PAGE EIGHT Penn State in Review An Era of Great Growth A FTER 28 yam at near-starvation diet, the Pennsylvania State College began to grow in 1882 when George W. Atherton became itii seventh president When he arrived, the college had 87 students. When he died ia office 24 years later, there were over 800 students. In his first year at the college, it received no money from the state legislature and only $BO,OOO from federal funds. At his death, the college was getting $78,000 annually from the national government and $230,000 per year from the state. George W. Atherton was a self made man. He worked his way through Yale, and served as a cap tain in the Civil War. After grad uation he entered a teaching career and rose to be professor of political soignee at Rutgers University. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar, ran for Congress in 1876, served on state and national commissions, and took an active part in advanc ing land-grant colleges even before he came to Penn State. Promoted Engineering Before he arrived, there had been no teaching of engineering at the college, but four years later there were enough students to warrant an engineering building, and in 1896 a School of Engineering was or ganized. Prom the early 1890's un til the 1930's this school was the largest in the college; it was the lever that raised the enrollment from an average of 100 into the thousands. While President Atherton was atisfying the demands of young 'ennsylvanians for engineering ourses, he did not neglect agricul ure. The college had always „tressed agriculture but had never attracted more than a few dozen students. The president set Pro fessor Jordan to experimenting with "fertility plots," established an Agricultural Experimental Station under Dr. Armsby with the aid of federal funds, and arranged short courses which farmers could attend for a few days in winter. A year after Dr. Atherton's death the agri culture' enrollment of regular stu -lents for the first time passed the hundred mark. With engineering and agriculture thriving, President Atherton turned to the development of liberal arts. Eoth co-eds and men students were demanding cultural courses, and the president felt that a liberal educa tion also made better engineers and farmers. Slowly he converted trus tees and legislators to this idea, gradually he bilk up a_ competent College Establishes Six Graduate Fellowships Six graduate research fellow ships in psychology and education and related fields on instructional sound motion picture research have been established at the Col lege. The fellowships provide sti- Lends ranging from $l.OOO to $2,400, Dr. C. R. Carpenter, direc tor of the Instructional. liin: Re scarch Project. amulained. They are available %may to sonic:Aaft students who are reader to under take and coma:4~ a sae year their research for a doctor's thesis. TO SOMPLETE YON Sls WEEKEND DOM AT THE CEDARS lA Mae Went of Spring 341115. on Bourn 41 (Third of a Series) By W. L. WERNER faculty, and at the time of his death there were a dozen teachers and almost as many curriculums in Eng lish, classics, history, psychology, music and similar fields. Other signs of progress accompa nied these gains in engineering, agriculture and liberal arts—corres pondence courses in 1892, a School of Mines in 1896, the beginning of summer sessions in 1897. Old Main, even with electric lights, was too small for these de velopments and two building booms came in rapid succession. Between 1887 and 1893 ten school buildings and eight residences were construct ed, and between 1900 and 1907 nine more buildings rose, including Charles M. Schwab's gift of an au ditorium and Andrew Carnegie's li brary. First Housing Shortage Students multiplied and filled the buildings, for the history of Penn State is one housing shortage after another. Compulsory farm labor was no more and the old literary societies were declining, but inter collegiate football started in 1881 and baseball in 1882. John M. ("Monty") Ward, '77, is often cred ited with being the first pitcher in the United States to throw a curved ball. Impressed by Princeton's ti ger in 1906, the baseball team pro posed a lion as the Penn State sym bol; Professor Fred Lewis Pattee furnished words for an "Alma Ma ter" in 1901. Social activities flourished too, es pecially after the trustees removed the ban on fraternities in 1888 and the ban on dancing in 1890. Stu dent actors started the Thespians in 1897, undergraduates printed a weekly newspaper in 1904, and be ginning in 1900 a student band played teams on to victory with in struments purchased by the gener ous Mr. Carnegie. AU these changes President Atherton saw during his 24 years of office; many of them he initiated Four Students Present Interpretative Reading Four advanced students in in terpretative speech classes will present an hour program for the literature section of the State College Club at 3 o'clock today. The program includes Jean Book's reading of "The Little Wife" by William March; Lois Hartswick's presentation of "An Intermission Entertainment SING FINALS CROWNING OF KING AND QUEEN Friday 9 a.m. t• 4:30 p.m. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA and encouraged. Finally in 1908 he rested from his labors, his last offi cial act being the distribution of diplomas at commencement. He was buried on the campus of the col lege which he loved so well. No man did more for its success than he. It was 85 years ago on April I, 1863—that the Penn sylvania Legislature designat ed Penn State the beneficiary of the Morrill Act, and there fore the Land Grant College of the State. W. L. Werner, pro fessor of American Literature, herein charts the highlights of those years in a condensation of Dr. Wayland F. Dunaway's illuminating book, "History of The Pennsylvania State Col lege," which was published a year ago. This is the third in a series of six articles. Nittany Lines Staff members of the Nittany Lines, PSCA publication, are re quested to hand stories in to 304 Old Main by noon tomorrow. Tian Saroyan; Lois Heyd's' inter pretation of "Little White Girls,", by Mrs. Henry Menchen. and Jane; Weigle's reading of "Here Comes the Bridegroom," by Booth Tark l ington. Tickets on sale Student Union ~~:~x.~~.~~r.r~:v~l:~~;~rr•~.~ (To be continued) PAN - HEL -1. F. C. News Briefs Engineering Lecture Lyman E. Jackson, Dean of the school of Agriculture, will speak t o senior engineers on "Democ racy vs. Totalitarianism" in Schwab Auditorium, 4:110 o'clock this afternoon. Hemlock Chain Senior women interested in participating in the Hemlock Chain must sign up at Student Union desk before noon tomor row, said Janet Lyons, president of WSGA. Ciitique Refund All subscribers to Critique magazine are urged to come to the Critique office in Carnegie Hall for a ten cent refund from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Company B Banquet Company B, fifth regiment of the National Society of Pershing Rifles, initiated three me„ after a banquet at the State College Ho tel Wednesday. New members are Everell V. Chadwick, L: Conrad Davis, and Harold Griffith. Grif fith and David L. Malickson were installed as officers. Guests at the banquet were Col. Ben Hur Chas taine, Col. Guy Mills, and Maj. Robert Halpin. Webster- (Continued from page one) them ex-Gl's have been enlisted in her troupes. Her recent production of Ib sen's "Ghosts," starred Eva Le Gallienne who also translated the original Norwegian manuscript into a simple, realistic presenta tion, Miss Webster selects Eva Le Archer translations as stuffy and pompous. Evaluating the finest perform ances turned in under her direc tion, Mis Webster selects Eva Le Gallienne in "Henry VIII," Judith Anderson in "A Family Portrait," and Maurice Evans in "Richard II." Drama's Evolution In her lecture the touted Shakespearian director traced the evolution of drama from Eliza bethan pageants and the Bard of Avon to current vehicles. Miss Webster touched on the profound drama of Shakespeare, the satiri cal manner plays of Congreve, the human realism of Ibsen, and the tender, delicate insight of Checkov. "Shakespeare should not be played today with the harangue and "ham" necessary in the open air theatre of the late 1800's," noted Miss Webster. "Hamldt's advice to the players for sincer ity, sensitivity and comprehen sion still holds good." PreJent JOHNNY LONG Corsage Included with and Ticket , His Orchestra PIRTDAY, APRIL 16, -1048 IFC- (Continued on page eight) tions in kitchens of various fra. ternities. The committee will make its findings available to all houses. Police Chief John R. Tuba ad dressed IFC representatives on student-police relations, main taining the appearance of the bor ough and protective measures against theft in fraternity houses. Daniel A. DelVlarino, assistant dean of men, urged fraternities to practice public relations with town citizens who live adjacent to them. He suggested inviting them to evening meals and social functions. All ballots in the PanHel-IFC King and Queeen contest must be turned in to Student Union by noon today, Joseph Succop, pi•b licity chairman, said, Ejection- (Continued from page one) said he thought the fellow was "looking for trouble." He said that he told the student he didn't want to discuss the matter, but he kept it up. The barber said that he finally could take it no longer and asked Millard to leave. Oopenhaver said he had dis cussed the question civilly with many patrons, but that Millard was "the worst I ever had." He added that Millard had made sev eral insulting statements, but he could not remember, specifically what they were. Prof. Arthur H. Reede, chair man of the Council on Racial Equality, when questioned on CORE's reaction to the incident, said he hoped the unfortunate epi sode will result in renewed &ter mination to sell tickets for non discriminating service. "Surely, every thinking person will now bend every effort to bring, as soon as possible. a con structive solution of this pattlitu lay manifestation at racial in equality." Prof. Reede said. AT PENN STATE ROBERT E. RITZ smokes CHESTERFIELDS Bob says: "They give me comsplete sat isfaction in a cigarette. The cooler, miltier smoke I had been searching for, I found in Chesterfields." A nation-wide survey shows that Chesterfields are TOPS with College Students from coast-to-coast. FRIDAY, APRIL 16 DANCING 9 - 1 SEMI - FORMAL
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