TUESDAY. JANUARY 7;1958 • —Daily Collegian photo by Jos Patton FUTURE LAB KlTS—Alonso Murphy, professor of glassblowing, puts finishing touches on a Piece of glasswork for the University. The item Murphy is holding is worth about $BO. Lab Tubing Made By Gia.s Blowers If you science students have been wondering where your laboratory apparatus comes from, you may be surprised to learn that most of the glass tubing you use is made on this campus. The glassblowing laboratory, on the ground floor of Whit more, has two staff members, Al onso Murphy, professor of glass blowing, and Jack Malloy, appren tice to Murphy. These men supply the College lof Chemistry and Physics with most of their glass apparatus, and, also take orders for the Mineral) Industries colleges. Laboratory in- 1 Istructors bring their orders to Murphy and Malloy, who fill theml as soon as possible. The glassblowing process is quite complicated and requires skill and precision. The glass comes in 4-foot lengths with I widths ranging from 5 to 100 rnilimeters. It is kept under low heat and held with clamps while being shaped. After the finished product is ready, it is put into a heavy duty furnace and heated to temperatures up to 1020 degrees fahrenheit, which takes the strain from the glassware. • Another process used for the larger tubes, especially the closed up ones, is the Lathe process. The lathe has two rotating wheels, one lof which has a blowing tube in-, serted in it. The wheel holds the' (glass over burners and rotates at zany desired rate. The other wheel] holds the piece which is to be'] fitted into the larger tube. Both pieces are heated until the large tube closes enough to be slid over the smaller one. During the shaping, the glass is coated with a film of charcoal which helps retain the hear with in the tube and thus prevents it from contracting. Two instruments are invaluable to the processes. One of them, the drip saw, is used for cutting and shaping tips to prevent its be- coming too hot, and cracking the glass. It drips - water over the sur face being cut. If the glass has to be cut after the piece is finished, a wire— the other important tool—is heated until red hot and wrap ped around the tube, causing the tube to crack. The glassware made by Mur phy and. Malloy includes mercury pumps, oil diffusion pumps and glass coils. Only special items are ; made and they are not put on thel market, but are made exclusively ( for University use. Facts Behind ROTC Story (Continued from page four) prominent P • n n sylvania con- gressmen. These and other materials were not released for several reasons. Some were not intended for pub lic consumption.-Some reportedly were felt needed for a later date, possibly when the Senate more actively considers the ROTC ques tion. ' Another reasdn they were not made public was they were not needed to win the Cabinet vote. Voluntary ROTC opponents talked with enough other Cabinet mem bers before the vote to , insure their victory. Also, administration members, deathly afraid of statewide pub licity _on the issue, apparently fear that outside statements or misunderstandings of the ques tion might adversely affect their Harrisburg purse strings. To date,- no publicity release even indicating the presence of any ROTC question has been sent out by the University, and the Centre .Daily Times did not rec ognize the issue until after state newspapers ran stories on it from their individual correspondents. Unfortunately, some of the ad rninitration's fears may not be altogether groundless. The Phili delphia Inquirer has. editorially criticized an "attitude of paci fism" among "some hundreds - of young men" at the .University. Pacifism.of course has never been an issue in the current contro versy. Inevitable further Considera tion of ROTC promises 'to be even more interesting. 2 Seniors Receive Chemistry Awards The Central Pennsylvania chap ter of the American Chemical Society has presented awards for outstanding scholarship to two seniors. They are Richard Reacox, sen ior in metallurgy from Derry, and Donald Douglas,, senior. in chem ical engineering from Everett. • The - annual award includes a certificate and, a membership In the American Chemical Society. Ed Council to Mitt Offic,rs The Education Student council _will..elect officers at 7 tonight in 204 Burrowes.— • By CATHY FLECK Panhel Council to Meet The Panhellenic Council will meet at 6:30 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union to take a final.vote on the five constitutional rev is ions which were proposed at the last • eeting. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA DOC Council Asks Help On' 'Brother Plan' The Division of Counseling stu-, The new drop-out system which went into effect at the dent council voted last night to:beginning of this semester affects only those students who ask a representative of the Wom- were admitted, readmitted or reinstated on or after Sept. I, an's Student Government Asso cia-1 1955 according to Robert M. Koser, associate registrar. tion to talk to them about that: group's big-little sister program.T According to this system, a student will be dropped from A big-little brother program has ; the University if his cumulative; been proposed to the council andaverage falls below 1.4 at the end: the members felt that they could get more insight into setting up: 'of his second semester, below I •at the end of the fourth semester,: such a program if they knew how the big-little sister program was:below 1.8 at the end of his sixth' set up: 'semester or below 1.9 at the end • Michael Hazel, sophomore from' of his eighth semester. State College, said he thought they Students a d mitt a d before men needed such a program as; Sent. 1, 1955. are subject to the much as the women since they! old drop rule. Koser said. This are "just as mixed up when they; rule says that any student who come to college." 1 does not pass 50°0 of his total The Council - also discussed the: credits in one semester or has amount of time a student should' • a 1.50 cumulative average or be allowed to remain in DOC. In; lower at. the end of his fourth ' French Resigns th e Division of Intermediate' or succeeding semester will be Registration, the predecessor of; dropped from the University DOC, a student was only all o wed The old rule will apply mainly For UN Post _ to remain two semesters. : to this year's seniors. 1 Dr. Cyrus E. French has re- However, council members said( All students are affected by the signed as professor of animal nu they felt this would be unfair probation rule, which states that • trition to accept a position with since freshman can now go into;"any student whose most recent, the Uni t e d Nations Childrens DOC when they enroll and may,semester average falls below t 7' Fund. not have -made up their minds:shall be placed on probation for! From United Nations headquar about what they want to major the subsequent semester unleii: ters in New York he will-be the in by the end of their second se-drop action is taken under othe r: officer in charge of the fund's mester. ;rules." !expanded program of maternal James-Pringle, sophomore from! Senate regulations also say that:and child nutrition in und e r- State Colleg, was appointed chair-; a warning notice will be sent to; developed countries. man of a 'coffee hour planningiany student whose cumulative or! He will collaborate with the committee_and Martin Scherr,!most recent semester averar'Food and Agriculture Organize sophomore from Yardley, was ap- ;falls below a 2.0. 1 tion and the World Health Or pointed chairman of a newsletter' Koser said all colleges have • eanization of the UN and the committee. generally agreed to set aside National Research Council corn their separate drop-out and pro- , mittee on protein raalnutrition in Chem Group Will Hear bation scales for a year to try :the planning, development and the University system. They testing of indigenous protein-rich DuPont Representative may still use their own scales ,foods for the alleviation of a wide- Dr. Thomas E. Londergan of; in rare cases during this period. , spread infant and childhood nu- E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.; According to the new Senate, tritional deficiency disease known will speak at the meeting of the:regulations any college may over as Kwashiorkor. Central Pennsylvania s ecti o n, iride the University rules and rec-! Bowling Club Party American Chemical Society, at,ommend to the president the dis-' 7:30 tonight in 119 Osmond. ;missal, probation or referral to! The Women's Recreation As- His subject will be "Hydrogen; Division of Counseling of any stu-I sociation Bowling Club will hold Cyanide as an Industrial Raw Ma-dent whose work is unsatisfactory la party from 8:15 to 9 tonight in terial." 'in the opinion of the faculty or' the playroom of White Building. .' • % The MUSIC ROOM ANNIVERSARY SAT E NOW IN PROGRESS We're reducing this merchandise in appreciation of your patronage during the past year. We invite all our friends, old and new, to take part in this once-a-year event. This sale will include all labels (except Angel records). Save on Popular, Classical, and Jazz Records • RECORDS • 12" L. P. ALBUMS were $3.98 - now $2.75 were $4.98 - now $3.49 were $5.98 - now $4.19 lEM RECORDS • POPULAR 45 R. P. M. SINGLES One Large Group . 4 for 97c . Hundreds to Choose from - PHONOGRAPHS - Bi g Reductions Including Manual and Automatic Some Exceptional Buys on Used Phonographs MUSIC ROOM -- Beaver at Pugh Our Selection is Huge, But Shop Early! New Drop-Out Plan Hits Most Students • RECORDS • E. P. ALBUMS were $2.98 - now $1.98 were $1.49 - now 98c All Sales Final w•ho does not seem fitted to the college. Koser has also said any schol astic actions such as drops or probation will appear on the stu dent's semester grade reports. Since these reports will not be received at the student's home un til after registration. Koser urged that all students obtain their re ports from their advisors any time after Tan. 27. PAGE FIVE
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