesota, said, "OnCe you get a Union, you won der hoW you ever got along with out it." The word "Union" conies from the Oxford Union and Cambridge Union in England, where 130 years ago the union movement was born. The first American universities to erect a Union building were the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard around the turn of the century. Despite the fact that 'there is no tyPical Union building, each one 'Serves as the, center Of activity en the college campus. Its purposes are to furnish a college 'social and recreational centerand to provide a meeting plade for faculty, alum ni, -foriner students and resident: students of the institution wliejrc it is located. In penreitning funetion as the meeting I,l,rotifid fo all its Members, the Union.lra giVen the students an oPpertuniV to secure that broader edncatiOl.: that comes from` associating Wh;11. `Perin .State .Club To Hold iiiiNtiOn_ Pearly -at tOdije Penn State Chat bonor new members at a Ski Lodge part,, • from 2:30. to 11:30 :p.m. Saturday May The cost is 4;1.20 bet-, arid) bus tranaPortatien v.:4U be fUrnihea. Interested non-Mem-• bera as well as members are urge& to sign up in trie clUb room, 3‘ol - Main. -.lnitiation or new members v4:U. tae -place froniTMay formal cereindnies on -May to patch - tl - 4ngs. up : ; that is, itnttJ they - develop worries . of ill( 1 !3 3 .own • - - . Surveying the, whole with the. ealmnegi-otralarnilY -3.!e -.taine;• is : Louise • (Carol Dieek mann),.. She is a .maid'. With, n charactermind'.ol her ewri k?iiiilbanage.s Ito be - dry and hil= arious at the seine tirne.."l. just clOn't; claim to be.lasychit: that'S all," she, says.. . Also with troubles are Mr. lard (Robert. :COle)..larid Uncle George (Jetoine Sitkin). Mr. Willard tries .to paint the porch ceiling amid _varied and d. , acid opinions while Uncle G-eorge des perately attempts to . find .somt:- orie to christen a . destrOyer. - -All cornbine their, triats to pro :duce a maze of action and-tangl ed situations. Director Margaret Witt has set herself to the task of .unraveling them. THE 'COLLEGIAN By LARRY FOSTER Less than 5,000 studeilts at the University of Alabama use this darn. efficiently-equipped builainq for recreational purpoSes. our fellow men. • Because Penn state, lacks Union, we are perhaps /not-, aware of the purposes it couki, VerVe, Wheit ,askect what he 'thought about Penn State. 'erect Union blinding. Neil Flem ing, GraelUate Manager of Atb /atlas. said. "I think it's the 'big gest meet on 'the campu s. would give us asocial center,. a yilaCe to meet, something we. , don't halie now,' The modern. Union houses ral memos recreational. facilities, open to all students. Spacimis lounges provide a congregating Mace: a pl arf , T o sandwich hours. The huge ballrooms, attractivel, aecorated, accommodate collegi. dances 'midi other social functions . Snack " bars and cafiAcrigs are probably .• the most frequente? parts of the Union. In most eases, three 'Meals a day are .served. al - hiocrerate prhies. Bow:ling alleys,. billiard tables, reading rooms, ping-pting tables, Music rooms, art craft , y,roPlcslions, barber Shop, bean: salon, cost office, - motior picthre 'theater, and hotel roOnts . for Visitors are bill, a few of 'air, CommitteeStaAtit • • - `P ,- rbp:dl . !'e's for ?A'l.,kvbrds-- The Senate Committee ou Aca demic Standards is preparing Material for the John W. White Louise Carnegie, and Class of 1922 Memorial Scholarship Awards ; Victor Beedei. Chairman, announc-• ed. today. • pplidation forms are available to qualified students at 1101 For:. estry • Building. Inforriration quested in theSe forms must be in the hands of the Committee by May 15. Alabama Union 'facilities featured in the modern Union 'building. Some buildings haveihOre than others. The Universities 'of Purdue, Witcorfin, Cornell, and I Minnesota bdast "examples of the I best equipped 'structures. Dah -1 iel DeMarino, assistant to the Dean ;Si Men at the College, re-• I cently stated, "A few weeks ago ' I had the Opportunity to tour the Purdue Memorial Union from top to bottom. I was so impress-• I ed when I saw it that I 'wanted to bring it back to State, lock,. stock, and barrel." Utilization of the Union. buil& jings by students seeking a means of relaxation has been startling to I many. Attendance figures at the . University Of Minnegota prove that the . Union is the renter of activi ties. A' survey made during one entire , Week of January 1940 gave conclusive etridence that during, a school week _CexclaiSiVe of SUridaya) over '14,000 individuals enter . - the Union building per clay. ('At that time, the enrollment at 'Minnesota havered . around. 10,000.) • SidneY Gold, third semester . student at • the College, is . an ex.' . §erviceman who was at 1 _sots with 'an "Army - unit. 'He commented, "iilhile.Stationed the Minnesota campus, we prac-* tically lived in .the'Coffman Me-. • mortal There Was Soide thirm..different, . going on ,every inirthle Of the day." • • PAGE THREE Windcrest Plans To Make Survey Windcrest councilmen will soon make a survey of their respective zones in the bar ough to get information for a central card file to be kept in the council room of the soon to-be-erected community hall, This was decided at a meet- Mg of the Windcrest borough council Friday night. The file wil be used to aid visitors to Windcrest in finding anyone they may wish to see, and will include name, trailer num ber, names of children if any, and other pertinent information. Until the community hall is set up, the file will be kept in the burgess' trailer, which is number N. Councilmen, in taking the sur vey, will also find out the number of cars and bicycles now in the borough or expected in the - near future, in order to determine whether more parking space will be necessary. Will Erect Signs Speed limit signs and signs warning of the children's play yard will be erected in Windcrest. There will also be signs stating• that Fisher and Wagner lanes are hot thoroughfares. It was decided at the meeting that when the community hall is set up : efforts will be made to or ganize tutoring classes to meet in the evenings. Burgess Stanley C. Gross re-• ported that he appeared for a hearing before the Public Utilities Committee Friday morning, and presented a petition, signed by all members of the council, explain ing reason s why a btu; line oper- , ating in State College would he desirable. Tressler Replaces Bryant Leonard Tressler has replaced. Harry Bryant as College super-. visor, for Windcrest. Usage: of Written work orders to get re pair work done will be necessary in the future, it was - anriouneed no verbal orders will be taken. Burgess Gross asked that auto-. Mobiles travelling down Short-. lidge Road toward College aye-• nue avoid using the trailer camp as a,- means of avoiding traffic at the intersection of the two roads. Cars thus travelling throUgh Winderest are a menace to chil dren who must cross - -that bor ough's main thoroughfare, Reitr Drive, to reach the play yard..
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