WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1953
History Prof Leads
European Seminar
By JOE BEAU SEIGNEUR
Dr.' William H. Gray, professor of Latin-American history,
will be able to give his History 22 and 23 classes the European
slant on life, as he was group leader for the summer seminar to
Europe, sponsored by the University last summer.
Students who scheduled History 22 this semester knew that they
would be taugh-t by a man who
had been to most of the places
mentioned in the lectures. Dr.
Gray is prepared to discuss his
trip to Europe with ease.
Nineteen stucLents, about two
thirds of them Penn Staters, went
on the seminar last summer. Di
ane Thatcher, fifth semester edu
cation major, Alice Gardner and
Jann Ensor, third semester arts
and letters .students, made the
trip.
Ag Council
To Sponsor
Harvest Ball
Amid a fall atmosphere, the
Harvest Ball, sponsored annually
by the Agriculture Student Coun
cil, will be held from 9 p.m. to
midnight Dec. 4 in Recreation
Hall.
For the third year, a queen of
the Harvest Ball will be chos.en.
Sororities, fraternities and campus
organizations may turn in entries.
Candidates’ photos, 8 by 10 inch
es, may be submitted at the .Stu
dent Union desk in Old Main un
til noon Tuesday. A faculty com
mittee will select the finalists;
They will be announced the-.week
of the Harvest Ball.
Tickets for the semi-formal
dance will go on sale today for
$2 at the Student Union desk in
Old Main. Representatives' of
Agricultural clubs will also sell
tickets.
Music for the dance will be
provided by John Nicolosi and his
orchestra. The student council re
quests that no corsages be worn..
Refreshments of punch and cook
ies will be served.
Hillel Will Sponsor
'Turkey Trot' Monday
The Hillel Upperclass Indepen
dents will sponsor a “Turkey
Trot” from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Monday
at the Hillel Foundation, 224 S.
Miles street.
Round and square dancing will
be featured. Also included in the
affair will be a jam session made
up of members of Zeta Beta Tau
fraternity.
There will be no admission
charge for the open dance.
Discuss Spring Week
• The Barons, Nittany-Pollock
social group, Monday . discussed
plans for Spring Week.-Thomas
Claypoole, president, announced
that the “Midterm Mania” dance
held Saturday was a success.
Today
AMERICAN INSTITUTE -OF CHEMICAL EN
GINEERS, 12:30 p.m., Walker Lab.
AMERICAN -METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY,
7:30 p.m., 203 Electrical Engineering.
FROTH EDITORIAL AND ART STAFF, 7 p.m.,
9 Carnegie. x
MARKETING CLUB MEETING, 7:30 p.m., Sig
ma Nu Fraternity.
NEWMAN CLUB, DISCUSSION,
Catholic Student Center.
NEWMAN CLUB BASKETBALL, 7 p.m., Luth
eran Student Center.
SIGMA PI SIGMA, 7:30 p.m., 117 Osmond.
INFIRMARY
William Appleton, Jesse Ariielle, Donald
Bailey, George Biemesderfer, Marvin Daley,
William Detterer, Fred Ernest, Lois Helms, Dean
Moyer, Allene Seltzer, John Shelly, and Mitzi
Stern.
PLACEMENT SERVICE
The companies listed below will condnct interviews on
campus. Schedule interviews now in 112 Old Main.
OWENS CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP. will interview
Jan. B.S. and B.A. graduates in ChE, Arch., E, CE, EE,
lE, ME, Chexn., Commercial Chem., Phys., Arch., Arts and
CANDY.
Mixed Nuts
N Fudge
C. State College
Ice Cream
Take Your Hostess A
Box Of Qur Delicious
Hand Packed Candies
Between, the Movies
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Tyrolian Hais
Students brought back such
varied articles as salt from the
Salzburg mines in Austria, Ty
rolian hats with long feathers,-
Alpine leather britches with
“hosendragen” or suspenders
trimmed with the ■ edelweiss Al
pine flower, and numerous other
items.
“Twb girls wanted to bring
back French po-odles which sold
for-$5O a set,” Dr* Gray recalled,
“but the upkeep and transporta
tion costs were so high they de
cided to forego the purchase.”
One of - the *irls purchased a
42-inch sword, and carried it with
her through Europe.
The students in the seminar
visited the Salzburg Music Festi
val, the Uffizi and Pitti art gal
leries in Florence, the Palais des
Nations in Geneva, the homes of
Mozart, Bach and Beethoven, and
the estate of Pierre Boal, Ameri
can ambassador to Switzerland,
and owner of the Boal estate at
Boalsburg.
Vienna Seminar
The University of Vienna pro
vided four English-speaking teach
ers, and students studied geo
graphy of Middle Europe, history
of Europe, international relations,
and education' in Europe as con
trasted with education in the
United States. The group spent
lour weeks at the University.
The trip was. sponsored by the
General Extension Services of
the University.
LA LcsVie Pkf-ures
Liberal Arts seniors . -whose
lasi names begin with N
through Z may have LaVie pic
tures taken at the Penn State
Photo Shop t<od a y through
Tuesday.
Gazette
7:30 p.m.,
One day left
in the 7th Anniversary Sale
of
U
—fall and winter—
SHOES, HOSIERY & HANDBAGS
—Save 10% an every purchase—
at
Simon's
109 South Allen St
PI Beta Phi Officer
MRS. ROBERT S. WILD, grand president of Pi Beta Phi, last
weekend conducted the installation of Pennsy-vania Epsilon chap
ter at the University. The former Aye See Colony became the
100th chapter of Pi Beta Phi as 20 women were initiated and 21
pledged to the national sorority.
Small Tunnels Run
Under Ml Building
Do you happen to be interested in mine shafts, oil wells, or pump
ing jacks? If so, take a tour of the Minerals Industries Building.
Two miniature mine tunnels run under the basement of the
building. These are used by the Mining 481 classes to simulate the
ventilation conditions of mine shafts. Through a series of doors and
fans, the air is pumped into the
tunnels and the amount needed
to ventilate different sections of
a tunnel is determined.
Since timber retards wind, stu
dents build structures similar -to
those used in shafts to determine
the wind, gage.
Explosions are set off in the
tunnels during the year, individ
ually or in series. To prevent
harm to the building, only the
blasting caps are actually ex
ploded.
The outer tunnel is approxi
mately 60 feet long and 20 feet
wide; the smaller tunnel measures
50 feet by 15 feet.
•The tunnels were built when
the building was erected in the
1930’5. Electric lights and plug
Letters, Journalism, Labor-Management Relations and Cer
amics on Nov. 18.
NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION (DOWNEY, CALIF.)
will interview Jan. graduates in Chem., Phys., ME, EE, CE,
Aero. E, ChE, and IE; M.S. candidates in Chem., Phys.,
ME, EE, CE, Aero. E. ChE, and IE who have completed
at least one semester; and Ph.D. candidates in Chem., Phys.,
ME, EE, CE, Aero. E, ChE and IE expecting to receive their
degrees in 1954 on Nov. 18 and 19.
STANDARD OIL DEVELOPMENT CO. will interview
Jan. B.S. graduates, M.S. and Ph.D. Candidates in Com
mercial Chem. on Nov. 19.
THE YOUNG WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
will visit the campus <m Nov. 19 to discuss opportunities
in the organization witn interested students.
UNITED AIRCRAFT CORP. will interview Jan. B.S.
graduates in Aero. E and ME on Nov. 19.
UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (RESEARCH
DEPT.) will interview M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Aero. E
and ME on Nov.- 19.
TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO. will interview Jan.
B.S. graduates in ME and Mining E. on Nov. 20.
U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE LABS, will interview Jan.
B.S. graduates in EE and ME on Nov. 20.
U.S. STEEL CORP. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates
in all engineering"* curricula, on Nov. 23.
OHIO DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS will interview Jan. B.S.
graduates in CE on Nov. 23.
THE ATLANTIC REFINING CO., CRUDE PROD. DIV.;
DALLAS, TEX. will interview Jan. B.S. and graduate
students in' CE, EE, ME, ChE, and P.N.G.E. interested in
production, research and field work on seismograph crews,
on Nov. 23 and 24.
By AL MUNN
outlets were installed to enable
testing equipment to be used any
place in the tunnels.
An American Standard Tool
Rig, scaled from a 77-foot rig, was
built in 1940 for the petroleum
division. The model can do ac
tual drilling, and is used to dem
onstrate operating characteristics,
power consumption, tool use, and
the-names of the various parts.
A 350-foot cased and tubed oil
well is also underneath Mineral
Industries. The well now only
produces salt water. A full-scale
pumping jack is over the well.
The jack gives the students oper
ating data, indicator cards, pow
er consumption and counterbal
ancing information.
These, and many other interest
ing structures, are housed in Min
eral Industries. Surprising infor
mation and pleasure may be re
ceived with a little investigation.
Fa’ofh Staffs to Meet
Froth editorial and art staffs
will meet at 7 tonight in 9 Car
negie.
\
Little Block Books
are fine,
but call Perm Staters know
that for VITAL information
nothing beats
THE STUDENT DIRECTORY
50c at
KEELER'S
CATHAUM THEATRE BLDG. W. COLLEGE AVE.
PSCA Assembly
To Hear Finch
At 7 Tonight
Dr. Henry A. Finch, associate
professor of philosophy, will dis
cuss “Pilgrims and Progress” at
the Penn State Christian Associa
tion Assembly at 7 tonight in 304-
Old Main.
An open discussion from the
floor will follow Dr. Finch’s talk,
which is open to the public.
The Rev. A. F. Merrill, Baptist
missionary on leave from his post
in Assam in northeast India, will
conclude his two day visit at the
University by speaking at a sup
per meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in
the University Baptist Church.
Students wishing to talk to the
Rev. Merrill on missionary work,
life in -India, or any other phase
of his experiences may make an
appointment today by contacting
the R'ev. Robert Starbuck, stu
dent pastor of the Faith Evangel
ical and Reformed Church, or
Mary Jane Wyland, coordinator
of the Christian Association, iq
304 Old Main.
Senate to Meet Tonight
• The Senate of Women’s Stu
dent Government Association will
meet at 6:30 tonight in 111 White
Hall. Barbara Wertz, secretary,
will preside for the remainder of
the semester in the absence of
Nancy White, president, who ■ is
student teaching.
Porpoise oil is often used to
lubricate delicate machinery like
watches.
"THE ROBE"
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"SAILOR OF
THE KING"
. Jeffrey Hunter
Encore Triumph
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Katherine Hepburn
Ginger Rogers
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