SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 1956 Ambulance Bought Part of '56 Class ambulance seniors Herbert R cost of a new ambulance wou gift will be contributed for fu Grad School Emphasizes Research The Graduate School was or ganized at the University in 1922. Dr. Harold K. Schilling is dean of the Graduate School and Dr. Henry W. Kner is assistant dean. The faculty of the Graduate sc ? , School consists of the presi ent of the University, the deans f the various colleges , the Uni ersity Examiner, the Librarian, th heads of departments, and those mem bers of the instructional st ff who have been authorized by the proper agencies of the Graduate hool to offer graduate courses and super vise research leading to theses. It controls all academic matters per taining to the Graduate School, subject to review by the Univer sity Senate. On Separate Level Graduate work at the Univer sity is not an extension of under graduate work. It operates at a definitely higher level, demands scholarship of a high order, and emphasizes research and creativity It involves a minimum of formal requirements and regulations, and a maximum of student initiative and responsibility. The Graduate Student Council is a student organization that is sep arate from the Graduate School. The purposes of the Council are to unify the graduate students, promote their social and cultural welfare, and help to solve their non-academic problems. Masurkevricz Is President Present officers are Joseph Ma zurkewicz, president, James Bood ley, vice president, Nancy Gruber, secretary, and Charles Chevalier, treasurer. The Graduate Student Council plans to sponsor four dances and several coffee hours during the corning term. Red squirrels voluntarily swim streams and lakes. including such waters as Lake George and the broadest parts of Lake Champlain. FOR YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL NEEDS SPECIAL ... Parker "217 Pen and Pencil Sets Ball Point Pens . . . . $2.95 Liquid, Lead Pencils . . $3.95 Alarm Clocks . from $ 4.25 plus tax Also . . . Penn- State Jewelry Penn State Class Rings Everything. you would expect to find • in a fine jewelry store for the University Hospital was the 1956 Glenn, director of the University Health d be between $7OOO and $BOOO rnishings for the Helen Eakin Chapel. Money for the class gift is taken from student fees and is accumu lated for eight semesters. During the past few years, classes have appropriated between $4OOO to $lO,OOO for class gifts. I - the in" years of its existence, the University has never owned an ambulance. A campus patrol wagon has been used for emergen cy cases, but Dr. Glenn said it is not adequate. When the ambulance is pur chased, it will be housed in the garage that is being constructed as part of the new wing to the I Hospital. May Operate Round-the-Clock Dr. Glenn said that tentative plans for the ambulance would pro vide for 24-hour operation. During the day, it would be driven by a ho..pital maintenance man, and at night, by a campus patrolman. Ith-s for a class gift are de cided upon by members of the senior _ -lass sometime in April through suggestion boxes strategi cally placed around campus. Sen iors vote upon the suggestions w'-en they call for their copies of LaVie. The tradition of donating 'a class gift has been maintained at the University since 1861 when the graduating class donated memorial tablets that were eventually placed on the memorial gate at the east end of campus, a gift of the classes of 1917 and 1918. Many Gifts Well Known Many of the class gifts have ac tually been in the form of physi c.. presentations to the University. Some of the better known ones in clude the benches on campus from the class of 1900, the drinking fountain at the Old Willow Tree, from the class of 1914, the memor ial gate at the front entrance of car. jus 'from the class of 1916, and the Westminster Chimes in the tower of Old Main from the class of 1937. One of the most famous land marks on campus was a class gift. The Lion . Shrine was a pre sents- from the class of 1940. In the same general vicinity, the scoreboard on Beaver Field was a gift from members of the class of 1926. Class gifts have been "stepping T 9 7ollovi $1,95 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA class gift from the graduating Service, estimated that the The remainder of the - $9500 isenhower Memorial All-Faith stones" of progress for the ex pansion of University building and facilities. It was the class of 1945 that first set aside funds for the construction of a student union THE HARMONY SHOP 135 S. FRAZIER ST. With Gift GET ACQUAINTED OFFER This ad will entitle you to 50c credit on any RECORD purchase of $3.98 or more. One ad for each $3.98 purchase only. OFFER Limited to Orientation Week ONLY. Welcomes You to Penn State! •Are you a NEP CAT? • Are you a JAZZ fan? Cool or hot? • Are you a CLASSICIST? • Are you a POP fan? • Do you like MUSIC of any kind? • See our large selection of HI-Fl Players Welt if any of these fit your musical notes. then you must visit THE HARMONY SHOP. and see the tremendous col lection of records for your personal enjoyment. Also a fine and varied assarttnent of fin* Phonographs. all types, all sizes, all speeds, priced to suit your budget. Get the turntable you've been thinking about—TODAY AT ... THE HARMONY SHOP Music Students and Music Lovers! We Have Everything You Need FOLLOW THIS MAP TO REAL MUSIC ENJOYMENT The Most Complete Record Selection In The Area building. These plans were realized with the dedication of the Hetzel Union Building in February, 1955. Som traditional gifts have been the donation of Class Ivy which was placed on several administra tive buildings by the classes of 1908 through 1912. Several classes have perpetuated their names with the donation of money for loan funds, scholarship funds, and memorial funds. Old Main is 'Favorite' Old Main seems to be a favorite for class gifts. In 1904, the gra duating class presented the clock in the tower as a senior gift, and the - • of graduating members of the 1913 class was the terrace. Two thousand dollars was set aside by the class of 1949 to be allocated for a student book store. 135 S. Frazier Street • , 4 4 • 0. • 0 • Beaver Ave. FIE= College Ave. PHONE AD 7;2130 The rest of the money was hand ed over to the University to be kept until enough money was raised for a student press. Be cause this suggestion was unfeas ible as all students printing is done by commercial printers, the money will be used to obtain AM facilities for campus radio station WDFNI. in conjunction with sev eral other class donations. Gifts from the classes of 1953. 1954 and 1955 have been used for furnishings in the All=Faith Cha pel s_ch as in the chancel, medi tation chapel, pews, and nave. First steamship to cross the At lantic was the Rising Star which crossed from England to South America in 1818. No record of the time. THE I .• HARMONY 1 U 1 SHOP . 11 11 ____ OPEN EVENINGS PAGE SEVEN
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