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

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Dedication

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THE FACE OF PENN STATE IS CHARACTERIZED BY CHANGE, PROGRESS, AND DEVELOPMENT. WHERE A VESTAL FOREST CREW YESTERDAY, NEW BUILDINGS GROW TODAY A BUILDINGS FOR CLASSROOMS, FOR RESEARCH LABORATORIES, AND FOR RESIDENCE HALLS WlTl'I SKILLED HANDS, A NEW PRESIDENT IS GUIDING THIS EXPANDING ENTERPRISE. A'IEANWHILE, F ROM A BENCH ON BEAVER FIELD, A NEW FOOTBALL COACH IS INSTILLING NEW SPIRIT INTO TIIE TEAM. EVERYWHERE THERE APPEARS A REVITALIZED STUDENT LIFE. BUTTON FROSII. THE BLACK BOW TIE, AND THE GREEN DINK ARE BACK ON THE MALL AFTER A FOUR-YEAR SOJOURN OF FRESHMEN AT CENTERS AND ON OTHER CAMPUSES. NEW BUILDINGS. A NEW PRESIDENT, AND A REVITALIZED PENN STATE SPIRIT - ALL THESE PRESACE A FUTURE WITH A LARGER STUDENT BODY, A GREATER RESEARCH PROGRAM, AND A BROADENED EXTENSION SERVICE THROUGH WHICH THE COLLEGE CAN BETTER FULFILL ITS OBLIGA- TIONS TO THE COMMONWEALTH. WORLD TENSIONS AND OPEN WARFARE IN KOREA ALSO PLAY TIIEIR PART. THEY ADD GREAT IMPORT TO OUR WORK HERE. THEY PRESENT PENN STATE WITH NEW RESPONSIBILITIES, NEW CI IALLENGES. PENN STATE VVlLL MEET THE CHALLENGE. ON A FOUNDATION THAT IS FIRM, SHE BUILDS ' THE FUTURE, FOR A GREAT NEW ERA. IT IS TO THIS NEW ERA THAT WE, STAN AT THE THRESHOLD OF ANOTHER HALF CENT ,' ' DEDICATE OUR CLASS ANNUAL, THE 1951 L

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Foreword $319 TO YOU, THE CLASS OF 1951. WE ARE PROUD 'I'O PRESENT YOUR LAVIE. WE IIOPE THAT IN T1112 FUTURE IT WILL BE A CI-IERISIVIED MEMENTO OF YOUR YEARS AT PENN STATE. A Wt: REMINDER OF CLASSMATES AND OF THE VVON- y; ? 1 . FRIDAY NIGHT PEP RALLIES IN THE RAIN . . . THE BIG WEEK ENDS THAT LEFT CLASS ROOMS IN OBLIVION . . . THE BIG MOMENT Q OF BEING TAPPED FOR AN HONORARY . . . THE L L DliRFUL HOURS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM . . . ., rx 1 x' N 9 THE BULL SESSIONS INTO THE EARLY 6ft! I f .1 MORNING . . . BUTTON FROSH ACROSS THE 1 x TN Lf? CAMPUS . . . THAT LIBERAL ARTS CLASS ON 1 1 AG HILL, TIIAT ENGINEERING CLASS IN SPARKS I INALIGURATION OF A NEW PRESIDENT . . . THE MANY OTHER EVENTS THAT MADE OUR COLLEGE DAYS GO ALTOCETI-IER TOO FAST. FOUR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN STUDENTS. AND NOW WE IVIESITANTLY LEAVE TIIESE SURROUNDINGS; LEAVE THEM TO FACE A FUTURE THAT IS UNCERTAIN. WHATEVER YOU DO, WIWIEREVER YOU GO, WE, THE 1951 LAVIl-L STAFF, TRUST THAT YOUR LA VIE WILL BE A REMINDER OF OUR YEARS TOGETHER.