SATURDAY-. MAY 22-1954 This is X-RAC 'Life' Features Story On Prof's Invention It takes 40 rows of vacuum tubes and ten miles of wire, but X RAC, the new mechanical brain which has been developed by Ray Pepinsky, research professor in physics at the University, can come up with the exact atomic Composition of - an unknown compound and flash the answer on a screen in a matter of :seconds. Luck,. Draft Influence Grads Jobs Fortune and the draft will in fluence the jobs obtained by 1954 college graduates, according to a Newsweek Magazine article on job opportunities for college grad uates: More than 800,000 students will graduate next month, and of this num be r, 281,000 will receive bachelors' degrees, the others, masters and doctors degrees ; The ratio of men to women will , be about six to five. Although there are not as many jobs offered to graduates this year, there are still numerous job opportunities. Salaries are ex pected to be up about 5 per cent over last year. The richest pick ings are for engineering students. Of the 19,000 engineers graduat ing in June, 8000 will be taken by the armed forces. The remaining 12,000 have over 40,000 jobs to choose from. Students graduating in the business field/have numerous jobs to choose from this year. Banking and finance are rated good, and merchandising very good. Pros pects are good for students in the field of science and elementary education. There is a shortage of secondary-school teachers. The college man or woman graduating in a liberal arts cur riculum also will be offered a large number of jobs with good pay. MacKenzie Presides At Bus Ad Reception Ossian R. MacKenzie, Dean of the • College of Business Adminis tration, and Mrs. MacKenzie pre sided at the annual reception for seniors in the Business Adminis tration college Thursday. Seniors presented with awards for outstanding achievement were Donald Cox, Mark H. Loeuner, Louis Legory Edward Mishell, Karl Segner, Nancy Woolrich, Jo etta Hall, William Sharpless, Mar tin Leonard, Blair Gingrich, Kent Clouser, Dee, Bragonier, Edward Shields, Robert Garbrick, an d Richard Shively. • 1E Prof to Lecture In Denmark Next Year J. William Caldwell, associate professor of industrial engineer ing, has been chosen by the Board of Foreign Scholarships to spend next year at the Technical Uni versity of Denmark, Copenhagen, as a lecturer in industrial engi neering. The award, part• Of the Interna tional Ex : change Program under the Fulbright Act, was announced by the Department of State. Co-eclat, Pi Kappa Phi Pi Kappa Phi recently elected Donald Fischer archon for • next semester. Other officers are Theo dore Garrett, secretary; William Exley, warden and pledgemaster;. Roy Williams, historian; Theo dore Leibert, tribunal chairman; Hugh Browne, financial commit tee chairman. Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Chi Omega recently elected Ruth Knohenwetter pres ident and Martha Heim, intra murals chairman. Eleanor Frank was ribboned May 21. Phi Kappa Newly elected officers of Phi Kappa are Lewis Hazlewood, president; Joseph Mijares; vice president; John Kunda, secretary; Samuel Sweet; treasurer; and Leo Tarkett, Interfraternity Coun cil repreentative: ' The story of X-RAC's develop ment appears in the current issue of "Life" magazine. Is Naval Project X-RAC, the shortened name of the; X-Ray Analogue Computer, has, been financed at the Univer sity by the Office of Naval Re search. It . will be invaluable, "Life" reports.. for determining atomic makeup of unknown com pounds especially a new, insuf ficiently-understood explosive compound; for which it was spe cifically developed. The invention combines the forces of-X-ray studies, television, and a huge electronic brain to ar rive .at the mathematical conclu sions of 'complicated formulas of atomic analysis. In order for the machine to function, the material to be anal yzed must be submitted to pre liminary activities. A. special an alyzer equipped with needle, mag nifying eyepiece, and X-ray beam provide the information which is required of X-RAC. Placed .on Needle A single crystal of the com pound to be- analyzed is placed on a needle. The needle is aligned with the aid of a magnifying eye piece, then is rotated so that an X-ray beam which is directed at the cryntarreflects from it. The ray is deflected from the planes of the crystal: These de flections are recorded on a film, the light ray leaving dots on the film-The intensity of dots and the distance- between them recorded on the film provide the necessary information for finding the fi gures which are used in setting the X-ray's switches. When X-RAC's switches are set according to the figures which have been arrived at by the analy zer, the machine itself starts its computations_The machine auto matically assembles the figures of the formulas •until the problems have been solved. The answer is then flashed on a screen. The operation is completed in a number of seconds. It would take scientists years to solve the same problems—were it not for this new development. Phi Kappa Phi Keys Keys and initiation pins are available for members of Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic honorary, from 2 to 5 p.m. Mon day and Friday, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at 105 Temporary. Turkish Life By MARY BOLICH "The daily routine of the Turk ish people who live in the small farm villages reminds one of the time of Christ." This was thegen eral impression George Brandow, professor of agricultural economy who recently returned from 'Tur key, got of the average Turkish farmers. Brandow, who si_.ent a year in Turkey with the Turkish. Agri cultural Advisory Commissions, said 80 per cent of the Turkish people live in agricultural vil lages. Most of these people, he said, are very primitive, back ward, and semi-literate. The bulk of the.farmers, he said, has very , little machinery fa their farms. Wooden plows are the most common piece of ma chinery on a Turkish farm. A small steel walking plow is also very common, he said. On the larger farms, American made tractors and combines are used occasionally. Lack Resources Brandow attributed the prim itiveness of the Turkish people .to their lack of industrial resour ces. The country produces mainly wheat ancl other small grain pro ducts, he said, but does not have great mineral resources. Cotton and tobacco bring in a large amount of money to the country, he added. Although the country is very primitive,:Brandow felt the Turk- FATLY • COttEMAN • STATE ,COLLEGE • PENTISTLVA'NrIA Women Face Fashion Problem In Springtime Coeds have a problem. Spring clothes and spring weather don't always coordinate: If coeds spend hours ironing cotton dresses, the next' day will be cold, forcing out winter skirts and sweaters. If coeds get to wear a freshly ironed cotton, naturally it rains. Take for example the long planned-for da y at Whipples. Early in the week coeds swelter through classes and watch while a select few sunbatl: in the dormi tory courtyards an d balconies. Arhipples-day arrives a bit over cast, but warmish. In bathing suit the coed heads for Centre: Coun ty's garden spot. Upon arrival. a cold blast comes down from the north, and coeds must rush back:to campus for a ski suit. No, you just can't win. This "spring" weather mixes up double dates too. One coed doesn't know the other. She comes down all "summered-up," only to find the other anxious co ed "wintered-down" . . . furs and all. That's the end of a could have-been enjoyable double date. What's the solution?• Coeds might try carrying an assortment of winter woolens and raincoats around iri a suitcase or staying in bed, or perhaps transferring to the University of Miami. Piper Is Head Of Glee Club Robert Piper, sixth semester in dustrial engineering major, was elected president of the Men's Glee Club at a banquet and . a meeting held recently at the Hotel State College. Other officers elected were Wil liam Edgeworth, fourth. semester arts and letters major, secretary; Harry— Nichol, sixth semester agronomy major, treasurer; Ro bert Lewis, sixth semester arts and letters major, general mana ger; David Huber, fourth semester journalism major, publicity man ager. The Hi-Los, a twelve-man group from the Glee Club, re cently took part in a University sponsored television broadcast over Harrisburg station WTPA. lAS to Hold Picnic At Black Moshannon The -Institute of Aeronautical Sciences will hold a picnic at 4 p.m. today .at Black Moshannon. Newly elected officers of the organization are Ralph Straley, chairman; George Walker, vice chairman; and Allen Weber, sec retary-treasurer. Primitive. 7 . artindOW ish people were•progressive-mind ed. "Possibly more so than any other European country," he said. The country is adopting west ern education to a large extent, he said. "The people' don't look back on what they did in the past but look to what they can do in the future." Brandow described the Turks as being a very friendly people. Americans, he said, are very pop ular with them. "But," he added, "if I were an enemy . of their's I wouldn't want to be near any of them." When asked about the people's at tit ude toward Communism, Brandow said it is not so much Communism, as it is the Russians whom the Turk.; hate. In Turkey, he said, McCarthy creates a very unfavorable impression but there is a vast part of the people who have never heard of him. It is only the people who are inter ested in the other parts of the world who know the word "Mc- Carthyism." Concerning the economic situ ation, Brandow said American foreign economic aid to Turkey is less than it is to larger nations in Europe, but the Turks have made effective use of what they get. In some instances, he said, our program was senseless, but as a whole, it has helped Turkey to establish better economic con ditions. Brandow felt, however, the new Look to Future Less Aid Religion 1 nter-Church Group Will Sponsor Picnic The Inter-Church Student Fellowship, composed' of the student church groups; will hold a picnic tomorrow at Camp Kanesataka. Church groups will leave from their respective centers. The. United Student Fellowship of the Faith Evangelical and Reformed Church will hold its last service of the year, a service of Holy Communion, at 6:30 p.m. to morrow in the sanctuary. The Canterbury Club of. St. An drew's Episcopal Church will meet at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Parish House of the church, 300 S. Frazier street. This will be the last meeting of the academic year. A buffet dinner will be held at the home of William Shaffer, fac ulty adviser of the group. A picnic will be held outside the Baptist Church by the Roger Wil liams Fellowship at 5:30 p.m. to tomorrow. Election of 1954-55 of ficers will be held. • A senior dinner will be held by the Evangelical United Brethren Fellowship at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Church. The guest speaker will be Elizabeth McCain, program associate of the Penn State Christian - Association. A dis cuSsion on "The Manifestation of Sin" will follow the dinner. The Westminster Foundation of I the Presbyterian Church will hold a discussion on the "World Stu dent Christian Federation" at 6:201 p.m. tomorrow at the church. The Newman Club will hold a daily , recitation of the Rosary throughout the rest of the month at 4:30 p.m. at Our .Lady of Vic tory Church. Tuesday afternoon there will be Rosary and Bene diction. • The Lutheran - Student Associ ation will hold .a panel discussion on , the Liturgy of the church at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the student center. The topic for the eve ning's meeting and discussion will be "The Church at Worship." McDowell Elected SDX President Richard McDowell, sixth semes ter journalism major, has been elected president of Sigma DeIL% Chi, men!s national professional journalistic: fraternity. Other officers elected we r Diehl • McKalip, vice president; George J3airey, secretary; an d Philip , Austin, treasurer. . New initiates are Roger Beid ler, Myron , Feinsilber, Donald Shoemaker, and Herman. Weis kopf. , . . Phi . Epsilon. Pi • Martin.' D._, : -Stein was recently awarded the Phi Epsilon 'Pi, sen ior. • architecture prize which is given annually , to the outstanding graduating senior. foreign -economic prograrn of the Eisenhower adininistration will be- felt - because it will cut aid to the - -country. "The country needs help' until. it. gets more' western ized," Brandow said: Turkey- and the Turkish •Peo ple are up against, three things in • their' struggle to westernize because of the;large foreign trade deficit they have built. up, he said. Foreign trade was used in -Turkey to build up investments at. home but deficits have risen so - they are unable to trade as extensively, Dr. Brandow• said. Credit Low The country, first of all, came close to exhausting their credit abroad because of this large de ficit with European and' Asiatic countries, he said. Secondly, American economic aid is taper ing off. And lastly, the relation ship of the prices of agricultural exports to .the prices of industrial goods of the country has declined because of the world wide decline in prices of agricultural products. Brandow's assignment while in Turkey was to help the Turkish Agricultural Advisory • Commis sion do agricultural research on farm management and marketing to take back to farmers for ex. , tension work. He was sent -to - Turkey by the Mutual , . Security Administration in February, 1953, and returned in February, 1954. He worked with -the Turkish Ministry of Ag riculture,, of which •the -commis sion is. a branch. Grads to Send Welcome Letter Members of a committee ap pointed by the Graduate Student Council to draft a letter of wel come to new graduate students next semester are William Shul hof, chairman; Moylan. Mills, and Harold Shadle. The letter will be sent with pamphlets explaining different phases of campus life, such as li brary facilities, housing accom modations, traffic regulations, and registration procedures. The council also appointed a publications committee to super vise the Graduate Student News letter and other public relations of the council. Mills, Newsletter editor, will serve as chairman. Committee members are Agnes Doody, Robert Berger, and Sha dle. .Dolores Van Norman has been appointed to serve as council rep resentative on th e Centennial committee. Students and faculty of the graduate school will hold their convocation for the fall semester on September 29 in Schwab Aud itorium. Nominations for: officers to Graduate Student Council and a mixer will follow. Morse— (Continued from page one) tions like the one-man McCarthy hearings at Fort Monmouth and no more one-man interpretations of secret sessions. Morse's side comment that McCarthy's reputa tion for accurate reporting was somewhat, wanting, brought a hearty laugh and applause from the audience. Procedure rights should be ap plied to politics at the local level, he said. "Senators are not free because they have been hand cuffed by rotten political proce dure in their home states." He told the audience they should "get it out of your heads that politics has to be crooked." He said he was particularly con cerned that this "virus" had in fected student thinking. He admitted he had been harsh with the politicians but said it was the voters who should be criti cized because they were failing to note .that government is the most important business this country has. He concluded: "We have the duty to rise above the party and say we ask for decisions to pro mote not party interests but puh. lic interests." An hour and 15 minute question period followed the speech in which 'he answered, among other things, the reason for his resigna tion from the Republican party. His reasons • included the party's endorsement of McCarthy, the Tideland's oil issue and the fact that he believed the Republicans were interested only in winning. Elections-. r (Continued from page two) I should be dropped as polling places, but that polling places should be conducted in Old Main lounge, Waring Hall lounge, and in the Hetzel Union Building. He also recommended that voting machines be used if a sufficient number is available. More Active Control Kohn's report called for hav ing the elections committee keep a more active control over clique finances, either through assigning printers to the cliques or by hand ling all funds directly. Anthony Tornetta, All-Univer versity food committee chairman, and Terry Stuver, National Stu dent Association screening com mittee coordinator, gave progress reports for their groups. Helen Sidman, a member of the N.S.A. committee, explained the struc ture and purpose of N.SA. PAGE ME
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