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

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ORGANIZA'ITION EDWARD K. IIIBSIIMAN ll. RIDGE RILEY EDNA M. GUILLIC'I' - lalxw-ulino Serretulj 'txsixmu! .S'er'l'c'lrlu' and Editor Uljit'v illmmgw EXECUTIVE BOAR D WAYNE W. WEAVER, Lunvuster B. C. JONES, Pittshurgh - JULIA G. BRILL, Stute College H. J. MeCLEARY, Johnstown EARL E. HEWITT, SIL, Indiana CHARLES L. ICSI'HJSMAN. Cleveland. Ohio GEORGE A. DOYLE. Philadelphia E. HELEN WILLIAMS, Monessen RICHARD L. SCIIUSTER, Binghumtnn, New York RICHARD G. LOWE, Williamspurt WILLIAM K. ULERICII, Cleurtield ROBERT T. FOOTE. Ml-Cnliege President - President Firs! Vir'e Preside ! .S'cc'aml Virc' I'rexidenl - 'I'hirtl Vire Preside ! THE ALUMNI T1113 Penn State Alumni Association, founded in 1870, is an organization of graduates and former students of the College with headquarters at 104- OId Main. The primary purpose of this organization is to advance the interests of the College hy creating a well-orgunized group of informed alumni. It is, also, the means of emnmunieution between the in- dividual alumnus and the College. The Association is governed by the Alumni Coun- cil and the Executive Board. The Council, of ap- proximately 300 members, is elected on a geo- graphical basis, with men and women graduates ll. Rllttili RILIH issislunl Sn-en-mry uml litlitur EDWARD Ix. IIIISSIIMAN Ime-utiw Seerelury ASSOCIATION 23 being organized separately in districts. In turn, the Council elects the Executive Board, and from this group the oiheers of the Association are chosen. There are approximately 50 District Cluhs ol' the Association in the United States. District Cluh presidents are memhers 0f the Council, as are the permanent eluss seerelzlries. These Cluhs are or. gunized separately from the Association, but are tied to it through the Council. Members of the Alumni Association maintain emitzlet with their Alma Mater through a magazine, the Penn State Alumni News, which is published seven times during the year. While football season is in progress, members receive a weekly printed letter giving a complete and personalized aleeount 0f the Saturday games. The Penn Slater. a four- page newspaper mailed quarterly to all graduates and former students with known addresses, is a third publication of the Association. An accurate record of over 35,000 alumni of the College is kept by the Association on individual file curds. Progressive addresses and employment records are placed on the cards from the time of graduation. A folder for eerrespnmlenee, news- paper clippings, and other hiographieal informal- lien is also maintained. Geographical cards. are filed dividing the alumni body into districts and uddressogruph plates are made with the correct current address. The Penn State Alumni Association is a mem- her of the American Alumni Couneil. a national organization of zihmmi elheiuis.

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Nl'lll, M. FLEMING Graduate Munugt-r ORGANIZATION NEIL M. FLEMING HAROLD R. GILBERT WILLIAM R. MOORE CURTIS C. STONE - BRONCO KOSANOVKIII Graduate Manager Assistant Crmlumu Manager President Vice President Secretary THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION THE Athletic Association is a department of the School of Physical Education and Athletics and has us its duty the management of intercollegiate sports. All regularly matriculated male students of the College who have paid Athletic fees are active members. 115 oHieers, president, viee-president, and secretary, are chosen by general elections each spring hy the active members of the Association. A Graduate Manager of Athletics is the admin- istrative omeer in charge. There is also an Ath- letic Advisory Board consisting of representatives of trustees, faculty, alumni, and students who give consideration to all matters pertaining to the con- duct or this Association. Student managers, consisting of a varsity man- ager, three first assistant managers, and any num- her of second assistant managers, under the direc- tion of the Graduate Manager, attend to 2111 the business matters incident to each intercollegiate sporL The following sports come under the wing 01' the Association: Fallefoothall, cross country, and 22 soccer; Winterebaskethall, boxing, wrestling, swimming, fencing, gymnastics, skiing, ice hockey, and riHe; Springebaseball, track, lacrosse, ten- nis, and golf. HAROLD R. GILBERT Assistant Graduate Manager

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OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR WILLIAM S. HOFFMAN lh-gzistrur ORGANIZATION WILLIAM S. HOFFMAN CARL Ii. MARQUARDT RAY V. WATKINS Registrar College Examiner Scheduling Officer THREE principal functions are performed hy the Otiiee 0f the Registrar. Among these are admitting students to the College; maintaining records for students and former students; and certifying grad- uation requirements. Ordinarily, this otiiee receives more than 50,000 grades each semester from the faculty for more than 10,000 resident students enrolled each year. Added to the records annually are over 3,500 names and more than 1,000 degrees are conferred. Currently, the Othee of the Registrar is respon- sible for admitting veterans and others, and for assigning freshman to eu-operuting Teachers, Col- leges throughout the Connnonwealth. Other duties performed hy the otiiee include preparing a time table of classes each semester, granting advanced standing to transfer students, registering students, and reporting grades to deans, advisers, parents, and students. FACULTY COUNSELOR OF VETERANS T1115 Faculty Counselor of Veterans aids returned servicemen and women in using existing agencies of the College advantageously 21nd eo-operates with A committee composed of representatives from each these agencies in providing for the veterans. of the Schools, in addition to five administrative ufheers who deal directly with veterans, assists and advises the counselor. Aiding married veterans in finding adequate housing aeeomodations has been one phase 01' readjustment in which the counselork oHiee hus heen especially helpful. Acting as liaison ofiicer between the Veterans Administration and the students, the Counselor keeps ex-serviee personnel informed, through vari- ous campus publications, of directives that affect The daily office hours so that meetings with individual their status. Counselork emce maintains veterans may he held, student loans may he granted' when there is need, and so that experienced voca- tional guidance may constantly he given. 24, ROBERT Id. GALBR A l'l'll Faculty Counselur uf Veterans ORGANIZATION ROBERT E. GALBRAITH Iv'm-ulty Counselor of Veterans RICHARD H. BAKER Assismnl l m'ulry Counselor 0! Veterans