TUESDAY. MAY 22. 1956
Dorms to Be Ready
,
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For - Summer Use
By PAT EVANS
When June olls around and students begin packing up
for summer vacation the dormitories must be readied for the
new avalanche of residents who will be staying at the Univer
sity for surnmer 'sessions or conferences.
The more use made of the residence halls during the
summer, the less regular students will have to be charged for
housing, according to Otto E.
Mueller. director of housing.
Groups Relied Upon
However, since relatively few
students from the summer ses
sions are housed in the dormitor
ies, conference groups are heavily
relied upon to help carry the bur
den of operation costs during the
regular academic school year.
John Fishburn, University con
ference coordinator, cited these
approximate figures: of a total of
almost 6900 students who - were'
enrolled for the summer sessions
blast summer only 1750 lived in the
dormitories.
99 Conferences Scheduled
He also said that 99 conferences
are scheduled to be held at the
University this summer. Approx
imately 13,800 of the 21,600 dele
gates will be staying in the resi
dence halls.
The conclaves with the largest
numbers of delegates who will be
living in the dormitories include
the Future Homemakers of Amer
ica, 1200; Future Farmers of
America, 1700; alumni institute
,and class reunion period, 1000;
land 4-H Club, 1150.
Dormitories in Use
Religion
Nye Elected
President of
UCA Board
Edwin P. Nye, associate pro
fessor of mechanical engineering,
was elected president of the Uni
ve r sit y Christian Association
Board of Directors at its annual
meeting Saturday night.
He succeeds Dr. Russell B. Dick
erson, associate dean of the Col
lege of Agriculture.
• The board approved a $26,710
budget, an increase of $2400 over
last year. The new budget pro
vides for an additional secretary
in the Christian Association office
and for more extensive expendi
tures by the U.C.A. staff.
Other Officers Elected
Other officers elected by the
59-member board were Paul H.
Margolf, professor of poultry hus-,
bandry, vice president; Dr. Em
ory J. Brown, associate professor
of rural, sociology, secretary; and,
McDonald Heebner Jr., adminis-1
trative assistant in the department,
of engineering research, treasurer.'
• Elected to round out the board's,'
executive committee were Ralph'
E. Armington, assistant professor,
of electrical engineering; Dr. Gor
don H. Pritham, professor 'of
physiological chemistry; and The
Rev. William L.Slee, of Tyrone.
Rev. Helmich S peaks
The board of directors heard
The -Rev. Hartland H. Helmich,
national director of the depart
ment of campus Christian life of
the Evangelical and Reformed
Church, speak on "The Church
and the University."
The Rev. Lester L. Dobyns. re
tiring executive director of U.C.A.,
delivered the annual report from
the staff, saying he 'was "most
pleased" with the association's
progress during the past year.
..- The Rev. Hal Leiper, associate
director, presented copies of "The
Young Church in Action," by
"J.. B. Phillips, to graduating sen
iors.
3 Profs Granted
Research Money
By Runyon Fund
Dr. Robert F. Gentry, Dr. Ho
ward W. Dunne, and Dr. M. Frank
Mallette have been granted funds
for cancer research amounting to
$15,400 by the Damon Runyon
Memorial Fund in New York. N.Y.
Dunne, professor of .veterinary
science, and Gentry, associate pro
fessor of veterinary science, to
gether were awarded $9,500, to
spend in research on lymphoid
tumors, a cancer of virus origin
appearing in chickens. Using em
bryonated chicken eggs and tissue
cultures, the two hope to develop
diagnostic techniques, and possi
bly a vaccine for immunizing the
birds. •
' Mallette, associate professor of
agricultural and biological chem
istry, has received $5.900 for a
study of the synthesis of enzymes,
which he hopes in turn will yield
_
valuable information on the na
ture of malignancy.
'Relations' Club Elects
Cash 'New Preiident
Emm e a Cash, senior in education
from Pottsville, has been elected
president of the International Re
lations Club for the coming year.
-.Other new officers are Law
..rence-McCabe, junior in arts and
letters-from Uniontown, vice pres
ident; David Terrill, junior in arts
and. letters from Stroudiburg,
secretary; and Frank Farrell,
sophomore in arts and letters from
- : . ...Vdan; treasurer. _
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Dormitories in use during the
summer will be Hamilton, McKee,
Thompson, Waring, McAllister,
Grange, and Woman's Building.
Certain areas are set aside for
summer session students and oth
ers for delegates, according to
Fishb urn.
These buildings will be thor
oughly cleaned after the regular
students have left in preparation
for the summer residents.
Fishburn added that a great
deal of good will is built up to
ward the University by the many
:conferences held here.
Junior Wins
Photo Contest
Joseph Rohrbaugh, junior in
labor-management relations from
Spring Grove, has been awarded
first prize in the colored slide
contest, sponsored by the Penn
State Camera Club.
Second place went to Lawrence
Matthews, junior in journalism
from Malvern; and. third-place
winner was John Stellmack, re
search assistant at the petroleum
reesarch laboratory from Lewis
town. Stellmack and David Seay,
junior in liberal arts from Woods
dale Par k, received honorable
mention.
Judges for the contest were
Robert Beese, photographer from
the College of Agriculture; Mrs.
Harry Miller, resident of State
College; and Leslie Greenhill, as
sociate director of the Instruc
tional Research Program.
Dance to Clear
Rec Hall Area
Student and other drivers have
been asked by the dean of men's
office to remove cars from the
Recreation Hall parking area by
5:15 p.m. Thursday for the West
Halls street dance which will be
held in front of Rec Hall from 5:15
until, dark.
The "Bermuda Fling," as the
dance is called, will be held im
mediately after a mixed dinner
in the West Halls dining xooms.
Flyeis will be placed on car
windshields parked in the Rec
Hall area to remind drivers to
remove their cars. -
Director to Write Article
Albert Christ-Saner, director of
the School of the Arts, has been
commissioned to write the En
cyclopaedia - Britannica's "praw.
ing" article. The current piece
will be his sixth for that publica
tion.
Froth Keys Obtainable
Outgoing Froth directors may
pick up their gold keys at the
Hetzet-Union desk, according to
Sanfo rd Lichtenstein, outgoing
business manager.
Vyse Named
NSA Delegate
By LA Council
Katherine Wyse, sophomore in
arts and letters from Winnitka.
Illinois, w•as chosen as the Liberal
Arts Student Council representa
tive to this year's National Stu
dent Association National Con
gress last night at a meeting of
the Council.
Thursday night All-University
Cabinet unanimously passed a
motion allowing the NSA com
mittee to choose additional dele
gates from Cabinet groups to at
tend the NSA National Conven
tion this summer.
Miss Vyse will go as an ob
server and will not be able to
vote.
The Council passed a motion
naming Sussanah Newlin, junior
in arts and letters from Tyrone,
as next year's editor of Lantern.
Dick Schriger, president of the
Council, thanked Virginia Hud
gins, this year's editor of Lantern,
for her fine job.
The financial report was read,
showing that the Council ha d
$260.55 left from this year's ex
penses. '
Virgilio Volpe. junior in arts
and letters from Norristown, gave
a report on the LA Student Coun
cil Scholarship. He said that the
results have been poor, with only
one application turned in.
Jay Feldstein, freshman in arts
and letters from Elizabeth, gave a
report on the Faculty Evaluation
program. He said that the Admin
istrative Committee, composed of
deans and heads of departments
in the College of Liberal Arts.
would help the Council with its
faculty evaluation program:
AIM Judicial Board
The Association of Independent
Men Judicial Board of Review
will hear two cases at 8:30 tonight
in 213 Hetzel Union.
It will be the board's last meet-,
ing this semester. I
—Bavar photo
FRANCES O'CONNELL plays the solo part of "Concerto
for Oboe" by Domenico CimarosO at the University Sym
phony Orchestra's annual spring concert which was held
Sunday in Schwab Auditorium.
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AM Station WPSC
Discontinued in 1932
All-University Cabinet's recommendation last week to in
stall a student AM radio station marks the 25th year since the
ending of its predecessor.
The first AM station, INPSC, was forced to discontinue
broadcasting when it was unable to meet the equipment spe
cifications of the Federal Radio Commission in 1932 and was
24 Will Attend
UCAsSeminar
Twenty students and four other '
persons will take part in the Eu- 1
ropean Seminar conducted this
summer by the University Chris
tian Association.
They will study the present pc).
litical and religious situation in
western Europe.
The six-week itinerary includes
England, France, Germany, Swit
zerland, and the Netherlands. Tbe
group will meet with outstanding
'political, educational, and reli
gious leaders in London, Bonn,
Berlin, Geneva, and Paris,
Dr. Frederick R. Matson, pro
fessor of archaeology, and the
Reverend Robert B. Starbuck. as
sociate director of UCA, are the
directors of the seminar.
The 19 student-members of the
Seminar are Sarah Bringman, Pa
tricia Brown, Carol Davidson,
Barbara Grest, Marjorie Harris,
Dianne Herold, Elizabeth Hobe.
Delite Hoopes, Nancy Horst, Carol
Keplinger. Barbara Kulp, Joseph
Mcllroy, Forney Miller, Esther
Pressel, Roberta Sankey, Carl
Saperstein, Ruth Stafford, Keith
Vansant, and Barbara Wragg.
Mrs. Roberta Conner of State
College and Mrs. Jo Starbuek of
State College. who do not attend
the University, will accompany
the students on their European
tour.
By KIP NEWLIN
unable to obtain sufficient funds.
The station was set up by two
professors in 1909. A course of
study was arranged but work was
confined to code transmission.
License Granted
One of the first experimental
licenses was granted the station
by the government in 1912 and
it was assigned the call letters
3XE.
Formal classes were introduced,
but the .itation no sooner became
welt-established than it was closed
for the war and the equipment
was sealed.
Station BXE was reopened for
experimental work in 1919. Gil
bert Crossley, assistant professor
of electrical engineering, was em
ployed as an undergraduate in
1920 to take charge of actual op
erations. He built the first crude
transmitter in 1921 from equip
ment valued at $lOOO which had
been donated by the Pittsburgh
alumni that spring.
Call. Letters Issued
With the new transmitter, the
station was licensed for 500 watts
with a wave length of 360 meters.
The call letters, WPAB. which had
been issued to it, were changed
upon request in 1922 to WPSC.
WPSC held its first broadcast
in April 1923, but programs were
infrequent because of insufficient
funds. Seven hundred dollars was
allowed by college authorities in
then summer of 1926 for the in
stallation of underground lines
and the rebuilding of the trans
mitter.
Budget Allotted
The first regular budget allot
ment of 52000 was granted in Jure.,
1927, and used for the third trans
mitter. designed by Crossley_ In
October. 1927, it was placed in
operation. Between 1927 and 1929,
\VSPC operated approximately
three hours per week.
Its license was renewed for full
time in March, 1927. shared with
the state police station at Harris
burg, in June. 1927, reduced to
daytime only in November, 1928,
and revoked for not complying
with the Federal Radio Commis
sion amateur regulations in May,
1930.
After a hearing had been held,
WPSC's license was renewed.
However. equipment to meet
Commission's specifications would
have cost $20,000 and mainten
ance for one year. $lO.OOO.
Station WPSC continued to
function on an extended schedule
,after the executive committee of
,the College decided necessary
funds were not available. Broad
casting eight hours a week, pro-
Igrams continued until the last day
of the license, June 22. 1932.
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