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Free-lance Author
Attends Sessions
Several weeks ago educators and laymen alike became enthusi
astic over a new philosophy in education when they read a nine-page
essay in Life magazine on the Allentown school system.
The author of this essay, which has made the Allentown system
a model for the entire country, is a free lance author named Richard
Barnitz who is presently attending Penn State under the GI Bill
of Rights.
Barnitz. however, is no ordi
nary GI.
In addition to being a veteran
of both won'd wars. serving as a
private in the Arrnv in I end a
private P—t dr>as in the Marine
Corn® in TT Vie the
Of the nlder-t to at
tend Penn 0-tote U-’- Sg an( J W a°
born on r’ -'-tmoq Day.
B«r>an fta-cer *
Barmt* ben p n bis writing
career after World War I when
he rose from corw bov to editor
of the Hanover. Pa.. Times Her
ald. He later was employed by
the Chiea«o Times and the Inter
national News Service.
“I like shiftin" for mvsaif as a
free lancer, though.” Barnitz
said, “and I enioved mv essav on
the Allentown system for
Life most of all.”
Biggest outlet for Barnitz’ tal
ents has been the Readers’ di
gest. His best known nieee in the
Digest was entitled “How TDear to
My Heart.” It is about his home
town, Hanover.
Son Is Prof
Barnitz came to Penn State
this summer because the GI Bill
offered him a means of security,
at least until he can get a job or
sell some of his work. He has a
temporary part-time job writing
copy for publications of the Col
lege’s Institute of Local Govern
ment;
He is probably the only grand
father to ever attend the College.
His son, a graduate of the Yale
Graduate School, is a professor of
sociology at the Fairmont State
College in West Virginia. He
also has a daughter.
Lively Past
Bamitz has led an exciting life,
bat claims he is living on bor
rowed time, having been pushed
out of the window of a moving
train while in the Marines, fallen
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and run over by a hit-and-run
car.
Although he likes Penn State
because “the teachers are good,
the people are and the
camnne is beautifu 1 ” Rarnitz will
nrofahlv leave at the end of the
main session and go on free
lancing.
Penn's Cave Outing
A bus trip to Penn’s Cave has
been arranged by the Summer
Sessions office for Saturday af
ternoon. Anyone wishing to take
the trip should register at Stu
dent Union before 4:30 p.m. Fri
day.
Admission to the cave costs
$1.20, while the round trip bus
fare is 50 cents. Buses will leave
Rec Hall at 1:30 p.m. Saturday,
returning by 5 p.m.
FOR THE BEST in ...
Records—Popular and Classical
Sheet Music
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Radios and Radio Phonographs
Musical Instruments and Accessories
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When Selecting A Place For
BANQUETS
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THE STATE COLLEGE HOTEL
Phone 733 for Information
THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE,
PSCA Cabin Party
An All-College Cabin party,
sponsored by the summer PSCA,
will be held Saturday and Sun
day at Watts Lodge. Plans have
been made to include dancing,
singing, hiking and games on the
overnight party.
The group will leave from the
rear of Old Main at 1:30 p.m. Sat
urday and hike to the Lodge. Fol
lowing outdoor worship services
Sunday morning the group will
hike back to State College.
Students interested are urged
to sign up at Student Union be
fore Saturday noon. Food will be
provided but the student, must
supplv his own blankets. There is
a charge of 75 cents.
F raternitv Elects
Franklin Mohney was named
president at a recent election held
by Pi Kapna Phi. Other officers
are David Wilson, treasurer; Wil
liam Quay, secretary; Richard
Guhl, historian: Donald Heiny,
warden; Kenneth Reese, chap
lain.
New initiates are Allan Baker.
Chet Christensen. Fred Herold,
George Herold and Kenneth
Reese.
In 1859 each student was re
quired to work three hours daily
on the farm, except on Saturdays
and Sundays.
News Briefs
PENNSYLVANIA
Alums Plan
Weekend
“Penn State is in the exact
geographical center of the State
equally inaccessible from
every point.” It was Prexy
Sparks who said that of the Col
lege, but this fall’s Homecoming
Weekend will help change that.
On October 23 there will be a
Homecoming Special train of 16
Pullmans coming direct to the
campus from both East and
West.
Passengers will be picked up
at New York, Philadelphia. Pitts
burgh, Greensburg, Baltimore.
Washington,. Lancaster, or York,
and the trains will come to the
College via Bellefonte.
The special will be in State
College from Saturday morning
until Sunday nieht. Sdecial tick
et rates will include meals on the
train, Pullman reservations, use
of club car enroute and on the
campus, and tickets to the game.
With these plans the Alumni
Association hopes to lick the
housing problem and swell the
crowd here to see the Lions face
Michigan State.
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PHONE ZION 2322
Hecla Park
7 Miles East of Bellefonte on Route 64
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948
Swedlund Talks
On Cathode
L. E. Swedlund, senior engin
eer in cathode ray tube design at
the Lancaster plant of RCA, will
address the Centre County sub
section of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers—lnstitute
of Radio Engineers at the College
at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday.
His talk on “A Cathode-Ray
Type Flvlng-Snot Video Signal
Generator” in 219 Electrical En
gineering will be open to the
public.
Mr. Swedlund will describe the
new cathode ray tube which has
a new and very short nersistance
screen and its application to the
veneration of video signals from
nhoto graphic transparencies,
drawings and small scenes by the
flvipg-spot method.
He has had 20 years experience
in television and cathode ray
lube development. He received
h''s PS dperee at the University
of Colorado and his MS decree at
the California Institute of Tech
nology.
Commencement will be held in
Schwab Auditorium at 10:30 a.m.
/'uvust 7.
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