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Nittany Museum
In March 1941 the College librarian was
designated as archivist to “collect, catalog and
protect records pertaining to the history of the
College,” and a large room on the fourth floor
o< the Library—known as the Penn State Room
—was set aside for housing this material.
THE PENN STATE ROOM was a godsend
to those who wanted to see facts of Penn State
history and tradition retained in one permanent
place. Not only that, but the Penn State Room,
under direction of Mrs. Abbie H. Cromer,
curator, has been and still is a treasury of
information about the College. Mrs. Cromer
daily answers questions about “What the class
gift was in 1927?”, “What were the circum
stances in founding of the College?”, “Who
followed Evan Pugh as president of the Col
lege?”
But the College is fast outgrowing the
Penn Slate Room. There is little space left
for expansion in collecting Nittany lore and
trivia.
One thing needed on campus—in addition
to a student union building, field house, other
modern dormitories and several other things
befitting a university of this size and character
—is a Penn State Museum.
THIS MUSEUM WOULD not supplant the
Penn State Rdom but would be a worthy sup
plement to it, as a place for tangible facets of
Nittany history and lore. Keep the records lh
the Penn State Room, but house concrete,
tangible evidence of College history and tradi
tion in a prominently—located museum.
One of these concrete Penn Slaiisms would
certainly be a stuffed mountain lion—of the
type which supposedly once roamed the Nit
tany vale. Another would be the desk of
Evan Pugh, president of the College from
1859 to 1864; this desk is now in the Penn
Slate Room.
And another would be the bones of Coaly,
the mule that helped build old Main; Coaly’s
bones are now in a hayloft of the veterinary
hospital on Ag Hill. The possibilities for mu
seum items are endless, because Penn State
is rich in historical color.
POSSESSING a rich color is no good if you
don't show it. ®
Safety Valve...
New Dorm Occupancy
TO THE EDITOR: In a recent meeting of the
Pollock Council, someone announced that the
new men’s dormitories will be assigned to en
tering freshmen in 1950, with no space re
served in them for upperclassmen.
We think this policy—if it is so—violates
every tradition of seniority we’ve heard of.
We think upperclassmen should live in the
new dorms.
• Name Withheld Ed. Note: We are in
formed by an administration spokesman that
the policy which will govern the new dorms
is still being worked out, and will be an
nounced soon. We have been assured that
consideration is being given the problem of
housing upperclass men students, "in the
best possible manner consistent with the en
tire problem of housing all men students."
iatly Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est* 1687
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings In*
elusive during the College year the staff of The Dally
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College,
Entered aa second-class matter July S, 1934. at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Editor Business Manager
Tom Morgan Marlin A. Weaver
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor Janet Rosen
Copy Editor John Ashbrook
Assistants Dave Colton, Lillian Cassover,
John Pakkanerii Hal Kates.
Advertising Manager Judy Krakower
Assistants Winnie Wyant, Norma Gleghorn,
Laura Mermelstein, George Swadlow, H. R.
Mandes, Claude Di Pasquale.
DON'T BE NUTTY
BE NATTY!!
Send your laundry to us see
how crisp and new looking it is
when we return it. Take advant
age of our prompt and reliable
two day service nowtM
Walker's Dry Cleaning
Below Nittany Co-Op on Beaver Ave. Open 8-&60
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
“OtOt, W-eMey
we MUMlwfl
Gleaned From. Prints
20 YEARS AGO \
With a net surplus of $45,905.66, football was the only paying
sport during the 1928-29 season, the annually-published report of
the Athletic Association revealed, 20 years ago. Boxing, though
showing a deficit of $1,700, tabulated a greater gain than ih'-the
previous year.
TRACK WAS THE heaviest loser with a deficit of $lO,OOO
while rifle was lowest with $3OO. Baseball, basketball and wrest
ling, in the order named, were the next heaviest losers.
The report indicated that the yearly income from all sources
was $193,887.62; while the current expenditures were $162,721.19.
On comparison with the previous year this record indicated a gain
of more than $50,000. A loss of $8,248.52 was incurred during the
1927-28 season.
ANOTHER OF THE College’s landmarks will be erased from
campus by the hand of progress when the decision of the Bellefonte
Central railroad to remove its station from the position it has oc
cupied for 38 years goes into effect, it was announced 20 years ago.
The station was located on the north side of College Avenue,
where the engineering units now stand.
IN THE DAYS before motor buses (after a fashion) won over
passenger traffic from the railroad, students used this railroad
to connect with Bellefonte 'trains and many were the pranks
they played on Conductor Parker and his train crew. Each year
the train was sure to be the center of a class fight.
Stripped of its past glory and relegated' to serve as a freight
depot, the old station had lost none of its appeal for returning
alumni. They will always remember it as the terminus for Parker’s •
Boat,” the pet name of the student body for the B. C. R ,R. train.
Gazette ....
Wednesday, November 30
NEWMAN Club, Discussion
Group, Catholic Church base
ment, 7 p.m.
PENN STATE CHESS Club, 4
Sparks, 7 p.m.
KAPPA PHI, .Methodist
Church, 7 p.m.
NAACP, Executive Committee,
7:15 p.m.
ARCHERY Club, 304 Sparks,
7 p.m. .. .
BOTANY Club, 208 Buckhout
Lab, 7:30 p.m. . „
COIO.EGIAN SENIOR AD
BOARD, Business Manager’s of
fice, 7:30 p.m. a
INTERNATIONAL RELA
TIONS Club, 112 Osmond, 7 p.m.
WRA BADMINTON Club,
White Hall, gym, 8:30 p.m.
WRA BOWLING Club, White
H WRA DANCE Club, White Hall,
7 WRA DANCE CONCERT
Group, White Hall, 8 p.m.
WRA INTRAMURAL Board,
Need A New Entitling For This One**
By AL RYAN
White Hall, 6:30 p.m.
WRA OUTING Club, White
Hall, 7 p-m.
WRA SWIMMING Club, White
Hall, 7:30 p.m. ,
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information may be obtained in
204 Old Main. Arrangements for inter
views should be made Immediately.
Procter and Gamble Dish Co.,
Dec. 1 February grads in arts and
letters, C&F, Phys Ed for sales
work.
General Electric, Dec. 5 and 6.
February grads in EE, ME, lE,
Physics for test engineering pro
gram.
Armstrong Cork Co., Dec. 8.
February, grads in Chem, CheiriE
for research work; arts and let
ters, C&F, Econ ages 20 to 26, for
sales work.
DuPont Co., Dec. 12 and 13.
February grads in Chem, ChemE,
ME, MineE.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1949
Safety Valve...
Forgotten People
TO THE EDITOR: On campus we have a for
gotten group, a group that comprises almost
one-tenth of the student population, the grad
uate students.
The housing facilities provided or being pro
vided for the undergraduates are superb, but
none are being provided for graduate students.
There are no graduate student activities only
undergraduate activities.
The undergraduate activities, suitable and
satisfactory for them, seem childish to grad
uate students many of whom have had several
years of professional experience before return
ing to campuses.
Surely someone on campus has the capability
and. repomsibility to aid this ever increasing
minority, the graduate students.
Where Do We Sign?
TO THE EDITOR: This letter is in reply to
the printed plea of “The Third Party,” those
lonely secretaries of the College’s Administra
tion, which appeared in the Safety Value of
Tuesday, November 15, 1949. We are two in-
mates of this institution, who are sincerely
fed up with the “Coalport Cleopatras, the Pitts
' burgh Portias and the High-School Harriets”
of Penn State, who have let college rah-rah
and the Ratio go to their pointed heads. We
are not Wallace-ites or radicals, but we are
progressive enough to want to meet .with this
“Third Party”. Where do we go to sign up????
Ed Hartnell.
Marly Bahn
E. Hole: If and. when the secretaries lei us
disclose iheir location, we'll do it.
Curious Also
TO THE EDITOR: We’re curious men who
are curious about “curious secretaries”. Our
co-eds undoubtedly appear very captivating—
however—not to a group of fellows who are
somewhat older. You see, we are a hard-work
ing crew of boys trying to better ourselves in
this world, not a group of "sharp college Joes”.
Let’s get together???
A Few Solid Boys from Dorm 8
• Name Withheld
Time To Change
TO THE EDITOR: Instead of the import let
ters which have been appearing in the Col
legian I am submitting my poem for your ap
proval to make a change.
A Quarter's Worth
Quarter for a hair cut,
Quarter for a shave,
Quarter for to fall in love,
To be my little turtle dove. ■
** * ■
Quarter for the wedding ring,,.
Quarter for the parson,
Quarter for my loving wife,
To make me happy all my life.
* • *
Quarter for to build a home,
Quarter for the furnishings,
Quarter for a cradle,
To rock our little zaddle.
—Mary Denlworlh ;
Can't Replace
TO THE EDITOR: In the November 16 issue
of the Collegian there appeared in the Saftey
Valve column a letter suggesting Co-Ed Week
as a better solution to the dating problem than
a date bureau. I do not think there would
be much objection to a co-ed week, but that
plan cannot replace a date bureau. The date
bureau is designed to facilitate a, meeting of
persons that have never heard of each other,
while a co-ed must know who she is asking.
Consider the schools of Engineering or Home
Ecohomics as a nexample of the necessity of a
date bureau. In these two schools there is af
forded very little opportunity to become
acquainted.
TO THE EDITOR: In answer to the letter in
the Safety Valve which was printed Wednes
day, Nov. 16, 1949, we think the entire busi
ness at girls squabbling about dates is extreme
ly juvenile. We think that people in college
should act as grown ups.
People their age should be able to acquire
dates on their own and not require the ser
vices of agencies.
• Names Withheld
For your date' NOW, so you'll be ready to
Join In the big HARVEST HUNT at
—Mary Schuster
—Bob Mohg
Grow Up
Better Start
GUNNING