FRIDAY, MAIRCH 15. 1946 Alum Aids Reconstruction Of Yen Ching University A graduate of the College, in terned for four years by the Jap anese, is* playing a major role in the reconstruction of Yen Ching University at Peiping, China. He is Sam M. Dean, a native of Mt. Carmel, who in 1912 received his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, then, 26 years later, returned to the Col lege to receive a bachelor, of science degree in architectural engineering. . For his work during the 1937- 38 term, he was cited for outr standing scholarship. Dean, who worked his way through four years of college by rolling Penn ' State “stogies,” tending babies, and doing other odd jobs, first went to China in 1914 as a Presbyterian mission ary. Prior to the war, he served as principal of the Institute of En gineering Practice, which was associated with the . Presbyterian Building Bureau for China. In that capacity he trained many en gineers and architects and was largely responsible for the design and construction of hundreds ol buildings in all parts of China. Dean also was on the, staff of Yen Ching University Engineer ing College until the Japanese invaded Peking and interned him. Although aware of the imminent danger of internment, Dean re fused to leave Yen Ching. On November 18, 1940, he wrote: : “Our' American consuls sent us four letters telling Americans they ought to leave these shores and that ships were-being sent to take us away. A good many hundreds of Americans are leav ing China. Something less than 200 left Peking on Thursday last. Personally, I am teaching so many hours a week at Yen' .Ching University and our Institute (35 hours total at present) that I am kept too busy to talk or hear or worry about rumors. I can hot alter matters one jot by thinking...about.,.them, -so I had best do- my work the best I' can and if we can pass, O.K. If we are stopped, then we do the next .best thing.” - - After returning to Yen Ching last "fall, Dean was assigned to the job of working with repre sentatives of the North China In dustries to restore the school. In a letter to Dean H. P. Hammond, of the School of Engineering, he tells how the invading Japanese seized Yen' Ching. “The Japanese did not like Yen Ching University. They messed it up considerably,” Dean wrote. Block and Bridle Plans Exhibition of Livestock • Drawling for tanimials for 'tlhe “Liittle Initer.naitional,” . livestock exhibition -to toe sponsored' toy the •Block and Biddle Club on 'Aipril IS, will toe conducted at the. meeting of the elulb in 206 lAigrieuttural building at 7 pm. Monday. The student . will prepare to show amid fit the ■ animal that he draws .at this time for the Spring exhibition. . Lawrence C. M&diison, professor of' animal husbandry, will speak ait ithis. meeting on ithe subject, ‘.‘Pitting and Showing Hogs.”; FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS FLOWERS BY WIRE Bill McMullen FLORIST 135 S. Allen Phone 2431 SALLY’ In a letter to Rev. Donald W. Carruthers, rector of the Presby terian Church, he wrote. “Since the Japanese used Yen Ching as a hospital, much of the damage done was due to Japan ese ignorance rather than to planned sabotage, though all scientific apparatus and most furpiture was gone. “We found pipes and radiators burst by freezing. The sewage system was clogged and aband oned. The power plant was a mess. None of the' machines or boilers had been kept up and some of the largest and best had been removed.” But Dean also wrote, of other; troubles they face in the re-open ing of Yen Ching. “Professors and staff salaries ire so low they will not even buy i month’s food. Friends have sent in coal, and grain was found m the campus, so salaries are be :ng paid partly in coal and grain Eor those who are not mission representatives.” Dean, who suffered with amoe bic dysentry as a result of his Internment, plans to come to the United States this summer. He wants to visit the College again. “Four years as a prison camp clumber has shut me off from all knowledge of modern engin eering’s huge advances,” he wrote. “I plan to come to America next Spring and spend a year in assimilating data and working out the needed engineering col lege plant and equipment. It is riEltural that 'I should think tof Penn State-as a sort of . center from which I can work; from whose staff I can get advice and perhaps introductions* to; the men I should meet on other cam puses.”. Plant Expert joins Ag Staff J. O. Dutt recently joined the staff of the Agricultural Exten sion Service of the-College as the new vegetable specialist. Mr. Dutt majored in horticulture as a mem ber of the class of 1939. A native of Northumberland county, the specialist spent two years following his graduation as assistant extension specialist on horticulture at the University of Nebraska, and then took graduate work in vegetables and plant breeding at the University of Minnesota. , He had a total of 43 months ser vice in the Army’s Ordnance De partment, entering as a private and being discharged as a first lieutenant. He spent 30 months overseas, much of that time in Ha waii at an ordnance depot. While a student at Penn State, Dutt spent his summer vacations working as a fruit and vegetable inspector under the co-operative project of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the. Pennsyl vania Bureau ,of Markets, gaining valuable experience in grading and standards of quality vege tables. THE COLLEGIAN Frank Schneider * * IFC President Accepts Job Frank Schneider, recent presi dent of the Inter-Fraternity Council, has left the College to accept the position of field secre tary for Tau Kappa 'Epsilon, na tional social fraternity. Schneid er was president of Tau Kappa Epsilon’s Pi chapter at the Col lege during the fall semester. He was graduated from the Liberal Arts School in the sum mer of 1945 with a B.A. degree in Commerce and Finance, but resumed his undergraduate status when he returned as a sixth se mester student in Industrial En gineering. Schneider was active in campus activities including Lion’s Paw, Parrni Nous, and All-College Cabinet. During the war he serv ed as a lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. High! 'Classes to Begin In Typing/ Shorthand Beginner’s courses in short hand and in typing will be offer ed on the campus by Central Extension starting on March 19. Each course will cover 32 hours of work. Classes in typing will be held from 7 to 8:30 p. m. in 9 Sparks on Tuesday and Thursday. Classes in shorthand will meet in 3 Sparks from 8:30 to 10 p. m. on the same nights. Anyone desiring to enroll in the courses may register at 201 Cen tral Extension Building during the day or between 7 and 8 p. m. on March 13 and 14. Registra tion fee for each course will be $l4, and texts for the shorthand courses will cost about $3.90 and for the typing course, $1.90. Courses in advanced typing and advanced shorthand may be of fered at a later date, if sufficient requests for courses of this type are received. X-G-l Information Veterans iwho have entered school this semester are request ed to report immediately to the Veteran’s Administration. This is necessary to receive the subsis tance checks each month. Nominations for burgess and cuuncil members (for Windcrest weve held last evening. The vot ing will take place next week. The Dean of Men’s office re ports that 'lOO3 veterans were ad mitted for the spring semester. This exceeds the originally in tended figure by more than 200. This wias made possible by the cooperation of the fraternities and tihe townspeople with the housing problem. IMr. Galbraith’s office reports w.- . , . - . 1 - WARNER BROTHERS CATHAUM tUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS-HERF Today ~ Sat. - Monday LOUISE'ESMOND'BUCiNAN jjj| sma it mu mat ,HX min-iiauiiiemmui /mvttspiisl arnnioK- prawbium J? imartnimaswiCTi | PAGE ELEVEN that many of the expected trail ers did not arrive. Many of the men are living in temporary quarters without their families until the trailers arrive.
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