Penn State Opens Time Capsule From 1956

[ASTalumna06]

http://onwardstate.com/2014/07/16/pe...-time-capsule/

An opportunity to delve into the minds and lives of Penn State faculty and students from 58 years ago presented itself Wednesday afternoon. A crowd of about 100 reporters, construction workers and Penn State Housing employees gathered to watch the unveiling of a time capsule in front of Hibbs Hall on campus.

Housing officials opened the time capsule dating back to 1956 and replaced it with one to show future generations a glimpse of the year 2014. Inside the one from 1956 were dozens of items, including sorority hats, magazines, student handbooks, campus guides, newspapers and directories, some of which will soon be on display in Redifer Commons.

Two construction workers, Keith Satterfield and Bill Kovach, discovered the capsule on June 17 as they renovated South Halls. It was found in the cornerstone of Hibbs Hall, buried when the building was originally constructed.

Check out the hat!

[DrPhil]

I thought that hat said KKK. I'm glad it doesn't.

This is a really cool idea. Cool.

[Sciencewoman]

^^^ I thought so too...I think the hat shape put the idea in my head first. I can't tell if it says Phi Sigma Sigma or Sigma Sigma Sigma, but with the purple it's probably Sigma Sigma Sigma.

It sounds like the university forgot it was there!

[als463]

Yeah. It's definitely Sigma Sigma Sigma. We've never had Phi Sigma Sigma on campus at University Park.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by als463

Yeah. It's definitely Sigma Sigma Sigma. We've never had Phi Sigma Sigma on campus at University Park.

I thought AST was the only NPC that has never been at PSU..

[als463]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I thought AST was the only NPC that has never been at PSU..

Hmmmm....After checking, I realize I was wrong on that one. Thanks for noting that ASTalumna06. You are right. Their Beta Eta chapter (established 1946) is inactive and I think it is returning this fall. As far as sororities never being at PSU-University Park, I was pretty certain that Delta Phi Epsilon has not had a chapter there. As far as sororities not being at PSU, because we have a chapter (your chapter) at another PSU campus, I consider AST to be an NPC we have at Penn State...just another campus!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by als463

Hmmmm....After checking, I realize I was wrong on that one. Thanks for noting that ASTalumna06. You are right. Their Beta Eta chapter (established 1946) is inactive and I think it is returning this fall. As far as sororities never being at PSU-University Park, I was pretty certain that Delta Phi Epsilon has not had a chapter there. As far as sororities not being at PSU, because we have a chapter (your chapter) at another PSU campus, I consider AST to be an NPC we have at Penn State...just another campus!

Yes, I should have specifically said the main campus.

According to irishpipes thread, it looks like Delta Phi Epsilon has also been on campus:

Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
September 7-14, 2014
Quota=
Campus Total= 102
Quota Last Year=54
*****************
Chi Omega Nu Gamma 1926-2014
Alpha Omicron Pi Epsilon Alpha 1929-1973/1982
Theta Phi Alpha Rho 1929-1969
Phi Mu Beta Mu 1929-?/?
Delta Gamma Alpha Chi 1930
Kappa Kappa Gamma Delta Alpha 1930
Kappa Alpha Theta Beta Phi 1931
Alpha Chi Omega Beta Mu 1932
Gamma Phi Beta Alpha Upsilon 1932
Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Zeta 1937-1978
Zeta Tau Alpha Gamma Epsilon 1939
Kappa Delta Beta Theta 1939
Alpha Xi Delta Beta Lambda 1942
Sigma Delta Tau Phi 1943-1971/1978
Delta Zeta Gamma Delta 1946
Phi Sigma Sigma Beta Eta 1946-1970/Colony Fall 2014
Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Mu 1947-2000
Delta Delta Delta Alpha Phi 1947-2009
Pi Beta Phi Pennsylvania Epsilon 1953
Sigma Sigma Sigma Beta Upsilon 1954-1969/1989-1992/1994-2013
Alpha Delta Pi Delta Kappa 1958-1975/1991
Alpha Phi Gamma Rho 1958
Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Pi 1960-1966/Colony 2015
Iota Alpha Pi Beta Alpha 1962-?
Alpha Sigma Alpha Gamma Eta 1962
Sigma Kappa Theta Psi 1992

[als463]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Yes, I should have specifically said the main campus.

According to irishpipes thread, it looks like Delta Phi Epsilon has also been on campus:

Wow. I'm really losing today. Hahah! Good catch! Thanks!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

It sounds like the university forgot it was there!

You have to wonder who buried it originally, and whether things like that are kept on record.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

You have to wonder who buried it originally, and whether things like that are kept on record.

Granted it's not as critical as the forgotten 1950s smallpox samples that were just found in that NIH storage room, but it does seem like the kind of thing someone should keep track of! Unless they wanted it to be an accidental discovery, which is kind of neat.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Granted it's not as critical as the forgotten 1950s smallpox samples that were just found in that NIH storage room, but it does seem like the kind of thing someone should keep track of! Unless they wanted it to be an accidental discovery, which is kind of neat.

It was buried far enough back that they could have put Smallpox samples in the time capsule.