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

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The Dean of Admissions and Registrar is responsible for the admission and regis- tration of all students, the maintenance of their aca- demic records, and the cer- I tification of candidates for degrees. Because of limited facil- ities on the main campus, Deen lbl-rlicjllzli-Zistrar freshmen, with the exception of 531 women students, last Fall for the fourth year were assigned to Penn State centers, State Teachers Colleges, and other colleges throughout the State. These new students are admitted by the Dean Of Admissions. Then, on the basis of quotas and the I TEIIIVIEDIATE RIIGI TRATIO 1 To assist students hav- 'HQ scholastic difficulties, flee Board of Trustees estab- lished the Division of lnter- mediate Registration, which begefl Operation on July ll l949. Students with less than e -50 average, who Shgw HAROLD K. wiLsoN promise, may be transferred to The Division. Here they me Qiven a series of guidance tests and interviews, Url Oh effort is made to determine the cause of I elf scholastic trouble and remedy it. D Director Spending upon the results of the tests, con- . d past records, the student, upon doing i3::1fQCt0 Y.work, may again be transferred to his el' Curriculum, or another curriculum. lf after tration hsters in the Division of Intermediate Regis- , is work continues to be unsatisfactory, the student will be dropped from the College. ferencegl on two seme ADIVIISSIIINS AND REGI TRAR curriculum elected by the student, are assigned to the center or college where they will complete their first two semesters. Upon the successful comple- tion of the first year, the student is granted admis- sion to the main campus. Undergraduate students with advanced stand- ing and graduate students are admitted by the Assistant Dean of Admissions and College Examiner, who evaluates their credits from other colleges. The Scheduling Officer handles the registration and scheduling of all students while the Chief Recorder is responsible for the recording of all grades and the checking that requirements for de- grees to be conferred are met. During the past year, a new type of grade sheet and system for recording grades was placed in effect. SUMMER SESSIONS The Summer Sessions make it possible for students to continue their college work through the I2 months of the year and for teachers in the public schools, and others, to spend vacation months on the campus. l Organized in l9lO as a MARION R. TRABUE six-week session with about D ec'o' ZOO students, the Summer Sessions program has grown to one beginning in early June and continuing until September. En- rollments for the various sessions last summer ex- ceeded l0,000 and 665 degrees were conferred. The l95O program will include two three-week programs and one six-week session, similar to the pre-war schedule, and also two six-week programs designed especially for students in the technical curricula. The Summer Sessions faculty includes many persons from the regular faculty, as well as many nationally-known leaders in their respective fields, who comprise the visiting faculty.

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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.

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PUBLIC INFIIRIVIATIIIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The responsibility of cir- culating information con- cerning the College to the general public is vested in the Department of Public Information. This is ac- complished through news re- leases to the press and radio, television broadcasts, and official College publications. Stories concerning re- search projects general ca LOUIS H. BELL Directory College Editor pus news and sports I m , are sent regularly to 500 newspapers in Pennsyl- vania and to press associations. Hometown news- papers are kept informed of the activities and achievements of their students. Approximately 250 bulletins are edited each year by the publications staff. These include in- formation about current courses and extension service news. Information to staff members is provided through the Faculty BuIletin and The CoIIege, published by the Department. An Office Services Division offers mimeograph- ing, mailing, and other facilities for departments of the College. COL. ARTHUR R. WALK Professor of Military Science and Tactics The Penn State Alumni Association encourages clos- er fellowship among alumni and promotes the interests of the College. Established in I870, the Association has more than I I,000 active members, 3,000 of them life members, and maintains the only current address file for graduates of the College. RIDGE RILEY Executive Secretary The Association publishes the Penn State Alumni News seven times a year, and a quarterly, the Penn Stater, which is mailed to 35,000 alumni and former students. During football sea- son, the Football Letter is mailed weekly to members. The Alumni Council with 300 members governs the Association and elects an Executive Board. The Board elects the officers, including the executive secretary and assistant secretary. Alumni also elect three trustees of the College each June, MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTIC Oldest of the three service units on campus is the De- partment of Military Science and Tactics, which came into be- ing before World War I when the Re- serve Officers Train- ing Corps absorbed the military training provided for by the Land-Grant College Act in I862. Students completing the advanced program re- ceive reserve commissions as second lieutenants in the Corps of Engineers, Infantry, or Signal Corps upon graduation. On December 3l, I949, Col. Ben-H, Chastaine, who had been senior officer since l946, retired from service. Col. A. R. Walk, former commander of the 5th Armored Division, was named to succeed him. During the past year, 528 men were enrolled in the advanced and basic courses. Basic instruction is given during the freshman and sophomore years and advanced work during the last two years, For the first time, students taking their second year of basic training were permitted to specialize rather than take a common course. Advanced students spend six weeks training at a summer camp. The department maintains Army ROTC units at Centers in Altoona, DuBois, Hazleton, and Potts- ville, the Mont Alto Branch of the Pennsylvania State Forestry School, and at California, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Kutztown, and Mansfield State Teachers Colleges.