TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1957 Maim Eng to be Renamed In Dean Sackett's Honor ard of Trustees has approved the designation of igineering Building as Sackett Building in honor Dr. Robert L. Sackett, former dean of the College ing and Architecture. mge is part of a broadened policy approved by to name campus buildings for deceased persons The Bo: the Main E of the late! of Engineer The ch; the Trustee to the development •sity. contributing of the Unive The truste designation •s also approved the >f the new 600-foot building to be con llel to West College umond Building in s late Dr. Harry P. Iso a former dean of of Engineering and engineering structed par; Ave. as Ha honor of tfti Hammond, a the College Architecture. is' New Policy aew policy, buildings Truste Under the Intended to serve the needs of a< particular sc iool or college at the University will be named for de ceased persois who have contrib uted to the development of that particular school, either at the University or elsewhere. Other buildings serving general Univerity needs will be named for deceased persons .who have contributed to the development of education at the University or elsewhere in the United States. To Use Block Letters -Buildings will be marked with metallic block letters such as those used on the Hetzel Union Building or the Memorial Gate way pylons. The policy also provides for the designation of student living quarters as “residence halls;” for the designation of laboratory buildings -as “laboratories” and the designation of office and class room structures as “buildings.” Came From Purdue Dr. Sackett, who died Oct. 6, 194 G, came to the University from Purdue University and served as dean of the College of Engineer ing and Architecture until his re tirement with emeritus rank in 1937. Ur. Hammond succeeded Dr. Sackett as, dean in 1937 and served until his retirement with emeritus rank in 1951. He died jn 1953. Both Sackett and Hammond received the Lamme Award, the highest honor in engineering edu cation. • Mrs. Hammond lives in State College. Ex-Forestry Head V. A. Beede Dies Victor Augustus Beede, profes sor emeritus of forest manage ment, died Jan. 13 at his State College home. He was 70. . He received his bachelor of arts and master’s degrees from Yale University. From 1937 until his retirement on June 30, 1952, Mr. Beede was the head of the De partment of Forestry. He served for many years as a member of the University Senate and was a member of the commit i tee on academic standards. He was assisting in collecting ma terial for a history of forestry in struction in Pennsylvania, at the time of his death. Blue Band Hosts High School Clinic ■ One hundred thirty-five thigh school students from 23 schools participated in a district band clinic held on campus Sunday by the Concert Blue Band. The students are delegates to the annual Central District Band Festival which will be held Feb. 14, 15, and 16 at SSlinsgrove High School. The' director will be Lee Cristman, music director from Boston University. ■ The Blue Band played through the entire district band program with the delegates in order to give them a better idea of how the program will sound when it is played by a full band. Two Titles Changed • Vincent G. Hill, research assis tant in geochemistry, has' been named research associate in geo chemistry, and Marion R. Dep pen, associate county agricultural agent, has been named county ag ricultural agent in Montgomery County. irlt DATLT CUttcrJiArr.. simc r-OLicoc, reNmn.rAw,-« Choir Tryouts Close Tonight Tryouts for all sections of the! University Chapel Choir and the! Meditation Chapel Choirs will| close tonight. | There are still vacancies in all' sections, according to Mrs. Willa! Taylor, director, but tenors are! [especially needed. Tryouts will be held in 212 Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. Sopranos will try out at 6:40 p.m., altos at 7:20 p.m., baritones and basses at 7:40 p.m. and tenors at 8:20 p.m. The Chapel Choir will resume! its regular rehearsal schedule oni Thursday in 117 Carnegie. The Meditation Choir will begin re-! hearsing tonight. A list of mem bers and the time and place of! rehearsal has been posted in the! program-center of the Helen Eak in Eisenhower Chapel. (Put yourself in this student engineer’s shoes for a minute as he asks a Burroughs representative some important questions.) QWhat do you mean I’ll start "in the thick of , * things"! I mean you’ll start on the work you’re * trained for; you won’t be a man who gets lost in a shuffle. - Q What kind of work would be open to me at Burroughs! Research and development in ballistic missiles, electronics, computation, data pro cessing, optics, magnetics, communications and electro-mechanics—to mention a few. Will all my work be in defenseT A. No. Burroughs is a worldwide leader in the business machines and data processing fields. Of course, we’ve many defense contracts too. And that involves fascinating work in mechanics, electro-mechanics and electronics. Q Are all your plants in Detroit? - A. No. We’re really on a global scale. Detroit’s the home office, of course. Our big research center’s in Pennsylvania. We have plants in New York, Michigan, New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania in the U. S., and in Canada, Great Britain, France and Brazil. IROTC Cancels iCoed Debate Team Flight Program ThlS SAlYlACtPil* I The Womens Debate team fin mid *;ciuc9ici | ish?d up the Bucknell Good The Army Flight program for, Neighbor Tournament with a senior cadets of the Reserve Offi-jscore of four wins and four losses icers Training Corps will not be'on Jan. 12. initiated during this semester as. The affirmative team consisting had .been planned. jof Jean Nigh, freshman in physi- Col. Arthur W. Kogstad, profes- ca leducation from Chevy Chase, sor of military science and tacticslMd., and Carol Frank, freshman at the'University, said today that! in horticulture from Wilkinsburg, [the limited time available to ob-jdefeated the University’s Men’s tain a suitable contract and the Debate team. lack of facilities within a conven ient distance of the campus are the principal obstacles to the pro-! gram. Efforts are being made to estab lish the program by next year, he said.‘lt includes 35 hours of flight and 35 hours of ground instruc tion. j Available to eighth-semester students only, it would prepare them for entry into Army avia-! tion. The program would also lead to a CAA pilot certificate. The university was among 40 colleges and universities desig nated by the Department of the Army to offer the program. It was also among seven that were to initiate the program this year. New Eng Course Set A new course entitled Patent Fundamentals is being offered in [the College of Engineering this semester. The prerequisites for the course' are Physics 236 and seventh se-j mester standing. "Yes, you’ll start in the thick of things as a Burroughs engineer.” 111.. wm . The coeds lost to Scranton Uni versity, Bucknell University and Wilkes College. Susan Whittington, sophomore in arts and letters from, Arlington, Va., and Bonnie Jones, sophomore in education from Baltimore, Md„ both of the negative team, de efated Kings College, Wilkes Col lege and Scranton University. They lost to Bucknell Univer- Music Students Gef Your Music Supplies Now! THE HARMONY SHOP 142 So. Frazier St. Open Evenings Till 9:00 Q_ What about my future at Burroughst Wa at Burroughs feel that young engineers * are the key to Burroughs’ future expansion. Though our engineering staff has increased seven times since the end of World War 11, we are just on the threshold of our biggest expansion. This, phis our promotion-from . within policy, assures an outstanding future for engineers joining Burroughs now! What about retirement plans, hospitaliration, vacations —you know, the fringe benefits, / think they're called? A Burroughs is noted for these! In fact, Bur * roughs pioneered many of them. You’ll have hospitalization insurance for both you and your dependents, secure retirement, and educational aid programs, paid vacations and sick benefits, to mention a few. Send for free booklet today. Why not get mors Information on the opportunities Burroughs offers engineering students. Find out how you, too, can get in on the ground floor of Burroughs’ great expansion. Send for our new career booklet today. Write ip care of: Placement Coordinator BURROUGHS CORPORATION Detroit 32, Micfugam ocvct* Freshman Injured In Auto Accident Edith Blumenthal. freshman in arts and letters from Washington. D.C., was released Saturday from J. C. Blair Hospital in Hunting don County after spending two [days recovering from injuries suf fered in a car accident. j Miss Blumenthal suffered a I broken rib and bruises Thursday 'when the car in which she and two companions were traveling {skidded into a telephone pole to (avoid hitting a truck on route 522 inear Huntingdon, j The driver of the car escaped ‘injury but the other passenger .suffered a brain concussion and 'was taken from Blair Hospital to a Washington hospital. Damage was estimated at $2OO. isity. The Wilkes College team woi the tournament trophy. (BvrroiAb
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