FRIDAY, SIOPTEMBIER 28, 1947
College funds Cul
By Governor Duff
Assembly-approved appropria
tions to the College for the fiscal
year 1947-48, totaling $15,997,000,
were slashed in early July to $9,-
800,000 by Governor James H.
Duff in a move to bring the legis
lative expenditure within the
Commonwealth budget.
Hardest hit was a $6,000,000 ap
propriation for construction of
temporary housing facilities for
veterans and for continuing the
College's long-range building
program for classroom and
dormitory facilities. This appro
priation was cut to $750,000.
Governor Duff approved $B,-
750,000 for general maintenance
and operation of the College, a
reduction of $402,000 from the
amount recommended by the leg
islature.
An allotment of $8,355,000 was
made for general maintenance
and the following allocations
were approved:
Research in crops, livestock
and their marketing, $150,000; pe
troleum research, $50,000; re
search in by-products of bitumi
nous and anthracite coal, $70,000;
research for the slate industry,
$35,000; and research of mineral
industry problems, $90,000.
Crossley Calls Amateurs
To Join Station W3YA
Students holding amateur radio
operators' licenses who want to
affiliate with the College Radio
Station Staff as assistant opera
tors of W3Ya, the College Station,
and the Army Control Station
AIMA may apply by letter to Gil
bert L. Crossley, assistant pro
fessor of Electrical Engineering,
at his department.
The letter should contain ex
perience, station call letters of
your own amateur station, grade
of your amateur license, and any
other facts. Deadline for the let
ters is October 6.
The Station staff Is not limited
to engineering students, Crossley
said. Any student, faculty mem
ber, or employee of the College
holding the license is eligible.
The entire College plant, which
contains more than sixty build
ings, has been evaluated at over
22 million dollars.
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146 Receive Degrees
After Main Session
Degrees were conferred on 246
graduates of the Main Session
summer school at Commencement
exercises held in Schwab Audi
torium, 10 o'clock, Saturday,
August 9, by Marion R. Trabue,
director of Summer Sessions and
dean of the School of Education.
The principle address of the
graduation ceremonies, "What
Road Are We On?", was delivered
by Judge Harold C. Kessinger of
Ridgewood, N.J.
Bachelor of arts degrees were
conferred on 50 candidates and
84 graduates received bachelor
of science degrees. Masters' de
grees were presented to 103 can
didates, while nine applicants
received doctorates.
175 Get Degrees
Degrees were conferred on 175
students at post-session gradua
tion exercises September 19, it
was announced by the registrar's
office. Of these graduates 130
were war veterans. Five of the
108 students receiving bachelor's
degress were graduated with hon
ors. Degrees were presented by
Dean Marion R. Trabue, head of
Summer sessions.
The control of the College rests
with the Board of Trustees, which
consists of thirty-two members.
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Five Plays Staged
In Little Theatre
During the summer live plays
were staged by and for summer
session dramatics students. These
presentations, intended as drama
tic experiments, were offered in
the Little Theatre of Old Main.
Thornton Wilder's "Our Town,"
the initial weekly offering, in
cluded Prof. A. C. Cloetingh,
head of the dramatics depart
ment, as one of the principals
in the cast of the abridged
version.
A shortened version of Eugene
O'Neill's "Anna Christie" was
presented, with Louise Huntley
in the role of Anna, as was an
abbreviated presentation of
"Joan of Lorraine," by Maxwell
Anderson, with Patricia Brown
as Joan.
Also offered were Philip Bar
ry's play "Holiday" and William
Saroyan's "My Heart's in the
Highlands."
The productions were directed
by Robert Kendall and Robert
Reifsneider, instructors in dra
matics, and casts consisted of
students of directing, acting, pro
duction, and playwriting.
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Steelworkers Attend
Four Week Course
The union-sponsored labor in
stitute conducted its second an
nual session at the College this
summer.
Four groups of steelworkers, in
cluding some local and district
leaders of the United Steelwork
ers of America, attended the
four week-long sessions.
The discussions were designed
to further labor's knowledge of
the aims and responsibilities of
the labor movement.
Anthony Luchek, labor expert
at the College, headed a staff of
nine in charge of this year's in
stitute.
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Engineering Budget
For Research Raised
Among the state-supported in
stitutions in the country, the
Pennsylvania State College stands
first in funds budgeted for re
search conducted by its School
of Engineering, according to a re
port published by the Engineer
ing College Research Council of
the American Society for Engi
neering Education.
Dean H. P. Hammond, dean of
the School of Engineering, said
the figures indicated a huge in
crease in engineering and scien
tific research in recent years.
Penn State was third on the
list of the 60 institutions re
porting.