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VOL 51— No. 15
Brothers' Reunion
To Be Sidelight
Of Inauguration
The inauguration of President
Milton S. Eisenhower tomorrow
also will mark the reunion of four
of the five Eisenhower brothers
and their families. The brothers
have been close knit, and manage
a 'reunion almost every year.
General and Mrs. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D.
Eisenhower, and Edgar N. Eisen
hower will be among the guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Eisen
hower will not attend because of
illness in his firm.
General Eisenhower will jour
ney from Columbia university,
where the former Supreme Allied
commander is now president.
Dwight Eisenhower was gradu
ated from West Point in 1915, and
served as Allied commander in
Europe during World War 11.
From November, 1945, until Feb
ruary, 1948, he was chief of staff
of the United States Army.
Earl D. Eisenhower is an elec
trical engineer with the West
Penn Power company at Char
leroi, Pa. He was graduated from
the University of Washington,
Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower's
two children, Earl Jr. and Kath
ryn, will accompany them from
Charleroi.
Edgar N.' Eisenhower has his
own law firm at Tacoma, Wash.
He is a graduate of the University
of Michigan and also took his
legal training there. He is a wid
ower with two married children;
Jack and Janis.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Eisen
hower will not attend the cere
monies. He is vice-president of
the Commerce Trust company in
Kansas City, Mo. He and his wife
have one married daughter.
Eisenhower Made
Education Strides
President Milton S. Eisen
hower's term of office at Kansas
State college shows a record of
progressive thinking and a strong
interest in student affairs.
He returned to his alma mater
as president in September, 1943,
and proceeded to set up four
"comprehensive courses: "Man
and the Physical World," "Man
and the Social World," "Biology
in Relation to Man," and "Man
and the Cultural World."
Students at Kansas State were
required to take at least three
of these courses which did not fall
under their major subjects.
One of the first things he re
marked upon after becoming con
nected with Penn State was the
unique form of student govern
ment. While at Kansas State, he
created the office of dean of stu
dent's efforts, whose duty it was
to organize extra-curricular ac
tivities of the student body.
Students were represented on
nearly all policy-making com
mittees at Kansas State, and the
student council had wide power
over student affairs.
On the faculty side, President
Eisenhower banded almost the
entire faculty together in a com
mittee to develop a philosophy of
education for college and study
courses, with an eye toward re
vision of the system. He met
weekly with the heads of ,the
various groups into which the
central committee had been split.
Kansas State, under President
Eisenhower's regime, engaged in
the largest building program in
the history of the school, and
faculty salaries were raised about
75 per cent.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1950
New President . . . .
Eisenhower's Honorary Degrees
Conferred By Four Colleges
Milton S. Eisenhower, who will be inaugurated as the 11th
President of the College tomorrow, comes to Penn State bearing
honorary doctors degrees from four colleges. He also is a member of
five honorary, scholastic, social, and service organizations.
President Eisenhower received an honorary doctor of law de
gree from Wichita University in 1944; an honorary doctor of science
degree from Colorado State col
lege in 1945; and honorary doctor
of humane letters degree from
the University of Nebraska in
1949; and an honorary doctor of
science degree from Temple uni
versity at the same time his bro
ther, General Dwight D. Eisen
hower, received an honorary de
gree early this year.
He is a member of Sigma Dejta
Inauguration Program
Inauguration of Dr. Eisenhower New Beaver field, west
stands Open to all students, faculty, staff, and general public.
In case of rain, inauguration will be held in Schwab auditorium
and admission will be by ticket only.
0:30 a.m. Processional, in charge of Prof. David H. McKinley,
College marshal.
0:55 a.m. "Star-Spangled Banner" (one verse).
0:57 a.m. Invocation, James T. Smith, College chaplain.
1:00 a.m. Greetings from student body, Robert Davis, All-College
president.
1:03 a.m.
Greetings from faculty, David C. Duncan, professor of
physics.
Greetings from alumni, George D. Stoddard, '2O presi
dent of the University of Illinois.
Greetings from the Commonwealth. Gov. James H. Duff.
Appreciation to delegates; charge to new president; and
formal induction of Dr. Eisenhower by James Milhol
land, president of the Board of Trustees.
Presidential address, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower.
Alma Mater (four verses).
Recessional.
1:07 a.m.
1:15 a.m.
1:22 a.m.
30 a.m.
55 a.m.
00 noon
Luncheon, Nittany Lion inn (for delegates,- and their
husbands and wives; no program planned).
30 p.m. -
9:00 to 12:00 p.m. Student -inaugural -ball, Recreation hall. Open
to all students. No admission charge.
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower
Chi, national professional journ
alistic society, and Phi Kappa
Phi, national scholastic honor
society. His social fraternity is
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, which has
a local chapter at the College.
President Eisenhower also is
a member of the Rotary club, a
national service organization_ and
was chosen for membership in
the Kansas Academy of Science.
THURSDAY, OCT. 5
15,000 Expected To View
Beaver Field Ceremonies
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower will be inaugurated as the
11th president of the College tomorrow morning .at 10:30
o'clock in ceremonies at Beaver Field.
The program will open tonight with a reception at White
hall at 8:30 o'clock in honor of President and Mrs. Eisen
hower. Attendance is by invitation only. Guests will be dele
gates to the inauguration and other dignitaries.
Approximately 1000 persons are expected to attend the
affair tonight. Colleges and universities throughout the coun
try will send 258 representatives, in most cases their presi
dent, chancellor or provost. Learned and education organiza-
President Has
Career As Editor,
Educator, Writer
Dr. Milton Stover Eisenhower,
the 11th President of the College,
brings with him to Penn State
a long and distinguished career as
an educator, writer, editor, and
government official.
Dr. Eisenhower, who assumed
his position in July following an
nouncement of his appointment
Jan. 21, celebrated his 51st birth
day anniversary Sept. 15.
Prior to coming to Penn State,
President Eisenhower was presi
dent of Kansas State college,
Manhattan, Kas. His seven-year
administration there was marked
by a tremendous growth in the
size of the college and of its im- 1
portance among the nation's edu
cational institutions.
Worked In OWI
Prior to accepting the appoint
ment as president of Kansas State
in 1943, President Eisenhower was
an associate director of the Office
of War Information. In 1942,
shortly after the Allied invasion
of North Africa, President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt sent him on a
special mission to Algeria to study
refugee and relocation problems.
He was also chairman of the
United States commission for
UNESCO.
President Eisenhower's war
time government service high
lighted a long career as a public
servant. From 1924 to 1926, he
was American vice-consul in
Edinburgh, Scotland. In July,
1926, he became an assistant sec
retary of agriculture, and in 1928
he was named director of infor
mation for the Department of Ag
riculture.
He served as director of infor
mation until January, 1941. From
1937 to 1941 he also served as co
ordinator of the Department of
Agriculture's land use program.
In March, 1942, he was appointed
president of the War Relocation
authority and directed the re
location of Japanese-Americans
evacuated from the Pacific Coast.
Born In Kansas
Born in Abiline, Kas., in 1899,
he was graduated from Kansas
State in 1924 with a bachelor of
science degree in industrial jour
nalism and printing. He served
as city editor of the Abiline Daily
Reflector in 1918 and from 1920
to 1921. Later he taught journal
ism at his alma mater before as
suming his post in Scotland.
Dr. Eisenhower is married to
the former Helen Eakin, of Man
hattan, Kas. The Eisenhower's
have two children, Milton Stover
Jr., 20, a journalism senior at
Kansas State, and Ruth Eakin, 12.
He is the author of numerous
federal bulletins and leaflets, co
author of the book, The United
States Department of Agriculture:
Its Structure and Function, and
a contributor to leading ' maga
zines, and yearbooks.
Inauguration Issue
Today's Collegian is a spec
ial issue, largely devoted to
tomorrow's inauguration cere
monies for President Milton S.
Eisenhower. It is intended as a
souvenir of the event.
Delegates Attend
tions will send 28 delegates.
Other guests will be representa
tives of the borough of State Col
lege, state officials, the alumni
and delegates from the College,
and the student body.
15,000 Expected
Arrangements have been made
for handling the crowd of about
15,000 expected to attend the in
auguration ceremonies tomorrow.
For students, the 10, 11 and 1
o'clock classes have been can
celled so that they may attend.
For delegates, a special park
ing lot east of the Nittany Lion
inn has been built to hold the
overflow from the other parking
lots on the campus. The lot will
be strictly reserved for visiting
guests.
Guests at the reception to
night at White Hall for Presi
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower will
find facilities for checking coats
and wraps at the northeast en
trance of White hall, the door
nearest Simmons dormitory. •
Faculty and students of the
College have been asked by Col
lege authorities to keep the cam
pus clear of cars all day Wednes
day and Thursday so that the flow
of out-of-town traffic will move
quickly.
Reporters Cover Event
Heavy coverage by newspapers.
news services, radio and televi-.
sion has also been arranged.
Reporters from the New York
Times, the New York Herald-Tri
bune, the Philadelphia Inquirer,
the Harrisburg Evening News,
Patriot and Sunday News, the
Centre Daily Times, the Williams
port Gazette, Bulletin, and Sun.
and the Altoona Mirror and Tri
bune already have made arrange
ments to cover.
News pictures will be taken by
Associated Press wirephoto ser
vice and the Acme Telephoto ser
vice.
Paramount News will have a
cameraman on the scene and Mu
tual Television Newsreel of the
Air and Telenews of New York
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Today . . .
The Nittany Lion Roars
FOR the 11th President of
Penn State, Milton S. Eisen
hower, who will don the robes
of office at inauguration cere
monies tomorrow. Leo growls
a welcome to the 15,000 well
wishers who will attend.
Through the old beast's mind
runs the memory of truly great
names of the past—Pugh, Ath
erton, Sparks, Hetzel—and he
thunders out his pride in the
school's fine past and his faith
in ifs finer future under the
administration of the new presi
dent.