PAGE 11NO Semester New AFTER FIFTY YEARS OF campaigning by proximately 800 people. Governor . Argo students, the University finally got a . perma- Leader (above) shakes hands with Jesse nent student center with the completion of the retired All-University president. President Mil s 3 million Hazel Union Building. One of the ton S. Eisenhower and Mrs. Leader look on at it events to be hold in the new building ,was the Feb. 22 birthday party in the Hetsel Union , tennial birthde- attended by ap- ballroom. ' THREE ALL-UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTIAL candidates (above) answer questions at a Daily Collegian press conference. They are (left to right) John Leasure, State party candidate: Rudolph Lunar, Lion party: and Earl Seely. winning Campus party candidate. Campus party, in its first election, made a clean sweep by win ning all nine positions. At the first Cabinet meeting after the slection (below) Seely presides while Philip Beard, All-,University secretary-treasurer, is sworn in by Ross Clark, Tribunal chairman. Thomas Kidd, Cabinet parlimentarian, stands with the Bible. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Centennial Plays Role In Big News The top news stories this se mester naturally revolved around the Centennial celebration. Ground was broken for a new chapel, a nuclear reactor wa s dedicated, a Birthday party was held and Spring Week, with its Centennial theme capped th e year's events. As always, there was the spring election. The campaign raged hot and heavy, and on election day a newcomer to political ranks—the Campus party—made a clean sweep. This was completely un precedented in campus political history. All the semester's news, how ever, was not good news. A threat ened panty-raid resulted in the suspension of four students from the University; Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) attacked Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, and the Campus Chest only hit half of its expected goal. The big news event , between now and the end of the school year is, of course, graduation. As a grand finale to the year's Cen tennial activities, seniors will hear President Dwight D. Eisen howerdeliver the Commencement addrels on June 11. The Centennial celebration will continue through December, with e en t s such as Homecoming Weekend highlighting the sched ule. All in all, the past year has been a banner year in the his tory of the University. in Picturts ONE OF ONLY two nuclear reactors on college campuses in the United States was dedicated on the day of the Birthday Party. The reactor will be available for research for all colleges of the University for instruction "of graduate and undergraduate ettidents. Thereactor itself contains a 24 foot deep pool of water which acts as a cooling agent and a shield against radiation. The reactor was dedicated by Adm. Lewis L. Strauss. chairman of the Atomic Eenergy Commission. • AN ARCHITECT'S DRAWING of the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel (at left) shows the first two units of the Chapel now under construction. President Dwight D. Eisenhower will lay the cornerstone for the Chapel on June 11—following his commencement address. Above. Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower (left) and Judge James Milholland, president of the University Board of Trustees. turn over the first shovelfuls of dirt. A recording of the ceremony. a statement of the Chapel's purpose. and a statement of dedication will be sealed inside the cornerstone. The chapel will be built in three units: the medita tion chapel, the main chapel, and a connecting unit between the two. The meditation chapel will be wed for small religious services. The Main chapel.. to be constructed at a later date, will include offices of the University Chaplain, a reception hall, lounge, and a small serving kitchen on the first floor. The second floor will contain rooms for religious counseling and offices for chaplains of the three reli gious fel`l , -. 7.srotestan+. Cath-Pc, and Jewloh. The three units will be arranged around 'a large. reflecting pool. WEDNESDAY. MAY 25. 1955
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