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

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ans gather together to pass the Lion up the student section in Beaver Stadium. .

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y- 4., ,6 . . i he Bell Tower of Old Main shad- , 9- . , ' w . ows the lawn and can be seen over T3 . aw rooftops all over town. Its quarter- . f v ly chimes keep the University running on-schedule. Photo by Jim Swanik.

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ugust's heat signaled the end of summer and the return of thousands of students to Happy Valley to begin a new year at therUniversity. We arrived with loaded cars and notebooks with the new logo on it and wondered how the football team would do this year. Mom and Dad left you at your residence hall or apartment and slipped some mon- ey in your hand and forbid you to tell your other par- ent what they did. We started class- es and besieged the campus operator with requests for students' phone numbers. We want- ed to know where everybody was and what people were doing. This human ele- ment made the University so very unique. It made us willing to study hard every week night so that we could go see the Lions play Boston College in a sellout game in Beaver Stadium. Or, take a quiet hike up Mount Nittany and get a different look at Happy Valley. We progressed into fall and Home- coming brought alumni back to the school they love and we shared their the Nittany Lion. STUDENT LIFE -by Jim Swamk Mount Nittany overlooks Happy Val- ley and is the source of our legends and our pride, from Princess Nita-Nee to Landmark In Excellence excitement. We guarded the Lion so that nobody from Syracuse would spray it orange. We attended the bonfire and watched a new Homecoming King and Queen crowned. Why did students do the same things every year? Tradition. From the rituals of Homecoming, to the running of the Phi Psi 500, students loved to engage in activities that were marked by tradi- tion. We gained a sense of history and our impact on it. We knew that we were adding to the excellence of the Penn Staters before us. From Freshmen Orientation to graduation, we at- tended the Univer- sity and took so many credits, but we gained so much by our involvement with other people. We learned from one another to ap- preciate what made us different, and what made us similar. This aspect of student life was im- portant to the University community. We worked together unknowingly to uphold the traditions of the past, and add to them for the future. E D I T O R Susan M. Dougherty 19