PAGE SIX Neuberger And His Gadget Forsee Warm , By GLORIA NERENBERG “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody ever does anything about it.”—Mark Twain. Although he has no control ov er State College temperature and precipitation, Hans Neuberger, as sociate professor lof {?oephys(cs at the College, has devised a method of learning these condi tions ahead of time. With the aid of his self-invented recorder he •has prepared a foreshadowing of climatic aspects for the coming six months. . According to his estimate this •winter will be warmer and drier than normal. Odds for the fore shadowing coming true are rather low, only two to one, stated Professor Neuberger. Calcula tions are based on what occurred during past winters following summers with the same tempera ture and precipitation character istics as were observed this sum mer. Professor Neuberger spent sev eral months perfecting the ma chine which he uses as one of the Ibasis for his calculations. The automatic arm of this machine each day records whether the temperature and precipitation' for that day are normal, above or below normal. That the winter temperature will toe higher than normal this year may be verified toy the fact that 19 winters following sum mers similar to the past one had high temperatures while only 16 were nprmal and 12 below nor mal. Warm weather is expected during the Fall season because Pall temperature has been 32 times excessive, 25 times normal, and 15 times subnormal. Snowfall for the coming winter will again toe below normal as was the case last year. Professor Neuberger’s estimate of last year’s snowfall proved almost correct. He judged that State College would have about 38 inches of snow which is 6 inches below the normalcy level of 44 inches tout only 30.26 inches fell. This fig ure was chosen as the norm after 58 years of observation toy the College’s weather observatory. This year the level of snowflakes is supposed to reach about 37 in ches according to present atmos pheric conditions. Professor Neuberger has had amazing success with his fore casts and foreshadowings. Early last Spring he predicted the amount of rain he expected would fall in June. At the end of the month he discovered that 1.2 in ches more had fallen than he had estimated. On checking his rec ords he discovered that more than 2 inches had fallen during the first few hours of June 1. Since the calendar is an arbitrary way of keeping records, Professor Neuberger said that his calcula tions were just a little short. For October 4 eo P h ;y si - cist ! SENIORS ORDER NAME CARDS NOW for graduation 100 processed $1.50 100 engraved $1.95 Nittany Printing - Publishing Co. 119 S. Frazier St. Dial 4868 BOWLING LET'S BOWL! Where the Centre County Champions Bowl! EIGHT NEW BRUNSWICK ALLEYS and EQUIPMENT State Bowling Center McAllister Street 1 Dry Winter expects a normal precipitation of 2.8 inches and a temperature of 52 to 54 degrees which is slightly above normal. November prom ises to be a warm dry month with but 2 inches of rainfall and temperature readings above 41 degrees. December is the only month showing signs of being colder than usual, between 27 and 29 degrees. Precipitation for that month should be normal with 2.3 inches. According to calculations, January should toe warm and dry with scarcely 2 inches of rain and thermometer reading of 28 to 31 degrees. February will be no wet ter than usual, just 2.5 inches of precipitation tout it will toe very warm with -the temperature rang ing from 29 to 31 degrees* **l Sociologist Attempts To Solve Riddle Of Immigrants' Problems In Hew Book By BENNETT FAIRORTH A Chinese girl wearing a kimona of bright flowers turns the corner of Main street, U.S.A., and passers by gaze and frown. An old Italian in his European costume hobbles down the street of any American city, and children stare at the “funny looking man” and giggle. Although this Chinese or Italian belongs to cultural or ethnic groups with distinct customs and habits, they still want to fit snugly into the American pattern of life and become accepted citizens. Yet upstanding American people ridi cule and discriminate against these foreigners. How can Americans learn to un derstand these people who are still in the process of adopting chew ing gum, baseball, and jazz? How can third and fourth generation Americans learn to accept these differences in dress, speech, and food and still strive for a united, healthy society? Prof. Simon Marcson of the de partment of sociology is now fin ishing a book entitled “Peoples of the United States,” which investi gates cultural groups within our society and attempts to solve the riddle of adjustment of these groups to their new environment. Irishmen, Poles, and other Euro pean peoples who migrated to America during this century to feed the expanding factory system passed through typical stages of action and reaction, according to the sociology professor. All immigrants at one time or another were met by opposition from the Ku Klux Klan, the ‘No- Nothings, and* more recently the Coughlinite organizations. News Dr. Benjamin L. Alexander 137 WEST BEAVER AVENUE. STATE COLLEGE. PA. Hours 9 to 5. Evenings By Appointment Phone 4875 JUST ARRIVED! BEAUTIFUL EVENING GOWNS CHARLES SHOP 104 S. ALLEN STREET V THB COLLEGIAN Gappy's Cigarette Puzzles Freshmen “Is it alive?” are the first words gasped when anyone sees Gappy, a cigarette nonchalantly hanging out of his mouth, standing on freshman Mae Kunkle’s desk in her room in Women’s Building. Gappy happens to.be a slightly undernourished green heron with a quiet disposition. Perhaps one of the reasons he’ is the strong silent type is because poor Gappy has been dead several years. He. was sent to Mae by her father who collects stuffed birds. Gappy is a handsome fellow. He has a long beak, speckled breast, a slender neck and a green head and back. Miss Kunkle states that he is a lovely "companion, cigarettes being his only vice.' papers in their attacks on the im migrant did not distinguish be tween Greek, Yugoslav, or Nor wegian. To strengthen their forces and preserve their native identities, Japanese, Italians, and other new comers banded together into na tionality communities such as Lit tle Sicily .in Chicago and Little Tokio on the West Coast. The Italian developed his own institutions here such as spaghetti and macaroni restaurants, and his own Catholic churches.- The Japanese educated their children after public school hours by teach ing them Japanese history, lan guage, and mythology. “The United States is in the pro cess of .becoming a cohesive people but I doubt if we will ever become one people with all cultural differ ences eliminated,” said Professor Marcson. “Instead of cultural distinction disappearing in a common melting pot, clusters are formed around cultural and religious loyalties, as revealed by present day statistics on intermarriage.” Education has only begun to point the way to common under standing, according to the Penn State instructor. Some colleges and high schools in large cities have instituted regular trips to cultural areas, such as Little Sicily, Little Poland, Little Spain, and the Ghetto. Students visit restaurants, festi vals, art and music centers, churches, and newspaper .plants. In New York City experimental projects have been developed, for Negro and white school children to work on art or woodwork projects Optometrist Decimated ROTC Exists, Overshadowed By Past By ESTELLE SIMON Tramp, tramp, tramp, the.boys were marching—up hill, down dale, on campus, off campus— in the days when men of the Penn. State Reserve Officers’ Training Corps numbered 2,500. Today the Corps, a shadow of its former Corpulent self, includes about 300 men. Senator Morrill, who fathered the Land Grant Act, provided that military training • be a ■ part of the curricula of those colleges established undre that law. Sweat ing students who may have cursed the late Congressman resounding ly when they drilled on campus probably blessed him when they together in order to learn how to get along with each other. American Council of Race Rela tions, backed by the Roseriwald and Marshall Field Foundations, are developing educational pror grams for improving relations be tween all ethnic groups. U. S. Office of Education has co operated with the Bureau of Inter cultural Education by sponsoring a Sunday series of broadcasts call ed “Americans All” which pointed out the contributions of immigrant groups to American civilization. Future diplomats in preparing for their foreign posts can learn about various nationality groups right'here at home, suggests Pro fessor Marcson. A college curricu lum in foreign diplomatic service could well offer courses that would include practical work among Hungarian, Russian, or French communities, concluded the soci ology professor. During this war when all groups were fighting a. common enemy, differences in most instances were erased. Men and women of these nationality groups worked in the factories and bled on the; battle fields. When peace is declared the American must not forget the for eigners’ contributions, must not play up their differences when jobs are at stake. ~sddd ‘fjouch to Ijjour (jtjrt Give an artistically posed, handsomely framed photograph • ; A picture of yourself will live through thb years and ... 1 ; Qniff &an Cjlve Jh! PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ’ 29; 1944 ; encountered live shot and enemy tactics. But neither the blame nor the praise can go completely. to the old gentleman. In 1920 Congress passed the National Defense Act which, established the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at land grant and other colleges. It pro vided for. military training direct ed. towards supplying competent officers.' •: In the prewar .period training was divided' into two phases: ba sic and' advanced. Basic was re quired' while, advanced' was high ly selective and ' limited : enroll ment. The exigencies-of war have caused discontinuation of the ad vanced program. ' In 1D42 37 West Pointers en tered this corps. In that same year 42" graduates of the College qualified; for it. The largest num ber of men in the advanced phase has been 300 which makes 42 well over the percentage' repre sented by West Point.- " ;• Prior to 1943 the Reserve Of iicers’ Training corps was divided into three units. Students were classified according to the schools in which they were registered. " Those in the ‘Schools of .Miner (Continued onstage eight) day. j-;- World Wide Communion Sun day, October 1, 10:45 a. m,l Morning Service Presbyterian Church. Join with other Chris tians in this world-wide bond of Christian Fellowship. - Westminster Fellowship 6:2|D 7 p. m. Sunday. j[ • “Friday At Four." Enjoy u CU|r of tea with-a bit of friendly, fellowship. \i;Y Thursday. Matins 7:00 a.- m. The twenty-seventh meeting; of the: early morning breakfast group' about the fireplace. YV . Closing Communion Service.for;, the Westminster Foundation/: Sunday, October 15, Westmin ster’Hall 6:30-7:30. p. m: - i;.. Fill the Remaining Days of this Semester with Fellowship That You Will Remember.' V.'i; NOW ISI Memo Photo E. CQLtBGEf.AVENUE THE TIME! vt -'ii.t, 1
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