The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 17, 1959, Image 16

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    PAGE SIXTEEN
University's Growth Advanced
In President Hetzel's Term
During the 21-year tenure - 5
of office of former
Ralph t)orn Hetz e 1, after |||i|is|jr
whom the Hetzel Union
ing was named, the University ;f|
grew as much as it had in the"
previous 70 years. *' i"*
llet/el, who took office Dec. 15,
lS2fi. was primarily responsible
for the growth of tlie physical
plant, wlnih in 1927 was valued
at 700,000.
At his death m 1947 the build
ings and giminds were valued at
$26",42,7,000. More than 30 of the
55 major buildings on campus
went up during this period
In 1928, Old Mtiin, tho focal
point hf ltillcjjo activities thiough
ihe years, was completely con
demned foi dassioom use, though
it still housed the administrative
Offices.
Under Het/tTs administration,
the rebuilt Old Main rose on the
site of the former building in 1930.
In the next few years after
1932, construction included Fran
cph Athei ton ilall, a dornutoiy
for women, and Mary Beaver
White Reel eat ion Hall for women
The need for these buildings a-j
rose when the number of women:
students increased to a total ofi
1000.
A second large-scale construc
tion program took place from 1937
to 1939 after the General State
Authority approved the expen
diture of about $5 million fo>
buildings and improvements.
Because of the nationwide de
pression of the 1930'5, enrollment
fn that decade declined sharply. It
picked up when the Woiks Pro
gress Administration and the Na
tional Youth Administration help
ed students to support themselves.
Despite the business slump, the
College was able to inaugurate
several new programs, including
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Congrafulafions
to
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Aurand's Beauty Shop
Above the "A" Store
AD 7-2042
Congratulations
to
Penn State University
Brockerhoff
Hotel
Bellefonte
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-t.A
RALPH D. HETZEL
Honored by HUB
Ihe Extension Division and the
Institute of Local Government, es
tablished in 1936 to provide facil
ities for training students for gov
ernmental service and to do re
search in local government.
! Another innovation was the El
len H. Richards Institute, estab
lished in 1941 for the study of
[certain aspects of the improve
[nient of standards of living.
( After the United States entered
ilhe war in 1941, the College con
i tributed to the war effort by a
(dopting an accelerated program
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dredth freshman class to the Pennsylvania State
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Happy
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( \\hieh put it on a 365-days-a-yoai
[schedule.
, During the war years the Arm
ed Services inaugurated on-cam
pus training programs for men. At
the same time, women were b<v
ing trained for engineering jobs
in industry.
Special top-secret research was
earned on by members of the
science faculties.
After the war there was a large;
increase in the student popula-j
tion, bringing the total to 11,000.
To meet this problem surplus Ar
my buildings were set up to serve!
as emergency classrooms, andj
trailers, dormitories and a cafe
teiia were obtained from the fed-;
era! government.
Twenty-two off-campus centers
'enrolled freshman to alleviate the!
! burden of the main campusj
[These students were permitted to
'transfer here at the start of theirj
| sophomore year. I
Hetzel, whom the student body!
had honored with the title;
“Proxy,” died Oct. 3, 1947.
Behind him was a heritage in
which the enrollment had quad
rupled, the faculty had more than
doubled, the physical plant had in
creased in volume more than nine
times, and the expenditures for
instruction and research had sim
ilarly multiplied.
During his term Prexv himself
!had conferred 23,753 degrees.
“Farm School, Pennsylvania”
was the first post office address of
the large and growing Pennsyl-j
vania Stale University.
Credit Offered For TV Course
The University will cooperate versify, is co-ordinator locally for
again this semester with the Na- toe course and those desiring to
tional Broadcasting Co. in offer- enroll for credit may do so
ing credit for the course “Atomic through M. T. Bunnell, in charge
and Nuclear Physics,” taught on of registration and records for
the daily Continental Classroom General Extension.
itelevision program.
| The second semester of Conti
nental Classroom opened Wednes-i
day and classes are taught from!
630 am. to 7 am., Monday'
.through Friday. For those inter-1
jested, viewing rooms in Boucke'
Building are open each morning
[at that time.
Dr. Vernon W. Myers, associate
professor of physics at the Uni-
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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1959
Duiing the Fall Semester, seven
students were enrolled for credit.
Center—
j (Continued from page fifteen)
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