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'How Doth The Busy Bee?'
—Very Well On Campus
Some curious poet once queried
“How doth the busy little bee?”
On’the Penn State campus it does
quite well according to Edwin J.
Anderson, assistant professor of
apiculture. Apiculture is the
science of bees.
Located on campus are 105 col
onies of bees plus 25 more in
which only queen bees are raised.,
The bees are, used primarily in
research. As a by-product they
have produced one. and a quarter
tons of honey this year with an
other half ton in the offing before
1945 rolls around.
Dependent upon weather con
ditions, 5 to 45 per cent of the
bees die during the winter. Pack
aged bees, ordlered from the south,
replace depleted hives‘or-increase
the apiary. One of the research
problems which- Professor Ander--
soil has worked with is the de
termination of the right time’ to
order these packaged bees and
the amount of focd they require
for maximum production of honey.
Pollination of-different clovers
to increase the yield of clover seed
has been- another’ experimental
problem. Red and Ladino clover,
both of- which grow 'in - this ' reg
ion, have been used as the basis
of ! trials. - -
Every type of flower which the
bees pollinate produces honey of
a different color and flavor.'The
fall flowers are “responsible for
thd dark honey while light col
ored honey is a product of the
pollination of clover.
The Agriculture professor adds
an interesting note on the dangers
which bees must face.
“Honey bees are often betray
edrby wild asters which will blos
som abundantly in the next few
weeks. Worker bees gather nectar
frqm these flowers and produce
hopey which often crystallizes so
firmly in the comb that it cannot
be removed fast enough for food
during the winter.
“As a result bees often starve to
death with a large supply of hon
ey in their hive. This type of
Scavenger tot Winners
I© Receive $5 Award
Five dollars worth of War
Stamps will be awarded to the
couple winning the scavenger hunt
sponsored in connection with the
IWA-IMA “Scava-Dance” in the
Armory, 8:30 p.m. to midnight Sep
tember 9. Each of the winning pair
will receive $2.50.
Music for dancing will be pro
vided throughout the entire eve
ning, but those participating in the
hunt will be absent from the Arm
ory from 10 to 11 p.m. Admission
to the combined dance and hunt
is 35 cents. Cokes will be sold..
•IWA social chairmen, Norma
Shanholt and Harriet Strauber,
and IMA members, Frank Di-
Augustine and Bob Yurkanin, are
in charge of general arrangements.
Birdie Deimel is handling public
ity while Steven Green and Peter
Palmer will officiate at the coke
bar. Omar Lerman will change
records.
Philotes to Sponsor
Letter Writing Hour
In order to alleviate the shortage
of mail going to servicemen,
Philotes, independent women’s or
ganization, is sponsoring a letter
writing hour, President Katherine
Bovard announced.
“There is no >one a serviceman
suffering from a dearth of mail
would rather hear from than a col
lege coed, and we are going to try
to fill the bill,” she said.
The letter writing group .will
mqet. in the 'White Hall playroom
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. September
15. All women students desiring to
initiate some new correspondents
for their mailing lists are invited
to attend.
honey hardens rapidly because
of the high dextrose content.”
Bees make ah important contri
bution to the economy of the state.
In Pennsylvania about five mil
lion pounds are produced annual
ly. The yield of seeds, fruit, and
-vegetables is increased" due to
the pollinating activities of the
bees.
Since the beginning of the war
apiculture has assumed an ■ im
portant position. ’ Honey is a
sweetening agent which substi
tutes for sugar. Beeswax has 250
different uses in war industries.
. The busy bee does quite well
by the College, the state, and the
nation as a whole.
X-G-l Stages
Vets' Smoker
X-G-I Club will sponsor a
Smoker for- all former servicemen
and • club members at the State
College Hotel 7:30 p.m. September
A program followed 'by enter
tainment has been arranged.
Two committees were selected
at the organization’s meeting at
the American Legion Home, 7:30
p.m. Monday. William H. Renton
will head the publicity and ad
vertising committee, assisted ,by
Wesley Turek and Harold .T. Hein.
An article in the last issue of
Time reported that veterans’ -clubs
were formed at the Universities
of Southern ‘California. Texas,
Illinois, and California, -but they
have not been formally organized
with a charter and constitution, as
has the Penn State group. The
publicity committee will write to
these groups and try to communi
cate regularly - about their activi
ties and setup.
The social committee, consisting
cf Walter C. Kish, chairman, Rob
ert W. Whitall, and John Zoszak,
will plan a forthcoming dance. In
preparation for -a contemplated
corn roast, the committee will ex
amine the Legion park for a suit
able site. The American Legion
has granted the club the use of its
cabin and game room for -all en
tertainment.
Two ex-servicemen who attend
ed the first meeting but did not
sign the constitution were official
ly listed as charter members at the
last meeting. They are Harold J
Hein and Joseph W. Wilson. Eighth
semester president, Dale Bower,
and eighth semester secretary
treasurer, Ed Williams, joined the
club. A measure to hold meetings
on alternate Mondays and Tues
days was approved.
Designs for the club pin will
be submitted at the next meeting
at the American Legion Home 7:30
p m. Tuesday.
Maria Osmena, above, daughter
of Sergio Osmena, new. presi
dent of -the Philippines, will act
as her father’s official hostess
in,' Washington, entertaining
members of the Philippine em
bassy, State. Department secre*
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THE COLLEGIAN
Forum Appoints
6 Committees
72 Freshman Coeds
Volunteer for Dufies
To help carry out Freshman
Forum activities, six committees
were recently appointed by the
Forum’s executive committee.
Most of the committees’ members
are coeds who volunteered for that
type of work at the beginning of
the’ semester. Approximately 72
students are members of the
Forum this summer.
The membership committee,
whose job consists of placing
members in activities for which
they have stated a preference, has
Ethlyn Clark as its chairman and
Lavona Dewald as an advisor.
Members of the committee are:
Jean Brenner, Margaret Carlson,
Renabelie Grube, Joan Keller,
Kathryn Kesack, Nancy McHenry,
Jean Randall, Lou Ann Roche,
Lois Shelton, and Arlene Wester.
Worship committee chairman is
Ruth Auchenbach; advisor is Dor
othy Colyer; and members are
Ethlyn Clark, Mary Douglass, Rae
Emerick, Jeannette Garofano, Ria
Hanzlik, Sally Knapp, Grace Mc-
Millen, Margie • Rex, Lou Ann
Roche, Mary Jane Rudy, Phyllis
Schmelzle, and Carol Wilbur. This
committee plans’ the’ ‘devotional
part of the Forum programs, ar
ranges the setting, and -provides
special music in the form of the
Forum Choir.
Members of the service commit
tee, Carolyn Currier, chairman,
Barbara Reinkmeyer, advi s o r,
Jane Flory, Phyllis James, Norma
Lash, Peggy Linley, Betty Love
lass, Lois Meng, Betty Parke,
Sarah Sholley, Marjorie Stibbs,
Helen Weber, and Caroline Wilber,-
are planning to send boxes of
books to servicemen in prison
camps. Other duties of this com
mittee are to assist in office work
and to assist in social service and
community church projects.
Entertainment for parties and
meetings is planned by a joint
Forum and Men’s Council social
committee. Forum coeds on the
committee are Betsy Ross, chair
man, Bobbie Stocker, advisor,
Doris Artinger, Kay Badollet,
Trina Briocock, Jo Broberg, Bar
bara Green, Clara Jones, Amy Ka
liney, Rene Kuntzleman, Alice
Malarkey, Shirley Mathews, Peggy
MeKnight, Lois- Meng, Lee Mer
rill, Pat Morgan, Martha Probst,
Vix-ginia Piei'son, Margaret Reish
er, Prudy Stewart’, Gladys Stri
ker, Jean Thomas, Evelyn Tyger,
Marjorie Watson, Helen Weber,
and Gloria Wetzel.
The program committee, of
which Anne Dunaway is .chairman,
selects the topics of most interest
to the Forum indicated by the in
terest sheets, invites the speakers
or arranges for special meetings,
and sponsors a drama committee.
Members are Russella Adamitz,
Ann Baker, Carol Broberg, Marge
Dyer, Ruth Horrocks, Barbara
Pfahler, Marion Simone, and Sally
von Neida.
Publicity is handled by Jo Anne
Beaver, chairman; Katharine Ar
bogast, advisor; Margaret Cook,
Anita Geiger, Elizabeth Goodlin,
Ruth Horrocks, and Lois Meng.
The publicity committee notifies
Forum members of the meetings,
makes posters, and writes pub
licity articles.
Coeds Elect IWA Council
Independent coeds recently el
ected the following students to
represent them at IWA Council:
Margaret Cook, Maryann Gra
ham, Rita Grossman, Ruth Hor
rocks, Ruth Klenck, Sally Knapp,
Margaret Olson, Jean Fretter,
Betsy Ross, and Patricia Trester.
Members of Phi Kappa Psi fra
ternity recently pledged Joseph
Bird, Douglass Bruce, Verne Con
don, and Robert Foote, it was an
nounced today by Richard Schwab,
Dr. Herbert' Insley, who has
teen senior petrographer of the
United States Bureau of Standards
since ISJ22, was recently appointed
professor of petrography and head
of department of earth sciences.
Eastman Kodak Agent
interviews Seniors
Eastman Kodak Company rep
resentative, S. H. Nelson, will visit
campus today to interview eighth
semester students in the curriculas
of ' accounting, chemistry, engi
neering, general business, mathe
matics, secretarial science, and
statistics. Arrangements for inter
views should be made, at once, in
tb'e College Placement Service of
fice, 204 Old Main.
Seventh and eighth semester
students' in the School of Engi
neering will be interviewed by W.
G. Hxllen, Carrier Cprporation
representative, on September ' 14.
Those interested in appointments
should apply in 204. Old Main as
soon as possible.
PhiipfesfniJiaie
Philotes recently initiated the
following women: Nadia Lulka,
Ruth Yehner, Peggy Failing, Mar
ha Irvin, Mary Jo Crobaugh, Ann
Hazard, and Willa Deen Woodruff.
Kappa Alpha Theta held a corn
roast Saturday night. The soror
ity plans a cabin party for Sep
tember 9 and 10.
Members of Alpha Chi Omega
sorority were entertained at .a
tea by Miss Julia Brill, m,ember
of the faculty, at her home Tues
day. i. :
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1944
ASTP Personnel
To Total 329
Next Semester
During the coming semester
ASTP personnel stationed at the
College will total 329 men, an en
rollment increase of 40 oyer last
semester. This figure includes 125
who will enter in the
cdvapced phases and 76 reserv
ists. . .
Students in the advanced courses
of the program will work in either
the electrical or civil engineering
curriculum, according to Lt. Col.
Guy G. Mils, commanding officer
at the College. Those, in term five
of the pre-medical curriculum will
also continue here.
In line with the curtailment of
curricula, another officer, 2nd Lt.
Paul Klieger, has been transferred.
He will be stationed at Edgewater
Arsenal in Maryland.
Lt. Klieger was graduated from
the University of Wisconsin in
1939. He received a degree in civil
engineering. Prior to his enlist
ment in 1942 he was employed by
the Portland Cement Association
as an assistant engineer.
Entering the Army as an enlist
ed man, Lt. Klieger was selected
for Officers’ Candidate School. He
received his commission in May,
1£)43, and was assigned to the Col
lege in, July of that same year.
'Lt. Kliegpr was born in Mil
waukee. His permanent residence
is| in Chicago. Mrs. Klieger accom
panied him to Maryland.
Servicemen Recite
At Canteen Show
.Highlighting the Wednesday
evening program at the Church
Door Canteen, parsonage of St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Church, was
a by Marine Pvt. Alan
Richards entitled “WiUie." Pvt.
Bfll Bush contributed “Casey at
the- Bat.”
The Navy-Marine band, under
Gene Keller and his trumpet, fear
lured a jam session with Carroll
Marcino at the bass violin, Kobert
Stover at the drum, and Harold
Green at the pjano. Pete Johnson
again served as master of cere
monies. ■ ■ .
!A1 ‘ Gramlick, V-12, known as
“not-so-hot-tra,” gave his interpre
tation of Frank Sinatra.'