—Daily Collegian photo by Ken Florence THEY DON T HAVE THIS in Texas. This electrically driven pumping jack in the basement of the Mineral Industries Building is capable of pumping an 8000 foot oil well. Ml Oil Well Beats 'Real' Texan Method The College'of Mineral Industries has gone the Texans one better and come up with an oil well that is indoors and pumps watery The well, located in the basement of the Mineral Indus tries Building, is. 450. feet deep and is the only indoor model in the East. The water pumped by the well is accumulated nat-, ural ground water that usually I reaches about 150 feet. Students in Petroleum and Nat ural Gas 320 set up the well and make their own calculations using regular field equipment. The water is pumped into a tank where it is measured by a meter. The students also make other calculations such as the amount of electrical' power be ing used and the amount of mechanical pull, or work that is being done. The electrically driven pump ing jack that is used by. the ap paratus is strong enough to han dle an 8000 foot well. Actual oil wells range in size from 450 to 20,000 feet. The entire organization and setting up of the equipment is a student project under the direc tion of Dr. C. Drew Stahl, assis tant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, who teaches the course. When the class starts the project, they have a hole with 8-inch casing and 2-inch tubing in the center of the casing to start working with. The stu dents must install a pump at the bottom of the well to bring the water -to the surface. A pump is also installed inside the tubing. .. The well operates with “suck- HBy MARIE RUSSO er rods” which are solid metal rods placed in the 2-inch tubing. The pumping jack moves the rods up and down bringing the water to the surface. The well was dug in 1937 be fore the erection of the Mineral Industries Building and is one of the few indoor wells in exis tance. Many schools of mineral industries in the Southwest and West have experimental wells that are outside. Dear Cindy, She knows a campus Second she wants a w hh a pretty tie and a bright blue to set it off. For the Penn State weather,she needs an (a smart. sophi3- ticated one), a snuggle and a few paiis of colorful for the cold days ahead. Hope this helps your selection and merry shopping. P.S. Everything, mentioned above can be bought at ... Ss§®*Sch/ow's Every Evening 'til Christmas COUFGIAM STATF COUFGF PFNNSY! VANIA Ag Group Proposes Survival Course | The survival course which or ROTC far students who 'is under studv bv the Agricul-I wan,e,;J *° * ake Xt : tural Student Council could l He said - th , e ~“ ree sh ° u!d * . , , . , „ .one in civil defense training pro a \ e set up under the. w j,; c jj W ould teach the students College of Phvsical Education enough so that thev would not or the ROTC Department, H u time ? f waV ° r dis^ te l r „ . T • • . i - ; One of the major parts would be ,mg to Lawrence Hutchinson, a first aid , he sai d. jcouncil member. . | pj oy q Buck, associate • y t_. _ . pro.. Hutchinson, chairman of theJsor of rural sociology, said the council’s survival committee, saidjcourse the Civil Defense Council the committee will interview theiwants set up in colleges is more .heads of the Physical Education|than just a first aid course. He College and the ROTC depart- isaid it is a course on the organi ments and other University per-:zation and administration of 3 sonnel to see if such a course isicommunity under survival condi po.'sible, and if possible, wherejtions. it could be placed. ; Buck also asked the council Hutchinson said the commit- • to consider a student-faculty tee felt the course could be ; forum where problems concern a 1- or 1 1 j -credit on# and could ' ing both groups could be dis be used as a substitute -for one t cussed. He said the classroom semester of physical education ' doesn't prove that professors ji 4 Santa Comes to the Rescue Take a peak at your roomie's "What I Want For Christmas List." is a first choice for all coeds. Yom Christmas conspirator, Santa and students can think together 1 but perhaps the forum would. The forum would not have to be Riven the power to vote, he said: however :t would exercise considerable influence once it be came established. No action was taken on the proposal. • • USE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS 13.492 Reader* See These Ads Through Jhe Looking Glass with Jan Tn a Quandary over what to set your best girl? We’ve taken a survey in the dormitory and we've found out what her fav orite gifts are. The solution to vour problem is just through the looking glass. Unfortunate ly we can’t supply you with j diamonds or minks, but w* do r have elegant gifts we guaran » tee will please her . . . (she 3 said sol. 1. Antique leather and hemp 2. 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