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

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All Roads Lead to Happy Valley East, West, North and South - all roads lead to Happy Valley as Penn Staters from all corners of the state descend on University Park. To sooth jitter)' freshmen and inspire minds of weary seniors, the campus and surroundings offer a peaceful beauty. The campus is trees, squirrels, fields and lawns; the surroundings arc country roads and mountains. Nestled in the Nittany Valley, part of the Centre Region, Penn State is centrally located, ideal for a state landgrant school - no student traveling a far greater distance than another. Whatever the conditions of your particular route to school, the beauty of the Centre Region can’t be argued. One has only to look out a window to see the sun on the side of Mt. Nittany or to be deep in thought on the way to Pattcc and turn to see a bushy- tailed critter scampering up a tree to feel for an instant the easing of the midterm panic. But the Centre Region is also State College the closest thing to city you’re going to find in these parts. Catering to the students. College and Beaver Avenue shops offer diversity. This catering is justified only by the knowledge that the town growth has been coincident with, if not dependent on. University growth. State College population in 1940 was 6,200; University enrollment was 5.000. By 1970. State College had grown to 34.000; University enrollment to 31.000. Centre Region. State College. University Park - there’s a touch of home here for everyone, from one-way streets for the urbanites to dairy barns for the country folk. Welcome to Happy Valley - the mountains and trees, classrooms and stacks. -jmc- Approaching from Pleasant Gap on Route 26 You know you've arrives! I Centre Region 13

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A taste of the nearby town of Lemont 12 Centre Region

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Only A Beginning ... Starter kits arc in demand 14 Beginnings Theatre 190 - one of many popular courses