FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 19443
Gals Have Nothing on Martin;
Their Work Is Never Done
A historian's job is never . ended.
So it is with Dr. A. E. Martin, head of the department of
history at the College, who will retire on June 30, only to start
a new phase of his life's work.
Dr. Martin came to the College in 1915 as an instructor,
in history and in 1918 was named head of the department of
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history and political science.
Now he plans to "retire" to
TuCSon, Arizona, and do some
of the things that he hasn't been
able to do during his al years on
tile College faculty.
il-listorcal writings will be Dr.
Martin's main occupation. Among
other things, he plans to complete
a manuscript .on the ex-presidents
which will be.published under the
title, "After the White House." He
also will write a series of 7000±-
word biographies of prominent
Americans which will be publish
ed in the Social Studies Magazine
and later in. book form.
Writes 5 History Books
Historical writing, howeVer, is
nothing new for Dr. Martin. He
already has written five'books, in
cluding the college text, "History
of the United States," published in
two volumes. Recently he com
pleted revisions to each• of these
volumes, adding 80 pages to Vol
ume II to cover the period 1938 to
1946.
Another volume of 800 pages,
entitled "History • of- the United'
States," and written with Dr. A.
C. Bining of the University of
Pennsylvania, is in the hands of
the publishers. It will be used as
a high school textbook.
Dr. Martin also has plans for
entering the field of archaeology.
"While my interest in archaeol
ogy has been a hobby in the past,
I expect to make it an avocation, /
or, perhaps, a semi-profession in
the future," he. says. "This should
fuinish an excellent excuse to
travel."
Will Discontinue Hobby
One hobby that Dr. Martin will
discontinue is that of building his
priVate library. He now possesses
more than 3000 volumes and sev
eral unique collections of. original
papers and documents fn the gen
eral field of history. Among these
is a list of about 200 English and
American parchment deeds, leases,
and mortgages dating back to
1603. They in themselVes are a his-
American-German Review
Uses Buffington Article
Dr. Albert F, Buffington, -of the
department of Gerinan at the
College,. is author- of an 'article,
entitled, "Maidel wilscht du heir
athen—A Hybrid Poem"- which
appears in . the June issue of the
American-German Review.
In the item he reprints and
analyzes 12 of the 22 verses of an
old Pennsylvania German poem,
entitled, "Girl Do You Want To
Marry?" The poem was found
among old newspaper clippings
and the first verses are missing.
LOOK AHEAD
TO VACATION
You'll want to:l3e prepared for the sum
mer vacation days which are practically
there. Enjoy your vacation, and be comfort
able in a sport shirt from Hur's on those
hot sultry days.
If you're remaining on campus, you too
will want these shirts for campus and sport
wear. Pick out the ones you like from
Hues large selection.
You'll find them in yellow, blue, and tan
—in figures, solid colors, and in stripes.
Light weight—cool cottons—with short or
full sleeves. • Priced $3.25 - $5.25
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DR. ASA E. MARTIN
tory Of legal phraseology over a
period of more than 300 years. .
Dr. Martin also hopes to read
the European history he says he
has neglected in recent years. And
if time permits, he says he may
even develop an interest in the
movies or the comics.
"In Short," Dr. Martin says, "I
hope to spend the remainder of
my life doing the things I always
wanted to do, but lacked the time
to do. I might even sleep in occa
sionally, that is, until 7 or 7:30
o'clock!"
He received his doctor of philos
ophy, degree from Cornell Univer
sity in 1015.
Harold Wilson 'Receives
Ag School Appointment
Harold K. Wilson, professor of
ag,ronomy and head of
. fthe de
partment, has been appointed di : -
rector of resident instruction for
the School at Agriculture, Dean
Lyman E. Jackson announced to
day.
• Professor Wilson's arppoihtment
will be effective July 1. He will
continue as head of the agronomy
department.
Campus tenter tiub
. . . at its last meetbing of the
semester -Wednesday, discussed
plans for the Suannaer arild
Big sisters and brothers will be
assigned during lihe .Surramer Ses
sions to all transfer students who
will be on campus in the Flair.
114 E. COLLEGE AVENUE
Chapel
Yale Professor
Speaks Sunday
Dr. John C. Schroeder of Yale
University will speak on . "An Ar
gument with Jesus" at Chapel
services, Schwab Auditorium, 11
a.m. Anday. •
Dr , . Schroder was graduated
from the Union Theological Semi
nary, Columbia University, and
Howard University. He received
his D.iD. in 1933 from Bowdoin
University, and his LL.D. from
the University of Maine in 1934. •
Ordained in the Congregational
Church in 1901, Dr. Schroeder has
been Master of Calhoun College,
Yale University since 1942. He
served with the Red Cross in
France during the first World War.
Dr. Schroeder is the author of
two books: "The Task of Relig
ion," and "Modern Man and the
Cross."
English Study
Dairy, Ag School
Two Englishmen, conducting
investigation for the British Min
istry Of Agriculture, visited the
College's Agriculture Experiment
Station from Monday until yes
terday.
They were H. S. Hall and A.
Rowlands from the National In
stitute of Dairy Research of the
University of - Reading, Shinfield,
England. •
The main reason for their visit
to the College is to study cur
rent and experimental methods
in .dairying and agricultural en
gineering. Britain still labors un
der nearly as 'many food prob
lems as she had during the war,
they said, end much effort is be
ing s pent in the search -for more
efficient production and manu
facturing methods. -•
H. M. Duckham, agricultural
attache, of the British Embassy, -is
also visiting the Agriculture Ex
periment Station today.
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Sigma Pi
. . elected Welter E. Funk,
preiident at a recent meeting.
Other officers are Wilfred Biefey,
vice-president; George Golightly,
secretary; William Holenibach,
alumni secretary; Fred D. Cae : -
nese, 'treasurer; Fred W. Smith,
historian; Robert Day, house
manager; and George Stiftinger,
pledge trainer. George C. Fry
burg has been elected delegate to
the fraternity's national convo
cation at Asheville, North Caro
lina.
New pledges are Anthony
Duich, Robert Skipper, and
Glenn Wiest. : '
The College operates under
graduate centers at Altoona, Du-
Bois, Hazleton, and Pottsville.
THE COT ,T :MG lAN
Old Pictures Show
What This Town
Used To Be
(Livestock no longer roams over
muddy College avenue, and the
lences, gates and turnstiles that
kept pigs and cows out of the
lawns are gone from the main
thoroughfare of State College.
However, the days when. these
thtings were actuality rather than
history will be depicted by an ex
hibit_in the lobby of the College
Library. •
Old pictures, manuscripts, and
anementoes will be used to show
the progress of the College and of
the State College borough during
the administration of President
Atherton (1082-49 . 06). The exhibit
will be shown from next Wed
nesday until Jtuly 7.
Information for the exhibit was
taken in part from Dr: Dunaway's
manuscript of his forthcoming his
tory of the College and from rem
linisicencies .of, men , and. women
connected with the early College
and town.
The display is timed for the ap
proaching celebration of the 50th
anniversary of the borou l glii. It is
being shown by the stall'oT the
Penn State Room, where the li
brary is endeavoring to collect
miaterial of historic value to the
College.
Division To Present
Student Art Exhibit
The annual exhibit of student
art Work, sponsored by the di
vision of fine arts at the College,
will open in the Mineral Indus
tries 'Gallery at 2 p.m. Sunday
and continue through next week.
The exhibit is composed of
work done •during the past year
by students in drawing, painting,
design, and water color.
• The gallery will be open from
2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and
.9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. during the week.
Officers Names
. . . of every fraternity, soror
ity, honor society, Ag societies, or
other organized groups must be
handed in to Student Union desk
this week if they are to be in
cluded in the new 1946-47 Stu
dent Union Directory, George
Donovan, SU manager announced
today.
The State College Cirby Pan
hellenic Association gives an an-
Ital scholarship of approximately
$5O to a. woman student who has
show especial industry • and res
plonsibiliftor in self-support.
CORNER
Placement
insurance Firm
To Interview
Senior men will be interviewed
by Albert W. Bates of the Aetna
Casualty and Surety Company
on Tuesday. lie will talk to men
who will complete their, work
prior to Octdber 1 and successtfur
applicants will be employed on
a salary basis. There will be a
thorough period of training in
the field and home office.
Arrangements for interviews
should be made at the College
Placement Service, 204 Old Main,
as soon as possible.
The first public water suit:Vl:3'
syStem was instituted in Boston,
Mass., in 1052.
FINAL SUPPER GROUP
Saturday-6-8 P.M.
The Fireside Boom
STUDENT DEPARTMENT
SUNDAY-9:30 A.M
Westminster Foundation Sacra-
moot of the Lord's Supper,
Sunday-6:30 P.M
Westminster Hall
Senior Night—,Sunday, June p 3
6:20 P.M.
The Fireside Room
Final Meeting of Thursday
Malin Group
June 27111-7:00-8:00 A.M
Use these remaining opportuni-
ties for fellowship profitably'
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