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

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'.. t, v . h Mnlecry training dates from Civul Wor days. These Codetz were enrollmi in military science 60 years ago. 1?: way ...a;.......4.zw..n-;..w The campus itscll' took on the appearance of a mili- . turv post as all 01' the services assigned men to the t . 7.. . g ,. .. ' J 0 .0 ' Unix'crsitv for training. World War II found the campus a virtual ormy post wnh fraternities converted into barracks ,0 Longtcrm research projects were dropped while physi- cists, chemists, bactcriologists, and others sought discov- crics in such holds us ordnance, aviation gasoline. lubricants, high explosives, unti-mzlluriul drugs, and suh- stitutcs for supplies once imported from other countries. Extension workers trained more than 140,000 men and women in cities throughout the State and mobilized workers to relieve the labor shortage on farms. The end of the war hrought :1 now prohlcm-hnding housing and providing instruction for nearly 23,000 vot- Crsms returning to tho cumpus. 'chmporzlr'v residence halls wcrc rushed to completion l'ur single veterans and Windcrcst, :1 trailer cmnmunity, appeared to house veterans with families. To provide instruction, :1 umpcmtivc program was developed whcruhv I'rcshmcn were admitted to Penn State, thcn assigned to a center, :1 State 'Iiczlchcrs College, -0 :9 , u-. d helped to President Pugh drew plans on pay for and build President's Residence The campus, in 1895, was dominated by Old Main while East College Ave. was lined with large frame houses.

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or another college to complete their first year. Twenty- two centers and colleges eo-operated in this program and it was not until 1950 that freshmen returned to the campus in large numbers. At the height 01' this postwar expansion, President 11etze1 died on Oct. 3, 19-17. He had headed the insti- tution 21 years during which student enrollment had quadrupled. the faculty had more than dnuh1ed, and the physical plant had increased in value more than nine times. Prior to 11etxe1's term 01' 011iee, Penn State had conferred 9,020 degrees. 11etze1 conferred 23,753 degrees. Elected as the 11th president, Dr. Milton S. Eisen- hower received a rousing welcome when he visited the campus on a cold day in February, 1950. He had been president 01. Kansas State College For seven years before assuming the presidency at Penn State on Ju1y 1, 1950. Penn State was still in the midst of a postwar expan- sion program and while a $10,000,000 construction pro- gram was underway, the new president was faced with problems of getting, more appropriations l'nr meeting rising costs and For expanding the research and instructional program. Dr. Eisenhower saw a need for an edueationa1 program that would recognize the new responsibi1ities that institutions 01' higher learning faced in a world 01: rapid change. He believed that a primary responsibility 01' a e011ege in this era is the furtherance of democracy and individual freedom. Traveling throughout the State, President Eisenhow- er was quick to win new friends fur the University and also won the eonlidenee and approva1 01' faculty, students, and alumni. Students soon conferred the sacred tit1e 0F Prexy on Dr. Eisenhmver. To solicit the he1p 01 students in 26