The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 15, 1946, Image 8

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    PAGE EIGHT
Jackson
As Keynote To Ag Progress
Dr. Lyman E. Jackson, dean of the School of Agriculture, stated
in an interview Wednesday, that through the closest cooperation ol
the Agricultural faculty, research staff, and student body, Penn State
can continue going forward in the field of agriculture.
He said that his first job i s to get thoroughly acquainted with the
resources, organization, and problems of Ag Hill.
' Dr. Jackson made his first public appearance Monday when he
greeted the Faculty Club at its
luncheon meeting in the State Col
lege Hotel. He was introduced by
J. Martin Fry, director of Agri
cultural and Home Economics ex
tension
DEAN IMPRESSED by COLLEGE
“I have been impressed very
much by Penn State, the recep
tion given me, and the physical
plant of Ag Hill,” Doan Jackson
said, “My biggest.problem in com
ing to the College was finding a
house. We were fortunate, how
ever, in obtaining one and getting
our furniture moved here.”
Dean and Mrs. Jackson will re
side at 1103 S. Garner street. They
have a son, Willman, 15, who is
attending State College High
School, and a daughter, Jo-IMarie,
10.
MOTORS FROM DAKOTA
In motoring to the College from
South Dakota where Dr. Jackson
was president of the South Da
kota State College of Agricultural
and Mechanical Aits, the Jack
sons came by way of Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and Indiana. They be
gan their trip February 1.
When asked about his special
interests, Dean Jackson, who in
novated a program of comprehen
sive student personnel and guid
ance at South Dakota, replied
that although 'he was first train
ed in agronomy, the growth and
maintenance of field crops, his
chief interest has always been in
the educational growth of his stu
dents.
Math Club 'Elects Hayes,
Klein at Final Meeting
The Math Club elected Jack
Hayes president and Vivian Klein
secretary-treasurer at its final
meeting of the semester on Tues
day evening. A party in the Hugh
Beaver 'Room, Old Maim, followed
the business meeting and was
highlighted by entertainment by
the club’s members.
The Pi Mu Epsilon award for
the best lectures presented to the
Math Club during the semester
was awarded to Jerry Berliner
and Jack Hayes.
Names Cooperation
Psi Chi
.... psychology honorary, at a
meeting held in room 204 Bor
roughs, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, ini
tiated the following: Dr. and Mrs.
William Snyder; Dr. Robert
Gagne; Ronald Mueller, voca
lional councellor in the Veteran’s
Administration; Mildred Kutner,
graduate student; and Peggy
Weaver, Marion Rembridge, and
Marjorie Trout, undergraduate
students.
Dead Line
.... for turning in to Student
Union the names of the officers
of all organized groups on cam
pus, including fraternities, sorori
ties, honorary societies, social
groups, and clubs, has been set
at Wednesday. The directory will
be furnished free to all organized
groups, and should be complete
to be most useful to all.
Druids and Friars
.... sophomore men’s horaor
aries, held a joint banquet recent
ly at the Allencrest Tearoom.
Arthur R. Warnock, dean of men
gave a short talk.
JACKSON
LYMAN E.
THE COLLEGIAN
Letters To Editor
Dear Editor
Last Sunday evening at Blairs
ville, a woman with baby in arms
boarded the Pittsburgh to State
College bus on which nearly
every seat was occupied by a
Penn State student, most of them
men. Although they had. chival
rously made room for a coed or
two earlier, they let this woman
stand.
True, she was older than they,
and married, and minus a front
tooth. But she was obviously a
woman of chai’acter and sweet
ness, and despecately in need of
a seat.
Few of the students were cal
lous, thoughtless 18 - year - old
freshmen. Most were the more
mature, husky, well-dressed, en
gineering type of ex-service man.
It was still early evening and
conversation was normally lively
with engineering and social talk,
before she boarded. But the bus
suddenly went quiet and the men
pretended to be asleep, peeking
up at her only when she was look
ing the other way. After ten
minutes, an older person in the
rear of the bus finally came to
her rescue, but only after the
students around her had fully in
dicated their intentions to stay
seated.
I could not help recalling a
conversation with a Chicago of
ficial of the meat packing indus
try, who said that many indus
trialists of his acquaintance had
told him they get their top qual
ity "engineers from> Penn State. No
wonder! They get plenty of rest,
and permit no interference with
single-minded pursuit of their
professional competence. The
deans and faculties should be
mighty proud of their young
worldbeaters.
Dear Miss Bell:
Thank you so very much for
so promptly publishing my letter
concerning the “March of Dimes.”
It was especially good of you to
give front page space.
I was sorry to hear that the
campus campaign was not more
successful and only hope that the
local need is mot' greater than the
available funds. All of '‘us polios”
send our appreciation for your
help.
Douglas Schultz
Nittany'Clique
.... will hold important
meeting on proposed merger in
10 Sparks, 6:30 p. m. Sunday.
Marriage Course Astounds
Visiting French Bachelor
Monsieur Andre Mandel, a 'Parisian on his first visit to State Col
lege. has a recent copy of an American magazine tucked away in his
“bagages.” He’s taking it back to Paris as proof that American boys
and girls have to be taught how to get married.
On the Liberty ship which brought M. Mandel to America, the
Frenchman told a fellow-passenger that he intended to visit his friend
Dr. Paul H. Schweitzer, profes
sor of engineering rerearch at the
College. The other traveler, an
American woman, replied, “You
shouldn’t go to State College to
see an engineering professor—you
should see Dr. Adams, the man
who teaches about love and mar
riage.”
BACHELOR MAKES OUT
The amazed Parisian then took
a look at the magazine which
contained an article by Dr. A
•dams and a test for marriage suc
cess in which a score of nine was
considered good, six fair, and be
low five hopeless, “And I,” de
clared M. Mandel, a confirmed
bachelor, “got ten out of ten!”
The French engineer is taking
his copy of the magazine back to
Pai-is with him, because he says
his countrymen would never be
lieve! him if he told them Ameri
cans needed a course in that sub
ject
M. Mandel, formerly vico-pre
sident of the Society of Automo
tive Engineers in France, is visit
ing the United States as a repre
sentative of the French govern
ment to study American meth
ods of production in his field. He
is hoping to return with ideas for
helping France get back on her
feet in the postwar years.
Dr. Schweitzer and M. Mandel
met in Paris ten years ago, at
which time the Parisian promised
his American friend he would vis
it him on his first trip to this
country. From their correspond
ence, M. Mandel had gotten the
impression that the College was
purely a technical and engineering
school. Therefore he was doubl*
surprised to hear about Dr. A
dams, and also to hear the reports
of Philadelphia friends about the
College’s School of Agriculture,
and about the. nearby fish hatch-
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FRiIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1946
eries, which interest him greatly.
The visiting Frenchman, who is
.enthusiastic about America, is
anxious to see some of State Col
lege’s social life.