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—Collo/Oho Pitarto fay Larry 174eteist
EVEN WOMEN can become ham operators. Here, ham operator
Ruth Wrigley, freshman in home economics from Oxford, is prob
ably telling a fellow Tham" from Timbuctoo that she already has
a date this Saturday night. Ruth is one of 80 mernbers of W3YA-
A3YA, the University amateur radio station.
Amateurs on the Air
Hams Must Know
Their Z's 'and Q's
"Queen Able Victor? Queen Able Victor?" was the ques
tion and the reply, "Queen Roger Zebra!' Queen Roger Zebra?
You have a good fist."
It wasn't a horse race, or a rundown on royal lineage, or
gobbledegook, but an intelligible conversation of "Q" signals
laPtween two talking hams—arna
icor radio operators---at W3YA-
A3YA, Uniiii.ritty arnatifur radio
station
The hams► are able to talk with
other hams, even those who don't
speak English, by means of "Q"
and "Z" signals, code and the
phonetic alphabet.
Queen Able Victoe? means
"Are you ca lling me" and
Queen Roger Zebra? "Am I be
ing interfered with?"
"You have a good fist" is a
compliment on a ham's steady
signal sending.
The radio station is housed in
a small building off South Bur
r-owes Street about five feet
away from the railroad tracks
that bring coal to the Power
Plant
Inside is a 1000-watt trans
mitter that can send code mes
sages almost anywhere in the
world depending on the time
of day and will soon be equip
ped to operate by phone.
Other transmitters can reach
mfHt Of the United States with
voice messages,
The walls of the station are
plastered with "QSLs", acknow
ledgement cards from amateurs
all over the world. Some coun
tries do not permit civilians to
operate but they can pick up the
statiGn's signals on short wave
receivers.
The 80 hams on the staff
hold Iwo-way bull sessions
about everything under the
sun, according to Prank Elliot,
station director. "Sometimes
they play chess over the alr,"
be said.
The 4-room station is a me
morial from the class of 1912 and
Is vonsorecl by the Department
of Klectrical Engineering,
Most of the eauioment has been
donated or built by students.
Signals are picked up and
transmitted by two 75 toot towers
outside the station and a rotating
beam antenna on top of the roof.
The station also provides an
unusual porsonal massage ser
vice on occasion. Students may
send messages home free of
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charge or talk to their overseas
boyfriends.
The second group of call let
ters, A3YA, stands for Military
Affiliate Radio System, a mili
tary message network which
trains a backlog of civilian opera
tors who can serve-as instructors
in time of war.
The station has a long record of
public service, dispatching com
munications during floods, storms
and other emergencies which
have disabled power lines.
Hams on special assignment
were the official Army contract
with the Admiral Byrd Expe
dition to the South Pole in
1934. Also, in 1947, hams were
the primary radio link with the
amateur radio on the Kon-Tiki
raft voyage to the Polynesian
Islands.
As a member of RACES—Ra
dio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service—the amateurs served on
a day-long alert to handle all
Civil Defense messages in Cen
tre County two weeks ago.
Any student or University em
ploye may join the station staff
if he has a valid radio license
issued by the Federal Communi
cations Commission.
The station otters weekly code
classes and qualified members
can give the FCC exam.
Curry Elected to Head
Omicron Delta Kappa
Eugene Curry, junior in busi
ness administration from Read
ing, has been elected president
of Omicron Delta Kappa, national
men's scholastic and leadership
fraternity.
Other new officers are James
liammerle, vice president; David
Fineman, secretary; and Alton
Kendall, treasurer.
Dean of Men Frank J. Simes
is faculty secretary of the frat
ernity.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Sororities
May Raise
,Membership
The sorority quota has been
(raised from 53 to 55 by the Pan
:hellenic Council because of in
[creasing University enrollment.
t The informal rushing schedule
'for the Fall was issued by the
icouncil. It is;
4sMass meeting for ru.shees
-11:30 p.m., Sept. 13.
0 Open Houses-2 to 5 p.m.,
Sept. 13.
•Open Houses-2 to 5p.m.,
Sept. 14.
•Registration for rushin g
Sept. 15, 15 and 17.
•Rushing—Sept. 22 to Oct. 9.
*Preferential bidding—Oct. 9.
•Matching--Oct. 10.
*Ribboning—Oct. 10.
Rushing for Alpha Epsilon Phi,
Sigma Delta Tau and Phi Sigma
Sigma will be:
*Open Houses—Sept. 1g and
19.
•Registration—Sept. 22 and 23.
•Rushing— Sept. 29 through
Oct. 10.
Home Ec
Alum Group
Initiates 37
Thirty-seven senior girls have
been initiated into the Home Eco
nomics Alumni Association, a
branch of the general Penn State
Alumni Association.
Mrs. Marian Tate of Boalsburg,
president of the association, wel
comed the girls in a brief cere
mony held in the Home Econom
ics Living Center.
Grace M. Henderson, dean of
the College of Home Economics,
presented the girls to Mrs. Tate.
Each girl participating in the
ceremony was given a book mark
and a folder describing the alum
ni association.
• Nancy Horst, senior in home
economics from Lebanon, was
given a life membership. The fol
lowing girls have been initiated
for a one-year membership, after
which they will be invited to be
come life members:
Elaine Alexander, Barbara An
derson, Roberta Armstrong, Mary
Lou Astie, Joan Auerbach, Martha
Ayars, Diane Barnhart, Carolyn
Berdanier, Mary Bieber, Karen
Bixler, Barbara Bollinger, Bertha
Crayton, Bette Gichner, Geraldine
Guzik, Joan Hartnett, Sandra
Heckman, Marie Hummel, Wini
fred Herrmann, Carol Keplinger,
Mary Knerr, Joan Kreider, Jane
Lauster, Carol Michael, Barbara
Moore, Patricia Moran.
Margaret Querry, Barbara Rit
tenhouse, Betty Rishel, Marilyn
Roberts, Elizabeth Savidge, Edith
Shearman, Mary Shuey, Mary
Ellen Sterbutzel, 'Jean , Wilson,
Joanne Yergey, Dorothy Zglinski
and Ann O'Toole.
Jean Reibal and Mrs. Barbara
Anderson participated in the
ceremony.
All Honorary Societies
All honorary fraternities and
professional societies who wish
an explanation of their activi
ties to appear in an orientation
issue of The Daily Collegian
next September are requested
to turn in their reports to the
Gazette box in the Collegian
office.
CLOSES SATURDAY
Two Coeds Win
Speaking Contest
Vicki O'Donnell, junior in arts and letters from Irwin,
and Mary Ann Gemmill, junior in education from New Cum
berland, were elected from six finalists as first and second
place winners of the John Henry Frizzell Extempore Speak
ing Contest Monday night.
The finalists were chosen from among 12 semi-finalists.
Finalists and their speeches were
Carol Reed, "The Cure That
Kills"; William Reinwasser,
"Their Hope - Our Help"; Mary
Ann Gemmill, "Let's Take a
Stand"; Vicki O'Donnell, 'We
Laugh That We Need Not Blush";
Susan Whittington, "America's
Traveling Salesman"; and Betty
Thompson, "The Flame of Free
dom".
The seventh finalist, Joan Mac -I
kenzie, was ill and could not com
pete. Her speech was entitled
"The Hell Bomb".
Miss O'Donnell was awarded
the Pennsylvania State Univers
ity prize of $5O and Miss Gemmill
was awarded the Forensic Council
prize of $25. Each will also re
ceive the John Henry Frizzell
Award of Merit in Extempore
Speaking.
The contestants were judged on
delivery, composition and content
by members of the Department
of Speech. Speeches were 8 to 10
minutes long and were delivered
without notes.
The competition, which honors
Frizzell of State College who re
tire&with emeritus rank in 1946
after 45 years of teaching and
now lives in State College, has
been conducted on campus under
various name for more than 75
years. It is probably the oldest
college speaking competition of
its kind in the country.
Frizzell was present at the
contest and presented the prizes
himself.
Spencer Awarded
Psych Fellowship
Richard Spencer, senior in psy
chology from Elmhurst, 111., has
been awarded the $2400 Behav
ioral Science Fellowship offered
by Stanford University.
He will begin graduate work
this fall at Stanford where he is
to specialize in the behavioral sci
ence studies.
Spencer also was the recipient
of the $2500 James B. Duke Fel
lowship offered by Duke 'Univer
sity.
RUSTIC
A rustic old tavern awaits
you in 13 ‘ oalsburg. Drive out
this week for a meal with old
fashioned flavor.
Steaks, chops and sea food
are served in three pleasant
dining rooms. And you may
start your meal with a cocktail
at the bar and lounge.
Duffy's
In Boalsburg, 4 miles east of
Stahl College on Route 322
(turn right at the Texaco Sta.)
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WEDNESDAY. MAY 21, 1958
Ag Society to Hold
Slide Competition
A colored slide contest spon
sored annoally by Alpha Tau Al-.
pha, agrii.-ulture education hon
orary society, is scheduled for
7:45 p.m. tomorrow in 105 Arms
by.
Slides may be entered in two
categories—educational and trav
el—at a cost of 25 cents for two.
Any number of slides will be ac
cepted if they have not previously
been entered in a contest. All un
dergraduates in agriculture may
enter.
Five awards will be given in
each category.- Entries can be
turned into the agriculture edu
cation office.
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