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Student Job
Fills Varied
H a moving van operator calls College extension 321 and asks
for tile services within the next 15 minutes of two husky men
weighing over 180 pounds, just as if he were ordering steak, he
isn’t calling the Charles Atlas agency. No, believe it or not
he’s calling the student emp!
2 Fellowships
Available To
Italian College
Fellowships for two male
American graduate students are
being offered by the Scuola Nor
male Superiore of the University
of Pisa. <
The fellowships will provide
room, board and free tuition at
the Scuola, a 150 year old Italian
college .housed in a 13th century
palace, from November 1051 to
July 15, 1952.
About 60 students attend the
Scuola every year. Fifty are Ital
ian, chosen by national competi
tive examination, and eight to
ten are foreign students. Ameri
can students interested in apply
ing for the fellowships should hot
be over thirty years old. Married
men should apply only if they
intend to go alone.
The qualifications for students
are: a Bachelor’s degree, a good
knowledge of Italian, demonstrat
ed academic ability and. capacity
for independent study, U.S. citi
zenship, good character and good
health.
Further information and appli
cation forms may be obtained by
writing to the Institute of Inter
national Education .U.S. Student
Program), 2 W. 45th street, New
York 19, N.Y. Applications for
these fellowships must be filed
by .May 25.
Phi Kappa Psi
District Council
Sponsors 801 l
The Third District council of
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity cur
rently being held at the Lambda
chapter on campus will be cli
maxed by the annual district ball
tonight at 9 o’clock.
Skip Reider and his orchestra
will provide music for the semi
formal dance. This affair will end
the three-day conference which
was • attended by 50 delegates
from ten colleges.
Colleges represented were Alle
gheny, Washington.and Jefferson,
West Virginia, Ohio Wesleyan,
Wittenberg, Ohio State, Case
Tech, Bowling Green State, and
Toledo.
This is the first time the coun
cil has been held at the College
chapter of the fraternity.
Block And Bridle
Names Winners
Of Gold Medals
Edgar Fehnel, winner of the
professional division of the Block
and Bridle club’s livestock judg
ing contest, was presented a gold
medal by the group at its meet
ing Tuesday evening.
• Ray Clapper, winner of the
amateur division in the contest,
was presented a silver medal. The
awards were presented by Carl
Everett on behalf of the National
Block and Bridle club.
Awards were also presented to
the second and third place win
ners in both divisions. These
prizes were presented by borough
merchants.
Marin Participated
In Panel Discussion
Dr. Joseph Marin, professor of
engineering mechanics and re
search professor of engineering
materials, recently took part in
a panel discussion on experimen
tal stress analysis at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Marin discussed methods of
stress determination using experi
mental procedure. Eastern uni
versities sponsored the meeting.
Agency
Orders
By MILDRED MARTIN
loyment office in 112 Old Main.
According to Allan M. Reese,
supervisor of student employ
ment, this demand is just one of
the many thousands received
every year in that office. How
ever most are not as urgent as
the one above or as unusual as
some requests made to Reece
since he has supervised student
employment from Sept. 29, 1947,
when the agency was formed.
Window Washer Weds
The office, Reece explains, is
eager to help town and campus
people to find the right student
for any type job. He tells the
story of the student who was
hired to wash windows at an
apartment where four campus
secretaries were-living. The win
dow washer later married one
of the girls who lived in the
apartment. Reece says he doesn’t
know whether the fellow, still
a student here, washes windows
now or not.
And then there’s the story of
the woman who called Reece re
cently and asked for someone to
teach her how to play bridge.
“I’ve been invited to a bridge
party,” the woman said, “and it’s
only; two hours away.” Reece
luckily had at hand the name of
the College bridge- champion,
who agreed to the task. Evidently
the tutor was successful,'Reece
says, for the woman, later called
and said that she had made out
all right at the party.
Carpentry To Cesspools
The greatest need for part-time
workers is in odd jobs dealing
with home maintenance, which
Reece says, includes anything
from professional carpentry to
digging up cesspools. Once he
had a request for a male student
to feed and care for several thou
sand pigs.
Records show that 3,085 stu
dents were registered in part
time jobs in 1949-50. This number
is steadily increasing. Among
the reasons Reece lists for this
are: reduction in the number of
students receiving government
assistance under the GI Bill, in
creased financial pressure at
home, and increased drain on the
students’ pocketbooks from day
to day.
Student Enterprises
In addition to requests made
to the office for student workers,
a number of jobs have been
made available by organizing
student managed business enter
prises designed to provide ser
vices to the student body. Gross
receipts of the news and clean
ing agencies combined totaled
$16,500 in 1949-50. The Floral
agency, organized last fall, fa
cilitates the services of three
florists. The employment office
also handles summer work for
students.
The employment service is free
and enables employers and stu
dents alike to work through that
office.
Reifsneider To Address
Theatre Group in Wis.
Robert D. Reifsneider, assistant
professor of dramatics at the Col
lege, will present a lecture-dem
onstration at the Wisconsin Idea
theatre conference this afternoon.
Reifsneider will speak on the
use of dance in drama at the con
ference, which will be held in
Madison. Wis.
LOW COST SEMINARS
For student* during July and August
under the auspices of the Inter-
Unlrenity Jewish Federation of Great
Britain and Ireland, and the French
ihmfl of Jewish students.
For Information, Writ e:
Jewish Educational Travel OrganlxatlM
50 If«t 4llh Street, Hew Tech IF, H. T.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE- PENNSYLVANIA
Clergyman Will
Speak Monday
On Religion
Arthur C. Whitney of Chicago
will speak on “Christian Science:
A Christian Basis for World Peace
and Brotherhood” Monday at 7:30
p.m. in 121 Sparks. His talk will
be sponsored by the local Chris
tian Science organization.
Whitney served as chaplain
during the 1918 Allied offensive
in Belgium. He had been edu
cated for machine designing, but
nearly lost his sight, and was
healed by Christian Science treat
ment. This led him to study the
religion and practice it. He is now
a member of the Christian Sci
ence Board of Lectureship.
Whitney has lectured through
out the United States, Canada,
Great Britain, and in Europe since
his appointment to the board in
1944.
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Nominations
To LA Council
Open Monday
Nominations for next year’s
Liberal Arts student council will
begin Monday and continue until
Friday, Edward Shanken, council
president, said yesterday. '
Twenty-three council positions
are open.
Forms for the nominations may
be filled out from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. on the designated days at
132 Sparks.
Nominees must be registered in
the School of Liberal Arts and
have a 1.5 all-College average. If
the student would be graduated
before his term of office expires,
he or she is ineligible.
No more than two nominees
will be accepted from each char
tered living unit. Should more
than two register, the student
with the highest all-College aver
age will be given preference.
The nominations are for stu
dents who will be sophomores,
juniors, and seniors next year.
A breakdown of nominees shows
eight sophomore, ten junior, and
five senior positions are open.
Elections will be held May 1
and 2. Election of freshman mem
bers will take place during the
fall semester.
Grad Picnic Deadline
Today is the last day for Grad
uate club members to make res
ervations for a picnic-cabin party
on Sunday, April 29. Those in
terested should call Mary Den
yan. 4109, or Margaret-Alexander,
2047. ’ ii
Preparation that Pays
Gibbs secretarial training leads to im
portant jobs, impressive salaried. Girlr
from 225 senior colleges are now attend
ing the five Gibbs schools.
Ji'riU College Course Dean Jor catalog
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Arthur C. Whitney
College In China
Topic Of Sermon
“The Present Significance of Penn State-in-China” will be the
topic of tomorrow’s chapel address by George Weidman Groff and
Richard E. Pride at 11 a.m. in Schwab auditorium.
At present, both men are Penn State representatives carrying
on experimental work of the plant exchange program established
by Groff at Laurel, Fla. Pride, on leave of absence from Lingnan
university, Canton, China, is aiding Groff in the exchange program.-
From 1911 to 1,949. the rela
tionship between the College and
Lingnan university was person
alized by Groff and Pride. After
his-graduation from Penn State
in 1907, Groff went to Lingnan
university as an agricultural mis
sionary, and professor bf horti
culture. Ties with Penn State and
the Chinese university were es
tablished, and students and fac
ulty of the College began, aiding
■Lingnan university through Sun
day chapel offerings.
Appointed Dean
In 1921 Groff was appointed
dean and director of the new Col
lege of Agriculture at Lingnan.
The Japanese invasion made it
necessary for him to return to
the United States in 1937. He
then established the plant ex
change program in Florida.
Groff returned to China in
1946 to become a rehabilitation
officer with the UNRRA. After
the completion of his services, he
returned to Florida to retire and
continue the plant exchange
work.
Pride, a graduate of the Col-’
lege in 1940, received his M. S.
degree in 1947, 1 and left for China
to succeed Groff and continue the
Penn State tradition.
Returns To U.S.
He became an instructor in
horticulture at Lingnan, but
when the communists occupied
most of China, he returned to
the United States on leave of
absence from Lingnan. ,
Since 1949, he has been asso
ciated with Groff in - the plant
exchange program. At present
they are compiling Groff’s vol
uminous notes concerning agri
cultural explorations in China,
Indo-China, Siam, and Malaya.
These notes are considered ex
tremely valuable for world agri
culture.
The ties between the College
and ' Lingnan are continuing
throughout the American board
of trustees of Lingnan univer
sity. Eventually Pride hopes to
be able to return to Lingnan to
continue the “Penn State-in-
China” tradition begun in 1911.
Rosan To Speak
Dr. Laurence Rosan, instructor
in philosophy, has been invited
to address the Philosophy club of
Bucknell university, Lewisburg,
Thursday. His topic will be “Com
parative Oriental Mysticism.”
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112 OLD MAIN
SATURDAY, APRIL 21,1951
NSA Petition
To Be Taken
To Harrisburg
A student committee of the Na
tional Student association will
take its absentee voting petition
to Harrisburg, David Fitzcharles,
committee chairman, reported at
the NSA meeting Thursday night.
The petition will be taken to
the Senate committee On consti
tutional changes and the House
committee on elections in a hope
to legalize absentee voting at col
leges in the state. ' "
Committee members include
Fitzcharles, Nancy George,, and
William Klisanin. The petition
was circulated on campus and at
fraternity houses earlier this sem
ester.
Fitzcharles said that there will
be a .NSA, conference at Muhlen
berg college, Allentown, next
week-end. Harry Kondourajian,
All-College • vice-president,, will
participate in a panel discussion
on “Why Student Government?”
The group discussed the facul
ty-course rating program. Book
lets prepared by committee chair
man Murray Goldman have..been
distributed to the different school
councils. ’ '■
Edward -Shanken, chairman of
the- transportation committee, re
ported that his group was work
ing to get a 28 per cent reduction
from the Pennsylvania -railroad
on round trip tickets for groups
of 25 or more leaving from Lewis
town.
“Work, Study, Travel Abroad,
1951,” a booklet outlining sum
mer travel opportunities for stu
dents, wlil be on sale at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main,
Leonard Wargo, work, study; and
travel' committee chairman, re
ported. i \
Fitzcharles and Klisanin will
represent the College at a Re
gional NSA conference at Swarth
more college this weekend.
Joan Yearger was appointed
chairman of a committee to in
vestigate discount cards. Stores in
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have
given students With cards sold at
other schools discounts.on every
thing from clothes to television.
Audrey Lipsky and Guy.la
Woodward will investigate .the
posisbilities of a student bank.