The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 23, 1958, Image 7

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1953
Begun For
SackettWing
Workmen are landscaping an
area along the lower Mall—to the
interest of a daily crowd of side
walk superintendents—in prepar
ation for construction of a new
wing on Sackett Building and
construction of the new engineer
ing building.
Among the trees being removed
by the landscaping division are
some very old trees, one planted
before the University was found
ed, according to Walter W. Train
er, superintendent of landscaping.
Trainer said workmen are re
moving a red oak tree between
the Petroleum Refining Labora
tory, now being dismantled, and
the Frazier Street entrance to
the Mall. This tree, .he said, is
believed to be about 100 years old.
The landscapi,g which is draw
ing the most attention from on
lookers is on the north side of
Sackett Building, where a Japa
nese zelkova tree, a walnut tree
and several catalpa trees are be
ing removed. The zelkova tree,
Trainer said, was planted about
1875, and the catalpa trees in
1865 r
Trainer said trees located be
tween the sidewalk and West Col
lege Avenues and those along the
Mall, inside the-campus gate, will
not be affected by the construc
tion.
DOC Will Elect
Student. Council
Voting for Division of Counsel
ing 'stlident council members will
be held today and tomorrow in
the Hetzel Union cardroom. -
Twelve of the 14 self-nominated
students in DOC will be elected to
positions on the council. Those
nominated, are Barbara Slubin,
Ronald Miller, Kenneth - Houck,
John Borchert, Barbara Keely,
Linda Elliott, Jane Kleinfeld, Wil
liam Vandergrift, Linda Benson,
Catherine Craig, David Trump,
Judith Latch,'Martha Yeager and
Robert Plaskon.
Officers will be elected from
among the new council members,
Present officers are Wayne Ma
son, president; James Pringle,
vice president, and Barbara White,
secretary-treasurer.
LaVie Photo Staff
The photography staff of LaVie
will meet at 7:30 tonight in the
Collegian business offices. Candi
dates may attend.
FUTURE TEACHERS
MEETING
Gamma Phi Beta Suite
Tonight 7:30 p.m.
Dr. Paul Bixby - Speaker
New Members Welcome!l
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Shadow Campus Machines
With the opening of the Industrial Exposition at the
Hetzel Union Building today, thousands of students will
wonder at the marvels of the machine age, while other fine
specimens of machines all across campus will be clicking their
hearts out—virtually forgotten.
Some students, especially sen
iors, are vividly aware of the
nresence of the tabulating ma
chines in Old Main. After finals
they will be forced to wait un
til the machines process their
records and feed the results to
another machine which, al
though fingerless, can give the
well-known-thumbs up sig n,
signifying a passing and grad
uating student.
One of the machines in the
newest of these installations is
actually a duplicate of that now
famous card sorter of "The $64,-
000 Question."
Run by Computation Services,
the new machines located on the
first floor of Boucke Building may
be used only for research and in
struction. Five machines present
ly make up the unit, although
three additional machines are ex
pected next week.
Another machine in the unit,
an electronic calculator, can
multiply, square, divide and
square again. It is used when
a third machine which only
adds is not sufficient to solve
the problem.
The new machines will be used
to supplement the present set-up.
An interpretator and a collator
will supplement the card sorter
in arranging cards for further
processing. The third addition is
a gang punch which can trans
form sets of facts from two sepa
rate cards onto a single card.
The penstac machine, an elec
tronic tape-using brain, is lo
cated in Electrical Engineering
Building, It is capable of stor
ing and processing more infor-
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By JEFF POLLACK
mation faster than the Boucke
installation.
Computation Services' facilities
are available for any reasearch
project without charge unless the
research is sponsored, when a
smaA hourly charge is made.
Seventeen Initiated
By Sigma Tau Delta
Seventeen students have been
initiated into Sigma Tau Delta,
English ho nora r y fraternity.
Those initiated are: Doukeni Bar
outsis, Doris Beane, Marian Ca
mins, Rudolph Centorcelli, Mary
Eberly, Rachel Friedman, Sylvia
Gedrocz.
Reva Heller, Mary Louise Mal
loy, Elaine Peplinski, Marie Rus
so, Elizabeth Seanor, Roberta
Swarr, Judith Thompson, Donna
Toledo, Natalie Tutt and Carole
Zielke. Three pledge,s, Virginia
Dean, Carol Gredsky and Barbara
Hill, will be initiated in the fu
ture.
History Prof Presents
Paper About Samurai
Dr. Harry D. Harootunian, in
structor in history, has presented
a paper dealing with the dissolu
tion of the Samurai as a class in
Japan during the 1870's and 1880's,
at the annual meeting of the As
sociation for Asian Studies held
in New York City.
Goethe's Mementoes
Displayed in Library
The German writer Goethe not only wrote Faust and
other works of literature—he did wash drawings.
And like men of less distinguished accomplishment, on
occasion he gave flowers to a woman.
Remnants of these varied activities are found in the dis-
play cases in the Pattee Library.
The exhibit, which is part of a
display on German culture, in
cludes a program from the pro
duction of one of his plays, a spe
cial edition of that play and sev
eral of his personal letters.
Another case shows the work
of one of his translators, Bayard
Taylor. There is an edition of
Goethe's "Faust," translated by
Taylor and autographed by the
translator.
Taylor was the United States
minister to Germany in 1878. The
display includes his special en
voy's passport and a letter grant
ing him audience with the Ger
man crown prince.
Pennsylvania "D u t c h" dialect
lierature occupies two cases. The
literature consists of a grammar
book, a play, poetry and anec
dotes.
Children should learn German
at an early age, according to a
newspaper article in one of the
display cases. Colorful picture
books, much like first grade read
ing texts, are used for this task.
Other portions of the display in
clude copies of work and corres
pondence from the Austrian poet
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, pictures
of German language opera pro
ductions and German periodicals
and pamphlets on literature.
Out of the German vein, but
also shown with the periodicals,
are a letter by Thornton Wilder,
writings by Wilder on James
Joyce and an original manuscript
by the French poet St.-J. Perse.
Debate Team
Places Third
The men's debate team placed
third in a field of 18 with a 6-2
record in the Dickinson Novice
Tournament this` weekend. The
women's team had a 4-4 record
in the tournament. .
The affirmative team, with a
3-1 record, consisted of Richard
Wexler and Robert Liebendorfer.
They defeated Morgan State Col
lege and California State Teach
ers College. They lost to the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh.
The negative team, with a rec
ord of 3-1, consisted of Frederic
Pomerantz and Robert Thomp
son. They defeated the University
of Pittsburgh, Morgan State Col
lege and Juniata College.
The women's affirmative team
of Betty Thompson and Joan
Kemp had a record of 4-4. The
negative team of Rosalie Samley
and Arden MacHatton also had
a 4-4 record.
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You've been waiting and planning
for it all year . . .
CARNIVAL
It's the Spring Week Carnival bringing with it all the
exciting atmosphere of booths, barkers, dancing girls
and rides. Over 30 great shows giving the big TV artists
a run for their money.
It's Fun e It's Entertaining a It's Carnival
It's a big Spring Week Event you will not
want to miss!! TUESDAY APRIL 28
Advanced Ticket Sales - Mon. and Tues.
HUB and The Mall
Don't forget th
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By JANET DURSTINE
Thalimer Heads
Regional ICG,
Succeeds Kling
Daniel Thalimer, junior in edu
cation from Pittsburgh. has been
named regional director of the
Intercollegiate Conference on
Government.
He succeeds William Kling,
senior in journalism from York,
who was elected temporary speak
er at the State ic.G. Convention,
held over the weekend at Harris
burg.
Kling said Thalimer's appoint
ment, made Saturday by a cau
cus of the Central Region at the
convention, was based on past
work in ICG and knowledge of
parliamentary procedure. Thali
mer was chairman of the Com
mittee on Labor at the conven
tion, which took the form of a
national unicameral legislature.
James Goodwin, senior in phvs
ics from Philadelphia, was ap
pointed one of four parliamen
tarians of the convention. He and
Kling were members of the re
gio n a 1 bargaining committee
which influenced the election of
Central Region candidates for
convention speaker and clerk.
About 25 ICG members partici
pated in the convention along
with t,ee E. Corter, assistant pro
fessor of political science, who is
the. University ICG chapter ad-
I viser.
Delta Chi Wins
Bridge Tourney
Delta Chi has won the frater
nity championship in the IFC-
Panhel bridge tournament held in
connection with Greek Week.
Delta Chi won the title in a
special playoff with Pi Kappa Al
lah after the two fraternities tied
in the regular games last week.
Sigma Sigma Sigma won the sor
ority championship.
Members of the winning Delta
Chi team were William McMur
ray, Robert Muskas, Philip Mul
len and James Hepler. Dr. Roger
Saylor, professor of business sta
tistics, officiated for the tourna
ment playoff.
3 Receive AEC Permits
Alan M. Jacobs, Ira B. McMas
ter and Douglas S. Vonada, staff
members of. the reseaßh reactor,
have received reactor operator's
!licenses from the Atomic Energy
I Commission,
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