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Yesterday-Today
Is Display Theme
Penn State of today as contrasted with the Penn State of yester
day is the theme of an exhibit now on display in the Pattee Library
foyer.
The campus, as it appeared in 1859 with the still incomplete Old
Main and students plowing in the foreground, is contrasted with an
aerial view of today's landscaped campus in a section titled "Campus
Panorama."
In a case on trustees and fac
ulty, pictures of Dr. Evan Pugh,
the first president, and Mrs.
Pugh are placed with pictures of
President' and Mrs. Milton S. Ei
senhower, all taken in 1927, the
year the Eisenhowers were mar
ried.
Diplomas Displayed
A diploma of 1865 from the
Agricultural College of Pennsyl
vania and an earlier letter issued
because a diploma was not yet
available are contrasted with a
sample of the diploma that will
be issued at commencement next
month.
There also is exhibited the di
ploma awarding th e doctor of
philosophy degree to Dr. Marsh
W. White, professor of physics,
who holds the first such degree
conferred by Penn State. Letters
of 'admission dated 1859 are con
trasted with letters of admission
issued today.
'Prexy' Sparks
A caricature of Dr. Edwin E.
Sparks, eighth president of the
College, depicts him as "Prexy"
and has this bit of verse with it:
"I once was a prof. of history,
But now I have added to my
family tree,
The highfaluten name, you see,
Of `Prexy' of Penn State
faculty."
Student life is the subject of
two cases that include regulations
of nearly a century ago and regu
lations of today, musical and dra
matics groups of various eras,
and ROTC cadets of today as
compared to the cadets of nearly
90 years ago.
The cook houses and dining
room, built as sheds for the con
tractor who built Old Main, as
they appeared in 1860, are con
trasted with the West Dorms din
ing hall and there are pictures of
student rooms of various periods
41 Freshmen
Coeds Initiated
By Honorary
-Alpha Lambda Delta, fresh
man women's honorary initiated
41 members Tuesday night.
New officers were elected.
Bernadine Fulton was chosen
president. Other officers are Jane
Ifft, vice-president; Elizabeth
Johnson, secretary; Marilyn Clos
ser, treasurer; and Joan Higbee,
historian.
Other members include Eliza
beth Alleman, Grace Anderson,
Jane Baldus, Patricia Barnett,
Ruth Beatty, Judith Callet, Bar
bara Charles, Jane Curry, Grace
Davis, Frances Dektor, Juliana
Fees, Marilyn Franklin, Marcia
Garbrick, Nancy Gibbs, Lorraine
Gladus, Joyce Haynes.
Patricia Jenkins, Kay Liner,
Helen Luyben, Joanne Luyben,
Virginia McMillin, Marjory Max
well, Rose Ann Monack, Pauline
Monz, Virginia Opoczenski, Mar
tha Rex. Jean Richards, Patricia
Sheaffer, Elizabeth Stuter, Phyl
lis Szolack, Louise Tyson, Joanne
Williams, Alice Yeager, Marcia
Yoffe, Joan Zakeski, and Elva
Zimmerman.
WRA Clothing Drive
To Start Next Week
The Women's Recreation Asso
ciation will sponsor a clothing
drive next week.
Boxes will be placed near the
mirrors in the halls of the wo
men's dormitories and in the hos
tesses' offices. The drive will be
gin Monday and continue until
the end of school.
The clothes will be sent to Eu
rope by the Foster Parents of
America organization.
Seniors—Take Penn State with
you. Join the Penn State Alumni
ilesociatiost now.
displayed with pictures of a stu
dent room of today.
Baseball Teams
The 1875 baseball team, titled
"Centre County Champions," is
in sharp contrast to a picture of
the baseball team of today.
There are no current pictures
to compare with the Cider Scrap
of 1911 or a molasses feed and
feathering of the same year.
There are pictures of . mock ceme
teries of the early part of the
century where students "buried"
their professors and marked the
graves with 'suitable' epitaphs.
Under women's activities are
scenes of a cooking class of 1914
shown beside a class in cookery
today, pictures of the first May
Queen of 1914, a hay ride of 1913,
women going to a picnic in 1910,
and a house party in Milroy in
1894.
Old Symbols Case
Symbols of Penn State include
a Lion coat of 1937, a hand bell
that was used prior, to the placing
of the large bell in Old Main
tower, campus society hats, and
a green dink.
One case includes pictures of
State College today as contrasted
to yesterday when streets were
unpaved and the borough con
sisted of a half dozen houses.
There are also pictures of State
College churches.
The exhibit is extensive, but it
has been arranged to enable the
observer to concentrate his at
tention on parts in which he is
particularly interested.
Items used are from the Penn
State collection of the Pattee Li
brary along with certain items
that have been specially loaned
for the display. The exhibit was
arranged by Mrs. Abbie H. Cro
mer, curator of the Penn State
collection, and Marjorie Powers,
and will continue until July 7.
Vets Must File
For Grad Work •
The Veteran's Administration
office released these announce
ments yesterday concerning grad
uate courses and summer school.
A veteran who completes un
dergraduate study in June, 1951,
and who wishes to progress to a
graduate course in September,
1951, will be able to do so pro
vided that he_ files his request
with the VA prior to the com
pletion of his undergraduate stu
dies in June, 1951, and provided
he enters his graduate course at
the end of the summer vacation.
A veteran regularly employed
as a school teacher must attend
that session of summer school
consisting of at least five weeks
in order to satisfy the require
ments of the law. This means
that he must attend the main
session at the College.
Theta Sigma Phi
To Pledge Four Tonight
Theta Sigma Phi, women's
journalism honorary, will pledge
four women students tonight,
Norma Gleghorn, president, an
nounced.
To be pledged are Rosemary
Delahanty, Georgia Hasinge r,
Joan Hoffman, and Dorothy Na
veen.
Simmons Musicale
Simmons Musicale will be held
in Simmons Hall lounge at 7:30
tonight. Long-playing records to
be played are "Death and Trans
figuration," Richard Strauss;
"Songs of a Wayfarer," (two se
lections), Mahler; "Symphony
No. 9 in D Minor," Beethoven.
Parmi Nous To Initiate
Parmi Nous will initiate new
members at 6 tonight in 105
White Hall. Following the in
itiation, a banquet will be held
at 7 in the State College Mitel.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Speech -Contest
Begins Tonight
Thirty students will be com
peting tonight for spots in the
semi-finals of the Frizzell Ex
tempore Speaking Contest, as the
elimination rounds begin at 7
p.m.
The contestants will be
grouped - in 12 sections with two or
three speakers in a section; each
meeting in different rooms. They
will speak for five minutes with
out notes on prepared topics.
One speaker will be chosen
from each section to participate
in the semi-finals, which will be
gin at approximately 7:30 p.m.
in 10 Sparks. The public may
attend.
Six contestants will be chosen
from the semi-final round for the
finals Monday night.
First place winner will receive
$5O and the Frizzell award of
merit in extempore speaking.
Second-place winner will re
ceive the Forensic Council prize
of $25 and the Frizzell award.
Joel Fleming, class of 1950,
won last year's contest. Peggy
Fahringer, Marilyn Mahla '5O
and Barbara Schiffman '5O tied
for second place.
Foley Awards,
NROTC Medals
The Naval ROTC cadets who
were outstanding during th e
school year will be presented
medals today in front of Old
Maim Lt. Col. Foley, associate
professor of naval science, • said
yesterday.
Four medals for outstanding
qualities shown in Naval ROTC
and ten medals for marksman
ship will be awarded.
Capt. J. L. Woodbury, profes
sor of naval science, will make
the presentation to the 14 men.
Since today will be the last
time the Naval ROTC will meet
as a unit, the presentation will
be made individually in case of
bad weather.
Special Rates
Offered by RR
The Pennsylvania railroad has
announced a special reduction of
28 percent in its transportation
rates for groups of 25 or more
students going to the same place.
Persons using this program
would • have to travel in groups
of 25 or more and leave for the
same place at the same time, but
they could return individually.
For example, the regu l a r
round-trip fare, Lewistown to
New York City, is $17.48. The
fare that the PRR could offer
for groups of 25 or more travel
ing together to the same destin
ation -would be $12.59, a saving
of $4.89.
Edward Shanken, chairman of
the NSA transportation commit
tee, is in charge of the arrange
ments. Persons interested should
leave the following information
addressed to Shanken at the Stu
dent Union desk; name, phone
numb er, address, destination,
time of departure.
As soon as 25 or more people
sign up for the same destination
they will be notified, Shanken
said.
Special Students
Register Sept. 17 '
All special and unclassified
students will complete registra
tion for fall semester, 1951, on
Monday, September 17, 1951. This
corrects another error in the reg
istration posters which states
that these students would register
on September 1, 1951, R. M. Koser,
assistant chief recorder, an
nounced.
BX To Give Refunds
Receipts for back purchases
at the BX will be honored to
day and tomorrow.
Twenty per cent of the stu
dents' gross purchases will be
refunded in cash for the pur
chases made from Jan. 15 to
the present date.
The used book agency will
be open from May 28 to June 1.
Between these dates, the agen
cy will buy used books.
Swedish
SOFIAFLICKORNA, famed girl gymnasts of the Sofia School in
Stockholm. Sweden, are pictured above. They will give a gym
nastic and folk dance performance tonight at.B in RecrOation Hall,
under the leadership of Mrs. Maja Carlquist, row five, first. left.
41 ROTC
Awarded
The annual presentation of Army ROTC medals to 41 cadets
for outstanding qualities shown during the school year were made
yesterday at an impressive ceremony in Schwab Auditorium.
Because of bad weather the presentation of the medals was
held in Schwab Auditorium. It was to be held in front of Old Main.
Col. Lucien E. Bolduc, professor of military science and tactics;
Dean George Haller of the School
of Chemistry and Physics; Pro
vost; Adrian 0. Morse; and Lt.
Col. Roger A. Barnes, professor
of military science and tactics at
Bucknell, awarded the following
medals
U.S. Army Medal
The Association of the United
States Army Medal for the out
standing infantry cadet was re
ceived by Robert W. House
worth.
Robert Groff received th e
Armed Forces Communication
Association Medals for being the
outstanding senior, signal cadet,
while the medal for the sopho
more award was given to Nor
man E. Bovine.
The Signal Veteran Medal was
won by Robert Groff, and the
outstanding member of Army
ROTC rifle team was Eugene
Decker.
ROTC Cadet Medal
Sterling H. Bankert, Jr., was
presented with the outstanding
ROTC cadet medal, while Rogers
A. Bender received the outstand
ing Army ROTC freshman award.
Infantry cadets who were out
standing in their respective
groups were William Bair, sen
ior; Kenneth Brown,' junior; and
Robert Kenyon, sophomore..
Robert Groff, senior; Raymond
Johnson, junior; and William
Johnson, sophomore; were named
as the outstanding signal cadets.
Engineer Awards
The Society of American Mili
tary Engineers awards for the
outstanding engineer cadets were
William Rorabaugh, senior; Rob
ert Minor, junior; John Smidan
sky, senior; John Donnal, junior;
and Harold Wright '
sophomore.
Those designated as distin
guished military students were
Bernard Brown, Kenneth Brown,
Edward Hartnett, Leslie Palmer,
George Rippel, Stewart Scheetz,
John Whitney, and David Young.
Signal Corps selections desig
nated with the distinction were
James Cartey, Julian Coo k,
Charles Falzone, Vaughn Lang,
Raymond Johnson, William John
son, Fred Pope, and Vincent Pur
cell.
Engineers selected were Gor
don Bywaters, John Donnal, Har
old Light, William Lord, and
Robert Minor.
THURSDAY, MAY 24,' 1951 .
nests
Cadets
Medals
Panhel Plans
Open House
The Panhellenic Council will
hold an open house from 840
p.m. Monday in the main lounge
of Simmons Hall.
Three girls from each sorority
will represent the council. The
open house is open to all women
who will be rushing sororities in
September.
At it s Tuesday meeting the
council decided to refer back to
th e individual sororities the
question of co-operating with the
Interfraternity Council for fac
ulty smokers. ,
Freshmen will fill out ques
tionaires at house meetings Mon
day concerning their plans for
joining a sorority.
Students Direct
Worship Service
Students of the Wesley Foun
dation deputation commission
took charge of the worship serv
ice at St. Paul's Methodist Church
Sunday morning. The foundation
choir, under the direction of Doris
Cook and accompanied by Ray
Barr, presented special music.
Edwin Rohrbeck delivered the
sermon, "Still He Calls." He was
assisted by Jane Tritt ancl John
Blanchard, this year's president
of Wesley Foundation. Several
students served as ushers.
This program climaxed the
commission's year of deputation
work. During the 1950-51 year
70 different students have visited
75 Methodist churches through
out the state conducting services
and participating in youth meet
ings.
Wesley's choir has also had a
busy year. Their agenda included
a concert at Harrisburg and a
special appearance b e f ore the
Central Pennsylvania Area Con
vention of Methodist Churches.
COMMITTEE TO' MEET
The Senate Committee on
Courses of Study will meet at 10
a.m. today in 207 Engirteering C.
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