January 18, 1973
McDermott
hires
Special
Assistant
Dr. Samuel B. Shirk, former
assistant commissioner for
higher education in the
Pennsylvania Department of
Education, has been named
special assistant to the provost at
Capitol Campus.
Dr. Robert E. McDermott,
Campus Provost, announced Dr.
Shirk will have key
responsibilities in academic
program coordination and
articulation. He will be working
closely with Pennsylvania's
community colleges and other
two-year institutions
endeavoring to develop programs
which will meet the needs of
students enrolling at Capitol
Campus from these feeder
institutions.
Commenting on Dr. Shirk's
appointment, Dr. McDermott
said, "We feel most fortunate in
having Dr. Shirk join us. He
brings expertise and viewpoints
that are badly needed as we
attempt to more effectively
serve the educational needs of
the region and the state."
Dr. Shirk is well known in
Pennsylvania educational circles
and joins the Capitol Campus
staff after having served more
than three years with the
Department of Education.
While in the Department, he
held the positions of Director of
Hershey provost selected
Dr. Harry Prystowsky, a nationally-known
medical educator, has been named provost
of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
and dean of the College of Medicine,
President Oswald has anounced.
Dr. Prystowsky is professor and chair
man of the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology of the University of Florida
College of Medicine, Gainesville. He will
take up his new duties at Hershey in the
summer of 1973.
"Dr. Prystowsky's demonstrated qualities
of leadership in medical research, teach
ing and administration strongly qualify him
to take the leadership of the University's
medical school," President Oswald said.
Dr. Oswald said the appointment was
made at the "strong recommendation" of
the broadly representative search commit
tee named to recommend candidates for
the Hershey post. The new . provost and
dean will report directly to President Os
wald.
His acceptance of the post followed an
earlier approval of the appointment by
the Board of Trustees.
In the interim period before Dr. Pry
stowsky arrives, Dr. John A. Waldhausen,
professor and chairman of the Department
of Surgery at Hershey, will continue to
serve as interim provost and dean. He
has filled these posts since last July, when
Dr. George T. Harrell, Jr., the original
provost and dean, was named vice presi
dent for Medical Sciences.
"I am especially grateful to Dr. Harrell
and Dr. Waldhausen and the faculty and
staff at Hershey for bringing the Medical
Center to its present high state of develop
ment," Dr. Oswald said. "We believe it
has an exceptional potential for leadership
in medical education and the improvement
of health care. In Dr. Prystowsky, we be
lieve we have a provost and dean who
can realize this full potential. It is of in
terest to note that Dr. Harrell, in his role
as the developer of the University of Flori
da College of Medicine, recruited Dr. Pry
stowsky to that school as the first professor
and chairman of the Department of Obste
trics and Gynecology."
The 47-year-old Dr. Prystowsky is the
author or co-author of more than 150 re-
Dr. Samuel Shirk
the Bureaus of Planning and
Institutional Studies and
Services and Acting Director or
the Bureau of Academic
Services. He also performed staff
services for the Council of
Higher Education and the State
Board of Education and is the
co-author and editor of the 1971
Master Plan for Higher
Education.
Prior to joining the Education
Department, Dr. Shirk served as
assistant to the president and
professor of English at Albright
College. During his 17-year
tenure at Albright he also
directed admissions, public
relations and alumni activities.
Dr. Shirk has been on the
faculty of Kyoto Technical
University in Japan, Layayette
College, the University of
Pennsylvania and public and
private •secondary schools in
Pennsylvania and New York
states.
PSU Prof
predicts '73 economy
University Park, Pa. --- While
the crystal ball is a bit cloudy,
Dr. R. Hadly Waters, business
analyst at The Pennsylvania
State University, sees these
conditions in the national
economy developing in 1973:
The gross national product
will rise by about 9 percent as
compared to 9.5 per cent in
1972.
Prices will rise about 4 per
cent, leaving a real growth rate
in GNP of 5 per cent, just
slightly below last year.
Unemployment will not fall
much below 5 per cent.
The average wage increase
may be about 6 per cent.
Interest rates may rise slowly,
but there will be no credit
crunch..
Corporate profits after taxes
should be about $lO billion
above 1972.
New housing will continue to
show strength.
Steel and auto production
may set new records.
Business expansion, he says,
is expected to continue at its
present pace for at least the first
six months of 1973, with
possibly some slowing late in the
year.
Growth in 1972 exceeded
predictions and the year ended
with new records for both
production and sales, bit also
with some problems—excessive
unemployment, rising prices,
and big deficits in both the
Federal budget and foreign
trade--and some of these are
search papers in obstetrics and gynecolo
gy. For the past three years, he has led
a pioneering program to Improve the de
livery of health care in obstetrics and
gynecology.
Dr. Prystowsky's research efforts have
covered many aspects of obstetrics and
gynecology. His work on fetal blood sup
ply is the subject of more than a dozen
papers in the medical literature. A second
major research field is the microbiology
of the genital tract, and a third interest
has been the effect of altitude on preg
nancy. He has also conducted research
on the effects of anesthetics on delivery
and toxemias in pregnancy. His research
papers in the delivery of medical care also
represent more than a dozen papers in the
literature.
Dr. Prystowsky's entire career has been
spent in medical research, teaching and
administration. Prior to taking his present
post at the University of Florida in 1958,
he was instructor and assistant professor
of obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins Univer
sity and Hospital. Earlier he had been a
research assistant in the department of
physiology at Yale Medical School.
A native of Charleston, S.C., Dr. Pry
stowsky received his bachelor's degree
from The Citadel in 1944 and a Doctor of
Medicine degree from the Medical College
of South Carolina, class of 1948.
From 1948 to 1950 he was an intern and
assistant resident In obstetrics and gyne
cology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and
during a six-months leave in 1951 he was
a research associate in the Department of
Obstetrics, Cincinnati General Hospital. He
returned to Johns Hopkins briefly, and
then served from 1951 to 1953 In the De
partment of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Army Medical Corps, Fort Benning, Ga.
He returned to Johns Hopkins as assistant
resident and later as chief resident in
gynecology and obstetrics and was named
to the faculty in 1954.
In addition to his work at the University
of Florida, Dr. Prystowsky has served as a
visiting professor in the medical schools
of the Universities of Alabama, California
(San Francisco), Georgia, lowa, Kentucky,
and Wisconsin.
THE CAPITOLIST
with us in 1973
The unemployment rate, Dr.
Waters notes, has not yet fallen
below 5 per cent in spite of the
high levels of production and of
new job creation. Structural
changes in the work force
suggest that it may be possible
to get the unemployment rate
tower only at the cost of more
inflation. Job training in new
skills will help, he says, but it
may be necessary to learn to live
a jobless total of over 4,000,000.
Fortunately, the number of
long-term unemployed has been
declining.
Consumer prices have risen
somewhat more slowly since
controls were imposed, but the
Administration goal of an annual
rise of no more than 3 per cent
has not yet been attained. As
business improves, the pressure
on prices tends to increase. Food
prices continue to soar and rising
wholesale prices are likely
ultimately to be reflected in
retail prices. There are no signs
that the inflation psychology has
been dispelled.
To lessen the pressure on
prices, says Dr. Waters, it would
be desirable to • see the present
5.5 per cent guidelines on wage
increases revised
downward---especially since new
wage contracts involving more
than 5,000,000 unionized
workers must be negotiated in
1973.
He says, however, that
reducing the allowable
percentage increase is not
practical without more effective
control of prices and suggests
that one interesting proposal is
to merge the wage and price
boards in order better to
integrate their action.
Dr. Waters foresees strenuous
efforts to reduce the size of the
Federal budget deficit but says
that even if they are successful,
the results will not become
apparent until late in 1973.
"The stimulating effects of
deficit spending will continue
through the first two quarters of
the year," he says. "Despite
efforts to improve the
international currency situation,
our foreign trade imbalance
continues to be huge. Several
forces are at work, however,
which hopefully may begin to
bring some improvement before
the end of the year.
Dr. Waters believes that it is
almost certain that wage and
price controls will be continued
in some form beyond their
present expiration date in April,
probably for another year.
"They are likely to be
modified," he says, "with some
easing and more exemptions.
This does not seem to be the
time for complete removal of
controls, unless we are ready to
risk the very high inflation rates
now plaguing many other
countries."
** * *
The Campus Presidents All organizations funded by
Council will stage a meeting on the Student Government
Thursday, January 18, at 7 p.m. Association must send a
in the Gallery Lounge. representative to the meeting.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DELORAS
Itatiefel
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by Harry Franzreb
Last term, under the guidance
of Kathy Barrett, Bob Getz, Jim
Emmrick, Bill Harris, and Joe
Thomas, the Do Nothing Club
rolled (and staggered) as the
term progressed.
In the six weeks we were in
operation, we managed to drink
over 100 gallons of beer, wine,
and punch, (the distributor
almost gave us a certificate
commemorating our efforts
enabling his kids to go to
college).
We ended the term with a
membership in the 70's, making
us one of the largest
organizations of alcoholics on
campus. But, besides drinking,
we staged several other activities.
Our greatest effort went into
a rummage sale in Harrisburg. A
portion of the receipts was used
as a donation to the Police
Athletic League for the use of
their facilities during the sale.
Leftover items were donated to
the organization-Volunteers in
Service to America (VISTA). We
would like to thank those people
who contributed to make the
sale a success.
The club's bake sale went
pretty well but the turnout for
the tribute to the last President
John F. Kennedy was very
disappointing and probably
discourages us from planning
such events in the future.
This term we plan to
continue partying. Many readers
will have seen the film "Bullit"
which was shown last Saturday.
We have scheduled "Hail Hero"
for March 2, with definite plans
to be announced later. Other
items under consideration for
this term include a swimming
party and a dance. A club
meeting will probably be held
within the next two weeks.
Sometime during the term, two
new council members must be
chosen to replace Kathy and Joe
who are graduating.
Today, a membership drive
will be held in Vendorville. To
join the club it costs only a
dollar which will be used to
finance our activities. Bottoms
up.
Council Meets
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