4—The Daily Collegian Friday, Aug. 15, 1986
remembering when
Apparently, though, Penn State
students needed only that first
nudge, because with the excep
tion of a three-month hiatus during
World War I student newspa
pers have been around ever since.
Without a doubt, Penn State
football has been the most consis
tently covered topic in student
newspapers. From Penn State's
first intercollegiate game (vs.
Bucknell in Qctober 1887) to its
first national championship in 1982
and beyond, readers have been
provided with the details of proba
bly every football game in Penn
State history. In fact, football
news most often appeared on Page
1 of the paper until the late 19605,
when it was moved to the sports
section.
The constraints of monthly pub
lication limited the amount of ac
tual news printed in The Lance
and by 1895, the staff turned to a
more literary content. Eventually,
readers lost interest in this format
DEDICATION OF
THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Friday, Nov. 18th, was a gala
day for State College. It was the
occasion of the dedication of the
magnificent Carnegie Library and
also Pennsylvania Day. Mr. and
Mrs. Carnegie, Mr. and Mrs.
Schwab, Governor Pennypacker,
Deputy Attorney General Fleitz
and State Librarian Montgomery
Copyright RN by Rockwood
MR. ANDREM CARNEGIDI
were among the notable guests in
attendance. Coming by way of
Lemont, on Thursday evening, in
Mr. Schwab's special car "Loret
to" the party were driven up and
were met by the cadet battalion at
Centre Furnace and escorted to
Dr. Atherton's residence.
After dinner most of the distin
guished guests retired to their
rooms, but quite a few visited the
various fraternity houses where
,dancing was in full swing.
FOOT-BALL
P. S. C., 5 4-ISUCKNEI.L, 0
The regular practice and careful training of
our "first eleven" developed confidence enough
in the•playing abilities of our boys to lead many
people to believe an interesting and exciting
game would be played on the occasion of our
visit to Lewisburg Nov. 5 ; and the State Col
lege foot-ball team did not disappoint the admir
ers at home nor did they leave the opponents'
field until they had gained admirers there. It is
a fact worth mentioning, that our boys made
their first ''touch down" within two minutes after
the game had been called.
The playing on both sides was very corn
mendable throughout the entire game.
The teams were well matched in size and
strength. Neither side could gain .anything by
what is called rough playing, and all the points
and The Free Lance folded in
April 1904.
But when a new semester began
in September, a new weekly news
paper called The •State Collegian
went into production.
Like its predecessor, the The
State Collegian was the size and
shape of of a magazine, including
a front and back cover. However,
the content differed in that the
paper served as a communication
link between students and admin
istrators and provided more
timely coverage of campus
events. Typical articles covered
the dedication of new buildings
such as Schwab Auditorium in 1903
and Carnegie Library in 1904. So
cial events and the rules govern
ing them were also important
news. The Ladies Cottage rules
exemplify the atmosphere for,
women: at the College while re
ports of the hazing of freshmen
men were commonplace until
about 1916.
The history of the Collegian at a glance
April 18, 1887
First issue of The Free Lance
April 1904
The Lance folds.
September 1904
First issue of The State Collegian
1911
Name changes to The Penn State Collegian
1920
Collegian begins publishing twice a week
(Tuesday and Friday).
May 20, 1940
Collegian Inc. is chartered as a non-profit
corporation.
Fall 1941
First issue of The Daily Collegian
The
Free Lance.
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Carnegie Library, now Carnegie Building, current home of Collegian offices
scored were made by the skillful playing of
"tricks," the best of which was the one so fre
quently played by our half-backs.
The game ended with the score
nia State College, 54; Bucknell, o
itucis:NELL, S. C., 24
The l3ucknell University' foot-ball team,
of Lewisburg, Pa., which was defeated Novem
ber .12th by the State College eleven by a
score of 54 to o, played a return game here
November 19, and again lost by 24 points
to o, or two goals from touch-downs and two
safety touch-downs to 0. Hanson and Shipman
did the best playing for the visitors, while the
honors for the College eleven were divided be
tween J. P. Jackson, Linsz (captain) and Bar
clay. The kick-off was made at lo A. M.
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July 3, 1943
Jane H. Murphy becomes first woman
editor.
July 1, 1971
The Daily Collegian Production Staff pro
duces its first issue.
Aug. 22, 1978
A Compugraphic Unified Terminal System
(video display terminals and a computer)
becomes operational.
Sept. 12, 1979
First issue of The Weekly Collegian.
April 19, 1980 April, 1986
The Daily Collegian wins the 1980 Trendset- The Collegian again receives the national
ter Award as a leader in the college newspa- Trendsetter Awaid from CNBAM.
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October 1982
The Collegian earns national recognition
from the Society of Professional Journalists
/Sigma Delta Chi as top college newspaper.
November, 1985
The Collegian receives a national Pace
maker Journalism Award from the American
Newspaper Publishers Association/Asso
ciated Collegiate Press for 1984-1985.
The publication of. April 18's
issue of The Daily Collegian
marked the beginning of the 100th
year of student newspapers at
Penn State. Pages 4, 5 and 6 are
lifted from that anniversary issue.
Looking back on the 99 years
preceding April 18 means examin
ing Penn State history, which has
been chronicled in the newspapers
students have generated. The sto
ries and the advertisements say a
great deal about the University,
its students and its newspapers.
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Student publications at Penn
State date back almost as far as
the University itself. Four years
after The Farmers' High School
opened its doors in 1855, two stu
dent literary societies were
formed. One of these, The Wash
ington Literary Society, is cred
ited with producing a handwritten
publication called the Anonymous
as early as 1859.
Eventually, members of The
Washington Literary Society
merged with their rivals from The
Cresson Literary Society to pro
duce The Free Lance the first
monthly publication at the Penn
sylvania State College. Unlike pre
vious student publications, The
Lance was designed to provide
student communications in addi
tion to literary content.
Editor William P. Fisher Jr.,
attempted to explain to readers of
that first issue the delay in pub
lishing a regular student periodi
cal in this way:
"If there be anything in the
history of this institiution that
admits of reproach, it is the la
mentable fact that the students,
notwithstanding their creditable
rank in so many other respects,
have never exhibited sufficient
enterprise to publish a journal.
. . . Some of our students of
journalistic proclivities have more
than once agitated the question of
printing a monthly, but, being
loath to disturb the easy monotony
of daily study, were content with
the notion to push the project at
'some future time.' "
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Pennsylvania for five years
Ladies Cottage Rules
The regulations enforced in the
Main Building and McAllister Hall are
familiai • to all, but the rules which
govern the residents at the Ladie
Cottage may be of interest and are
now made public for the first time. A -
copy of the following was found on the -
campus by a member of the Collegian
staff.
"No one is permitted to walk off the
campus with a male
The governess shall be informed
,when a man has -asked to call, and the
necessary permission sought.'
Sunday
Sunday night dallers must be out to
the willow by 9:30 under pain of an
interview with the- governess. Friday
and Saturday niiht • calls'may be pro
longed until 9:45.
Girl students may not work in the
library at night witharif. permi.ssion. If
any 5 übjects in the 'course - requirb night
attendance the subjects shall' be
dropped
A tinkling bell shall announce to the
students at the Cottage when to begin q
study, when to stop the same, and
when to retire; The last bell shall V
ring• at ten. :'
A college student desiring• to treat ag,
"coed" to a sundae, will be required to
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hand his nickel to the maiden .at the ~'
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corner and may wait until her return ;s to receive words of - appreciation and
thanks. ,it
Separate provisions hive been made , i
as to the - color 'of necktie, style of
collar, size of shoes; and the reliiiou
or political preferencei whiCh a calie
shall be requirecrto possess." "
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Realizing the — importance attached to even a slight knowledge of
the French languake to all college students, particularly to the mem
bers of the R. 0.-T, .C., the COLLEGIAN, with the cooperation of the,
French instructors• of the College, will publish a series of sixteen
lessons in elementary French, the first of which appears on page
four of this issue.:, -
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Not knowing how soon we will - be called for service "over there,"l
where a knowledge of the French language is one of the most valu-'
able assets, it behooves every Penn State student to closely study ,„-•
these simple lessors. They are compiled by Dr. I. L. Foster, head of t•»
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the department of Romance Languages, and E. M. Sown an n in
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Hetzel Advises Studenti
President's Statement
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Cadens Against
Impulsive Acts
In War Crisis
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In 1911, the flag of the paper was
changed to The Penn State Colle
gian, as its content continued to
focus on campus events. In fact, it
was rare to find state, national or
international news on the pages of
the Collegian. Even during World
War I, references to the war were
limited to reporting the wherea
bouts of former Penn State stu
dents and, of course, the French
lessons published in the paper to
facilitate communication for those
who may be fighting in France.
In the 19205, the paper continued
to cover social news such as stunt
nights the latest form of fresh
men hazing and the escapades
of the College's 47 fraternities and
10 women's clubs the forerun
ners to Penn State sororities.
In some cases, reporters cov
ered the same stories that appear
today. For example, one front
page story in 1927 described the
importance of maintaining even
those sports teams that could not
support themselves financially.
As always, sports continued to
be big news especially football.
We would like to thank the fol
lowing people for their contribu
tions to the Collegian anniversary
project:
• The Penn State Room staff at
Pattee for the photographs and the
original copies of The Free Lance,
the State Collegian, and the Penn
State Collegian.
Layout, research
and copy
by Gail L. Johnson
and Karen L. Jaret
The Daily Collegian Friday, Aug. 15, 198 G-5
SUCCESSOR
To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
PRICE Fly r•
In 1914, the papers first "scream
ing" headline announced an up-'
coming clash with archrival Pitt.
And in 1939, College President
Ralph D. Hetzel declared a Mon
day holiday when the team beat
Pitt for the first time in 20 years.
Accounts of student activism
appeared long before the 19605. In
1935, a front page story recounted
the first organized student rally
for peace. Some student activities
were less purposeful, however. An
account of a student riot on the
corner of College and Allen in 1938
reported that the mob had no
apparent reason for causing abot
$2,000 damage to downtown prop
erty.
Reports of progress continued to
be found on the pages of the Colle
gian as the number of buildings
and students continued to go up
across campus. But social pro
gress seemed to be slower and
more difficult. Not until 1939 did
the pages of the paper report a
merging of the women's and
men's student governments.
• The Microforms Department
staff at Pattee for their time and
patience.
• Mike O'Connell for all of his
suggestions and help with re
search.
• The student and professional
staffs of The Daily Collegian.