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

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Gifts of private collections, such 05 f e Bovord Renaissance Cellection, help to build a fine lerory The cord catalogue, located in the Fred Lewis Pattee Library, lists by subject matter and title, all volumes RALPH W. MCCOMB University Librarian UNIVERSITY llBRARY The University Library, with the new ad- dition now occupied, has approximately tripled the book storage capacity and doubled reading room facilities. Along with this addition, a number of auto- matic devices for delivering books were in- stallede-namely, a pneumatic tube system and an automatic book conveyer. The Library, when first established in 1858, contained 195 volumes. It has since grown to 390,000 books, fully catalogued, plus a large collection of documents, maps, and pamphlets. A recent acquisition has been a collection of about 500 volumes on the Renaissance, donated by an alumnus, Roy L. Bovard. The Library's London Times files, one of the best in the country, contain 550 volumes from 1809 to 1950. Branch libraries in the various Colleges have also undergone numerous Changes. The Chemistry and Physics collections have been combined in a library in the new Whitmore Laboratory Building. The research collections have also been strengthened in the branches. The Audio-Visual Aids Library contains motion picture films which are available for Classroom use, and, through the Extension services, are distributed throughout the Com- monwealth. Plans are now underway For special provi- sions for the new College of Business Admin- istration, and improved services for the Col- leges of Education and the Liberal Arts. Also, as a result of the new wing, the Cen- tral Library hopes to make more books acces- sible to students on open shelves.

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Foreign students come from many distant countries to enroll for work in the Graduate School and their presence adds to the instructional and re- search programs. GRADUATE SCHOOL Reading Clinic not only helps. studente to improve their reading but provudes foellltles for training graduate students In this Im- portant field HAROLD K. SCHILLING Dean, The Graduate School ORGANIZATION HAROLD K. SCHILLING - - - Dean HENRY W. KNERR - - Assistant to the Dean ORRIN FRINK, JR, Secretary to the Graduate Faculty EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAROLD K. ScquLING - THOMAS F. BATES - C hairman JOHN D. LAVVTHER GEORGE E. BRANDOW GEORGE L. LEFFLER C. R. CARPENTER BENJAMIN A. WHISLER W. CONARD FERNELlus HENRY W. KNERR DOROTHY HOUGHTON ROBERT E. TSCHAN PHILIP S. KLEIN Though graduate work has been ofFered by the University since 1861, 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, 8,712 advanced degrees have been conferred by the University and during the year ending August 31, 1953, 667 ad- vanced degrees were awarded. Of these ad- vanced degrees, 126 of them were doctorates. Students From all parts of the world are attracted to Penn State to do graduate work. During the past year, 114 foreign students were enrolled. The organization of the Graduate Student Association, a part of the activity of the School, is a means by which the graduate stu- dents may have a voice in University affairs and are given the opportunity to express their problems through discussion and collective action. The oHicers and members of the Executive Committee of the Graduate Student Associa- tion are President, Gene M. Love; Vice-Presi- dent, Kenneth H. Gee; Secretary, Agnes G. Doody; and Treasurer, William H. Hickey. All students enrolled in the Graduate School during the academic year have membership in the Graduate Student Association.

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11V Mum; m a xxxxtxtyxxxxxxxXx.' R ENDERING services to the community, the Common- wealth, and the Nation, the research program is recog- nized as one 01 the primary functions of the University. t W H t dinitninunu m i H r ?' 1. 2 ? s... :r More than 1,000 active research projects are continual- ly in progress in the nine Colleges of the. University with special emphasis on the training of graduate students. Funds for research come from special grunts by the State and the Federal government 215 well as. from private industry and foundations and from allotments from the University. Coordinating the research projects of the departments is the Council on Research, which has representatives from each major division 01 the University. Iltaded by Dr. Harold K. Schilling. dean of the Graduate School, the Council approved use of the Central Funds for Re- search for 58 specific projects during the past year. Grants- in-aid to faculty members for worthy projects are also made available through the research program. Results of research work are presented to the public in the annual bulletins, Research in Progress and P111711? cations and Research, as well as numerous seientihe and professional journals. The extensive research program is aimed toward hnd- ing the solutions to many problems confronting agricul- ture, business, industry, and government and toward the promotion 01' public service and the general welfare. Projects are underway in nutrition, educational policy and procedures, agricultural production, mineral conser- vation, community relatitmships, marketing methods, and in many other fields. Plans for the completion of the second floor of the Ordnance Research Laboratory. one of the research cen- ters 0n the campus, were announced last December. Development of a more efficient engine is the objective of this research project RESEARCH Ferrites are the subject for study on this 'ect, of the hundreds of projects that benefit the industries and people of Pennsylvania and the Nation