FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945 Prof. Gerhardt Predicts Gradual Housing Changes There will be no housing mir acles in the immediate postwar period, according to Royal M. Gerhardt, who believes changes in building styles will be evolu tionary rather than revolutionary. Gerhardt, who is profesor of architectural engineering and as sistant dean of the School of En gineering, is convinced, moreover, that there will be resistance to de partures from conventional type houses. "Architects," he argued, "will be slow to make radical changes in house designs and materials, and contractors will hesitate to bid on revolutionary designs until they know more about untried materials and the labor costs of installation." Dealers in building materials, he added, will be reluctant to stock new materials and gadgets, and banks and loan associations will be conservative about lend ing money on 'untested novelties in residential properties. "Home owners," he opines, "don't need to worry about their houses becoming outmoded not for awhile, at least." Blue LaVie Cards Due All seniors who haye blue La Vie cards should turn them in to Student Union as soon as possible. Favorite State Fight Songs Composed by Musical Alums . "Every college has a legend passed on from yeat to year," wrote James A, Leyden, 'l4, of the stately Nittany Lion. Joseph Saun ders, 'l5, and Fred Lewis Pattee, professor emeritus of American literature, have also had a hand in writing Penn State songs. _ Leyden, a Beta Theta Pi, found time,for Druids, Parmi Nous, track team, Thespians, Choir, 'Glee Club, Quartet, YMCA Cabinet, class sec retaryship, and Mechanical Engi neering Society while .he was a mechanical engineering student at the College. These are some of the reasons why the 1914 "LaVie" de scribed Leyden's trend as being "deviated towards the aesthetic and the athletic channels, rather than towards the sea of studious ness." This composer of the "Nit tany Lion" and "Victory" songs used to sing to the tune of his mandolin in the old track house where he lived. • 'Presents 'Nittany Lion' One Friday in the early 20's, Leyden, in town for an Alumni Weekend, presented a lyric and melody to Bandmaster Thompson. Thompson played the melody on his trumpet, liked it, and gave it to Hummel Fishburn to provide the harmony. That night saw the birth of "The Nittany Lion" when Jimmy Leyden sang his song at a pre-football mass meeting. • While an undergraduate, Ley den wrote the "Victory Song." just sat down one day and picked it out on the piano or his pet man dolin. Today,,Leyden is Ne w York Sales Manager for Hampden Glazed Paper Company and lives in Pleasantville, N. Y. The com Complee Fountain Service Peßo Quality Ice Cream KAYE'S Peßo Dairy Store 118 West Nittany Avenue STORE HOURS: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Daily and 'Sundays Olive Drab to Navy By A/S Jack Reid If you had fought through the First World War in the olive drab of the Army, could you have pic tured yourself twenty-five years later fighting another war in the blue of the Navy? Probably not, but Lt. Comdr. Trusdell Wisner, skipper of the College V-12 unit, has, done just that. Back in 1915 Commander Wis ner was a private first class in the First Field Artillery of the New York National Gua r d. Throughout 1916 his unit served on- the Mexican border. Then in the early part of the next year his enlistment ran out., When war came in April of 1917 the commander reenlisted in the First Battalion Signal Corps of his old regiment. Later this designa tion was changed to 102nd Field Signal Corps, 27t7h Division. For one year his unit served in Northern France and Belgium. During this period 'Commander Wisner (then first class sergeant, a rank no longer in effect) fought through four major battles. At the end of this time he was commis sioned, second lieutenant in the Signal Corps, 27th Division. tive service. Between wars the commander worked for the Chrysler Corpora tion. At the outbreak of the Sec ond World War he was merchan poser is a member of the Univer sity Glee Club, a social and music organization of college men which backs college glee club contests and donates musical instruments where it sees fit. This Penn State grad directs the Hambone Quartet which specializes in old college songs. Three of Leyden's children are . graduates of the College: Don, !41, was an engineering student and played in Blue Band; Jim Jr., '42, was a music education student, played in Blue Band, sang in the Glee Club and Quartet, and com posed for Thespians; Harriet, '45, was a home economics student and member of Kappa 'Kappa Gamma. Norman Leyden, oldest son • of Jimmy Leyden, graduated in mu sic from Yale and is now com poser and arranger for the Army. 'Fight On State' Joseph Saunders, better known as "Oof," wrote the challenging "Fight on State." Saunders, Beta Sigma Rho, hailed from Atlantic City and was famous as the orig inator of the statement that the popularity of Atlantic City is due to the nearness of the ocean. This 1915 chemistry graduate was spok en of as a "vaudevillian of the deepest style." Today Saunders is living in At lantic City where he has an auto mobile agency. Music is his hobby and 'he has written several school songs, the best, of which is "Fight on State." ',Professor Pattee presented the words now used in the (Alma Mater. The former literature pro fesSor is living in Florida and lec turing at Rollins College. THE COLLEGIAN dising manager of the service di to the College. Here in June of 1944 he assumed the duties of LL Comdr. Trusdell Wisner commanding officer. Since then the ship• of the unit has steered vision. The day after Pearl Harbor he applied for a commission in the Dr. Knudson Discusses 'Vitamin DV At Meeting Dr. Alfred Knudson will speak on "Vitamin D" at the 131st meet ing of the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Chemical Society in 119 New Physics, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. The speech will include •discus sion of the most recent discoveries about the chemistry of• vitamin D, the amount of ultra-violet irradia tion needed to form a unit of the vitamin, and investigations of the fate of vitamin D in the animal body. Dr. Knudson is associated with Union University as professor of biochemistry, head of the depart ment of biochemistry, and associ ate dean of the Albany Medical College. His, principle researches, carried out . at Albany Medical college, Harvard university, and Cambridge University, have been on rickets, the metabolism'.: of chloesterol, effects on animals of exposure to high frequency :radi-; tion, formation of vitamin D by' irradiation with different light sources, and the fate of vitamin D in the tissues of animals. ou Caw -Get It At 1' P. ' ) d zg k 1* s Penn Stale I Shin's- Hats - Pennants Shop • tetzger s f Blue Navy. By February he was a lieutenant, going through recruit ing school at Norfolk. There he was selected for college recruit ing. After training was completed, he was ordered to Washington where he worked on promotion for the V-1 and V-7 programs. I•n April 1942, the commander was appointed assistant recruiting inspector in the Ninth Naval Dis trict. Here he had charge of the development of college procure ment. As part of hiS duties he ad dressed group meetings at various colleges and served on the naval selection board. May of 1943 found Commander Wisner at Ohio-Wesleyan Univer sity, organizing a V-12 unit. Ten months later he was promoted to his present rank and transferred a steady and successful course under his command. With the coming establishment of a Naval ROTC unit at the Col lege, Commander Wisner expects to be relieved by an officer of the regular Navy. And, although he is eligible for point release, the commander has applied for reten tion in the service and overseas duty. Commander Wisner has ex pressed a desire to some day make his permanent home in State College. Pr r otessor Measures V-J Day Noise Power How much noise did State Col lege stir up the night th e Jap anese surrendered? Plenty, you'll say. But a scientist who measured the level of the downtown noise as it carried to the quiet environs of E. Foster avenue and Pine street three-quarters of a mile away, puts it another way. "The noise level," says Walter H. Pielemeirer, professor of phys ics, "was about 70 decibels." That's ten times as loud as ordinary indoor conversation, which is about 60 decibels, ac cording to Professor .Pielemeirer. "That meant," he said, "that to carry on a conversation above the noise it required about ten times the V-J noise power, or 80 dec ibels." A Corp**Exptesion:'..ll.l.iown and on,Campits TENNIS , RACKETS--- BALLS PRESSES Tefilli,S.;.Rackets. Restrung and Repaired Short Sleeve Sorts Shirts OFFICE SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS Fountain Pens 772 E. College Avenue PENN STATE:CLASS ,! MS L. C. aiILFOUR COMPANY LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE Stationery PAGE THREE Art Awards Presented For Student Paintings Several awards were presented, through the courtesy of Keeler';; Book store, in the two summer session art shows in water color and oil painting which were held at the College recently. Marilyn V. Schutte won a book prize in the water color course conducted by Prof. Andrew W. Case. First honorable mention went to Mary E. Crist, and Louisa Crawford received second hon orable mention. A special award was presented to Helen Hildebrand for the high quality of her work over a num ber of summers in the oil paint ing exhibition of students under the direction of Hobson Pittman. In addition, mentions were given to the following: first mention, a book prize, to M. Josephine Paul; second mention, also a book, to Arthur S. Carpenter; third men tion to Mrs. Edna Woodcock; and fourth mention to Palma Wake field. Professors Eleanor Willis anki James B. Helme were the jury of awards for the water color show. For the oil painting ex hibition Professor Helme and Dr. Harold E. Dickson served (.s jury of award. Dr. Dutcher To Study Food Problems In Europe Dr. R. Adams Dutcher, head oE the department of agricultural and biological chemistry at the College, left Sunday for Washing ton, D. C., to report for ove.r.t . seaLi duty with the Technical Indus trial Intelligence Committee oe. the Foreign Economic Administra tion and the Office of the Quar-. termaster General of the U. S. Army. Dr. Dutcher will investigate food problems in Northwestern Europe and expects to return to his duties at the College in l'o-• vember. During his absence, Dr. M. W. Lisse will serve as actin head of the department. Certifitates for LD's Lower division certificates Sot fifth semester students in educa tion and. phychology may now Ix procured in 106 Burrowes build ing, it was announced today.
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