WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1950
PSC A Celebrates
75 Years On Campus
By JOE BRED
One of Penn States foremost organizations is celebrating its
75th anniversary this year.
It was under the leadership of S. A. Taggert that the Penn State
Christian Asso'Ciation first saw
the light of day in March 1a75.
Taggert was editor of the "YM
CA Watchman" and at that time
the group called itself the Chris
tian Association
It held meetings twice a' week
on the first floonof Old Main. On
Tuesday evenings a prayer meet
ing and a short business meet
ing were held and on Sunday a
formal service. ,
PSCA had committees On mem
bership, Bible study, worship and
missions. The leading social gath
ering of the organization in those
days was the yearly reception for
new students the first Friday ev
ening following the opening of
the semester.
Print First Handbook
A few years later the associa
tion became affiliated with the
international YMCA and was
known on campus as the YMCA.
The 'first president was William
Calder. In 1894 the YJ:CA pub
lished the Student Handbook for
the first time and hag\ continued
to do so ever since.
In 1895 the organization gut
grew its old quarters and moved
,into the Washington Literary so
ciety office on the fifth floor of
Old Main.
The first executive secretaw of
the campus YMCA was J. R.
Woodcock, who took charge in
1903. Two years later Francis E.
Wilbur became the first salaried
general secretary.
Meet in "Y Hut"
The group made tremendous
progress under the direction of
Frank N. D. Buchman. It organ
ized Sunday schools and men's
clubs in neighboring school
houses, and held meetings in var
ious adjacent towns and villages.
From 1918 to 1930, the organi
zation met in the "Y Hut." The
"Hut" became a famous campus
landmark in those years and was
located next to Old Main.- Frank
I. Olmstead became executive
secretary in 1919 and served for
five years. Wilmer J. Kitchen suc
ceeded him for four years. In
1928 Harry W. Seamans became
the head and remained until 1943.
The Association moved once more
in 1930. It set up headquarters
in its present location in the new
Old Main.
In 1907, a YWCA was founded
at the College. It held religious
services every Sunday evening
and conducted mission study clas
ses. It also established social cen
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2400 Students Sign
'Fieedom' Scrolls
Just over 2400 students had
signed "Crusade for Freedom'
,trolls when the campaign closed
at 5 p.m. yesterday.
Incomplete results show around
$BO in contributions' collected,
with fraternity contributions still
to be tallied.
Approximately 1133 fraternity
men signed the scrolls, IFC Pre
sident Harold Leinbach announc
ed last night. Robin Brunner,
heading the drive among women,
heading the drive among women,
students also signed.
Earlier, AIM President Richard
Bard announced that 574 inde
pendent men had signed the
scrolls. Bard also said the inde
pendents had contributed $35.45
to the Radio Free Europe fund.
Women students contributed
more than $45, Miss Brunner
said.
The "crusade" campaign open
ed Sunday, Sept. 24, and was
scheduled to close last Thursday
but was extended through yester
day.
Borland Speaks
Dr. A. A. Borland will speak on
"When PSCA was the Y.M.C.A."
at the sophomore round table, to
be held in 304 Old Main at 7:30
o'clock tonight.
At 8:15 the PSCA radio com
mittee will present its first pro
gram of the 1950-51 season, "The
Atnm Next Door," over station
WM
Kiner, Prince
To Speak At
Grid Smoker
Ralph Kiner and Bob Prince
are expected to speak at the an
nual football smoker in New
York City at the Park Sheraton
Hotel, Seventh Avenue an d
Fifty-fifth Street, Friday even
ing at 8 p.m.
Kiner, the Pittsburgh Pirate
ztar, and Prince, announcer for
home Penn State football games,
are only two of the many per
sonages slated to speak. Master
of Ceremonies for the evening
will be Peter Donovan '26, bro
ther of George Donovan, the
manager of associated student
activities at the College.
A concert to be given by the
Penn State Blue Band will sup
plement the evening's program.
A representative from the Army
team will be on hand to speak
to the audience.
Local personages who will at
tend the smoker include Joseph
Paterno, assistant football coach,
Carl Schott, dean of physical edu
cation and athletics, Louis Bell,
director of public information,
Ridge Riley, executive secretary
of the • alumni association, and
Walter Hosterman, associate
graduate manager of athletics.
Bursar-Announces
New Fee Schedule
Payment of student fees has
been postponed to Oct. 12 and
13, David Hogan, bursar, said last
week.
All fees, including room and
board fees, must be paid on these
dates, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
in room 6, Willard Hall.
Veterans whose G. I. bill fails
to cover at least half the semester
must pay their fees in full at this
time.
A list of fees due will be listed
by matriculation number in the
lobby of Willard Hall Oct. 12.
ROTC Teachers
By teaching or guest lecturing
in the Air Force ROTC program,
faculty members at the College,
who are also members of the Air
Force Reserve or Air National
Guard, may be able to earn
credits applicable toward eligi
bility for promotion and retire
ment.
NOW!
Congratulations • • . . At Your
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Richard Widmark
. PRESIDENT Paul Douglas
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State
EISENHOWER Barbara Stanwyck
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PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP Eleanor Parker
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21 College Vets
Called For Duty
By 4 Services
Twenty-one veterans of the
College have departed, for the
service so far, Mrs. Rebecca Doer
ner, in charge of veterans regis
tration, said.
Of thi's group one member.
James Mill, has enlisted in the
Air Corps, another was drafted,
and the remaining men are mem
bers of the Army, Navy, Marine,
or Air Corps Reserve.
This contingent includes stud
ents from the third semester
through Graduate School. Both
single and married men are in
the group, and both the active and
inactive Reserve is represented.
Army reservists who have left
are John Scott, Anthony Molino,
Allen Liebau, James Ziegler,
Richard Campbell, David Everett,
Frank Hitchock, John Pietrovita,
Gerald Lowry, Robert Bowen,
Eugene Chorrucky, John Neu
reiter, and Marland Francis of
the 11 Air Borne Reserve. •
Francis Klinges is the draftee,
also leaving for the Army. Only
one Navy reservist, John Davis,
was among the group.
Marine Corps members who
left are Joseph Williams, Donald
Brownell, and James Griffith.
Completing the list are Ronald
Corbet and Albert Tyson, Air
Force reservists who left with
this group.
Forum Tickets
Now Available
Season tickets for the 1950 Com
munity Forum series may be ob
tained this week at Student Union
in Old Main and at the Commerce
Club, Clayton Schug, Forum
chairman has announced.
Tickets for the series are $3,
and are good for five presenta
tions. The Forum opens with Og
den Nash on Oct. 13. Archduke
Otto, Eric Johnston, Andre Maur
ois, and Emily Kimbrough will be
the other speakers.
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Dr. Milton Eisenhower
Concert Drive Sells 400
Memberships On First Day
Incomplete early returns in the Community Concerts drive
show over 400 memberships sold yesterday, the first day of solicita
tion.
The week-long campaign opened with a banquet for solicitors
Monday night at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Memberships are limited by the seating capacity of Schwab
auditorium, 1230, and sell for $6.
Keynote address at the ban
quet was delivered by John Tha
yer of Community Concerts Ser
vice, New York, who will work
with the local group during its
campaign.
The first of four .planned con
certs will be presented before
Christmas, according to plans .re
leased by Wilmer. E. Kenworthy,
master of ceremonies at the ban
quet.
A committee of student and
faculty leaders will plan the pro
grams as soon as all the member
ships are sold. Approximately 60
solicitors in town and on campus
will sell the memberships. The
drive closes at noon Saturday, or
earlier if the seats are sold out.
In his speech, Thayer credited
the int er national Community
Concerts movement with pre
venting the extinction of good
music in small and medium-sized
communities.
"In all but the largest cities,"
Thayer said, "concerts habitually
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extends congratulations to
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230 E. College Ave.
accumulated deficits. It is be
cause of Community Concerts
planned audience, no-profit-no
loss basis that this system has
brought about a revival of good
music outside the large cities."
Under the Community Concerts
plan, memberships are sold for
an entire season of entertainment,
and artists are then booked ac
cording to the money available.
Community Concerts service,
Thayer said, has worked with ar
tists to adjust their programs to a
correct level for audiences. "In
the old days," he said, "the artists
used to give the audience what
they thought they should hear.
They had set themselves up on a
pedestal. Now we try to have
them perform works the audience
will enjoy."
After Thayer's speech, a film
featuring several Community
Concert stars was shown to the
solicitors.
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