PAGE SIXTE Traditions Gain Meaning • At a small college where every one knows everyone else, its of no special interest that every body greets everybody else with a big "hello". But when a college sprouts out at its seams and be comes as large as Penn State, then' its another story. So, to retain the friendly at mosphere of the small college here, the "Hello" tradition has grown right along with the col lege. The two diagonal walks leading from Old Main are call ed the "hello walks" and it is customary for students to greet everyone they pass here. Along with this custom, all students greet the president or acting presi dent of the College. Each graduating class allots funds to the College for the pur chase of a gift, with the class itself deciding by vote what it THE' DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA will give. Two of the outstand ing gifts presented to date are the Nittany Lion Shrine and the Land-Grant fresco. The great stone. Lion is sculptured by Heinz Warneke, located between Rec Hall and New Beaver Field and is as symbolic of Penn State as the origin of the emblem itself. Emblem's Origin The lion emblem originated when H. D. Masdn, 'O7, visited Princeton and was impressed by that school's emblem, the tiger. Proud of his school, Mason reasoned that Penn State should have an emblem as strong as the tiger. His suggestion of the King of Beasts as a school symbol was adopted in 1907. The last two graduating classes have placed all or major portions of their money for a gift 'into a fund which will be used to pur- chase a student press Dramatizes Act Henry Varnum Poor's noted mural, found in the lobby of Old Main, dramatizes the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862. Money was given by several graduating classes, the Commonwealth, and the College for extension of the mural so that it now represents the services of the coal, steel and agricultUral industries of the state. Every day students rush east the side of Schwab Auditorium that faces Pollock road without knowing that the grave of 'one of the College , s most outstanding' presidents is located there. George Washington Atherton, who is buried there, was president from 1882 until his death in 1906, dur ing a period marked' by great improvement to the College. as College Grows The Old Willow, a magnificent tree which stnad at the intersec tion of the :Mall and one of the walks leading % to Old Main, was blown down in a storm in 1922. Later a cutting from the tree, fondly remembered by many alumni, was planted to mark the location. . The geology monument or polylith, representing a long range weathering experiment, was erected" in 1898• in front of the Armory. The obelisk is composed of 281 'samples ,of Pennsylvania stone and ' sho*s the manner in Lehi ^h rock, is stratified. Through the ,- ears the obelisk has become fal'icd in site grid story. Contrary to 14 papular belief, the lone boulder small natural bowl west of. the Textile, Chem istry building designates he site of a quarry from' which such WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 190 stone was taken and does not indicate the center of the state. Freshmen Customs After three years of absence, freshmen customs will return to campus this fall. The 500• fresh men women living in Atherton will wear large green bows in their hair and name cards around their necks. They will also fol low a set of rules different from those followed by upperclassmen. The orientation Week, now in progress, is another Penn State custom, designed to help all new students become a part of the College with as ; little difficulty as possible. One of the most enjoyable tra ditions is...the annual Christmas carol program held in the front of Old. Main. Students, faculty and townspeople all gather to sing favorite carols. '
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