PAGE SIX
Lingnan Continues
Despite Communism
“The fall of Canton to Communist forces does not mean the end
of the Penn State-in-China program,” Richard E. Pride, of the faculty
at Lingnan University, said Friday.
During the period of transition from one government to another,
Christian influences at work in China may have their greatest oppor
tunity to do good, Pride explain
ed
Pride, who went to Lingnan to
teach horticulture in 1947, arriv
ed in State College with his wife,
Martha, and his 16-months-oid
daughter, Miriam, on Wednesday
and probably will be here for
two or three weeks* They are
visiting at the home of Mrs
Ralph L. Watts.
Although future plans are not
definite, Pride says they prob
ably will spend several months
with G. Weidmann “Daddy”
Groff, who is developing a plant
exchange service between China
and the United States at Laurel,
Fla. Groff went to China in 1911,
founded and was dean of the
Agricultural College at Lingnan
University, and remained there
uptil just prior to World War 11.
Leave of Absence
Pride and his family left China
on September 13, beginning a
one-year leave of absence. He
plans to return to Lingnan next
summer.
Commenting on the confused
conditions and civil war that has
been sweeping. China, Pride said
that the feeling of the students
,at Lingnan probably could be
summed up in this way.
“We’re not Communists, but
we’re tired of the type of govern
ment we had.” \ '
Lingnan, which had suffered
some damage during the Japan
ese occupation of Canton, has
pretty well recovered, Pride ex
plained. Penn State played a
part in that recovery. In. addition
to sending the Sunday chapel of
ferings to Lingnan, Penn State
faculty and students lost .year
sent more than 4,000 books to
help replace those destroyed by
the Japanese.
“These books,” Pride said,
“have been labeled and form a
special part of the library at
Lingnan.”
Lingnan last year had a record
enrollment of 1400 students,
about 400 of these being students
who migrated from the Com
munist-occupied provinces in the
North. The enrollment this year
is about 1000.
Trend Changes .
With the advance of the Com
munist forces, the trend in en
rollment has from the
liberal arts to the technical sub
jects, such as the sciences, medi
cine, and agriculture, Pride re
ports. He said the Communists
have been stressing the study of
“practical things.”
Pride said that of the 13 Ameri
can and two British staff mem-
HehclerTo Retire;
Has Served 27 Years
F. G. Hechler, director of the Engineering Experiment station at
the College since 1936 and professor of engineering research, will
retire on December 31 with emeritus rank after serving on the facili
ty for 27 years.
The retix-ement was approved by the Executive Committee of
the Board of Trustees at the College at their weekend meeting.
Following his graduation from the University of Missouri in 1908,
Hechler was appointed an instruc
tor and later assistant professor at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
From 1916 to 1919, he served as a
mechanical engineer with the U.S.
Naval Engineering Experiment
Station at Annapolis, Md., and
from 1919 to 1922, as general
manager of the Vibration Special
ty Co. in Philadelphia. He was ap
pointed professor of engineering
research at the College in 1922.
Other retirements approved by
the Trustees were William B.
Gates, employee of the College
Creamery, effective August 14, af
ter more than 30 years of service;
John F. Harter, painter, effective
August 31, after more than 21
years of service; Ida M. Parent,
supervisor of Simmons Dining
Hall, effective August 31, after
more than 12 years; and Grace L.
Hall, hostess in Frances Atherton
Hall, effective August 31, after 10
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
bers at Lingnan, eight Americans
and one Briton have remained at
Canton.
“We’re hoping that Lingnan
will not be too much disturbed
by the change of government,"
Pr,ide said, “and hope the good
that Penn State has been accom
plishing in China for nearly 40
years may continue through the
Penn State-in-China program.”
PSGA Drive
(Continued from page one)
the student with an interest rat
ing card on which are listed
several projects of the PSCA now
in progress or being planned. The
student may check that project
in which he is interested.
To students contributing more
than $2.50 membership cards
honored in most city YMCAs and
indicating agreement with the
purposes of the PSCA will be
mailed'upon request.
The PSCA offers a varied pro
gram to its members throughout
the week. Each Tuesday night
the four commissions of the CA
Christian Heritage,. Personal and
Campus Affairs, Social Responsi
bility, and World Relatedness—
meet to discuss various topics
within the xange of their subject
area.
As an example of these discus
sions, the Social Responsibility
commission is now studying civil
liberties on the campus and the
commission of Perso n a 1 and
Campus Affairs is discussing
campus dating.
An effort is made by all the
groups to look at probleihs in the
light of the Christian faith.
The commissions also carry out
projects such as sending a depu
tation team. to the county home
and county jail, and receptions
for foreign students.
Division Leaders
The division leaders of this
week’s drive are the following:
Ted Allen, fraternities; Norman
Wheeler, Pollock and Nittany
Dorms; John McCool, Tri-Dorms;
John Kockalka, Don Horton and
William Renshaw, men in town.
Division leaders that' will con
tact the women on campus are:
Loisruth Hayford, Atherton Hall;
Nancy Smith, Simrqons Hall;
Evelyn Sebatian, McElwain Hall;
Rosalind Nichols, small dorms,
Woman’s Bldg., Grange, McAllis
ter and cottages; and Priscilla
Wilson, Helen Dreher, and Judy
Luchek, women in town.
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"The Negro Soldier"
A documentary motion pic
ture, “The Negro Soldier,” will
be shown at a meeting of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People in
210 EE at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Liberal Arts Council
. The Liberal Arts Student Coun
cil will meet in 409 Old Main at
6:15 tonight to elect officers for
the coming year, Elliot Krane,
acting president said today.
Students nominated for office
are: Joel Fleming, Earl Schaffer,
George Vadasz, Dorothy Wer
linich for president; Herbert Ar
nold and Ted Wieaenmann for
vice-president; Mary Conrath and
Dorothy Luft for secretary-treas
urer.
PSCA Commissions
The PSCA commission on Per
sonal Life and Campus Affairis
will meet at.,the home of Dr. L.
L. Bernard, 608 W. Fairmount
avenue at 7 o’clock tonight. The
commissions on Christian Her
itage, World Relatedness, and So
cial Responsibility will meet in
304 Old Main at 7:30 tonight.
Penn State Thespians
The Penn State Thespian Club
has invited members of the club,
Masquerettes, and all personnel
(and their guests) connected
with their recent production,
“Welcome Willy," to an iiiformal
party and dance at the Theta Chi
fraternity from 9-12 p.m. next
Saturday. Jack Huber and his
band will provide music
Air Reserves
The Liason Officer from Johns
town will be present at a meet
ing of the Air Force Reserves in
3 Carnegie at 7 o’clock tonight.
'CLASS
FOR SALE
’4O CHEVEY 4-door redan. Very good
condition. Call Haag 7851.
1047 LADD trailer, 18% foot with bottled
gas, -running water, within walking dis
tance of campus. Vesper Body’s Trailer
Camp. Phone 3985.
THREE (8) bows. 65, 47, 40 lbs. pull re
spectively. Prices reasonable. Pollock
Circle, Dorm 8, Room 6.
LOST
LOOSE LEAF notebook, blue. Lost down;
town. Contact Charles Schulte 519 West
College Ave. Phone 8808, Reward.
LOST— Light colored raincoat. Lord 4k
Taylor label. George Rice. Name tag,
White cap in pocket. Phono 2638 after 5, '
LOST—Lady’s Hamilton wrjst watch Sat
urday afternoon. Please return to 244
E, Nittany or call 2593. Reward.
FOUR RAVELLE Color Slides of coed,
Section NK Syracuse game. Cali Joe
Hess, Colonial Hotel.
THREE STRAND pearl bracelet, lost- over
weekend. Call 4939, ask for Don fCuttip.
LOST—at Rec Hall Friday night, girl’s
green coat, from Strawbridge 4k Oloth
ier. Call 214 McElwain. I have yours.
WANTED
NURSES, general duty, alternating shifts.
Apply superintendent. Centre County
Hospital, Bellefonte.
REPLACEMENT for single room in Nit
tany Dormitory. 48-24. K
LOG LOG vector slide rtilp, 'preferably
with ft Q’, and P scales.' Phone 8408,
ask for George.
News Briefs
Belle Lettres Club
Dr. Robert E. Dengler, head of
the classical languages depart
ment, will speak on the “Greek
Drama’’ at a meeting of the Belle
Lettres Club in the N.E. lounge of
Atherton Hall at 7 o’clock to
night.
Canterbury Club
The Canterbury Club of St.
Andrew’s Episcopal. Church will
hold an overnight cabin party at
the Christian Association. Cabin
on Friday. Girls interested in
staying overnight should call the
Rev. John N. Peabody at 3455 be
fore'Thursday.
Ed. Honorary—
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well as several members of the
original organization , who now
belong to the local chapter.
The girls were pledged at a
tea held in the northeast lounge
of Atherton Hall Sundaiy. They
are: Jean Anderson, Jane Ann
Barton, Mabel K. Bowman, Lois
Jean Burrell, Marilyn Clark,
Mary E. Christ, Bernese Curson,
Rose Eifert, Mrs. Mabel Em
manuel, Sally Ann Folger, Joan
Fredrickson, Norma Sue Good
man, Mrs. Millicent Gray, Mar
garet A. Green, Eugenia Hall,
Virginia J. Hartman, Suzanne
Kirshner, Evelyn Laning, Ellen
Large, Ruth Lehman, Anna L.
Light, Joan Lowry, Elizabeth Mc-
Dowell, Frances McNitt, Nancy
Maurer,- Grace Miller, Jeanette
Molloy, Frances Oler, Lucille
Philips, Mrs. Dolores Pierson,
Shirley Polinson, Mrs. Gfertrude
Ruther, Barbare Siluffman,
Jackie Sehock, Mrs. Doris Seiler,
Catherine Wible, Dorothy Yar
nell and Sara Yoder.
IFIEDS
ANYONE driving between State College
and Altoona dally interested in deliver*
Infir small packages, call 3849.
IT ISN'T NECESSARY to send your type
writer out of town for repair. Just dial
2492 or bring machine to 338 West College
Ave.
CORRECTION—Fo> the sake of accuracy
and in the interest of Alpha Tan Omega
fraternity. It should be noted that no con
test . Involving the collection of empty,
liquor bottles was held last weekend. The
houeeparty theme on which this idea was
baaed was changed early In the week.
Two subsequent references to this in the
Collegian resulted , from not "killing” pub
licity' planned for the prigihal, but aban
doned idea,
DANCING to the music of the Rurming
ham Quintet at the New Paradise, South
Spring Street, Bellefonte, every' Friday
and Saturday, from 9 to 12. Excellent
service. No minors allowed.'
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STATE COLLEGE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1949
6 Represent
College At
ASM Sessions
Six faculty and former faculty
members of the College actively
participated at sessions of the
American Society of Metals at
Cleveland last week. .
Prof. John A. Sauer, head of
the engineering mechanics de-
Joseph Marin, profes
sor of engineering mechanics,
and Eugene Klier, assistant pro
fessor of, metallurgy, presented
papers on research being done at
the College and attended the
metals show during the conven
tion,
Dr, iJlax GenSamer, former
chief, of the Miner technology
division on campus, was chair
man of the Technical Session of
Mechanical Metallurgy, in which
Professors Sauer, Marin, and
Klier participated.
Others who presented techni
cal, papers at "the convention were
Dr. William Langford, formerly
of the metallurgy department,
Professor Benjamin J,. Lazan and
Don C. Lemmon, both of whbm
were formerly in the engineering
mechanics department.
Doctors Gensamer and Lang
ford are now with the Carnegie-
Illinois Steel Corp., Mr. Lemmon
with the General Electric Co.
Professor Lazan is novlr head of
the materials engineering depart
ment at Syracuse.
Authority
Dr. Robert T. Oliver, professor
and head of the department rof
speech, at the College, is widely
known as an authority on Korean
affairs and has written exten
sively on the subject. In 1946, he
was ,a guest lecturer, at the Uni
versity of Korea; Seoul, and in
1948 at the Asia Institute.
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