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PS Club Offers
Varied Program
To provide a- means of recrea
tion, both, athletic and social,, for
the Penn. State men who. do not
enjoy the privileges of a fraternity
—this is the purpose of the Penn:
State- Club as, set forth, by their
charter.
The largest single organization,
of its kinds, the club last year had
a membership of 275; no fratern
ity men may belong. Dues are 50'
cents per semester.
Last year members enjoyed:
hikes, hay rides, dorm dances; par
ties, bowling parties, picrfics arrd
the club entered teams in intra
mural sport competition. Maga
zines are available in the club
room, and a combination radio
phonograph with the latest re
cordings is provided for the en
joyment of members.
This- year the club has a varied
program to offer,, including pic
nics, dancing - classes, All-College
New Year’s Dance, and a- joint
Penn State Club-WSGA freshman;
get-together. The last event will
be the first on the schedule- and is
slated for September 20.
The Club Dating Bureau- will
function aagin this year for the
benefit of members only. The
clubroom is located at 321 Old
Main and guests are welcome:
College Radio Station
Literature Can Do Good
Did you know that Penn State
has its own radio station? The
College station is located back of
the University Club and is- oper
ated by a staff made up of stu
dents who hold amateur-radio op
erator’s licenses.
The station has three transmit
ters and broadcasts on three short
wave bands. Any student who is
a radio “ham” and wishes to join
the staff of WBYA should write a
letter of application to Gilbert C.
Crossley,. department of electrical
engineering, stating his desire to
become a member of the staff,
past experience; and local address.
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Anti-Nazi Comedy
Billed By Players
“Margin For Error,” described
by- Frank S. Neusbaum, assistant
professor of'dramatics,, as a “satir
ical anti-Nazi comedy,” will be
this year’s first Players show and
will be presented on Dad’s Day,
October 5; Professor Neusbaum an
nounced yesterday.
He also announced that all stu
dents desiring, to-toy out as actors-,
actresses;, and technicians may still
sign up at Student Union, today
and tomorrow. Technicians in
clude scene builders and painters,
designers, electricians,, costumers,
property men* and stage managers.
The tryouts, Professor Neus
baum: emphasized, will determine
not only the- cast for this.' first- play
but will be considered in casting
future -Player -shows-.
“Margin For Error,” will inaug
urate Players’ 21st season on the
campus. The play was written by
Clare Boothe and ran on Broad
way last season. .
“The play concerns a German
consul in a large American, city,”
Professor Neusbaum explained.
“He isn’t a very likeable person and:
becomes thoroughly hated. Finally
he is murdered' and from then on
it’s a fast and furious ‘Who. done
it.’ ”
Students Will Be Trained
For Public Service Jobs
At the opening of the fifth year
of its service this month, the In
stitute of Local Government is
planning, to expand its program
to train students for public serv
ice, according to Dr. Harold F.
Alderfer, executive secretary of
the Institute.
Selected" students will be given
apprentice work in local govern
ments between their- junior and
'senior years. While some of this
work has been done in. the past,
it is hoped that a.; greater number
may be able to- obtain a variety
of work in their home town and
; county governments.
These students-are taught such
subjects as political sciencei econ
‘omics, accounting," sociology, civil
‘engineering with emphasis on mu
nicipal planning, and zoning, land
scape architecture, with emphasis
on city planning and civic design,
,and certain: tool subjects such as
public speaking, report writing,
and statistics.
After their graduation, an ef
fort is-made to place them, in gov
ernment service, in quasi-govern
mental agencies, or in graduate
schools of public, administration.
•Ronnett College:' for Negro wo
men, Greensboro, N. C., received
gifts totaling $443",000 in the last
year.
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Students Raffled
With Old Cannon
Two harmless little cannons,
now squatting on their concrete
beds in front of the Armory, gaze
stolidly at developments on the
campus and reminisce of the many
battle fields they surveyed in the
dim days of the eighties.
These members of the “Old
Guard” did not, however, limit
their experience to the dust of the
march and the playing of the na
tional anthem with colors flying.
They- took an intimate part in con
flicts between the “Town Muck
ers” and' the “Old Main Rats,” ri
val bands of students which
: sprung up as a result of separate
.housing quarters.
One spring day in the late
eighties, legend' runs, the “Town
Muckers” felt the urge for excite
'ment at the expense of their riv
als. Organizing, a parade, they
maneuvered about the terrace
'fronting Old Main and taunted the
'inmates with cries of “Govern
ment Paupers,” and “Rats.”
After this show of spirit the
“Townies” were satisfied and re
turned to their haunts on Beaver
Avenue where they roomed in
what was named by the Old Main.
Rats, Fort Shivery. The residents
of Old* Main then took up the bat
tle. Hauling out their heavy ar
tillery they gathered a representa
tive collection of rubbish, tin cans,
and garbage, and rammed' it down
the weapon's muzzle.
Aiming the deadly implements
at the lodging of their enemies* a
bead was drawn in approved mil
itary- style; the records show, and
after the addition of powder and
the application of a match, amid-a
thunderous roar the two stalwarts
belched forth their questionable
contents. Because ammunition
supplies had been exhausted, the
barricade was lifted, but a not
iablte military victory was gained
iby the* “Old Main. Rats.”
With' the imbedding of the im
pedimenta of war in concrete
; bases, College- authorities have
doomed the cannon, to a life of in
activity.
Anthracite Coal Mining
Confined la Small Area
' 'Pennsylvania’s great anthracite
industry, whose- production in. 1939
was. valued at more than $187,000,-
000 is confined- to an area of little
more than. 480 square miles in the
eastern part of the state.
“Mining- has been going on
there;” states Dr. W. M. Myers,, of
the Mineral Industries Experiment
Station-, “for over 125 years, and.
the reserves are adequate for over
300 years more at the present rate
of production.”
Dr. Myers pointed" out that dur
ing the years of production, the
average depth of anthracite min
ing has become progressively
greater, while the thickness of the
coal Beds has declined'. Such, con
ditions impose extra costs and dif
ficulties on the industry, he said; .
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Depletion of
MinerafslsStiULeaf
Depletion of Pennsylvania’s
mineral resources is still a local
matter and not general through
out the state, according to Dr.
William M. Meyers,' assistant pro
fessor of mineral economics and
technology.
“The most conspicuous feature
of the problem is the exhaustion
of the highest grade and the most
accessible material,” says Dr. Mey
ers, who has been studying the de
pletion and conservation- of min
eral reserves in this state, as well
as the economics of mineral in
dustries here.
The School of Mineral Indus
tries is now studying methods of
making the lower grade materials
useful to industry.
“Conservation is intelligent uti
lization of these materials rather
than miserly hoarding,” Dr. Myers
stated. “The production of coal,
•for example, from the earliest re
cord to the present has,exceeded
10 billion tons. Obviously, this has
depleted the original endowment.”
Good Driver Netessaiy
In Combine Operation
The tractor driver plays an- im
portant part in the successful op
eration of a combine, particularly
when a heavy crop of straw is be
ing handled; said Vernon S. Peter
son, extension agricultural engi
neer, today, in discussing some of
the: problems of harvesting grain
crops this year. If down grain
or green weeds are encountered;,
either the ground speed or width
of cut must be reduced to insure
:clean threshing.
Small pieces, of green weeds are
difficult to. separate from the crop
seed, and tailings should be re
duced to a minimum to prevent
their return to-the- cylinder where,
they are chopped finer. The ma
chine must be run at rated speed'
and a sufficiently- strong blast of:
air supplied to life the material as;
it passes over the chaffer, Mr. Pet
erson said;
Three hundred students at
Normal College, Ypsilanti, Mich.,
took part in a college circus.
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Centers Reduce
Education Costs
Six years ago any Pt
high, school graduate-w!
afford to spend four •
from home while obta:
lege degree had. to for»
vantages of a higher
Today, thanks to t)
the situation is differei
. For today a system
graduate centers enable
to obtain the first two
college at slight expense
his work at one of the '
student may transfer
lege of his choice.
Four centers—at A]
Bois, Hazleton, and
are maintained by the
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in operation only a yes
er center was located
town but will not bf
this; fall' because of
students.
Not only have the
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lege education,, but tftf
cifically aided each _
setting, up- programs of study w
provide the best possible founda
tion. for future work.
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