PAGE TWO 1 Navy V-72 News At the beginning of every se mester just when the trainees are wondering most whether those far-off commissions are ever to tie obtained, a group of new en signs come treking back to State and interest zooms. Among such officers, formerly trainees at Penn State, are Ted DeVeas and )3ill Wilson, both now going to the General Line Officer Training Center at Miami; Dave Doan, up for Officers' Underwater Demoli tion school at Fort Pierce, Flori da; Dick Nicholas of the Japan ese Language School at Stillwater, Oklahoma; Jack Cummings, of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania; and R. W. Nicholls of the USS Portland. Among the commissioned men who, have not returned are Jesse Hartman of the USS Wisconsin, and• Jim Quirk, houseleader of 13ks. 9 more than year ago, who is' on the destroyer Pritchett 'off Guam. 'Other enlisted men form erly trainees here are G. H. Ad anis, now a hospital corpsman at the San Diego Hospital School, and Jim Christie, now again a gunner's mate on an APD (de stroyer transport). Chuck John sOn, former assistant at Bks 9, has jUst been discharged from the navy with an M. D., while Bob Bulmer and Bob Wisherd have Massed their physicals at Annapo lig and are now full-fledged mid shipmen. Athletic specialist Bolin ltas been detached and transfer red from the unit to Shoemaker, California, where he probably • will be assigned to a ship. Doctor Taxman, formerly medical offi leer here, is serving in the same ?capacity at the recruiting station lat Columbia, S. C. With semester grades, out we find Bks 36 leading for the second straight time. Their 1.6 average made them pretty hard to' beat. Statistics are usually etoo dry to, put in newspapers, but• the following, have a point to them. The lower division civilian stu dents placed 60 of 840 on the dean's list, while the V-12ers placed 27'of 246 on the same hon or sheet. With 11 per cent of, the navy men hitting 2.5 or above and 7 per cent of the civilians do iqg. the same,, it would seem that the trainees are more than hold ing their own scholastically. . . . funior Red Cross Group Convenes At College The Junior Red Cross Conven tion has been meeting this week at the College. -Representatives are attending from Lebanon, Lancaster, York, Harrisfinirg,' and other Pennsyl vania cities. Topics under discus sion have been enrollment and organization, financial policies, lo cal service, /budget, and national children's fund. -The representatives have also discussed the service the Junior Red Cross can give through work ing with other agencies, and the aid it can be to local institutions. 'The convention, which opened Monday, will end Friday. Engineer. Staff Requests ftdditional Candidates Additional candidates are need ed to work on the staff of the Penn State Engineer. This an nouncement was today made by Dorothea Fischer, editor. Anybne in the Schools of En gineering or Mineral Industries or. in the curricula of chemical engineering' who is interested in wbrking'. for the Engineer are asked by Miss Fischer to report to 3 Armory at 7 p.m. Monday. There is an urgent need for pho i ograPliers and writers, added Miss Fischer. Members of the geography de partment at the College have con :4ructed a map which pictures the College as the center of the world. Technically, the map is known as El 11 "azimuthal equidistant projec tion." FRATERNITY JEWELRY L. G. BALFOUR State College Office In Athletic Store Bks. 26 was awarded its second drill citation at the unit review last Saturday. Nice going, gang. Trainee of the Week this issue is Joe Habeeb, a new man at State but not a new man to the Navy. Joe left Scranton Keystone Junior College more than two and one-half years ago to become a navy radioman. Assigned to the destroyer Norman Scott in task force 68, Joe was in on the cam paigns in the Marshalls, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, the Philippines, Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. He was also in on the carrier raids on Tokyo and Kyushu, his ship suffering near misses from sui cide planes off Kyushu. Joe ad mits his worst moments occurred when the Scott was hit by six 6- inchers off Tinian and suffered ninety casualities. Best of luck to a real veteran, Joe. Education Group Plans 5 Lectures Five lectures are planned by the Education Workshop for the coming week, according to Miss Mary Jane Wyland, professor of education and coordinator of the Workshop. "The Races of Mankind" will be the topic of Dr. Paul Brand enwein, head of the department of science, Forrest Hills High School, N. Y., when he addresses the public in 121 Sparks at 11 o'clock this morning. In his lec ture, Dr. Brander wein will dis cuss racial prejudices. Dr. Mildred Moody Eakin, pro fessor of religious education at Drew Theological Seminary, will speak on "Some Experiments in Toleration" in. 12,1 Sparks at 11 a. m. Monday. Dr. William H. Gray, chairman of the Committee on International Relations and professor of history at the Col lege, will give his idea of "Our Neighlbors to the South" in the Little Theatre at 11 a. m. Tues day. "Inter-racial Education in Our "Schools" will be discussed by Dr. Leslie Pinckney, president of the Cheyney Training School, Chey ney, Pa., in the Little Theatre at. 11 a. in. Thursday. T/5 Donald McCreary, head of the depart ment of education at the Morris Harvey College, West Virginia, will speak on "In-Service Work shops for Teachers" in 201 Zool ogy at 1.1 a. in. July 20. Psychologist Advocates Home Froni Vacations A respite from everyday rou tine will pay dividends in both physical and psychological recon ditioning, a College psychologist said today as he advocated brief vacations for America's home front army. "Workers who keep •their noses to the grindstone for a prolonged period," Dr. Bruce V. Moore ex plained, "frequently become irri table and jittery; lose perspec tive, and eventually become less efficient." In keeping with the exigencies of military production and the travel ban, Dr. Moore stressed that the "time out periods" which he advocates should be re garded strictly as wartime sub stitutes for traditional vacation ing. The important thing, he be lieves, is to break away from everyday work routine. Even after a few days spent on their own front porches, he pointed out, workers will return with re newed enthusiasm, zest, and ideas. Bees Are Busy Research apiarists at the Col lege estimate the average yearly production of honey in Pennsyl_ vania at approximately five mil lion pounds. THE COT .T Y.GIAN Placement Advice To Seniors Seniors, both seventh and eighth semester, should begin to plan on a job following graduation, accord ing• to George N. P. Leetch, place ment director. During the semes ter, interviewers from many types of organizations will visit the cam pus through the College Placement Service to talk with students grad uating in October and February. .Announcement of time and type of (background desired will be made through the Collegian each week and' will be posted on the Placement Bulletin Board next to. the Student Union in Old Main. The Bulletin Board will also be. used to announce opportunities, even though representatives do not visit the campus. Seventh semes ter, as well as eighth semester seniors are urged to schedule in terviews as many of the organiza tions send representatives only every other semester. The College Placement Service, 204 Old Main, as well as the Place ment Officer 'in each . School, is willing to assist students in mak ing contacts and presenting them selves for employment. Air Corps Donates 2 Army Planes To College The Army Air Forces has pre sented the department of aero nautical engineering with two Army trainer planes, an AT9 and an AT6, a cutaway .engine model, several airplane engines, and an assortment of "mock-ups" and miscellaneous engine parts to be used to• instruct students in aero nautical engineering. The first to arrive, an AT9 plane shipped from Rome, New York, and reassembled here, is now placed in an enclosure 'to the rear.of the mechanical engin eering laboratory. A cutaway engine and tilting stand model came from the Ci vilian Training School, Olmstead Field, Middletown. Dr. David J. Peery, head of the aeronautical engineering - department, ex plains, "A cutaway model is of far greater value than an ordi nary engine 'for purposes of study, since students .may see its functions and study them in ac tual operation." . . 'A' number of mock-ups have come from a discontinued Army Specialized Training School in Baltimore. Mock-ups are models in which' the function is' exact, but the appearance is simulated for.instructional purposes. An exploded view of a cylin der assembly, a display board of hydraulic cylinders with cutaway parts, and some obsolete parts of actual' airplanes are also in the collection. A 14-cylinder Wright "Cy clone" radial .type engine and a 12-cylinder 'Allison V-type wat er-cooled engine are now in the mechanical engineering labora tory. The College expects oth ers, so .that there will , be. a- com plete collection of all types of airplane engines. COLLEGE JEWELRY And RINGS al Craktree's Ten Coeds Plan Bicycle Trip To Williamsburg Saturday A group of ten coeds, with a love for the wide open spaces and some good exercise, will bicycle ;their way to Williamsburg this weekend. The girls, accompanied by fa culty adviser Miss Mildred Lucey, will leave State College on Sat urday at 10:30 a.m., pedal over country roads all day, and stay at the youth hostel in Williams burg Saturday night. On Sunday they'll bicycle back to the College: Sponsored by WRA, the re sponse to this first bicycle trip was so great that it had to be Ern ,ited. However, two more trips will be held this semester—one in August and another in September. Corresponding to the great pop ularity of bicycling at the ,Col lege, is the ever-growing love for pedal-pushing which has swept over the United States in the last few years. The American Youth ;Hostel. Inc.. with headquarters in North- G.l. Student Undaunted By War Raids, Blackouts True students can study any where—through blackouts, through Jap suicide plane raids, through all the persistent distractions of total war. John M. Q. was interested enough in a correspondence course in thermodynamics that he was taking from the College to pack his books and take them along to his destination. He had to do his lessons after dark in a battle area, for the day light. hours were spent in building camps, digging foxholes, and con struction. At night the Japs came over often enough to make black outs the rule, not the exception. Nothing was 'able to stop the studious G. I. In a letter to R. D. Fellows, his instructor for the course; he said: "Today we are ex •pecting a typhoon-=any minute now—and we have our tents dou ble staked on the 'corners. If we really get it, the only thing for us to do is lower the tent on all our belongings and hope there's some thing left. If I write for another textbook you will , know the worst has happened. I want to learn this course and I enjoy studying it. I'm just hoping you will 'be patient with me till things get a little bet ter here." Since 1898, a geology monument on the Penn State campus, con .structed of commercial building stones of the State, has been a cur iosity. to visitors and a longtime weathering test. Some stones are cracked and discolored, ' others good as new. Greeting Cards For . All Occasions -•- KEELE* of Course ! FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1945 field, Mass., has been in a large way responsible for the rising popularity of bicycle riding.• This non-profit organization has planned bicycling trips all over the United States and, for use in peace time, abroad. lts di rectors have. • located hostels - all• along the various routes. Atirthese comfortable places weary zbikers and hikers can eat and spend the night at an extremely - mciderate cost. Each year, hundreds of ,pebpie, young and old, take to the roads, using the facilities of the youth hostels; and riding or hiking, through New England, Canada, , the western states, the Carolina region, and over the many trails in Pennsylvania. Within the last few years; the hostdl movement has sprung • tip in this country because- of the dif ficulty of traveling by cars' and trains, In Holland, before, the war, bi cycling was so popular that spec. ial roads, exclusively for bike riders, were built along side of the regular highways. Judging by the response to this first hostel trip sponsored by WRik, it looks as though bicycling will be one of the big features Of College life, along with Corner-rooming, and political campaigning. Frosh Sit 'For 'Photographs (And Frosh Will Sit Again), Is it because they are the most photogenic class that has come to - Penn State? Are these men and women handsome enough to be worthy of retakes? What is it' that makes the new frosh on campus eligible for a second, pose before the flicker of the shutter? This is the first time in the five years of freshmen picture-taking. it seems• the photographer add.. dentally inserted the long film •Of freshman faces backwards in the' developer. Result: Present first se mester students must squirm for the birdie at registration next• se mester. Collegian Advertising Students interested in Col legian advertising are urged to meet in 81 Carnegie Hall, at 7:15 p.m. Monday. This meet ing will include both old and new candidates. Donald W. Davis, associate professor of journalism, will discuss the writing of adver tising, and accounts for the se mester will be distributed.
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