PAGE EIGHT
Graduates Describe
Impressions of China
The initial impressions of Lingnan University, Canton, China,
and the description of the trip to Canton were reported in letters
recently received by the College from Richard E. Pride, a graduate
of the College, and his wife, Martha.
The PTides left State College for China last summer to continue
the Penn State in China work of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. “Daddy” Groff
on the faculty at Lingnan Uni
versity. Mr. Groff and his wife
returned to this country before
the war after serving nearly
thirty years at Lingnan.
“The hum of the campus re
minds me of Penn State,”- Pride
wrote, as he described the voices
of the Choir rehearsing for Sun
day’s service, and the laughter of
students passing the open window
of his office on the second floor
of the Penn State lodge at the
university.
“All college ' campuses have
many things in common; young
people, carefree and at times
serious; instructors, serious and
sometimes carefree; classrooms
and the smell of chalk dust; ex
aminations and the midnight
oil.
Textbook Shortage
“There are few textbooks in
China,” his letter continued, “and
though you may feel them a nec
essary evil, it is not easy to have
to depend on the lectures which ‘
that new instructor from Penn
State who speaks no Cantonese'
gives in English.
“There are 1058 in the Univer
sity,” he wrote, “about 600 in the
Middle school, and 300 in the
Primary school. Add to that over
BO in the school for Western chil
dren who do not live on the cam
pus and you see why this is really
V big institution.
“The campus itself is like an
ousts as one comes in from the
ciowded streets of Canton. We
are repeatedly impressed by the
grass, and the beautiful trees and
shrubs which everywhere stand
as testimony to Professor Groffs
labors.
“Gradually the athletic fields
are being cleaned up and some
of the lawns trimmed,” Pride
wrote. “Lingnan formerly had
the champion teams in many
sports and they were justly proud
of their lawns.
“The economic situation is fan
tastic. One day at a faculty tea, my
wife, Martha, without any pre
vious warning, asked me if I had
$20,000! Its barely 30 cents in
China today! . . . You pay $5OOO
for your coke (if it is available)
or maybe more. This is China!”
In a post script, the Prides
wrote, “Our Chinese name is Po
Tze Chung. The first, which fol
lowing the custom, is the last
name, is a common Chinese sur
name and is used partly for
sound. It means grass and is sup
posed to indicate Agriculture. The
other two parts mean Pride, in
the sense of self-respect.”
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Foundry Society
Elects Morisette
Clifford W. Morisette, associate
professor of industrial engineer
ing at the College, has been ap
pointed to the educational divis
ion program-papers committee of
the American Foundrymen’s As
sociation, the Chicago headquart
ers of the casting industry’s in
ternational technical society has
announced.
The committee will direct the
educational sessions’ program,
sponsored by the AFA education
al division, at the foundry con
gress and show which will be
held in Philadelphia May 3,
1948.
Professor Morisette is also vice
chairman of the association’s ap
prentice contest committee now
conducting the AFA’s twenty
fourth annual apprentice contest.
Speech Clinic
(Continued from page seven)
pending upon educational qualifi
cations. said Professor McDonald.
One of his former students re
cently started teaching in a
Dover. Del., public school at
$2,400. while those graduates hold
ing master’s degrees start around
$3,000. Persons with training
above the master’s degree can ex
pect salaries in proportion to their
training and experience.
Undergraduate Courses
A complete outline of course
requirements and training for un
dergraduate students can be found
in the 1948 College Catalogue and
also in a booklet describing the
functions and facilities of the
Speech and Hearing Clinic. The
booklet is available in Room 310.
Sparks.
Upon completion of 24 creilMs
in speech or hearing correction
course® at the College, candid lies
receive a B.S. in Education with
:i rnaior in speech or hearing cor
rection. After one additional sum
mer’s work in advanced clinical
training, graduates are entitled to
receive the Pennsylvania “Cer
tificate to Act as a Speech Car
rectionist.”
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DuPont Awards
Two Fellowships
One post-graduate fellowship in
chemistry and a fellowship in me
chanical engineering have been
awarded to the College by the
DuPont Company for the 1948-49
academic year.
The selection of candidates for
the awards and the choice of prob
lems on which they are to work
is to be left to the discretion of
the College. The individual work
ing under the fellowship will
carry no obligation with respect
to employment after completing
his work.
Together with an award of $lO6O
to the College, the post-graduate
fellowship provides $l2OO for a
single person or $lBOO for a mar
ried person.
The DuPont Company Fellow
ship Plan provides an opportunity
for young men and women to un
dertake advanced study in the
fields of chemistry, physics, chem
ical, mechanical and electrical en
gineering, and metallurgy. There
is an ever-increasing demand in
the chemical industry for students
with post-graduate training in
these fields.
Arfisi Series —
(Continued from page one)
“O mio Fernando from ‘La Fa
vorita,’ ” Donizetti; “Si mes vers
avaient des ailes.” Reynaldo
Hahn; “Chevauchee Cosaque.”
Fourdrain: “The Day Is No More.”
John Alden Carpenter; “Floods of
Soring.” Rachmaninoff.
“Talk Aibout a Chile That Do
Love Jesus,” arr. Dawson; “On
My Journey.” arr. Boatner: “t
Cannot Stay Here by Myself
(Slave Lament!” and “Witness,”
arr. Hall Johnson.
A-Bomb Films
The department of military sci
ence and tactics will show two
movies dealing with the A-bomb
in the New Physics building at
7:30 tonight. Films on the pro
gram are “Operations Cross
roads.” ‘“Tale of Two Cities.” and
“The New France.” “Tomorrow’s
Mexico.” and “America the Beau
tiful.”
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By Ralph Templet
“We have no pencils—there
isn't one on the campus.” said, a
president of a southeast Asia col
lege. “and when we have them,
and other school supplies, we use
them on a cooperative system.”
Such a statement was made
this year to Dr. Malcolm Adi
seshiah. associate general secre
tary of International Student
Service, who was a recent visitor
to the Campus.
In explaining the need and
functions of ISS. Dr. Adiseshiah
pointed out that in Rumania ISS
iis the only relief to reach that
country since the war. There he
saw 120 children perish from
starvation in a week’s time be
cause the country .has had almost
no rain and crops for two and a
half years.
Students Eat Maggots
A girl at one of the Rumanian
colleges received a small package
of ilour a few months ago. and
determined to use it in small
enough portions so that it would
last six months. When reminded
that maggots would infest it she
replied that that was all right for
they ate the maggots too.
Conditions in many other coun
tries are little better, he Dointed
out. In Asia students get one bowl
of rice (with vegetable broth if
PSCA Asks for Funds
Members of the faculty and
student body who were not con
tacted to make contributions dur
ing the Finance Drive for th e An
nual Budget of the PSOA were
asked today by .Tames T. Smith,
general secretary, to send their
contributions to the Association
at 304 Old Main.
Students raised a total of $3OOO
out of a goal of $4200. In case
studento wish lo make a pledge
to be collected with February
fees, pledge cards are available
until January 20 in 304 Old Main.
The Pennsylvania State College
Artists' Course
Carol Brice, Negro Contralto
JAN. 12 & 13
National Symphony Orchestra
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MAR. 15 & 16 ($3.60)
William Kapell, Young Pianist
APR. 21 & 22 ($2.40)
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1948
they’re lucky) or a serving of a
thick pumpkin soup once a dav.
Students in Italy get macaroni
with tomato sauce at eleven
o’clock in the morning and Plain
macaroni at five in the afternoon.
In Europe seven to ten percent
of all college students now have
tuberculosis as compared with
two one-hundredths percent be
fore the war. He added that 17
percent of students in southeast
Asia are presently suffering the
disease.
Culture Overcomes Handicaps
In spite of these handicaps
there is a cultural and intellec
tual revival throughout the'world,
he went on to sav. Before the war
there were 80.000 college students
in India, and today there are
300.000.
Dr. Adiseshiah. now on leave
from the University of Madras.
India, where he is a professor of
economics, is now on his wav to
Geneva. Switzerland, to resume
his duties with ISS.
ISS. of which the World Stu
dent Service Fund is the Amer
ican branch, is the only connec
tion between colleges and univer
sities of the world, he said. Point
ing out the universality of the
service, he added that last year
impoverished China sent a million
Chinese dollars to India. Burma.
Poland, and Yugoslavia.
Bible Fellowship Elects
The Penn State Bible Fellow
ship recently elected Lloyd D.
Byers as spring semester presi
dent. Other officers elected were
Don DeHart, vice-president; Dor
othy Fowler, secretary; Horace
Glover, treasurer.
The Sunday afternoon meeting
in 304 Old Main at 3:30 will fea
ture Mi-. Song C. Sit. a student at
Faith Theological Seminary and
a graduate of the University of
Illinois.
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