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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.
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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
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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."
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