TUESDAY, APRIL 90, 1048 Penn State in Review College Goes to Community ! (Foarik of a Series) By W. L. WERNER D R. GEORGE W. ATHER TON, seventh president of the Pennsylvania State College, died in July, 1906, and the college searched for 16 months before it found a worthy successor in Dr. Edwin Earle Sparks. Professor Sparks had first served on the Penn State campus from 1890 to 1895 as principal of the pre paratory department. Then he went co to the University of Chicago to ern his doctor's degree, and later roes rapidly there to the position 4professor of American Wen , . was author of a number of his torical books and was gaining a na tional reputation as a wise and wit ty lecturer. President Atherton had firmly es tablished the college—buildings, fi nances, students, curriculums, and standards. It was President Sparks' task, from 1907 to 1920, to make the people of the state aware of these new Achievements and opportuni ties. He coined the slogan, "Let us carry the college to the people," and he to/towed it through. The. School of Agriculture had been doing extension work by lec ttiren rind correspondence since 1892, but' OM idea was dramatized in 1910 when it ran "industrial trains over various railway lines through 49 counties of the state with lec turei at 158 stations before 47,000 people." In the same year 2500 stu- SPARKS POND dents throughout the state and be yond enrolled for correspondence courses in agriculture and domestic science; 647 visitors came to the campus during Farmers' Week; ex hibits were displayed at 11 county fairs; and lectures were delivered off campus at the average of one every weekday. The "county agent" system started in 1912, its obvious benefits bringing rapid expansion through the state. Influence Extended Other campus schools also ex tended their efforts to reach the people of the state. The Engineer ing School opened classes in Altoona and Williamsport, initiated corres pondence work, and sent out ex hibits. The School of Mines offered lectures in prevention of mining ac cidents, and distributed bulletins through the State Y.M.C.A. The flret extension supervisor in home economics was appointed in 1915, Nobel Co-winner Gives Curie Talk Dr. Gerty Cori, to-winner of the 1947 Nobel prize in medicine, will deliver the annual Marie Curie lecture in 119 Osmond Lab oratory at 8 o'clock tonight. She will speak on the enzyme. phos phorylase. Phosphorylase. found in tissues and muscles. is a catalYtic sub stance by means of whizh the body makes and uses body Ft a rch ( glycogen) and body sugar (glu cose). For the discovery and .sila tion of phosphorylase. Dr. Cori and her husband. Dr. Carl Cori. Jointly received the Nobel award. Dr. Cori is professor of biochem istry at the Washington Univer sity School of Medicine. St. Louis. She received her M.D. degree from the German University. Prague. in 1020 and has been on the faculty at Washington University since 1931. The lecture is open to the c.tub lie and is sponsored by lota Sigma warren's national ohemi Ary honorary. The wire's down, Let's keep it so, By giving the grass A chance to grow. rTiIrIiriRMIIIMIWT 4 WMTM4rWiMM= 'OLD MAIN' AS IT LOOKS TODAY and this work grew steadily and rapidly. The college was going to the women of the state as well as the men. There were no correspondence courses specifically for school teach ers, but President Sparks expanded the summer session campus courses for them with at first only a $5 fee for the entire six weeks. No wonder the enrollment jumped from 146 in 1910 to 1045 in 1920. The whole college—like moat other colleges in those years—was grow ing rapidly, rising from 1151 to 3271 students in the regular sessions dur ing the 14-year Sparks regime. A system of student self-government was installed, and Dean A. R. War nock was brought in to handle the increasing problems of the students. Scattered cultural subjects were brought together into a new and unified Liberal Arts School. Eight more buildings appeared be tween 1913 and 1915. The last stu dents who lived in the original building, nicknamed "the Old Main Rats," were transferred elsewhere, and the structure was devoted whol ly to offices and classrooms. "Every thing is expanding," reported one sad professor, "except salaries." War Casts Shadow Into the midst of this tremend ous expansion came the shadow of war in 1914 and its reality in 1917. Faculty, students, classes and cam pus were converted to military ends. Bugles sounded before dawn, and the Students' Army Training Corps marched to their war-centered classes. Sports, house parties, pub lications ceased; even compulsory chapel was abandoned. President Sparks, who had led in carrying the college to the state, now led the local war efforts. lie spoke, wrote, served on committees, Building- (Continued from page one) Mineral Industries Experiment station. The classroom building costing $987.650.60 will be erected be tween the Armory and the pres ent Mineral Industries Buildinps. facing Pollock Road. It will ac commodate 1500 students. Space on the ground floor will be pro vided for offices of the Dean of Admissions and Registrar, the College Examiner and the Bursar Plant Building The Plant Industries Building will include the departments of agronomy and horticulture. draft ing rooms. classrooms. labora tories. and offices. It will be situ ated on a site southeast or the junction of Shortlidge and Curtin loads and will' face Shortlidge Road. $944.259.64 has been allot ted for it. The $679.728.39 appropriated fcr expansion of the Power Plant will be used to purchase and in- BEAUTIFUL EMERSON CONSOLE Combination Radio and Auto- matic Record Player $99.95 HARMONY 135 S. Frazier Street 1 r ..., ..,.....„..-..„:„.,:„,,,.....,:.:,:,..... ...:,.„.,::.:.::...., ~.....-;'.....:.., . iii:ri11:„ . ..ii:, ~,:,...,..„:„....,..„:„,,.::::;.:::.." ~ led drives without end, while still trying to preserve the college's structure for the peace to come. But Just as President Pugh had been a civilian casualty of the WU War, so the strain of wartime burdens proved too much for Dr. Sparks. He suffered a ,nervous breakdown, and after a long rest, returned to spend his last four years in comparative quiet, lecturing on the campus and through the nation. , During President Sparks' illness, the popular and able Dean George G. ("Swampy") Pond tried to carry the extra burdens of serving as act ing president and hunting for a new president. He himself declined the office, but the strain of double du ties made him an easy victim of pneumonia in 1920. One thing seemed sure; devoted individuals like Dr. Sparks and Dr. Pond might sacrifice their lives, but the college itself was too firmly es tablished to be shaken or destroyed by war. Larger and busier than ever, the college moved into the postwar 1920'5. It was 85 years ago on April 1, 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 fourth in a series of siz articles. Circle (Continued from page one) priorities for the rooms are to be chosen. Suggestions from the residents of the Circle and Nit tany Dorms are to be turned into Reissmann. The Student Employment Corn mate, announced that plans are stall a new boiler. a 4000-kilowatt vapacity turbo-generator. a con denser. cooling tower, electrical switch gear and other equipment. It will enable the Power Plant to Neat and light buildings planned or now under construction nt the College SHOP .:::..e:r.:•:,Tz:XI,S%:::'::,::;iF,TV ~.:::•••':::::•:: • 65::,;'::$ ..:,:'.. , : . :. : ,*:* * :0:D% '.:c :: ::•i.:: ....;::iii:i*:,.. ...... ' %.; ..:: i•i::::'Ui.iii.:4,•.:le i ':'.....::: :.:: !:.i:":?::::::'A::Iii: N.:4 . : : : : . : 4:,. a 4 in:wwq-02:. , %.,:::*?:.• :::i:ni:.>•,:...;,::*lks::• t % ...'•:,::::;:•':::% , :::*4:::::: .. s••••:•:%•:z : :::e.. :•::::::.::,.. ':::%i::•:•::.,,,; .., ' " • ':,.. .. , .:: .. ,: : ; .. :i:? :i l. : i . :.:i.: i. ,ii i,: ; i :• . ,.. i.",:. :4 i (To be continued) NSYLV AN IA Bridge Finalists Compete Saturday Names of 14 bridge teams who have qualified for the final all- College playoff, in 208 Electrical Engineering building at 1:30 p.m. next Saturday. were released yesterday by Elton W. Jones. fac ulty director of the tournament Winning pa ir in Saturday's final duplicate session will receive a traveling trophy. to be held one year. and two smaller trophies for permanent possession. Names of competing pairs are William Bemus Rex Meyer. Henry Rea—Frank Ortolani. David Whitb y. Eln.er Strunk—James Short. Joan Berch told Reginald Kimble. Harold Ludwig—Thomas Morgan. Rodney Hilbert—Robert Tobias. Joseph Hyland—J. E. Morris. William Shunk—Joseph Fromme. Richard Kiellman—Robert Jones. Edward Epstein—Stephen Skapik. John Hauptman—George Bemus. Robert Larson—H ar r y Wesley. William Dunn—Leonard Levine. TWo brothers. William and George Bemus. from Wilkins burg. Pa.. finished one-two as members of different teams in the fourth elimination session Thurs day. William paired with Rex Meyer to register 59 points and swPen first place by a wide margin. Brother George teamed with John Students Negotiate Contract For CIO and Steel Company Students in Economics 412. in connection with a class project. have arrived at provisions to be included in the renewal of the contract between the United Steel workers of America C. 1.0. and the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corpora tion. This contract was chosen be cause predictions are it will raise a national problem when it ex pires this month. This is the first time such a project was under taken by this class in Collective Bargaining. The professor in charge is Dr. Eugene Myers. as sistant professor of economics. Class Divided The class of 17 was divided into two groups. labor and manage ment. The entire arbitration period was conducted by the students. with Joseph Glick heading the management side and Howard Criden the labor. The union team studied the present contract and decided upon nine provisions to be included before the contract could be renewed. The final de cisions were arrived at this week. Provisions include a 30 day union shop, a 15-cent general wage increase with an additional one cent per hour on shift differ entials. Also a two weeks vaca tion if the employee served with 'ne company three years, and being made for the filling of po sitions of mailmen in the Fall. About 14 men will be needed., A poll will be taken in the dorms on the question of support of a student bok store in the TUB. and whether residents would be willing to pay 50 cents annual membership dues to the student co-op store. IN OUR STORE ALL THIS WEEK Mi 43 el j oid 'Wool/A BONNE BELL CONSULTANT FREE Beauty Consultation REA and DERICK PAUL kakiEr.; Strange Fruit Blooms On Trees Near Tri-Dorms Strange fruit blooms on the trees surrounding Tri-dorms this week as shirts and overalls bear ing a rather pungent odor re placed the normal foliage. Owner ship of the items was claimed by Nancy Kester and her sister Peggy as they explained, "We were 'fitting' sheep for the Little International Livestock Show and we had to air out our clothes." The sisters, education majors, became interested in sheep when they were given twin lambs 10 years go by their parents Since the Kesters live on a dairy farm in Clarion County, the girls kept the lambs and raised them. Nancy, a sophomore math physics major, is fitting a South down wether named, "Fluffy", and Peggy, a junior in home economics and chemistry major. is preparing a Hampshire sheep named "Honey." Although neither of the girls ever saw a livestock show, their father took the to award this winter for showing a grand champion 4-H registered Guern sey heifer at the State Fair in Harrisburg. Hauptman to finish second w't-h. 45% points. Third was the com bine of David Sims and William Whitby with 44. three weeks if he worked more than fifteen years was agreed upon. Holidays during the year will include January 1. Memorial Day. July 4. Labor Day. Thanks giving. Christmas. and President elect day. Workers Report They decided that the worker must report on or off four hour before the shift: if he fails he will have a Penalty of one work day off. The groups agreed on a one half hour lunch period on corn' ny t!me for an eight-hour work day. The provision that time and halt be paid for the first four hours overtime in an eight-hour, dye day week. and dowl le time over four hours, was accepted. The company would not accept the proposal that a union desig nated safety engineer shonlu in spect the plant and make rec,o!:: mendations to joint safety eom mittees. They accepted a healt l ' and welfare benefit plan. The result of this student tr ect may prove interesting when the real contract comes up to , discussion. Some of the stuclent• and Dr. Myers believe that rnr.n. of the proposals agreed Upon may parallel the final actual decision. „tuotio,
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