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New Campus Construction
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Thirteen New Members
Join Ed School Council
Recently elected members of the
Education Student Council are
Robert Gabriel, Nancy Parent, Joe
Daniels, Marion Hall, Jean Hun
ger, JoAnn Snyder, Leo Skell
chock, Barbara Gillet, Helen
Dickerson, Julie Kalback, June
Kircher, Lois Ressler and Bever
ly Williams.
Candidates whose pictures have
not yet been returned may obtain
them at the dean's office in Bur
rowes. Several picture:, from last
fall's election are oriclaimed.
Dr. William M. Smith, Jr., as
sociate professor of home eco
nomics, recently addressed the
meeting of th e Pennsylvania
Home Economics Association in
Harrisburg.
Classroom Building Opposite Carnegie Hall
Addition to Mineral Industries Building
ant Industries Building,ita e , Hill
New P
MeCawley Speaks
At Forestry Dinner
Edmund S. McCawley, deputy
secretary of forests and waters
in Pennsylvania, will be guest
speaker for the annual forestry
banquet to be held at the Nittanv
Lion Inn on Monday night. He
will discuss the "Schuylkill River
Project of the Department of
Dr. Robert J. Clements. head
of the department of romance
languages, will address the Fac
ulty Luncheon club at Hotel State
College Monday at noon. The
topic of his speech, which will be
accompanied by slides, will be
"Some Persuasions of Michelan
gelo Art."
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Forests and Waters."
The banquet will be attended
by forestry students at the Col
lege and at Mont Alto, their
guests, and faculty members of
the department of forestry and
their wives.
Alpha Omicron Pi
BENEFIT BAZAAR
FOR HOMELESS FRENCH
CHILDREN
May 15-2 to 4 P.M.
At Woodring's Floral Garden
Beaver Street
BAKED GOODS AND
NOVELTIES
NSA Outlines Study Abroa
On 'Man
National Student Association programs for foreign study and
exchange include study in German universities, correspondence
with foreign students and hospitality to foreign students this sum
mer, James Bachman reported to the local NSA chapter at the
Wednesday night meeting.
American students may reg
Courses offered by the universiti
Electrical Exhibit
Scheduled for EE
The Pennsylvania Power and
Light Company will exhibit a
$25,000 scale model of their new
150,000 kilowatt steam electric
station at Sunbury, Pennsylva
nia, in the lobby of Electrical En
gintering, May 18 and 19, an
nounced Theodore Mosey, AIEE
and EE Society chairman.
Supplementing the visit of the
scale model to the school, George
M. Keenan, chief engineer of the
PP&L Co., will address a com
bined meeting of the student
branches of the AIEE and ASME
on the power plant in 110 EE,
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. All engi
neers are invited to attend.
Mr. Keenan, a graduate of Pur
due University, was active in the
design and construction of the
new plant at Sunbury. He served
on the Power Branch Division of
the Office of Production Manage
ment and the Office of War Utili
ties as a dollar-a-year man for
three years after Pearl Harbor.
All interested persons are in
vited to visit the exhibit. Com
pany officials will be standing
guard and will be available for
questioning. The scale model and
speaker have been made available
through the cooperation of Mr.
W. A. Brokenshire, Penn State,
EE '24, Production Engineer of
the PP&L Company.
Original Eng Dean
Dies in Florida
Dr. Louis Erhart Reber, first
dean of the School of Engineer
ing, died at his home in West
Palm Beach, Fla., last Monday. A
victim of a stroke, he was 90
years old.
A native of Centre County,
Dr. Reber enrolled at Penn State
in 1876. He was valedictorian of
his graduating class in 1880 and
received a master of science de•
gree from the College in 1887 and
a doctor of science degree in
1908.
• Named as an instructor at the
College in 1880, Dr. Reber found
ed the mechanical engineering
department six years later. When
the School of Engineering was
organized in 1895, he was named
dean. He resigned this post in
1907 to become dean of the ex
tension division of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin. He retired
there in 1926.
in Today's World'
ster for the International Holiday
s of Munich, Marburg and Heidel
berg this summer. These non
credit courses are organized
around the general theme of
"Man in Today's World" and are
related to political science, edu
cation, sociology and other sub
jects. The purpose of the program
is to foster international under
standing among university stu
dents.
Scholarships Available
University faculties and the
American Military Government
have arranged the program, for
which scholarships are available.
Total living costs will be $5O ex
cluding transportation to and
from the university city.
Students who are interested in
applying must have some facility
with the German , language, be
able to secure certification of good
standing and a recommendation
for enrollment from the College
and must show need for a scholar
ship if desired.
The International Activities
Commission of the NSA has ac
cess to 50,000 letters from students
abroad and Is anxious to dis
tribute them among American
college students. This plan, which
has received overwhelming re
sponse from students abroad, will
further a program of correspond
ence exchange sponsored by the
U. S. Office of Education. Prefer
ence as to age and sex of the
correspondent will be given con
sideration.
Interested students may obtain
further information about these
activities by leaving at Student
Union desk an envelope enclosing
their name and local address and
addressed to the Penn State NSA
chapter.
NSA has invited a number of
European student organizations to
send a small group of students to
this country this summer. Each
student will spend three two
week periods in different sections
of the country with American
families who can provide for them.
Students who are interested
must apply immediately to Miss
Patricia Owen, Washburn House,
Smith College, Northampton,
Massachusetts. The following in
formation should be included:
name and home address: address
to which the student will be in
vited; the particular two-week
period between July 1 and August
23 during which the foreign stu
dent would be invited; preferences
as to sex, interests and national
ity; whether or not the family
can pay full expenses during the
visit; activities in which the host
will be engaged and a list of any
other young people in the family.
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