WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1948 Physics Department Opens Summer Program in Science With an Open House program tomorrow night, the department of physics will mark the official opening of a popular summer pro gram in science, planned particularly for high school teachers of science. The program will make available to all Summer Sessions stu dents events of scientific interest similar to those regularly pre- sented during the regular terms. Among the features of the Open House, which will be held in Os mond Laboratory from 7 to 10 p. m., will be visits to research laboratories, the planetorium and observatories, and elementary demonstrations using some of the College’s unique demonstration equipment. Acoustics! Points of interest will include the acoustics laboratory where the ultrasonic siren, so powerful that sound waves generated by it will float marbles in mid-air, pop com, boil water, or ignite cotton, will be featured. The sound waves from the siren are useful in research and a strik ing practical application, still in development, is that of launder ing clothes. Other laboratories of interest win be the laboratories for high precision spectroscopy, infra-red, and x-ray, and toe newly develop ed radioactivity room. In several laboratories, elemen tary demonstrations will be set up, using large scale and brilliant ly-colored equipment which was built at the College for demon stration purposes. Much of the equipment was used for wartime training in the famous Auto Lab that towed many towns and' cities. Planetarium The Spitz planetarium in toe sub-basement of Osmond Labora tory will be in operation tomor row night as a part of the Open House program. The astronomical instruments laboratory in which astronomy students make their telescope mirrors wiW also be open. Other features of summer pro gram wiM include a series of talks and a chance to look at the stars through telescopes in the two college observatories on Wednesday and Sunday nights, weather permitting. Graduate Exams Graduate record examina tions for the botany depart ment will be given August 1 and 2. Applicants should reg ister in 210 Buckout Labora tory 8 to 12 a. m. and 1:30 to 5 p. m. from Monday to Fri day. The registration deadline is noon, Friday, July 14. Identification Needed at Library The College Library now re quires all persons to present identification cards when bor rowing books or other library materials from the circulation desk, reference desk, periodicals desk, reserve book room, and the open shelf room. This measure is felt to be nec essary Mrs. Margaret K. Spang ler, assistant librarian, explain ed, because of the number of times some readers have signed fictitious names and false ad dresses when borrowing books and periodicals. The request is being made to insure the return of library material, making it available to the largest number of people. Students should present ma triculation cards and faculty members their College identifi cation cards. All others should apply at the circulation desk for a library identification card to be used when borrowing books. RENT A BIKE .. 4<M EL College Aveuve PHONE HOURS 1 TO 9 DAILY 091 HR HOURS BY APPdNTBUNT MacGregor— Continued from page one* each week: The American Album of Familiar Music, Waltz Time, and American Melody Hour. Re garding her success in the field of poular music, she says she has merely returned to her first love, for as a child she used to dance and sing popular songs on the stage. Even though her study of music took her into the classi cal field, she never lost her love for popular music. Miss Mas Gregor was bom in Pittsfield, Mass., of a musical family. At the age of three she made her professional debut, and participated in a troupe, organiz ed by her brother, at seven. After graduation from high school, she and her mother moved to California and lived in Holly wood for two years. While there she resumed her musical studies and made public appearances, in cluding her radio debut at the age of 17 over KHJ, Los Angeles. Operatic Debut Miss MacGregor made her operatic debut at the Academy of Music, Boston, after studying with Salvatore Avitabile, , noted New York voice teacher. For sev eral years she was featured so loist with Andre Kostelantez. Frank Hummert, head of one of radio’s largest program agencies, gave her her first opportunity to sing popular music on the air. Tickets for the series are on sale in 104 Burrowes, priced at $2.40, including tax. Single ad missions are $l. tax included, on sale on the day of performance only. After 5 p. m., they may be purchased at Student Union, Old Main. Other artists included in the current Artists Series are Swiss Bell Ringers and Ambassador Quartet, July 12; La Meri and emsemble, July 20; and the Eb onaries, July 28. 5020 Registered For Main Session A total of 5020 students have registered for the Main Summer Session, Royale M. Gerhardt, dean of admissions and registrar at the College, has announced. Additional enrollments for special programs offered during the summer are expected to bring the final registration figure for the main session to a new record, exceeding last summer’s final fig ure of 5107. Lash summer, 4911 students registered on the open ing day. Approximately 2300 of the reg istered student* are veterans. Assists Former Coach Norm Gordon, former Lion standout, is Coach Chick Wer ner’s track assistant at Penn State. The Nittany Theatre in co operation with the Modern Language Departments and the International Film Club, will present “Volpone” next Monday and Tuesday. The feature players in Ben Johnson’s masterpiece are Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Jacquline De lubac and Ferdinand Ledaux. MOTT HUNTER THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA ' Volpone ‘ Watts Former Dean Dies at Home Funeral services for Dr. Ralph L. Watts, dean of the School of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the College from 1912 to 1939, will be held at the State College Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. Rev. A. E. Newcomer, Jr., pas tor of the church, and Rev. A. S. Asendorf, pastor of the Reformed Church, will officiate at the serv ices. Burial will be made in the Branch cemetery. Friends may call at the Watt’s residence until 9 p.m. today. Dean Watts, who died at the age of 80 at his home Saturday at 11 p.m., started his half-century of work in agriculture as a horti culturist at the Tennessee Experi ment Station in 1890. From 1899 to 1908, he served with the State Department of Agriculture as a lecturer for Farmers’ Institutes. He came to Penn State in 1908 as professor of horticulture and in 1912 was named dean of the School of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Bernice Chambers Addresses Forum “The Challenge of Leadership in Fashion Retailing” is the topic to be discussed today by Miss Bernice A. Chambers in the sec ond series of the forum sponsored by the School of Home Economics. Miss Chambers is an associate professor of retailing at New York University. These forums are being held in 14 Home Economics building from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. every Wednesday during the Main Ses sion. Home Economics students, members of the faculty, and all interested persons are urged to attend. Last Wednesday’s forum, de livered by Prof. William M. Smith, Jr., was titled “The Na tional Family Life Conference and You.” Future forums are ex pected to deal with many varied phases of home economics and should prove to be of interest to the average layman as well as the home economics major. Admission to the forums is free. VISIT THE MTTANY DELL • deficient* sandwiches • ice cream • candy e potato cbkts • pretests • soft drinks • also a complete fins of magaaines MTTMfY DELL MC B. BoUmom tea Open eeeotaaa N oCctock Willard Lewis, Wheeler Davey Retire With Emeritus Rank Retirements of Willard P. Lewis, College librarian, and of D*. Wheeler P. Davey, professor of physics and chemistry, were ap proved at a recent meeting of the College Board of Trustees. Both will retire with emeritus rank efftKtive August 31. 6 Ralph W. McComb was named librarian last September when Mr. Lewis, because of ill health, accepted the position of associate librarian with a leave erf absence for one year. Mr. Lewis had served as librarian since 1931 Dr. Davey, who served on the faculty from 1909 to 1911 and then returned to the staff in 1926, will be succeeded by Dr. Ray mond Pepinsky, research profes sor of physics at Alabama Poly technic Institute, whose appoint ment as research professor of physics is effective September 1. Dr. Pepinsky Dr. Pepinsky received his un dergraduate training at the Uni- PSCA Cabin Party Set far Weekend The Penn State Christian As sociation will sponsor a weekend cabin party at the Sigma Phi Alpha cabin at Whipple’s Dam Saturday and Sunday. A program of swimming, sing ing, and games has been arrang ed. Each person will pay not more than $1.50 for food for the week end and $.50 for each day at the cabin. Persons wishing to attend should get in touch with Miss Marjorie Allen, associate secre tary of the PSCA., 304 Old Main before Friday noon. After the Movies Stop at FRED'S For MILKSHAKES or a SANOWtCH ROUND AND SQUARE DANCE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT _ AT THE '"SELT COLISEUM ROLLER RINK " MUSIC BY ANDY AND HIS WOODYCREST TRAVELERS DANCING 8 P. M. TO M P. M. at Hur's Dry Cleaners Dry Cleaning Quick Pressing Alterations HUR'S DRY CLEANERS 1 *4 E. Ave.. * «... versity of Minnesota and his doc torate from the University of Chicago. During the war he serv ed in the Radiation Laboratory of Massachustees Institute of Technology. He is the author of numerous papers and has devel oped new devices and techniques destined to revolutionize crystal lography. The Board also approved the appointment of Dr. Philip J. Efcv ing associate professor of chemis try at Purdue University, as pro fessor of chemistry. He will re place Dr. Thomas W. Mason, pro fessor of analytical chemistry whose retirement with emeritus rank, effective August 7, had been previously announced. 24-HOUR SERVICE on aH KODAK WORK "PACOLARGER” JUMBO PRINTS AT NO EXTRA COST MSS PHOTO FIHISHIIIO 212 E. College Ave. State College, Pa. No. you can't miss when you send your summer clothes to Hur's no matter their rumpled, spotted condition. You'll not find a stain or an unpleasant wrinkle left. Hur's also offers a quick pressing service for that special occa sion that might pop up any minute. Across from Old Mam PAGE SEVEN YOU CAN'T MISS State College
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