The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, March 21, 1947, Image 8

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Faculty ews
Dr. Eric A. Walker, director of
the Ordnande Research Labora
lory and head of the department
of electrical engineering; Dr. A..
11. Waynick, profssor of engineer
ing research; and David Van Me
ter and R. V. Higdon. assistant
professors of electrical engineer
ing, attended the national conven
tion of the Institute of Radio En
gineers in New York.
, Capt. Robert Dußois Workman,
district chaplain for the Third Na
val District and a member of the
class of 1.901 at the . College. will
soon terminate his active status.
I-Teadquarters of the Third Naval
District announced.
1 3 ..cidresses Meeting
'Margaret E. Riegel. associate
professor of home economics edu
cation at the College, addressed
a meeting of home economics
teachers in Williamsport.
Dr. Bruce V. Moore, head of the
department of psychology, ad
dressed the Central Area ' Sub-
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Con
ference for bhp 'Education of Ex
ceptional Children at a recent
meeting. At the .same time Dr.
Eugene T. MdDonald, director of
the speech and hearing clinic at
the College, was named secretary
treasurer.
Also Addresses
Dr. Hazel Hatcher, professor of
home economies education, ad
dressed home economics students
and guests of Carnegie Institute
of Technology. Seton Hill College,
and Mount Mercy College at
Carnegie Tech.
Dr. W. A. Weyl, director of glass
,cience, addressed the physics di
vision of Brown University in
)?rovidence, Rhode Island.
Child Study
Dr. Winona L. Morgan, Della
J. Avery, and Jane A. Boyle, all
of the department of home eco
nomics, attended the annual meet
ing of the Child Study .Associa
tion in New York.
Dr. Donald E. H. Frear, pro
essor of agriculture and biolog
cal chemistry, has been named
Get T 's at
nly our Wee' s
To The Biggest Weekend of the Year!
Inter-Fraternity Ball -- Spring Houseparty •
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
9 o.m. - 1 a.m. ....$4 per couple
Thespians Spring Show
Baseball,W.Virginia vs Penn State
Look Maga±ine Says:
Boyd Rueburn's Orchestra
editor of a new reference text to
.e published by the D. Van Nos
irard Company of New York.
Authors
Members of the faculty who
will have chapters in th e nsiw .
Publication are 'Dr. Robert V.
Boucher, Dr. N. B. Guerrant, Dr.
VI. W. Lisse and Dr. Russell C.
Willer, all of the department of
agricultural and biological chem
istry.
Dr. F. J. Doan, of the depart
ment of Dairy Husbandry; 'Dr. J.
W. White and Dr. C. 0. Jeffries,
of the department of agronomy;
Dr. H. W. Pop of the depart
ment of botany and Dr. J. T. Sill-
Ivan of th e U. S. Regional Pas
ture Research Laboratory at the
, ollege have also made contribu
tions.
Agronomy Research
Dr. S. M. Raleigh has been ad
ded to the agronomy research
staff, according to . Dr. 'H. K. Wil
son, head of the agronomy depart
ment and vice dean of the School
of Agriculture. Dr. Raleigh comes
to the 'College from the Univer
sity of Maine.
Lyman E. Jackson, Dean of the
School of Agriculture, Dr. W. L.
Henning, professor of animal hus
bandry, W. B. 'Connell. extension
livestock specialist, and Dr. Ken
neth Hood, extension specialist in
agricultural economics, were
speakers at. the 65th annual meet
ing of the Tri-Stat c , Sheep •and
Wool Growers' Associatioo at
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania..
Williams Speaks
Dr. Clarence 0. Williams, di
rector of the Placement Service
of the School of Education, ad
dressed a meeting of the Ameri
can Association of School Admin
istrators at Atlantic City.
Walter "B. Nissley, who was ex
tension vegetable specialist at the
College for 28 years, retired on
March 1. 'Mr. Nissley graduated
from the College in 1910. His suc
cessor is Joseph H. Boyd.'
Psychology Conference
Faculty members. attending a
"Varsity Sweetheart"
TIM DAILY COLLEGIAN'. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
psychology conference at the Un
iversity of Pittsburgh were Dr.
B. V. Moore, head of the depart
ment of psychology; Dr. W. M.
Lepley, Dr. L. P. Guest. Dr. W.
U. Snyder, Mrs. 'Martha Fry, and
Mr. Dean Clyde.
Dr. Ralph 'Dorn Hetzel, presi-,
dent of the College, and James
Milholland r. 4: 'Pittsburgh address
ed the Penn State Alumni Club
of Philadelphia.
Seven members of th e staff of
the Ordinance Research Labora
tory at the College are authors of
paperq •appearing in the January
issue of The Journal of the Acou
stical Society of America.
The authors are R. E. Musser
and A. W. Nolle, assistant pro
fessors of engineering research;
Paul Ebaugh, 'Leon Camp. Lay
mon N. Miller, and Paul M. Ken
dig. .all associate professors of
engineering research; and J. .R.
Reitz. research assistant.
Prof to Editor
Dr. H. K. Sdhilling, associate
Professor of physics at the Col
lege, was named an associate ed
itor of the American Journal of
Physics.
Dr. Marsh W. White, professor
of physics at the College, was
elected national vice-president of
the Association of College 'Honor
Societies. 'Dr. White represented
Sigma Pi Sigma, physics honor
society, for which he was execu
tive secretary since JOU.
Faculty Luncheon Club
Dr. C. R. Carpenter, professor
of psychology, has been named
chairman of the Steering Commit
Semi-Formal
DID YOU FORGET....
SOMEONE'S ANNIVERSARY or BIRTHDAY ?
Send Flowers, they're always, in style
BILL MULLEN, Florist
SO. ALLEN ST.
is the "hest Bed For 1947"
Hip-Dools, Raincoats
Order of the Day;
Spring is here
Gung ho,, all you lovers 'of n 2.-
ture! It's time to put on those
hip-(boots and wade out into
n.uddy byways to enjoy the firSt
whispers of spring.
To all you veterans of State
Colleige springs, it is needless to
remind you to take your um
brella, wear your raincoat and
Eny other rain repelling apparel
you possess. There is no guaran
tee it will rain but if it doesn't
you're not in the vicinity of State
College.
In full attire, the nature lover
struggles aimlessly through the
mud. Perhaps he chooses the duck
pond route via the cow barns or
he may be the more timid soul
who ventures only to enter paths
of Hort woods. Regardless of the
direction. 211 seek the same ulti
mate end.
To those who spend their hours
`is classes, the library, or the
"Corner" this goal is beyond defi-
tee for the Faculty Luncheon Club
at the College.
Other faculty members who
will serve on the committee dur
ing the period April to June ao
are R. W. McComb, associate li
brarian; W. R. Young, supervisor
of 'correspondence courses in Cen
tral Extension; Dr. Helen IR. Le-
Baron, assistant director of home
economics; and Abbie Cromer.
curator, Penn State Room, Col
lege Library.
SATURDAY; APRIIILI.9.-',
Houseparty Dances
Thespians Spring Show
Baseball,W.Virginia vs Penn State
Lacross, Loyola vs Penn State
"Varsity Sweetheart"
FRIDAY, MAR 211, 1947
nition, for they haye never ex
perienced the thrill of seeing a
pussywillaw putt i rug Its head
through its (brown covering, a
busy robin eagerly preparing for
a large family, or a rushing
stream swollen by winter snow
and, ah yes, min.
These people shake their heads
and wonder at• those fools who
put on ,their muddy boots and
trudge happily down the country
lane.
A. M. LOWDER
SECRETARIAL
SERVICE
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