PAGE SIX 1 'Griffiths - Receives $3500 1 wer Named Recipient Leopold to Give F rom Petroleum Institute lOf Devoe Scholarship i The American Petroleum In-1 Robert E. Oliver, junior in. $3500 grar albusmess administration from Dan- Grad Lecture stitute has awarded a ville, has been aw the Lea to Dr. J. C. Griffiths, professor of petrography, to support researchj D. Devoe Memorial Scholarship. Dr. Luna P. Leopold, engineer! in the field of sedimentary petrod The award provides $5OO for , with the Geological Survey, U.S. graphy. the student chosen, with half of Stuiient tickets will be available at 1 p,m. tomorrow at Department of the Interior, will The project is entitled "Rela-Ithe amount paid during the junior tionshi • ; year and the remaining half at the the Iletzel Union desk fur the Artists' Series program fea-;speak at the third Graduatetp locess P between Source Area inning of the senior year. Wring Robert Frost, one of America's foremost poets. !School l stocene lecture at 8 tonight in 121; s and Deposit in some Pler- beg and Recent Sediments." I Non-student tickets will go on sale at 9a m. Thursday. , Sparks. 1 Three different types of depos-1 - His topic will be "Rivers and l its are being studied by means t The program will he held at Creeks: Their Significance to of factor analysis, and advanced [8.30 p m Saturday in Schwab man.' !statistical technique. 143 Withdraw , Auditorium. , Leopold's exper ience in the en-1 -------- ,gineering field covers many as-; Fioq's works are a biography ;peels of water-resources develop-I int American traditions and cus-rnent, particularly in hydrology.; From Classes itoms They are familiar to young', During much of the past nine; and old for their pure stories of years he has been devoted to re-i 1 life, free from complicated es- , search in the field of river me-I 8 . At University I thet ics and philosophies, chanics, the hydrology and phys-j I Frost's life began in 1874 in ,lograplue characteristics of river I San Francisco, California. His channels and on certain aspects; A total of 143 men and women father was a New Englander l of water-sediment relations on' had withdrawn limn classes on and his mother a Scot. After his ,fiver's. r the University Park and Common-' father's death, Frost and his The lecture, which is open to ; wealth Campuses by the end of mother moved back to Law. i the public, is co-sponsored by the: , rence, Massachussetts. ,College of Engineering and Archi-I last week, Ater lecture and the College of Min- ' ter high school, Frost attend- Seven! v men and 33 v . , mented Dart m outh College for one eral Industries. di opped out of school at Univer-i year but found it too "academic"l - - --- - sits' Park Thirty-tin ee men and; for his taste. He went to work m , mill one woman withdrew horn the! a as a bobbin-boy, and at agel commonwealth campuses. 1 2 0 lie married Eleanor White. I The total enrollment of stu-, , In 1897 he went to Harvard dents for the fall semester drop-; University and stayed for two; ped Porn 20,377 to 20,234. ;veins lle never received a degree,[ The gi eatest number of wit h- ; brit since that time has received , drawn{ came in the froshenan t , t „ , „ ,t crei al honorary degrees, two of class --25 men and 11 women. 'which are from Dartmouth am The senior class t ot ..t. cis ' , l ent • 1 Harvard and one woman In the junior elates. 17 men and' Frost held many different jobs three women dropped out 1 until he sailed for England in E ig ht men an d seven w o 1 men: /912 with his family. He pub tvillichew from the Univeisity in lished two books while abroad the sophomore class. : and returned to the United In the gra d uate an d spec i a l ,i States in 1915 to find himself student categoi v 14 women and famous. 14 men withdrew. ' Since that time, Frost has spen his life writing poetry and pros€ and teaching and lecturing at col leges all over the country. He ha: ,received many citations, amon; ,them four Pulitzer Prizes, t t h Mark Twain Medal, the gold med al of the American Academy of 'Arts and Letters, the Poetry So-1 Tickets for Frost To Be Distributed HUB to Hold Halloween Candlelight Meal Tonight" A Halloween Candlelight dinner, will be featured tonight from 5 101 6 , 15 in the Hetiet Union cafe- , tei a. The menu will consi , ,t of toast'ciety of America medal and the, leg of lamb. baked ham, ehicken , Loines Pi rze. pie, or meat loaf with potato bor..' Among Frost's best known, del For dessert there will be l woi ks are ''A Boy's Will," "North' pumpkin pie or appleauce cake, of Boston," "A Witness Tree" with orange icing. kind "Steeple Bush." THE DAILY Cs:.N.LEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA OUR TREAT It's ou treat but with no tricks when you enjoy one of our fine meals at no cost. A lucky red star on the back of your guest check indicates that what you have just eaten is Free. Stop in tonight. PENN STATE DINER Local Ad Staff MEETING . . . 7 p.m. 9 Carnegie Attendance Mandatory If you get the lucky red star TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1959 For CLASSIFIEDS Call UN 5-2531
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