THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 From 1 to 3235 Phone Seventy-seven yea was no problem to rectly to the telepho at the University but one telephone. Today there are 3235 on the campus and begi day, it will again be off-campus callers to to the telephone desi caller has the number This direct dialing the main feature of th tern that is designed to to the campus. The Bellefonte • Watchman, in a to graph, announced on 1883, that "the Stat Repairs I _ Car Radios 1 Television Phonographs' Rad os television .1 _., service _ 4 ~ center :--..-A , V!: at . State College TV 232 S. Allen St. .... , ^, I" I 4 1 4 , ..„ Miniature Golf Fun! • • • • Particutorly at tft: NITT NY PUTT AR • • 0 Free gam; you mak hole-in-o No.. 18. 35c until 50c after 3 ml, d i ! ool;ta3 . 1959 ystem Began in 1883 s ago it call di- 'e desired !here was elephones ping Sun assible for .ial direct led—if the service is • new sys .peed calls l emocratic Ise pare- June 22, College A CIRCUIT in the new dial equipment is checked by Harold Snook of the Bell Telephone Company. This circuit is one of thousands housed in the new Telephone Building, behind Boucke now is connected by telephone bought out the Commercial sys- to the outside world." Earlier, the College catalog for 1882-83 reported that a line is un der construction between Belle fonte and the College and that it should be in use during the school year. By 1886, the University had; been connected with Lemont, as! well as Bellefonte, and in 1888 it: was reported that State College; has "eight houses from which one) may have instant communications with any one of 166 other tele-! phones of the Bellefonte Ex-i change and with 1800 othersl through the Central Pennsylvania' Telephone Co." Dr. George W. Atherton, whose 24 years as head of Penn State brought a new era to the struggling school, was respons ible for the first telephone on the campus, • although, Mrs. Helen Govier recalls, he always considered the telephone "an indipensable nuisance." The first telephones were locat ed in the President's Office, the' Business Office, Engineering Building, Agriculture Building, and the Registrar's Office. State College opened its own exchange, which was located at 130 E. College Ave., in 1898 and in 1900 there were 40 positions on the board, including the tele phones in campus buildings. Competition arose in 1898 when the Commercial Tele phone Co. was organized by in fluential Slate College and Bellefonte residents "to render efficient service." Some Uni versity offices had both ser vices. The Bell Telephone Co. p.m. p.m. r 2 e College SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA . . . for the finest in seafood served in a luxurious atmosphere, why not try• the EUTAW HOUSE ? . . . we specialize in . . . steamed clams . . oysters on the half shell . . . lobster dinners . . . and many other delectable seafood and country dinners . . and with your meal, enjoy your favorite cocktail All this at the . latta w oust POTTERS MILLS 13 Miles East of State College On Route to Lewistown EM 4-1039 tern in 1926. More than 25 years later, on Oct. 3, 1925. the University began operation of its own switchboard. It was located in Room 105, Old Main. There were three operators and the campus patrol was responsiblei for handling calls at night. The board had five trunk lines to they town, about 150 extensions, and the number was State College 500.; Following World War U it be- I came evident that the growth of the University was making it impossible to locate people by name and officials insisted that extension numbers be used in placing campus calls. The in stallation of the present dial , system in 1950 necessitated call- 1 inn by number. 1 The campus dial system. with headquarters in Willard Building,l followed the installation of the dial system in State College in 1936. When the dial system was introduced in the community, the University number was changed from 500 to 711. Later, this num- , lber was changed to 6711, as they (community system grew, and in: 1950, became 8441. More recently, as the result of further expansion, the number was changed to AD ams 8-8441. The system going into operation Sunday will combine the separate !the hall switchboard and !the administrative office system into one University telephone sys tem: The residence hall system was started with a small switch board in Atherton Hall in 1938 and greatly expanded with the installation of the switchboard. in Simmons Hall. , Budget Cut— (Continued from page mic) _ monwealth as its State univer iq - sill?. The budget problem has been left untouched since early May, when the Assembly became tied, up in revenue raising problems. Gov. Lawrence has iephtedly, said taxes must come first, then appropriations 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 c 6 0 0 . Visit Pennsylvania's Largest G l ft sh g 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 Q o Gifts for every member of the family 0 (?) 0 O Gifts from ail over the world 0 10 0 0 6 Miles West of State College 0 0:0 on Route 322 00° O - 0 0 . 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