FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER
Fall G
For Pe
A new petroleum laboratory, which will provide housing
for larger distilla ion and extraction equipment as well as
other special equipment, is expected to be finished this fall.
The building, pne of the General State Authority’s pro
jects on campus, will provide increased facilities for research
65 in C
Entertai
In Europe
Over 65 members of the
Penn State Chapel Choir head
ed by Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, l
recently returned from a sum
mer tour of northern Europe.
The tour, a combination concert
tour- and educational trip, took
the choir from England to behind
the Iron Curtain in East Berlin,
as well as Warsaw, Poland, and
the- Scandanavian countries.
The first stop for the group was
England. After visiting Oxford
and the music festival at Chelterf
ham, the choir presented a con
cert at the Canterbury Cathedral.
.While at Canterbury Mrs. Taylor
met and talked with Dean John
son the controversial Dean of
Canterbury. .
In Germany the choir gave a
concert at St. Peters Church in
Hamburg and then flew to Ber
lin for a short visit behind the
Iron Curtain.
According to Mrs. Taylor the
change in East Berlin in the last
two years is amazing. When she
was there last in 1957 with the
choir, East Berlin “appeared prac
tically deserted.” Today it is a
busy metropolis with many new
buildings and a growing popula
tion. Mrs. Taylor said she believes
that its remarkable growth is a
result of Russia’s constant at
tempts to surpass the West in the
cold war.
In Warsaw the choir drew its
largest audience in Europe, in
cluding the American ambassador
Mr. Beam and his wife, when it
was invited to sing at a catholic
Mass in the Church of the Holy
Cross.
Tha choir members lived in
student hostels while in Warsaw
where they met and talked with
students trom other Iron Cur
fain countries.
The first chance for recreation
came when the choir toured the
Scandanavian countries. On one
of their side trips, they visited
the resort town of Voss, the cen
ter of the Norwegian resistance
movement during World War 11.
Accompanying Mrs. Taylor and
the choir were three other Uni
versity staff members. James
Beech, assistant choir director. Dr.
Margaret Matson and Dr. Fred
rick Matson, who were in charge
of the educational program for
the trip.
Aide's Article Published
Ira B. McMaster, engineering
aide at the Research Reactor, has
written an article, “Nuclear Fish
ing,” in the September issue of
Nucleonics magazine.
The article describes a “clam
shell” for retrieving material ac
cidentally dropped into a reac
tor pool which is 24 feet deep.
McMaster designed the clam shell.
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ompletion Set
troleum Lab
and graduate instru - tion in chem
istry and chemical engineering.
It is being built on the lawn just]
south of Forestry Building. j
Until early this year, the Pe-[
troleum Laboratory’s activities!
were conducted in a frame struc-j
ture near the main entrance to i
campus. The old building, which!
was built as the power plant forj
the University, was torn down toi
provide space for the new Ham
mond Engineering Building. I
The laboratory has three prin
, cipal objectives which are to cre-j
'ate new knowledge, to provide
j advanced training in chemistry
land chemical engineering and to
'help the chemical and petroleum
[industries and the Armed Serv-
I ices.
hoir
n
The laboratory is one of the
best equipped organizations of
its type in any academic insti
tution where petroleum, chemis
try and refining are under in
vestigation. It is important to
Pennsylvania which ranks
among the first three states in
refining capacity.
Because of its facilities andj
the diversity of its research!
projects, the laboratory offers
research training leading to the
master of science and doctor of
philosophy degrees in chemistry
and chemical engineering. Many
members of its staff are now en
rolled in the Graduate School and
are working for advanced de
grees.
Tha staff consists of 40 full
time people, about 30 of whom
are graduate chemists and
chemical engineers. Seven of
the scientists have been on the
staff for 20 or more years.
This continuity of staff makes
it possible to carry out long
range research as well as to
provide the solutions to many
short-range problems.
The new building, now in the
framework stage, is designed for
maximum space utilization, flexi
bility, and safety. The-building,
when completed will have about
30,000 square feet. A pilot-plant
wing of approximately 1000
square feet-will have headroo’m
of over 50 feet so that taller dis
tillation, extraction and other
separational units as well as spe
cial equipment for chemical re
actions and conversions can be
installed.
Also deferred was construction
scheduled for the 1961-63 bien
nium. Included were: alteration
to the mam Home Economics
Building, an animal industries
building, a journalism and com
munications building and a new
College of Business Administra
tion building.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
WELCOME
STUDENTS!
Town Size
Grows With
University
The present borough of State
College was merely a crossroads
when-the Farmer's High School,
now the University, began in
1855.
With a population of 300 the
borough incorporated in 1896.
Residents of the town at that
time were mostly merchants and
farmers. From such humble be
ginnings the town has grown to
a population of 21,650.
State College and the Univer
sity have grown together. Mer
chants receive a large part of
their income from student expen
ditures and in turn supply stu
dents with everything from liv
ing quarters to the latest movies
Besides students, State Col
lege houses many faculty and
staff members. Visitors often re
mark at the beauty and dignity
of the old homes and fraternity
houses. Many of the streets are
named in honor of former presi
dents of the University such as
Atherton, Burrowes, Allen and
Calder Streets.
The borough has a council
manager form of government.
The borough council determines
matters of governing policy. The
administrative duties are han-
I died by the borough manager
and burgess. The manager heads
all departments except for the
police department. The burgess
is in charge of police.
Robert Y. Edwards is the pre
sent borough manager and the
burgess is Roy D. Anthony. John
R. Juba is chief of police.
Eric A. Walker, president of
the University, is a member of
the borough council. Faculty
members who arc- on the council
are Charles F. Leedecker, presi
dent of the council and associate
professor of political science, and
Lawrence Perez, assistant dean
of the College of Engineering and
Architecture.
Equipment Co. to Give
Four $5OO Scholarships
Four scholarships, each valued
at $5OO, have been established at
the University by the Cleveland
Brothers Equipment Co., Harris
burg.
Male students enrolled in en
gineering curriculums will be eli
gible for the scholarships, pro
vided tlieir home is located in one
of 32 designated counties of the
state.
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