The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 21, 1949, Image 6

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    PAGE SIX
Receives Degree
Dr. David H. Rank
Rank To Get
Honor Degree
Dr. David H. Rank, professor
of physics, will receive an honor
ary doctor of science degree from
Lebanon Valley College at
Commencement exercises on
June 6, Dt. Clyde A. Lynch,
president of Lebanon Valley an
nounced recently in Annville.
Dr. Rank received his bache
lor of science degree in chemistry
at Lebanon Valley, and his mas
ter of science and doctor of phil
osophy degrees, with majors in
physics, at the College.
During World War 11, Dr.
Rank served as technical expert
and consultant to the War De
partment at Frankford Arsenal,
Philadelphia. He is a member of
the American Physical Society;
a regular member of the Optical
Society of America; a fellow of
the Institute of physics, London,
1948; and has published several
article in the fields of spectro
scopy and geometrical optics.
Cabinet Backs -
Continued from page one
men of the Campus Upkeep and
Safety committee, with Philip
Barker and William Funk as
' committeemen.
Book Exchange
Reporting for the Book Ex
change-Co-op Planning commit,
tee, Lee Bums suggested that for
next year the two operations be
integrated under one financial ac
count, and stated that a more cen
tral and larger location is impera
tive to their success.
Cabinet approved the list of
delegates proposed for the NSA
national and regional conventions
by Ernest Ott, NSA chairman. To
the national convention in Wis
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Oliver To Head
Speech Dept.
In September
Executive Committee
Confirms Appointment
Robert T. Oliver, author, edu
cator. and public relations coun
sellor, will succeed John H. Friz
zell, retired, as head of the de
partment of speech, effective
September 1, James Milholland,
acting president, announced yes
terday.
His appointment has been con
firmed by the executive commit
tee of the Board of Trustees. The
new appointee, who opened the
1949 Liberal Arts lecture series
February 24 with an address on
Korea, has headed the Washing
ton bureau of the Korean Pacific
Press since 1947 and also has
served as counsellor to the Ko
rean Commission.
Served at Syracuse
Previously, he had served from
1944 to 1947 as chairman of the
department of rhetoric and pub
lic address at Syracuse Univer
sity, and from 1937 to 1942 as
chairman of the speech division
at Bucknell University. He was a
guest lecturer at the University
of Korea, Seoul, in 1946, and at
the Asia Institute in 1948.
A native of Sweet Home, Ore.,
Oliver was graduated from Pa
cific University in 1932, earned
his master’s degree at the Uni
versity of Oregon, and his doc
tor’s degree at the University of
Wisconsin. He served as dean of
Clark Junior College, Vancouver,
Wash., and as an assistant pro
fessor of speech at Bradley Poly
technic Institute.
He has authored many books
in the speech field, among them
Training for Effective Speech,
Developing Ideas, Essentials of
Communicative Speech, and Psy
chology of Persuasive Speech,
and he also has written exten
sively on Korea under topics such
as Korea, Forgotten Nation, Di
vided Korea: Its Economic Poten
tials, Resources and Needs, and
Case for Korea.
Rowland Elected
Charles J. Rowland, professor
of economics at the College, has
been elected vice-president of the
Williamsport chapter, Association
of Accountants.
consin, NSA will send Joel Bach
man, Ott, Lynn Lapp, Isobel
Grieg, and Leonard Stein, while
the same will go to the regional
convention in Philadelphia, join
ed by Oliver Blackwell, Virginia
Hartman and Mary Newton.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Dr. Marsh W. White
In recognition of outstanding
achievement in the science of
physics, Dr. Marsh W. White,
professor of physics at the Col
lege, has been elected a fellow
in the American Physical Society.
Dr. White has been on the fac
ulty at the College since 1918.
Faculty Luncheon Club
Dr. C. R. Carpenter, professor
of psychology at the College, will
show the film, “Jackson Hole
Wildlife Park,” at the meeting of
the Faculty Luncheon Club at
the Hotel State College on Mon
day noon.
The meeting on Monday will
be the final session for the cur
rent semester. Because of the
final examination schedule at the
College, the meeting will begin
at 12:20 p.m., instead of at 12
o’clock.
DuPont Conducts
Survey Here
The School of Home Economics
at the College is cooperating with
the DuPont Co., Wilmington,
Del., in a study of consumer’s ex
perience with nylon.
Questionnaires, prepared by the
company, will be distributed
among 50 women students at
Penn State. The results of the
survey will later be revealed to
the colleges who cooperated on
the project, according to M. Eliz
abeth Westgate, associate profes
sor of clothing and textiles at the
College.
Hatcher Attends
Conference
Dr. Hazel M. Hatcher, profes
sor of home economics educa
tion, is attending a conference in
Washington, D. C., this week to
consider extension problems, ex
periences, and methods appro
priate for other countries. The
conference is sponsored by the
Office of Foreign Agricultural
Relations of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture and the Extension
Service.
IM Doubles Teams
Advance in Tourney
Four doubles teams have. ad
vanced to the fifth round in the
IM tennis tournament and one
has gone to the final round.
Tom Jenkins and Russ Marker
of Phi Sigma Kappa gained their
fifth round position by beating
Bill Nichols and Dick Black of
Lambda Chi Alpha 8-6, 7-5. A 1
Fessler and Dave Jones of Alpha
Chi Sigma defeated Terry Wolf
and Sid Gold of Alpha Epsilon
Pi, 6-1 and 6-3. Russ Leib and
Dick Fleming, Delta Upsilon ran
over Gil Welsh and John Wallace
of Delta Tau Delta, 6-2, 6-1.
Bill Mallory and Mark Bor
land of Phi Gamma Delta scored
a victory over Ted Weidenman
and Don Atwood of Sigma Nu.
6-1 6-1.
Fessler and Jones qualified for
the final round play by stick
ing a 6-3, 6-0 defeat on Jenkins
and Marker.
Fessler and Jones will meet
the winner of the Leib-Fleming,
Mallory-Borland match for the
fraternity doubles championship.
Faculty Briefs
Kelly Publishes Text
“Teaching Posture and Body
Mechanics,” a textbook by Dr.
D. Kelly, assistant professor of
physical education at the College,
has been published by A. S.
Barnes and Co.
The book is a non-technical
presentation to help elementary
teachers, health and physical
education teachers, and parents
to stimulate children to want bet
ter posture.
Much of the material for the
text is based on a relatively pio
neering program conducted sev
eral years ago by Dr. Kelly in
the public schools of Williams
port. At the present time, Dr.
Kelly is conducting a class for
town and rural children on the
campus and classes for three
groups of children in the Harris
Township schools.
Prof Serves on UN
Committee
Dr. N. B. Guerrant, professor
of agricultural and biological
chemistry at the College, has
been invited to serve as a mem
ber of a committee on vitamin
standards of the United Nations
World Health Organization.
The invitation came from Dr.
Brock Chisholm, Director Gen
eral. The committee will begin
its deliberations at the Medical
Research Center in London, Eng
land, on April 26. Dr. Guerrant
will leave New York by plane on
April 23.
Named Natl. NAEB Head
Harold W. Loman, purchasing
agent at the College, will serve
the National Association of Edu
cation Buyers as national treas
urer again in 1949-50.
He was re-elected for the third
time at the organization’s annual
meeting in Boston. The NAEB
represents purchasing agents and
business managers of nearly 700
colleges and universities.
Loman also was re-named to
the NAEB’s executive committee
during the sessions in Boston.
Committee Members
Named
■ Six faculty and staff members
at the College were named to the
Steering Committee of the Fac
ulty Luncheon Club recently and
will serve during the first semes
ter, 1949-50.
They are Dr. Albert K. Kurtz,
professor of psychology; J. C.
Lester, associate professor of me
chanical engineering; David H.
McKinley, assistant professor of
economics; Dr. Richard C. Ray
mond, associate professor of
physics; Elsa C. Lisle, circulation
librarian; and Dr. Pearl O. Wes
ton, dean of women.
Business Ed Conference
Twenty-five prospective busi
ness teachers who are enrolled
as undergraduate majors in busi
ness education, accompanied by
Dr. James Gemmell, associate
professor of business education,
recently attended the Spring
conference, of the Pennsylvania
Business Educators Association
in Reading.
Dr. Gemmell participated as a
panel member during one of the
sessions dealing with general
business education.
SATURDAY, MAY 21, ]94 ,
Orientation
Plans Set—
(Continued fro. i cage one) !
at the PUB at 7:30 p.m. and WRA!
will hold an open house for wom-i
en in White Hall at the same hour.!
Registration will proceed as]
scheduled throughout Friday andi
until noon September 24. Prior to]
registration, health examinations,
psychology tests and the English]
placement tests, plus meetings!
with counsellors and department
advisors, will be held from Mon
day to Thursday.
A football game with Villa
nova and a mixer-dance at the
TUB will highlight the Saturday
afternoon and evening program.
The Orientation Chapel service
will be held in Schwab Audi
torium at 11 a.m. on Sunday. The
speaker will be announced later.
The Inter-Religious Council will
hold a union service for all new
students in the auditorium at 8
o’clock that night, to formally
conclude the Orientation Week
program.
It is expected that approximate-!
ly 1250 women, including 50C
frosh, and 2450 sophomore men
will register in tne day-and-ft
naif scheduled for this procedure,
Freshmen women will report it
the campus September 18, an
will meet with Dean Pearl |
Weston in Schwab Auditorium!
8 p.m. They will meet with Del
Weston again in the auditoriui
J, t 0 ® Pm. September 1
The School of Home Economii
will hold a tea for Home I
freshmen in the Home Economil
building at 8 p.m. that -dayr"' ~
Orientation week plans w<l
made.by a faculty-administratio
student committee. In addition - '
Mr. Ken worthy, it included
faculty and administration rent
sentatives, the All-College
dent, and the presidents of wSQ,
PSCA, IFC, the junior class, s
the editor of the Daily Collegi
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earned the Daily Collegife vl
award of honorable ment® '
1949 college newspaper coify
tion, according to a letteF,
ceived by James H.
acting president, from V. ZWi
ward Canale of the National i j
vertising Service.
The _ award places the Dth]
Collegian _in a high starjidinSj
mong daily college newspapn
throughout the country in u
vertising research. f
Competition was established.]
the National Advertising Servil
to “foster high standards of <f
legiate journalism in keepl
with the important part colle
newspapers play in representif
the colleges at which they a
published. Leading advertise
and advertising agencies hJ
supported the competition as f -
strumental in training , colle,
students in sound business tj’i
journalistic practices.” IT
The prize won by the DaJ
Collegian is an engraved sir*
trophy. I?
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Continued on page five
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Root, and John Stoudt.
Donald Hieny was named hea
manager for next season an
Harold Boyer first assistant man
ager. Joseph Schutz and Reet
West were named associate man
agers for the coming season an<
were awarded four inch letters.
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