TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1946
College Accepts
Research Grant
A $3;000 grant to the College
for development of a non-infec
tive poliomyelitis vaccine has
been approved by the National
Foundation for _.lnfantile Paraly
sis, it was announced jointly to
day by Foundation President Basil
O'Connor and Dr. Ralph D. Het
zel, president of the College.
The research project will be
supervised by D. W. McKinstry,
Ph.D.,
assistant professor in the
department of bacteriology. The
work will be devoted to studying
the possibilities of ' preparing a
safe and efficient poliomyelitis
virus vaccine-from standard ro
dent-adapted strains.
The grant is one of 29 totaling
$1,527,700 recently approved by
the Foundation, and brings to
$11,071,962.34 the total apprdpri
ated for reset-wall and education
in the field of poliomyelitis, since
founding of the organization by
the late Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1938. Folio , research and educa
eon, like the actual treatment of
polio patients, are supported by
the March of Dimes.
ME Department Head
Retires To Enjoy Life
After 22 Years
• "I just want to sit back and do
only the things I want to do,
spend my summers at Thousand
Islands, winters in State College,
and enjoy life with my seven
grand children," said Profess&
Harold Everett, retiring head of
the mechanical engineering de
partment.
Professor Everett has been at
Penp. State for 22 years. His un
tiring, efforts and mechanical
skill can , hardly be measured in
terms of service, but rather it can
be represented in the-thousands
of mechanical engineers who have
graduated froth. the College in. the
past two decades.
Graduating from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology• in 1902,
Professor Everett became an as
associate professor of engineering
at the Institute. Thirteen years
later he went to Anapolis. Follow
ing a two year period of extensive
study, Mr. Everett became a pro
fessor of Marine Engineering..
- In 1919 the professor left the
Naval Academy to work for the
Union 'Ship Building Company in
Baltimore. Decline in ship build
ing •activities following the first
World War led Mr. Everett to ac
cept a position on the faculty-at
the -College as an associate pro
fessor of mechanical engineering.
Four years later he became a pro
fessor of thermo-dynamics. In
1931 he was chosen as head of
the mechanical engineering de
partment.
Mr. Everett is the author of
numerous papers on engineering
'subjects and of the. book, Therm
odynamics, published in 1937. He
is a member of the Society of
Naval Architects and Marine En
gineers, the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, Sigma Xi,
Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau, and
Pi Tau Sigma.
Don -Newbury
. . 1041 graduate of the Col
lege, and former lacrosse player,
plans 'to promote the "Indian
game" in Texas Where lie is now
employed.
Frear Classifies
Chemical Compounds
Dr.
Development of a classification system for chemical compounds
that May eventually be used by all large research organizations in in
stitutions, industry, and chemical warfare is the achievement of Dr.
Donald E. H. Frear, professor of agricultural and biological chemistry
at the College.
Doctor Frear initiated his punch card filing system five years ago
When he began the job . of inves
tigating and classifying chemical
compounds being used as insecti
cides. He has classified over 10,000
compounds to date, and since sev
eral copies of each card must be
made, the completed file now con
tains some 40,000 punch cards.
Except for files kept by several
large mlanufacturers of insecti
cides, this classification represents
the only extensive work in this
fleki to be found in any institution
in the United States, according to
Doctor Frear.
Survey Contains DDT Report
A valuable contribution made by
the• survey is a comprehensive re
port on DDT. The research and
demonstrations' conducted upon
this remarkable insecticide, the
subject of over 1000 articles, both
scientific and popular, reveal both
further uses and limitations of
DDT.
Contrary to popular notion, DDT
is not a new chemical. It was first
prepared by a man named Zeidler,
who worked at the University of
Strasbourg in Ger Many in 1874,
some 72 years ago. However, it is
true that • the remarkable insect
killing ppwer of DDT was not no
ticed until 1936 when a Swiss
chemist tested its against clothes
moths. War led to its , further de
velopment in this country.
Doctor Frear is conducting this
survey as a research project for
the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. He has been aided by mem
bers of the Botany, Entomology,
and Zoology Staff, as well as by
those in the department of agri
-cultural and biological chemistry.
He also works in conjunction with
the National Research Council at
Washington, D. C.
Invesligptes 2000 References
,During the five years Doctor
Frear has been working on this
project, he has 'investigated 'over
200 references in locating the 10,-
4)00 insecticides he has already
Home Ec and Ag School
Plan Beaver Field Picnic
Students and faculty of the
School of Agriculture-and the de
partment of home economies at
the College will hold a picnic
Saturday on New Beaver Field at
2 p. m. • The prognain will begin
with a 'ball game, Dean Lyman E.
Jackson, of the School of Agricul
ture, umpiring.
Following the ball game, con
tests and other games will be
held in the horticulture woods,
east . of. New Beaver Field. In
cluded on the program are volley
ball, tug of war, hog calling,
barnyard golf, rolling pin throw
ing, group singing, and guessing
games.
Highlight of the picnic will be
a pig ban'oecue to be served at
5:30 p. 7n.
• .. .
Leo Houck
•
. . . Lion boxing coach, wil.
conduct a. series of boxing clin
i.cs next winter for high Schoo
coaches and officials.
THE COLLEGIAN
classified according to chemical
structure and toxicity.
Some results of this survey, in
cluding the report on DDT, have
been published recently in a
pamphlet entitled "Science. for the
Farmer," prepared by the Agricul
tural Experiment Station. A two
volume report on the survey to
date will be published soon by
Doctor Frear.
'Workers in the survey, besides
Freer, are Leslie E. Dills, profes
sor of economic entomology; Har
old J. Miller, professor of plant
pathology; and Miss Frances M.
Sunday, a technician in the depart
ment of agricultural and biological
chemistry. • '
Ag Society
Reactivates
Inactive since 1943, the College
student branch of the American
Society of Agricultural. Engineers
reorganized last week with a be
ginning membership of 25.
Harold Wakefield was elected
president to s erve for the remain
der of this semester and for the
Fall semester. Aiding him will
be Burton Horne, vice-president;
Joseph McCurdy, secretary
treasurei•; and Robert Crist,
scribe.
Edward Frey .and Burton
Horne were elected as represen
tatives to Ag Student Council.
William F.. Ackerman, professor
of agricultural engineering, is the
faculty adviser.
Thursday the club will make
an all-day field trip through
southern Pennsylvania. Students
will inspect the recently,comffilet
ed pciviter plant of the Pennsylva
nia Edison Co. at Williamsburg,
and the Hertzler and Zook ma
chinery factory at Belleville. •
All agricultural engineering
students will be excused from
classes on that day.
Notice Veterans
All veteran students who Cip not
plan to return for the summer
session are asked to fill out an In
terruption Form before leaving
school this semester. Arrange
ments have 'been made' for veter
ans to take care Of this matter in
the First Floor Lounge of Old
Main on June 20th or veterans may
call at any time at. 108 Old Main
before June 20th.
Campus Closeups
. . . will feature the members
of Alpha Omicron Pi, winners of
the Panhellenic Sing, over WMAJ
at 6:45 p. m. Thursday. Students
are invited to attend the• broad- State College is 1,220 feet
cast„ which will originate in above sea level and has a popu-
Schwab Auditorium. ration of approximately 6,400.
The
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Automotive Engineers
Hear Neyhart Talk
On Truck Operation
Driver selection and training
is essential to safety and economy
in commercial motor fleet opera
tion, Prof. Amos E. Neyhart, ad
ministrative head of the College
Institute of Public Safety, told the
summer meeting of the Society of
Automotive Engineers at French
Lick, Indiana, yesterday.
Professor Neyhart suggested
that the basic training generally
employed for airlines pilots be
adapted to the land vehicle field.
"Effective operation and main
tenance of trucks has become big
business," Professor Neyhart said.
"Fleet operators have discovered
that thousand s of dollars can be
saved through effective driver
selection and training. Moreover,
if restrictive legislation which
'would affect truck and bus oper
ations is to be avoided, the in
dustry itself must utilize to the
utmost extent proved methods
which will result in accident-free
operation."
Among the "tools of selection"
listed by Professor Neyhart as
helpful.
are
. finding satisfactory
drivers are job analysis, intelli
gence tests, physical tests, per
sonality inventories, and psycho
physical tests for. driver limita
tions.
No More
Forgetful
Professors
The age of the absent-minded
professor is over, says George
Donovan at Student Union desk.
As an example to prove that the
students at the College are more
forgetful than their professors,
Mr. Donovan points to the dozens
of students who come to the desk
during the day, looking for lost
articles. He estimates that at least
30 wander in every class hour.
As further evidence that pro
fessors aren't as absent minded as
their students, he refers to Low
ell Thomas, Boake Carter,. and
Time . magazine who have printed
artieles about Penn Staters ratio
of student forgetfulness.
For every professor on campus,
Mr. Donovan said, there are six
students. Yet every article which
a professor has lost, there are 50
which students have overlooked.
Operating the only lost and
found service on campus, Student
Union reports that during the last
19 months, 2,489 articles valued
at $8,814.64 were returned to their
proper owners. Among these ar
ticles were some 900 books, 129
fountain pens, 330 notebooks, 93
coats, 89 pairs of glasses, 77 slide
rules, 156 pocketbooks, 20 rings,
29 watches, 98 hats, 95 raincoats,
37 umbrellas, 63 keycases. 57
scarves, 144 pairs of• gloves, 7 brief
cases, 3 cameras, 3 pairs of shoes,
1 hunting license, 1 tennis racket,
and 1 typerwriter. One article
recognizable as a professor's was
a pair of spats.
Take your glasses off your
forehead, prof! You're only kid
ding. •
PAGE FIVE
Students--
Blissful Days
Are Coming !
Collegian is going daily! Next
fall all you :faithful followers of
the "Dark and Bitter Look", you
who never miss a name in "Old
Mania" and you who only read
the sports page will be picking up
your Collegian at the , Student
Union desk four times a week.
Shortages of men, money and
materials during the war forced
Collegian to restrict publication.
to only one issue, and later two
issues, a week, but with the re
turn of the Gl's and increased
financial support the paper is
ready and willing to return to
it's pre-war state.
This year, 1946 marks the 42nd
year of publication of the Colle
gian. Forerunner of the Collegian
was the "Free Lance" published
32 years after the founding of
the college. The first issue of the
"Free Lance" appeared in April
but when an issue dated April
appeared the last day in May the
staff shook their heads and re
tired.
And so, as the story goes on
September 30, 1904 the Collegian
was born. At first the 'paper was
known as the State Collegian but
as the years went by the name
was changed to the Penn State
Collegian.
During the last war women
really came into their own on the
good, old sheet. 'Out of the seven
editors from '1940-44 five were
women.
Time .. . next fall, Piace . .
Student Union desk . . . what
. . . DAILY COLLEGIAN.
Pure-Bred Heifer Sale
Brings $14,212 at Auction
Sale of 55 purefbred Aberdeen-
Angus heifer s brought $14,212.50
at the auction held in the Beef
Cattle Barn .at the College on.
Saturday afternoon. The corws
brought an average price of $258.
Prominent at the show 'wag
Samuel Laub, a junior in the de
partment of • animal husbandry,
who auctioneered the 55 animals.
Only one heifer brought less tha.n.
$2OO dollars, while two .were
sold for $405 apiece.
About 400 people from various
parts of the state attended the
show, spons.ored by the Pennsyl
vania Aberdeen-Angus Breeders
Association.
• The main campus covers 235
acres while the College owns a
total of nearly 2,800 acres.
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