WEDNESDAY. FEBRUA
Wooden
'Actor' i
Impossible as it
portant "actors" in
a Crowd," is a small,
The play, which
day at Center Stage,
plicates his life quit
Debate Team
Places Third
At Tourney
The men's debate team placed
third in the annual Marshall-
Wythe debate tournament which
was held lait weekend in Wil
liamsburg, Va.
The topic of the debate was Re
solved: That the United States
should discontinue direct econom
ic ail to foreign nations.
'Pro' Team Record
The affirmative team won three
and lost three debates. It defeated
Duke, Morris-Harvey, and Uni
versity of Virginia, losing to Ohio
State, Pace and Princeton. Mem
bers of the team were Jonathan
Plaut, senior in industrial engi
neering from Rockville Center,
N.Y. and Edward Klevans, senior
in electrical engineering from
Roaring Spring.
Wins Four
The negative team won four de
bates and lost two. It won over
Army, Richmond, Hampton-Syd
ney and Emory. Dartmouth and
George Washington defeated it.
Members of the team were Gerald
Bogus, sophomore in arts and let
ters from Brownsville and Robert
W. Adams, junior in business ad
ministration from Johnstown.
In the entire tournament, the
negative teams from the 40 com
peting colleges and universities
won 68 per cent of the debates.
Princeton mum the tournament.
Three Will Run
In WH Election
Louis Wonderly, junior in bus
iness administration from Phoen
ixville, and Lawrence Kowalski,
junior in arts and letters from
Hazleton, were nominated for the
presidency of the West Halls
Council at a meeting Monday
night.
Carl Smith, freshman in chem
ical engineering from Scranton,
was nominated for vice president.
Elections will ,be held next
Monday.
A notice from Dean of Men
Frank J. Simes on fireworks was
read at the meeting. It reminded
students that the penalty for us
ing them may be suspension.
The projects committee was in
structed to investigate the possi
bility of having the sideswalks in
the West Halls quadrangle re
paired. It will also determine
whether the University regulation
that no calls may be made within
the West Hall dorms after noon
can be changed.
AF Drill Team to Meet
A special meeting of the Air
Force Reserve Officers Training
Corps drill team will be at 3:10
p.m. tomorrow at the Armory.
THE JAZZ REVUE
Starring .
GERRY ULLIGAN
CHRIS CONNER
KAI WINDING SEPTET
featuring "The Trombone Sound"
LES JAll MODE QUINTET
with Julius Watkins and
Oscar Pettiftird
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24
2:30 P.M. at REC HALL
Tickets on Sale Now at HUB Desk
and the Music Room
Y 20. 1957
Box to Become
New Comedy
By PAT HUNTER
llegian Feature Editor
ay seem, perhaps one of the most im
gene Raskin's fantastic comedy, "One's
wooden box.
egins its six-weekend run at 8 p.m. Fri
is the story of Stephan James, who com-
a bit by separating into four different
personalities.
To achieve this unusual feat,
Stephan tampers with the small
black box built by his inventor)
father, who says it is an atom
splitter which he hopes will make
him famous.
Ignoring his father's warnings,
IStephan begins turning knobs
and dials and manages to set the )
device in action.
A humming sound is started at
the touch of the first knob and
with the second, a flashing of
three reddish-yellow lights be-
As hiS tampering continues, the
invention suddenly explodes and
Stephan James, who was once
only one person is immediately
split into four.
The box, which is approximate
ly 18 inches long, 8 inches wide
and 10 inches high, contains bat
teries which operate the hum
ming buzzer, neon lights and the
"explosion." The entire device •is
covered with copper screening
which acts as a safety precaution
against flying debris during the
"explosion."
Endurance Secret
The real secret of the atom
splitter, known only to its invent
tors, is just how it can blow up
in Friday's performance and still
remain in one piece to "explode"
again twice each weekend until
March_ 30 when the play closes.
The atom split ter, without
which the play could not exist,
was designed 'by Paul Wank, jun
ior in psychology from Correy;
Dean Eayre, freshman in educa
tion from Abington; William De-
Laney, junior in electrical engi
neering f r o m Wilmington, Del.,
and Charles Ross, senior in agri
culture economics and rural so
ciology from Kane.
The atom splitter will be the
main topic of an interview with
the director of "One's a Crowd,"
Robert Reifsneider, associate pro
fessor of theater arts, at 9:15 to
night over radio station WDFM.
University to Send
4 to State Meeting
Four representatives of the
University are to attend a meeting
in Harrisburg today to hear de
tails of a proposed plan to inte
grate Social Security with the
State Employees' Retirement
Plan.
The invitation was extended
by Paul C. Moomaw, executive
director of the Bureau of Social
Security for Public Employes, a
division of the Commonwealth's
Department of Labor and Indus
try.
Representing the U n iv e r sity
will be Louis H. Bell, director of
public information; Wilson M.
Carr, methods coordinator; Frank
F. Morris, director of personnel
services, anci J. W. Wilson, super
visor, employee benefits division.
Chess Club to Meet Tonight
- The Chess Club will meet at 7
tonight in 7 Sparks. The meeting
is open to the public.
THE DAILY
Box Explodes
OLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Employment
Interviews
The following firms will con
duct interviews for June and Aug
ust graduates in the Placement
Service in 112 Old Main:
March 6:
Carrier Corp: Be. MS: AeroE. ArchE.
AgE. ChE. EE. EnaSei. ME. IE: Also Jrs.
for Summer Employment.
Ford Motor Co: BS. MS: Acetic.. Fin.
Econ. ME. AirE. IE, EE.
Kroger Co: BS: AgEe. AIL ?H. LA.
Econ, T & T. Mktg. Bus Mgmt, Acctg.
Adv., LMR.
Riegal Paper: BS: Econ. LA, Math.
Mktg, ChE. Clem, IE: Also Jr._ in above
fields for Summer Employment.
Provident Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Phil:
BS: Acetic. Math, LA, Bus Adm. Ed. Psych-
The following camps will con
duct interviews for prospective
counsellors at the Student Em
ployment Service:
Feb. 23:
Camp Delwoo4. Penna.
Indian Lake Camp. Penna.
Camp Rondack, New York
New Jersey YM}IA Camps, Penn■
Local Burglary--
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morning, but the president of the
Baltimore fraternity and the three
fellows who remained here have
refused to give the information.
The three who remained here
are John Ar n o t t, of Kearny.
N.J.; William N. Vanous Jr., of
Annapolis, Md., and John E. Wor
don Jr., of Washington, D.C.
Goods Returned
All of the stolen material was
returned except for two topcoats
and a suit. Theta Chi of Balti
more has promised to pay com
pensation, which would amount to
$263.90, including damage done
to the finish of the articles of fur
niture.
Taken in the robbery was $1367
worth of furniture and clothing,
including 2 end tables. 6 lamps,
10 overcoats, a radio-phonograph
combination, and a hi-fi set.
Marriages
Hartman-Silk
Miss Patricia Silk, daughter of
Mrs. Edward Silk of Philadelphia,
was married to Ronald Hart
man, son of Mrs. Hilda Hartman
of Lititz, in January.
Mrs. Hartman is a junior in
elementary education. Mr. Hart
man is a senior in landscape archi
tecture and a member of Acacia
fraternity.
Springman-Dimmick
Mr. and - Mrs. Glenn L. Dimmick
of Haddon Heights, N.J., have an
nounced the marriage of their,
daughter Carolyn Jean to Charles
Edward Springman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Springman of
Lancaster.
The marriage took place Feb. 10
in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,
State College.
The former Miss Dirnmick is a ,
junior in art education and is a'
member of Kappa Delta sorority.
Mr. Springman is also a junior,
and is majoring in recreation
education. He is a member of
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
ICG Replaces Officer
James Goodwin, junior in phys
ics from Philadelphia, has been
elected vice president of the Uni
versity chapter of the Intercollegi
ate Conference on Government.
He replaces Daniel Thalimer,
who resigned for scholastic rea
sons.
Microscope Advance
Predicted by Inventor
Further improvement of the field ion microscope, at pre
sent the most po-.v - erful microscope in the world, is seen by
its inventor, Dr. Erwin W. Mueller, research professor of
physics
Dr. Mueller's contract with the Air Research and Devel
opment Command of the United States Air Force in Wash
ington, in effect since 1953. will'
be extended for two years, begin-1
ning July 1, 1957. The Air Force '
has allocated $64,522.74 for thei
two-year period, making its total!
contributions to Dr. Mueller's pro
ject $178,646.40 since its inception'
in 1953
It was through research andi
experimentation under the Air!
Force contract that Dr. Mueller]
developed and perfected his field I
ion microscope. This microscope
has made it possible for the first,l
time for scientists to see individl
ual atoms and how they form the
regular crystalline structure of a t
metal surface.
Arouses Interest
This accomplishment, announced
in October, 1955, aroused great
interest among scientists in the;
United States and other countries.;
Since then, Dr. Mueller has given
many lectures on his field emis-f
sion research here and abroad]
and has published many articlesi
in scientific journals.
Through the use of his micro
scope, Dr. Mueller developed
methods of manipulating single,
atoms and of measuring the forcei
necessary to move them. It alsoi
became possible to produce per-'
fectly clean, atomically faultlessi
metal surfaces.
In his efforts to improve the
performance of his field ion mic
roscope, including image inten
sity, Dr. Mueller plans to operate,
it at still lower temperatures,
reaching minus 450 degrees Fah
renheit.
Gas Operated
The microscope, which has a
magnification of about 2,000,000
times, has been operated with
helium gas. In the 'future, Dr.
Mueller intends to use other
gases. He explains that the atomic
structure of only the hardest
metals can be observed when the
microscope is operated with hel
ium and he hopes that other gases
will permit the study of softer
metals.
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Today
Dr. Mueller plans -to study the
atomic structure of a large num
ber of different metals in the next
two years. Such relatively rare
metals as tungsten, tantalum,
molybdenum, rhenium and colum
bium, as well as the more familiar
ones including copper, iron, plat
inum and nickel will be studied.
"It is known that disorder and
Metal surfaces will be bom
barded with fast ions and atoms
to simulate conditions which oc
cur in atomic reactors or on the
surfaces of missiles traveling at
tremendous speed through the
upper atmosphere or through
space. This research should throw
light on studies of radiation dam
age. Dr. Mueller predicts.
Field emission is an important
physical effect great interest
to physicists, but its practical sig
nificance in the past has been
limted because of various techni
cal difficulties. Dr. Mueller's field
,of ion microscope has ironed out
;many of these difficulties so that
new research and experiments
,can be conducted.
Describes Problems
"It is now mainly an engineer
ing problem to utilize in technical
devices the unique properties of
field electron emission," Dr.
Mueller says.
The field ion microscope has
become a most powerful, but so
far, very little applied tool for
the investigation of metal sur
!faces with respect to atomic
structure, adsorption, catalysis
and some problems of gas-and
!surface dynamics and radiation
!damage. This is true because the
operation of the microscope is so
difficult and tricky that only a
!very skilled and experienced ex
perimentalist can operate it.
Under the present contract.
eight scientific publications have
!resulted, and Dr. Mueller has pub
lished in addition, six other sci
entific articles on field emission
and its applicaton.
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