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,Fs.cidlity Members
Get . i - .: . ' re motions .
Promotions in title for 74 members of the faculty at the Uni-.
versity were. approved at the weekend meeting of the• executive
committee of the Board of Trustees. The changes, unless other**
noted, became effective. Dec. 3.
BA Council
Votes on Date
For Luncheon
The Business Administration
Council Tuesday night voted to
hold its student-faculty luncheon
Thursday. The date must now be
approved by the faculty.
At the request of Michael Doyle
and Max Frohwein, who are serv
ing an eight-week accounting in
ternship in New York City, a tern
.porary editor, associate editor, and
business manager , were named to
the Bus Ad Bulletin. Named were
Nancy Blaha, editor; Jean Krew
son, associate editor; and Herbert
Rosenberg, business manager.
They will replace Doyle and Froh
wein.for an eight week period.
In other action the council dis
cussed a questionnaire which
students will fill out to evaluate
professors. The council is await
ing final approval from the fac
ulty before taking further action
on the matter.
Joseph Ginsberg, who presided
in the absence of Richard Favro,
said that Favro will not be able
to attend any council meetings
until after Christmas. Favro is
recuperating from an appendect
omy.
16 Oilmen End
Special Course
Sixteen engineers of the Stand=
and Oil Company of California and
subsidiaries have completed a
course in basic Reservoir Engi
neering at the University.
The course, which provided 100
hours of instruction over a four
week period, was under the tech
nical supervision of Dr. John C.
Calhoun, professor and head of
the department of petroleum and
natural gas engineering.
Dr. Calhoun was assisted by Dr.
Emil J. Burcik, Joseph E. War
ren, and David T. Oakes, all of
the department of petroleum and
natural gas engineering.
Subject matter covered in the
course included behavior of por
ous media, material balance equa
tions, solution gas drive reser
voir, reservoir fluid flow equa
tions, and fluid injection.
Students Will Present
Model Arbitration Case
Two graduate and two under
graduate students will represent
the University when they present
a model arbitration case before
the Williamsport chapter of the
National Association of Cost Ac
counting, at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
the Williamsport Republican Club.
The students, labor manage
ment majors, are James Fox,
James Greenwood, Eugene Nepa,
and Francis Schneider. They will
be under the direction of Dr. Ar
thur H. Reede, professor of eco
nomics.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday
mornings inclusive during the University
year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of
The Pennsylvania State University.
Entered ad second-clads matter July 6,
1934, at the State College, Pa.. Poet Office
under the act of March 3. 1879.
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Diehl Mcgalip
Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Edi
tor, Don Shoemaker; Copy Edi
tors, Ted Serrill, Nancy Sho
walter; Assistants, Wayne Ulsh,
Bill Eisenberg.
TAKE CLEAN CLOTHES
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
PORTAGE CLEANERS
118 S. Pugh Si. (on alley)
Associate professor to professor: Dr.
Prances M. Andrews. music education,
Jan: 1; Thomas D. Bowman, English lit
erature;. Franklin A. Cook. buiiness law;
Dr. Joseph H. Dainaus„ history; Dr. Cort
land Eyer, Romance languages; Dr. Kent
Forster, history: . Dr. Donald G. McGarey,
education; Dr. Chester T. McNerney, edu
cation - Dr. Franklin A. Miller. education.
Dr. Maurice A. Nook. anthropology; Dr .. .
Joseph G. Payback, American history:
.Claytor. H. Schug, public speaking: Dr.
Randall S. Stout, public finance; Ralph H.
Wherry, insurance.
Visiting professor to research professor:
Torntod Forland, ceramics.
Assistant professor to associate profes
sor: Dr. Charles R. Ammerman, electrical
engineering; Dr. Roy C. Buck, rural soci
ology ; Dr. Howard L. Carnahan, agron
omy; Dr. Robert L. Cowan, animal nutri
tion; Dr. John A. Detrove.. historY; Dr.
John C. Frey, land economies • Dr. Leon
Gorlow, psychology: Dr. Joseph H. Gra
ham, plant pathology.
Dr. Charles L. Hosier Jr., meteorology:,
Dr. Earl M. Kesler, dairy science; George
G. R. Lucas, insurance; James J. O'Hora,
physical education; Dr. Jerome K. Fasto,
farm management. Dec. 4 ; Dr. William S.
Ray, psychology, Jan. 1; Dr. Neal Riemer,
political science; Dr. Rustum Roy. geo
chemistry; Dr. Bruce M. Siegenthaler,
clinical speech.
Dr. Ruth C. Silva, political science;
Clarence M. Sykes, physical education: Dr.
Deno G. Thevaos, psychology; William W.
Tillery, engineering drawing; Dayid Van
Meter, electrical engineering; Dr. George
H. Watrous Jr., dairy manufacturing , ;
Harold B. White Jr:, physical education;
Ralph D. Widdowson, industrial_ education.
Research associate to associate professor:
Barnes W. McCormick Jr., engineering re
search, Ordnance Research Laboratory,
Dee. I; Dr. Vladimir Vand,• physics.
Instructor to assistant professor: Dr.
James R. Bloom, plant pathology; Dr. Wil
liam E. Cobb, education; Dorothy L. Davis,
home economics education; Dr. David J.
Dickinson, mathematics; Dr. James R.
Frakes,• English composition; Dr. Robert
W.. Green, history.
Dr. Joseph F. Erawiec, clothing and
textile research; Dr. Charles F. Lee Decker,
political science; Dr. Margaret B. Matson,
sociology; Elizabeth M. Miller, shorthand
andtyping.
Dr. Berhard L. Pollack, plant breeding;
Dr. Merton B. Purvis, mechanical engi
neering, Dec. 1: Dr. Duane V. Ramsey,
sociology; Dr. Walter L. Ross, mechanical
engineering Dr. John J. Schanz Jr., min:.
oral, economics:
Dr. C. Drew Stahl, petroleum and natur
al gas engineering ; Mary Stella, business
education; Dr. Gerald M. Torkelson, visual
education; George S. Zoretich, fine arts.
Assistant extension home economist to
associate extension home economist: Ruth
A. Bowman, Oct. 1; Roby C. Rainier,
Oct. 1.
Assistant county agricultural agent to
associate county agricultural agent: Fred
H. Attinger, Dec. 1: James Bechy, Dec. 1;
Edward J. Dieffenbach. Dec. 1: Charles
A. Koester, Dec. 1: Samuel D. Lewis.
Dec. 1: Joseph L. Staley, Dec. 1; Harold
E. Stewart, Dec. 1.
Other changes in title and promotions:
research associate to assistant professor:
James J. Corner, mineral sciences.; Dr.
Franco P. Jona, physics; vocational ap
praiser to assistant professor; Ralph L.
YoePro. psychology; assistant to instructor:
Mark E. Klopp, engineering drawing.
State Labor Convention
To Convene at Inn Today
Approximately 100 delegates representing 26 locals are expected
to be at the Nittany Lion Inn today and tomorrow for the 16th
annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Council of Public Em
ployees, of the Building Service Employees International (AF of L).
The convention is under the sponsorship of Local 417 Building
Service Employees International, one of the two service employees
unions at the University.
Local 417 was organized earlier
this fall after several members of
Local 67 State, County, and Mu
nicipal Employees, also AF of L,
voted to disaffiliate. They were
then chartered with the building
service international.
The highlight of the two-day
conclave will be an address by
James L. McDevitt, National Di
rector of Labor's League for Po
litical Education, at 3:15 p.m.
Sunday. McDevitt will speak on
"Significance of the Recent Elec
tion Regarding Organized Labor."
The convention will officially
open at 10 a.m. today with a wel
coming address by Kenneth H.
Dixon, president - of the host local.
Following the opening session,
at 12:30 p.m., a luncheon will be
held in the main dining room of
the Inn. Speaker at the luncheon
will be Roderick F. MacDonald,
international representative of the
Building Service Employees Inter
national.
Frank Creasman
Business Mgr.
The afternoon session will con-
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Eight Students
To Participate
In Pitt Debate
Eight students will debate in
the Pitt Cross Examination Tour
nament this weekend.
Members of the Men's Varsity
Debate Team are Irvin Weiner
and Benjamin Sinclair debating
the affirmative of the topic "Re
solved: That the U.S. should ex
tend diplomatic recognition to the
Communist government of Chi
na." Men debating the negative
are Charles Bryan and Arthur
Greenstein.
On the Women's Varsity De
bate Team are Mary Maum and
Betsy Sharpe debating • the af
firmative of the topic and Lois
Hummel and Julie Mayberry de
bating the negative.
Twenty-seven colleges fr o m
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
northern Virginia, and Canada
will be represented in the tour
nament., In the five rounds of
cross-examination debate each
speaker will deliver an eight
minute constructive speech and
a four minute cross examination
of his opponent. He will be cross
examined by his opponent for
four minutes.
The negative team with the
highest speaker rating will de
bate against Oxford University
and the affirmative team with
the highest rating will debate
against Yale.
The top five speakers in the
tournament will be awarded
medals. Sinclair placed fifth out
of 100 speakers in last year's
tournament.
A trophy will be awarded to
the top-ranking school in the
tournament for the first time
since the tournament's inaugur
ation in 1948.
Schilling Will Be
Panel Moderator
Harold K. Schilling, dean of
the graduate school, will serve as
moderator for the panel diScussion
on "What's New in Frozen Food
Research" at the meeting of the
new University Research Club at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 105 Agri
-1 cultural Engineering.
, Serving on the panel will be
IMary L. Dodds, professor of foods
and nutrition; Nollie B. Guerrant,
professor of biological chemistry;
J. Frank Cone, professor of bac
teriology; and John E. Nicholas,
professor of agricultural engineer
ing.
vene at 3 p.m. in the assembly
room, with a question and answer
period. The meeting will be pre
sided over by Norman Sharpless,
chief of personnel examinations
for the State Civil Service Com
mission.
A banquet will be held at 6:30
p.m. in the main dining room.
Charles C. Levy, vice president
of the Building Service Employees
International, will be the main
speaker. Robert P. Lonergan, ex
ecutive director of the PSCPE,
will act as toastmaster and Paul
J. Kush, State Council president,
will also speak.
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pride. Let your jeweler be
your guide.
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YTree Boasts
Odd Life Hisfory
Why do we have Christmas trees and where do we get them?
For many years researchers have been attempting to discover
when and where• the custom of decorating a tree at Christmas began.
One writer traces the custom back to Adam and Eve. An old legend
tells that when Adam and Eve f
they took with them a twig fro
Adam succeeded in getting the
twig to root. It grew and even
tually became the wood from
which the cross of Christ was
made. It is the symbol of this tree
that we now revere at Christmas.
It is believed that it was from
this legend that the old pagan be
lief that wood spirits dwelt in the
trees came. They brought bran
ches of evergreens into their
dwellings, thus inviting in the
spirit of nature.
The Romans used boughs of
evergreen and laurel for a festival
which they celebrated at the same
time of year that we now cele
brate Christmas. The Greeks,
Scandinavians, an d Germanic
tribes revered the evergreen fir.
The Vikings tell a „jegend that
the Lord dispatched in the ninth
century his emissaries Faith,
Hope, and Charity earthward to
select the first Christmas Tree.
According to tradition they chose
the balsam fir because it bore
many crosses on every twig and
branch.
The custom of decorating Christ- for shaping, fireproofing of trees,
mas trees is only 100 years old and ways to have trees ready for
in the United States. The Ger- market in the least number of
man immigrants brought the cue- years. Research is being done to
toin with them shortly after 1840. bring a variety of trees to Penn-
The first outdoor Christmas tree sylvania.
on record was lighted in Madison Walter - W. Simonds, chairman
Square, New York City, in 1912. of the extension section on for-
Our first National Living Christ- estry and professor of forestry ex
mas Tree was lighted in Washing- tension, helps people that want: to
ton by President Coolidge on enter the industry by sending
Christmas Eve, 1924. them information. He also, keeps
About 20 years ago Pennsyl- 1 the already established growers
vania imported nearly one and informed of the latest improve
one-half million trees from Maine, ments.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1954
, By SUE CONKLIN
ed from the Garden of Paradise
the Tree of Knowledge.
Canada, and the Pacific North
west. Today it is over a two mil
lion dollar industry within the
state. Local owners and growers
have little trouble competing with
the market of imported trees.
The growers have organized
the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree
Grower's Association, and meet
every summer at one of the larger
farms to talk over new and better
methods of growing trees. There
are at present about 250 members
in the association. They repre
sent only the larger growers. The
largest grower markets approxi
mately 40,000 trees yearly.
The University is conducting
many research programs in con
nection with the industry. Dr.
William C. Bramble, head of the
department of forestry manage
ment and professor of forestry,
is head of the research on Christ
mas trees.
He has conducted tests concern-
ing the best time to cut and store
trees, how and when to shear trees
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