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ROTC Uniforms In 1872
THE ADVENT of coeds on campus in 1872 brought on these
"snappy" uniforms for Penn State cadets. Uniforms were bought
through the College from a Philadelphia firm at a cost , of $3O
to $37 depending upon the size of the uniform. Cadets were very
pleased with their attire as can be seen from the happy expression
on the faces of the two in the picture. Left to right they are
Joe and Luigi.
M iLitary Training
Started 90 Years Ago
There's nothing new under the sun
For all of 90 years the sounds of marching, the counting of ca
dence and the "Ouch, can't you keep your !*'0"?!! feet off my heels?"
have been echoing in Nittany valley.
It was back in Civil war days that military training had its be
ginning at the College. Dr. Evan Pugh, first president of the Farm-
er's high school as it was then
called, said that we must "put
all our boys under military train
ing so that if called upon they
will not be ignorant of drill . . ."
God bless the man, he did.
Things Are Different •
But nowadays things are differ
ent. What with electronic fire
control devices (what's wrong
with water?) to jet propulsion en
gines and psychological warfare,
drill has become more and more
subordinated until it now takes
up only about nine-tenths of the
time.
In fact, new students were in
formed that no other clothes were
considered necessary "except a
warm overcoat and one or more
coarse suits for working purposes,
two pairs of strong boots. and a
full supply" of long johns.
By 1372, with the advent of
coeds and the ratio, the regula
tions required each male stuent
five feet or over "to have a dress
uniform of cadet grey with a
black hat." Students under five
feet were not permitted to wear
the dress uniform, but instead had
to provide themselves with "an
undress (this stuff is getting
filthy) uniform of sack coat, vest,
and pantaloons of cadet gray and
a forage cap of blue cloth."
Guards On Duly
By 1t73 the campus had become
u virtual military post with guard
mounts held daily and sentinels
on duty until 10 p.m. each night
in the College halls. But in 1874
the guard duty was discontinued
because of the high mortality rate
among professors. In those days,
dress parades were weekly affairs
and quarters were inspected daily.
Rooms in Old Main were fitted
specially for cadet officers who
were charged with maintaining
order.
Training during the Civil war
wa , , voluntary and it wasn't till
1365 that William H. Allen, then
nresident of the College, estab
lished compulsory military train
ing. The work consisted of lec
tures on tactics and Army regu
lation, -nd two hours of drill
per week.
" THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
And there was no escape. Stu
dents who had conscientious
scruples (the words these press
releases use are really jawbreak
ers) against bearing arms were
excused from military training,
but they had to work instead.
Drill Dress
Fashion note
Dress for drill in those early
Jays consisted of a "fatigue , suit
of blue cloth to include a jacket
or round about waist coat and
trousers . with blue buttons with
out military trimming and a black
felt hat with a rim 2% inches
wide."
In 1870, the unifrom underwent
slight changes (shoes were added)
and became the required item of
dress for Sunday in chapel and
on all special occasions, particu
larly when a student was permit
ted to leave the premises on visits.
The first regular Army officer,
Ist Lt. Walter Howe, arrived in
1877 and since that time, except
during the Spanish-American war
when President George W. Ath
erton commanded the student ca
dets, the instruction has been un
der the direction of the Army, or
in at least one case, Navy, per
sonnel. From 1893 to 1895, As
sistant Engineer Thomas W. Kin
kaid, father of Admiral Thomas
C. Kinkaid served at Penn State.
In 1917, in accordance with fed
eral legislation, the present Army
ROTC program was set up at the
College. The Navy established its
ROTC unit at Penn State during
World War II and in 1946 Air
ROTC training began. Enrollment
in one of the three programs is a
requirement for all freshmen and
sophomore men, except those ex
cused for specific reasons.
Reserve Units
Many of the men, including all
enrolled for Navy ROTC. com
plete four years of the work, in
cluding one summer cruise of
camp, to qualify for reserve of
regular commissions. The services
provide uniforms.
And while today's uniforms
bear little resemblance to the
monkey suits of 90 years ago and
Chapel Speaker
Reviews Crisis
By LAVONNE ALTHOUSE
To be mature persons in a world
crisis, we must have intellectual
honesty, hold fast to high stan
dards, keep up world brother
hood and constantly seek an
eternal meaning in the crisis, said
Dr. Kenneth Irving Br o wn in
chapel Sunday.
Dr. Brown delivered his address
on the theme of Religion-In-Life
week at the College, "Mature
Persons In World Crisis."
Intellectual honesty, Br own
said, means first determining
whether or not what we think is
a world crisis really is one. He
said that there is little doubt that
we have a world crisis at present.
In such a crisis, he said, we
should strive to know what is
happening and th e probable
meaning of all events.
Keep Informed, Brown Urges
We are obligated to read news
papers to know what is going on
and the positions national and
world leaders are taking on ques
tions of great importance, Brown
said. In addition everyone should
know the principles of opposing
ideologies as well as his own na
tions, governments and economic
beliefs.
Speaking of scholastic stan
dards, Brown pointed out that
conditions in 1941 - 42 were very
similar to what they are today.
Many college men, discouraged
by the feeling that it was useless
to study because "it's no use,"
left their work slide. They were
drafted, served several years, and
came back to face the poor rec
ords they had left their last sem
ester in college records that
sometimes delayed graduation or
kept them out of graduate schools.
Brotherhood Necessary
World brotherhood, Brown said,
is necessary for world peace. He
praised the World Student Ser
vice fund for the work it' has
done to further this brotherhood.
Finally, Dr. Brown assured, we
ca n depend on God in critical
times. He asked his audience to
trust God and see, in any crisis,
his finger pointing to the future
a better future.
Feb. Engineer
Goes On Sale
The February issue of the Perm
State Engineer will go on sale to
day, keeping abreast with the
rapid developments in the engin
eering field.
Besides presenting many arti
cles concerning these new devel
opments, the magazine wilt in
clude a few humorous articles en
titled "The Vicissitudes of Vertic
ality," depicting the history of the
elevator, and "Hometown Boy
Makes Good," a brief biographical
sketch of a 16th century genius.
editor Bob Bailey announced.
The February Engineer features
some of the facilities which will
be provided by the new Mechan
ical Engineering laboratory and
to acquaint the students with its
operation.
"Moments About Campus,"
keeping you informed about the
activities of the campus, is else
presented in the magazine.
This issue also relates-how "The
Mighty Pennsy Has Switched To
Diesels," fighting its greatest bat
tle to oust the steam locomotive.
Collegian Promotes 16
Four promotions to the Daily
Collegian junior editorial board
and 12 to the sophomore board
were announced yesterday.
Joan Kuntz, John Mounts, John
Pakkanen, and Greta Weaver
were promoted to the junior
board. Those promoted to the
sophomore board are Alvin Good
man, Richard Gray, Charles Hen
derson, David Jones, Lenore Ka
hanowitz, Anthony Pinnie, Lavier
Procopit, Jane Reber, Thomas
Saylor, John Sheppard, Margaret
Trolier, and Anna Mae Webb.
The new West dormitories—
Hamilton; Thompson, and McKee
halls—cost the College $7,500,000.
today's training is nothing like
the training program offered at
that time, the program continues
to prepare students to serve their
country in time of emergency,
just as it did in the dark days of
the Civil war and the Farmers
high school.
Proctor To Replace
Horst At Luncheon
. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Proctor will replace Miles Horst as speak
er at the Religion-in-Life week faculty luncheon at 12 noon tomor
row in the Presbyterian church, it was announced yesterday.
Horst, Pennsylvania's secretary of agriculture and a ' graduate
of Penn State, will be unable to attend because of illness. Dr. Proc
tor is dean of .the School of Religion, Virginia Union university.
Richmond, Va. He spoke at St.
Paul's Methodist church Sunday
morning.
A colloquy, "The Meaning of
the Crisis" in 121 Sparks at 8:30
tonight will be the highlight of
today's Religion-in-Life schedule.
Dr. Carl Miller, the Rev. Robert
L. James Jr., and Dr. Paul Tay
lor will discuss the problem, and
a group discussion will follow the
panel. Rabbi Louis Youngerman,
the Rev. Keith Beebe, and the
Rev. Homer Heisley will partici
pate in a radio ' broadcast on
WMAJ from 8-8:15 p.m.
To Discuss China
Religion-In-Life
Week Schedule
Tomorrow's schedule for Re
ligion-in-Life week is shown
below:
Wednesday Schedule:
7:40 - 8 a.m. Worship: Penn
State-in-China room, 303 Old
Main.
8:30 a.m. Radio: Wiley Childs,
speaker.
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Classroom 4P
pointthents and personal con
ferences.
10 a.m. Movies: 119 Osmond
laboratory.
12 noon. Faculty luncheon,
Presbyterian church, speaker
Dr. Samuel D. Proctcir.
12 noon. Leaders' luncheon
meeting, Allencrest.
12:40 p.m. Lenten series ser
vice, Little theatre.
2 p.m. Movies: 119 Osmond.
3 - 5 p.m. School seminars.
4 p.m. Skeptic's Korner, West
dorm lounge.
5:30 - 8 p.m. Firesides in frat
ernities and dormitories, din
ners and discussion.
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Movies: 119
Osmond.
8:30 p.m. Coloquy: "H o w a
Mature Person Meets the Cris
is," 121 Sparks, speakers: The
Rev. Samuel Proctor, The Rev.
John N. Peabody, Richard Sut
cliff, Dr. Wiley Childs, Dr. Win
ona Morgan.
Frosh, Hatmen
Polo Match Set
For Tomorrow
Final preparations were near
ing completion last night for the
frosh-hatmen polo game to be
held between halves of the Penn
State - American university bas
ketball game tomorrow night in
Recreation hall.
Seven men are on the roster for
the freshmen and six men will
compete for the hatmen. The game
will be played on wooden horses,
brightly colored and complete
with - manes. Customs will end
after the game if the frosh
All the freshmen under customs
will be directed to sit in a special
section of the stands during the
game. Arrangements have been
made to keep a block of seats di
rectly behind the Penn State
bench for the frosh.
Three-men teams will wear the
colors of the frosh and the hat
men: They will play two
.five
minute chukkas with a one min
ute rest-period between. The
players will be equipped with
wooden mallets which will be
used to hit a deflated soccer ball.
See To Referee
T h e canvas-covered protective
matting under each basket will
serve as goals. Each team will
try to drive the ball past the oppo
sition to their own goal.
Neil See, chairman of Tribunal,
will be the referee for the game.
The starting lineup for the hat
men will be: Ronald Coder, Clar
ence Buss, and Marvin Cetron.
Their reserves will be: Homer
Barr, Philip Benedetti, and John
Smidansky.
Freshmen who will take the
"field" on the "horses" will be:
Edward Sieminski, Newk Grubb,
and John Conwell. Reserves for
the frosh will be: Richard Ste
vens, John Parlack, Jay Epstein,
and John Pinezich.
The• game was suggested and
explained by J. Bertram Kessel,
assistant professor in..the Depart
ment of Physical Education at the
College.
Rent Representative
Charles A. Waltz, representa
tive of the Williamsport area rent
office, will be at Borough hall, S.
Frazier street, tomorrow from 10
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to answer ques
tions concerning any action under
the Housing and Rent act of 1950.•
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 80,1851
Dr. Paul 'V. Taylor will lecture
from 10 a.m. until 12 noon in the
Penn State-in-China room, Old
Main, about the subject, "Com
munist China and the Crisis". Dr.
Taylor recently returned from
China where he was dean of
Central Christian university, Chi
na. His lectures will start this
morning and continue until Fri
day.
"How Christians Can Us e
Pram" is the subject Dr. Keith
Beebe is using for his classroom
discussions and seminars. Dr.
Beebe, director of the student
Christian association, Princeton,
said we live in an age where
prayer is not thought valuable.
He said Jesus Wasn't a great man
because of his teachings but be
cause he was a man of prayer.
He pointed out that the present
age thinks it absurd that God
lives through . prayer, and that
this is a false belief.
Need Spiritual Vision
William V. K. Shepard, of the
Christian Science committee on
publication for Pennsylvania. is
discussing the subjects, "What
has brought us into a world .cri
sis?" and "What can the indi
vidual do about it?" In his class
room discussion yesterday he said
our spiritual prograss hasn't kept
up with the tremendous progress
of material lines, and the need'
of the hour is for spiritual vision.
Robert L. James Jr., who spoke
at the Grace Lutheran church
Sunday morning said colleges
are giving pagan answers to im
portant religious questions.
James, regional secretary, Middle
Atlantic region. Student Christ
ian movement, said students be
lieve Jesus was a great teacher,
but is impractical now. The stu
dents don't worry about delivery
after death since they don't take
death seriously, and worry more
about material things of life, he
said. '
Speaks At AGR
Dr. Samuel J. Wylie will speak
to the Agriculture Economics
club at Alpha Gamma Rho fra
ternity at 8 p.m. today. Dr. Wylie
is counselor to Protestant stu
dents at Columbia university.
Luther Harshbarger, chairman
of the General committee said
the reception in Simmons lounge
Sunday afternoon was successful
and well attended by students.
Alpha Delta Sigma
initiates Seventeen
Seventeen persons were recent
ly initiated into Alpha Delta Sig
ma, national professional adver
tising fraternity.
Donald Gapp, advertising man
ager of the Meadville Tribune;
Ernest Giles, vice-president of
Ketchum McLeod, and Grove,
advertising agency in Pittsburgh;
and R. L. Hicks, advertising in
structor in the Department of
Journalism, were among the pro
fessional members.
Students initiated were George
D u f f, Richard Evans, Mendy
Frishberg, William Klaban, Wal
ter Kline, Robert Leyburn, Irwin
Lindenberg, David Olmsted,
Prokoff, Eugene R a u
Richard Rossi, Roger Swaim,
Harry Sweger. and 'John Tibbott.
DRAFT QUOTAS SET
HARRISBURG, Feb. 10—(4P)—
The State Selective service head
quarters today called for pre in
duction tests for 9500 men to
meet Pennsylvania's March draft
quota of 5,657 men.