TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1946 college To Offer Ed Course For Public School Teachers A Course in conservation education, the 9rst of its kind in Penn sylvania, will he offered to public school teachers at the 1946 Summer Sessions of the Pennsylvania State College: The coarse, known as the Pennsylvania Conservation Education Laboratory for Teachers, was established through the efforts of 15 State organizations interested in the conservation. Of natural resources. The first session will be - held from July 1 to 20 and the second ses sion from July '22 to AugUst 10 Teachers who enroll for the course will be taught conserva tion 'of forests, minerals, wildlife, and soils. Much of their time will be spent in actual visits to forests, game reserves, fisheries, and farms. Successful enrollees will be awarded three college credits for each three weeks session. Dr. lienry'Xonower, director of teacher education and certifica tion, state department of Public Instruction, and executive direc tor of the Advisory Committee, regards the newly-established laboratory as the first step in "a significant program that will ev entually influence instructional programs through the enlightened point of view which the teachers themselves•acquire. • "When teachers become fully aware of the• application of con-: servation principles to every phase of life," he adds, "then there is hope. that each , succeeding generation will learn of, its re sponsibility in, a positive, con structive program -for the preser vation of natural resources." The committee, of which MrS. Charles Runk, of Pittsburgh, is chairman, is cooperating Wth the College in providing consultants, instructional staff, and _ financial assistance. . Organizations .that" haVe co:- operated in establishing the 'course.. *are - the State. Depart ments of Publik Instruction, For ests and Waters,' Agriculture, and Mines, the State Planning Board, Carrie - Commission, and. Fish Commission. Others are t - h e Pennsylvania Federation of Wo men's Clubs,-"Pennsylvania C Fed i ' li ei on of SpOriknen Clubs, Izaak 4lton League, Conservation •until of Pennsylvania, Penn ..sylVtania RoadSidg..Counell,,-.Penn- SyMania * Conservation . - .Corp m it teV. !Carden Club Federation:pt 1 Peri sYlvania, (Friends of . the. Lail , ...PetinsylVania Parks Asso cialt). n, Audulbon SocietY;-Penn; Ne ' .Trailers Arriv.. .. • ~ 9i iiglel*Eipaiisibli% • !George. W. lilbert,,sup.erintentl anti., Ot grounds and buildingS,,_re ports that aline single and .14;ek 'pansillale trailers have arrived at the;_site aixxve Winderest. that the rerivaining twelrize trailers;--far , Windcrestr self haid been ;proinised. far- the , • end- otf , the .week , The play - yard. at the trailer Camp is nearing, completion, -the fence is finished and pl'ayground equip rent is under construction. Grading of the ground and Sow ing of grass seed .for lawn is al so in progress. However, work on the seiwen3 is held up because Strikes in the yards where the pipe• is made have held up the necessary material. For a Mother's Day Picture . visit The Penn State Photo Shop Modern Portraiture by Robert H. Breon, Jr. 214 East College Avenue titt. College Penna. sylvania Aoademy of Natural Science, Schuylkill River Valley Restoration Association, and Po cono Forestry Association. The United States Soil Conservation ,Service arid. Forestry Servi2e have offered 'consultative ser , vice. George S. Free, associate pro fessor of education at the Penn sylvania State College, is in charge of the laboratory. Agriculture Fraternity Observes Founder's Day The First Founder's Day cele bration since the spring of '43 took place at Alpha Gamma Rho April 7. Guest speakers were Or. L. E. Jackson, dean of the School of Agriculture; R. U. Blasingame, head of the agriculture engineer ing department; E. W. Callenbach, head •of the poultry department; and F. N. Fagan, professor of po mology. Alpha Gamma social fra teimity. whose members represent' a cross section of all the curricula in the School of Agriculture, has elected the following officers for the semester:' Joseph McCurdy, president; Samuel Haines, .vice president; Kenneth Stayer, secre tary; Fred' Kretzef, treasurer: Henry Wenger, chaplain; James Garrahan, usher; Franklin. Camp bell, reporter; Prof. Harold Mc- Colloch of agriculture extension, adviser. Newlyn activated memberS as of -March at are F. Rudolph Bran . - naka; Franklin .Ca.mpbell, J. Aus tin Fides, James Freyermuth, James Garrahan, Donald Lederer, Dale .Mumiford, Elmer ;MUsser, Roy Snyder, Kenneth Stayer, Joseph; Thurston. 2 Fraternities Release Semester "Pledge Lists Pledge lists have been released by ;both Delta Upsilon and Kappa Delta Rho. Officers elected for 'this semester by Kappa Delta Rho are Donald Boston, presi dent; William . Calvert; vite-,pres 7 " ,ident; and Louis IVletpriniek, se cretary. • • ,; . Pledged by Delp. Übsilon. , .are. Victor Barton, Donald Clark Ito-: , b'ert Day,' 'Paul GrOve,Robert' . Hughes,' Robert Kimball, James' Kisskadden, Walter:. Klinikowski, Lyle Koenig,' Edward Kriska-. vage, Theodore Lat.Fevre, Law-. rence- IVICGrael, 'James •McisTelles', - Arch. Miller, .John • Mink, - John Olewien, 'Edward Roberts, Eri, ward Stashak; John Starch, Friti Troutman, Robert Weatherby, John. Wills; and Robert Zeisen- Mem. Prosegetive members of Kappa Delta Rho are: -William Brown, Briner, Bernard Oldsey, David Rollison, - Thomas Sloan, and. Carl Sturges. THE COT TYGIAN SU Convention Attended By Two From State The University of Minnesota played host to 125 delegates from 52 colleges and universities at tending the first post war con vention of the Association of Col lege Unions last week on. the Minnesota campus. Approximate ly half were student represents tiVes. • George L. Donovan, manager of the Student Union office, and Lawrence G. Foster, representing the student body, atl,ended the three day conference as dele gates from. Penn State. The erec tion of a Student Union building at the College has been proposed and was met with favorable corn-I ment by the undergraduates and College officials. The convention was held / in the Minnesota Memorial IJ n ion. which was erected in 1940 and,is recognized as one of the nation's finest Union buildings. The nu-, merOus conferences and dis Cuss-; ion , grouPs considered 'the' ma-; jor prOblerns. of today's Student. Union building. Special attention was also' given to the problems of the school that is about to plan a new Union. • A number of the discussions were lirriited to student delegates who aired the problems of car rying on popular forms of recrea tion in the Union bililding. At most colleges, the students plan the program of activities. Bucknell Mn'a Joins Sociology Department Prof. George E. 'Simpson, head of the, , sociblogi department, School of Liberal Arts, has an nouned the addition of Frederick B. Parker to the sociology faculty as alsistant professor. Professor Parker comes to Penn State from Bucknell Uni versity, where he taught sociolo gy - for the past eight *years. For two years prior to that he was on the staff of St. Lawrence Uni versity. A • native of northern New York State, Professor P4k.- er took his undergradUate work at Cornell University 'and did graduate work at 'the University of North Carolina. " All Agstudents . . . will ibe excused .from class es at -4:110 today to tattend the School of Agriculture Convoca tion in Schwab Auditorium. Dean Lyman E.: jackson will. speak for the first time..to the •atUdents en - masse of the Ag School. Students' enTollecl given:detual training,:iii . use of the compass: They '!are detailed to special readings that carry them half sway around the camous.. ScAV GtA s ‘ o , oc 4ct 05 fr 03E 01 vdv vullUv foooor Hove You Any Old Clothes? They' Are Needed in Europe If you think you've had hard luck, consider the case of Professor Dr. G. Minderhoud, of Wageningen, Holland. . . "During the war my house, burnt down; we lost our furniture, clothes,and household goods. But after the war we were helped by friends and relativeS. W 6 found another house and managed to gatli 'hs However, last week during the er all we wanted for the next mont absence of my wife and myself, burglars broke into my house and I stole almost all our clothes and shoes except what we were wear ing that night." So writes the Dutch professor. Through the work of a com mittee of the National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C., a plan has-been devised to aid "the needy scientists of Europe. They have been asked to write to the committee, listing specific items of clothing that they need. The letter from Dr. Minder-. houd was one of thousands re ceived. It was forwarded to Miss Rose Cologne, of the Central Ex- Advertising Fik)norary Initiates Ten Students Alpha Delta Sigma, Tnen's pro fessional advertising honorary. held formal initiation ceremonies Sunday •at the Sigma Alpha Epsi lon house. The following men were initiated: ' , C. G. Cloud, Leonard Litvin, Ernst Harboe, Charles McClelland, John •W. Poster, Carl Colombo, Robert M. Wills, Gordon - B. Smith, Fred. Fuhrman, and John A. Sad den., The fraternity has been inactive since early in 1943, • and was re organized in March of this year under the guidance of Professor Donald W. Davis, faculty advisor, and Curtis Stone. returned under graduate member. Officers will be elected, at a cr meetin to be held Wednesday : April 2 b 4, at 7:30 p.m. in 113 Car negie Hall. Hasek Holds Classes On Economic Issues Dr. Carl W. Hasek„bead of the department of economics, has been conducting classes on eco nomic. issues 'for. the Bell Tele phone Company of Pennsylvania, since last semester. ,These classes were lin the form of lectures on. economic is sues of importance to the corn- Rany, and were held hi Phila delphia, Harriaiburg, and Pitts burgh. PAGE FIVE tension Office at the College, anal is one of several that have been allotted to State College people, Dr. Minderhoud and his wilt need' size 16 1 / 2 shirts; men'F. shoes, size 91k; women's shcies size 5 1 / 2 ; and a woman's mackin tosh and a summer frock size or 40, for Mrs. Minderhoud; who is 54 years of age and 5 feet,: inches tall. Other items of clothing needed to Till requests are a raincoat' for a man 6 beet tall; under Wear dud night clothes Cor a woman who wears s ize 38;, and. size. 38• UnateT•-• wear tfor three boys, ages 18 to 20. Clothing may be taken tolVliss Elizaibeth Z. Farrow, PSCiA. offiao. Old Main; or to Mrs. Rirthll-1. Ricker, Dean of Men's °face, Old Main: • • .e- - Honor i 1 11 '4l OA, • e firaternities . • Chubs _ . • Societies Honor your members who gave their lives in World War II by dedicating to 'them a . . . Beautiful BRONZE MEMORIAL . PLAQUE WM. H. WHITEHILL 100 FRAZER ST. State College Phone 4076 PAT BRENNAN Student Representative
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