Expanding
Criticism dripped on the original Board of
Trustees of the new Farmer's High School for
planning a building of such "pretentious pro
portions" as the old Old Main, which for a long
time was to embrace within its walls practically
all the activities of the institution. Critics
argued that the Board's policy of building a
structure costing all of $lOO,OOO was preposter•
ously unsound and over-ambitious.
They argued that much space in the "huge
monstrosity" would be wasted, but the Trus
tees nevertheless pressed for completion of
the building, and it came to pass not only
through state subsidy but also because of
personal subscriptions of $5OO-and-up made
by several Trustees and other boosters. Al
though some dubbed the venture of building a
• Farmer's High School foolhardy and useless,
it constituted keen Trustee vision.
THAT WAS 91 YEARS AGO, when money
meant more, the Morrill Land Grant Act was
something new, Buchanan was President, and a
handful of eager farmers' sons formed the first
compliment of students at the Farmer's High
School in the Nittany Valley.
Today, we students are not all farmers, the
Land Grant Act is old stuff, Buchanan is no
longer President, and $lOO,OOO is hardly suffi
cient to erect an adequate out-building in any
school on campus. In its 95 years since the
Farmer's High School was chartered, this
Nittany institution has mushroomed 500-fold
in countless ;ways and the vision has broad
ened.
Thus today we have the College in the news
as receiving a welcome $8,000,000 from the
General State Authority for research and train
ing in agriculture and mechanical engineering,
and for other pressing building needs.
..... Rather astronomical talk in comparison
with the days when Coaly the Mule helped
build old Old Main! But perhaps like a miserly
Scrooge who gains something fine and wants
more, we are reminded by the present huge
building program that definite room exists for
even more expansion of College facilities if it
is to cope with continually-rocketing enroll
ment.
Sharp indication of this was the 300 turned
away from the recent Glee Club concert in
Schwab, a 47-year-old edifice which often
tackles too big an order in trying to handle a
regular Sunday chapel service. .
AND WE HAVE LONG SINCE pointed olti
what a Student Union Building and a Fielc
House will do for Penn State.
•
Ad infinitum, verily.
ZIIt Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday morning' tn•
elusive during the College year by tiro• its& of The Dab
Collegian of The Penpsylvania State. College.
Entered as second-olaaa matter Jody 5. 1934. at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under the ■et of March 3, 1879.
Editor Business Manager
Tom Morgan • ' Marlin A. Weaver
Managing Ed., Wilbert Roth; News Ed. Jack Reen;
Sports Ed., Elliot Krane: Edit Dir., Dottie Werlinich; So
ciety Ed., Commie Keller; Feature Ed., Bob Kotzbauer:
Asst. News Ed., Jack Senior; Aast. Sports Ed., Ed Watson:
Asst. Society Ed.. Barbara Brown: Photo Ed., Ray Benter;
Senior Board: George Vadasz, Kermit Fink.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE
[slight Editor John Ashbrook
Assistant Night Editor Sue Neuhauser
Copy Editor • Bill Detweiler
Assistants Dot Bennett, John Pakkanen,
Lynn Wilson, Jeanne Reist, Marilyn Stewart
Ad Manager Drew Mahla
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DOROTHY McGUIRE
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Mother Didn't
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ROBERT RYAN
' AUDREY TOTTER
The Set-Up
Little Man On Campus
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and in April?"
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studies in the improvement of
soil productivity.
Enlargement of Buckhout Lab
oratory will aid the College in
serving Pennsylvania farmers by
training much needed research
workers and by expanding its
own research on crop and tree
diseases, plant breeding for su
i perior strains, commercial mush
: room production, and other
• phases of farming.
Addition to Burrowes Build
ing will provide for more class
rooms and laboratories for un
dergraduate and graduate stud
ies. Since the present • building
was completed 10 years ago the
enrollment in the school of edu
cation has increased 246 per
cent and extension services to
public schools, 400 percent.
The two new wings to the
mechanical engineering building
will house laboratories, machin
ery, and equipment for training
in mechanical engineering to
eliminate critical congestion. The
addition to Recreation Hall will
also eliminate overcrowding.
Addition to the main library
will provide shelf space for the
continued growth of the library.
Present facilities are so small
that approximately five percent
of the student body can use the
facilities at one time while there
is no room for new books, the
Authority said.
Bull
Sessions
Get Stee
When it's your turn to fix the "spread" for the
crowd, don't go through the fuss and muss of
brewing coffee. Make fresh, delicious coffee the
instant way with Nescafe.*
No pot, no grounds. Simply put one teaspoonful •
of Nescafe in a cup, add hot water (preferably boiling)
and stir. There's never any waste. And that little
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of ordinary coffee—costs far less.
Because the Nescafe process protects the pure
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Cap and Gown
Schedule Set
Seniors who expect to be
graduated in June should sign
up for caps and gowns, invita
tions and announcements at
Student Union on the following
days: Chem and Phys seniors
and Mineral Industries seniors
today, Agricultural seniors to
morrow and Friday, Education
seniors Monday and Tuesday,
Engineering seniors Wednesday
and Thursday, April 'l9 and 20;
Liberal Arts seniors Friday, Sat
urday, and Monday, April 21, 22,
and 24. Home Economics seniors
and Physical Education seniors
signed up yesterday.
Deposit for caps and gowns is
$5. Invitations and announce
ments will be 10c each. Seniors
should know their hat size when
ordering. Students' who ' will '.
wear military unifroms need 'not
sign up.
Chemistry labora tor y and
Main Engineering Building ad
ditions will also alleviate over-•
crowded conditions, whereas the
addition to Pond Laboratory will
provide safe facilities' _for the,
College's low temperature re-',
search laboratory.' It is housed at •
present in a classroom building
with the ever-present threat of
explosion.
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Safety Valve
TO THE EDITOR: In a recent Collegian I read
an article that started me thinking. The article
stated that what Penn State needs is a "big time"
coach. I wonder if the people behind this drive
have ever stopped to ask themselves if acquiring
such a coach would really answer our football
problem. Is it the coach that makes that much
difference? It is true that he may attract high
school talent. But it is also true that money offers
are more attractive.
The story in a nutshell is this. The hiring of a
good coach is only half the problem. But with
subsidation the problem would be licked. So why
put extra money into a top coach who is going
to have to work with mediocre ball players?
Why not hire a mediocre coach for half as much
and put the remainder into athletic scholarships.
I am well aware that this plan goes against
the "Sanity Code," but let us face reality. Other
schools are doing it. Why should we be an
exception?
• Name Withheld. Ed. note in answer to
many inquiries as to what Penn State does
for its athletes: Nittany plans and actual pro
grams in this field are not officially released
to the press by the College. Most schools
don't. It's our personal judgment that the
College is relatively Simon-pure along this
line compared with many of its foes. We do
not think the College would suffer by reveal
ing same, as did Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
recently as Kansas, State president.
Gazette . . . .
Wednesday, April 12
. PENN STATE Riding club, 102 Willard, .7 pail.
NAVAL VOLUNTEER Electronics Warfare
Co., Naval Lecture Room EngE 7 p.m.. •
FROTH CIRCULATION Staff, 1 Carnegie,
7 p.m. : • •
GLEE CIATIEC banquet, State College Hotel
banquet room, 6 p.m. Members bring music, in
order, for refund.
NAACP meeting, 217 Willard, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further infortiation concerning interviews and job place
ments Cllll be obtained in 112 Old Main. ,
Seniors who turned in preference sheets will be given
priority in scheduling interviews for two days following
OH. initial , announcement of the visit of one of the com
panies ,of their choice. Other student. will be scheduled of
the thiid and subsequent days.
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.. April 14.
June pads in ChemE, ME, Phys. and Chem.
Applicants must have an average of 1.5 or
better. No priority list for these interviews.
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet. Co., April 17. June
grads in ChemE and ME for production Work.
Applicants must have an average of 1.5 or
better. No priority list for these interviews
Wal,worth C0.,-
,:April 17. June grads in' lE,
ME, arid. Methl. o priority list for these inter
views.
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., April 17. June
grads in Metal., ChemE, lE, and ME. No priority
; list for these interviews.
Atlantic Refining Co., April 17, 18. B.S. and
M.S. candidates in ChemE; M.S. candidates in
Physical Chem. and 8.5., M.S. and PhD candi
dates in Organic Chem. The work will be in re
search and developmeht. Priority list in effect
for chemical engineers only
National Supply Co., April 18. June grads in
ME for field sales engineering, and C&F for
accounting. Men must be single and preferably
25` years of age or younger. No priority list for
these interviews.
Procter and Gamble Distributing Co.; April
17, 18. June grads interested in sales work. No
priority list for these interviews.
with International Youth
Flights to LONDON and ROME
Write or Phone
International Youth Inc.
To assure passage write immediately
NA.% i . .DNESDAY. APRIL', 12, .1950
Half the Problem
—A Radical