The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 14, 1948, Image 6

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    PAG* SIX
Kansas Student Book Store
Siu.deni Union Co-op Book Store at the Uni vanity of Kansu
was opened in September 1946. It is tha largest retail book
store in the stale.
10,000 Studenfs Buy Texts
At U. of K. Co-op Book Store
The Student Union Book Store,
located in the Student Union
Building cm Mount Oread at the
University of Kansas, in Law
rence, Kansas, is supplying books
at a 15 per cent refund to 10,000
students.
Located on the ground floor* of
the Memorial Union building, the
Student Unin Book Store op
erates as a branch of the Univer
sity of Kansas Memorial Corpora
tion, which is administered by
the union operating committee.
This corporation also operates
a cafeteria, soda fountain, and the
five story Student Union build
ing.
The store, selling items from
one cent maps to $455 micro
scopes, is the largest retail book
store in the state of Kansas. This
is unusual in view of the fact
duct it does not handle notions
and novelties, stationery, texts,
other than those used ~ tjje Uni
versity, or a complete line of
periodicals. The manager esti
mates that a traffic of 2,000 stu
dents a day pass through it,
due in part to location in the
student Union building.
Daring the first four months of
operation, all earnings fivere
mated back into the business, but
ash register slips have since car
led the IS per cent refund. These
ips one transferrable and re-
Jrmstip tor five years. Since
atta Sigma l>i Initiates
Delta Sigma Pi, Commerce and
inaooe honorary fraternity, has
aitiateid seventeen new members,
.'boat initiated are Bert L. Ag
;aw. Tbornas C. Botsford, Nelson
i. Dwwawe. George F. Dor a nee,
VrCbur W. Evans. Owen J. Gib
tin. fliVn G. Hack.
Jew T. Heller, David M. Huber,
renrturi G. Jensen, Ediward J.
LcJhwe. Harold Lenker. John L.
Miepes. Alexander Mauro, Philip
tvtooae. Donald E. Redst. William
A Schreyer.
READ ALL ABOUT
'vl
the usual gross, mark-up on books
is 20 per cent, 'a refund of 15 per
cent on purchases is remarkable.
The Co-op enterprise pays for
its own rent, heat, water and up
keep, as regular commercial
businesses do, but pays no income
tax for the same reason that co
ops pay no income tax on pa
tronage refunds. If there are no
profits, there can be no profits
tax.
The'Student Union Book Store
employs only students and their
wives. Book store employment
helps stretch that $9O a month for
a few, of the 1200 married couples
on Mt. Oread.
The store is a member of the
National Association of College
Stores, which includes privately
owned, co-op, and institutional
enterprises. Another member of
the association, the Harvard Co
op has given valuable information
concerning administration, fi
nancing, and management.
Student Florists
Prepare for Show
Practice will begin next week
to select delegates to the Inter
collegiate Flower Judging Contest
in Chicago, March 20, said Prof.
Lawrence T. Blaney, coach.
Three undergraduate students
and one alternate in an accred
ited school of floriculture are eli
gible to attend the contest spon
sored by the Society of American
Florists and Ornamental Horti
culturists, directed by Pi Alpha
Xi. and held in conjunction with
the National Flower Show.
Penn State placed fourth last
year and Abner Rainbow, of the
College horticulture school, tied
far second high score.
According to tentative plans,
nine schools are planning to enter
the contest this year.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE CXJLLiEUE,
froth Names Staff
For Spring Issues
Theodore Kunin and Spencer
Schcekter were recently promoted
by Froth to the posi/tions of man
aging editor and business man
ager, Arthur Stober, editor, an.
nounced. Scheckter, who is also
advertising director of the Dally
Collegian, succeeds Sheldon Mer
melstein, class of ’46.
Other move-ups are editorial
director, Frank Fhdlippar; adver
tising manager, Benjamin Levy;
co-olrculation managers, Joseph
Kelly and Frank Rugh; promotion
manager, Ralph McClernan, and
woman’s editor, Dorothy Bunsber
ger, who replaces Ann Stoltz, also
class of ’4B. Other editorial staff
members to graduate were Gloria
Parks, assistant woman’s editor,
and Kay Badollet.
Sophomore board members who
were advanced to the Junior Edi
torial Board are Hank Glass,
Carol Jungman, Elliot Krane, and
Lois Qstwind.
Engineering Council
Begins Rating Program
The Engineering Student Coun
cil has initiated a course rating
program for the School of En
gineering, said George F. Bearer,
president.
Bearer explained that the
Council has reached only a cross
section of the courses, for it will
take some time to make a com
plete survey.
Ratings will be tabulated and
given to the head of the depart
ment under which the course
falls, for consideration. If im
provement is necessary in any
way, the Council will do all it
can to bring it about, Bearer
said.
Any student or group of stud
ents wishing to have a certain
course rated should contact a
member of the Council or Bearer.
Delta Sigma Phi
New officers elected by Delta
Sigma Phi include: Peters Bates,
president; Lawrence Casey, vice
president; Lavern Yochim, sec
retary; Charles Davis, treasurer;
Edward Haddelman, sergeant-at
arms; Louis Reeder, pledge mas
ter; Robert Reineaur, house man
ager; Edward Chellls, chaplain.
New Boiler Augments
College Steam Power
Construction of a new 800-
horsepower boiler, which will aug
ment power production facilities
for an expanding College, is pro
ceeding apace in the power plant.
Steam generating tubes, down
comers and waterwall tubes have
bee n rolled into the three steam
drums and the mud drum of the
Stirling-type Babcock and Wilcox
boiler, which will produce one
third more steam than each of the
four present boilers.
The Inlet and outlet superheater
headers have been installed and
connected by a row of superheater
tubes. Also in place are the coal
stokers.
"PUL-LEEZ" Says lew McGill
"Don't order a SUBMARINE
unless you're REALLY HUNGRY!"
Open 9 A.M. ’til 10:30 P.M.— All Day Sunday
A PLEA:
(BUT IF YOU CAN’T FINISH YOUR
“SUB” DON’T HESITATE TO ASK
US FOR A BAG.)
lew McGill s
. VANIA
Faculty Limelight
Prof. Eugene T. McDonald ol
the speech department was re
cently elected to the Council of
Speech Correction of the National
Speech Association. At present he
is also serving on the Education
Committee for the same organi
zation. Prof. McDonald is an
alumnus of the College:
Dr. Helen Adolf of the German
department is the author of the
recently published “Journal of
English and German Philology,”
a pamphlet concerned with how
emotions are reflected in the ety
mology of words.
Dr. Herbert Steiner of the Ger
man department has just finished
editing the third volume of the
first complete edition of the works
of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, a re
nowned Austrian poet and play
wright. The book has just come
off the press in Switzerland.
Harold P. Zelko. associate pro
fessor of public speaking, pre
sented a paper entitled “Speech
Training in Industry and Govern
ment” to the Adult Education
Section of the National Speech
Association recently.
The paper deals with a nation
wide survey conducted on major
industries, retail stores, govern
ment agencies, management asso
ciations and labor unions to as
certain current needs and prac
tices in the general area of speech
training in .these organizations.
Dr. E. Willard Miller, assixaate
professor of geography, was named
president of the American Society
for Professional Geographers at
the convention held recently in
Charlottesville, Va.
George F. Deasey. also an asso
ciate professor of geography at the
College, was named treasurer.
Dr. R. V. Boucher was elected
president of the Central Pennsyl
vania Section of the American
Chemical Society for 1948. Dr.
Corliss R. Kinney was named vice
president and Dr. Robert W.
Schlessler, secretary. Dr. Albert
H. Holtzinger was elected treas
urer for a second year.
Councilors elected to represent
the section at the national meet
ings of the society are Dr. Arthur
Rose, associate professor of chem
ical engineering, and Dr. R. Adams
Dutcher. professor of agricultural
and biological chemistry.
Dr. H. K. Wilson, vice-dean in
charge of resident instruction of
the School of Agriculture, and
Miss Eva Donelson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Donelson of
Bloomington, 111., were married in
a San Francisco Presbyterian
church recently.
Dr. Hans Neuberger. associate
professor of meteorology, has been
appointed technical editor of
“Weathwise.” a publication of the
Amateur Weathermen of America.
Dr. Eric A. Walker, director of
the Ordnance Research Labora
tory and head of electrical engi
neering. presented a paper on
“An Electroacoustical Locating
System” at the winter meeting of
the American Institute of Electri
cal Engineers held in Pittsburgh
recently.
Robert E. Minshall. professor of
structural engineering; Dr. J.
Paul Selsam. professor of Euro
pean history: Helen F. Story, in
structor in mathematics, and Mar-
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1948
juerite E. Horn, instructor in
home economics, were recently
named to the Steering Commit
tee of the Faculty Luncheon Club.
They will serve for three months.
Viktor Lowenfeld, professor of
art education, is the author of the
textbook “Creative and Mental
Growth” published by the Mac
millan Co. The text emphasizes
methods of integrating personality
growth with creative development
and is illustrated with types of
art expressions.
- Dr. A. W. Gauger, director of
the Mineral Industries Experiment
Station, was granted a sabbatical
leave for the period February 1
to July 34.
Dr. Wendell E. Kepper. profes
sor of land economics, was grant
ed a sabbatical leave for one year,
effective July 1. Dr. H. A. Wahl,
associate professor of botany, re*
ceived a sabbatical leave from
February 1 to May 81,
A special leave of absence on a
part-time basis was given to An
thony S. Luchek, associate pro
fessor of economics in extension.
It is effective from February IV '
The Dennis E. Haley Memorial
Book shelf has been established
at the College in honor of the late
Dr. Dennis E. Haley, former pro
fessor of soil and phytochemistry.
Dr. Haley died on February 10,
1045. after serving as a member
of the faculty since 1913. He was
an international authority on to
bacco and tobacco duality.
The shelf has been established
by the graduates and the faculty
of the agriculture and biological
departments. A portrait of Dr.
Haley and a bronze plaque have
also been placed above the shelf.
Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee. profes
sor emeritus of American litera
ture. has deposited the manu
script of his autobiography in the
Pattee Collection at the College
Library, according to W. P. Lewis,
librarian.
A large part of the autobiogra
phy concerns the history of Penn
State as observed t>y Dr. Pattee
who served as professor, depart
ment head, and chaplain under
Presidents Atherton. Sparks,
Thomas, and Hetzel.
Until publication of the auto
biography. the manuscript will be
available for use by interested
parties with the permission of the
College librarian and W. L. Wer
ner. professor of American lit
erature.
Nursery Enrolls
Chinese Tot, 3
Shirley Chu. age four, is China's
latest good will ambassador to
Penn State.
Shirley, enrolled in the nursery
school of the Home Economics
department, can speak no English
—yet! But she understands some
of the language, and makes her
own wishes known by gestures,
nods, and by pointing.
Shirley’s father, Gordon Pu
kong Chu. is research assistant in
ceramics at the College.
Popular Science Depicts
'Silent Sound' Research
Research work in ultrasonics
conducted in the department of
physios at the College Is the sub
ject of an article, titled “Silent
Sounds Are Hot,” appearing in
the February i&ue of Popular
Science,
The article describes the “super
siren” developed by Dr. Isadore
Riudnick and Clayton H. Allen in
cooperation with Dr. Harold K.
Schilling, all of the department of
physics. A number of pictures are
used to illustrate the story.
The story was written by
George Walt* of New York. Pic
tures were taken by W. W. Morris,
Chief staff photographer for the
magazine. Waltz and Mbrris vis
ited the campus early in Decem
ber.
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