.... - J..' . i - • A. ° .. A rtak %, ..,.. 7 „..------... N.% /..: .. t . .: ,: e , r(i4w . t.- - -., sa THE NITTANy cuß ~, z c. •' l 4 - ?,41 , . ( .•-• ti1.....,•....,4 ... I ... 1 1., i se sist, . 4e. _ 4 stei>' -tams Vol XVIII No Tucker, Webber, Push Research EVA TUCKER, JR., INSTRUCTOR IN GEOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY, AND EDGAR E. WEBBER, ASSISTAND PROFESSOR OF BOTANY, HAVE RECEIVED FINANCIAL AID FROM PENN STATE TO DO ORIGINAL RE SEARCH. Tucker will study the genesis and petrology of sands along Lake Erie to determine the positional environment in which the sands accumulated, probable source of sedi ments, and former distribution of glacial meltwater streams • , r„ • -41 Behrend Campus His results should be com pleted next summer, and may point UD methods to stabil ize the neninsula sands. `ticker 's grant amounts to $1,950 from Penn State's Earth and Mineral Sciences Experimental Station, and , z))0 00 from the Tice-Pres idents Research Fund. Webber will study al gae in the lakes, ponds, and streams of northwestern Pennsylvania. This will show the extent of pollu tion in local bodies of water through the algae. Algae Webber' MEM of I"lz3ssrachist Webber ' sis is based and he has $3OO. grant Vlce-Preside Fund. A lot a goes to thes instructors.