PAGE FOUR
College's
May Be
Work Pushed
On Structure
By LARRY JACOBSON
If everytlin•g goes according
to schedule, the University
and the Col!eie of Business
Administi a tic n will have a
$1,223.595 Christmas present
this year.
That's the date workmen at the
Hall of Americas classroom build
ing expect to finish the structure.
75 Per Cent Finished
At present. approximately 75
per cent of the brick work has
been finished, and workers are
erecting the inside walls. When
brick laying is completed in ap
proximately two weeks. construc
tion will start on the stone front.
In addition, plastering and the
erection of the roof will start.
The building will temporarily
house the College of Business Ad
ministration.
When completed. the structure.
adjacent to the University Hos
pital, will resemble a large block
63 Classrooms Set
Plans call for a total of 63 class
rooms, with 22 rooms dedicated to
the countries in the Americas.'
These rooms will be painted with'
murals representing American
cultures and the history of the'
various countries.
The back section will contain' tories should be wrapped up in. i
an auditorium on its two floors two months. Slated for use by the , Naval ROTC
housing 126 students apiece. !lacrosse and soccer teams when '
Construction work elsewhere on, they begin practice sessions on'
campus has been going under full ; the adjacent field, the building
speed thanks to generally good , will house lockers, two equipment Raises Quota
weather. !rooms, and a training room.
!
Steel Columns Rising 1 Heating. Plumbing Needed For Freshmen
Steel columns for the first of:
Remaining work on the struc
the eight residence halls which' lure includes heating and plumb-;
will house 1,064 women students:ing, special floors for the lockers, The number of freshmen to be
roof. are now rising on east camp us. ;and the f.
facing E. College avenue. - enrolled! as contract students in
I Also slated for early occupancy' the Naval ROTC program for the
Workmen on the remaining:are two of the three home man- fall now under construction are fall semester has been increased
tagement houses on the east end
finishing the concrete first floors; of campus. I to 125. according to Capt. Victor
and basement work. When this!
work is finished. the steel columns The first building has been com- B. McCrea, pro ..
feqsor of naval sci
will be placed in these buildings., pleted. with only painting and ence.
Erection of the columns will,
finishing work needed to ready' Prior to this time not more than ,
:
preceed laying of the remaining the remaining houses for lull-. 98 contract students had been en
floors. which will be constructed time use. 'rolledfrom one class.
by a relatively new method. Students have begun using one
Different Process Used of the two new University Hospi-
I Contract students are selected
iby the professor of naval science
Instead of erecting the conven-I tal wings.
'from among students admitted to
Dispensary Ready
tional steel frame and building, the University who apply for Na-
Completed during the summeo
forms at each level for pouring val ROTC training.
the wing houses the dispensary,'
concrete. only the steel columns,' formerly located in the basement Upon completion_ of the pro
supported by temporary bracing, of Old Main. The remaining t yi ng ) gram, they receive a reserve corn
are erected. This work on the
!expected to be finished during mission in the Navy or Marine
first units has now been started.
this semester, will double bed • ,CorPs-
Concrete floors are then poured space in the hospital from 30 tot Regular students are chosen by
on the first floor level as re - :60. The wing will be ready for'the Navy Department on the basis
inforced concrete slabs, one on occupancy when workmen com-;of competitive examinations giv
top of the other, like pancakes. i plete painting and install some en to high school students and'
The slabs are separated by a plan - electrical and plumbing fixtures.lupon completion of the prograf'
tic compound sprayed on topoft The enlarged health center has are commissioned in the regular'
each new slab. The slab thus be-, been constructed by the General Navy or Marine Corps and are
comes the form for the one on top State Authority at a cost of al-'assigned to active duty for a min
of it, only end forms being re-, most 58 9 7.000. imuni of three years.
quired for each different slab. -- ----- - ---- _,
Hydraulic Jacks Used
I
When all the slabs are poured.
hydraulic jacks mounted on top
of each column will lift the slabs
into place where they are secured
at the proper floor level.
In comparison to the early work
on the dorms. construction on
three campus building projects is
nearing completion,
Work on the locker room at the
east end of the Nittany dormi-
Have you heard
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Free Demonstration
Shadle Associates
151 S. Allen St.
Open Evenings
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—Joe Patton Photo
WORKMEN are completing erection of steel columns on the
first of eight dormitories which will house 1.064 women students.
Located on east campus, facing E. College avenue, the buildings'
floors will be constructed by the relatively new Lift-Slab method.
The slabs are poured on the first floor frame and then lifted
into place to form the remaining floor levels.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Present
Building
Speaking,
Corrected
Approximately 10 per cent of all incoming students to the
University have been found to have defects in speech and
hearing. This information is based on statistics compiled by
the Speech and Hearing Clinic of the University, whose job it
is to screen all incoming students for such defects
Hal Dorsey
, . - of the eh i s • • •• , - • . .
t extensive program is being car
!ried on at the clinic in the base
ment of Sparks Building, to help
`,these people overcome their
handicaps and to make the neces
sary social, educational and voca
tional adjustments.
I Dorsey said that most speech
handicapped persons "have . noth
ing physically wrong with them."
'lt has been discovered that they
'simply learned incorrect methods
of speaking early in life.
Caused by Abnormality
He explained that defects in.
hearing, on the other hand, are
usually caused by some physical
abnormality. About six out of
!every hundred persons have de
' fective hearing, and 25 per cent
of this same group have serious
speech and language difficulties.
Dorsey said that the most com
mon speech disorders found ex
isting among students of the Uni
versity are those of an articula
tory nature. These, he said, are
characterized by mutilation of
some of the consonant sounds
and can be alleviated if the af
flicted person takes advantage of
adequate facilities now available
at the clinic.
Take 'Do Nothing' Attitude
Many students prefer to do
nothing about their speech dis
orders, Mr. Dorsey explained, be
cause of heavy academic sched
ules "in some cases," but mostly
because of a "nothing can be done
about it" attitude. He urged stu
dents not to adopt this attitude
in the face of existing facilities
that have helped others and can,
in many cases, help them.
According to Mr. Dorsey, the
disorder of the stutterer lies
merely in his inability to speak
fluently. He pointed out that a
stutterer has no difficulty in pro
ducing any of the speech sounds.
"Stuttering," he said, "is due to a
definite defect in the rhythm of
his speech and can be overcome
under the guidance of trained
clinicians and with the use of
proper therapy."
May Hinder Adjustment.
Some persons have no difficul
ty articulating or regulating the
!rhythm of the sounds that make
;up speech, but have nasal,
!breathy, harsh or hoarse voices.
!Voices of this type , along with
!those that are too low, too high,
!too loud or too soft,- can often
!detain a. person from becoming
socially accepted and adjusted.
Mr. Dorsey said that any of
these handicaps can be helped by
the clinic "if the student wants
help" and can arrange his sched
ule to afford time for the train
ing the clinic provides.
The use of tape recorders helps
a client study his errors and
check his progress. Careful artic
(Continued on page twelve)
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1956
Reading
by Clinic
Ed Council
To Elect
Two Frosh
Education Student Council is
a body of students elected to act
as median group between stu
dents and faculty in the College
of Education.
Upperclass seats were filled in
spring elections by students hav
ing a .2.2 All-University average.
Nominations for the two fresh
man seats.on council will be made
soon.
Yearly Projects Named
The education student council
participates in a variety of ac
tivities each year. Among these
activities are coffee hours to in
troduce freshmen to upperclass
men and faculty members, the
sponsorship of lectures by fac
ulty members of the college, aid
ing faculty advisors in helping
freshmen schedule courses and in
explaining the education organi
zations on campus, sitting in on
faculty discussions of course revi
sions, assisting personnel in the
education offices, and aiding the
staff of Monitor, the education
publication.
Banquet Slated for Spring
The council also holds a ban
quet every spring to honor new
members of the council and to
present the outstanding senior
award. This award is made to the
most outstanding senior of the
college, and is not restricted to
council members.
Co u n'e i 1 president, Judith
Hance, said that nominations pro
cedure for freshmen representa
tives, projects for the year, and
articles for the Monitor will •be
the subjects on the agenda for
the first meeting. The time and
date for the meeting has not been
announced.
The National Society for the
Prevention of Blindness predicts
that at least • 750,000 Americans
now alive will become blind be
fore they die.