PP&C Continues Scholarship Plans; Will Award Six More Next Year Chas. E. Oakes, Pennsylvania Power & Light Company, presi dent, today called attention to the utility’s program for educa tional assistance, under which six more area students can receive scholarships to Central Eastern Pennsylvania colleges. Basic de tails of the program remain un changed from the previous years’ programs, with each winner re ceiving $5OO for the year toward, tuition and an equivalent sum being given the college which the winners attend. To compete for a PP&L scholarship, a student must be the sou or daughter of a PP&Ij customer. At least one of the scholarships also if available to the ion or daughter of an em ployee of the utility. Scholar ship winners may choose any of 15 area educational institu tions under the program and are free to pursue any course of steady that leads to a bac calaureate degree. Meanwhile, the college may use its share of the utility’s scholarship con tribution in any manner it sees fit In meeting worthy educa tional objectives. An independent scholarship awards committee comprised of three members selects the win ners of PP&L scholarships. Serv ing presently are Mr. Nichol H. Memory, director of admissions at Stevens Institute of Techno logy and chairman of the scho larship-committee; Dr. Charles C. Tilhnghast, principal-emeritus of Horace Mann School; and Dr. Robert W. Van Houten, president of Newark College of Engineers mg. The coming year will be a landmark year for the utility’s scholarship program. Havmg being introduced with the 1954- 1955 school year, the program will achieve maximum effect as. PP&L scholarship winners will, with next year’s freshman en tries, be represented among all four college classes for the first time. Of the 19 young, people already attending area colleges and uni versities under PP&L scholar ships, nine are engineering sta dents, three are preparing for teaching careers, two are study ing physics and one is repre sented in each of the following NOW SHOWING! 7:30 NIGHTLY Y. M. C. A. AUD. Lancaster Nov. 20 thru Dec. 1 FREE TICKETS Write Box 704, Lancaster Phone Lancaster EX2-2579 WORLD WIDE PICTURES r promts m MOUNT CUM fields ministry, pre-medical, mathematics, geology and chemi stry. Mr. Oakes emphasized that this is in keeping with a newer concept in scholarship programs, a realization that the nation’s progress depends on a continuing supply of new talent in all fields of human endeavor, arts as well as sciences. Another broad concept in the PP&L program la a provision for assistance to the college beyond that provided in the grant made through the stud ent toward tuition. This takes into consideration the fact that tuition no -longer covers the institution’s cost of educating a student. The difference between tuition and the full costs of education in the past was covered largely by endowments from individuals. However, today, because of the inflationary spiral and existing tax laws, endowments through individuals of the magnitude that marked the earlier years are no longer possible. Endowments as a source of college income, in fact, fell from 22% to 8% in a two decade period. Most independent colleges are facing financial difficulties It is, therefore, only logical, said Mr. Oakes, that business and indus try, which enefit from the train ed people who are the'products of all colleges, help provide the assistance which previously came from a private benefactor. One young man from PP&L’s Lancaster division, Ira G. Nolt of R. D. No. 1, Ephrata, is current ly studying under a PP&L scho larship. A graduate of Ephrata High School, Nolt entered Frank lin and Marshall College as a freshman this fal Ito study phy ‘sics. New Revision of Standards on Fresh Tomatoes Considered WASHINGTON (tJSDA) A new revision of the U. S. Standards for Fresh Tomatoes was proposed today hy the U. S. Department of Agriculture On Sept. 11, 1956, a proposed re vision of these standards was published in the Federal .Regist er and interested persons were allowed until Oct. 15, 1956, to submit comments in regard to the proposal. The nature cf the changes resulting from the com ments received make it desir able to publish a new revision of the standards in the Federal Registei in order to provide in terested persons an opportunity to submit additional written com nvents. The principal changes propos ed at this time include-the dele tion of (1) requirements relat ing to the firmncsj, ol mature green tomatoes, (2) the portion of the definition of “well deve loped” which concerns hard cored tomatoes, and (31 the de finition of damage by sunburn. Other changes Involve the “U- S. Standard Packs” section, and de finitions relating to growth cracks and catfaces. In addition, a number of minor changes are proposed to further clarify the intent of the standard*. The presently proposed revis ed standards are scheduled for publication in the Oct. .30, 195 b, issue of - the Fedeial Register and interested parties should submit any comments or sug gestions regarding the proposal to E. E. Conldin, Chief, Fresh Products Standardization and In spection Branch, Fruit and Vege table Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Washing ton 25, D. C., sd as to bo receiv ed not later than Nov. 15, 1956. YOU ALWAYS CAN You can recognize the un biased .political truth. It’S when the article agrees with your be lief*. —. Greensboro (Qa.) Hep ald-JourhaL Lancaster Youth Wins PP&L Honor Warren C. Hemly, 21 E. James Street, Lancaster, is among the winners of Pennsylvania Power & Light Company agricultural scholarships for the 1956-57 school term at Pennsylvama State University, according to an announcement today by Chas E. Oakes, PP&L president The Penn State junior received his award Saturday, Novemer 3, on the campus. WARREN C. HEINLY A total of 12 agricultural scholarships three in e&sh of the undergraduate classes are awarded each year by PP&L to students enrolled in the university’s college of agriculture who are residents of f. iMity’s service area. The PP&L awards are made on the basis of character, scho larship and promise of useful ness in the field of agriculture. Each scholarship winner re ceives $2OO toward his year’s tuition ccsts. Mr. Oakes pointed out that the PP&L agricultural scholarship program is built around a recog nition of the importance Of agri culture to the economy of the state. These scholarships are al so offered, he added, with the knowledge that the continued sound development of the area agricultural potential will be greatly enchanced with the ad vancement of knowledge m all of agriculture’s related fields. Since the program was insti tuted, 21 recipients of PP&L agricultural scholarships have been graduated from the univer sity. Among the important fields these graduates have moved into are agricultural extension, voca tional agriculture, agriculture engineering, bacteriology, and nursery, forest and farm man agement. Heinly is majoring in gen eral agriculture at Penn State. He is a 1954 graduate of Lan caster high school, where he was a member of the agricul tural student council. He .was also active in school dramatic work and participated in intra mural athletics. He is a mem ber of Grace Lutheran Church, Lancaster, and has been presi dent of the Luther League. The scholarship competition which brought an award to the area youth Is orte of two PP&L programs of educational assist ance, Mr. Oakes pointed out. Under a second program, now in its fourth year, six scholarships are awarded to high school seniors from the utility’s service area for study at any of 15 Cen tral Eastern Pennsylvania col leges and universities. Details of this latter program will be an nounced later this week. WHEN IT RAINS PUEBLO, Colo. The Albert M. George family recently spent a rough five days. First, father paid $33 for speeding; Mother paid $ll for speeding. A dog bit one of their twin sons. Dennis, 7. Tlie other twin Don ald, and a third son, Raymond, 8, developed influenza. George tried to start the furnace and it exploded, giving him some pain ful bums. Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 23, 1956—13 Agronomists Aid State Farmers In Higher Yields UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Extension agronomists have aid ed Pennsylvama farmers im measurably in their continuing efforts to increase yields of all crops per acre through demon strations, news letter, soil test ing, improved cultural practices and weed control, declares Dr. H. R. Albrecht, director of agri cultural and home economics ex tension, the Pennsylvania State University. Since 1946 potato production per acre has shown a 75 per cent increase, from 123 bushels per acre to 215 bushels. This represents an annual increase of 4,600,000 bushels, based on 50,000 acres, or an increase in value to farmers of $3,864,000. This increase in potato produc tion per acre can be attributed to man; factors, mostly agro nomic. Soil testing at Penn State, Which was started in 1951, has become one of the major keys to a successful farming program. The first year 7,560 samples .were tested; in 1955 there were 15,700 samples tested. In 1956 the number of soil samples tested should be approximately 35,000, with one company alone making arrangements to have 15,000 to 18,000 soil samples analyzed. County agents throughout Pennssylvama have initiated one of the largest soil testing pro- ATTENTION ALL FARMERS! OXTX.'Sr SS Join the thousands of farm families who get LANCASTER FARMING by mail EVERY WEEK. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY . . . Order Your Subscription Now! LANCASTER FARMING QUARRYVILLE, PA. 1 year $2.00 52 Issues Please put my name on your list of new subscribers for a one year subscription. Enclosed find check, cash, or money order for $2.00. Bill me later. Name Address grams for lime needs in the na tion. In 1954 agents tested 708,122 samples; for 1956 they tested ap proximately 300,000 Since acid soil is the most limiting factor to crop production in Pennsylvania, liming' by test rather than .guess increases income of Pennsylvania farmer by approximately $2 mil lion each year. ' M " In 1956, 75 per cent of the corn acreage in Pennsylvania was planted with hybrids; in 1956, 95 per cent Average yield in 1946 was 42 bushels per acre; in 1956, 49 bushels, with approxi mately 1,00/,162 acres planted for grain and 239,357 acres for silage. Grassland production, too, has been promoted since the war. The first grassland con ference held at Penn State brought about the Grassland Club, designed to give recogni tion to tanners practicing grassland agriculture. Atten dance at district and county grassland field days in a single year, exceeds 30,000. Birdsfoot Trefoil, a legume, was little known in Pennsylvania in 1946; today, through an in tensive extension program to promote its use, it has been proven it can be grown in all counties, and total acreage now exceeds 70,000. Dr. Albrecht says “Today, the story of Pennsylvania agricul ture can be summed up from an extension agronomist’s stand point with the statement that we are producing nearly as much produce today as we ever did, on fewer acres and less farm peo ple ” 52 Weeks of (Please Print) ~JoM
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