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

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C UIVSELOR IIE ETEEANS The Office of the Facul- TY Counselor of Veterans WGS: established in 1944 to ossist returning servicemen to utilize the various agen- Cles of the College advan- fogeously and co-operate with agencies dealing with Veterans. T Lost year, the Board of Fustees increased the scope Offthe Office to include the Counselor 0 ering of similar assistance to f0'e'Qh students on the campus. th While veteran enrollment is on the decline, . e number of foreign students showed a sharp ROBERT E. GALBRAI TH gngrease last year. There were approximately I OO ex-servicemen on the campus and 80 foreign Students. Ohe of the principal jobs of the Office has been a - - - . . rrQ '9 '19 llvlng accommodations for married vet- nits in Windcrest, trailer community, erons. U me Gssigned through this offaoo. HEALTH SERVICE The College Health Ser- vice, which is one of the old- est modern college health establishments in the coun- try, was founded in l9l5. lt is concerned chiefly with the conservation, mainte- ance, and promotion of stu- dent health. The work of the Health , Service is supported by funds d bsrlzfd from the general student fee schedule and - e College- It is conducted by a physician dire re uctor, a number of assistant physicians, and Qlstered nurses, O The l?iSDel'1Sory, the out-patient department, is irl?5nOgf:': l9 regular class hours for students need- sultotions treatment, special examination, or con- mem is - The Infirmary, the in-patient depart- in. ' equipped for the hospitalization of ill or lured Students, inclilggilgllzed sub-divisions of the Health Service physical thrnodern pharmacy, X-ray department, dental CH FVGDY department, clinical laboratory, stuffed b 1IC,.and a psychiatric department, all V registered specialists. HERBERT R D- I . GLENN irector, College Physician ASSOCIATED STUDENT ACTIVITIES I The Office of Associated Student Activities serves as financial adviser to many student activities, supervises the lnterclass Budget Sys- tem, and through the Stu- dent Union, provides recrea- tional facilities and aids students in other ways. The lnterclass Budget System operates under the direction of the All-College Cabinet and supervises and directs the student government activities whose funds are provided by annual assessment. The chairman of its finance board is the All-College Secretary-Treasurer, and its members are the elected class treasurers. The Student Union serves as a clearing house for information, prepares social calendars, handles ticket sales, operates a lost and found service, dis- tributes publications, and operates the Temporary Union Building and the Pollock Union Building, recreation centers. GEORGE L. DONOVAN Head PLACEMENT SERVICE The College Placement Service co-ordinates the placement activities of all Schools and Departments and acts as a clearing house to bring together students, department heads, and busi- ness representatives seeking specifically trained person- nel. Students may have con- GEORGE N- P- LEETCH ferences concerning their preparation and presentation for employment in a desired field. Alumni, desiring a change of em- ployment, also may register with the office and be advised of current employment opportunities. Through contacts with 2500 employment sources, this steadily growing service is informed of needs and opportunities in industry, education, and other fields. The Student Employment Office aids students who need work to help defray college expenses and is a branch of the College Placement Service. lt also assists departments or individuals desiring to employ students. Student agencies, organized by this Office, also provide part-time jobs and render a service to the student body. Director

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The need for the co-ordination of all student activities outside the class- room prompted the Board of Trustees to establish on Assistant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs March 25' the WILMER E. KENWORTHY Office of the Assist- ant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs. Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive secretary to the President, was named to the new position. Developed as a parallel organization to Business and Finance, Extension, and Resident Instruction, the new Office advises and assists the President in administering student affairs, other than curricular and financial. DE 0EE . The Office of the Dean of Men co-ordinates several agencies which contribute to the welfare of all men stu- dents. lt functions to link all supplemental activities with curricular matters to help produce a well-rounded individual. One of the basic duties Dean 0fMf-'f' of the Office is to counsel groups or individuals. A resident counselling pro- gram, which extends to Nittany Dormitories, Pollock Circle, West Dormitories, and Windcrest, was started last Fall. HAROLD K. WILSON Other principal activities of the Office include housing of all men students, contributing to the welfare of fraternities and the Association of Inde- pendent Men, assisting men students in financial matters, counselling student government groups, providing class excuses, other than medical, and administering disciplinary measures. ln this mat- ter, the Office is striving toward a preventive rather than a corrective ideal. ASSISTANT T0 THE PRE IDE T S The Assistant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs also serves as liaison between the President and such agencies as the Dean of Men, Dean of Women, College Placement Service, Coun- sellor of Veterans and Foreign Students, the Health Service, Chaplain, Associated Student Activities and Student Union. He assists these departments in performing their duties. Another activity of the new Office is the assist- ing of departments or divisions of the college in developing educational programs outside the class- room. The establishment of the Office of the Assistant to the President in Charge of Student Affairs re- flects the interest of the College in maintaining ci well-rounded program for all students. Participa- tion in student activities, as well as work in the laboratory and classroom, are considered an im- portant part of a college education. DEAN 0F WlllVlE The Office of the Dean of Women co-ordinates the various phases of campus life to produce o wholesome collegiate environment for the 2200 undergraduate wo- men students enrolled at the College. The principal functions of PEARL O. WESTON the Office are the counsel- Dean of Women ling of women students, guiding those in transition from one school to an- other, and representing the interests of the women students in an administrative capacity. Among the other activities of the Office are the assignment of rooms in the residence halls for women and the advising of various women's organi- zations, including Mortar Board, Panhellenic Coun- cil, Leonides, Cwens, and Chimes. The Office also assists the women students in conducting the affairs of their student government organizations.

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ASSISTANT Matters pertain- ing to resident in- struction are admin- istered by the as- sistant to the Presi- dent in Charge of Resident Instruction, an office established in l935 to advise the President and to relieve him of certain duties. ADRIAN O. MORSE Assistant to the President in Charge of Resident Instruction Each of the eight undergraduate schools and the Graduate School administers its own affairs and is responsible for the curricula offered, but none can be independent of the others. Students in each school schedule certain courses offered by other schools, and the co-ordination of the work of these schools is one of the principal duties of T0 THE PRE IDENT the Assistant to the President in Charge of Resident Instruction. The Dean of Admissions, in admitting new students and administering the co-operative college program for freshmen, the Director of the Division of Intermediate Registration, in assisting students transferred from a specific curricula, and the Director of the Summer Sessions, in arranging the summer program, deal with all of the schools and their work is co-ordinated by the Assistant to the President in Charge of Resident Instruction. The College Librarian supervises an important phase of the resident instruction program and also is responsible to this Office. The appointment of faculty members, as well as promotions, while originating within the depart- ment and requiring the approval of the dean of the school concerned, must also be approved by this Office before final action is taken by the President or the Board of Trustees. COLLEGEIJBRARY The College Library, es- tablished in I858 with I95 volumes, now contains ap- proximately 320,000 books plus a large number of magazines, documents, and newspapers. Current and bound periodicals and refer- ence books relating to par- ticular fields are found in special libraries in the RALPH W. MCCOMB Librarian Schools of Agriculture, Chemistry and Physics, En- gineering, Home Economics, and Mineral Industries, and in reading rooms in the Departments of Animal Nutrition, Architecture, Forestry, and Physics. Gen- eral reference books, books for recreational reading, and basic collections in many fields, compose the Central Library collection. 22 In the foyer of the Central Library are cases used for exhibiting rare books, documents, paint- ings, and a variety of items of interest to faculty and students. A newspaper from all sections the larger cities the newspapers Times. . room contains current newspapers of Pennsylvania and from some of of other states. Included among is the air edition of the London Two rooms are devoted to the Penn State Collec- tion, which contains publications and historical material pertaining to the College. Approximately 2,500 motion picture prints of l,35O titles are made available for classroom use by the Audio-Visual Aids Library. A number of transcriptions and sets of language records are in- cluded in this section of the library.