WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1953
40 itviothee Rodents
Tested for Nutrition
Nutrition experts are• experimenting s with white rats in the Home
Economic; Building to determine the effects 'of diet during preg
nancy on both the mother and the unborn. ,
• Forty inbred rats were imported arid are being used to determine
the composition of weight - gained during pregnancy. One method
that is used is the measure of
!change irk specific gravity.
I To determine the specific grav
ity of the . animal, the rats are
tied.in little.net bags and weighed
, under water. If the specific gray-
city decreases, the indication, is
that fat' has been gained, and if
the specific gravity increases.
;that relatively more water has
been gained. The rats are given a
ibrisk rub-down after the dunk
ing and returned to their cages.
15 Weeks Old
Leonides OK's
2 Amendments
Leonides Council recently ap
proved two constitutional amend
ments on election procedure.
The fir.st change proiiides-.,that
the • candidate receiving the sec
.ond highest- number of votes. for
president will- become vice 1-)res
ident. The second sets up an an
nual rotation of offices among
council members.
Hilda Hogeland, Leonides pres
ident, outlined a plan to present
a cup to the captain of the win
ning football team, each year in
the games between the College
and Texas Christian University.
This plan, co-sponsored by Leo-.
nides and the Association of In
dependent Men, will be initiated
Saturday night at the Autumn
Ball.
Beam. Appointed
To PS Foundation
The appointment of Robert E.
Beam, State College, to assistant
director of the Penn ,State Foun
dation :was announced today by
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower.
The 'purpose of the foundation,
directed by Bernard P. Taylor, is
to encourage contributions by
alumni and the general public to
prdjects for which appropriated
funds and income are not avail
able.
Beam received his B.A. degree
in commerce and finance at the
College in 1948.
Delta Gamma
New officers of the Delta Gam
ma pledge clash are Nancy Gul
ick, president• Marilyn Fischer,
secretary• and Joan Gray,treas
urer. The pledges were enter
tained at a slumber party in the
suite. -
Alpha Che Omega
Alpha Chi Omega recently ini
tiated Harriet Barlow, Mary
Braun, Janet Frank, Marian Frey
ermeuth and Mrs. Lewis Land.
Kappa Sigma
George Harshaw Jr., a transfer
brother from Dickinson College,
has affiliated with the local chap
ter .of Kappa Sigma.
Theta Xi
Theta Xi recently entertained
Alpha• Gamma Delta. A skit was
presented by pledges and, broth
ers. Refreshments were served. \
glancing. rotate,
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and ducked back inside. She
pressed and prodded. Thr e e
more red corpuscles jumped
out, ran about a bit, and then
dove into the tube. I was pro
nounced alive and led into the
white-sheeted chamber, where
a bed was provided while a tube
with jug attached was tapped
into my vein.
The result was remarkable. The
juice bubbled merrily into the jug
while my friend and I engaged in
some not too pertinent conver
sation. My friend finished first
and chided me about being slow.
It didn't bother me. I'm not used
to traveling in fast company any
way. •
When it was over, I looked at
the red stuff with some disbelief.
It should have been blue. But I
remembered from some\ distant
biology class that the color of the
skin has no bearing on the color
of the blood.
A second look at the jug con
vinced me it was mine. It had
a head on it.
The trial was over. No one was
stretched out. No one screamed in
agony. I was firmly convinced I
should have helped fill up the
basement of the new . Student
Union. .
By. AL IvI4DI'N
The little creatures are kept in
separate Cages after the experi
ments have begun. and a careful
j record is kept of the food they
'consume. They_are, weighed daily.
Approximately 15 weeks old,
'these tame rats are albinos and
weigh from 150 to 200 grams each
when experimentation begins.
• 4- Food Deficiencies
Since rats mature 30 times
faster than humans, generations
can be studied in a relatively
short time and the effects on the
young and the mother rats can
be determined fairly soon. Many
of the experiments, such as dunk
ing in water to determine specific
gravity, are not tried on humans
for fear of accidents. -
Women in the' food and nutri
tion 450 classes use rats for dem
onstrating food deficiencies. A
well-balanced diet is fed to a con.:
trol rat, and deficient diets to
others. Sometimes within three
weeks, the result of protein or a
vitamin ' deficiency in the diet can
be clearly seen when comparison
is made with the control rat.
College Chaplain
To Welcome New
PSCA Members
The Rev. Luther H. Harsh
barger, College chaplain and ex
ecutive secretary of the Penn
State Christian Association, will
speak at the recognition service
for neia - : PSCA. members preced
ing a chicken barbecue at 5 p.m.
today in Hort Woods.
His topic will be "On Being a
Student. The service will be held
in front of the outdoor chapel in
Hort Woods.
The barbecue, which is free for
members of the Christian Associ
ation, will be financed by mem
bership dues. In the past, a por
tion of these dues was used to
pay for subscriptions to the maga
zine, The Intercollegian. Last
spring it was_decided to substitute
the barbecue for the magazine
subscription.
Three Students to Talk
At Spanish Club Tonight
El Circulo Espanol, Spanish
club, will meet at •7 tonight in
Atherton lounge. Judith Brown,
Douglas Speicher an d . William
Grundy, who studied in MexicO,
will informally discuss their ad
venture. in Spanish.
John Ryan will be program
moderator.
Sigma Pi
Sigma Pi recently pledged Pay:
son Burt and Joseph Frederick.
NEED EXTRA CASH!
Sara is looking
for students,
experienced, in
•counter and
•grille work
' evening and
night work
at SAM'S
Food Grille
129 S. Allen
"HE' DAILY CULur.;L.4I./-1.11. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Barbara Hendel and Suzanne
Loux, newly-elected freslirrian
senators, of the Women's Stu
dent GoVernment Association,
will be installed' at 6:30 tonight
in the WSGA room in White
WSGA Senate Agenda
'Roll Call
Minutes
Officers Reports
Adoption of Agenda
Old Business
`Tc--w Business.
1. Spring Week holiday
2. Appointment of mem
ber of Judicial
_ 3. Appointment of chair
man for WSGA-PSCA
colloquy.
Announcements
Adjournment
2 Dorm Units
Hold Joint
Entertainment
One of the first parties of the
semester between independent
living units was held Sunday by
students in Nittany Dorm 31 and
the third and fourth floors of Mc-
Allister Hall.
The combined party was held
at the Penn State Christian As
sociation cabin with both groups
contributing to the entertainment.
Donald Genhart was emcee for
the three groups of comedy acts.
Betty Seider, Gwen Shingle
deker, Gwen Davies, Suzanne
Loux and Gail Forney sang two
songs followed by a dance by
Joyce Biagini and Maud Baker.
A barbershop quartet made up
of Angelo Manolas, John Milli
gan, Thomas Nute and John Har
rington also sang.
Miss Forney and Manolas were
in charge of preparations for the
party which included social danc
ing and refreshments.
Kappa Phi Lists '
76 New Pledges
Kappa Phi, Methodist - women's
club, recently pledged Joan
Myers, Lucille Johnson, Phyllis
Everett, Donna &pith, Barbara
Howell, Barbara Dietrich, Mary
Lou Shunk, Kathryn Dietz, Sally
Sykes, Carol. Kylander, Shirley
Kay, Vesta Shackleford, Nancy
Lusk, Betty Love, Elizabeth Tip
ton and Betty Kr.l.e.
Following the Degree of the
Pine Oct. 12, the local chapter
entertained Mrs. 0. A. Donnen
wirth, visiting national sponsor.
,Frosh Senators
To Be Installed
Watch for the Lucky Matric Number
Two free tickets to "Let's Face It" will be given to the
persons whose matric number appears in Collegian advertise
ments today through Thursday. Winners can pick up tickets
for Thursday or Friday nights' performance at the Student
Union Desk in Old Main.
Checker Games
Won in One Sitting
Sunday afternoon, Dan Frank amazed checker enthusiasts in the
West Dorm lounge,by mentally computing moves for eight checker
games played simultaneously.
Frank is coach of the Penn State Checker Club. He is a native
of State College, and works in the post office. He attained the
championship the Go-As-You-.
Please Master Tournament of
Pennsylvania and finished third
in the 1952 three-move-restriction ,
tournament
This is the fourth year that
Frank has acted as coach of the
Checker Club. He has been beaten
only once in the past three years.
He has played semi-professional
checkers, but no w follows the
game only as a hobby.
Number Announced
Sunday, while Frank sat in a
chair facing the wall, his oppo
nents played the game from their
seats at boards behind him.
Frank's assistant told him only
the number of the square into
which his opponent had moved,
and Frank figured out which
move it would be best for him to
make. He dictated the number of
the square in which to move his
checker to his assistant.
Eight games were going on at
the same time and Frank was
victorious in all of them..
Two Concede
As time went on, Frank decided
to face the boards to end the con
tests in a hurry.
Two opponents soon conceded
victory to Frank, and in short
succession • he won the other
games. Before (lidding to face
the boards, Frank had resigned
to one board because he was not
able to remember its exact pic
ture. When he played the games
looking at the board, however, he
won this game also.
Aids Requested
For Dance (Vass
Women interested in volunteer
ing as dancing assistants for Mor
tar Board's beginners' dancing
classes may sign up at the Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main un
til Friday.
Classes will be held from 6:30
to 7:30 p.m., Monday through
Thursday, starting Oct. 26 in the
Temporary Union Building. They
will be held for seven weeks..
Volunteers will not assist every
night. They will help on a rota
tion basis and will be notified as
to the night they will work.
Students desiring to join the
classes for instruction may sign
up at the Student Union desk un
til Monday.
By BOBBIE WEINBERG
Shoaff-Blooil,
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse S. Bloom
of Havertown announce the en
gagement of their. daughter An
dree to Pvt. Darrell Shoaff, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Leroy Shoaff
of New Castle.
Miss Bloom is a seventh sem
ester home economics major and
a member of Delta Gamma.
Private Shoaff was graduated
from the. College in June and is
a member of Delta Tau Delta. He
is serving in the U.S. army at
Fort Dix, N.J.
Wolters-Hanna
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Hanna of
Altoona announce the engage
ment of their daughter Nancy to
Douglas Walters, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Walters of Bethle
hem.
Miss Hanna is a seventh sem
ester art education major and a
member of Alpha Xi Delta. Mr.
Walters was graduated from Le
high University.
Sheraw-Strawn
Mr. and Mrs. E. Joel Strawn of
Altoonal announce the engage
ment of their daughter Maud to
George F. Sheraw, son of Mrs.
George F. Sheraw, also of Al
toona.
Miss Strawn is a fifth semester
home economics major and a
member of Gamma Phi Beta, Mr.
Sheraw is a senior at Grove City
College majoring in lousiness ad
ministration.
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