WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER;3;' 1951
College Originates
As School
By JOHN^SHEPPARD - . , ,■ •:
Did you ever know that -Penn £>tat'e was once , classed as a high
school? Or that 'all its activities were centered in one building until
1930, when nearly 50. r structures*.dotted the 'distant corners of the
campus? . ‘ " - " ......
Over 96 years agoi—on..Feb.
creating, "the Farmers’ High Sehoc
ancestors know-then that this was
to be the beginningof Penn. State;
The story, however, dates, back
even further than that—l7Bs to
be exact. At that time; a Phila
delphia society for the 'promotion
of agriculture met at a historic
tavern on Front street to form
one of the two oldest, agricultural
societies in the United States.
. W.alis .Organizer '
Its mam objective was, to arouse
interest in farming! As. a result,
the State, Agricultural Society
was organized. Through the ac
tivities of this group, a farm
school was finally established in
Pennsylvania.
Frederick, Watts,. of' Carlisle!
wljo became j the .first trustee
president of the Farmers’ High
School and later the first Secre
tary of Agriculture serving, un
der President Grant, was one of
the most active members of the
original organization.
Termed High School'
When the State Agricultural
Society was formed, Watts was
made chairman of the farm school
committee, and his Report in 1854
prompted members to urge the
legislature to grant a charter,
which was signed by Gov. Pol
lock in Harrisburg on Feb. 22,
1855.
It is under this document, .some
what revised, that Penn' State
operates today.
Why was it called a “high
school” rather than a “college?”
First, one must understand the
thinking of . the people of that
period. The farmers as a general
rule-j disliked the term “college”
since they were under the im
pression that colleges diverted at
tention of youth to vocations
other fhaii farming. Thus, the
leaders deemed it wise to adopt
the .title “Farmers’ High School.”
Everything But Livestock
Fifty thousand dollars was
raised by the founders for the
new school, and the State appro
priated a similar sum. Construc
tion was started in 1857 on Old
Main, the. first and only -building
on the campus for more than 30
years.. Because of a. depression,
construction was curtailed and
only, one-third of the building was
Co-Cdiu
Phi Kappa Sigma
Barr,' Ronald Beasom,
Wl i le X,.S ume > T >omas:Gardner;
and Clifford Stewart have been
initiated into Phi Kappa Sigmal
Alpha Tau Omega -
Recent initiates of Alpha Tail
Omega are Creed Erickson,.Theo
dore . Frazer, Robert Gower
Charles Lofquist, Joseph Meell,
and Paul Stefanik. ' ,
Pi Kappa Phi
1 Pledge officers of Pi-Kappa Phi
are David Keller, : president;’
, The o dore_Howitz, treasurer; arid
Wylie, secretary.
Phi Sigma. Kappa
'’ _ Edinger,' David Evans;
Cynl‘ Fawdly, James Hancock,
Robert. Landis, John Maiirey, Ro
bert Paulsen, and Miles Woodward
have been initiated into-Phi Sig
ma -Kappa. - : •
>' The fraternity has pledged Jay
Levan, Hill Harris, Janies Wag
ner, . Harold Schaeffer, 'Hex S'chU
<-• ling, Robert Seibel, RichardHeitz,
David Sener, and Harry Carrell
Alpha Xi Delta
Alpha Xi Delta recently pledged
Patricia Lively. , . 4 .
> Pi Kappa Phi
Pi : Kappa Phi has initiated
Richard Hamilton, Huber. Hege,
' David Henderson,'
Robert Highton, John . Muench,
Charles Schnaitman, James 'Sp&ri
-1 gler, William Swigert,and Robert
Veit.’
( Delta Zeta
Margaret Conover, Dolores
, Dean, . Emily Knobloeh;. and Joan
* Lee have been initiated into Del
' ta Zeta. ■ ..‘r : V ': v h'
, THE DAILir COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE.-PENNSYLVANIA
22, TBss—a charter was signed
>1 of .Pennsylvania., Little did 'our
Completed when the first class of
;i'l9iihen: arrived on Feb. 16, 1859.
The, .first class was graduated in
1861, ....
% The’"'Old-'Main of that day was
the Cpllege. lt housed dormitories,
offices,.. classrooms—just , about
everything but livestock.
V' Slow Process
No-women were enrolled at this
time. ’ Students., were. required to
spend ’ a specified quota- of hours
working fields. Largely
through their';.efforts 200 acres of
farm land were cleared and cul
tivated. ,' ’ / .
Although the first earth was
turiied for Old Main on June 24,
1857, .work went ahead slowly
and the first wing of the building
was not completed until two .years
later. This west wing of the build
ing was the birthplace of Penn
State. ''
7 7 Coeds Assist
Heinz Technicians
During Summer
Not many people get the chance
to see • first-hand' whether or not
the H. J. Heinz Co. really has 57
varieties of foodstuffs to offer the
public. This summer, however, 11
Penn State coeds . were, among
chemistry and biology .majors
from Eastern colleges and uni
versities selected for summer em
ployment as microbiologists by
the Heinz-Co.
Those chosen were Bridget Hol
len, Barbara Bohner, Kathleen
Midash, Virginia Schar, Ellen
Underwood, Susan Stormer, Jean
Holden, Jane Alexander, Nixon
Taylor, Helen Brown, and Mary
Ellen Malloy.
As part- of their work, the stu
dents assisted regular staff tech
nicians in testing Heinz tomato
products at the "company’s re
search and quality control lab
oratories at various Heinz fac
tories.
Miller Requests
Committee Workers
. Virginia Miller, chairman of
the convention committee for the
Eastern Intercollegiate Associa
tion of Women'Students,-has is
sued a call for coeds' to work on
convention committees. .The con
vention will be. held at the Col
lege in April. ,
Workers are needed ,to help on
the arrangements, public, social,
display, discussions, housing, food
and banquet, registration and in
formation, hospitality,' programs,
and. transportation, committees.
Anyone interested should sign
up in the Dean of Women’s,office
or phone Miss Miller at 4330 be
fore, Saturday.
Movie for Dram 61
■Way Down East,”a silent melo
drama, will be shown for Dra
matics 61 7 tonight in
119 Osmond..
In Accessories
★ Handbags
★ Gloves
- , OPEN
★ Jewelry Wednesday Afternoons
★ Stales at
; Dank's & Co.
Stile College. Bellefonie
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New Plans
Formulated
By Panhel
At its first post-rush meeting
last night, Panhellenic Council
made plans for the coming year.
Ruth.Grotsky, guide book chair
tnah';' gave a'report on .the Pan
hellenic guide book which she
and Ruth Apt have prepared.
Miss Grotsky recommended that
next, year’s chairman have some
knowledge of magazine make-up.
Addell Owen, rushing chair
man, said that plans will soon
be made for spring rushing. -
. Marilyn Levitt, ■ president, an
nounced the appointments of Pa
tricia Rowland as social chair
man and, Marian Whitely ,as as
sistant rushing chairman.
A reminder for sororities to
send contributions to the dis
placed persons committee was
given by Mary Allen, council
representative to the committee.
A motion to keep first semes
ter freshman women out of sor
ority suites was defeated by the
council.
■ The group decided to award
service keys. to council members
with outstanding service records.
Informal rushing will start Oct.
16.
yyjarriaged
Arena?Chanko
The marriage of Eleanor Chan
ko and Stephen Arena took place
June 9 in Bridgeport, Pa.
Mrs. Arena is a senior in home
economics and is a' member of
Zeta Tau Alpha. Mr. Arena is
stationed at Fort Lee, Va. with
the Quartermaster Corps. '
Architects Name
Kuhnle President
. Paul Kuhnle has been elected
president of the student chapter
of the American Institute of Ar
chitects.
Other officers are Charles Hall
vice president; Edward Thomp
son, treasurer; and Myron Fetch,
corresponding secretary.
The quarter-a nn u a 1 meeting
will be a banquet 6 p.m. Fri
day at the Nittany Lion ’ Inn.
Guests at the banquet will be
members of the Central Pennsyl
vania American Institute of Ar
chitects, which is the parent chap
ter of the College AIA.'
Graduate Fellowship
Started in Economics
A $l5OO grant from a New York
manufacturer of garments has
established a graduate fellowship
in the Department of Economics
and Commerce at the College. Dr.
.William N: Leonard,. department
head, said yesterday, that the
money will be put to use in a
study .of. children’s requirements
for undergarments, production'
capacity, and markets and pricing.
Director of the study will be
Arthur W.‘ Einstein, associate pro
fessor of marketing and retailing.
Working with him will be Jos
eph. V. Orlando, of Franklin, a
graduate student majoring in
marketing. ?
Delta Upsilon
Delta Upsilon recently initiated
Richard Neuweiler, Richard Col
lodi, and John Ruffner.
All Set? Don't Get Wet!
Fashion World
About OF Man
Many are the articles written and read by fashion fiends on how
the typical college female should dress. August issues of various
magazines, sponsors of the sacred cult of correct costuming, burst
forth with varied opinions on Back-to-School fashion trends'.
Advertisers devoted, huge spreads, in black and white or garish
multicolors, to advice for coeds on what to pack, what to wear, and
how to utilize a stylish taste in
clothes to become a candidate for
'campus queen. .
No Set Style
These magazines evidently
have not prepared students to
cross the mountains, land in Nit
tany vale, "-and become a well
dressed object of femininity at.
Penn State.
First of all, there is really no
set standard for style at State,
for no one ever dresses like any
one else, except, perhaps at grad
uation. Everyone has the distinc
tion of being an individual in
the matter of dress.
Football Weather
Secondly, the fashion world has
not taken into account the weath
er. Now most districts have Octo
ber weather when it October,
but State College has of late been
experiencing the temperature ,of
a- typical day in spring. This nice
high temperature makes it handy
for _ coeds who have packed all
their summer things away, and
who now have to unpack them
again.
In the latter part of September,
the weather, cool for awhile, was
loosely termed by many people
Capitol Tour
Pates Changed
Dates for thle Washington “Meet
Your Government” tour have
been moved up to Oct. 28, 29, and
30, Andrew .Jaros, committee
chairman, said yesterday.
Formerly the dates had been
Nov. 4,5, and 6.
Students wishing to make the
trip may sign up in the Political
Science Department office, 119
Sparks; Dean Ben Euwema’s of
fice, 1 133 Sparks; the Education
office, 106 Burrowes; or the Penn
State Christian Association office,
304 Old Main.
The cost for the trip will be
about $25. Lists of students mak
ing the tour will be sent to offices
of the Dean of Men and the Dean
of Women, where excuses for
classes will be granted.
The tour is being sponsored
jointly by the PSCA and the Po
litical Science Department.
School of Agriculture
Announces Promotions
Two faculty - promotions have
been made recently in the School
of Agriculture.
Dr. Howard Triebold- was
named acting head of the De
partment of Agricultural Bio
chemistry, following the retire
ment of Dr. R. Adams Dutcher
•last June.
Dr. Carroll E. Heist was ap
pointed associate professor of bac
teriology at the College.
Sfacr Styfe
ust %fotl
A smooth, neat style
designed by skillful
operators. Start the
’5l semester right and
make an appointment
at Gareyfe'
Qarey i
Seif cut
Glennland Building
Dial 2071 \
Forgets
Weafher
By MARY STARK
“regular football weather.” This
mid-November climate brought
out all the skirts and sweaters,
slightly wrinkled and squashed
from a trip to school in a crowded
trunk, an occasional stormcoat,
and even for a while, woolen
mittens. •
Blame the Weather
Instead of lengthy articles and
wise speculations on what would
match with what in fall ward
robes, the magazines would do
well to sneak in an article or two
on what to do when the campus
queen is caught with the right
bunch of clothes in the wrong
weather, or vice versa.
Perhaps the editors of these
fashion guide-books just wouldn’t
believe that weather for a well
dressed coed at a typical college
could ever cause so much diffi
culty.
£lncjciCfem.Gnti
Setzer-McKinley
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. McKinley of
Hollidaysburg, Pa. announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Carol, to Walter Setzer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W, C. Setzer of
Cheltenham, Pa.
Miss McKinley is a senior in
advertising, and is a member of
Chi Omega.
Mr. Setzer graduated from the
College in 1950, and received his
degree in wood utilization. He is
a member of Delta Chi, and is
now employed by Blaisdell Pen
cil Co. in Philadelphia.
Kohn-Schleifer
Mr. and. Mrs. Philip Schleifer
of Philadelphia announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Elaine, to Alan Kohn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Kohn, also of Phila
delphia.
Miss Schleifer is a senior in the
School of . Liberal Arts, and is
majoring in dramatics.
Mr. Kohn, a journalism major,
was graduated from the College
in, June. He is a member of Sigma
Alpha Mu.
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