C•nhnniai Special VOL. 55, No. 86 University 100 Strauss to Dedicate Atom Reactor Today The Reaearch Reactor Building will be dedicated at 3 p.m. today by Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Com mission. The reactor is near, completion and soon 'will be turned over to the . University, Robert G. Cochran, nuclear project research , as sociate, has stated. It is expected the reactor should be in operation and available for' research before the end of the• year. President Milton S. Eisenhower will open the dedication. Follow ing Admiral Strauss' speech, Eric A. Walker, dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture, will make closing remarks. Admittance by Invitation. Post Office Will Open At 10 a.m. Work at 'the 'University's nevi/ post office 'in the Hetgel Building will get 'off to a busy start todaY.Ttate'st reports indi cate that at least 35,000 Centen nial cachets have-beensold. Diehl Mc alip, chairman of. the Student Centesiial' Collimate% has announced that mail deposit ed at the, Spident, Union desk in Old Main today will, receive the Centennial Caneellation from the new University 'Park postal, stake tion. MeNalip the sale of Centennial envelopes and stamps. at the Student Union desk will continue as long as there is a demand. The envelopes bear the Univer sity seal, a replica of Old Main, and a few words about the Uni versity. The new post office will be open from 10 a.m. to noon today, to accommodate first-day patrons, according td' Robert J. Miller, borough postmaster. Mail deposit ed in campusboxes • or at the post office will receive the Birth day cancellation, the postmaster said. Preeident Milton S. Eisenhower and Judge James Milholland, president of the board of trustees, will participate in a brief cere mony at 10 a.m. today marking the opening of the postal station. The Student Centennial Commit tee is sponsoring the program. Centennial Movie' Premier Is Tonight The motion picture, "Centen nial," will have its premier show ing at the Birthday dinner in the Hetzel Union Building tonight. At the same time, 20 of the 42 Penn State Alumni Clubs through out the State, which will be hav ing their own birthday- parties linked to the campus via tele phone, will also see the film. Within 48 hours after the pre mier, 6,500,000 Pennsylvanians will view the film when eight television stations carry it on their programs. Today's Events 10 a.m.— Opening of Campus Post Office Station. .Hetsel Union Building. 11 am. —Chapel Dedication. Hort Woods. 3 p.m.—Nuclear Reactor Dedi cation, Reactor Building. 5:45 p.m.—Exchange Dinners in Dining Halls and Fraternities 8 p.m. Centennial Birthday Party, Hetsel Union Building 8 pan. Tour of HU B for Guests. 9 p.m. AIM Dance in TUB 9 p.m. West Dorm Council Dance, Waring Lounge Tilt Bugg 0 Tuft STATE COLLEGE. PA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1955 Because of the limited facilities of the rpactor adniit _tame will be limited to persons who have been extended invita tions fOr the Program. •"The reactor building, containing a large pool to house -.the t reactor, has been • under construction since last spring. The .controls to be used in the operation of the re actor were' completed in ' Installation of the reactor and the controls will be started when final , touches have been added to the .1 3 olloStIMan4. Omen , r l l*.,tit • ;.> Irac ,a. iilUi Of" planninr !!!!=1 The reactor will be available for research for all colleges of the UMvetsity for instruction of grad uate and undergraduate students. When completed,' the reactor will be the•gecond one to be operating on a university campus. One is now in operation at the North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N.C. Admiral Strauss was appointed to the AEC upon its creation in 1946 and has served as a member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee. He resigned from the AEC in 1950 and was appointed AEC head in 1953. Since 1950, Admiral Strauss has been director of various busi ness firms including the Radio Corporation of America, National Broadcasting Co : , General Ameri can Transportation Corp., United States Rubber Co., Industrial Ray on Corp., Rockefeller Brothers (Continued on page two) All-Faith Ch AN ARCHITECT'S drawing of the All-Faith will be constructed in Hort Woods, near the Chapel portrays a building of modified Georgian Patti). Library. The project will be financed by style. Ground will be broken for the medita- gifts and donations and will include a large Lion chapel, shown on the right of the picture. chapel seating 2200 people. a small meditation and the administrative wing today. The chaps/ chapel, and a program and administrative unit. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE Ceremonies For Chapel Set Today Groundbreaking 'ceremonies for the All-Faith Chapel will be held at 11 a.m. today in Hort Woods near Pattee Library. The first of the three units to be constructed will be the small meditation chapel and the con necting unit which *ill eventually link the meditation chapel and the main chapel. • President Milton S. Eisenhower, Judge James Milholland, presi dent of the Board of Trustees, and the Rev. Luther' H. Harshbarger, University chaplain, will speak at the groundbreaking ceremony. Chaplains to Participate • Rabbi Benjamin Kahn,. Jewish chaplain, will deliver the invoca tion; Father John O'Leary, Roman Catholic chaplain, will deliver the (prayer of dedication; and the Rev. John DUley, Presbyterian chap labiovill give the dedication. Others who Will" participate in the ceremony inelude John Henry' Friztell, 'chaplain ' emeritus; Wil mer- E. Kenworthy, director of student affairs; John T. Ryan, apel enou, rection of Willa C. Taylor, profes sor of music education, will sing two numbers: "Truly •Nly §oul,r (Beattie) and "The Lord Bless and Keep You," (Lutkin). The chapel, which will be • fi nanced by gifts, will include a small meditation chapel with seats for 180 persons; a connecting unit which will house program and ad ministration facilities; and the main chapel with seats for 2200 persons. The threq, units, will be arranged in a U-Ahape around a large reflecting pool. When completed, the chapel will provide facilities for religious services, offices and counseling fa cilities for the University chap lain, and chaplains of the Catho lic, Jewish, and Protestant faiths. There will also be facilities for the University Christian Associa tion, Newman Club, Hillel Foun dation, and other student religious groups. rgiatt 2nd Century Starts On Bright Outlook Today the University is 100 years old. And as it stands on the threshold of a new century its future has seldom. looked brighter. The tiny Farmer's High School that was established at a crossroads "near/Boalsburg" has blossomed into one of the largest institutions in the country and continues to grow by leaps and bounds. University officials predict that the present enrollment will in crease by about 6000 by 1960 to bring the total enrollment to ap proximately 20,000. Striking proof of the Univer sity's growth is evidenced on its birthdate in the form of the Hetzel Union Building—a three million dollar structure—and the nuclear reactor building—only the second such project constructed on a uni versity campus. The reactor will be dedicated. today. Ground will be broken today for the All-Faith Chapel, where stu dents of all faiths will be free to worship. More Buildings Planned Plans for more bitildings are on the drawing boards and in the air Of the conference rooms—sorority housing, other women's dorrhitor ies, class buildings, perhaps a field house. The University continues to keep pecea.ducationally. Since its • 4. . ~...14outgort g i i t 'eaSte..e;Ats• - univ - eisitya goal whic real ized only last year. The. University's nine colleges compere favorably with similar schools and offer the student in struction in almost every conceiv able. field of interest. The establishment of compre hensive examinations for upper classmen, entrance examinations, and other educational improve ments which are in the offing probably will further enhance the University's reputation. Observance Continues Today's birthday celebration will by no means end the Uni versity's Centennial observance. Throughout the year the Birthday will be noted in the University's traditional activities. Spring Week this year will cen ter about a Centennial theme as will many other student activi ties. Tim football schedule carded this year is more challenging than usual in recognition of the Birth (Continued on page forty-one) Today Alumni Plan Celebrations In 42 Cities Birthday parties at the Univer sity and in 42 cities tonight will mark the 100th anniversary of the University which received its charter as the Farmers' High School 100 years ago. today. Governor and Mrs. George M. Leader will be among the nv're than 600 guests attending the Birthday Party to be held in the Hetzel Union Building. Exchange dinners and mixers will be held in fraternities and dormitories as the students' part in the celebration. More tium 3000 alumni attending birthdlyte parties in. 42 .cities, la 6!. thenirateisie'the,state, will re ceive a part of the HUB program by telephone broadcast. Mutual to Carry Party The national network of/ the Mutual Broadcasting Company will carry 30 minutes of the pro gram later tonight, from 11:30 p.m. to midnight. Radio station WMAJ will carry a 90-minute broadcast beginning at 7:45 p.m. President Milton S. Eisenhower will be the main speaker at the dinner. He will discuss the Land- Grant concept of education with a look into the future. The program for the Birthday. Party, which begins at 6 p.m., in cludes the cake-cutting, a musi cal presentation entitled "Songs from Then Till Now," and greet ings extended by representatives of seven groups. They are: • Leader to Speak Governor Leader for the Com monwealth; Dr. J. C. Warner, president of Carnegie Institute of Technology, as president of the Pennsylvania Association of Col leges and Universities, for the As sociation; Russell I. Thackrey, ex ecutive secretary of the Associ ation of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, for that Association; John T. Ryan Jr., of Pittsburgh, president of the Penn State Alum ni Association for alumni; Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, professor of psychology, chairman of the Fac ulty Advisory Council, for the faculty. Jesse Arnelle, All-Uni versity Presient. for the students; (Continued d o page forty-seven) Borough Streets Honor Presidents The borough has followed a practice of honoring pres!dents of the University by naming streets after them. The dissatisfied ghosts of two f o -g rn e r presidents, however. must hover over boroulh coun cil meetings hoping for some action that will do them more honor. John Frazer. the University's third president, is ithmortalized in a street which, unfortunate ly, is misspelled "Frazier." And the str e e t honoring James Calder, president from 1871 to 1880, appears on the borough map as "Calder Al ley." Centennial Special TEN CENTS
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