WEDNESDAY, .00TOBER 4, 1950
President's Mansion . . . .
President's Mansion Once
Gave View of Countryside
Tucked away in an obscure corner of the campus, almost com
pletely surrounded by scivat ugly engineering units, stands the
President's Home. Yet at the time it was built the site was selected
because "our buildings should command the whole site of the
College" and in 1862, when construction was started, it afforded a
beautiful view of the surrounding countryside.
Evan Pugh, first President of
the College, was responsible for
the original structure when he
agreed to pay $lOOO of the $3OOO
needed to build a suitable resi
dence. The house was built in the
same style as Old Main, the
so-called Italian Villa style cur
rent in this country at the time.'
But Pugh never lived to see its
completion. He died on April 29,
1864, and construction was ended
late in the same year.
Although Substantial changes
have been made in the structure
since then, the building today,
with its stately white columns,
its landscaping, and its floral
observatory, is' essentially the
same as the one first built in 1864.
With the ascendancy of Dr.
Milton S. Eisenhower to the office
of president, the 16-room mansion
will have its tenth occupant. The
dwelling has been the home of
all the Presidents of the College
since its construction.
President James Calder (1871-
1880) established a vineyard and
was responsible for the general
layout of the grounds.
In 1895, President Atherton re
modeled the home, which was.
greatly in need of repairs.
Since th e advent of Prexy
Ralph Dorn Hetzel in '1926, facul
ty receptions have been held in
Old Main instead of the mansion
because of the, greatly increased
size of the staff.
The last important changes in
the President's Home were made
in 1940, when the roof and porch
were rebuilt to their present
form, and the lily pond, cement
' foot bridge, and other small ad
ditions were added.
1 ASCE Elects Officers
The American Society of Civil
Engineers recently elected the
'following officers: William Hank
ey, president; Harold Light, vice
president; Willie Reasner, secre
4tary; William Rorabaugh, treas
urer; and Richard Kligensmith,
publicity chairman.
Lots of Luck
to
Dr. Eisenhower
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
—Collegian Photo by Bersinger
Maillart Exhibition
Held in Main Eng
An exhibition of bridges and
buildings by Robert Maillart,
Swiss engineer, will be held on
the third floor of Main Engineer
ing building until Oct. 23.
This exhibition, which includes
enlarged photographs, technical
drawings, diagrams, and explan
atory text, was assembled by Dr.
Sigfries Giedion, Swiss author
and critic, upon the request of
the Museum of Modern Art, New
York. It is being brought to the
campus by the department of
architecture.
CONGRATULATIONS
PREXY EISENHOWER
GOOD FORTUNE
in your new undertaking
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CA Celebrates
(Continued from page five)
ters in all the rural schools for
miles around and gave instruc
tion' in home economics every
Saturday evening.
Groups Combine
One of the main features of the
YWCA program was an annual
play. In 1930 the YM and YW be:
gan to share many projects pre
viously done separately. And in
1934 the two groups were com
bined and became the Penn State
Christian Association.
Since 1943 the PSCA has bad
two executive secretaries. James
T. Smith served from 1943 till
1948 when'the present leader, Lu
ther H. Harshbarger, assumed his
duties.
In its 75 years of service to
Penn State the PSCA has ini
tiated and maintained many great
and helpful programs and groups.
It originated the Orientation week
program, the Student Employ
ment agency, the Housing service
and spearheaded the Interna
tional Relations club, the Com
munity Forum series and the
Courtship and Marriage institute.
Tries New Programs
In addition, the PSCA partici
pates in the Religion-in-Life week
program. It started and still spon
sors the Washington D.C. and the
United Nations seminars. At pre
sent it is experimenting with new
programs to replace some of its
more outdated ones.
The governing body of the
PSCA is the Cabinet, elected each
year. It determines the purpose,
policy and program of the asso
ciation. It is a student organiza
tion and is counselled by a board
of directors, which is composed of
faculty members, students, alum ;
ni, and others interested in the
PSCA.
Besides Harshbarger as execu
tive secretary, the association is
directed by Marjorie Allen, asso
ciate secretary, and Margery You
gel, office secretary.
PENN STATE
vs. ARMY
SAT., OCT. 7th
Avoid Traffic Congestion—Travel in
Comfort via Scenic Steamer Route
Special Steamer Leaves Ft. W. 42nd St.
N. Y. C. 9:30 AM. Arrives West Point
12:45
Round Trip Steamer Fare $2.00,
Parking areas available near Pier
Hudson River Day Line Inc.
New York City
Yanks Favored -
(Continued from page six)
Woodling. But Gene is the more
accomplished fielder.
Center field—Here the Yanks
have the edge. With the great Joe
DiMaggio in center Richie Ash
burn would have to perform mir
acles to top him. But, believe it
or not, Rich did outhit Joe on the
season, .303 to .301. Joe packs
more power by far though, and
was hitting .400 during the stretch
run.
Right Field—Here the Kids' Del
Ennis holds the lead. Del led the
National League in runs batted
in :with 125 and hit .313 including
31 homers. But Hank Bauer of
the Yanks is .no slouch. Hank hit
.321. Both are good fielders and
both have powerful arms.
As a team the Yanks hit .282 to
the Phils .265. The Bombers also
led in fielding with a .981 average
to the Phils .976.
On paper it appears that the
Yanks have the decided advan
tage. .But they don't play base
ball on paper. If they did the
Boston Red Sox would be meet
ing the Brooklyn Dodgers in this
Fall's classic. And they're not.
Congratulations
and Good Luck
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
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CORNER BEAVER and PUGH
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extends
Best Wishes to
Milton Eisenhower
S. 148 S Allen St
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Tribunal Meeting
Tribunal will meet tonight to
try violators of freshmen customs.
According to Neil See, Tribunal
chairman, about ten freshmen
will be tried. See said. that no
traffic cases would be heard this
week.
Lowenfeld Named
Viktor Lowenfeld, professor of
art education at the College, has
been named head of a committee
to determine and design the ex
hibit for the National Art Edu
cation association at the mid
century White House conference
in Washington. He has also been
named editor of the research bul
letin of the Eastern Arts associa
tion.
Congratulations,
Dr. Eisenhower
Moyer WATCH Watch
S. ALLEN STREET
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105 S. Pugh St.