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University AAU
Increases Academic
The University’s steadily growing academic prestige reached a high peak this
year when the University became a member of the Association of American Uni-
versities.
In accepting the association’s invitation for membership, the University became
the /.'coiid in-dilution in the state recognized by the high academic group, The Uni-
V"' 11 , of Penn vNama ii the
It was the first lime since
1343 that new members were
invited to the association.
Three other schools. Tulane
and Purdue Universities and
lowa State College of Agricul
ture and Mechanic Arts, were
al-,o invited.
t.'.i,, a ‘ II I N‘ ir u n on d,et s.
o' AAI. • uii ia n. ;;; iol-
ci mi.’ ci u.'
ln o '( vim': IN invii.'ition
tu thi U;i '.ci it\, Ur Cornells
Hit ". a t
1h o w!■ >O, o.Miia.iH'd
"The association is composed
of institutions on the North
American continent, the qual
ity of whose graduate work in
certain fields is high and, in
addition, whose claims for in
clusion are strong either be
cause of general high standing
of their or because
of the high standing of one or
more of their professional
schools."
Tin- .oi'ia!um. founded in
had 14 member? at its
start P,ciause of its strict re
c|im errents. it crow to only 37
memhets m 30 years with the
lav throe being added m HUS)
Besides the four new mem
bers. the association is com
posed of Brown University,
California Institute of Tech
nology, University of Califor
nia, University of Chicago,
Clark University, Columbia,
Cornell, Duke, JJmrvard, Johns
Hopkins, Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology, New York
University, Yale, Princeton,
Vanderbilt. Washington Uni
versity at St. Louis, Mo„ Mc-
Gill University, Stanford.
The UmveiMties of Illinois,
Indiana. Kansas. Michigan,
Mis.mill. Minnesota, Nebiaska,
Ninth ('aiolma, Pennsylvania,
Ibiehester. Texas. Toronto, Vir
ginia. Washington and Wiscon
sin, Slide Universitv of lowa,
Noith’.ve-tern. Catholic Uni
v-isitv nf America and Ohio
Slate Umveisdy.
Public to 'Pour
Hospital Today
An open house will lie held
at, the Kitenour Health Center
finiu 10 am to noon today
Visitois will be able to >ee
the imnilived t.iedities made
nv iilabio with the opening of
the ea-. 1 and v. ml wing.-, of the
builtling last sear Tills is the
fn .1 ume the wings have been
oi”’ii to tlie general public.
12,800 University Grads Belong
To 90-Year-Old Alum Association
Alme'-t (SO years a<;o-
J'.ilv ‘IK. 1 ;vro
-a «>nan 'v.'oup
of IVrn Suif* t;i;ulualos
in.'t jo fouiul tho Alumni
Axnvnd"n!. now composed
of [moot ifSO'l paid animal
ni**n''vi
Tl-( \ 1 >ii n i A."Oci,ttion
spoil 01 ami helps m the oi
g.m o’o" ijl alumni district
club-. l'li. H‘ a a* now about 70
clubs -..“ittorod across‘tho na
tion ; nd m Puerto Rico. It also
keep- a runout mailing list
tln'o'p;lt which all alumni re
ceive the Penn Stater, a quar
terly newspaper.
Ruipe Riley is executive sec
retan of the Alinnm Associa
tion.
Members of the association
receive a subscription to ihe
Penn Stale Alumni News, pub
lished seven times a year They
also receive a Football Letter
mailed after eaeh game. Tha
Alumni News contains featuia
<i., .Delation
Blue Band to Make
Musical TV Survey
“Popular TV Programs” Will be the. theme of the
Penn State Blue Band as it makes its initial appearance
on Beaver Field this year at today’s Homecoming game
against Marquette.
Blue Band Director James W. Dunlop said the 96-
member band will march onto the field at halftime and
peifoim a musical salute to
the visiting Marquette, whose
band will not appear for the
game
Following this. Blue Band
will begin its musical survey
of television by marching into
the formation of an isolation
booth and playing the theme of
"The $64,000 Question."
The bund will then form the
letter Z. the mark of "Zoiro,”
whose theme ntu-tc they will
then piesont.
‘Gunsmoke’’ is the next pro
gram. which will be symbo
lized b\ a huge blue and white
Colt -to fo'.nmtinn v ith musical
bacl.ei ,-,u nd
From the gun, the Blue Band
will swing inio the letters MR.
stones, articles written by fac
ulty mctnbeis and news of
classmates and the University
RIDGE RILEY
.Alumni Secretary
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Membership
Prestige
—Collegian photo by Marty Scherr
BLUE BAND MEMBERS
Twelve minutes of TV
By JIM MORAN
C, representing "The Perry
Como Show" with the theme
song of the crooner.
An automobile, presumably
a Chevrolet, will then material
ize and the theme music of
"The Chevy Show" will ac
company it as it moves down
the field. Upon reaching the
end of the field, the automobile
will re\eise itself and ptoceed
back npfield to the theme mu
sic of "Highway Patrol ”
As a finish Jo the 12-minute
performance, tho Blue Band
will form the head of a mouse
ahd present a vocal and in
strumental rendition of "The
Mickey Mouse Club" theme
music.
Membetsh.p in the associa
tion helps support the Uni
\ etd'y's two big alumni week
ends, ihe Alumni Institute
held each June and Homecom
ing Weekend.
The assoc latioh sponsored
and helped m the organization
and opeiation of the Alumni
Fund which was begun m 1.153
under Milton Eisenhower, then
president of the University.
The fund has raised almost
$1,060,000 in its first six years.
The money is used for vital
Umvor.uty projects.
In 1954. the Alumni Memor
ial Scholarship Program was
set up with the help of the
Fund. This program is coordi
nated by the Alumni Associa
tion. This was the first exten
sive program of aid to incom
ing freshmen offered at the
University.
Life membership in the Al
umni Association is $75 paid
in full or $l3 as first of five
annual payments for Install
ment Life membership.
fop of tho mal!
Three Cheers
For the Alums
Those banner-waving, raccoon-coat-wearing alums
are back. Three cheers.
The student sees an alum as a free-spending free
loader. He storms into the fraternity house as if he owned
the place and lakes over as if he built it. There is nothing
that aggravates the student as
much as having a cigar-smok
ing alum tell the boys “the way
he used to do it in ti]_e old days
—when Paternity lite was
really living “
Then too, the student sus
piciously eyes the alum as
someone who may change his
present mode of living—like
suggesting that the house cut
expenses down by eliminating
Saturday night steak dinners.
The administration sees an
alum as a potential hundred
dollars 'for the Stone Valley
project. The Alumni Associa
tion has designed life member
ships, husband and wife mem
berships and installments plan
memberships concisely tailored
for any excuses, or circum
stances
The alum sees himself as the
epitome of success in the busi
ness world, a benevolent friend
of his alma mater and just a
little better than the guy who
beat him out for fraternity
president back in '37.
A fraternity house holds a
cross section of alums and their
purposes in returning.
First there is the ’OB grad
uate who hasn’t in iss e d a
Homecoming since ’O9. He
would rather lose his job than
miss Homecoming. And have a
pledge or brother forget his
name and the house has lost a
good source of income.
We must also recognize the
alum who comes back with one
recollection of his undergrad
uate days in mind: the parties.
He hasn't bothered to get a
ticket for today's game because
he won't make it.
Next comes the alum who
has gotten a little sentimental
about his college years since
he hasn’t kept in contact with
his brothers or the house for
several decades. He will fol
low the brothers around this
weekend asking questions
about people the actives have
never heard of. He expects the
weekend to catch him up on
the mtei vening years
Then there's the duty-bound
alum who feels he must re
turn for the sake of returning.
He generally put a damper on
the weekend.
Finally there is the gloater.
He wants to make sure none
of the brothers m his class has
made more of himself after
graduation than he has.
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SATURDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1958
by Jynn ward ——
Alum
Even Is
TODAY
8 a.m.—Al u in n i registration,
Hcl7.el Union Building lobby
9 30 to ll.3oam—Home eco
nomics alumni coffee hour,
Home Economics living cen-
ter
10 a.m—Freshman football:
Penn State vs. West Va.
Soccer Penn State vs. Syra
cuse
Beaver Field, Admission $1
10 a m. to noon—-Open house
at Rilenour Health Center
Journalism alumni coffee
hour, 9 Carnegie
Phvs Ed alumni coffee hour,
239 Recreation Building
Exhibit 'Re'member When,”
Green Room, Schwab
11 a m.—Dedication of bust o!
Dr. Edwin Erie Sparks, pre-
sented by Class of 1911,
Sparks lobby
11:30 a.m. Alumni luncheon,
HUB ballroom
1 '3O p m.—V ars 11 y Football:
Penn State vs. Marquette,
Beaver Field
4:30 to Bpm.—lndependent
alumni reception, HUB
lounge
8 p m.—Alumni cider party,
HUB lounge: open all even
ing
8 p.m —Thespians show “En
tertainment U.5.A.,” Schwab
Players • show “The Druid
Circle," Center Stage
9 30 to midnight Homecom
ing Dance, HUB ballroom]
$2 a couple
Facultv Art Exhibit
Opens Tomorrow
The annual exhibition ol
works of art by faculty mem
bers will open with a recep
tion from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow
in the Hetzel Union gallery.
Eighteen faculty members
from the departments of ait,
architecture, theater arts and
ait education are lepiesented
in the exhibition which will
continue through Nov. 7.
—Drewln* bj Nancjr Winfield