TUESDAY. EEBRI
lARY 17. 1959
Facu
ty Suspended Government Advances Under Sparks
Entir
; 1892 Class
Relations bet\
faculty are boi
little strained i
years of theses
no exception.'
For instance, :
•class of that ye i
It all started
ter of the clas;
from a vacatici
famous Johnsto
’een students and
nd to become a
md the first 100
■lations have been
in 1§92 the entire
ir was suspended,
when one mem
s failed to return
n. He used the
>wn flood as his
Old W
Mow
Saved
Twice
By Sur
ery
The Old Wi
the Mall for 1C
low has wept on
0 years.
But it almost didn’t, except for'
the skill and foresight of a tree I
surgeon in 1911 and 1921. j
In fact, the present willow isj
©nlv a part of the original tree.j
The original one consisted of j
tv. o large branches spreading outj
from a thick trunk. In 1911, old-!
age death of the tree was feared,*
so surgery was performed. j
Later, in 1921, the east branch!
■was blown down in a storm andl
a shoot of the tree was planted.!
This was a timely move, for ;
In 1923, the west branch was‘lost|
in a storm and the old tree was,
just about done for. 1
The new shoot, however, which
■was planted two years earlier,
grew and the tradition of the wil
low was saved.
The willow has a beautiful
legend and history connected with
it. Not only has it stood as a sym
bol of the Universitv’s strength
and endurance, but it’s origin is
imaginative.
Legend has it that it was a shoot
from a tree which grew on the
villa grounds of the poet Alex
ander Pope in England.
It was brought to the United
States from England by Dr. Evan
Pugh, who returned in 1859 to his
native country after six years in
England to become the Univer
sity’s first president.
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excuse, but the faculty was not
aware of the seriousness of the
flood and suspended him. '
As a protest his class mates cut
an examination and played base-!
ball instead. The faculty retalli
ated by suspending the entire class
for insubordination.
The entire class then moved to
an open field, pitched tents andi
set up “Camp Suspension.” When
the faculty learned the facts of:
the flood the class was reinstated.!
At this time in the University’s!
history the students were subject
to strict discipline. One student
who was described as having a 1
very fine record developed a
toothache and went to the nearest
dentist, who happened to be 12
miles away.
The dentist kept him so long,
that he missed a recitation period!
and was suspended. Students pe-,
i titioned the faculty to reinstate
the student and loosen up the!
I rules. The faculty refused to re
admit the student, but did relax
i the rules somewhat.
When his suspension period was
up the young man refused to come
back. He later went on to beeome
a leading citizen.
The only other strike occurred
in 1905. This time the students
protested against too strict cutting
rules. Some of the other factors
(contributing to the “great strike”
were claims by students that pro
fessors were so tied up with other
business Interests and speculation
that their classes suffered and the
fact that President Atherton re
quired a military salute from all
students.
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A MEMBER OF THE
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Student government came
(into being during'the adminis
tration of Edwin E. Sparks,
(eighth president of the Uni
l versity. 1
A type of student council was
established, which was the only
body for student repiesentation
until 1913, when a student tri
bunal was set up.
• During Sparks’ tenure of office
many significant advances in stu
dent government were made.
The government of women
I on campus was first accom
plished by faculty members.
However, in late 1905 the Wo
men's Student Government As
sociation was formed. The es
! iablished system of student gov
j ernment served its purpose well
( under separate governmental
( bodies for men and women.
1 However, because of the rapid
ly increasing enrollment, Ralph
Dorn Hetzel, University president
! from 1926 to 1947, made plans to
j improve the system for better
(representation and better govern
lment in general.
I His efforts resulted in a com-
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plete revision of the constitution tivity groups.
and the formation of All-College
Cabinet.
The new system brought to
gether the separate governing
bodies of men, women, councils,
(fraternities, independent and ac
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Congratulations on your
100th ANNIVERSARY
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124 E. College Avo.
There was unanimous ap
proval of the new constitution
in a special joint session of
Student Board and Student
Council on March 10, 1939, with
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