FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1946
LMOC
Baseball Proves First Love
For 'Rapid Robert' Gahrett
• It's spring, and in spring a young man's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts, of baseball. Baseball, the All-American
game. More people spend their summer Sundays throwing
peanuts at the umpire than throwing yawns at the preacher.
And baseball is one of the major sports here at the College.
One of therising.satelites on Joe Bedenk's baseball squad
is Bob Gahrett. Bob has been pitching on the squad for batt
ing practice all semester and took over the mound for the
first time in the Lafayette game for two and• two-thirds inn
ings.
Called Rapid Robert
'A tall, rangy blonde, Bob tea
singly says that he is called Rapid
Robert by the baseball team, be
cause of his fast ball. He was on
the frosh. ball team in the spring
of '42, but the army cut his ball
playing career short. •
Bob came back from the army
this semester to finish college. He
wanted to go out for the baseball
team again, but 'was a 'little a
fraid. His right-arm had been.
wounded in Germany and he wa
worried that it might not stand up
under the strain. But so far,
everything seems to be turning
out all right.
"By .the way," Bob says, "You
don't have to mention that I'm an
ex-GI. Most of the fellows up here
are, and it's nothing spectacular.
And don't quote me."
Baseball Is First Love
Bob came to State in 1941 from
Lewistown. He went out , for both
baseball, and soccer in his fresh
man year, but insists that base
ball is his first love.
"Baseball has always been my
favbrite 'game. I love it, and . I
need the exercise. In fact, I guess
I love all sports; I played on the
football; baseball, basketball and
soccer teams in high school." •
But Bob isn't entirely a muscle
man. He is in a tough course,
:Chernical_Engippering. He claims
that he's not too bright, but since
he is a Druid, he. must have some
thing on the ball. Yet Bob is a
modest sort of a guy; he is one
batman who is seldom seen para
ding in his little black hat. He is
a member of Alpha Chi Rho, and
is vice preside.nt of the fraternity.
He claims - that, this is nothing to
ladasf:abOut, since there are only
six undergraduate members of the
fret, all of them. officers.
• Last but not least, Bob was
asked how he could play baseball,
and still wear glasses.
"Why, I don't know," Bob laugh_
ed, more than a little surprised.
",`l've been wearing glasses to
games for years, and I've never
broken a pair yet. Maybe it's just
luck, but I bet I'd have more
trouble and more accidents try
ing to play without them."
M.as_querettes Announce
Membership Requirement
Any coed who has participated
in two Thespian shows is eligible
for membership in the Masquer
ette club which is currently be
•revived.
The club's new officers Will be
elected at a meeting in Schwab
Auditorium on Sunday at 7- p.m.
All Members. of Musquerettes.who
have- not been contacted, along
with those coeds who wish to join
-anti requested -to 1)7.431ve IthelY
names and addresses at the Stud
ent :Union.
KISS
AND
TELL•
your Mothers' Day treat
by Penn State Players'
SCHWAB 'AitiL MAY Lc, I I-4:00 'P.M.
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By LOIS MARKS
Baseball Satellite
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All Colleges
Face Similar
Vet Problems
Veteran adjustment to college
life and housing prdblems are the
main. issues confronting the vet- .
erans and the housing admini. 7
strators on the campuses of• the
country, said Daniel DeMarino,
assistant Dean of Men.
recently . returned from the
Dean of Men's convention at
Purdue University, Mr. DeMa
rino reported that the problems
Of the returned soldier are al
most the same all over the coun
try. However, he said that the
biggest problem is the housing
of married veterans.
At Purdue, the College is build
ing cottages for the married stu
dents. At Michigan, .the facili
ties of the Willow Run bomber
plant are being utilized. At 11l-
inois, the . men are living in the
barracks at Chanute Field.
Reporting on the veteran or
ganizations in this country, the
delegate ' said that the. Amer- .
inn Veterans Committee has 125
posts in the United States, and 115
posts overseas. It has a member
ship of 3.0,000 , men•, all from
this war. The -American Veter
ans have a membership of 100,000
men, and the American Legion
has posts on 24. campuses. . •
Commenting on his trip, Mr.
DeMarino said that he considered
the trip extremely beneficial. It
brought him into contact with
men who are handling the" same
kind of problems •as he is.
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Robert Gahrett
THE COLLEGIAN
Do You Want Nylons?
Cowslip Dream Sue
Gives Them Away
Deciding that Cowslip Dream
Sue has no use for nylons, the
Dairy Science Club which is spon
soripg the annual dairy exposition . ,
has decided to give these-sheer
stockings to the winners in the
Coed Milking Contest, a feature of
the show which will be held in the
Stock Pavilion at 1 p.m. on May
11.
•It is not too late , for coeds to
enter this contest. Anyone is elig
ible, and novices may get a few
lessons in the fine art of milking
by going to the Dairy Barn where
they will •be presented with a CQW
—just to use; however.
Several more students are need
ed for the main showing and fit
ting contest in the Jersey, Guern
sey, and Ayrshire breeds. Appli
cants should apply to John Wilson,
show manager, or to the breed
managers.
To anyone who has ever had
the urge to judge a contest•—here
is his 'chance. Amateur judges are
needed to help judge dairy pro
ducts. Information may be ob
tained in :106 Dairy Building. The
judging will be held in 4 Dairy
Building at 2:20 . p.m. Tuesday.
Deans will issue - excuses to stu
dents helping in this event.
Penn State Club
To Hold Outing
Penn State Club members and
friends who wish to attend the
Ski Lodge outing on May 11 are
asked to sign uo in the Penh State
Club room, 312 Old Main, from 4
to 5 p.m. today and Monday, ac—
cording to Michael Horen, pies"-
dent. •
The Ski Lodge outing will be in
honor of. the club's new members.
The party will leave from the
Corner Room by bus at 3 pan. and
return at midnight. Between 3 p.
m. and midnight there will be
softball, volleyball, dancing, a
campfire, 'and other games.
A charge of $1.20 per couple is
being made to cover refresh
ments, the bus, and other ex
penses, and should be . paid when
signing up at the club room.
An initiation meeting of all new
members will be held at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday. From Monday to Wednes
day will be the actual initiation,
"the rough stuff," as described by
Horen, and at 7:30 p.m. Priday
the formal initieition. will take
place.
O. BALFOUR COMPANY
LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE
FRATERNITY JEWELRY
Experiment Station "Cans"
Warships As Preservation
Experiments in the canning and preserving of foods have
been underway for many years at the College, but "canning"
or preserving a warship is something else again.
For the past two years engineers at the Penn State En..
gineering Experiment Station have been playing a major role
in perfecting a method of storing warships.
For the work they've done, the Engineering Experiment
Station, under the direction of F. G. Hechier, recently wars
awarded the Navy's Certificat
operates as a department of
the School of Engineering un
der the supervision of Dean
Harry P. Hammond.
The Navy's plan for storing
more than 2000 inactive warships
is based on a dehumidifier, a ma
chine that will keep the humidity
of the air inside the ship below 35
per cent. This will prevent mois
ture and atmrspheric conditions
from causing corrosion, mold, or
mildew which would destroy vital
instruments and other parts or the
ship.
Simple Principle
The principle of the plan is very
simple . a s Everett R. McLaughlin,
assistant professor of engineering
research, who has worked with
Hechler on much of the testing,
explains it.
As the ship breathes due to
temperature and barometric
changes, humid air is drawn into
the ship' s space. The dehumidi
fier circulates the ship's air
through an absorbing ddsiccant
bed containing either silica gel or
activated alumina. This removes
a large part of the moisture vapor
and the dry air is returned to the
ship through the fire-main system.
To conduct the tests on the, de
humidification equ ipme nt, a
Climatometer,. cons t r u cted at
Penn State in cooperation with.the
Office of Production Research and
Development, War Production
Board, was used. In this heavily
insulated room, 3.0 x feet with
a 17-foot ceiling, various condi
tions of temperature, humidity,
and other, climatic phenomena
can be reproduced with great
exactness. Temperatures as high
as 135 degrees Fahrenheit or as
low as 60 degrees below zero Fah
renheit can be produced.
Man-Made Weather
It was in these various types of
man-made weather that extensive
tests on the dehumidifiers were
made, tests that brought about
Modifications which added muoh
to the , efficiency of .the units. •
"Under. normal conditions, the
dehumidifier will operate only
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e of Achievement. The station
about eight hours each day, most
ly at night when the breathing
ship inhales air," McLaughlin
said.
The dehumidifiers are made in
three sizes.. The small units art?
used for installation under cov-•
erings for mounts, guns and
searchlights and for use in isolat
ed compartm , mts. An intermedi
ate size is utilized on landing craft
and small vessels.
The larger units, which cost
about $.1500, are used in corn.
pariments of the larger ships. Six
of them will be used on. a largo
warship, . .
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