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Listening Labs Aid
Language Students
Most students of a foreign language, trying to learn the
nuances in pronunciation which give them so much trouble.
have wished at some time that their text books could "talk."
Impossible as this seemed years ago, modern electronics
has made it possible for University students to hear their
texts "talk" over and over.
►CG Will Hold
Mock Congress
At Convention
A model state legislature will
be set up at the Intercollegiate
Con fere n c e on Government's ,
spring convention to be held in
Han isburg next April.
Ralph Volpe, chairman of the:
University's ICG chapter; Fred
Blair, business manager; and Dan-i
;el Thahmer, director of the yen
hal region, attended an execu-'
live meeting Sunday in Harris- 1
butt; to help plan the program
for this year's convention.
The natural resources commit
tee of the last model legislature
(set up two years ago) was re
named the agriculture and natural
resources committee, and a new
committee on constitutional re
vision was set up, according to
Volpe.
The central region was given
the chairmanship of the taxation
and finance committee, Volpe
said.
The meeting for all delegation
chairmen was called by Miss
Genevieve Blatt, secretaiy of in
ternal revenue and executive (E
-lector of ICG.
After the state executive meet
ing, Thahmer and chaumen of
other regional chapters held a
nit , eting to discuss the regional
convention to be held March 7
in Millersville.
Silva to Talk on TV
Tonight About Election
Dr. Ruth C. Silva, associate pro
fessor of political science, will
comment on the election returns
on a television program tonight.
Following the closing of the
polls, Miss Silva will study re
turns as they are received in the
studios of station lA/FRG-TV in
Altoona and from tune to time
wilt comment on the returns in
Pennsylvania.
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By LOLLI NEUBARTH
The Department of Romance
Languages, after years of plan
ning, has set up a listening lab
oratory where students can hear
anything from elementary sen-,
tences like "the sky is blue" to
professional readings from great
works un foieign literature.
The laboratory in 3 Sparks is
open from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. every
day It contains eight tables with
earphones at 48 listening posts
Everyone at a table must listen
to the same lesson, but as many
as eight different tapes can be
used at the same time.
"The laboratory is essentially
passive," said Dr. Nicholas M.
Brentin, acting head of the De
partment of Romance Languages,
but there is some opportunity for
wirticipation. The tape might in
stinct students to take a dicta
tion and then check it with a cer
tain page in a book or with a pro
fessor, he said.
Some professors have made re
corOings of the texts they use
in class, but there is a definite
advantage in getting accustomed
to many different voices, he said.
The whole idea is quite new at
the University, said Brentin. Rec
ords have been used but become
scratchy and lose then• clarity.
Live laboratories have also
been used for a long time as an
extension of class work. Here an
:instructor gives help in pronun
ciation and dictation to students.
The new electronic laboratory
is the first stage of a break
through, but the department is
by no means satisfied or through,
said Brentin He hopes eventually
to have all basic books "talking"
on tape.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
ATTENTION
New Classified Ad
Staff Members
of Collegian
Meeting 7:00 TONIGHT
Main Office
Chem Phys
Plans Series
Of Lectures
Scientist and author George
Gamow, a speaker on satellites
and a science spectacular are be
ing considered for programs in
the proposed scientific lecture
series.
The series is being planned by
the Chemistry - Physics Student
Council.
I Gamow is the author of the
best seller, "One, Two, Three—
!lnfinity." He has worked with
atomic scientists Lord Rutherford
and Niels Bohr.
He was connected with the
atomic tests on Bikini atoll in
1945. A native of Odessa, Rus
sia, Gamow is now a professor
of physics at George Washing
ton University.
The science spectaculars may
be gtv en by the Westinghouse
Corporation, General Electric or
General Motors. The Council.
hopes it can induce a speaker
from the Navy Ordnance Depart
ment to lecture on satellites.
The lecture series is being
planned for next semester and
are to be held in Schwab Audi
torium.
If the speakers will not pre
sent the programs as a free cul
tural service to the University,
the question of financing them
will have to be considered by
the executive committee of the
College of Chemistry and Phy
sics.
Students who have suggestions
for other scientific programs in
the series may contact Diane
Priestly, chairman of the lecture
series committee.
BA Grid Battle
Played Today
The annual business adminis
tration faculty-student council
gridiron contest will get under
way at 3:30 p m. today on the golf
course.
Anthony J. Mastro, assistant
professor of accounting, issued
the challenge to James Meister,
business administration student
council president, during an ac
counting 6 class.
Mastro, captain of 'the faculty
nine, said, "The game will be a
continuance of the friendly rival
ry between the faculty and stu
dent council "
Probable starters for the facul
ty are: Arthur L. Williams, Reed
T. Phalan, S. Paul Mazza Jr., An
thony J. Mastro, graduate assis
tants Joseph M. Abele, Robert W.
Koehler, Robert J. Kopko, Law
rence H Strick.land and John J.
Willingham.
Community Theatre
To Hold Tryouts
Tryouts for the State College
Community Theatre's production
of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
will be held at 7 tonight in Room
120 of the State College Junior
High School.
Ruth Yeaton. director, said
there are a number of roles for
men as village elders and for
girls in their late teens.
Mrs. Yeaton said anyone may
try out for the roles and sign up
to work on the crews.
The play is scheduled for pro
duction early in December.
Mauthe Will Receive
Industrial Award
James L. (Pete) Mauthe, chair
man of the board of the Youngs
town Sheet and Tube Company
and a former University football
captain, has been named to re
ceive the Benjamin F. Fairless
Award by the American Institute
'of Mining, Metallurgical and Pe
troleum Engineers.
Presentation will be at the
AIME annual meeting in San
Francisco in February.
Mauthe was voted to receive
the award "for his early contribu
tions to improved efficiency of
blast furnace operations and mas
terful guidance of the steel com
pany which he now heads."
Established in 1954 through
a fund provided by the U.S.
Steel Corp., the Benjamin F.
Fairless Award recognizes out
standing achievement in iron
and steel production and ferrous
metallurgy.
Born in Turkey City, Mauthe
received his primary education in
the Dußois schools and received
his degree of bachelor of science
from the University in 1913.
He was football captain in 1912
and was elected-to the National
Football Hall of Fame.
Mauthe is a trustee and mem
ber of the University's execu
tive committee. He holds a tech
nical degree of metallurgical
engineer and the David Ford
McFarland Award for achieve
ment in metallurgy from the
Penn State Chapter of the
American Society of Metals. He
also has received the American
Iron and Steel Institute medal
Grad Receives
PRR Position
A University graduate, Paul J.
Harnish, has been appointed as
engineer of the New York region
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Harnish, a native of Altoona,
was graduated in 1938 with a
bachelor of science degree in civil
engineering.
In 1941 he began his career'
with the Pennsylvania Railroad
at Chicago as a railroad appren
tice. From there he went to Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne, Ind., and
finally to New York, where he
was employed as assistant region
al engineer.
He had served as supervisor of
track, assistant division engineer,
division engineer and district en
gineer prior to being named as
sistant regional engineer on Jan. 1,
1957. He lives in Cranford, N.J.
1959
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. . . another award
for published works on metal
lurgy.
Mauthe joined the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company in 1935.
He became general superintendent
two years later, vice president in
charge of operations in 1943, di
rector in 1948, and president in
1950. Two years ago he was elect
ed Chairman of the Board. Before
joining the Youngstown company,
Mauthe held administrative posi
tions in the industry in Pennsyl
vania, Indiana and Ohio.
Froke Will Join .
Journalism Faculty
Marlowe D. Froke, instructor
in the radio-television depart
ment at the University of Illinois,
will join the faculty of the School
of Journalism in January.
Eugene C. Goodwin, director of
the School of Journalism, said the
addition of Frcke will be the first
step in a long-range expansion of
instruction and related activities
in radio-television journalism.
Froke, who has been with the
College of Journalism and Com
munications at Illinois since 1955,
will be in charge of radio and
television news courses.
He received a bachelor of sci
ence degree from South Dakota
State College and a master of sci
ence degree from the Media
School of Journalism at North
western University.