Senior W
Suppler
TUESDAY. MAY 10
Sen
$1.5 M
For NI
Nearly $1.5 mi
been obtained in t
The fund was •
then as a separate
The Chapel an
Alum Fund
Donations
Since 1953
All Faith
Chapel
Funds
Colleges and
Campuses
Puttee
Autobiography
President's
Fund
Lou Bell
Memorial Fund 8,815
Retired Staff
Assistance Fund 5,398
Heizel Union
Building
Alumni Memorial
Scholarships
Levi Lamb
Grants-in-Aid 107,462
Designated
Scholarships
Designated
Loan Funds
University
Library
University .
Religious Activities 43,169
Slone Valley
Miscellaneous
`6O Alumni Fund
Tops $200,000
A total of $201,474.07 has been
collected for the school year 1959-
60 by the Penn State Alumni
The new total, contributed by
7673 University graduates,. is the,
first time since the Fund's incep-,
lion in 1953 that it has gone above
$200,000.
The money is donated by indi
viduals contacted by general mail
ings, through corporate-alumnus
programs (where a corporation
matches its employees' contribu
tions); through the Graduate
School Alumni program (where
money collected is channeled into
Graduate Sch o o r emergency
loans); and through the special
gift alumni prograiln (contribu
tions of $5O and above).
The money which the senior
classes. aided by administrative
funds, contributes for the Senior
Class Gift is also administered
through this fund.
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fors Begin Alumni Drive
illion Donated to Fund
jor Alumni Projects
By DENNY MALICK, '6O
lion for projects such as Stone Valley and the All-Faith Chapel have
e eight years of operation of the Alumni Fund.
arted in 1953 by the Alumni Association and has been operating since
department of the alumni affairs office.
Stone Valley have been the largest projects for which donations have
' been received. A total of $246.591
:has bee contributed for the chapel ,
;which WaS dedicated in 19.56 by Prexy Urges Closer
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The chapel serves as a mem
orial for Helen Eakin Eisenhow
er, who died while her husband, bet ween Alumni, University
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, was
president of the University
Although the chapel was com
pleted in 1956, the fund has been
continued with plans for expand
ing the present building The ad
dition would include an auditor
ium to seat about 2000 for wor-,
ship services, which are now held'
'in Schwab Auditorium.
A total of $60,477 has been do-,
nated toward Stone Valley. The!
special recreation area for stu-;
dents and alumni will include
cilities for swimming, boating,
fishing and camping. The gates'
have been closed on the dam and!
some of the facilities are expected;
to be opened next year.
$246,591
Other than these projects, the
largest contributions to the fund
have been designated for schol
arships, both athletic and schol
astic. The Alumni Memorial i
Scholarship program which pro
vides 15 scholarships each year
has been outorowth of the fund.
To date, $11,622 have been con
tributed to these scholarships.
Grants-in-aid for athletes under,
!the Levi Lamb Scholarship fund
'have totaled $107.462 in the past
eight years. Scholarships for des
,ignated specialties other than ath
letics have accumulated $195.993.
Other contributions since 1953
have been Iletzel Union furnish-;
!Ines, $57,098: class funds, $97 001:
colleges and campuses. $57,724:
President's fund. $8028: Lou Bell
!Memorial Fund. $8815: retired;
!staff assistance fund. $5398; des-1
ignated loan fund. $8119; Univer-I
say library, $19,483: University!
!religious activities, $43 169: Pat..;
tee autobioeraphy, $1196; miscel
laneous, $246,145.
111.622
195,993
246,145
Ist dais Agent
Gets 100 Per Cent
James R. Pifer, senior in agri
culture engineering from State
College, yesterday became the 1 Ridge Riley, executive sec
lerested and active as a Penn
State alumnus.
first class agent to report 100 per , retary of the Penn State I urge every senior to join
cent participating of his constitu- the Alumni Association, not
'Alumni Association, hailed the ents in the Alumni Asoociation. : only for the services he will
receive personally but because ,
memebrship drive. opening of Senior Week as
. an interested, well-informed
Pifer will receive a pen set."a wonderful opportunity for - and organized alumni body can :
Riley said, "Every minute you
bearing the University seal for be- be of inestimable aid to the
ling the first agent in his college seniors to pledge their con-! University in the days ahead
- ,-
pend on behalf of your Alma
'to report 100 per cent participa-I which are decisive for higher Mater (and every dollar you
I tion. Similar awards will be made timed interest and loyalty i t MI education," Riley said. spend) adds that much more
Itoigh agents in each
accomplish this' of the other ,
the University." i He added, "The Alumni Aso—worth to each degree awarded
et cs to
goal. 'elation, through the media of its , by Penn State, As your university
,publications, district clubs, and!grows in prestige and position,
at Penn State, a new alumnus:special campus events and occa-(the value of the individual hold
should strengthen, instead of '' ,l orls , selves as a clearing house,lngs increases.
break, the ties which bind!thh h ! "As it becomes a great institu
him,
,problems of the University can'tion, the stature of each alumnus
to the University. This should bebe interpreted and transmitted,:is enhanced proportionately. If
is lifetime alliance." ;to you." you as a future alumnus feel that
He said that alumni can be the' Although the alumni body isiyau owe nothing else to Penn
ireal interpreters of the Univer-:the strongest potential public re-:State. you owe it to yourself to
sity to the people of the state and; lations arm of the University,boin hands with our thousands of
l of the nation, and it is essential there cannot be a haphazard ef-lalumni who ar'e helping to build
,to the continued growth and wel-;fort, he remarked. It must comelthis institution to the point where
(fare of Penn State that every,from an organized and informed its degrees will demand instant
(graduate maintain a bond with:group, he added. 'recognition and merit immediate
'the University—that he ba in-I "One of our major goals is to (respect," he said.
Material Must Be Obtained
Class agents who have not
picked up their list of names
and other Alumni Fund mem
bership drive material should
do so by noon today in 104 Old
Main.
Ross B. Lehman, assistant
executive secretary • of th e
Alumni Association, said that
a few agents have not picked
up their packets of material.
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
By DR. ERIC A. WALKER
In my charge to the graduates
at commencement last June, I
outlined what seemed to me to
be the fundamental relationship
between an alumnus and the
institution from which he was
graduated.
"The degrees you have re
ceived," I told those graduates,
"certify to the world at large
that you are now alumni of
The Pennsylvania Stale Uni
versity. This ceremony does not
mark the severance of your ties
with the University. It marks,
rather, the beginning of your
full participation as members of
the Penn State faculty. •
"The University consists not
entirely of the faculty, nor of
the campus and the buildings
on it, nor even of the students
Riley Asks Alumni Drive Support
Riley said, "After four years
rgiatt
Agents Will Campaign
For 1960 Membership
The third annual Alumni Drive conducted through a
class agent system to recruit membership into the Alumni
Association will be held this week.
Approximately 150 agents chosen from within the nine
colleges of the University will personally contact seniors in
their respective colleges to offer
them membership in the-Associa
tion now comprised of 60,000
alumni.
Special reduced rates are being
offered to seniors who join on or
before graduation day. These
rates are $2 iof the lust year, $3
for the next five years followed
by annual payments of $5.
A life membership is the As
sociation may be obtained for
$7O or a $lO down payment to
be followed by four annual pay
ments of $l5 each.
The system of M , 01 king through
.class agents was begun by the
AlumN Association three yeais
ago in order that each senior
might be personally contacted by
a member of his college In this
way, no one will be overlooked
during the campaign according to
David Epstein and Jessie Jan
co-chan men for the drive.
' The final success of the Alum
ni Association whose dual purpose
is service to the University and
the Alumni is dependent on the
(lass agent system," Epstein said
last night.
The class agents were briefed
on their duties of soliciting
memberships at a meeting held
Sunday night in the State Col
, lege Hotel. At that time, they
were given lists of seniors
whom they will be contacting
during the week.
The drive, coordinated by the
Alumni Office on campus and Ep
stein and Miss Janngian, has
as its committee members, Vin
cent Marino and Dennis Malick
from the class of 1960 and Her
man Weber and Frank Milus from
the class of 1961.1 n addition, there
'are nine chairmen from the col
leges who will supervise the op
erations of their agents.
The class agents are as fol
lows:
ACLU( I.TURE • Dott% Dam e+, Ceir ige
Smith, Bub Nmi, 1:111 Haugh, lien)) , I
MR, Sam Minor, Charles Itle, Bob Pollock,
It, ice Ettzen, John Janirths, Bock Mc-
Donald, (olnlil Jim Nuxkliamo,
PanlmLi, Fled L' letinh, 11.0 Le Van, Bar
bait. t'lrrk
BUSINESS ADM INISTR kTION • Vin.
cfmt Marino, Art Multi nlicrirt r, John Hul
zxpfrl
Linn limk, Bill Walton, Holki t
(Continued on page seven)
Ties
who are in residence at any one
time. It consists of all these,
but it also consists of all who
have entered the University
and then have gone forth from
her as centers of her influence
and as promoters of her spirit.
"As with those who have
gone forth before you, you are
now a part of Penn State, and
she is a part of you. Where
ever you work, there the Uni
versity will be at work. What
ever, you do, Penn State will
be reflected in your accomplish
ments, in your successes, and in
your triumphs."
Wherever you make your
homes, you will be Penn State
to your neighbors, friends, and
fellow workers. Through the
very lives you lead, as well as
through your continued interest
in and devotion to your ALMA
MATER, you will be creating
an image of Penn State.
As you leave the University
to take your places in the world
of affairs, I strongly urge you
to continue your active asso
ciation with Penn State through
the Alumni Association. Both
you and the University will con
tinue to profit from the mutual
guidance, support, and help
that you can give each other.
Good luck and best wishes!
Senior Week
By CATHY FLECK. '6O
make Penn State graduates She
best informed alumni group in
the country. Why? Because an
informed alumnus becomes an
interested alumnus, who in turn
becomes an active alumnus."
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