MGE. FOUR State College Unique; Owes Existence to University *'* J&L _ WSI . _ , | M - - ** . SITE OF STATE COLLEGE lie.-; m background of picture taken from foundations of Old Main in 183'J. The fence row at right center runs along present path of Pugh Street. o fTi, FIRST GRADUATING CLASS from Farmers’ High School was comprised of 13 men. The class giaduated in 1861, after ariiving at the new campus in February of 1859. Eleven Graduate in 1861 (Continued from page three) cation in December and Janu ary but classes continued throughout the summer because of the work needed to be done on the farms. Most of the members of the first graduating class had received previous training at other schools before coming to the Farmers’ School and therefore graduated in three years. Dr. Evan Pugh became the Uni versity’s first president m October 1859 and served on a $l5OO salary which included a $5OO rebate to the school for the purchase of en gineering supplies. C. Alfred Smith, a graduate of '6l, returned to the school several years later to receive tha school's first graduate de gree. in chemistry and physics. Smith entered the Farmers' School when he was barely 16 years old and graduated when he was 18. Ha also served as a member of the Board of Trus tees and as a member of the Chemistry-Physics School facul ty- The admission requirements to the first class were a “good know ledge of reading, writing, geogra phy, arithmetic and English gram mar.” Only one course of study was provided in the original cur riculum and its primary aim was instruction in the theory and ap pliction of farming principles. Fees were fixed at $lOO and students were required to furn ish textbooks and light for their rooms. Until 1905 the University cata logues gave- the school's founding date as 1859 the year the first students were admitted. The date was changed by the trustees to establish it as the year in w'hich the law chartering the school was signed—Feb. 22. 1855. In its 104 years, the University has changed its name three times. Following the name of the Farm ers’ High School of Pennsylvania, it was called the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. It was , , nty o later called the Pennsylvania State College and in 1953 was named the Pennsylvania State University. Eleven students were gradu ated in 1861—Milton S, Lytle, James Miles, C. Alfred Smith, John D. Isett, John W. Eckman, Lynn C. Troutman, Samuel Hol liday, A. C. Church, John W. Banks, Charles E. Troutman and E. P. McCormick. Over 1500 students were grad uated last June and a record 2200 students were graduated in 1950. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. 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AD 7-7942 University, Town Maintain Close Political, Social Ties The Borough of State College occupies a unique posi tion among the communities of Pennsylvania: It is the only town in the state that owes its existance to an institution of higher learning. This is one of the main reasons for the close relations —politically, socially and economically—between the Uni versity and State College since the town’s founding. The men who were sent in early 1859 by Governor James Pollock to survey the future location of the University described its location as “a cross-roads near Boalsburg.” There was nothing in the area but trees and fields. When the Farmers High School, as the University was then call ed, opened its doors to students in 1859, a few farmers moved near the campus and soon a small community was started. The town and the University had begun their growth together. In 1896 the town of State College was incorporated and a decade of expansion was begun. Between 1896 and 1906 the town added a fire company, a high school, a library, a water company, public utilities and a board of health. This growth of the town corres-j ponded with tiie rapid enlargement R. S. CARLIN, INC. R. S. CARLIN INC. in Snow Shoe, renters of mod ern and efficient construclion equipment, has taken this opportunity to wish the one hundredth fresh men class of the Pennsylvania State University a successful and profitable future. CALL EU 7-6862 For Immediate Service MEXI pnp’i t« Silo celebrating a birthday, hla 12th in State College. With fifty years of do* experience in the background and the struml generation on hand. FREE Anjr lftc beverage with the purchase of anf •andwich. HOTS TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1959 of facilities on the campus. Be tween 1896 and 1906 the college had grown with the addition of Schwab Auditorium, Carnegie Building, McAllister Hall and the Agriculture Building (now Armsby). The town and the college ex perienced some problems of “growing pains" at about the same time. The increase in the use of the automobile was one of the problems with which both had to cope and which both still (Continued on page eighteen) 0000000000000000000000 g HEMMING... ° g Coats, Skirts. Dresses g o See Classifieds o g AD 8-9668 112 J S. PUGHg oooccooooooooooooooooo
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