ft-IURSUAY, JANUARY 14, 1960 Archaeological Research Matson Seeks Method Of Correct Fossil Dating Dr. Fred Matson, professor of archaeology, is engaged in a unique research project which deals with carbon 14 dating of fossils. He is not interested in the actual dating of the fossils, but In the error of the dating tha Chapel Choir To Perform Verdi Requiem The University Chapel Choir, directed by Willa Tay lor, will sing Guiseppi Verdi's "Manzoni Requiem" for its annual concert. They will alr perform a spe cial Easter service of music in ad dition to singing for regular serv ices during the spring semester. Auditions for new members will be held from 10 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to 4 pm. on Feb. 3,4, and 5 and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 4 in the Helen Eakin Eisenhower Chapel. The Chapel Choir with the Uni versity Symphony Orchestra and a quartet of professional singers will present the "Manzoni Re quiem" at 8 p m. May 21. Hugo Weisgall, distinguished visiting professor of music, has ac cepted the choir's invitation to conduct the performance. The Easter service of music will be sung at 8 p.m. April 10 in Schwab Auditorium. Songs of English composers, in cluding works by Thomas Wes kies, William Byrd, Thomas Mor ley and Ralph Vaughn Williams will be performed. Nuclear Society Announces Officers An advisor and student officers have been named for the newly organized chapter of the Ameri can Nuclear Society, national pro fessional society for the advance ment of nuclear sciences. Nunzio J. Palladino, professor and head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering, will advise the group which was formed prior to Christmas vacation. Officers pro tempore are Stan ley Wintergrass, senior in physics from Nanticoke, president; Wil liam Bickell, sophomore in busi ness administration from Bala Cywnyd, vice president; and Rich ard Hartle, graduate student in nuclear engineering, treasurer. Prof to Address Meeting _ Dr. Hans A. Panofsky, profes sor of meteorology, will address a joint meeting of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and the American Meteorological Society in New York, N.Y., on Monday. SATURDAY IS THE LAST DAY To Take Advantage of the RECORD SALE NOW GOING ON AT THE N'T MISS THE BIG SAVINGS ON LP's, EP's and 45's RSITY RECORD UNIV CAMPUS SHOPPING CENTER OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9 P.M. By JOEL MYERS is induced by the contamina tion by modern carbon products. Carbon 14 dating is a relatively new method of determining the age of organic remains. It was de veloped by Dr. Willard F. Libby. formerly of the Atomic Energy Commission, in the late 1940'5. All living material contains some radioactive carbon, which it obtains from the carbon di oxide in the air. When life ceases the intake of air also stops and no additional radio active carbon is added to the re mains. All radioactive substances, in cluding carbon 14, decay at a cer tain rate known as the half life. That is, in the half life period one half of the original substance disintegrates. For example, in a length of time that equals twice the half life period only one quarter of the original substance is left, Matson said. By determining the amount of radioactive carbon in fossil remains one can find the age of the fossil. Matson, who studied under Lib by, has spent several years search ing ancient civilizations for sam ples upon which to perform his experiments. In 1953 he received a grant from the Wenner-Gren Founda tion to examine old Indian sites along the Mississippi River below St. Louis. In 1954-55 while on a sab batical leave from the Univer sity he excavated ancient cities in the Near East under a Na tional Science Foundation grant. This trip took him to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt. Since his return, he has been occupied with the job of examin ing and classifying the many and varied samples that he brought back from his expedition. Once he has classified a particu lar sample, it is sent away for dating. Other universities and the U.S. Geological Survey have done .most of this work. The samples are then returned Ito Matson and he works in coop eration' with the Department of Chemistry to try and find the amount of contamination that was caused by living organisms. Yeatman Named Head Of Student Employment John A. Yeatman, who received his bachelor of arts degree from the University in 1955, has been named head of the Student Em ployment Service. He succeeds Mrs. Virginia Gor don. —Living today is a game of robbing Peter to pay Paul in order to make it possible to stand pat. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. - PENNSYLVANIA Men Will Debate At `Latrobe' A Novice Tourney at St. Vin- 1 cent's College in Latrobe Satur day will be the scene of the last debate of the semester for the Men's Debate Squad. Michael Dzvonik, freshman in chemical engineering from Leech burg, and William Swisshelm, sophomore in arts and letters from Pittsburgh, will argue the affirmative side in the tourney. Ronald Watzman, junior in arts and letters from Carnegie, and William Lloyd, junior in arts and letters from West Chester, will debate the negative side. While most students are regis tering, buying books, and travel ing back home for the last week end before the new semester, the varsity debating squad will be at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Va. They will participate in a tour nament there on Feb. 4, 5 and 6. According to David Jabusch, in structor of speech and debate coach, this debate is one of the "most significant of the year." Debating in Williamsburg will be David Goodhart, junior in busi ness administration from Ruther ford, N.J.; Vernon Barger, senior in engineering science fr o m Curllsville; Alan Elms, senior in psychology from La Center, Ky.; and Alan Davidson. senior in arts and letters from Clearfield. 'Dames' Will Sponsor Charity Carnival Tonight The Penn State Dames, an or ganization composed of the wives of University students, will spon sor a charity carnival from 8 to 11 p.m. tonight in the Extension Conference Center. The carnival, which is open to the public, will feature a bake sale, a book and magazine sale, a white elephant sale, a cake walk, a sand box for children and a fish pond HARD BOP RETURNS TO STATE SHOP in the person of DITTY POTTER and his fabulously enter taining jazz quartet. The Jazz Club is happy to present them again, but this time on a night when everyone can hear them. This Saturday evening we return to the LA - GALLERIA for the last session of the semester, and have an evening planned for you which could be the most enjoyable night you have ever spent here. The group features the leader on tenor sax, playing in the explosive manner of a Sonny Rollins, booted along by a romp ing rhythm section which becomes piano-less at times to spot light the fine trumpet work of Ronnie Waters. In addition of Ditty we have included the regular house band at the La Galleria, the DAVE ATKINSON quartet who will be filling -in the gaps between shows. Look for the group to become cooking early Saturday because Dave likes to swing and when pushed by another group anything can happen. Stop in early and have some HARTMAN'S wild Italian food and then sit back and be entertained for five solid hours of JAZZ. CONTINUOUS JAZZ FROM 8 'til 1 featuring the DITTY POTTER JAZZ QUARTET Admission $l.OO Faculty News Harris Publishes 3 Psych Studies Dr. Dale B. Harris, professor of psychology and former director of the Institute of Child Develop ment and Welfare at the Univer sity of Minnesota, has published three articles in recent issues of scholarly journals. "A Note on Some Ability Cor relates of the Raven Progessive Matrices (1947) in the Kinder garten," which appeared in The IJournal of Educational Psychol ogy, concerns tests made in the St. Paul, Minn., schools. "Life Problems and Interests of Adolescents in 1935 and 1957," appeared in The School Review for Autumn, 1959, and "Sex Dif ferences in the Life Problems and Interests of Adolescents, 1935 and 1957," was published in Child De velopment recently. McNeil Authors Article Dr. Neil A. McNall, associate professor of American history, is the author of an article pub lished in the winter issue of the Harvard Business History Re view. THIS SATURDAY LA GALLERIA Money-Back Guarantee Weintraub Contributes Article to Lit Magazine Dr. Stanley Weintraub, instruc tor in English literature, has con tributed an article, "The Embryo Playwright in Bernard Shaw's Early Novels," to the autumn 1959 issue of Texas Studies in Literature and Language. Weintraub is editor of "The Shaw Review," published by the Shaw Society of America and the University Press, and has done much research on Shaw's novel. He contributed the introduction and notes for the "Unfinished Novel," first published in 1958. DeNovo Writes Articles For Magazine, Book Dr. John A. DeNovo, associate professor of history, is the author of two recently published articles. "A Railroad for Turkey" ap peared in the Autumn, 1959, issue of The Business History Review; and "American Relations with the Middle East: Some Unfinished Business" appeared as a chapter in the book, "Issues and Conflicts," published by the University of Kansas Press Jazz Club Members 75c PAGE FIVE
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