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

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- if-L'v Amaze: he Ugly Man Competition was a popu- lar tradition in the Greek community in the mid-fourties. -La Vie Files iss America, President Eisenhower and Mary Pickford crown the new Miss Penn State in a ceremony held in Schwab Auditorium. In presenting IS, the first annual from its Alma Mater, the Class of Ninety hopes to establish a custom which shall be folio wed by each succeeding class upon its advent to the Junior year. Without a precedent and with- out that dearest of all attainments, experi- ence, it has undertaken to erect a monument to itself by publishing a Class Book which will show, without the usual adornments both sides of life at our Institution. The desire has been to enlighten as well as entertain, and having labored to accomplish this end, the class submits the first volume of LA VIE for the inspection of its Friends, to whom this, its first work, is dedicated. -Greeting from La Vie 1890 11

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10 Special Memories eople say a picture is worth a thou-- sand words. In the one hundred vol- umes of La Vie, hundreds of thou sands of photographs have depicted the life of Penn State and its transforman- tion from high school to university. Early issues did not have many photos because they were expensive to print. As the pubication grew and technology ad- vanced, photographs became an integral part of La Vie and its portrayal of Universi- ty life. With photographs added, La We pub- lished a pictorial history of the year at the University. A sense of the spirit was re- membered in every photo. Although the use of color pictures was common in other publications, the first is- sue to have color photos was in 1965. Since that year, color photos have become the most popular part of La Vie and vividly capture the memories of the year. Landmarks In Excellence

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History Illustrated he first editors of La Vie selected a simple design that used an owl to sym- bolize the knowledge they felt they obtained from the University. Their goal was to provide the students and friends of Penn State with an annual that reflected the times they lived in and the University in change. From that first issue came a challenge each year to be better. The editors tried to create a design that would reflect the Uni.- vetsity and its achievements over time. Over the years, the designs used certain landmarks repeatedly such as Old Main and the Nittany Lion Shrine. Other favoru ites included Pattee Library and stylized versions of the name of the book. The cova ere used the images in unique ways to rep- resent the University and its spirit. As part of the history book of the Uni- versity, the covers of La Vite reflected the times in which we lived, and presented the University to the world. Landmark In Excellence 1889t1890-The first issue used an owl to symbolize the knowledge of the Pennsylvav nia State College. 1891-The Editors used the original school colors, pink and black. We now know why they changed them to blue and white. 1892-This atnately de- signed shield with gold was dedicated to the student body of the Pennsylvania State College. 1893-The daisy emblem in the middle of the large V was actually a combination of the letters PSC. 1894-This was the first cover to use the College's new official calms, the now infa- mous navy blue and white. 1895-The green and white design with the ivy and vines was a result of the resurgence in the botan y department. 1896- The international flag was included to help ded- icate this issue to W. C Thayet, professor of German. 1897-The smaller issue was simpler in design and was dedicated to G. G. Pond, Dean of the School of Natural Science. 1898-This edition featured same student artwork and was dedicated to professor of physics, 1. T. Osmond. 1899-The end of the centu- ry and the fizst decade of La Vie. This issue was dedicated to Fred Lewis Pattee.