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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.