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

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Working conscientiously throughout the l94I6-19447 College year, LA Vllc art and editorial stalls combined their ell'orts with the goal oli making this one of the outstanding yeul'hooks published by students of the Pennsylvania State College. Henry Vurnum Poofs mural, in the foyer of Old Main, hats heen photographed in full color, divided, and applied to the nine main see- . The twenty-seven suhdividers, photographed from eonstruclml paper ired endless hours of work by a eapul.vle art stall. Editorial ere perpetually interviewing zulministrators, instructors, and olive in all phases of College life, making certain that fuels, names, ,idents were reported correctly. J4; t is hoped that the material offered within these pages will bring renders i J $ . 11y hours of enjoyment now and in later days, as they recall their under- , ruduzlte years as illemhers 0f the Class of 1947. And it is hoped, 100, that - ill when readers approach the final page 01' this edition, they will realize how quickly and elliciently the College reconvened from war to peace.

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Since the and Of. World War II, rcmnversion hus hmm thc kcynotu of. the ccmmmic, social, and political phases of the College, the Common- wculth, and the Nation. 80,100, has it hccn the keynote of the stuff 01' Vuhum- 59 of the Penn State LA VIE, which has attempted to set down within thcsv pages tho. record of the College as it moved from war to peace. Many pmhlcms fared the stuff as it collected the material presented horr- with, for this issue of thc ymrhook has introduced three new sections ncvur presented hcfurv. Hence, readers will find a newly added history of the Class of 19417, a section on the wide research program carried on by the Collage, and a suction devoted to returned veterans. Volume 59 has been divided into nine main sections: ADMINISTRATION A HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1947 Tm: SCHOOLS AND GRADUATES RESEARCH Plcusomu'rms STUDENT ACTIVITIES VETERANS ON CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS

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He is called llCull, by the faculty and five generations of undm'grauluates. An alumnus of Rutgers University, he came here in I927 well versed in campus ways, eager to transfer his wide experience and enthusiasm for cxtra-t'urrivulur ullairs tn the Penn State student hotly. At Rutgers ho captained the swimming loam, on which he won honors as the National Collegiate diving champion, and was a participant in countless other activities. Duringr his twenty years On this campus he has taught live thousand students in lmsic composition, and in more advanced short story and biographical sketch writing Masses. He was instrumental in organizing Penn Statels first swimming;r team, serving as its coach until wul'timu duties made it impossible. lly thousands of slutlvnls Call is ullt't'liunulc-ly remembered for his friendliness and mmpanionahility on tht- campus, at the Corner, and in all sorts of student social gatherings. As indicative of his distinctive personality they will remember his hmad grin, shaded by the turncd-duwn hrim of his gray fedora. A majority of the nmnhcrs of the Class of HM? will runmmlmr him for his personal aid in advising them prior to their service with the armed forces, and later, at wuris cud, in assisting them to resume their studies as , I Twenty years of touching, twenty years of cmu-hing und t-ounseling-thut is the worthy rm-m'd made by Robert E. Cullu'uith, profus- sor of English cumpusitiun, former coach of varsity swimming, rm'ent Faculty Adviser on War Services, present lsuuully Counselor of Veterans.