A 's2*Z° ©l}£ S&tly (Eolhgim Penn r s % anl „ VOLUME 48—NUMBER 3 Record 8200 Students Register College Room, Board Fees Rise As Cost of Operation Increases Fees for all students and room and board rates for dormitory students have been increased, effective this semester, James Milhol land, acting president of the College, announced last month. In a letter to all students enrolled on campus or at the Mont Alto branch of the Pennsylvania State Forest School, President Milhol land pointed out that appropriat Pennsylvania account for only a student and that the remainder must be provided from Federal government appropriations and student fees. “The small increases now be ing made will offset, in part, the additional present-day cost and make it possible to continue to provide you with the kind of edu cation you have a right to expect from the Pennsylvania State Col lege,” President Milholland wrote Typical fee increases for un dergraduates will range from $5 to $lO per semester while the in crease for part-time students will total $1 per credit per semester. Tuition charged out-of-state residents was increased from $75 Book Exchange Reopens Today For the benefit of students hav ing financial difficulties, the stu dent book exchange is operating again this year, opening its doors in TUB at 9:30 o’clock this morn ing, according to Joanne L. Hobbs, chairman of the book ex change committee. Hours for the exchange will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m., starting today and continuing through next Wednes day, with the exceptions of Sat urday afternoon and Sunday. Books at the exchange will be sold at a price up to 60 percent of list. All unsold books will be sent at the option of the owners to an out-of-state student co operative. Students sending books to the exchange will receive no pay ment until their boks are sold, at which time they will be noti fied of the sale. They may then take their receipts to the Student Union desk, where they will be cashed in. All sorts of text books are ac ceptable at the exchange. At present there seems to be a sup erfluity of liberal arts texts. A few other articles, such as draw ing sets, are also obtainable. Cabinet Plans First Mixer Sophs and senior, new and old Penp Staters, will have a chance to meet each other under inform al social conditions in Rec Hall at 8 o’clock tomorrow night. The occasion is the first mixer of the year sponsored by All- College Cabinet. One of the lead ing dance bands on campus has been engaged to play for dancing, said William Lawless, All-College president. Collegian Distribution Daily Collegians will be avail able at Student Union desk every morning from Tuesday to Satur day inclusive, beginning next Tuesday. Details of distribution to fraternity sections, and cam pus downs or dining commons, will be revealed next week. All undergraduate students are entitled to obtain Collegian, since 75 cents of each semester’s class dues was voted to pay for a blan ket subscription during the war. Faculty membens and townspeo ple as well as parents, may ob tain Collegians by mail, for $2 per semester, aod $4 a year. ions from the Commonwealth of >art of the education cost Of each per semester to $llO. This fee is in addition to the general and in cidental fees, which amount to about $llO per semester and which are paid by all students. The revised fee schedule also eliminates many of the fees that were assessed for specific courses. A blanket $lO fee, paid by each student, replaces laboratory fees formerly assessed for individual courses. Rates for board in all dormitor ies on campus were raised from $lB7 to $2OO per semester while room rentals were increased about $lO per semester. These in creases, it was explained, were necessitated by rising living costs. Graduate Manager Alumni Solve Travel Problem ‘‘Homecoming Special,” is the Alumni Association’s solution to the housing and transportation problems which Alumni Home coming Wekend always provides. With the help of Paul Lloyd, manager of the Keystone Travel Bureau, and the Pennsylvania Railroad the Alumni Association has made possible the unique plan of bringing approximately 16 Pullman cars directly onto the campus to solve the problems of eating, housing and travel. The special can be boarded on Friday evening, October 22 in New York, Philadelphia, Wash ington, Baltimore, York, Lancas ter, Harrisburg, Greensburg or Pittsburgh. The eastern section will proceed to Harrisburg and on to Altoona,, while the western section heads for Altoona. The eastern and western alumni cars will be assembled for the special movement to Bellefonte and a ride to State College on the Bellefonte Central tracks. The “Homecoming Special” is scheduled to arrive in State Col lege at 7:15 a.m. Saturday. The cars will be parked on the College siding for occupancy and meals by the travelers. A retailed itinerary and rate schedule have been prepared by the Alumni Association. Ticket rates include all meals on the train, first class rail ticket, Pull man space (compartments and drawing rooms) and a reserved seat ticket of the Michigan State game. The use of a club car en route and on the campus is 'a special feature of the trip. STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948 Labor-Saving Forms, New Photos • Serve as Registration Innovations Registration ol the 2700 sophomores and more than 5500 upperclassmen who are re turning to the College for the fall semester will continue today and tomorrow as all avail able College facilities are geared to the “signing-up” of the record enrollment. Undergraduate students who have pre-registered will first report to their advisers to receive class cards and schedules. Students who have not completed the first phase reg istration will receive schedule cards signed by an adviser or the dean of the schools in AA Sets Limit On Penn Tickets Penn-Penn State football game ticket application blanks will be issued to students when they obtain their Athletic Association ticket books at registration in Recreation Hall today and until noon tomorrow. Applications, accompanied by $3.90 per ticket, will be accepted at the Athletic Association win dows October 4 and 5. A maxi mum of two reserved seats may be applied for. . No provisions have been made for faculty and townspeople to order tickets, because of the ex pected high demand from stu dents and alumni, according to Harold R. Gilbert, graduate man ager of athletics. Penn State’s contingent has been assigned the north side of Franklin Field from goal-line to goal-line, for the highly-publiciz ed November 6 fray. The Athletic Association has allotted 7500 seats to alumni, and 500 to stu dents. A block of 300 of the best student seats has been reserved for the football squad. Alumni applications, on a max imum-of-four basis, with the AA reserving the privilege of cutting the number to two, have been streaming in for several weeks. The deadline for alumni is Octob er 23. So far applications for 12,- 000 tickets have been received. Final decisions on the amount of limitations required, will de pend on the total number of ap plicants. Applications will be fill ed in order of receipt, with paid up Alumni Association members receiving top priority. Governor Duff Proclaims Week I. James H. Duff, Governor of of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, do hereby designate and proclaim September 26 through October 2, 1048, as Pennsylvania Week, to be ob served by the citizens of our Commonwealth as an opportun ity to acquaint themselves more: fully with the resources, devel opment, history and potentialities of their home State and commun ity. We, as Pennsylvanians, can take deep pride in the fact that it was on Pennsylvania soil that the representatives of the thirteen original colonies met to form a union of free states, and that it was also on Pennsylvania soil that that Union withstood its most severe test in the Civil War. We can take pride also in Pennsylvania’s vast resources, her versatility and manifold at tainments in industry and com merce, and her amazing diver sity of products. * This celebration of Pennsyl vania Week, however, is not a mere rejoicing in glories past and present. Pennsylvanians must look to the future too, ever search ing for new endeavors which will mean continued growth and pros perity for the local community and for the State. See Editorial, Page 2 See Editorial, Page 2 James H. Duff which they are enrolled. They then report to the Board of Control in the Armory to re ceive a class card for each course scheduled. When both schedule and class cards have een procured students report directly to Recrea tion Hall to complete registration. A new labor-saving device for registering students is the use of carbon paper for copying of class cards and schedules. Another fea ture new to upperclassmen is the fact that all students, no matter what class, will have photographs taken for new, plastic-encased matriculation cards. The photograph will include the student’s num ber and school. On the reverse side the student’s address, height, weight, color of eyes and hair will be listed. Late registrants will be required to have the matriculation pho tograph taken at the Penn*State Photo Shop, where a fee will be PUB, TUB Offer Recreation, Refreshments for Leisure For recreation, fun and refreshments, ranging from coffee and sano'wtilchies to playing ping pong or a game of chess, the PUB and TUB are open throughout the week. The PUB, (Pollock Union Building) Inaugurated this fall, is open for men only, with the TUB, (Temporary Union Building) created for both men and women. Hours fob TUB and PUB are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursdays: 8 to 1 a.m.. Fridays and Saturdays; and 2 to 10 p.m. Sundays. Broadcasting the World Series will be one of the opening fea tures of the TUB recreational program, sa id George L. Donovan, direeto,- of student activities. Among the activities available Fall Activities Calendar First semester social events, set up in the Student Union calen dar, were released by George Donovan, director of student activities, as “dates to remember.” Sept. 24-25—Registration Sept. 25—A11-College Mixer Oct. 2—Greeters Club Dance Oct. 16—Cwens’ Dungaree Drag Oct. 21-22 —Thespian Show Oct. 22-23—Alumni Homecoming Oct. 29—Mortar Board Carnival Nov 12—Junior Prom; Fall Houseparty Nov. 20—Mid - semester below grade reports Nov. 24-29—Thanksgiving recess Dec. 4—Harvest Ball Dec 9—Artists Course; Christo pher Lynch Dec. 11—Military Ball Dec. 18-—Christmas vacation be- gins Jan. s—Christmas vacation endis Jan. 14—All-College Talent show Jan. 21—First semester classes end •Jan 22-29—First semester exam inations Jan. 31—Graduation (Continued on page three) for students at the two buildings are Checkers, cards and listening to the juke box. Besides the re freshments already mentioned, at both places there are cigarettes and coke machines, candy, plus a wide variety of soda fountain specials. Student Office Offers Work Students seeking part-time em ployment should contact the stu dent employment office located in the TUB, said Allan M. Reece, in charge of student employment. Available positions include working for meals, baby sitting, housework, manual labor, and jobs which technical training. From time to time other types of work is offered by em ployers registering at the office. To help speed the work of the student employment office, class schedules and telephone numbers should be brought to the office, Reece recommended. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with the excep tion of the lunch hour from IS noon to 1:30 p.m. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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