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'Alma Mater Written
To Inspire Other Songs
The University "Alma Mater" was originally written as a
tune to inspire someone to compose a•"true" Penn State song.
When Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee wrote the now famous
"Alma Mater," he did not intend it to be the school song. In
fact, he didn't even sign his name to the manuscript but,
instead, sent it to the school paper
with an anoymous signature.
Free Lance Receives Song
Dr. Pattee sent his song to the
Free Lance, predecessor to The
Daily Collegian, in April, 1901,
with a note attached that he sub
mitted it with "considerable hesi
tation. May others follow until
the true State College song is
found."
Pattee soon admitted writing
the song and at an alumni din
ner in June, 1901, Gen. James A.
Beaver, presiding officer and pres
ident of the Board of Trustees,
proclaimed it the "official song
of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege." The music was "Lead Me
On"
With common consent the song
was adopted as the Alma Mater
with the approval of the presi—
dent, Dr. George W. Atherton,
and the authority of Gen. Beaver.
Atherton's Song
Dr. .Atherton had previously
written a song, . entitled "Come,
Brothers, Raise the Song," which
he hoped would be adopted as the
school tune. However, the compo
sition lacked popularity to be
named the Alma Mater.
Pattee's song achieved its ini
tial purpose of stirring up song
writing interest. Many interest
ing aspects surround the compos
ing of the University songs.
Few realize that the popular
"Victory" was composed by James
Leyden, 'l4, while shaving in the
famous old track house.
Hansen Tells Story
Albert A. Hansen, 'l3, Leyden's
roommate, told the story of how
they lived in old wooden rooms
of the historic track house. Ley
den had a sunny disposition and
a good tenor voice. He was able
to think up new tunes on the
spur of the moment.
As the story goes, one morning
Leyden arose singing something
about Penn State that sounded
unusually attractive to Hansen.
"Where did you get that song.
Jimmy?" asked Hansen.
Leyden replied,
it up."
"Put those words and that
music on paper," said Hansen,
"and I'll publish it and give you
at least two cents royalty on ev
ery copy sold."
Song Became Popular
Leyden agreed, the song was
published, and it soon became a
favorite.
Fred Waring, appearing in a
large Broadway theatre, intro
duced "Victory" to New York
audiences in 1924. "Billie" Hill,
'23, wrote the Collegian that year
that "the audience was humming
it "when they left and I guess not
many colleges can boast that
honor."
'Nittany Lion' on Broadway
The song, "Nittany Lion," was
also introduced to Broadway aud
iences. Also composed by Leyden,
the number was sung in the Met
ropolitan Opera House during a
concert for former college glee
dub members of the University
Glee Club of New York: This was
the biggest musical feature of the
city's season.
Leyden was called on to sing
his song as the concert's conclud
ing selection. The tune made such
a hit that the audience demanded
an encore and even joined in the
singing.
Gambling—
(Continued from page two)
Physically one might say that
a good month of sleep might erase
those circles around his eyes,
which late hours at the poker
table have produced.
Mentally Joe is as happy as a
lark. When asked how he can
smile when the debtor's list is
getting longer than Santa Claus',
he merely smiles.
"After all," says Joe, "my luck
has got to change sooner or later."
To Joe and other students with
such poor luck or ability, gam
bling is becoming a master.
FOR GOOD RESULTS
USE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS
WSGA to Decide
Elections Chairman
The Woman's Student Govern
ment Association will vote for the
second time on the nomination of
Mary Sterbutzel for elections
chairman at a meeting at 6:30 to-
I night in 212 Hetzel Union.
The nomination was approved
( vote
the last WSGA meeting but a
'vote has to be taken at two con
,secutive meetings for final ap
•proval The elections will be held
'on March 19 and 21.
A discussion on compensations
will also be held at the meeting.
At the last meeting WSGA presi
dent Daily Zimmerman instruct
ed the senators to do research on
the subject for the discussion.
Theatre Arts to Show
Final scenes of productions will
be presented in arena style at
3:30 p.m. tomorrow on the Schwab
Auditorium stage by members of
the theatre arts 452 class.
CLASSIFIEDS
ADS MUST BE IN BY II:08 a.m.
THE PRECEDING DAY
RATER—Er words or less:
WS* One insertion
30.75 Two insertions
11.00 Three insertions
Additional words 3 for .85
for each day of insertion.
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MISCELLANEOUS
'57 Farm Show--
(Continued from page one)
of Agriculture exhibit as part of
the main University display being
erected.
A large group cf faculty mem
bers in the Agriculture College
will speak. Edwin J. Anderson
and Walter W. Clarke will speak
on beekeeping.
The topic of Christmas trees
will be handled by William C.
Bramble, Alvin C. Voight and Ed
gar J. Udine. Henry R Fortmann
and H. J. Poorbaugh will speak
on the Crop Improvement Asso
ciation.
Joseph S. Taylor and D. N. Put
nam and Herbert C. Gilmore will
speak on subjects in the dairy
field.
The subject of nut-growing will
be taken by John 0. Pepper and
J. L. McCartney. Frederick G.
Merkle, Elmer C. Pifer, Elsie
IBamesberger and Charles W. Por
ter will speak about the Penn
sylvanial Cooperative Potato
Growers.
Dr. Walker and Fred R. Robert
son will speak on subjects in the
'poultry field. A talk on the Penn
sylvania State Grange will be
given by Bonnie D. Sansom and
Chauncey P. Lang. K. R. Slamp
Russell E. Larson will give talks
lon the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers.
Reading copies of "Precious
Bane," are available in the Green
room in Schwab Auditorium.
Meet an Assistant Manager—Hampden-Sydney, '53
Frank Hoffman is Assistant Manager
of the telephone office at Newport News,
Va. Frank's office has about 25,000 ac
counts, and handles $360,000 worth of
business a month.
He joined the telephone company in
1953, only three years ago.
"My wife worked there first," says
Frank, "while I was still in college. What
she told me, along with what I learned
from friends in the business, pretty well
sold me on the telephone company as a
place to find a career. And the interview
clinched it. The job opportunities were
too good to refuse.
"I began in the Commercial Depart
ment, which takes care of business con
tacts with customers. The training was
Frank Hoffman etiolate a career with The aseropeake
4k Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia. 111:ad ,
eating career opportunities exist in other Bell Tele
phone Companies, Bell Telephone Laboratories,
'Western Electric and Sandia . Coiporation. Your place• Telephone
meat officer has more information about them. Sygtorn
22 South Americans
Enroll in Ed Course
Twenty-two elementary and secondary education super
visors from South America Monday began a special 10-month
course at the University which will include instruction in
•
teacher supervisorary' techniques.
The students, 10 women and 12 men, are from Bolivia,
Guatamala, Paraguay and Pan
ama. They range in age from 25
to 36 years.
The students, all school super
visors, arrived at the University
Saturday from Washington D.C.,
where they completed a two
months orientation course in the
English language.
The International Cooperation
Administration is sponsoring the
students. The administration is a
United States group to provide
technical assistance for the eco
nomic advancement of friendly
nations who desire U.S. aid.
The 10 months program will in
clude two to three days each
week spent observing United
States schools and national gov
ernment and national organiza
tions.
After completing their observa
tion course, the students will do
practice teaching in a supervisory
capacity. State College High
School has been named as one of
the schools to be used in the pro
gram.
Joseph V. Allessandro, profes-
A Campus-to-Career Case History
Frank R. Hoffman, B.S. in Liberal Arts, Hampden•Sydney College,'s3
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9. 1957
sor of elementary education, will
coordinate the program and Dr.
Charles M. Long, head of the De
partment of Speech, will super
vise it.
Allesandro said students wish
ing to make appointments to talk
with any of the students on edu
cation in South America may con
tact him at his office, University
extension, 2600.
Starting Feb. 1 the 10 women
will live in Elm Cottage. Six are
the women who now live in an
apartment in Irving Hall and four
live in Atherton Hall.
The men are living in private
homes in State College.
Soc Prof—
(Continued from page one)
an article in the Russian Literary
Gazette.
The article, which branded him
as a stooge of capitalism, said that
"in his servile compliance toward
monopolistic capital, this scien
tist has gone so far as to . . . con
sider Ford, Rockefeller, Morgan
and , Hearst as true scholars."
continuous and excellent. One of the most
rewarding jobs I had was working on
revenue studies involving estimates of
population and telephone growth. This
experience is really useful in my.present
position as Assistant Manager.
supervise the personnel who handle
customer contacts. And I assist in the
handling of our public relations work in
the community. In the Manager's ab
sence, I take over.
"It's a great job, full of opportunities
and satisfaction. I like working with
people, and I like to see my work con
tributing to the betterment of the com
munity and the company. Choosing a
career in the telephone business was the
beet move I've ever made."
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