, For • 1 0 , 1 Summer Ngws ,6,v4 , ; ~r arilr zi at t H ..0.3t.,,,,,, eatirgtuit Registration See Pages 4-8 Today and Tomorrow VOL. 46—No. 2 College Buys USO Building To Fill Present SU Need A half-century of clamoring by Penn State students for a Student Union building has been partially answered by the administration's acquisition of the Willow Street USO building located at Lebanon. The twelve thousand square feet of floor space will house student activities and recreation facilities and will provide a leisure-hour Student hangout. Erection, begun last week, will probably be com pleted by the start of the Spring semester in February on the grassy plot north of the College Infirm- - ary across Shortlidge Road from the Jordan fertility 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 con structed. Donovan Will Manage George Donovan, manager of the present Student Union office in Old Main, will have charge of activities in the new building and will establish his office there when the building is opened in February. Feature of the student activities building is a ballroom capable of holding 250 couples at dances. This dancing area, 60 feet wide by 80 feet long, will be furnished with tables and chairs for serving refreshments in the night club or Dry Dock style. A stage, 20 feet by 30 feet, ap pended to the north end of the ballroom, provides facilities for theatrical performances and other stage entertainment. Stage light ing and spot lights will be set up (Continued on page nine) Prexy Is Better Dr. Ralph Dorn HetseL pres ident of the College, is recup erating satisfactorily at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. from an operation successfully performed last Thursday for a • back injury. Barnet Scheduled For Junior Prom Charlie Barnet and his band have been signed as the feature attraction for the annual Junior Prom to be held October 24 in Recreation Hall as the highlight event of Fall Houseparty week end, according to Abram Bosler, Prom chairman. Another scheduled event for this big social and athletic week end of the Fall season is the Penn State-West Virginia fo o tball game. The presentation of the Junior Prom during the Fall instead of Soph Hop as was previously the case represents a change in the Penn State social calendar which will be the regular schedule henceforth. Soph Hop is now scheduled for February, while Senior Ball retains its traditional May date. Acting Dean Dr. George 1.. Haller was ait 0 i•n acting dean of the School of Ch emistry and Ph sins to replace the late Dr. Max C. Whitman. • FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1947-STATE COLLEGE, PENNA. Student A ctivit THE RECENTLY acquired Penn State Student Activities Building will be completed in February. Pictured above is the front entrance which leads into the main lounge. The ballroom is located in the rear of the building. Main Lounge of New Building THE LOUNGE is furnished with comfortable chairs, thick carpets and tables. Entrance to the ballroom is made through the pictured doorways to the right and left of the fireplace. All New Dorms Open Next Week All residents of the new Nit tany Dorms should be able to move into their assigned rooms by the middle of next week, ac cording to William Gross, manager of Pollock Circle and Nittany Dorms. All dorms are now open with the exception of numbers 32, 35, 36, 38, 21 and 22, he explained. Men assigned to dorms 21 and 22 have been reassigned to other buildings. The dining commons at Nittany Dorms opened with this morn ing's breakfast, he stated. Pre viously men living in both pro jects have been eating at the Pol lock Circle dining commons. "Speaking for the management, we appreciate the cooperating attitude of the men who were forced to double up this first week," Gross added. "They have realized that we have been work ing under definite handicaps and are doing whatever possible to open all the facilities as soon as we can " Penn State Club Penn State Club will hold its first meeting of this semester in the Club room, 321 Old Main at 7 o'clock Monday night. All non fraternity men are eligible to at tend and learn the activities of the club. Chapel Dr. Robert R. Wicks, dean emeritus of the Chapel, Princeton University, will speak at Chapel services, 11 a. m., Sunday. This will be Dean Wicks' second ap pearance at Schwab Auditorium. This will be the initial Chapel service of the current academic year. and all sophomores are es pecially urged to attend. Dean Wicks will discuss "The Only Inexhaustible Satisfaction of Life." es Building Daily Edit Staff Meetings for the Daiiy Col legian editorial boards have been announced by Allan Ostar, editor. The senior board will meet in 8 Carnegie Hall at 2 p.m. Saturday. The junior board will meet at 3 p.m., and sophomore board at 4 p.m. All meetings are compulsory. Vets Purchase Own Textbooks Fee System Explained New regulations and procedures regarding student-assessed fees, certain tuition costs, and the pay ment of textbooks and other stu dcnt supplies for veterans enroll ed at the College were explained today in a letter issued by Dr. Ralph Dorn Hetzel, president of the College. In accordance with a ruling of the Veterans Administration, each veteran will be personally responsible for the payment of all fees assessed by the student body. These fees now include a debat ing and glee club fee of 25 cents per semester; class dues, includ ing special assessinent, $3.25 for men and $4.25 for women per semester; and for agricultural students only, a student activities fee of $1 per semester. Educational benefits now cov- Continued on page nine Fall Registration Process Changed Preregistered Students Must See Advisers Cabinet Meeting All-College Cabinet will conduct its first meeting of the fall semesfer in 201 Old Main, 7 o'clock. Thursday nigh t. Student representatives to the Student Union committee will be named at this meeting, ac cording to Tom Lannen. All- College president. Book Exchange Begins Today The Student Book Exchange will open this morning at nine o'clock in the east wing basement of Irvin Hall, states Jane Weigle, exchange chairman. Students who leave their books at the exchange for resale set their own prices, usually about 60 per cent of the original value. Non-profit in nature, the ex change is student-operated. Five cents is charged for each transac tion to pay for advertising and the employment of one full-time worker. According to chairman Weigle the exchange handled approxi mately 1200 books during the spring semester. Dates and hours the exchange will be open are as follows: Fri.. Sept. 26....9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., Sept. 27....9 a.m.-12 m. Mon., Sept. 29..9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues., Sept. 30..9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed., Oct. 1 9 a.m.-12 m. Honor Sophs At Fun Night Basketball, • volleyball, table tennis, badminton, bingo, and schuftle board fill the table of contents for the first hour of Fun Night in Rec Hall a 7:30 p. m. to morrow. Mixer dances, vocalization by the Bunyan Quintet, and music by Gene Sprague and the Pink Elephants, complete the proposed entertainment. Sponsored jointly by the PSCA, and the School of Physical Edu cation, the affair is open to everyone. However, incoming sophomores should be considered guess of honor, according to Jim Smith, general secretary of PSCA. Junior Service Board, and the Student Counsellors will act as hosts. A booth illustrating through displays, photographs, and litera ture, various phases of student activity will be furnished by PSCA. The School of Physical Education will likewise provide a booth showing activities per- I airine specifically to that school. In aricliiton to Mr. Smith. those working on plans for the program include: Alex Atty, Patricia Bab bitt, Alice Byers, Ray Conger. lnd Richard Gillespie. Engineer Candidates The Penn SUtte Engineer is sued its first call for candidates to meet in 416 Old Main at 7:30 Monday night Sophomores are invited to try for the staff. Meeting Compulsory meetings for the three business boards of Col le•2ian have been announced for this weekend. Senior boa_d will meet at 7 p.m. Friday. Junior Board at 2 p.m. Sunday, and Sophomore Board, 3:30 p.m. Sunday. All meetings will be held in 8 Carnegie Hall. PRICE FIVE CENTS Important changes have beer, made in registration procedure for all students entering the Fal. semester 1947-48, according tc Ray V. Watkins, scheduling of ficer. All students who preregisterec before leaving school last sprint and no changes have been made in the schedule, should repor directly to their advisors where they will be given their sched ule stamped and approved by the College Scheduling Office. A blanket form must then be fillec out in the advisor's office before the student reports to the Rec reation Building to complete reg istration. Students who have preregis tered and have a schedule that has been adjusted for sections ONLY should also fill out the blanket form at their advisors' office. Course Changes In the case of students who preregistered and need a sched ule adjusted with course change. because of failure of a subject change of curriculum, work taken in Summer Sessions of overcrowded sections or courses. Continued on page nine Sophs, Transfers Welcomed Sunday The 2,759 new sophomores and transfer students were officially welcomed to the campus by A. 0. Morse, assistant to the presi dent, and Arthur R. Warnock. dean of men, at a mass meeting in Recreation Hall Sunday night. This meeting, beginning Ori entation Week, was for the pur pose of acquainting the student' with the College habits, tradit tions and functions, and the Ori entation Week activities. Junior Service Board or Junior Guides, junior women's honor ary, acted as guides and advisors to the women students, meeting them at the buses when they ar rived, and helping them to get arranged in their dormitories. They acted as ushers at all mass meetings and conducted house meetings every night in the dor mitories. Campus Tours Counselors composed of men student leaders acted in a simi lar capacity for the men stu dents. They conducted orienta tion classes three times during the week, tours of the campus. and discussed with the students. Continued on page nine Named Dean Dr. Pearl 0. Weston was named dean of women, effective June 31, at a meeting of the Board of Trustees held in June. She had been acting dean since Septem ber of last year and is successor to Charlotte E R.ay who retires a year ago after 23 years as dean of women.
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