WEDNESDAY, NovEtviisnis isuz
Panhel
McCoy.
After holding disc,ssions in each sorority, Panhellenic Council
delegates voted last night , against the Recreation Hall Seating plan
by a vote of 13 to 5 with one abstention.
The plan proposed by Ernest E. IVlc.coy, dean of the School
of Physical Education and Athletics, would allocate 300 tickets to be
Dramatic Skit
Will introduce
Workshops
A dramatic skit, "Getting Along
With Campus Problems," will in
troduce the workshop organiza
tion meeting of
,the Penn State
Christian Association at 7 tonight
in 304 Old Main.
Students will lead the seven
workshops. They include "Muisc
for the - Listener," led by Janet
Herd and Andrew Zerbin; a dra
matics Workshop under Stephen
Malin, dramatics major; "Art for
the Spectator," led by Rachael
Witherow and Luella Heineman;
a worship workshop headed by
Jane Ifft and LaVonne Althouse;
news workshop headed by Eliza
Newell; and two others, "Gripes
and Grins," and "Know Your
World."
The workshops will be a series
of programs meeting one Wednes
day night each month. They were
designed to provide the work
shop member with a broader per
spective of his special activity or
hobby.
Students may sign up to par
ticipate in any one of the work
shops in 304 Old Main.
The programs of the workshops,
although outlined by the student
leaders, will be flexible enough
to include plans of members.
Special features may include
visiting speakers or experts in the
fields of workshop phases.
Alpha Nu Names
12 New Initiates
Alpha Nu, astronomical honor
ary society recently initiated 12
new members. A dinner at the
Allencrest Tea Room followed the
initiation ceremony._
The members presented Dr.
Henry L. Yeagley, past adviser,
an engraved clock in appreciation
of his services. Dr. Carl A. Bauer,
Alpha Nu adviser, spoke at the
dinner.
New initiates include Joanne
Heine, Robert .Hosler,- Elizabeth
Johnson, Frederick Litwin, Ce
cilia Poor, Edwin Holt, Floyd El
der, Paul Julian, Robert Gowers,
Robert Cox, Janice Glatfelter, and
Robert Amole.
Alpha Lambda Delta
Holds Annual Tea
Alpha Lambda Delta, freshmen
women's national scholastic hon
orary, yesterday held its annual
tea .f o r freshman women who
were high school class valedictor
ians or salutatorians.
The purpose of the tea was to
acquaint the honorary's members
with potential tappees. Nancy
Ward, president, spoke on the
purposes and duties of Alpha
Lambda Delta.
Building Talks Set
Elmer• R. Queer, director and
professor of engineering research,
will participate today in a discus
sion of building in hot and dry
climates • before the Building.'lle
search Advisory Board of tile Na=
tional •A cademy of Sciences,
Washington, D.C.
Students May Offer
Reception Suggestions
Women in the Schools of Ag
riculture, Chemistry and Phy
sics, Mineral Industries, and
Engineering may suggest
names of faculty members to
be invited to the Junior-Senior
Faculty Reception by leaving
suggestions in boxes in the of
fices of hostesses in McElwain
and Simmons h a 11 s , Grange
Dormitory, and Woman's Build
ing.
The reception will be held
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 10 in
Simmons lounge.
Rejects"-
proposal
sold to faculty, graduate, students,
and alumni to activities held in
Rec Hall.
` - "Vinal:plgris were made for the
:ystem to be folloWed in the for
mal rushing program held each
fall. Council voted to keep coffee
hours formal, to hold ribboning
in the sorority suite rather than
in the ribbonees' rooms, to have
members of each sorority pick up
the ribbonees, and to hold the rib
boning ceremony on Saturday in
-tead of Sunday.
The Council voted two weeks
ago to have a max mum of four
parties on two nights and a mini
mum of one with rUshees limited
to three parties.
They also decided upon a strict
silent period unlike last fall's
semi-silent system.
Marlene He ym an, president,
awarded the scholarship cup to
Sigma Delta Tau for its high
average last semester.
Service keys were presented by
Miss Heyman to Bettie Loux for
her work on the Panhel rushing
booklet and to Janet Herd for her
work as rushing chairman.
Beginning the Monday aft e r
Thanksgiving vacation and con
tinuing for two weeks, each sor
ority will send two of its mem
bers to the dancing classes being
sponsored by Mortar Board, sen
ior women's honorary. The classes
are held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the Temporary Union Building.
Mary Carstensen was appointed
Panhel chairman of Greek Week.
Six to Discuss
Status of Women
Six foreign students will dis
cuss the status of women in other
countries at a dinner meeting of
the State College Business and
Professional Women's Cl u b at
6:30 p.m.' tomorrow at the State
College Hotel.
Dorothy Champlin will lead the
discussion. Participants will be
Taniko Kishi, Japan; Tara Pur
shottam, India; Antonieta Terra
zas, Chile; Daw Toke Gale, Bur
ma; Kirsti Cronhjort, Finland;
and Gertraud Berner, Austria.
Members of the international
relations committee of the club
will be in charge. The public af
fairs committee members will act
as hostesses.
19 College Personnel
To Attend Conference
Nineteen College personnel will
attend the American Society of
Agronomy and the Soil Science
Society of America convention in
Cincinnati this week.
In addition to committee and
sectional positions, 11 technical
papers reporting research in this
field be presented.
MI Council Will Act
On McCoy Seating Plan
. , ,The Mineral Industr:es Student
Council will meet at 7 tonight in
208 Willard.
The group plans to take formal
ac t i on on the Recreation Hall
seating plan proposed by Ernest
B. McCoy, dean of the School of
Physical Education and Athletics.
Senate to Meet
Women's Student' Government
Association Senate will meet at
6:30 tonight in the WSGA. room
in' White Hall. Vice President
Barbara Werts will preside,at the
meeting.
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Phi Sigma Sigma IYeagley Expla i ns
Phi Sigma Sigma entertained
Zeta Tau Alpha at a tea yesterday I f
in the suite. ystery Mallards
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Seta Sigma Omicron
Beta Sigma Omicron recently
pledged Dawn B2idler, Gail Cray
ener, and Eliza;)etla Tcmlinson.
Following, the ceremony the 'sor
ority honored the new pledges at
a party in the suite. Previously
the sorority held a slumber party
for the ribbonees.
.14pha Tau Omsica
Alpha Tau Omega recently en
tertained Dean of Men Frank J.
Simes and his wife at dinner. Af
ter dinner an informal discussion
- .7 as held in. the club 7,-•oc;m.
:Cuppa elta Rho
Kappa Delta Rho recently en
tertained Zeta Tau Alpha. The
pledges p:esented a show fol
_owed by refreshments and danc
ing.
Alpha Tau Craega
Alpha Tau Omega recently en
tertained Alpha' Chi Omega. En
tertainment included a skit by the
pledges of the fraternity and a
dance by the sorority D'_edges.
Postdoctoral
Fellows ;p
Forms Ready
Applications are now available
for the Merck Senior Postdoctoral
Fellowships in the natural scien
ces for 1953-54, according to the
National Research Council, admin
.lstrators of the program.
The fellowships.. supported by
Merck and Co., Inc., manufactur
ling chemists of Rahway, N.J., in
clude all fields of physics, chem
istry, biology, and the preclinical
medical sciences. Candidates for
the fellowships must be citizens
of the United States. with a PhD
equivalent in physic.s., chemistry,
or biology. and must have at least
three years of postdoctoral pro
fessional experience in their ma
jor field. Only one year may have
been fellowship work.
Further information and appli
cation blanks may be obtained
from the Fellowship Office. Na-1
tonal R es e arch Council, 2101 '
Constitution Avenue, Washington
25, D.C.
FTA Will Choose
Officers Tomorrow
Election of officers will be held
by the Future Teachers of Ameri
ca at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 121
Sparks. In order to vote, students
must have previously paid their
membership dues or be prepared
to do so that night.
A panel of student teachers who
have just returned to campus af
ter eight weeks of practice teach
ing will represent the elementary,
English, social studies, science,
mathematics, physical education,
business education, languages, and
art fields.
The meeting will be the last one
open to the public.
Mlle! to Present
•
Radio Production
Hilel Hour, a radio show spon
sored by Hillel Foundation, will
present "To Liberty in a Feather
bed" at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow over
WMAJ.
The production will describe
an attempt to liberalize the Mary
land legislature. •
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The cast includes Edwin Gold
enburg, Milton Karabell; Jules
Levine, Edward Rizika, Morris
SarVhek, Morton Slakoff, and
Irwin Weiner.
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If you've seen some ducks strutting around campus and have
~- o ndered :c•here they came from, Dr. Henry L. Yeagley, associate
-)ro:ossor of physics, can supply, the answer.'
Dr. Yeagley explained that these stray mallards are some of
the 300 ducks he keeps on the roof of Osmond Laboratory. He is
using them in a scientific experiment on bird navigation
The experiment, according to
Dr. •Yeagley. concerns the hom
ing ability of pigeons and wild
birds. He is trying to determine
if a bird senses its home locality
at ore point where a characteris
tic line in the earth's vertical
magnetic field intersects a char
acteristic line of latitude. (The
latter line is a factor because of
the rotation of the earth)
Second Be.nefit
Proof of this theory would give
an understanding of the basic
scientific principles of bird navi
gation, 'Dr. Yeagley said. He add
ed that the United States Army
Signal Corps has considered these
principles as a possible factor in
directing guided missiles.
A second benefit from the ex
periment might be information
concerning th e perpetuation of
bird life itself, the professor said.
He explained that numerous ob
servations indicate radio and ra
dar disrupt th e navagational
flights of pigeons and wild birds.
Dr. Yeagley's flock includes
black ducks, wood ducks, and
blUe-winged teal, in addition to
mallards.
Mallards EzCape
The reason for the variety of
clucks, the professor explained, is
that he is seeking the smallest
type duck suitable for the experi
ment. The rooftop "loft" on Os
mond can accommodate a maxi
mum of 150 mallards, or 300 wood
ducks, or 450 blue-winged teal,
he said.
"It's the mallards that escape
and are seen wandering all over
the campus," Dr. Yeagley stated.
"The reason is that before they
are old enough to fly well, they
fly over the edge of the roof and
lose altitude.
"The mallards escape only on
an average of one a week at pre
sent," he said. "But last spring
when I first started raising them
on the roof, as many as two or
three a day would escape. Then
I'd have to go after them with
oversized butterfly nets.
Receives Phone„ Calls
"Any hour of the day or night
I receive phone-calls from per
sons telling me where an escaped
duck of mine is," he said. "I never
mind, though, because I'm grate
ful to them for their helpfulness."
A tour of the ducks' living quar
ters shows that the structure is
elaborate and extensive, consist
ing of many wire hutches and
waterways. Outside the structure
is a large landing field, covered
with water.
The professor said he raised the
ducks from wild eggs, some of
which came as far away as Can
ada and Iceland. They thrive on
a rich grain mixture and grass
from the College's golf greens
preserved by freezing.
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By JULIE IBBOTSON
Leonides Plans
To Display
WRA Trophy
Leonides council voted last
night to place the Women's Rec
reation Association trophy cup,
won in basketball last year by
Leonides, on display if a safe and
conspicuous display place can be
found.
The council appointed Yvonne
Leith, Leonides' sergeant-at-arms,
to find a suitable display case and
to make sure the cup is in a pre
sentable condition. If no display
case can be found on campus, the
trophy will be placed in the hands
of Ethel Wilson, Leonides intra
mural chairman.
Council suggested a committee
be appointed to meet with a com
mittee from the Association of
Independent Men Board of Gover
nors to plan a joint banquet.
Leonides will take further action
on committee appointments after
AIM appoints a committee.
Plans for a fund to be set aside
for an annual scholarship for an
independent woman were ,intro
duced by Vivian Peterson, Leo
nides president. Council members
were asked to discuss the pros
pect of such a fund with their
unit members.
Junior Class Photos
Photographs of entries for Miss
Junior Class may be picked up at
the Student Union desk in Old
Main beginning today, Irv in
White, selections committee chair
man, said yesterday.
The heartbreaking characteris
tic of the bird-navigation experi
ment is.its slow progress, accord
ing to Dr. Yeagley. Dr. Yeagley
blames this time-consuming ele
ment for his being the only re
search worker who has remained
on the project for any consider
able length of time.
As he explained it, "Interested
graduate students do help from
time to time. But the experifnent
involves an enormous amount of
work and requires so much time
to compile data. So it's impossible
for any graduate student to work
on the project to obtain enough
data towards a master's thesis in
only a year or two."
It has been nine years since he
first started the project, Dr.
Ye a gley recalled. He said he
spends so much of his time on
the roof between classes and on
weekends that he had a telephone
installed there.
wit to dusk
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