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Inter-Ameifican Conference
Plans Lectures, Exhibits
Harry P. Hammom
Engineers Lead
Research Budgets
Among the state-supported in
stitutions in the country, the
Pennsylvania State Co 11e g e
stands first m funds budgeted for,
research conducted by its School
of Engineering, it was learned
todsy*
Commenting on the report, Dr.
11. P. Hammond, dean of the
School of Engineering, said the
figures indicated a tremendous
increase in engineering and scien
tific research in recent years.
Budgets reported by each of the
five top colleges and universities
listed exceeded $1,000,000.
The report is published by the
Engineering College Research
Council of the American Society
for Engineering Education and is
based on the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1947. , . , .. ,
Penn State was third on the list
of the 60 institutions reporting,
with. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology first, followed by Illi
nois Institute of Technology. Uni
versity of Illinois and University
of Michigan were fourth and fifth
respectively.
Thomas Backs
Army Ed Tactics
Dr. Harold Thomas, head of
the department of education at
University, recently ad
vocated that correspondence
school work, self-teaching text
books, group discussion, and in
tegrated education such as is
used in the Army Educational
Program, be made available to a
large segment of our adult popu
lation.
Speaking before educators at
tending the Pennsylvania Work
shop, Dr. Thomas, who served
during the war in charge of edu
cation in the morale service, said
that teachers and school admin
istrators should understand that
the Army Training program is of
great significance to public edu
cation today.
Speaking on “E ducat i o n
Then and Now," Dr. Thomas ob
served several new attitudes to
ward education that developed
during the war. Formerly hard
boiled professors with the take
it-or-leave-lt attitude now, were
more sympathetic and willing to
cooperate with students with
special problems, Dr. Thomas
said. Educators, he observed,
were more critical of themselves
and their methods, and the pub
lic now seems more interested in
education, in teacher salaries, and
in school board elections.
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THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN—STATE COLLEGE,- PENNSYLVANIA
Interests in South America are
being fostered during the main
Summer Session by the Inter-
American Conference, directed
by Dr. E. Willard Miller, assist
ant professor of geography in the
School of Mineral Industries.
The Inter - American Confer
ence has as its base an expanded
course work program in Latin-
American history, geography, so
ciology, and language.
Visiting Professors
Two visiting professors are as
sisting the College faculty with
conference courses. Prof. L. L.
Bernard, from the Washington
University in St. Louis, Mo., is
teaching sociology. Prof. Clarence
L. Dow, of Ohio University, is
presenting the course in South
American regioanl geography.
An inter-American atmosphere
is created on campus by a series
of lunches, motion pictures, lec
tures, and plays. Thursday night s
Artists’ Course program and
campus art exhibits are from the
conference roster.
Lectures Scheduled
Miss Hazel Hatcher of the Home
Economics department will nar
rate on “Family Life in Chile in
110 Home Economics, 4:30 p.m.
tomorrow.
“Brazil —Wonderland of South
America” will be discussed by J.
S. Bueno, foreign trade advisor of
the Pan-American Union, Wash
ington, D. C., in 121 Sparks, 8:30
p.m. tomorrow.
Films to be shown in 121
Sparks, 4 p.m. Thursday, will deal
with “Hill Towns of Guatemala,
“Haiti,” and “Peoples of Two
Worlds.”
College Releases
Veteran Figures
Veterans enrolled for the Sum
mer Sessions at the College total
2463, Mrs. Rebecca Doerner, sec
retary of veterans’ affairs at the
College, said today. Of this num
ber, 2420 are men and 43 are
women veterans.
Mrs. Doerner also reported that
1700 of the veterans were con
tinuing from the regular session,
167 were re-entering the College,
113 had transferred from credit
class centers or undergraduate
centers, while 483 of the veterans
were enrolled in the Summer Ses
sion for the first time.
Clearance Sale
Mitchell’s Dress Shop
124 E. College Avenue
Father and Daughter
Attend College
Together
Publicity of Mrs. Doris Von
Neida and son, “Whitey,” at
tending classes together brought
another such tale of coincidence
to light at the College today.
Jill Laudenslager, fifth semes
ter psychology major who at
tended grammar school where
her father was principal and
teacher, is now carrying books
to class at her father’s side.
While Jill is working on her
bachelor’s degree, Dad Ray V.
Laudenslager, superintendent of
schools at Weatherly, is handling
three courses in education ad
ministration toward a doctor s
degree.
Mother Laudenslager, the
present “subject” for psychology
testing for both daughter and
husband, expects to join her col
legiate family next summer
with courses in education sta
tistics.
“Dad’s gotten right into the
swing of collegiate life,” says
Jill, “and he’s having a wonder
ful time.”
Abraham Lincoln Hite
Visits Springfield ,•
Receives Medal
Abraham Lincoln Hite, Col
lege carpenter who resembles the
Civil War president, returned re
cently from a trip to Springfield,
Illinois, displaying a gold medal
of the Great Emancipator.
The medal, which Hite first
mistook for a $2O gold piece, was
presented to him by one of the
Springfield newspapers.
From reports, Springfield re
sidents were quite impressed by
Hite’s impersonation. Dressed in
Lincoln garb and beard, Mr. Hite,
accompanied by his wife, visited
Lincoln’s tomb and home in
Springfield, the cabin where he
lived, and the post-office and
store where he worked in New
Salem.
“Everywhere I went, people
just flocked around trying to
talk to me and to take pictures,
Mr. Hite said.
During the w®r and afterward,
Mr. Hite sold an estimated $300,-
000 worth of war stamps on tours
through rural schools, dressed as
Abraham Lincoln.
COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS
NOW GOING ON AT
BRING RESULTS
Rare Songs Please Audience
In Russian Artists' Recital
Bennett L. Fairorlh
Exponents oi Russian vocal
music rarely heard in this coun
try, the Russian Stars of Opera,
in Thursday’s Artists’ recital,
sang of love and patriotism in the
Czarist and Soviet regimes. The
singers also managed to please
popular tastes with several stan
dard operatic airs.
The smoothest deliveries by the
complete group came as three en
cores. The four voices blended
robustly in two Soviet national
istic numbers. The Midnight
Quartet from “Martha”, “Good
nighit, Sweet Dreams,” was a
fitting finale, tenderly presented.
Honest Feeling
Quartets on the bill were tales
of weddings, spinning wheels,
and dreary Steppes, and were
sung with honest feeling and in
sight. In some spots, however,
the harmony lacked balance or
full vocal scope. At other times,
pianist Rudnitisky overpowered
the voices. On the whole, the
Russian songs were memorable
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for tempo and mood, but not for
melody.
The best-controlled voice, tenr
or Ilya Tamarin’s, was. given lit
tle chance to display its sparkle
in solo or duet form. In his one
duet, Mr. Tamarin supported the
contralto with a vibrant, drama
tic tone.-
Baritone Stefan Kozakevlch
was vigorous and full in the mid
dle range, but didn’t master the
higher region of his voice. Val
entine’s “Even Bravest Hearts
from Faust was passionately
pleaded.
The women artists were un
able to match the vocal bril
liance of their male co-workers.
Zinaida Alvers’ mezzo was warm
and easeful at its dramatic mom
ents, but her voice was lost _ m
the depths and not able to ring
out in the heights.
Tall Maria Sokil’s soprano was
strained and uneven in the four
part harmony. However,, in a
comic' duet with the baritone,
her scolding manner was vocally
and theatrically sincere.
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