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Reference Questions Cover
Multitude of Subjects
Do you want to know the height and weight; of Governor Dewey,
kV the rate of accidents in the cleaning and dyting industry? Or per
laps you're interested in tlhe type of baggage used in the 'l,slth centUry?
We:l, whatever it may be, just present your question to a member
0 .4 the staMf of the Reference deliartments in either the Central Library
or any of the Ibt 4 anich libraries. If ist cannot be answered immediately,
.2 diligent search will be made to
'ldeate the answer.
According to Miss Mildred A.
Allman, referenc e librarian,
f.)urces giving the answers to
, v,:ny of the more difficult ques
tions are not confined to the four
walls of the library.
USE OTHER SOURCES
"For instance," she said, "oc
caslonally we write to the
`Queries and Answers' column of
(he New York Times. "And," she
continued, "we are not adverse
1. dalling faculty specialists for
the answers to questions related
t..) work in their fields."
Since the beginning of this se
mester, there have been over2soo
ouestions 'asked of the reference
)ibrarians. This number also in
cludes those asked in the branch
libraries.
SUBJECTS VARY GREATLY
One student was concerned
with what age is best for mara
iir.on running. Anther inquired
ibout the costume of the soldier
A. the time cif Christ. And re
ce.ntly, someone asked the length
of the waiting period before a
nA:rrage can take place in Mas
:;achusetts. Incidentally it's five
days. These are merely samples
of the host of questions that pour
:in daily to the referenc e libra
rians.
Women Debaters, Rutgers
Vie At Penitentiary
The Rockview State Peniten_
tiary and its 700 ,prisoners Wed
nesday ' , night witnessed a debate
between sifirmative members of
the Colleg e Women's Debate
Team and a negative, squad from
Rutgers University.
LEGS ! LAUG
Varsit
M I Directory Lists
Data About Grads
Of the 1616 graduates of the
School of Mineral Industries at
the College, 615 of them still re
side in Pennsylvania.
This, as well as other data con
cerning alumni of the School, is
revealed in a directory of gradu
ates recently 'published.
The directory also reveals that
the graduates are employed in 39
states, the District of Columbia.
and in 49 .foreign countries.
More than a quarter of the
graduates are employed •by steel
companies in jolts ranging from
observers to 'company presidents.
Similarly. 10.8 per cent are work
ing for petroleum and natural gas
companies; 8.6 per cent for min
ing companies; and 5.8 per cent
for ceramic companies. '
Landscaping the setting for the
Lion Shrine caused the removal
of 15 oak and white pine trees.
TILE DAM COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
THESPIANS
The BIGGEST EVENT
Thurs.- Friday-Saturday
April 17th' 18th & 19th
TIC ETS ON SALE MON S AY
PRICES: THURSDAY -75 c -- FRIDAY & A
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GINNIE POWELL
Reaburn Features
Songstress Powell
Ginnie Powell, vocalist with
Boyd Reaburn and his orchestra,
met the leader while she was in
high school and he was attending
th e University of Chio:ago.
She sang with Realburn's small
band on weekends. Later Rea
burn went on tour and Ginnie
remained in Chicago to finish her
schooling before joining th e band.
During her senior year she was
offered a job with Charlie Bar..
net and later sang with Jerry
Wald and Gene Krupa—all the
tine with the understanding that
she would join Reaburn when he
was ready.
SE TIONAL SONGS!
SPRING MUSICAL REVUE
e,. Alk
t h (
.rt
(•• f the . BIG \/\'EEKEND
AT STUDENT UNION
Wehrli Talks
At Chapel
Dr. Allen G. Wehrli, professor
of Biblical history at the Eden
Theological Seminary in St.
Louis, Mo., will address Sunday
morning chapel goers on the topic
"Relating Inclination to ' 01:tliga
tion" in Schwab Auditorium.
Dr. iWehrli is a graduate of Reed
College in Portland, Oregon, and
of the Eden Theological Seminary.
He did post-graduate work at the
Divinity School of the University
.of Chicago, the Universities of
Halle and Berlin in Germany and
the Oriental Seminary of Johns
Hopkins Univensity in Baltimore.
Md.
A member of the• Nationa
Board of Christian Education o
the Evangelical and Reformat
Church for 20 years, Dr. Wehrl
has frequently served as a facult
Before Hitting Out for the
Tru-Blu Quartet at the
Paradise-.
Dig
A Command Performance
of
American Jazz
ON THE
TURNTABLE
STATION WMAJ
74.15# Toni
JOB FRAKES., Ms. C.
Book & Record Shop
Ali 3
Sta
FR9IDAY, APRIL 11, 1947
Men's Bridge Club Plans
Duplicate Tournanient
Clarke Wahl, president ctf the
Men's Bridge Olub, annotmced
yestevday that tentative plans for
duplicate bridge tournament
which will be open to all Penn
State men have been discussed biy
members of the Bridge Club.
Explaining that the club's ac
tivities will be restrieted to the
campus for the remainder of the
semester, Wahl ;urged all men in
terested in participating in, the
tourney to anect in 418 Old Main,
at 7:30. tonight.
'ember for sutmmer schools and
amps of various denominations.
FREE.FOR ALL '
The Atmosphere of
. Greenwich Village • . -
The Music of New Orleans
.. The Gaiety of Montmarte
AND •
• THERU-BLU
SEXTET
FRI. & SAT. NITES
—4:30 . on
COME EARLY
PARADISE .
CAFE ' •
BELL' EFONTE
Performances
at 7 o'clock
EME
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