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Record Number of Alums Back
All-Class Luncheon
Slated for Today
A record number of alumni of the College are return
ing this weekend for the annual Class Reunion program,
Ridge Riley, executive secretary of the Alumni Association,
said yesterday.
Highlighting the weekend during which the College
will be host to more alums than on any previous Class
Reunion occasion will be the five-
year reunion dinners and the gen
eral alumni luncheon, to be held
in Recreation Hall at 12:30 p.m.
tiday.
Riley said that advance regis
trations indicate about 1,200 will
attend the luncheon and that it
may be necessary to turn away
some graduates because of the
limited facilities.
Charles A. "Rip" Engle, new
Lion football skipper, will be
introduced to the alumni at the
.luncheon. The program also in
cludes dance numbers by stu
dents of Ann Curry, of State
College, and gymnastics exhibi
tions by Gene Wettstone, Lion
gymnastics coach, and a doz
en of his gymnasts.
Registration for alumni began
at noon yesterday and will con
tinue throughout tonight at the
Alumni Headquarters in Frances
Atherton, Hall. Many of the re
turning alumni, particularly those
from classes to 1925, will be
housed in Atherton Hall.
Because of the large number
of reservations, facilities in Ath
erton Hall were not adequate and
many more alumni are being
housed in private homes in State
College, and in cottages on the.
campus.
Alumni will participate in the
re-dedication of the sun dial on
front campus, at 2 p.m. toddy. The
dial'is the gift of the clasS of 1915.
Today busses will be available
for alumni desiring a bus tour of
their expanding campus. Other
activities of the weekend include
the golf tourney which began
yesterday and will continue until
9.a.m. today. Many of the schools
on campus held open houses yes
terday for visiting alums.
'Business affairs of the weekend
include a: nfneeting of the Alumni
Council at 10 a.m. today in room
121 Sparks building. Yesterday
was highlighted by a meeting of
the executive board of the Alum
ni Association in the Nittany
Lion Inn.
Oldest Alumnus
The oldest aluthnus returning
is J. C. Barrett, of Youngstown,
0., of the class of 1885, while
Robert Swank, of Mahanoy City,
a member of the 1889 class, will
be the oldest graduate from a
non-reunion class.
Reunions and chairmen for
them are as follows: 1895 George
Snyder, of State College, Presby
terian Church; 1900 Mrs. J. W.
Henszey, State College, at the
State College Hotel; 1905 France
Torrence, of State College, Nit
tany Lion Inn; 1910—A. W. Fish
er, of Pittsburgh, Allencrest; 1915
George Denithrone, of State Col
lege, Hotel State College; 1920
Edwin Dale, State College, Eutaw
House; 1925 E. L. Keller, State
College, Nittany Lion Inn; 1930
James H. Coogan and Kenneth
Hood of State College, Centre
Hills Country Club; 1935 George
L. Donovan, of Lemont, and Lynn
Christy, of State College, Brocker
hoff• Hotel; 1940 A. William En
gel,• of Huntingdon, University
Club; 1945 Michael Lynch, of
State College, Autoport.
Doctor Fishburn
Hummel Fishburn, professor
and head of the departments of
music and music education at the
College, will receive a doctor of
music degree from the University
of Montreal through the Nation
al Conservatory of Music at the
University.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Enrollment Is
Expected To Hit
7000inSummer
Enrollment for the Summer
Sessions at the College this year
is expected to approach 7,000 stu
dents, Dr. M. R. Trabune, direc
tor, reported recently.
He said that as in past years,
school teachers, the majority of
them taking advanced work, and
regular students, many of them
veterans about to complete their
undergraduate work, would com
pose the greater part of the en
rollment.
The first two sessions will open
on Tuesday, the day after a rec
ord number of graduates receive
degrees at Commencement Exer
cises. One session, Inter-Session,
will continue until June 30, while
the other, the First Six Weeks
Science Session, will continue un
til July 22.
The Second Six Weeks Science
Session will be held July 22 to
September 2 and Post-Session will
begin August 14 and end an Sep
tember 2. Overlapping the Science
Sessions will be the Main Sum
mer Session which attracts the
largest nurnber 'of students'. It
will begin July 5 and close
August 11.
Registration for the Inter-Ses
sion and for the First Six Weeks
Science Session will be held at
the College on Tuesday morning
and classes will begin in the
afternoon.
Dr. \ Trabue said that qualified
students would be admitted for
either of these sessions until Tues
day and although they may not
have pre-registered, they may
register Tuesday morning.
150 Graduate
With Honors
More than 150 students will be
graduated with honors at double
Commencement Exercises to be
held at the College on Monday
morning and afternoon, James
Milholland, acting president of
the College, said yesterday.
Baseball Today
In a varsity baseball game
slated for 2:30 p.m. today on
Beaver Field, Coach Joe' Be
denk's Lions will square off
with the Quantico Marines.
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Located at rear of 454 E. College Ave. •
It's Never
Too Latel.
Ralph B. Yountz. of 1726 Par
ker St., Berkeley, Calif, who last
attended college 30 years ago, has
now completed his thesis and will
be awarded a bachelor of science
degree in mining engineering at
the College on Monday.
A native of Mountville, Pa.,
Yountz was enrolled at Penn
State from 1913 to 1916, inter
rupted his college work to serve
in World War I, then completed
his work in 1919-20, except for
his thesis. He had 172 of the 174
required credits.
Now a construction engineer,
Yountz took several weeks off
from his job to complete a thesis
on the geology of the Allegheny
District and of the Plumbago Mine
in California. The thesis qualified
him for his college degree at the
age of 55.
Chem-Engiers
install Group
The formal installation of a
student Chapter of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
at the College was held at a din
ner meeting recently.
Dr. T. H. Chilton, vice-president
of the Institute, gave an address
on the subject, "Careers in Engi
neering" and presented the char
ter to Robert I. Miller, of Boyer
town, a junior in chemical engi
neering and president of the new
chapter.
Other officers of the new chap
ter are Phillip E: Armstrong, of
Baden, vice-president; Joseph D.
Soltis, of Philadelphia, secretary;
and J. H. Sinfelt, of Philipsburg,
treasurer.
As required• by the Institute, a
student chemical engineering so
ciety has been in operation for
the past year.
Valedictorian --
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class president, sang in the glee
club, and played a trombone in
the orchestra.
Phofo Editor
At Penn State, Gerhard has
been photo editor for the Engi
neer magazine, has been presi
dent of the Earth Sciences Club,
and president of his social frater
nity, Sigma Phi Alpha. He has
been named to Phi Eta Sigma,
Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa,
all scholastic honor societies; and
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, mineral
industries honor society. He is
vice-president of Sigma Gamma
Epsilon;
During the past two years,
Gerhard also held two John W.
White Scholarships, top honors
at Penn State.
Now knowing what he wants
out of College, Gerhard plans to
take graduate work and for next
Fall has accepted a graduate
assistantship in geology at the
University of Chicago.
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SHOWN ABOVE are proud Barbara Hummel, 9, at left, and the Rev.
Charles L. Rummel, her dad who'll graduate with nearly 2.270 others
come 'Monday. At 37, the Rev. Hummel has taken time off from the
full-time job of a rural pastor to earn a bachelor's degree in ,
education. . ,
Rural Pastor Takes Time
From Job To Earn Degree
Serving as a rural pastor for four charges would seem to be a
full-time job.
But the Rev. Charles L. Rummel, possibly with the help of his
wife and three children, also found time to go to college and earn
his bachelor's degree at the age of 37.
Rev. Rummel, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren
Church at Houserville, near here,
will be graduated Monday at the
College in the education curricu
lum. He ranked near-• the top of
his • class of nearly 2270.
Was Brakeman
Born in Huntingdon county, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rum
mel, of RD Mount Union, Rum
mel was graduated from Mount
Union high school in 1932. He
worked in the refractories at Mt.
Union and later as a brakeman
on the Pennsylvania Railroad and
as a farmer before entering the
ministry in 1943.
While serving his first charge
in Jefferson county, Reverend
Rummel began his college work
at Clarion State Teachers College.
His transfer to Houserville three
years ago facilitated his enroll
ment at Penn State
"Getting my degree .means
the fulfillment of a long-time
ambition."• Reverend Rummel
commented. His wife, Sarah, al
so a native of RD Mount Union,
and children, Joan, 15; Charles,
1L and Barbara, 9; are equally
pleased.
SATURDAY, JUNE 10;4950
2 Are Named
To Trustees
H. Thomas Hallowell, Jr., vice-it
president' and general manager;
Standard Steel; Co., Jenkintown,;
and Walter W. Patchell, , ofPitts- ,
burgh, a civil engineer with the
Pennsylvania Railroad, yesterday ;
were named to ,the 'Board -of
Trustees • of the College.
The elections were • held' at a
meeting of delegates from agri- -
cultural and industrial socities
who annually meet on the cam
pus.
The delegates also elected two:
incumbents,, R. JohnstarCGillari,l
of St. Thomas, and • George W.
Slocum, of Milton: '•
Hallowell and Patchell, `who' is
a graduate of the College in, the
class of 1919, will replace E. Low.-
ry Howes, of Meadville, and Jesse'
L. Krall, of Catasauqua. • •
For the fourth year in a row,
Penn State will, play nine foot
ball games in 1950. ' '