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
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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
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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.
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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.
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