PAGE EIGHTEEN University Survives 4 Wars During 100-Year Existence During its 100 years of ex-j istence, the University lias survived four wars. j Dr. Evan Pugh, the Presi dent in 1061, had as his main problem Dial of keeping his students from picking up musketsi end running olf to fight for the' presei vation of the Union. I During the Spanish-Ainerican, i it wasn’t a problem of losing stu dents, but knowing what to do j with the influx of thousands sent j to the campus for the specialized 1 training that scientific methods of warfare demanded. World War I and II turned the University in its rural setting into an important part of a vast mili taiy machine practically overnight. Not only men, but women also were trained in the classrooms for! jobs in the war of production to feed and equip armies. 1 Despite the fact the Univeisityj in its 100-year history has reeled l under the impact of lour wars, it! was in each instance able to main tain its progiam of education. The Civil War could have wrecked the University. As the , Farmer’s High School, it had op ened its doors to students only three years before the outbreak of hostilities, and it was totter ing financially. During the four years of strife classes were never wholly suspended, though there was a general exodus in the summer of IS'fiH as many stu dents and professors left to join the army during Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania. Records showed that 196 students and faculty members bore arms during the Civil War. The blowing up of the Maine in Havana harbor m February 1898 had its reverberations on the cam pus, but on tlie whole the student body was relatively unaffected by tlte Spanisli-Anierican War. Within less than a month after STUDENTS VISIT OUR DAIRY STORE J We have Candy Soft Drinks Ice Cream • Cheeses • PENN DAIRY: 212 S. Barnard SI. Slate College Congratulations and Best Wishes Waller Eberharl and Son PLUMBING AND HEATING BEtLEFONTE EL 5-3226 the declaration of war by the Unit-:ducted three specialized training ed States in April 1917, 800 menlprograms for the War Department. ,from the University volunteered for llt trained 200 enlisted men in ma jmilitary service and were sent tojehine shop and electrical work, 150 Madison Barracks near Watertown, in automobile mechanics, N.Y. jand 500 as trench telephone opera- Scientists in the laboratories tors, abandoned researches dealing with] On the day following the Jap peacetime investigations for those l anese sneak attack on Pearl Har which could help speed victory.! bor, the Council of Administration Sports, campus politics, club meet-] took steps to enable the Univcr ings—all extra-curricular activities' sity to make its contributions to also quickly lost their consuming winning the war. An accelerated interest and were forgotten in the' program was adopted and the gum and immediate task of train- University was put on a 365-day- , ing for wartime service. a-year schedule. In June and July of 1918, the This speedup was designed to University sent two big ROTC de- allow students called by Selective, tachments -to Plattsburg Bar- Service to complete all or a major| racks, N. Y. portion of their courses and to By the fall of 1918, the War De partment had completed arrange ments for the Students Army! Training Corps, and when the new| [term opened, the University, in common with other institutions! throughout the country, was under! [military control. The University also held farm training camps forj boys in the spring of 1918. It con-> ducted four 10-day instructional camps for 1088 boys. I The Agriculture Extension Serv-j ice devoted its efforts to increasing, farm production in the state to go. ;along with the World War I slo-l jgan, "Food will win the war." j [ The College of Engineering con- From Pugh Street Radio Service COMES CONGRATULATIONS ON Your 100th ANNIVERSARY 129 SOUTH PUGH ST. AD 7-4617 Congratulations Your Warehouse Auctioneer Harold E. Leightley RD3 Bellefonte ELgin 5-9458 Complete Auction Sales Service No Sale Too Large Or Too Small Just because tve’re out of school ami h*ve had 25 year# experience, doesn't mean we've stopped learning, studying, gathering new information about dry cleaning and launder* inn. We still do plenty of studying far into the night. We maintain active membership in the Fa. State Association and National Institute of Dry-cleaning. Yea, we burn a lot of midnight oil and continue our book learnin' , . . to injure your satisfaction and our reputation as the quality-cleaners and launderera In this community. No wonder we're rated “ABC”. One of Americas Better Cleaners. BALFURB’S CLEANERS 328 E. College Ave. 307 W. Beaver Avew AD 7-7661 A little finer —A lot more careful THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA make other students available morel quickly for war industries. ; In May of 1942, the lirst of 775! trainees in the Army Specialized! Training Program began arriving! on the campus and started the first' 12-week term of the program in l June. Six hundred trainees of the Army Air Corps arrived in March of 1943 for the first of a series of 5-month preflight programs. They were fol lowed in July by 600 Navy and Ma-,' rine Corps reservists in the Navy’s V-12 program. The University’s scientists de- ; j voted their genius to all types of i research and experimentation. Food Fair- (Continued from page two) Co. on how to select meats for preparation in different ways. When questioned about the fair from the point of view of one of the demonstrators, a representa tive of Curry, Cannon, Co. of Al toona said, ‘'We’re more than satisfied with the results.” A representative of another company said he found the crowd “very nice to deal with.” Various companies gave samples of products that couldn’t be pre pared at the fair to anyone who wanted to take them home and test them. Compliments of FIRST NATIONAL BANK 101 N. ALLEGHENY BELLEFONTE, PA. Hotel State College Extends Congratulations to The Pennsylvania State University 50 Modern Rooms with Bath Television and Air Conditioned ...... jOjonvenient HOME of the of the Corner Popular Priced Food 4 Air Conditioned Banquet Rooms Same Management Since 1926 WASH & WEAR STRIPES % with the military pocket fPennshire now features their pre-spring selection of wash and wear stripes with the flap pocket. They come in a choice of brown,, fan, blue, and grey. Sizes 29 to 38 ONLY $3.95 TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1959 Town Relations— (Continued from page four) find a problem. In 1926 State Col lege paved its streets to help the car owners. In 1928 the College solved its problem by banning ail cars from the campus. The rapid growth of .the College and State College has resulted in a close intermingling of interests. Many of the nembers of the staff who live in the town have taken an active interest in its affairs. Some are members of the borough and town councils and other polit ical and non-political organizations.
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