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Nittany Dining
Hall Discussed
Bruce Robinson, food supervisor for the .Nittany dining hall,
explained Tuesday night to the Pollock Council why he had to lay
off nine helpers and how he plans to improve dining room service.
With the drop in income due to the decrease in students in the
Pollock area, Robinson said he had two choices: to cut the amount
of desserts and meats served or to cut the dining room help. The
latter step was taken, Robinson
said, because in the long run the
decrease in students would be
proportionate to the decrease in
help, and overall service would
hot be 'impaired.
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Geochem
Post Goes
To Tuttle
Dr. Orville F. Tuttle
New earth sciences head
Dr. Orville F. Tuttle, petrologist
at the geophysical laboratory of
Carnegie Institution, Washington,
D.C., has been named professor
of geochemistry and new head
of the Department of Earth Sci
ences effective July I.',
The appointment was announ
ced yesterday by Dr. Milton S.
Eisenhower. Dr. Tuttle succeeds
Dr. Elburt F. Osborn, who will
become dean of the School of
Mineral Industries, July 1.
Ds. Tuttle was born in Olean,
N.Y:, and resided in Coryville,
McKean County. After three years
of work in the Bradford oil fields,
he enrolled at the College where
he received a B.S. degree in 1939
and an M-.S. degree in geology
in 1940. He was awarded his Ph.D.
degree in petrology at Massachu
setts Institute of Technology in
1948 and while enrolled there,
served as a teacher of optical min
eralogy and petrology.
‘.Dr. Tuttle has carried out ex
tensive research in structural
petrology, chemical petrology,' eco
nomic geology, silicate chemistry,
and crystal synthesis.
He is a member of the Geo
logical Society of America, the
•Mineralogical Society of Ameri
ca, the Mineralogical Society of
London, - and the Geological So
ciety of Washington. •
Poly Sci Club Meets
The Political Science Club will
hold its first meeting of the se
mester at 7:30 tonight in Thomp
son Hall lounge.
The subject for discussion will
be “Religion and Democracy:. How
Related?” Moderator for the dis
cussion will be Dr. Neal Riemer,
assistant professor of political sci
ence.
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In past years the decrease in
the number of students from the
Pollock area has been approxi
mately 250. The drop this year is
already over 350 and may reach
400. Since the dining hall is en
tirely student-supported, this drop
resulted in a tighter budget and
the ultimate reduction of help, he
said.
Robinson said the long lines
that plague the dining halls, in
the Nittariy-Pollock area are not
as bad as many would believe and
that they can be speeded up. Rob
inson pointed out that hardly
anyone has to wait more than 15
minutes. The lines have been
timed, and it has been found that
between nine and 11 persons can
be served per minute. With stu
dent cooperation and a little ef
fort the lines can be kept moving
at this pace, he said.
Says Decrease Proportional
The student uprising in the Pol
lock dining hall last week was
termed “psychological” by Robin
son.' He said the reduction in
number of serving lines from two
to one made many of the. students
feel they were being deprived of
something. It was cited that ifi
1950 the men in Nittany and Pol
lock plus some Air Force trainees
were being served by one line
without trouble. :
The decrease .in the number of
lines is .proportionate to the num
ber of students still in, the area,
Robinson said, for about one half
as many students will be served
on the Pollock side as were served
last semester.
Some, of the line trouble has ,
been attributed to the many Mon- i
day and Thursday 11 o’clock class- !
New
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To
Prep
Eighty-two members have been named to the Penn State Prep
Band by James W. Dunlop, director of the band. In addition all stu
dents of Music Education 51 and 469 are eligible to play in the band.
Those named by Dunlop as flutists are Mary Heckman, Carolyn
Cunningham,, Cecelia Poor, Thomas Williams, and Olla -Horton.
Clarinetists are Marjorie Cole, Jasper
Liotta, John Kuhl, Paul Hintenlang, Rich
ard Ernest, Walter* Wright, Samuel * Car
nell, Francis Wachter, James Griffin, Jack
Solomon, Harold Fisher, Richard Kramer,
Courtland Nichols, Howard Levine,' Susan
Minnich, Charlaine ScEwab, Susanne Co
han, Hal Harman, Wilson Cramer; William
Durbqrrow, Wilbur Kurstetter, George Luse,
Ralph Turley, Sidney Shade, William Fred
erick, and Mary Ann Plummer.
Playing the oboe will be Estelle Silver
man ; the* basoon, George Shannon, Richard
Kartlick, and Blair Rollln; and the alto
saxaphone,. John McCabe, Randall Stephens,
George Anetakis, and Samuel Maurer; Philip
Bower will play the tenor saxaphone and
Tyson. Brown, the baritone saxaphone.
Named to play cornets and trumpets are
Donald Farmelo, William . Hess, Edward
Graham, Carl Keini, William Lysinger,
Larry Stetler, Francis Taylor, John Apgar,
Ronald BeaSoni,' Gene Phillips? James Wil
liams, Joseph Beere, Kenneth. Lesight,
Alice Havilahd, and 'Joseph Warnick.
Horns will be played by Edward Reider,
Richard Marsh, and Charles Smith. Those
playing the baritone will be- Bag
shaw, Evans Goodling, Lee Hampe, William
Rexrode, and Dwight Tothero.
Trombonists are Richard Brown, William
Stackhouse, Fred Wilder,. Dave Caldwell,
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Vandalism
Reported to
WD Council
Complaints about student van
dalism in two areas of Hamilton
Hall were voiced Monday before
the West Dorm Council. ✓ ...
'Robert James, president of B
level Hamilton, said students en
tered the'laundry room Saturday
night and spread powdered soap
over the hall.
A fire extinguisher was stolen
recently from A-level Hamilton,
Robert Solomen, floor president,
said. He said a student also had
been caught attempting to steal
the key to the service elevator.
_ Floor presidents were urged to
warn students not to participate
in such actions. .
A complaint that the ping-pong
room on B-level Hamilton was
closed at 5 p.m. was presented by
Philip Beard. Council President
Robert Hance promised an inves
tigation. '
Social activities for every week
end in the near future have been
planned for students in the West
Dorm area, according to George
Forsyth, chairman of the West
Dorm social committee.
A semi-formal dance-for area
floor officers will- be held Satur
day, and Lynn Christy will-play
for a dance Feb. 20. The commit
tee is trying to obtain an orchestra
for the Military Ball weekend, and
a square dance is being arranged
for March 6, he said.
Newman Club Holds
Discussion Tonight
. An informal Newman Club dis
cussion meeting for students liv
ing on campus-will be held at 7:30
tonight in the northeast lounge
of Atherton Hall.
Father Richard Walsh, chaplain
of the Newman Club, will speak
with students and answer any
questions they may have.
es. This results in a rush to the
dining hall at noon. Robinson in
tends to present a recommenda
tion to the rpenu committee not
to serve a soup-sandwich combin
ation on these days. This combin
ation results in a slower moving
line.
Members Named
____ *
Band by Dunlop
William Shelley, and Kenneth Curry. Play
ing the bass will be Stanley Michalski,
John Moore, Donald Eberly, Stephen Senft,
Harold Thompson, and Lloyd Lupfer.
. On percussion instruments will be Frank
Woods, John Drotar, David Adam; Richard
Gramley, George Groniriger, and Joseph
Stefan.
The Prep Band performs as a
group during exercises as a part
of May. Day weekend. Rehearsals
are held at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in
217 Carnegie.
ENGINEERS,
SCIENCE MAJORS
A representative of the Du Pont
Company will be on this campus
February 16, 17 and 18
to interview Bachelor and Master
degree candidates majoring in
/
Chemistry Industrial Engineering
Chemical'Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering Metallurgical Engineering
Electrical Engineering.
Contact your placement office for an
interview appointment /
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BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVINGV . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY
Small Coils, Big Noise
OLD . MAIN'S bells, ringing in the ears of 11.000 students every
15 minutes, are really five small coils of wire on the fourth floor
that can be heard a mile away. They can play anything from
Brahm's "Lullaby" to Reveille, including "Syncopated Clock."
Old Mains Peal Is
Merely Wire Squeal
Five little coils of wire in a box in Old Main’s fourth floor, that
can be heard over a mile away, can play anything from the usual
quarter hour “ding, dong, ding” to “Three Blind Mice.” They are-not
a new toy for junior, but the Westminster Chimes:
Few people realize that the chimes and hour gong are not either
recording or bells ringing in the tower. But, tradition bows to science,
and- the five coils of wire, plus
some other complicated mechan
isms are what really produce the
musical notes.
Plungers Strike Coils .
Four of the coils correspond to
the four notes of the chimes, while
the fifth is the hour gong. The
master, clock, in its box next to
the coils, is really the director of
the whole .show, for it not only
controls tnte tower clock and
makes the music fade in and out,
but. also selects what will be|
played.
' Begulated by this device, little
plungers come, up to strike the
coils, each of which gives a cer
tain pitch. From there the- notes
are amplified electronically, then
broadcast through the tower loud
speakers.
Another mechanical contrivance
indicates the days and hours
which the chimes are to play and
also what is to be played. In other
words, with a twiddling of knobs
we could have music to suit the
mood. Monday’s early morning
selection , “Blues- Stay Away
From Me;” come Friday, it would
be “O Happy Day” again. s
'Bell' Now Unromantic
Back in the. College’s younger
days, the Old Main bell had no
competition with such modern
contraptions. A bell made a bell
sound, traditions were traditions.
Then in, 1937, the graduating class
' THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 12, 198$
By SHIRLEY MUSGRAVE
presented the Westminster Chimes
to the College. At the present rate,
instead of walking down the Mall
for a cup of coffee, we’ll ride, in
a few years, conveyor belt style.
And, old alumni will pose for
snapshots on the Nittany lion gone
modern—just call him robot.
Our Old Main bell, hanging
stationary and looking a little
motheaten, has a legitimate gripe
against all this modem nonsense
—ugly coils of wire for the ro
mantic picture- of pealing bells.
But, there’s not much it can do
about it. For it’s much, like a man
who has lost \his tongue—it is
minus one dapper and can’t say
a word 'against it.
IM Handball Entries
All fraternity and independ
ent entries in the Intramural
handball singles tournament
must be turned in to the IM
office in Rec Hall by 4:30 p.m.
today, assistant IM director,
Dutch Sykes, has announced.
Any organization may enter
three men in the singles tour
nament. Independent students
may enter as unattached in
dividuals. An entry fee of 25
cents per man will be charged.
"STARS AND STRIPE!
FOREVER"
YVONNE DE CARLO .
"HURRICANE SMITH"
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MARIO. LANZA
Because You're Mine
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CLIFTON, WEBB
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