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

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Volume 95 Copyright I 1935 Vic All righlh rmcrvcd Univarsily Purk. PA I6802

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M Dave Beagin any people lea ve planned activities up in the air for Saturday afternoons-aour own Nittany Lion certainly :ncw that feeling, particularly when the football quad. finder the head coach Joe Paterno, establishes a wmnmg season. pon entering the University, either as a freshman or transfer, one may have experienced a feeling of awe. A walk down the West Mall was a walk in marvel . . . Old Main, Schwab, Willard, Burroughs, Sparks, Pattee . . . However, the walk did not end so soon! It continued onto McKean Road, down Shortlidge, over onto Pollock. The feeling of awe made a quick transition to intimidation. The initial enthusiasm deflated a bit- the campus map made its wa y from the bottom of informational paraphernalia to the top. One had a slight longing for home. And then the inevitable happened-the first da y of class. What a mass of people. Won didnt feel like you were anybodye people were faceless, commented junior Carol Miles. They all looked the samewthey all looked like they knew where they were going. Intimidation? Now it was panic. How could one look at a map while dodging five million people? ttMy first class was my whole high school put in one large auditorium, expressed senior Diane Serini. All that one could hope for now was to make a neat blend into the background. But somehow, the semester passed and panic subsided; A smooth blend was accomplished. Large classes in the Forum and Schwab made the synthesis an easier task. Every once in awhile one picked up the Collegian and took note of articles including names of administrators, students and organizations recurring with each issue . . . The Interfraternity Council Dance Marathon surpassed their set goal of $150,000 by raising over $194,000 for the Four Diamonds cancer research fund . . . 13,760 students registered to vote due to the undying persistent efforts of the University Executive Council registration drive-the most successful of any university in the nation . . . The Association of Residence Hall Students developed a plan for coed housing to be implemented next Fall semester in Tener Hall and three floors of Beaver Hall . . . and the list went on . . . Who were these people? Didnlt they realize how comfortable it was to be part of the backdrop . . . to remain anonymous? 3' . Victor Luubach The View From Here 3