PAGE TWO Home Management Units Construction Completed By CHUCK DiROCCO Construction work reached its completion this week on the four new home manage ment houses located at the eastern end of campus. Students ia the Home Economics curriculum, both graduates and undergraduates, participated in their architectural planning, choice of color schemes, and choice of furn ishings and equipment. Each of the four houses are individually named. The Florence Benedict house, located Her house, at the west end, are L. ranch type in design. The center ■ “ - * “ ‘ units, the Catherine Beecher and . ‘ ' .. ;,j Myra Dock houses, are duplex in •. construction. The interior furnishing and equipment of each house are dif ferent. tVhile construction crews and equipment leave one spot on cam pus, others are arriving at a new locality; and still others are well on their way toward completing other projects. Lab Extension Begun Men and equipment have be gun a 50-foot extension of the recent expansion of the Animal Disease Research Laboratory on the University’s farms. The two-building laboratory conducts research on animal and poultry diseases produced under controlled conditions. Animal disease study is taking place in the building under ron- S * rU i"^ o - n " BENEDICT HOUSE was one of four home management houses Dining Hall Base Poured , On east campus, construction C °^ n s leted this week. crews are pouring the cement foundation of the dining hall of the new five-unit womens’ living quarters on College avenue. Fair weather has enabled a pickup in the rate of construc tion of the unit which will be ready for occupancy by the fall semester of 1958. Directly across Pollock road from the Hetzel Union building, workmen are continuing con struction on the Halls of the Americas. Visual Aids Rooms Included The building will be a general classroom unit containing 18 vis ual aid rooms. Completion is ex pected before next semester. Leaving the cranes, bulldozers, and drills turning to maintenance work, workmen have completed the re-varnishing of the wooden j exterior at the HUB. j The woodwork at the clubhouse] of the ice-skating rink has been re-stained and painting trews have completed work on the scoreboard at Beaver Field. Concert Schedule To Beqin Feb. 4 With Vienna Octet The Vienna Octet, a group of! Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Members who arc making their first American tour, will open the; State College Chamber Music series on Feb. 4. The series, sponsored by the State College Choral society, also will include Helen KwaHvasser, violinist, and Leonid Hambro. pianist on Feb. 18, followed by Robert McFerrin, Metropolitan Opera baritone on March 11. Quartet to Italiano. April 1. and ending with the Juilliard String! Quartet on May 6. ! Mrs. Henry Finch, chairman of the Chamber Music committee, said that since the program has been expanded this year jnore tickets would be on hand to meet the expected increase in sales. Season tickets will sell for $5 And may be ordered bv calling Mrs. Ralph Condee. ADams 7- 7770. Research Prof to Attend Stress Analysis Meeting Maurice P. Milliken, assistant professor of engineering research in the Ordnance Research Labor atory, will attend the annual meeting of the Society for Exper imental Stress Analysis to be held in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. The society is active in many phases of engineering and devel opment. Faculty to Hear Boyle Dr. John S. Boyle, associate professor of plant pathology, will address the Faculty Luncheon Club at noon Monday in the Het zel Union Building. His subject will be “Life in fhi»tmrr , r ** 1 THE DAILY -COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Red Flannels Will Be Handy In Future, Professor Says Grandpa's old red flannels will come in mighty handy dur ing the next decade, Dr. Charles L. Hosier, associate professor of meteorology, predicts. Dr. Hosier has predicted that the northeastern United States is headed for a long spell of colder weather, involving a 10 per cent increase in heating requirements for the area. Discounts Forecasters • i~ Dr. Hosier, in issuing his long range forecast, discounted the claims of forecasters who “can predict" the weather for a certain day a month in advance. In general, said Dr. Hosier, a one or two day prediction is the [extent of our present ability to I foretell weather with any degree lof accuracy. “The extrapolators have been telling us for years now that the northeastern United States has been getting warmer over the last fifty years,” continued Dr. Hos ier. “There are indications now, however, that the trend has ceased and that we may be re turning to colder weather, he said. Weather Alternates j Historically, he said, these warm and cool periods have been rougn- Ily of one hundred years’ dura tion and the temperature changes have been about the same magni tude." Dr. Hosier based his predictions for the next decade on these facts and statistical relationships of solar activity to weather. No Significant Difference Seen In Budget Policy of Parties By JUDY HARKISON A University economist says there is no significant differ ence in the fiscal philosophy, in respect to balancing the budget, of the Eisenhower ad ministration and the Democratic party. Dr. Lawrence E. Fouraker, as sociate professor of economics, said that the balance of the na tional budget “depends upon the phase of business cycle: whether the economy is experiencing infla tion or deflation.” If necessary, either administra tion would attempt to acquire a surplus to lessen the severity of an inflation, he believes, and would increase public spending and probably reduce taxes to avoid a depression. " Democrats in the past have made a more conscious effort than the Republicans to main tain a large middle income 14 to Compete In Ag Contest Fourteen agriculture students will arrive in Kansas City today to compete in the American Royal Livestock Show, running through Tuesdav Ten of the students will com pete in ihe livestock judging con test. They are Joel Colvin, John Fleming. Henry Gruber. Dorothy Hancock. Vernon Hazlett, Robert Kline, Donald McCreight, William Stappenbeck, Sandra Trexler, and John Wright. The other four students will compete in the meat judging con test. They are Thomas Blose, Les lie Firth, Sandra Snowdon, and Arthur Tennyson. Sixteen colleges and universi ties are entered in both judging contests. group by means of government intervention." he said. “Minimum wage and social se curity have found the greatest support in the Democratic party. The measures were introduced ov er some GOP opposition. ' “The Republicans,” he contin ued, “aren’t in favor- of two groups, rich and poor, but believe that maintaining a middle income group is not the responsibility of the government.” Such a distribution of income is necessary to have economic sta bility, the instructor said. Dr. Fouraker believes that there is less difference in the two parties since the appear ance of Eisenhower. He said that Eisenhower, in relation to the rest of the parly, is liberal in his approach to these mat ters, whereas Stevenson to some extent is conservative. Dr. Fouraker explained that ap proximately 90 per cent of budget expenditures go toward national security and defense and pay- 'Astronomy Seen Key to Evolution By studying the evolution of the universe, astronomers have found the key to the evolution of life, Dr. Harlow Shap ley, professor of astronomy at Harvard University, said Thurs day night. Dr. Shapley said this study has vastly expanded the scope of man’s imagination and lifted him into a field of compre- hension once totally unattain able. Dr. Shapley spoke on “Galaxies and What They Do to Us” at the Graduate Lecture Series. He has made a concentrated study of gal axies and their relation to space and has published over 200 arti cles and six books in the field of astronomy. Related to Geological Time Astronomers now believe that the evolution of the universe is related to the progression of life through the geological periods of time, Dr. Shapley said. This evo lution has been traced through [the study of galaxies, he said, j A galaxy, Dr. Shaply explained, is a dense cluster of billions of stars. The galaxy which includes the earth contains about 70 bil lion stars widely scattered through space. 20 Million Light Years Away These stars are so far apart, he said, that most of the starlight which reaches earth began its journey 20 million years ago. Or, by astronomical measurement, it came from stars 20 million light years from earth. A star just one light year away would be six mil lion million years distant. .“These stars are relatively close,” Dr. Shapley said. “Galax ies 300 million light years away have been discovered.” Radio Astronomy Discussing these galaxies, Dr. Shaply described radio astronomy, the most recent method of observ ing them. Radio-telescopes pick up radiations emitted by the stars. The radiations are then recorded as photographs of single stars or entire galaxies. TTie results of studies made at •these stations have been several, he said. The stars in most galaxies have been regrouped. It has been found, he continued, that some of the galaxies are enclosed in a “bag" of hydrogen. Also, the spec trum of stars shows that the same common elements found on earth are also present on stars. Saucers 'Optical Illusions' Returning to earth. Dr. Shapley “pooh-poohed” the idea of flying saucers being interplanetary, say ing that the reported sightings of them are optical illusions. “There are lots of ‘flying sau cers’,” he said. “They might be shooting stars, jet plane exhausts, weather balloons, mirages due to varying air density, or just halu cinations.” , BusAd Council to Meet The Business Administration Student Council will meet at 6:45 p.m. Monday in 217 Hetzel Union. ments for past wars. This per centage of spending, however, de pends on military^judgment, he said. The instructor does not think the nation can economize by re ducing the remaining ten per cent. It is normally the welfare area, he explained, in which expendi ture cutting is attempted; al though. Health, Education and Welfare is more than covered by receipts from the social security tax. When the Eisenhower budget showed a surplus last year, this provided a useful check over in flationary pressures. Dr. Four aker said. He cited Herbert Hoover and “Old Guard” Republicans as part of a GOP. wing that believes in a balanced budget, regardless of business conditions. “There are not many issues in this campaign,” he said. The election this year seems to be the Democratic party-against the Eis enhower personality.’* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3». By MARIAN BEATTY AIM Seeks To Establish IM Playoffs The Association of Independent Men is seeking to establish play offs between fraternity and inde pendent champions in intramural sports. A recommendation favoring a University playoff between intra mural winners was approved this week by the AIM Board of Gov ernors. Leach Introduces Action Edward Leach, Town Indepen dent Men representative at large to AIM, introduced the recom mendation. He said he believed it senseless to crown separate frat ernity and independent cham pions in each intramural sport. Being All-University champion will provide added prestige to winners, he said. Leach said the cost of an addi tional trophy or recognition placque for the winner would not be prohibitive. Raising entrance fees a few cents in each sport would solve any financial problem for the in tramural office, he said. Time Possible Problem Time might be a slight prob lem, he said, because of the close' sequence with which intramural sports follow each other. -However, he said, if given the opportunity, fraternity and inde pendent champions would prob ably agree to schedule a match without the aid of the intramural office, if necessary. Leach will speak to officials at the intramural office and report at the next meeting of AIM. $55,000 Gift Granted for Eng Study The lonosphere Research labor atory of the electrical engineering department has received two grants totaling $55,000. They will be used to carry on two research projects in the iono sphere physics program of the In ternational Geophysical Year. Dri Arthur Waynick, laboratory and department head, will direct the program. The International Geophysical Year will be celebrated from July 1. 1957, to December 31, 1958, by 50 nations. The ionosphere physics program is one of the 13 major areas in geophysics listed by the National Committee on the Geo physical Year. To Support Radio Analysis The first grant, amounting to $35,000 will support a project in volving analysis of ionosphere radio data from four stations set up in various parts of the world. The data will be sent to the University and analyzed, using the digital computer, to find the electron density of the upper air. The University and Cambridge University, England, are the only two institutions working on this project. Schmerling Heads Project Dr. Irwin Schmerling, visiting assistant professor of engineering research, is in charge of the proj ect here. The other grant, totaling $20,- 000 will be used in a project de signed to determine the absorp tion of radio waves in the iono sphere at vertical incidence. Dr, Sidney Bowhiil, assistant profes sor of electrical engineering, is in charge of the project at the Uni versity.
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