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

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p ‘ Library Faced with increasing student enrollment, growth in the faculty and an expanding research program, the Fred Lewis Pattee Library is grow- ing too. Under the direction of W. Carl Jackson the library opened its $1,500,000.00 addition and planned to acquire its millionth volume this year. The Pattee Library at the top of the Midi is the center of the University library system. Named in honor of Fred Lewis Pattee, first pro- fessor of American Literature in the country and prominent mcmlrcr of Penn State faculty from I SSI to 1928, the library provides 1 rooks, pam- phlets, periodicals, documents, newspapers, refer- ence material, and photostating facilities for the student lardy. Four special libraries and reading rooms' on campus provide information specifically pertaining to the College where located. The library, now with music, is tlic place fur study New unit, o Httml tills year, Increases study facilities 21

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Cooperative Extension Sm it e auls Pennsylvania craftsmen in rebirth of crafts industry in State Agricultural and Home Economics Extension The Nation's first Linear Programming Service, a system for educating rural families against radioactive fallout; Operation Expansion, designed to stimulate the growth of •l-ll Chios; and an interstate beautifica- tion program called Plan and Plant for Beauty are projects initiated this year by the Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service. Aiding Pennsylvanians for 53 years, the extension service branches out into every county in the State. It provides each countv with a professional stall of agricultural agents and home economists, whose job it is to rcsjxmd to the county’s educational needs in the areas of agriculture, home economics, and the related fields of community, home and farm lib . Plant clippings are collected far analysis in lulmratory 20 Lj

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JKITKUSON I). ASHBY Aftociole Director, Division of Counseling Division of Counseling Students with problems ranging from the ed- ucational and the emotional to the vocational can find the answers at the University’s Divis- ion of Counseling. Eueh freshman passes through the Division of Counseling for career and per- sonal adjustment orientations, while students un- certain of career plans may consult with a coun- selor or register for a maximum of three terms in the Division for Personal Counseling. Carrier counseling and the Library of Occu- pational Information are available to help stu- dents decide and appraise vocational objectives. Educational counseling seeks to discover the causes of poor academic records, probing the stu- dent’s psychological and educational background for clues to facilitate Iretter academic and per- sonal adjustment at the University. Psychotherapy and personal counseling are also available with qualified staff mcmlrers for students whose emotional problems and personal worries interfere with effective learning and liv- ing. The Division of Counseling also works close- ly with the Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Student Aid Office to guide students to a more successful life at Penn State. Future plans for the Division include further development of psychological and counseling services at the Commonwealth Campuses. Counseling service begins with cm ap mintuient oo ui