College Welcomes Class of '5O
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VOL. 46—No. 1 TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1« 47—STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
New Enrollment Mark Set
By 3,oooAdded Admissions
In what Registrar William S. Hoffman calls “the greatest influx
oif new students that Penn State has ever had,” more than 3,000
newly-admitted upperclassmen will move onto the campus next week
for the first semester of the 1047-48 academic year.
With these 3,000 new admissions to swell the ranks of last sem
ester’s 4,950 students who paid
registration fees for the coining
semester, the Registrar’s Office
has estimated a total campus un
dergraduate enrollment of- 8,000
students—the highest in Penn
State history.
Foremost among the sources of
new students are the state teach
ers colleges and undergraduate
centers atffiliated with the Coll
ege. A total of 1,964 paid regis
trations have been accepted by
the College from these schools.
According to figures released
on July 29, the latest available,
the approximate numiber of stu
dents by classes is sophomores,
2,104; juniors, 2,447; and seniors,
1,958. Future increases are most
likely to come in the sophomore
group. Of the present total paid
enrollment of 7,718 students
there are 6,164 registered men
and 1,554 registered women.
Estimated Campus Enrollment
Total paid enrollment of
students from affiliated
colloges 1.964
Total paid enrollment of
re-admissions and admis
sions with advanced
standing 795
Continued on page thirteen
Trustees Vote tor
New General Fee
A new general course fee of
$2O a semester was among the
increases in charges and educa
tional assessments voted by the
executive committee of the Board
of Trustees of the College at its
September 5 meeting.
Effective beginning with the
fall semester of this year, the in
crease marked the first time since
1923 that the College has raised
its fees.
According to President Ralph
Dorn Hetzel, the cause of the in
crease was traced directly to “the
drastic price increases of the past
year.”
“Despite these unavoidable ad
justments, both our tuition fees
and our rates for room and board
remain relatively low. I can as
sure you that the changes . . .
were the least possible to main-
Continued on page twelve
Pep Rallies Return
In Pre-war Style
Revived last fall by the Daily
Collegian after a lapse of the war
years, Penn State’s football pep
rallies will be conducted again
this season under the sponsor
ship of the Skull and Bones hat
society.
Post-war _ pep rallies contain
all the spirit, music and color
which characterize a typical Penn
State affair. Students turn out
en masse to add a psychological
boost to Coach Bob Higgins’ Nit
tany Lion footballers.
Sparked by the Blue and White
cheerleaders, headed by Stan Eis
man and including Jimmy Mitch
ell, Bill Krause, Bill Bonsall and
Susan Bissey, pep rallies feature
the presence of Coach Higgins
and the foremost of his varsity
players.
Usually staged on Old Main’s
steps or at the Lion Shrine, pep
rallies are preceded by gala
parades led by Blue Band. The
first rally of the current season
will be held on the evening pre-
Wding the Bucknell game.
Special Sophomore Orientation Week Issue
College Acquires
Recreation Unit
From Lebanon USO
A half-century of clamoring by
Penn State students for a Student
Union building has been partially
answered at last by the Admin
istration’s acquisition of the Wil
low Street USO building located
at Lebanon.
The twelve thousand square
feet of building space will house
student activities and recreation
facilities and provide a leisure
hour student hangout. Erection
will probably be completed by the
start of thi. spring semester in
February on the grassy plot north
of the College Infirmary across
Shortlidge Road from Jordan Fer
tility Plots.
_ Officials of the College empha
size that the new building is not
a permanent Student Union struc
ture, but is merely a “stop-gap”
arrangement until a permanent
and more extensive student ac
tivities unit might be constructed.
Donovan in Charge
George Donovan, manager of
the present Student Union office
Continued on page fourteen
Orientation Week Schedule
(Ed. Note: The following schedule is complete as of publication
but' does not contain all meetings. Programs have been
planned for the early evening hours to acquaint newcomers
with various phases of campus life. Times for these special ■
meetings will be announced at the first mas meeting Sunday
night in Recreation Hall.)
Monday
8 a.m.—All Eng, Rec Hall; all Ag, 10 Sparks; Chem Phys, 119
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„ ?**• building marked Women's Activities is Mary Beaver White Hall. The buildings marked
Varsity ud Frear are now Irvin and Jordan Halls, women's dormitories. The temporary housing
units of Pollock Circle, Nittany Dorms, and Windcrest are located on the grounds marked Fertiliser
Experimental Plots, in the area bounded by Shortlidge road, the Poultry House (Barn) and East
College avenue.
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Prexy Says
T 0 the Sophomore Class:
We are happy to welcome you
to the Penn State campus. You
are the first class in the history
of this or any other college to
come to the main campus as
sophomores. You have already
gone through the process of ad
justing to college life, but in
many ways you will have to
face new circumstances here. It
will- take you some time to get
a feeling of class unity because
you have not been together be
fore. Nevertheless. I feel sure
you will make these adjustments
without to 0 great difficulty.
You will find we are still
laboring under handicaps be
cause of the large enrollment
and the problems of housing
you and your class work. These
difficulties have been with us
and other colleges for several
years because of the dislocations
of war and its aftermath, as
well as the problems of a rap
idly growing college population.
Those who have gone before
you have risen to the occasion
and we know you will 100. We
will do our best to help you get
started and to make the most
of the facilities provided here
for your education. By working
together I know we shall have a
successful year.
Undergoes Operation
President Ralph Dorn Hetzel
returned to Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, Thursday
to undergo an operation for an
injury to his back.
First New Class Since 1945
Meets for Orientation Week
With the convergence of approximately 2,000 sophomores oa
the Penn State campus for the commencement of Orientation Week
September 21, the College will welcome its first class of new stu»
dents since the matriculation of the freshman class in the fall se
mester of 1945.
Named President of the Col
lege on December 15, 1926,
President Hetzel will begin his
22nd year at Penn State during
the fall semester. After taking
his law degree from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin in 1908. he
later was named to the presi
dent's chair at the University
of New Hampshire where he
served from 1917 to 1926.
—R. D. Hetzel,
President
Regular daily publication of
the Daily Collegian will begin
Friday, September 26, accord
ing to Donald W. Ellis, busi
ness manager. All classified
ads and notices should be in
the office by the afternoon of
September 24, he added.
Swarthmore Address
The address of the new Penn
State Undergraduate Center at
Swarthmore includes the names
of four tmiversifies and colleges:
The Penn State College Center
855 Harvard Avenue
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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Forming a part of the record 8,000 undergraduate enrollment
expected by the Registrar’s Office
and the largest incoming class in
the history of the College, the
new students will come from a
total of 22 state teachers colleges,
undergraduate centers, and other
cooperating colleges throughout
the state.
“Farmed out” to these institu
tions for their first year of college
instruction, the new students wiH
get their first taste of Penn State
life under the guidance of more
than a hundred student campus
leaders. These leaders will intro
duce the newcomers to Penn State
before the main student body re
turns the latter part of the week.
Sponsored by a 27-man com
mittee appointed by College
President, Ralph D. Hetzel, and
composed of the Deans of all the
Schools, certain Administrative
Heads, and various student offi
cers, Orientation Week is the
present-day counterpart of Penn
State’s pre-war Freshman Week.
Mass Meeting
Although there will be no green
dinks, black bow ties, or match
carrying, Orientation Week will
be the closest thing to the famed
“customs” period that the Col
lege has seen since the spring
semester of 1946.
Beginning with a mass meeting
of all new students at the Rec
reation Building 8 o’clock Sunday
evening, Orientation Week has
been established for the purpose
of acquainting undergraduates
attending Penn State for the first
time with their new environment.
Prepare Booklet
In a booklet prepared by the
committee and mailed to members
of the incoming class, the new
students are advised on the more
important aspects of campus life,
Continued on page twenty-three
RALPH D. HETZEL
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No Queue Blues
At Book Exchange
“If the downtown book stores
offer you four bits for a.six-pound
volume originally purchased for
four bucks, don’t be irritated,”
consoles Jane Weigle, chairman
of the Student Book Exchange.
“Stop singing the book queue
blues, and start patronizing the
student-operated exchange.”
At the exchange, located in the
east wing basement of Irvin Hall,
students set their own prices. As
the project is completely non
profit in nature, only 5 cents is
charged on each transaction. This
fee is used to cover cost of ad-
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Minors Falsifying Age
In Taprooms Subject to
$lOO Fine r Jail Term
Mind's, misrepresenting thei»
age in attempting to procure alco
holic beverages, will be subject to
a fine of $lOO or 30 days in jail
according to a recently enacted
state law. Daniel A. DeMarino. as
sistant dean of men. stated this
week.
Any student, attempting to pur
chase intoxicating beverages,
whose age i= doubted bv the pro
prietor will be asked to fill out
and sign a card swearing that he
is at least 21 years old. The voting
registration number or matricula
tion number must also be given,
he emphasized.
The cards will be kept on file in
the establishment and checked
with the proper authorities from*
time to time. Even students with
identification showing them to be
of age may be asked to sign the
cards, he added.