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tarth Forces Lead Pigeons
To Home Roosts —Yeagley
Mother Nature has taken pig
eons under protective wings in
several miraculous ways, if the
"horning" theory set forth by Dr.
Henry L. Yeagley, professor of
physics, is correct.
Pigeons become accustomed to
the magnetic and earth rotational
influences exerted at their home
roosts; according to the Yeagley
hypothesis.
These influences lace the earth
with a gridwork of two sets of
imaginary lines. One set which
indicates the magnitude 'of the
earth's rotational effect runs
parallel to the latitude circles.
The other set ripples out from
two magnetic poles located in the
Hudson Bay region and south of
Melbourne, Australia.
The magnetic strength and ro
tational effect of the crossed
gridwork guide the pigeons to
their home lofts, Dr. Yeagley be
lieves. The birds are also endow
ed by Nature with special sense
organs that detect these influ
ences, the "homing" theory pur
ports.
Pigeons have built up an adap
tation to these guiding factors
from 1000 or more years of se
lective breeding, the physicist
holds, whereas wild birds have
developed it because of their de
pendence on seasonal migration.
Numerous experiments which
have been conducted confirm Dr.
Yeagley's theory. Birds released
with magnets on their wings got
confused and were unable to lo
cate their homes.
On discovering that the crossed
grid lines in this region coin
cided with the lines at Kearney,
Nebraska, Dr. Yeagley drove his
State College-trained pigeons
West. Birds released less than
half way to Kearney flew back
toward State College while those
released after half the journey
Zelko, O'Brien Attend
Eastern Conference
Harold P. Zelko, associate pro
fessor of public speaking at the
College. will discuss "Problems of
Communication in Industry" and
Joseph F. O'Brien. professor of
public speaking, will serve on the
executive committee and as chair
man of the nominating committee
at the Eastern Public Speaking
Conference which ocened in New
York yesterday.
Other members of the deoiirt
ment of speech at the College
who are attending the conference
are: Dr, Paul R. Bean. Cole• Pan
C. Bender, Holle G. Deßoer, Wil-
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CATHAUM THEATRE BUILDING
was completed, headed for
Kearney's plains.
Dr. Yeagley, who started this
study for the Signal Corps at
the start of World War 11, points
out that the Army has discarded
horses and dogs but has retained
the pigeon service. During the
Normandy invasion when the
radar was knocked out, pigeons
flew important messages.
The physicist's experiments
were aided by Dr. P. F. English,
professor of wildlife manage
ment; Merrill W•vd, associate
professor of zoology; Dr. George
Hendrickson, associate professor
of of wildlife management at
lowa State College; and Major
Otto Meyer of the Army Signal
Corps.
Miller Discusses
Reserve Training
Major Norman A. Miller, USMC,
will be present at 200 Engineering
"E," 7:30 tonight at the regular
meeting of the campus unit of the
USMCR Volunteer Training Unit
to discuss reserve training, Major
Miller is assistant to the Director
of the Fourth Marine Corps Re
serve District, Philadelphia.
Captain Edward Cook of the
College Marine Corps unit an
nounces that all Marine reservists
and ex-Marines are invited to at
tend tonight when Major Miller
will answer any questions con
cerning the Marine Corps reserve.
EE Students Attend
Meeting in Pittsburgh
Fourteen electrical engineering
students, accompanied by A. P.
Powell, associate professor of elec
trical engineering and student
counselor for the American In
stitute of Electrical Engineers, and
W. B. Sheol:ler& associate profes
sor of electrical engineering, re
cently attended the student meet
ing of the Pittal qurgh section,
AIDE.
Theodore W. Hissey. chairman
of the Penn State student branch,
served as student chairman of the
Pittsburgh meeting. The men also
made a tour of the Westinghouse
Electric Corn. in Pittsburgh.
Pam W. Hamilton. Paul W. Kel
ler. Dr. Eugene T. McDonald. Di.
Harold E. Nelson. Harriett D. Nes•
bitt. Harold J. O'Brien. and Mil
dred B. Wertz.
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Year by year the next half century will
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Critique Sponsors
'Jazz at Schwab'
"Jan at Schwab." a Critique•
sponsored bthop versus Dixie
land concert. will be open to the
public at Schwab auditorium from
2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. April 25. No
admission will be charged.
The Hcboppers a ncl
Dixie
landers will each play several'Of
the same numbers: then sets 01
three pieces will be presented
alternately.
James Dunaway, who will emcee
the program. explained that the
purpose of the concert is to give
students and townspeople an op
portunity to compare bebop and
Di:Yip-land music.
Beboppers will be Gene
Sprague, trumpet and leader;
Dick Anderson, tenor sax; Bob
Miller, alto sax; Dean Alspach,
piano; David Ingraham, bass; and
.Tack Shetter, drums.
Dixie-land will be represented
by the Tru-Blu Sextet, which in
cludes "Shoeless Lou" Levi. piano
and lender: "Wild Dave" Briner,
trumpet; "Stash" Collins, clad
r.et; "Pops" Greenly, bass; "The
Old Professor," drums: and an un
identified trombonist.
Fourteen dollars provides COTO..
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habilitated or undernourished stn..
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in India.