PAGE EIGHT Lee Decker Named To State Post Dr. Charles F. Lee Decker, ex ecutive secretary of the Institute of Local Government, has been named executive director of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs, with headquarters in Harrisburg. To enable him to accept the position immediately on a full time basis, Lee Decker has been granted a leave of absence from April 1 to June 30, 1959. The position is newly-estab lished by the association, which represents the 950 municipalities of the state. Lee Decker will be responsible to the executive com mittee of the association, now headed by Gus D. Houtman of Media. His duties will include the de velopment of research studies, the collection and dissemination of in formation of interest to boroughs, supervision of an active legisla tive program, maintaining con tact between local and state offi cials and editing of the magazine of the association as well as other publications. He also will serve as ex-officio secretary. Lee Decker succeeded Dr. Har old F. Alderfer as executive sec retary of the Institute in 1956. He also is associate professor of political science. Lee Decker, a graduate of the University, is serving his third term as a member and second term as president of the State Col lege Borough Council. Thirteen Attend Radio Meeting Thirteen staff members of the Ordnance Research Laboratory attended the convention of the Institute of Radio Engineers, the largest technical meeting in the world, before the spring recess in New York City. The Institute is made up of 27 professional groups which will present 55 technical programs. Staff members attending are Walter L. Baker, Joseph M. Bring man, Francis P. Finlon, Robert J. E. Hemman, Wesley G. Houser, Harry G. Hunter, Louis J. Kush Jr., William J. Leiss, Edward S. Maloy, Norman B. Miller, Law rence C. Pharo Jr., James D. Shaf fer and Charles R. Smithley. Prof Attends Conference Dr. Winona L. Morgan, profes sor and head of the department of child development and family relationships in the College of Home Economics, is attending the Administrators’ Conference at the Mernll-Palmer School m Detroit, Mich. 000000000000000000000000 * NOTARY NOW - DOORS OPEN 6 P.M. BRIGHT j|p_^ARDOT . ismurf»loo&eai(fifu| Iwu JOURDAN • Mfchellne PRESLE THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Housing Buys Paintings From Four Students Four paintings by students at the University have been pur chased by the Department of Housing and have been hung in the South Residence halls, i Otto E. Mueller, director of housing, said that additional pur chase prizes are planned for rec ognizing outstanding student work. The first four paintings re ceived prizes of $5O each. The paintings were selected by the University Exhibition and Ac quisitions Committee and Muel ler. The paintings purchased were: “Untitled," by Valerie Petersen, graduate student in arts from New York City; "Landscape,” by Donald Garber, senior in applied art from Liti t z ; “Abstract Shapes,” by Ada Woodward, jun ior in applied art from Cincinnati, Ohio, and "Field Forms,” by Ali son Faulkner, graduate student in art education from Lincoln, Neb. Engineering President Speaks on Merger Plan Elmer R. Queer, president of the American Society of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers land director and professor of en gineering research, addressed so ciety members and alternates 'from 14 chapters yesterday in iWashington, D.C. | Queer discussed premises for a proposed merger plan with the American Society of Refrigerat ing Engineers. CHESTERFIELD #;>■ Bl"- '■nv« £ lothing satisfies like the IB CLEAN TASTE OF TOP-TOBACCO BACK TO NORMAL after.a week’s “rest,” traffic again fills Pollock Road. Returning students brought traffic jams above and beyond the call of regular noon and 5 p.m. tieups. American Rocket SocietyiPsych Prof Will Speak Will Conduct Elections _ t . _ f . and chairman of the Department The American Rocket Society of Psycho i ogy at Dartmouth Col-) will elect ofhoers at 7 tonight m leg6| will speak at 7;30 tonight in 1 Boucke. th e Mineral Sciences Auditorium The meeting is open to the pub-j o n “Psychology and Its'Relations lie, Ito Architecture.” ; 'teVm ■' syiilfek —Daily Collegian photo by Marty Schtrr Dr. Albert H. Hastorf, professor THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958 WUS Drive To Be Held April 18-26 Joyce Basch, sophomore in arts and letters from Scranton, and Jacob Dentu, junior, in electrical engineering from Ghana, Africa, will head the World University Service fund drive April 18 to 26. WUS, which formerly received funds from the now defunct Cam pus Chest, will donate the pro ceeds to the African Medical Scholarships Trust Fund. Miss Basch said no goal is being set for the campaign but she hopes that students will “give the buck instead of passing it.” Internationally, WUS is primar ily concerned with supplying food, books, health centers, lab oratory equipment and scholar ships to the less fortunate stu dents of Asia, the Middle and Far East, Africa and Europe. Other members of the WUS committee are Robert Adams, Katherine Albro, Kay Bayless, Adam Crist, Daunna Doebler, Joan Donovan, Stephen Jennings, Lou ise Kalmenoff, Erika Mares, Dan dra Douglass, Floyd Greer, Jane Sinclair, Willard Smith, Barbara Rittenhouse, Carol Frank, Tony Flanery, John Merz, Walter Davis, Lucy Sharp, Maury Movsovich and Constance Mason. WSGA House to Meet The Women’s Student Govern ment Association House of Repre sentatives will meet at 12:30 p.m. today in 107 Boucke to discuss residence halls open houses and May Day. MEN OF AMERICA: THE TEST-DRIVER Test cars speeding I On a hairpin turn! I Four wheels flying! 1 Spinning tires burn! 1 Where the cars are tested, § You’ll find a man 1 Stops to take big pleasure | When and where he can... | CHESTERFIELD Live-action shot—Chrysler Proving Grounds, Chelsea, Michigan. KINQ
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