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

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I, . . ALLEN C. ST. CLAIR LOUIS H. BELL HAROLD. K. WILSON Director of Purch Dire or Director, ases Department of Publicllnlormation; Division of Intermediate Registratian College Editor C. O. WILLIAMS College Examiner; Assistant Dean of Admissions MILDRED A. BAKER Director of Food Service FRANK GEORGE W. EBERT' GEORGE L. DONOVAN Dire t F' MORRIS D'rcctor, anager, c or Of Personnel Services Department 0! Physical Plant Associated Student Activities x Retired, Feb. 1,1951- l231

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ROYAL M. GERHARDT Dean of Admissions and Registrar CARL R. BARNES Executive Accountant RIDGE RILEY MARION R. TRABUE Executive Secretary, Director of Summer Sessions Alumni Association Administrative Division RUSSELL E. CLARK Director of Housing I221 HERBERT R. GLENN GEORGE N. P. LEETCH Director, The Health Service Di e The College Placement Service

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RALPH W. McCOMB Librarian College Library In keeping with the quotation, HA University Is a Collection of Books, inscribed near the entrance to the Fred Lewis Pattee Library building, the library has grown from the original 195 volumes of 1858 to more than 330,000 volumes. The Central Library building contains current and bound periodicals, reference books, magazines, documents and news- papers. plus a great store of hction and non-Iietion. There are volumes in foreign languages as well as in English. Reference books pertaining to particular Helds are found in the Schools of Agriculture, Chemistry and Physics, Engineer- ing, Home Economics, Mineral Industries, and in reading rooms of the Departments of Animal Nutrition, Architecture, Forestry, and Physics. A newspaper room contains current newspapers that are of interest to students and Faculty and the library also has a valuable collection of leading Pennsylvania and other news- papers. some of them on microIilm. The Penn State Collection is housed in the Central Li- brary and contains correslmndence, publications, and other material rich in information about the history of the College. Many priceless photographs from the earliest days of the College. have been preserved here. The Audio-Visual Aids Library has a collection of 2,800 Iilms of 1,400 titles that are of value for campus instruction and through the Extension Services are used widely through- out the State. During the past year, the Central Library was named for the late Fred Lewis Pattee, professor emeritus of American literature, who during his many years on the campus and since his retirement, contributed many valuable volumes to the library. The past vear also saw the approval of plans that will greatlv increase the size of the librarv building. The program . ' V 1 ' , , . Will be completed by the General State Authonty. a