THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1959 Man-Mode Diamonds Process for Making Synthetic Developed in Mineral Science The High Temperature-Pressure Laboratory in the Mineral Science building has been used in developing a process for making diamonds at lower temperatures and pressures than can be done anywhere else in the world. Dr. Rustum Roy, professor of geochemistry, said this process has never been used 1® create diamonds, but that it could easily be applied to dupli cate them The special new operation puts energy into crystals, causing re actions to accelerate several hun dred thousand times their normal speed. This project is just one of many that ate going on in the High Teinperaiure-P xtturt Laboratory, which claims the most extensive facilities in the United Stales and probably the world. One of the main research proj ects in progress at this time deals ■with the exploration of the forma tion of various substances found in the interior of the earth. When one considers that the earth itself is a giant high pres sure laboratory, he can see why the University’s laboratory is very useful in duplicating processes that are going on within the earth’s interior. The pressure Bi the center of the earth has been estimated at 45 million pounds per square Inch. When we compare this to the atmospheric pressure, which is 15 pounds per square inch, we have some idea of the tremendous magnitude with , which the geochemists are ! working. ! The scientists wha have been! working with this laboratory 1 have generated pressures as high as one million pounds per square inch. They also have developed pressures 15 times greater than this for a few millionth's of ?. second by using shock waves. These higher pressures would be more useful if they Could be sustained over a longer time in terval. The geochemists hope to obtain these greater .pressures over longer periods in the fore seeable future. The high pressures that have been crested in this laboratory have also been used to form new compounds. These new compounds have proven useful io private industry, since they have greater hardness and high er melting points than similar substances that are found in nature. Hoy, who is in charge of the laboratory, pointed out that high pressures are a rather new ex perimental variable in the field of chemistry. The factors that effect chemical activity the most are composition, pressure and temperature. Up to this time most chemical experiments have dealt with composition and tempera ture, because pressure has been the most difficult of the three to change. —We judge ourselves by what ; we feel are our capabilities the world judges us by what we ac- 1 complish. i Baakburg Bus Line CHRISTMAS VACATION BUS SCHEDULE: Leaving from State College on: FRI., Dec. 18 THUB.. Dec. 17 11:15 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 12:05 a.m. 3:25 p.m. 3:05 a.m. 6:50 p.m, 6:05 p.m. Meets easibound trains: 1:22 p.m. 4:48 p.m. 8:10 a.m. SUNDAY, JAN. 3, 1960 buses will meet all p.m. westbound trains RCS&VATIONS received S hre in advance will be appreciated Baakburg Bus Line «—- ■VHKMBOMMHHM ■MMMaHMMMMMIHanMmMaMannniBH THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA By JOEL MYERS 100,000 TIMES —That is how many times that this asbestos crystal structure has been magnified. This picture, which was taken by the electron microscope, show's the internal structure of a syn thetic substance that was developed under high pressures. Kerster to Talk On Gang Wars “Gang Warfare and the Puerto Rican Problem in New York City will be the topic of Harold Ker ster’s speech at the Sociology Club at 7 tonight in 211 Boucke. All students, especiolly those interested in psychology, sociolo gy and rehabilitation, will be able to hear Kerster’s experiences, which are the basis for the novel “Cool World.” This novel deals with 100-150 gangs in the New York Puerto Rican section. Kerster is tr graduate of Col umbia University’s New York School of Social Work and at pres ent is a Youth Board worker in the Puerto Rican section of New York City. His philosophy is to go out to the client rather than wait until the client comes to a social agen cy. —The majority of accidents be tween Jan. 1 and Oct. 31, 1959, were caused by drivers in the 24 to 34 age group in State College, according to the educationcom mittee of the Borough Traffic Commission. The national acci dent-prone age group is 20 to 24. Gems Lab APiMu Holds 22nd Initiation The Penn State Chapter of Al pha Pi Mu, industrial engineering aonor society, held its 22nd bian nual initiation Friday in the Hetz el Union Building. Eight new members were in itiated into the society. They are John Villarreal, Melvin Hoffman, Mark Patemo, Anthony Mortim er, Robert Hodgson. John Harris, David Garinan and John Detwiler. Newly received as honorary members were Carl R. Moss and E. Scott Roscoe, associate profes sors of industrial engineering Harold S. Haller, a practicing at torney from Pittsburgh, was re ceived as an alumni member. Fox CLASSIFIEDS Call UN 5-2531 \ *\ J. ‘ DON’T SHOVE... ROOM FOR EVERYONE AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA SPECIAL COLLEGE FOR YOU! ~S ir $6.00 each-3 in a room r it - £z s7.oBeacft-2marMm J£; SS.CO for one 31 SUiUIUUtUHItWWMtS Contact: Miss Marian Pickard Student Representative WALDORF ASTORIA Park Avenue at 50th Street New York Grty-ltdwado 5-3069 Portion Of i Benner Pike iTo Close A portion of the Be lm er; l " dividu f' Ch '“ Champion- Pike which leads from h .* H Dtc »» fonte to State College will at thc Cn lvel s><y ; f . , , , , ° Frank Brady, business manager again be closed from Centre of th€ United State 9 Ch9S9 Feder _ :Furnace to State College start- ation, will direct the 8-round ;ing Monday, H. ft. Imbt, Inc.ltournament. contractors said. ! Participation is open to anyone The Highway Department said 1 that Branch Rd. will be the de-1 tour to be used by motorists. This road was used as a detour ;during construction on the re-| cently completed four-lane high-! way ! The alternate route runs through' Lemont and joins Rt. 322 just'; [south of the Autoport. ; Highway officials said they, knew nothing of the proposal to; improve a dirt road as a detourj which leads from Centre Furnace) to the site of the new football' stadium. When the four-lane construe-, tion was underway, the contrac tors had an agreement with the | 'State to keep the pike open for 1 local traffic. However, for this' particular phase of construction.; no such agreement has been reached. Specifically, Benner Pike will be closed to permit construction of a bridge that will cross College Ave. at a point between the pres ent entrance to the campus and the road to the sewage treatment plant. Crossfey Gets 4th Term In Radio League Post Gilbert L. Crossley, assistant professor of electrical engineer ing. has received notice from the headquarters of the American Ra dio Relay League of his reelection for the fourth tern; of two years, as director of the Atlantic Divi sion. £>cvm's«'«rc«wtt!c>cwiciraw««« < «<cie'«ic' Now reduced to $2.99 Soft leather scuff slippers with cushion soles. In red, white, and pink. Regularly sell for $3.95-$4.85. Juliets Campus Room HoiaoaiSiaaiaMaisaoiMaaaaiK Vacation with a Foreign Flavor Spend your vacation in San-Juan, Puerto Rico Why go to Fort Lauderdale when you can see so much more , for the reasonable Quality Price of *l5O (approx.) Includes: • • 3200 mile round trip flight by PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS • Hotel Accomodations for 7 days and S nights at the luxurious SAN JUAN INTERCONTINENTAL • Transfers, tips, and an extensive automobile tour of the High Spots of PUERTO RICO For Free Travel Folders and Information contact Fred Keck. Delta Tau Delta. AD 7-4379 or the UNIVERSITY TRAVEL BUREAU Above the Corner Room AS 8-6779 i National Chess Championships To Be Held The National Intercollegiate who pays a $5 entrance fee and is a member of the USCF. I Co-sponsoring the tournament 'with the University are the Inter collegiate Chess League of Ameri ca and the USCF. Prizes offered include a guar anteed minimum $lOO scholarship. The tournament operates on a basis that provides for team com petition and individual compe tition in alternate years Present ly, the individual title is held by Chailes Kalme, of the University of Pennsylvania, while the Uni versity of Chicago holds the team title. : A business meeting will precede the start of the tournament. i —Stars and stripes in the American flag were suggested by the coat of arms of the Washing ton family Repairs Car Radios Television Phonographs Radios television jgj service Jj?\ center *&££> at " State College JV 233 S. Alien St. pa6e FIVE EVtPEOTPn
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