Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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Many students come to Penn State each semester from other institutions of higher learning to enroll in the Grad- uate School. Work leading to advanced degrees can be pursued in subjects derived from the curricula in all of the other seven academic divisions of the College. The School confers two types of degrees: 00 the de- grees of Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Edu- cation, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Education, all granted for work done in residence; and Gal the tech- nical degrees such as Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer, and Engineer of Mines, conferred upon graduates of the Pennsylvania State College on the basis of professional work and the submission of a thesis. It has always been the policy of the Graduate School to reduce routine requirements to a minimum. So far as such requirements exist they are for the purpose of fur- nishing the discipline and methods necessary for indepen- dent study and investigation. The Graduate School seeks to surround the students with conditions that Will enable them to devote themselves to some Chosen field. Courses of study, association with older investigators, and other aids, are for the promotion of independent and produc- tive scholarship. Under the present system, although courses and in- Structors are draWn from the various Schools, the Graduate School has general control of all questions that pertain to the interests of graduate work. The faculty consists of such members of the instructional staff as have immediate Supervision of graduate courses.

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7k WWW Scwg EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FRANK D. KERN - - - - - Dean BRUCE V. MOORE R. ADAMS BUTCHER FRIED G. HliCHLER JACOB TANGIiR DAVID F. MCFARLAND LLOYD M. jONES DAVID C. DUNCAN The Graduate School at Penn State was es- tablished twenty years ago. It did not come into existence because of demands from within the institution, but as a response to the needs of mankind. Human progress and development called for such an agency. The professions, in- dustries, and government cannot developeei- ther in war or peace-without research and leadership. Graduate study is the best prepara- tion for all these important walks of life. The F. D. KERN Graduate School program is most essential, then, Rfor the development of those Who should learn and transmit to others the lessons of the past and the hopes of the future.n

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ORGANIZATION XWALTISR F. DANTZSCI'IER - - - - Dirt't'for HUGH R. RILEY, JR. - - - Asseiiluuf Dirt'rlor MARGARET H. BUYERS - Auixfuul Publimliom Etlilar ROBERT C. PRICE - Publimfimu Prmlurlion Manager RICHARD C. PETERS - - - - Ni'u's Anixtunt CgN a totalitarian state, attitudes are forced on the citi- l zenry from above. In a democracy, each citizen has the freedom to formulate his own individual beliefs. The sum total of all such reactions constitutes public opinion on which government itself rests. ...;riu -. :- -r: t The Department of Public Information is entrusted with the cultivation of the good will of the citizens of Pennsylvania and of other states toward The Pennsylvania State College, particularly through such far-reaehing me- dia as newspapers, radio, and official publications. Since the College is a state-supported institution it is assumed that every citizen in Pennsylvania is interested in knowing 6 what the College is doing. .ieeiuit.p-.w..;m-i .. A ......,,.,..,.. Pennsylvania has more daily newspapers than any other state in the union. The broad scope of the activities of the ' College is reflected in the number of its official publications WW devoted each year to announcements of its many activities, to reports of research, and to proceedings of conferences held on its campus. These total between 250 and 300 an- nually. W. F. DANTZSCHER : ' i, l; 1 , Mm. ' Hn an. tr nun... vunm 1m, i'tvmhlw uu n aw i P vam