PAG® EIGHT
Quonset Hut Settlement Solves
Housing Problem for Veterans
Quonset huifs set up by student veterans just inside the borough
line near Nittany Village have solved the “Sorry, no apartment” pro.
btem fcr four College men and their families.
Securing a lease on the site for the project, they bought four sur
plus Quonset huts at Camp Peary, Va., for $450 each, disassembled
them, hauled them to State College by truck, reassembled them, and
are now living in them.
All this has been carried out
Uranium Bearing
Mineral at College
Only source outside of Colo
rado of carnotite is Mauch
Chunk, according to College min
eralogists.
Several ounces of the rare min
eral, which contains uranium,
have been brought to the campus'
from Mauch Chunk by Dr. Paul
O. Krynine, head of the division
nf mineralology, and three of his
associates.
Dr. Krynine said this rare ore
otherwise is not known in the
United States outside of Colo
rado. ' . „ „
Accompanying Dr. Krynine on
the field trip to the. Lehigh Val
ley were Frank M. Swartz,
George H. Crowl, and J. C. Grif
fiths.
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LOST—Black change purse Fri
day morning between Penn
State Diner and Met Lab. Re
ward. Phone Miss Tevlin, Met
Lab, before 4:30.
THE STRAP BROKE—W ri s t
watch lost Wednesday night in
Old Main or between Old Main
and Ath Hall. Swiss type, Octo,
non - magnetic, steel case and
spring type strap. If found please
phone Ed Joyner, 4739.
LOST—Small black change purse
Friday morning between Penn
State Diner and Met Lab. Re
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before 4:30.
WATCH found near Ath Wednes-
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THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN—STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
since June 9, when (he wcrk was
started at the close of the last se
mester. From d : awn till dusk the
veterans installed plumbing and
heating, built wall partitions, and
painted.
Wives Arrive
Two weeks ago the wives arriv
ed. Faced with laundry by the
“old washboard method,” .ighting
by oil lamps, oil stoves, and no
ironing facilities until electricity
can be installed, the wives were
delighted with ' hemes of their
own in State College.
The Quonset “houses” are oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. George
Stahl, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Whit,
worth, and 8-month-old daughter
Sally, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore
Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Max
Bonebreak.
Dormer Style Windows
Dormer-style windows have
heen added to the metal buildings
to insure that enough sunlight can
get inside during the day. . Ten
windows ■ have been built into
each hut.
Spacious inside, the homes will
have four rooms when completed,
a living room li2 by 16 feet, bed
room 12 by 16 feet, and a kitchen
and bath. Small closets will be
installed.
Transportation to classes isn’t a
problem to the veterans. They
ride to campus on the share-tihe
ride plan. For recreation, the en
terprising team of veterans and
wives play cards, chess, listen to
records, or come into town for
movies.
One Good Answer.
One of the veteran participants
admitted that it had been hard
work putting up the emergency
housing development, but added
enthusiastically that “it’s one good
answer to the housing shortage in
State College.”
Other apartment-seeking veter
ans, who watched the progress of
the new settlement with interest,
are making plans for assembling
Quonset huts of their own in the
surrounding area.
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College Radio Station Communicates Daily
With Swedish Scientists' Raft Expedition
Radio station W3YA/ALMA at
the College has been receiving
daily communications from the
“Kon-Tiki" expedition now sail
ing the South Pacific on a raft.
Six scientists, headed by Thor
Heyerdahl, 33-year-old Norwe
gian ethmologist, set sail from
Peru April 29 on a 15 by 30 ft.
replica of a pre-Inca balsa raft.
Their aim is to prove there
could have been a racial move
ment from South America to the
Polynesian Islands as early as 500
A.D. and that the inhabitants of
the islands did not migrate from
Asia, as is commonly believed.
Relays Messages
The College station relays mes
sages between the raft and the
LAIC station in Oslo, conversa
tion with the raft operator being
maintained daily at 4 a.m. This
time was found to be best for
transmission.
Gilbert L. Grossley, assistant
professor of electrical engineering
at the, College, is director of the
station. He is assisted by 21 un
dergraduate students and 9 staff
members. The station is. operated
Ingenious Student
Gets Ahead On
His Head
Blame it on the heat. Or the
humidity. But the silly season
has arrived.
A speech professor and his
class at the College sat amazed
recently when one of the stu
dents, scheduled for his closing
talk, delivered his 5-minute “val
edictory” while standing on his
head. . ,
It all happened so surprisingly
and suddenly that the flabber
gasted professor could do nothing
about it.
The inventive lad started con
ventionally, walking upright to
the front of the rocm.
“The' professor,” ‘ said he, “has
told us not to sway as we talk.
But he didn’t say anything about
how to avoid swaying. This is
how.”
And with that he sprung
headfirst onto a table. Then, gesr
turing with his feet, he talked for
five minutes on his cure for body
swaying.
Perspiring and panting, he
capped the performance by
drinking a glass of water —on his
head.
Truly, the silly season is here.
on a 24-hour basis, each man
working during designated hours.
According to the messages re
ceived Friday, the expedition had
sighted first Polynesian fowl. The
raft is now within 500 miles of
the Marquesas Islands and about
1300 miles from Tahiti, their final
destination, where they plan to
remain for a rest.
The raft travels approximately
30 or 40 miles per day if weather
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TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1047
conditions are good, Professor
Crossley estimated.
W3YA/ALMA first made con
tact with the raft June 3, 1 five
weeks after the expedition was
underway. Signals were poorest
about June 21 when the sun
reached its northern-most point.
Since' that time, communication
has improved, and the best re
ception since the first contact was
had last week.