TUESII.\" '" •TTST 8. 1951 Consultation . Dr. EUGENE McDONALD, left, director of the Speech Clinic, confers with Dr. William Harkins, center, and Dr. Cloyd Harkins, right, outstanding prosthodontists from Osceola Mills, concerning cleft palate rehabilitation for the youngster sitting at the table. A prosthodontist fashions the mouth appliances used in correcting the defective speech of many cleft palate cases. Speech Defects Attacked By Modern, Busy Clinic The Speech Clinic, on the third floor of Sparks Building, is a little-known but highly fascinating' part of the College. It is a cross between a mission, housing forward-looking crusaders with a dedi cated goal, and a beehive, buzzing with important activities every single moment.. During the fall and winter semesters, the clinic conducts its well-knovin Vocational Rehabili tation Progiam to correct speech defects in persons ranging in age from eight up. The clinic not only works to correct the defect but tries to understand the personali ty °Utile•handicapped individual. Many-, times 7 a speech defect, may have-.a..psychological origin. • • Auditory Training Last school year, 12 speech cor rection clients from all over Penn gylvania lived in State College as a group and took part in a. full time program devised by , the Speech. Clinic. This program, given each year, includes two half hour individual classes daily, plus a comprehensive group program. The group program begins with the taking of a single speech de fect, perhaps a letter that the in dividual finds hard to say. The staff helps the handicapped in dividual to participate in all sorts of speech activities and situations until the letter can be pronounced and used correctly in free speech. Auritory Training Persons with hearing defects are also given auditory training at the point in the program when they are starting to speak before NOW! At Your Warner Theatre z 2. C. athaum Robert Walker Joan Leslie "The SKIPPER SURPRISED HIS WIFE". • .. —girt& Broderick Crawford Ellen Drew "CARGO TO CAPETOWN" niliany . Valentina Cortesa Michael Denison "THE GLASS MOUNTAIN" • By ,MOYLAN MILLS groups. The 'well-structured pro gram also includes semantics, the study of word origins and uses, and psychodrama, the acting out of personality problems, for the older clients; mental hygiene and story-telling for the younger mem_ bers of the group; and art therapy for the entire group. .The group is divided into three sections according to age. Section A includes ages eight to ten; sec tion B includes ages 11 to 15; and section C includes ages 16 and up. 'Senior Members During the regular College ses sions, the clinic staff numbers five senior members. They are Dr. Eugene McDonald, director of the clinic; Prof. Charles Elliott, as sistant director of the clinic and head of the Vocational Rehabili- (Continued on page eight) Starlite DRIVE-IN THEATRE Located midway between State College and Bellefonte Tuesday and Wednesday August 8-9 • "The Paleface" Bob Hope Jane Russell , Thursday and Friday. August 10-11 "The Fighting Kentuckian" • Jphn Wayne Saturday, August 12 "The Red Pony" Robert Mitchum Sunday and Monday August 13-14 "Streets of Laredo" William Holden William Bendix WE NOW OPEN at 8:45 P.M. Fellows you can now get your dates in by eleven! " ! L'HE SUMMED C.:9E,LEUIAig STATE COLLEUE. on Route 45 Myrna Loy Debate Team To Open With British Group An international debate with a combined British University de bating team is scheduled as the •,pening event for the Penn State Men's Debate Team, The meet, Set for October 17 will have as its subject-Resolved: That the United Nations is a good inter national debating society but a poor pattern for world govern ment. Ernest Alwyn Smith, Uni versity of Birmingham an d Gwynn Williams, University Col lege of North Wales, will compose the English team. Penn State coach, J. F. O'Brien, has not yet named his porticipants. Last year, the debaters had a very successful season according to Marlin Brenner, team manager. They were named Grand National Champions at a meet held at Mary Washington College, Fredricksburg Va., and won sev - -ral other important events. Five Co-Ops Give Grants Facilities of the Dairy Cattle Breeding Research Center at the College will be expanded with the construction of a cow barn to be financed by the grants from five central artificial breeding cooperatives. Dr. Milton , S. Eisenhower, presi dent of the College, said recently that the executive committee of the Board of Trustees has ap proved the grants totalling $37,000. The new structures will be built to the west of the present buildings and will be 38 feet by 177 feet. It will. include stanch-, ions for 40 cows, a storage 'feed room, a milk house, and lab oratory facilities. The new barn will provide facilities for research in female sterility and delayed breeding, which Dr. John 0. Almquist, associate professor of dairy , hus bandry at the College, terms the primary problem of Pennsylvania dairymen. Dr. Almquist says that this problem is costing Pennsylvania dairymen $15,000,000 annually and that the losses appear to be increasing from year to year: The Breeding Research Center, which was opened last year, was constructed with an appropriation of ' $95,000 from the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and was equipped with grants of TAKE HOME A GIFT from State College GIFTS for EVERY' MEMBER OF THE FAMILY TOYS NOVELTIES WHITMAN CANDIES • STATIONERY QUALITY SOAPS CAMERAS BATH LUXURIES JEWELITE BRUSHES PARKER PENS MEN'S TOILETRIES LADIES' & MEN'S BILLFOLDS Griggs & Kreamer Prescription Specialists 120 E. College Avenue AP News—Courtesy WMAJ U.S. Troops Gain 4 Miles; Posh Reds Toward Chi* KOREA—The Americans have gained about four miles against the North Korean Communists on the southern front. The three pronged attack by Marines and doughboys began at first light yes terday. Field dispatches say the attack is continuing under heavy North Korean opposition. Associated Press correspondent Tom Lambert tells of four mile Former Dean Publishes Book Pennsylvania; for more than a 'entury, 1725 to 1840, was fore most among the colonies and states in the production of food. Dr. Stevenson W. Fletcher, dean emeritus of the School of Agri culture, reveals in his book on early Pennsylvania agriculture. The book, titled "Pennsylvania Agriculture and Country Life, 1640-1840," point out that "Penn sylvania was the bread bas ket of the nation because much of her soil was fertile and because her farmers were trad ionally wise in the lore of the land. Material for the 605-page vol ume was gathered during Dr. Fletcher's 30 years on the Penn State faculty. He was a professor of horticulture, then vice dean and director of research in the School of Agriculture, and later as Dean of the School. Much of the writing has been done since his retirement in 1945. The book was published by the Pennsylvania Historical an d Museum Commission in a limited edition of 2,000 copies. It is the first of two volumes. The second volume, now in preparation, will cover the years 1840 to 1950. $34,500 from the five central Artifical Breeding Co-operatives. YOU CAN'T MISS WHEN YOU SEND YOUR SUMMER CLOTHES TO US FOR CLEANING AND PRESSING! HUR'S Dry Cleaners 114 E. COLLEGE Across from Old Main ?AUL 1.1-111 EL advances by the Marines and ;:he army's Fifth Regimental com bat team. The advances were made at unspecified points south west and northwest of Chindong near the south coast of Korea. The direction of the advances is toward Chinju, 55 miles west, of the vital port of Pusan. B-29s Support Attack American planes supported the new offensive on the southern front. Also in the air, B-29s at tacked military targets ,in the North Korean cities of Pyong yang and Wonsan. They dropped more than 540 tons of bombs, the biggest figure for any day of the Korean war. Phiffippines Offer Men Manila - The Philippines have offered to send 5,000 fully equipped combat infantrymen to fight for the UN in Korea or any other place where they're needed. The Philippines will bear the ex penses. Cap Gris Nes - Shirley May France and Florence Chadwick the two would-be channel swim mers are set to begin their swim early today with Cap Cris Nez, France, as their starting piont. Writes Article Dr. Francis A. Banione, assis tant professor of economics at the College, is author of an article, "Door-to-Door. Sales of Grocery Products" which appeared in the Spring Issue of Journal Retail ing. The article is based on 250 Consumer interviews in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania.
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