FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944 Davis Suggests Fitness Program Trifoid Plan to Prepare Future Military 'Trainees Asserting that military fitness should .begin at home, Dr. Arthur F. Davis, associate •professor of li beral education at the College, to- . day . proposed a three-fold. pro gram in. which the home, 'school, and community collaborate to pre pare Aniericarr youth• for war ser vice. - , : • "America is prone," Dr. Davis said, "to take its health for' gran tied. The fact, howeVer,' thdt 25 per *cent of the men undergoing army, physicals are found .to have some. defect proveS The need of Pre-draft age - examinatioris." At home, Dr. Davis believes; parents can help. by insisting on proper rest and proper food for theii - children. The' schools, he said, • can aid by giving thorough health. examinations . at regulai inteivals, while the communities can best assist by Offering - a con : structive recreational program. `-`Too -many young men just sit and wait for the draft," he said, adding', that "these youngsters are - desperately in' need of facilities for .improving their mental and physical, health." Women Students Now Exceed Men Curtailments in the military . training programs and Selectiye Service demands have enabled women students to - outnumber men studentS. for the first time in the. hiStory of the College, Regis trar• William S. Hoffman reveal ed today. "Ile said 'all men students on the campus, including the approxima tely 800 military and naval trai nees, number 1758 as compared to• 1787 womerr.stuaents. The lat ter figure includei the 78 "lady engineers" sent to Penn State. by Hamilton Standard Propellers for, specialized instruction in aeronau tical .engineering. • anticipation_ of .further. cur tailment in military training pro grams, Registrar Hoffman" said There - is little likelihood that men students' will regain their former predorninarice before the end of Rife war.. The peacetime ratio, he pointed out : , is four men to one Woman; The registrar _set the number . of incoming freshmen in July dt 212, of whom 117 _will' be men and $t women. • In. ,the Novembecr • tireshrnan • la'ss .. however, the wO: men will number 257 as corn s i?aredito . 36 men.. • • •• • Circulo Espanol will, meet in 301 Old Main, .7:30 • p.m., Thurg day. A picture on Brazil will be shown and explained. PENN STATE CLASS RINGS L. G. - BALFOUR COMPANY . LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE 7 - 16121*milatauctr-' 44o3 AL:dieVAr l atahuical g o ,. witt ilik r i, Campus Scientists / ork On Penicillin Production Late into the night lights shine from the windows of Pond Lab oratory. These lights represent the 'activity inside the building; Where 38 scientists are constant- , ly engaged in extensive research on the life-saving diiug, peni cillin. Less than six months ago, the College was selected 'as one of five university centers for study ing the specific phases - of 'peni4 cillin prodUctibri. ]DT; -Frank Whitmore, dean of the School of Chemistry and Physies, and eight assistants "qualified for thiS work and` improviSed their own labor; afories and equipment . , 'They im 7 . niediately, 'began searching for ways and means to — nicrease the yield, - purity, and stability Of the product. • • • Now Dean Whitmore'S staff has grown to include 38 technical nien and women who work on as signMents from the WPB, and re port the results 'directly to the 21 manufacturers producing the wonder drug, ' Penicillin notatum, a greenish= blue mold; was accidentally disl covered by a Scotch bacteriolo gist, Prof. Alexander Fleming, in .1929. However, it was not until 1936 that scientists began exper imenting with this lfje-saving drug and its uses. Dr. W. H. Fiorey, professor of pathology at Oxford University in England; re ceived grants of money from the Rockefeller Foundation, and paved .the way to penicillin pro duction. The Office of Scientific Re search and Development and the National Research CounCil also took up hte study, and called a War Victims To Be thief . Concern of Speech Clink Rehabilitation of war"victim's will be' the, No. 1 Concern of speech clinicians for -some -year's to Come, • Dr. Herbert Koepp' 7 - Baker of the College predicted today. Dr. Kbepp-Baker, Who • is coL ordinator of . rehabilitation for . the American Speech Correction As.,- sociation; said . the job was all ready underway in many parts. of the country and that:lt had the full• 'cooperation of the goirern ment and his organization. • Asserting that more- stress is now being laid on vocational. ad justment, •the Penn State speech expert revealed that -rehabilita tion in this- war has beep extend-' ed . Boni, the purely" phySical to' •include - both . social and vocational 'l:6 - Orientation. • , . Scientific advances .hve,%heek4 so pronounced since, the Sea Isiai,? Dr.. Koepp-Baker reminded, that , "chances of recovery are nom much improved in • sPeech arid' hearing. cases." 'ITIE;;COTIEGr.A.N meeting of representatives from tiVe universities, and virtually all great chemical concerns. As a re sult, these universities- were se lected for .research centers: Ifni .versity of Wisconsin, Massa 'chusetts Institute of Technology, ArniVersity* of -Minnesota, Stan ford ,Univeriity, and. Penn State. Production of , penicillin has been speeded up tremendously since the war because of its need on the ,battle-front.. For medical, uses, the , vmnder drug comes in 'a `YelloWish-brown powder, and af ter: tieing diluted in. salt Water, may be applied directly, or as a salve base for open infections. , In_ this war. it is said to have 'cut 'down "the deaths of wounded servicemen to two Ter. cent, as compired with seven per cent in World War - I. For such treatment penicillin surpasses - even the sulfa !drugs. : All penicillin' produced today is controlled by the government, 'although a small amount may be 'obtained 'for emergency civilian cases. Recently penicillin was first used in Centre County, when it saved the life of Harry Lutz, of Bellefonte, who was suffering -from a streptococcic blood stream infection. Dean . .Whitmore predicts .a steady increase in the manufac ture of penicillin as the needs of the armed forces, and some ci vilian 'outlets,' are being fulfilled. Tribunal Exam Shows Frosh Ignorant Of College Facts The -freshmen had their Tri bunal -sponsored bluebook Tues day night, and according to Fred Dietz, author of the quiz, "they showed up very poorly." • The foreword to the three-page mimeographdd grilling, stated: "This examination is'deSigfied pri inarily to 'disbov.er the extent to which you have.delved into the history, • administration, and spirit of old Penn State." ' The extent to which anyone, Rot just the hapless irosh; has' delved :into.thelhistory,'.etc., -of old Penn State could-.,be .meastreti by many .of ...the . - 50- questicins- 'poged • .the , :wearers. of the, dink 'Tuesday night: - F"prxa*le,. how, many upper • ciassmen , knoW - *the answers fit) .soine• at • these_ questions selected from the exam: -many -members•- compose the Board. of Trustees end how do 'they Ci) - me by their membership? It is, frequently stated' that.the geographical center of the 'state.ii '‘i • t '-- - " • •• , _ . _ . ,:- r I, , 1, 1 • T !. s (..).s : • E PI . by Mildred Jordan . 'the perfect Giff Book for htother or sister by the distinguished author of One Red Rose Forever and Apple in the Attic. , $2.00 at , The College Book Store 129 W. Beaver Avenue S t State College, Pa. Directory Honors Two Faculty Men Book Stars Chemists For Outstanding Effort Two men in the School of Chemistry and Physics at the Col lege have been "starred" by the biographical directory, American Men of Science, as younger chem ists doing outstanding work in their field. The faculty members are Dr. J. G. • Aston, professor of organic chemistry and director of the low temperature laboratory, and Dr. M. R. Penske, professor of chem ical engineering and director of the division of industrial research. Only 45 younger chemists in the nation were ' honored in the seventh edition of the directory by "stars" awarded' on the basis of votes of their professional associL ates - . When the new edition of the directory is being prepared each of the scientists who has received a star in an earlier edition submits the - names of 20 men in his field who have done outstanding work but have never been starred. From these emerges a large list of names suggested most frequently and each original "voter" selecti 25 names. Another master list re sults and the voting continues un til a group of about twice the size to be included is obtained. This becomes the final ballot. • located on the campus. Is is true? If so, where? • Identify: Henry V. Poor and Heinz Warneke. ' This college is-a land grant col lege operated under the terms of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 18.....' WhQ and what is the FAWS? The college infirmary was built from •contributions made •by an agricultural group an ,appreciation of service done by the, college, to them. Who were they? In 'round numbers what is, the approkimate civilian enrollment of the Who at - the:present tithe? "•• 'Who is head cheer, leader? • Who i 5 .13111 Jeffrey? _ - Where is' the only bridge on campus? , The foreword to the exam also stated that' "the. questions .have come almost entirely from (1) the College Catalogte, - ;(2 . ) 'the - Brief History, and (3) the- Collegian.?' • Puzzled upperclassmen - are•re ferred to these iourceS. wripwrprirlrer7.7 Agriculture Fowm Opens Broad problems of agriculturn will be discussed at the third an nual agricultural conference to be held in Schwab Auditorium June 5 and 6. The conference is open to all interested. The meetings will open at 2:15 p.m. Monday with introductory remarks by the presiding chair man, Dr. S. W. Fletcher, dean oe the School of Agriculture. At. 2:25, J. M. Bickel, chairman of postwar planning of the Carrier Corpora tion, Syracuse, N. Y., will speak, representing industry. A representative of labor will speak at 3:05 p.m. He is RaymOnd Walsh, director of economic .re search of the CIE). Quentin Reyn olds,•general manager of the East ern States Farmers' Exchange, will speak for agriculture at 3:45 p.m. - The program for the evening oe June 5, beginning at 7:45, will be presided lover by Miles Horst, State Secretary of Agriculture. AL that time, M. F. Catherwood, Commissioner of Commerce of the State of New York, will address the conference on "The Role or Government in the Postwar World." A panel discussion, with Joseph F. O'Brien, professor of public: speaking, presiding, is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Air Corps Exam Word is expected whereby the Air Corps mental examination for 17-year-olds might possibly be re sumed before June 15. Lt. Dunk le berger and Lt. Corwin will take charge of the examinations. Per sons interested please leave their names and telephone numbers at the office of Robert E. Galbraith, PAWS, 243 Sparks. " ~..WAFNE9 81i9117/071, , IS . ' . TATE' STA:TITS . THURSDAY rected by Jacques Turnenr roduced' and written for the screen by Casey Robinson PAGE THREE: '
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