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Clinic Detects, Corrects
Student Speech Defects
One out of ten incoming students will probably have some ,type
of speech defect.
This statement is based on the fact that 215 of the 2224 students
tested during Orientation Week last fall were screened out as hav
ing speech which might prove to be a serious handicap.
Of this group, 68 per cent had articulatory defects, 22 per cent had
voice defects, and 10 per cent had rhythm defects. One in four had
never been told before that there
was anything wrong with their
speech. Forty of the defectives
were women and 175 were men.
Changes Outlook
Dr. Eugene McDonald, director
of the speech and hearing clinic,
says that correction of speech de
fects can sometimes change A. per
son's entire outlook on life.
One girl who was hard of hear
ing was having trouble with her
work and was bitter with the
world. She even became angry
when the clinic recommended a
hearing aid. But after being
trained in its use and in lip read
ing, she was so improved that she
made speeches on how handicap
ped people feel. Her present job
requires a great deal of talking.
Another girl with a cleft palate
was almost unintelligible before
taking speech training. Before the
clinical work she had been intro
verted and anti-social, but she
was given help through a mental
hygiene program, and is now a
registered nurse.
Serious Defects
Acording to Dr. McDonald, the
speech clinic is interested pri
marily in those individuals having
a defect serious enough to be an
educational, social or occupational
handicap.
The criteria for judging the
seriousness of a defect are: does
it interfere with comunication,
does it call attention to itself, and
foes it cause its possessor to be
maladjusted?
Of the 215 students found defec
tive this year, 34 were advised to
take Speech 100, which offers
fiiagnostic and clinical service for
serious defects. Another 114 are
to take Speech 105, designed to
correct minor defects. The re
maining 67 were advised to take
Speech 205, which aims to im
prove voices without actual de
fects.
Theta Sigma Phi Initiates
June Bland and Sara Jane
Cherashore were initiated into
Alpha Tau chapter of Theta
Sigma Phi, women's national
journalism fraternity, Wednes
day night.
Chapel Topic
Is "Star Dust"
Using as his topic, "Star Dust",
the College Chapel on Sunday
Morning, February 6 will hear
Dr. Wilson P. Ard at eleven
o'clock services. Dr. Ard is pastor
of Trinity Lutheran C hurch,
Hagerstown, Maryland where he
has resided since 1941. In addi
tion to the sermon, William
Hymes, baritone will present the
special music for the occasion.
His selection is entitled, "Beati
tudes" by Malotte, the accom
paniment of which will be played
by George Ceiga, Chapel Organ
ist.
Dr. Ard has many friends in
Centre County. For a number of
years he was pastor of St. John's
Lutheran Church in Bellefonte.
He served there immediately af
ter his World War I experiences
and his prior graduation from
Susquehanna University and its
School of Theology. From Belle
fonte he traveled to Denver, Col
orado to become pastor of Mes
siah Lutheran Church where he
served until accepting his pres
ent pulpit in Hagerstown. And
in the intervening years he
served as Chaplain of the 328th
Medical Regiment ORC, and also
as Chaplain of the 168th Field Ar
tillery Regiment, Colorado Na
tional Guard. During his last
three years of military service in
World War II he held the rank
of Major.
Dr. Ard served as President of
the Denver Kiwanis Club in 1929
and was a member of Kiwanis In
ternational Committee on Edu
cation for two terms. He is a
member of the Hagerstown Ki
wanis Club, Alsatia Club, Luther
an Pastors Association and the
Washington County Ministerial
Association. He is also a trustee
of the National Lutheran Home
for the Aged, Washington, D. C.;
a member of the Board of Dea
coness Work of the United Luth
eran Church in America and is
a regular reporter for the publi
cation, "The Lutheran".
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Students like to read about
their fellow student s. Many
things occur in the various living
units, class rooms, etc., that are
humorous and tatertaining. We
would like to know about them
and we think you would too.
We would like to publish a "Per
sonal Column" in this newspaper
periodically and to do this we
need your help and cooperation.
It is impossible for one person to
gather all this information alone,
so if you know of any happening
or situation that is news-worthy
how about coming in and telling
us about it or mailing it in to the
Feature Editor, The Daily Col
legian?
The purpose of this column will
be aimed at letting you know
about the "little people" on cam
pus who, in their own right are
"big people" but may be too shy
to come out from behind the skirts'
of well-known leaders and "big
wheels."
This is not intended to be a gos
sip or slander column and there
fore nothing of a derogatory na
ture will be accepted.
Steidle Blasts
Resource Waste
Commitments of the United
States cannot be fulfifilled with
out trimming present standards
of comfort and convenience back
to the level of perhaps a quarter
of a century ago, said Edward
Steidle, dean of the School of
Mineral Industries at the Penn
sylvania State College.
Dean Steidle, writing in the
second of three companion cir
culars dealing with various phas
es of higher education in the min
eral arts and sciences, added that
"a way must be found to retreat
without anarchy at home as well
as abroad."
Reiterating his oft-repeated
warning that the concept of con
servation must be introduced into
the thinking of every person and
agency whose activities bear upon
the development and utilization
of human and natural resources,
the Penn State dean called for co
ordinated action and "proper re
habilitation and restoration of de
pleted resources."
Attacking waste in the use of
the nation's resources, Steidle ex
plained that "the mineral indus
tries cannot favor the principle
of economic spheres and must
support the idea of an interchange
of manufactured goods and raw
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Trustees Accept Grants
Of $51,700 for Research
Grants providing for research, fellowships, and special training
programs, have been received by the College under agreements
approved by the Board of Trustees, James Milholland, acting presi
dent, announced during final examinations.
One grant, amounting to $17,600 was received from the Koppers
Co., Inc., and will provide for research in electrostatic precipitation
of liquids and solids from the at
mosphere. The work will be con
ducted in the Engineering Ex
periment Station under the super
vision of Dr. Eric A. Walker,
professor and head of the depart
ment of electrical engineering.
A grant of $lBOO from The Gay
ton Co., Youngstown, Ohio, estab
lishes a fellowship for research
in engineering. It will be conduct
ed in the Enginering Experiment
Station.
Work Stoppage
In 10th Day
Negotiations between contract
ors and labor groups concerning
the work stoppage on construc
tion of new buildings at the Col
lege were nil today as workers
went into their tenth day of pick
eting.
No agreement could be reached
yesterday that would end the
work stoppage on the $10,000,000
struction program as the
Centre County Building Con
struction Trade Council protest
ed the use of non-union men by
the contractors.
Spokesman for 1. Alvin Haw
baker and M. W. Shreffler said
their employes were 100 percent
opposed to either contractor ne
gotiating with the union now.
A poll taken Monday morning
indicated that the contractors'
employes would leate their jobs
if required to join unions and the
other 50 percent would join if
requested to by their employers in
order to keep their jobs.
Union headquarters in State
College made no statement Tues
day concerning the claims made
by the contractors after the poll
was taken.
Labor leaders indicate that dis
cussions were continuing.
The College, it was learned, is
not involved in any part of the
work stoppage.
Meanwhile, pickets posted at
all campus entrances moved in
side private cars to get out of the
cold as they started the second
week of the quiet strike.
Tht picket's signs, tied outside
the cars, noted that the union
wanted to "protect wage rates
and conditions." Another cause
of the friction is the union's pro
test that contractors are using
non-union men.
materials between all nations of
the world as the only road to a
creation of the expanding world
economy essential to 1 a s.t in g
peace."
SA'rTIID4Y, FEBRUARY 5, 1949
Feed Ingredient
A feed ingredient hedging study
will be conducted in the depart
ment of agricultural economics
and rural sociology under a $4500
grant made by the Production and
Marketing Administration of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
A grant of $6OOO from the Na
tional Association of Automotive
Insurance Companies, Chicago,
111., and of $2500 from the Ameri
can Trucking Association, Wash
ington, D. C., will assist in carry
ing on the program of Motor
Vehicle Fleet Supervisor Train
ing in the Institute of Public Safe
ty, Central Extension.
An agreement also was com
pleted with The Markel Service,
Inc., Richmond, Va., for providing
the full-time service of one man
whose salary and travel expenses
are estimated at $lO,OOO. He is
Dennis A. Weaver, who will be
affiliated with the Institute of
Public Safety.
Crude Oil
A grant of $7500 from the Penn
sylvania Grade Crude Oil Asso
ciation for the continuation of re
search in the Petroleum Refining
Laboratory also was approved.
Two other renewed agreements
provide for the continuation of a
fellowship in chemical engineer
ing under a grant 'from the Shell
Felowship Committee and the
continuation of the Natural Gas
Fellowship in the School of Min
eral Industries under an $lBOO
grant from the Pennsylvania Na
tural Gas Men's Association.
College Aids Immigrants
More than 500 immigrantp have
nrepared for American citizen
hip examinations through cor
•:espondence courses offered by
the College extension services.
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