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

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ORGANIZATION HAROLD K. ScmLLrNc - - HENRY W. KNERR - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAROLD K. SCHILLING GEORGE E. BRANDOW C. R. CARPENTER jouN H. FERGUSON W. CONARD FERNELIUS Dono-mv HOUGHTON h HAROLD K. SCHILLING Deon, Graduate School While graduate work has been offered by the College since 1861 when two students were candidates for the degree of master of seientihe agriculture, the Graduate School was not established until 1922. At that time, 177 graduate students were enrolled in 144 graduate courses taught by 103 faculty members. Today the Graduate School has an enrollment of more than 1,400 students and the 1,000 courses are taught by more than 500 Faculty members. Since 1861, 8.045 advanced degrees have been conferred by the College and during the year ending on August 31, 1952, 729 ad- vanced degrees, 113 of them doctorates, were 1221 - Assistant to the Dean S. LEWIS LAND-Secretary to the Graduate Faculty - Chairman JOHN D. LAWTHER ELnunT F. OSBORN BENJAMIN A. WHISLER HENRY W. KNErm ROBERT E. TSCHAN Dean Aeronautical engineering is one of many fields for students taking graduate work Work of graduate students is closely supervised by members of the faculty Graduate School awarded. The growing number of degrees conferred and the general improvement of standards has elevated Penn State to a high position among the Graduate Schools of the country. Students from all parts of the world are attracted to Penn State for graduate work and during the past year, 81 foreign students were enrolled. The organization of a Graduate Research Club as a part of the activity of the School has helped students and faculty to learn of the important research conducted at Penn State in many diEerent fields. Research in physics provides opportunities for advanced work

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PEARL 0. WESTON Dean of Women Left to Right-Cordelia L. Hibbs, Assismnt to the Dezm of Women; Mary E Brewer, Assistant to tbs Dean of W0 omcn' Pearl 0 Weston, Dean of Women; Patricia J. Thompson, Assistant to the Dean of VVo l211

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Important SOU rce materials in Library are now on microfilm the Periodicals in Library are a ready of reference for students College Library With the Completion 01 11 $1 500,000 north winu t0 the Fred Lewis Pattee Library build- i111!1 under the GLnerzll State Authority pro- 11111111 1953 is 11 1e111' 01 11111101 t11nt Growth 101 111L College Library. The new unit will incorporate 101.11 addi- tional 1011111110 11101115 each with improved livhting 111Ci1itiLs O111CC 11nd stag space, and 140 study C11r1e115. There 11150 will be new stacks with 11 C1ip11Cit11o 01 400 000 volumes, 11 sizeable 111C1'e11se over the present stacks which could no 10nge1 house the 370,000 volumes 01 the Library. In addition to the new facilities added to the Fred Lewis Pattee Library the Chemistry Library, now 10Lated 1n Pond Laboratory 111111 11111e new quarters in the Chemistr1 BLiilding now nearing completion under the General State Authorit11 program. The Class 01 1953 last year started a project to collect records 01 important musical pro- ductions and contribute them to the College Library. Titled, Greatest Shows 01 the C0111 tu1'11,u the collection has proved 11011111111 with students and it is hoped it will be possible to expand the collection. Many assignments are prepared in the Referen:e Room of the Library RALPH W. MCCOMB Librarian