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

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ORGAN IZATION JOHN P. TIGHE - - i - - - - President JOHN POTSKLAN - - - - - Vice-President GERALD KARVER - - - - - - Secretary HAROLD R. GILBERT - - e - Graduate Manager WALTER R. HOSTERMAN, JR. - Assistant Graduate Manager HAROLD R. GILBERT THE Athletic Association, which is connected with the School of Physical Education and Athletics, is concerned with the management and promotion of intercollegiate sports at Penn State. All regularly matriculated male students of the College pay athletic fees which make them members of the Association. Every spring in the AIl-College elections the members elect a president, vice-president, and secretary. These officers are undergraduates, while the Graduate Manager is on administrative official of the College. An Athletic Advisory Board of thirteen members representing the trus- tees, faculty, alumni, and students advises with the Dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics and the Graduate Manager on matters of policy and the coaching of athletic teams. Students members of the Board are the AlI-College president, Athletic Association president, and the editor of the Daily Collegian. Under the direction of Harold R. Gilbert, who was appointed Graduate Manager this year and his new assistant, Walter R. Hostermon, Jr., student managers attend to the business matters incident to each of Penn State's sixteen intercollgiote sports. Ostor, Potsklon, Tighe, Korver, Hostermon.

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established October, 1944. Robert E. Galbraith, os- sisted by Richard H. Baker head this office in 1090 Old Main. The office was created when Mr. Gol- broith's one-man counseling service proved insuffi- cient to cope with a mass invasion of servicemen. The Counselor keeps ex-service personnel informed, through various campus publications, of directives affecting their status. A committee composed of representatives from eOch of the Schools, in addition to five administrative Officers, who deal directly with veterans, assist and advise the Counselor. Open daily, the office offers assistance with every problem from course difficuities to domestic troubles. Advice covers job placement, Ierl tangles, and medical aid. Here the housing Phase of readjustment is handled. The office cone trols the renting of trailers or space for private trailers tO married veterans. This allotment follows C com- Piicoted priority system which takes into consideration nUmber of children and semester standing. The office supervises two loan funds of $1,500 each. Single veterans may borrow 0 maximum Of $15 at a time for food or other emergencies. The Kunkle Loan Fund affords married veterans assistance up to $150 0 semester. Thus the veteran evades a tangle of confusion and red 1WIPE, when he uses advantageously the facilities offered by the smoothly operated rehabilitation moe chine. Every problem, or perplexity can be cured by treatment through one of these assistance offices. FRANKLIN D. FRY RICHARD O. PERRY 42.wa ROBERT E. STROUD

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ORGAN l ZATION GEORGE N. P. LEETCH - - - - - Director ERNEST DeM. BERKAW, JR. - - Assistant Director ALLAN M. REECE - - - - Student Employment GEORGE N. P. LEETCH D ESlGNED to coordinate the placement activities of all Schools and De- partments in the College, the Placement Service functions primarily as a clearing-house to bring together students, department heads, and business representatives who are seeking specifically trained personnel. Active College and public relations are maintained with more than a thousand prospective employers in order that current and developing needs and opportunities in industry, education, and other fields are on recard. Notices of prospective employment are posted on a Placement Service bulle- tin board in Old Main and also in a special column in the Daily Collegian.ll Functioning with the College Placement Service is Student Employment, on office established to aid undergraduate students who need part-time jobs to help in the detraying of college expenses. Efforts are made to learn of part-time jobs, both on campus and in the community, and to place students interested in these positions. The College Placement Service also endeavors to aid students by coun- seling the individual on his preparation and presentation for employment in a desired field. The employment service arranges an interview