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Search for Place to
Leads to Nittany Lion Shri )e
lAilthougfh it doesn't seem like a
logical sequence of events, the
Nittany Lon Shrine owes its being
to •foolball enthusiasts of !t9319 . wino
could. not find a place to build a
lire.
:Expressing student opinion, the
Collegian cif titat year scrosined ins
yi banner heactline—"Wanted—A
Place to 'Have a Fire."
Because there was no central
;meeting place for sports
Arlie 1939 season saw some rather
destructive rioting,. serious enough
to bring albout a meeting of stu
dent leaders with President Het
zel.
The decision of Hairs emergency
committee was that some place
must be , provided where students
couldfind the right sort of outlet
for sports (hysteria. And thus the
Lion, a gilt of the Class df 1940,
The syMbol of the Lion, of
course, dates farther (back than
the time of its !materialization into
stone. It dates hack tic an im
proimiptu drama on the Princeton
campus in 11904, and concerns a
Penn &ate freShman 'and two
:Princeton sophomores.
Freshman's Story
The freshman was H. D. Masoh,
member of the Cbass of 190'7, and
in. 11.9.04 a part of the soon-to-lbe
called-Lion baseball team that vis
ited Princeton..
Mason, who was present at dedi
cation ceremonies of !the stone
Lion, tells this story: The Prince
tonians, anxious to impress their
Pennsylvaniia opponents, paused
on a tour of iciampus to point out
a statue of the Bengal Tiger. .
"See our emblem, the Princeton
Tiger, bhe fiercest beast of bhem
tall," one boasted.
!Mason, unwilling to admit his
own school's lack of symbollism i
,replied, "Well, up at Penn State
we have Mount Nittany right on
our campus, where rules the Nit,-
tany IMounbain Lion, who has nev
er been !beaten in a !fair fight, so
Princeton Tiger, took out." .
According to 'Mason, the Lion
)I.nught luck, because that atter
».oon Pninceton lost '9 to a and the
CLASSIFIEDS
SALE: Slightly used tuxe-
do. Size 36. Call Tom 816.
LOST: Army raincoat, greyish
tan .s,lbardine, Wednesday af
ternoon in Corner Room. Call
Maggie, 4435. Urgent!
LOST: Maroon and gold Parker
51
_pencil. Initialed A.L.P. on
cap. Call Ex't. 154 and ask for Ann.
NOTICE: Broke As Usual? New
dresses at wholesale prices. Be
kind to your expense account.
See illustrated stock. 318 Watts
LOST: Several weeks ago. Green:
imitation stone Indian relic ring,
size six. Finder please notify Eric
4866.
LOST: Rhinestone bracelet. Senti
mental value. Reward. Phone
Helen, 2941.
LOST: Dark brown sports coat in
new physics building, 3rd floor,
April 26th. Sigma Chi identifica
tion pin. Call Jack Zong, 786.
WANTED: M. A. cap (7), gown
, (medium) and hood. Contact
Albert Bell, Franklin and Mar
.shall, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
'34 Hudson Terra-
OR SALE
plane Sedan; below ceiling
price; see Burkett, 429 E. Hamil
ton Ave.
AErniin 1F fun, Pogdneri
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Tiger failed to take a baseball
game !from the Lion tfor four
years.
Writes Editorial
A senior in 1907, the (baselballer
was still thinking about the Lion.
He wrote an editorial bi the then
current campus iptibliiioation, "The
Lennon," .0 aging that the Nittany
Lion be adopted as the College
emblem.
Mr. Mason says, "It must have
been a very potent editorial, 'be
cause it took just 33 years to get
results. Finally, the Class of 1940
voted funds for the erection of
this Magnificent work of art."
Heinz 'Warneke, noted American
sculptor who , made the symbdl
tangible, sent a message which
was read at the dedication cere
mony—" Please tell the students
that I hope the Lion roars them to
victory after victory."
Center CRth
Sidney Ebocl - i, president of the
Center Club, announced its first
official meeting will be held in
1.21 Sparks "May 22 from 7 to 8
p.m.
Mr. David B. Pugh, who will
supervise the meeting, said this
club •is a unique one in that its
objective is to help new ad
vanced students orientate them
selves on campus. Interest must
be developed through big broth
er-sister spirit.
With its present officers the
club will make plans this semes
ter in order to be in functioning
order for the fall semester when
hundreds of ex-Ws will be corri
ing in from the four centers.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
. . . honored its new members
at a semi-formal pledge danoe
Friday night. The Campus Owls
played for the affair, to which
representatives from other fra
ternities were invited.
LOST: Gold identification.brace
let. Sentimental value. Reward.
Call 29441. Ask for Helen.
BIKE for sale: Size 28-30 Wo-.
man's model, baloon tires.
Cheap. Call 3rd North Mac. Also
consider renting.
WANTED: ride to New York.
Leave Friday afternoon. Return
Sunday night. Call Martin 4400.
LOST: Miniature gun on chain
May 10 between Schwab and
ZBT House, sentimental value.
Reward---Stell. 2nd Jordan.
TEE COLLEGIAN
: uild
Fire
Windcrest
Gets Library
As erection of the community
hall in Windcrest nears comple
tion, plans for a library to be
opened in the building tare mak
ing progress, according to Bur
gess Stanley C. Gross.
Mrs. J. Edward Drew has been
named chief librarian. -She will
select a staff of volunteer as
sistants Who will take turns in
working in the library one hour
per week. Books will Ibe made
available through the Central. Li
brary at the College.
Gross also announced that a
committee, consisting of the Bur
gess and his wife and the respec
tive zone council merrlber and
his wife, still call on new resi
dents of Windcrest to welcome
them to the community. They
will explain to them the system
of government in operation, in
troduce them to other residents
of their area, end assist them in
whatever way they can.
Windcrest council also is
studying a method of government
that could be used after the com
munity expands to include occu
pants of trailers now being in
stalled north of the present bor
ough, and single veterans who
Will live in pre-fabricated dorm
itories now under construction.
Additional expansible trailers
are arriving and being installed
west of the original settlement.
Like other units in the commu
nity, they are being painted
cream, trimmed in apple green,
and topped with silver-colored
roofs.
All trailers are being re-num
bered, Gross announced. Those
on Wagner Lane have numlbers in
the 100 series; [Reiter Drive, 200
series; Fisher Lane,' 300 series;
Thomas Drive, 400 series; and the
unnamed street in the new sec
tion of community, 500 series.
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Honor
are--- 11 "
• Fraternities
• Chan
• Societies
Honor your members who
gave their lives in World ,
War II by dedicating to
them a . . .
Beautiful
BRONZE MEMORIAL .
PLAQUE
WM. H. WHITEHILL
100 FRAZER ST.
State College Phone 4076
PAT BRENNAN
Student Representative
Research Labs -
Open Stations
Two new branch stations of the
Ordnance Researdh Laboratory at
the College now are in operation,
according to Dr. Eric A. Walker,
director.
He also said that work is un
derway in temporary quarters at
Key West, Fla., where another
branch station will be opened
and that the station at Fort Laud
erdale, Fla., continues in opera
tion.
The new field test station at
Black Moshannon State Park is
designed • primarily to calibrate
and test underwater devices,
while the new branch station at
Newport, R. 1., as well as the one
at Key West, both points where
Ships and docks are available,
will enable the laboratory to con
duct work at sea.
The station at Newport has
facilities for shallow water test
ing; where preliminary tests may
be conducted, thereby eliminating
the danger of loss of equipment
at a deep water station. There
are necessary offices and labora
tories, a full scale drafting room,
small 'machine shops, and an ov
erhaul shop.
At Key West, there will be
laboratories for research, ma
chine shops, as precision shop,
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946
FFA Initiates .
Dean Jackson'
Dr: Lyman E. Jackson, dean of
the School of Agriculture\ was
initiated as an honorary member
of the College chapter of the Fu
ture Farmers of America Monday
night.
A special FIFA ceremonial .was
held to induct the dean and Wil
liam V. Dennis, veteran profes
sor of rural sociology, into the
club as honorary members.
Officers of the club who tooic
part in the initiation are: Rudolph
Brannaka, president; Lee Breid
igam, vice-president; Charles
Stauffer, secretary; Fred Feister,
treasurer; Max MdMillen, report
er; and• William Robinson, senti,
nel. Adviser to the students is
Russell B. Dickerson, professor
of agricultural education.
stock rooms, a photographic lab
oratory, arid office and storage
space.
The Main laboratory, a millibn
dollar, plant, was operied at Penn
State last Fall. It was established
to enable skilled scientists to
work independently on "under
water ordnance research projects'
they considered important and
then make the results available
to the Navy.
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