Perth S t ate's C'anip4s • Full of Traditions
• Traditions, those customs which
add zest and color to college life,
can be found all over the Penn
State -campus.
The traditional symbol. of the
College is the Nittany Lion,
which was reproduced in lime
stone by Heitz Warneke. H. D.
Mason, 'O7, suggested using the
king -of beasts-•-the lion—as the
symbol of the College.
Located between `Recreation
Hall and Beaver Field, the shrine
was presented to. the College by
the Class of 1940.
Senior Class Gifts
The tradition of each senior
class giying the College a gift
dates back to 1900. Best known
of the gifts was the shrine, while
College Health
Serviie Offers
Medical Care
Organized 14_1915, the College
Health Service promotes health
ful living and treats the ill and
injured undergraduates of th e
College. -
\ At present the service is com
posed of a modern clinical dis
pensary in 3 Old Main and a 30-
bed' hospital located at the cor
ner, of Pollock an d Shortlidge
roads, employing - ten full and
part-time physicians, 15 nurses,
four technicians, and a pharma
cist.
Minor Cases Treated
The dispensary, an outpatient
department, takes care of all min
or illnesses and injuries at speci
fied hours during the day.
Emergency cases occurring at
times when the dispensary is not
open are handled at the infirm
ary, which has a staff physician
on duty 24 hours of the day.
Each student patient is en
titled to certain routine medica
tions and - dressings and seven
days treatment in the infirmarY
each semester free of charge. For
any additional number of days
required at the hospital the stu
dent is charged $3 a day.
Facilities Available
The semester health fee doesn't
include calls or treatment in stu
dents' rooms by members of the
health service staff or' service of
the community ambulance, but
does provide for. use of laboratory
facilities and the expense of one
X-ray examination.
Plans are now in progress to
increase facilities of the health
service -by the addition of two
new wings, to the infirmary which
will increase available bed space
to 46.
ALT 6oLf:idiAN, SATE COLLEGE, Oti,INYLVANTA
perlAips the most appropriate
ffift was Henry Varnum Poor's
Land-Grant mural, dramatizing
the founding of the College as
the result of the Morrill Land-
Grant Act of 1862, •Given by the
Class of 1932, the mural js in
the lobby of Old Main.
• The 50 wooden and concrete
benches scattered about campus
were presented by the Class of
1900 and dedicated in 1947.
As fresh will soon learn, the
two diagonal. walks leading from
Cid Main are
,Hello Walks. Dur
ing customs, freshmen • will be
required to say "hello" to every
one they meet there.
Must Doff Hats
The first-year-men also must
doff their hats to the Old Willow
Hat Societies
Of Enforcing
Beware freshmen! Hat men
and women will soon,, be handling
their traditional job of enforcing
freshmen customs.
The members of these hat so
cieties, easily recognized by their
bell-shaped hats, are selected to
the honor groups on the/ basis of
leadership, service to the College
and scholarship.
To Assist Cheerleaders
In. addition to enforcing . cus
toms, they will assist the cheer
leaders with the flashcard dis
plays at• the football games. Hat
men also act as the honor guard
for the football team when it
comes onto New Beaver Field.
These "men and women about
campus" will probably give many
an unsuspecting freshman an em
barrassing moment by coming
out of nowhere and calling for a
rendition of Penn State songs and
cheers.
The highest men's honorary on
campus is Lion's Paw, a group
limited to 15 Senior men.
There are two other hat society
honoraries for senior men—Parmi
Nous and Skull and Bones.
Parmi Nous Oldest
Prami Nous, the oldest men's
honorary on campus, selects its
members from lettermen, man-.
agers, and publications men, The
candidates must have distin
guished themselves and, proved
themselves leaders in their re
spective fields.
Skull and Bones candidates
must have the same general qual
ifications as men tapped for Par
mi Nous. Members are usually
active in .politics, publications,
and numerous other fields.
Mortar Board is the senior
whic his.a,t _the side of Old Main.
The subject of much poetry and
photography, until 1921 when it
was blown down during a storm,
the tree grew from a slip brought
to the campus from the poet Al
exander Pope's Twickingham,
England estate. A cutting was
later 'planted near the Willow's
original . site on the Mall, and
now grows there.
The geology monument on the
Mall was the idea of Thomas C.
Hopkins, assistant professor of
geology. - He intended it to be
used as a study in the weather
ing qualities of Pennsylvania
building stone. The stones are
arranged in geologic order. Ac
cording to legend, both the mon
ument, known as the "polylith,"
Return to Job,
Froth Customs
Women's hat society. Members
must be leaders in campus activ
ities and maintain high scholastic
standards.
Bllie Key Junior Group
Blue Key, one of two junior
men's hat societies, selects • its
members for service, character,
and scholarship. First managers
in athletics, publication ; men,
and general activities men are
eligible for tapping.
The other junior honorary,
Androcles, was founded to recog
nized men prominent in various
campus activities.
Chimes, jtinior women's honor
ary, takes upon itself the job of
orienting all new students to the
the campus.
The only sophomore men's so
ciety on campus, Druids, taps out
standing men in athletics during
their sophomore year.
Cwens
Cwens, a sophomore ha t so
ciety for women, has been set up
to develop future campus leaders.
Members must show outstanding
ability and scholarship..
FROSH!
Official Customs Can
Obtained Only at
The
Penn State Book Exchange
Student-Operated Non-Profit Book Store
and the Lion Shrine, are judges
of the chastity of. Penn State co
eds.
The crowning of a senior May
Queen, selected by th e coeds,
highlights , the May Day Pageant,
usually held on Mother's Day
week-end. At the colorful pro
gram, the queen is attended by
a maid of honpr, two represen
tatives of each class, senior honor
women, jesters and flower girls.
Christmas Sing
The friendly spirit of the Nit
tany Vale :is symbolized by the
tradition of the annual Christ
mas carol program held in front
of Old Main ,where students, fac
ulty members and townspeople
gather to carol.
Graham's. with its famous
The Hat Society Council was
organized in 1944 to co-ordinate
the honor groups. It is composed
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week's big game can be found
from those who • will be playing
it.
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