WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER
While most vacationing students were splashing around
the swimming pool trying to keep cool last summer, John
Kreps, junior in civil engineering from Lewistown, was sit
ting on an ice cap in Greenland studying the physical and
mechanical properties of ice and snow. _
Kr e p s was employed by the
Snow, Ice and Permafrost Re
search Establishment, Wilmet, 111.,
as a research assistant in snow
structures and snow mechanics.
"The main thing we are trying
to accomplish up there is to find
ways of utilizing the insitue ma
terials in building shelters for
armed forces personnel stationed
on the ice 'cap," he said.
Kreps became interested in ice
and snow research while he was
in the army from 1953-56. He was
assigned to the First Engineer
Task Force whose field of opera
tions was Thule Air Base, Green
land. He conducted logistics re
search for small scientific parties
who were based on an ice cap
near the field for extended per
iods of time.
"My job entailed determining
the amount of people, food and
supplies needed to do a certain
research project, and then get
ting them to the project site,"
he said.
Often he had to "midnight re-,
quisition" what he needed. "Mid-I
night requisitioning," in the ar-I
my, means that when everyone is
asleep you go get what you want.
This is commonly referred to as,
"borrowing."
"Once I had to midnight requis
ition an airplane," he said. "I had;
an air drop scheduled for the next,
day and there was only one air;
craft at the base I was flying:
from. So when the crew went!
for crew rest, I got permission;
from the operations office t t• to un-,
load the plane. Then I rel aded it .
with my air drop cargc, woke
the crew, and off we welt on a
mission they didn't know they
had scheduled."
While doing logistics v
came in contact with SIP]
sonnel and became inter(
arctic research as a caree
So for Kreps it's back to
land for the next five y
there any drawback to a
this? "Just one," he sai'
of women."
MU. ANSWER
P 9.1958
By 80881 LEVINE
Borough Gives Contracts
For Local Parking Lots
State College Is continuing attempts to solve its parking
problems with the awarding of three contracts for more than
$28,000 for two off-street parking lots.
'he contracts for the off-street lots were awarded Mon-
day under the auspices of the
State College Parking Authority.
The authority expects to proceed
with the construction work as
soon as two lots are sufficiently
cleared.
Sites for the lots are West
Beaver Avenue and South Fra
zier Street. The contracts cover
the general construction of the
lots, the installation of flood
light facilities and the purchase
and installation of meters.
Successful bidders were: Schref
fler, Hoy and Smith - of Pleasant
Gap, general construction, $19,-
704 48; Schreffler, Hoy and Smith,
flood-lighting, $1,490; and Koontz
ork he
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Junior IFC
Elects Lang
President
Jon Lang, Beta Theta Pi, was
elected president of the Junior
Interfraternity Council on the
fourth ballot Monday night.
Lang, a sophomore in industrial
engineering from Johnstown, de
feated Stephen Brown, Tau Kap
pa Epsilon, for the presidency.
Elected vice president was
Jerome Scott. Phi Gamma Del
ta and a sophomore in electri
cal engineering from Bradford,
on the second ballot. •
Edgar Grubb, Acacia, was elec
ted secretary-treasurer. Grubb, a
sophomore in business adminis
tration from Harrisburg, defeated
Chester Lucido, Phi Kappa Psi,
on the third ballot. "
The Junior IFC was established
last year by its parent IFC, to
provide pledges with an organi
zation similar to the IFC and to
give them a chance to organize
and institute their own programs.
Charles Hugh e s, secretary
treasurer of the IFC, served as
the group's adviser and was
temporary chairman of the
elections and the nominations
which proceded them. Prelimi
nary nominations were held
Sept. 29 and final nominations
' Oct. 13.
The newly elected officers will
be installed at 7.30 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 10—the group's next meet
ing.
Equipment Co. of Pittsburgh,
meters, $7,041.40.
The approved meters provide
that persons with a maximum
combination of mckles, dimes and
quarters at the initial insertion
can build up a total of 12 hours
of parking. Cost of parking will
be 10 cents an hour.
Drivers will be able to park for
as long as they wish.
The authority also discussed
the possibility of operating the
lots on a 24-hour basis accord
ing to the straight 10-cent an
hour basis.
Approximately 134 meters are
provided for in the contracts.
Student Interest Needed
For Career Exposition
Student interest is a major element needed for the pro
posed, campus-wide career exposition, Inter-College Council
Board members were told Monday night-
Jack Kendall, president of the Engineering-Architecture
Student Council, proposed las
the exposition.
Members of tie boar d, com
posed of the individual college
student council presidents, met
with Donald M. Cook, assistant
director of placement service,
Monday night to discuss the ad
visability of the exposition.
Cook said the placement bur
eau would help ICCB with the
exposition if student interest
was apparent, and if it was de
cided to proceed with plans for
the exposition.
The ideal career exposition at
the University should involve
about 30 companies each repre
senting a different field, Cook
said.
The Michigan State exposition,
from which Kendall got the idea,
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Thursday that ICCB sponsor
involved 73 companies and had
many fields represented more
than once. An exposition here
can accomplish the same thing
with only one company repre
senting each major field, Cook
said.
Cook also emphasised the
need for students to obtain in
formation on careers closely as
sociated with their own majors.
The exposition of the College
of Business Administration last
year held meetings for, different
fields all at the same time; there
fore, students only had an oppor
tunity to attend one, according
to Cook.
Combing - the individual career
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