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Library Exhibit
State Government Papers Displayed
By KAY MILLS
A “vivid demonstration of
how state government has
multiplied” may be seen in the
Beaver and Leader papers of
the Pennsylvania Historical
Collection, according to Wal
lace F. Workmaster, curator
of the collection,
Included in the papers of James
A. Beaver, governor of Pennsyl
vania from 1887 to 1891, are cor
respondence, bills, accounts and
photographs. This collection oc
cupies 28 cu. ft.
In contrast, the George M.
Loader papers, which contain
files of the governor's office
during 1955 to 1959, cover 300
cu. ft.
This collection is housed in the
basement of the Fred Lewis Pat
tee Library. Papers are stoied in
non-acid content liners and metal
manuscript boxes. Bound volumes
are in the Beaver collection.
* Workmaster and his assistant,
Wendell Mcßae, work on collect
ing the material, as well as pre
seiving and servicing it. Mrs, Hel
en Cooper also works part-time
•with them.
Established through the co
operation of the Patiee Library
and the Department of History
in 1958, the collection has as its
purpose "to provide a centrally
located, state-wide depository
for archival and other materials
relating to the development of
the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania."
Workmaster said that the col
lection is concerned with the com
plete Pennsylvania development,
but “we pay particular interest
to political and economic devel
opment from mid-19th century on
because that material is uncol
lected ”
“Pennsylvania is in a unique
position in that much has hap
pened here which inflects national
development,’’ Workmaster added.
"The collection’s materials on in
dustrialisation and political or
ganization from 1865 to 1900 helps
Red Cross to Hold
Drive for Blood
A total of 285 persons have reg
istered to donate blood in the
drive sponsored by Alpha Phi
Omega and Gamma Sigma Sig
ma. national 'service fraterniiy
and sorority, according to Harry
Hager, chairman of the drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be on campus tomorrow and
Thursday and will use the Hetzel
Union cardroom to take all dona
tions.
Anv person over 21, or with par
ental permission if under 21, may
come in any time during the
drive, Hager said. The best times
to come are from 10 30 to 1 p.m
Wednesday and from 11 am. to |
1 p.m. Thursday, but no periods
are completely filled, he said.
Prof to Attend Meeting
Dr. Hugh H. Chapman Jr, as
sociate professor of Romance;
Languages, will be the official
delegate of the University and the
Department of Romance Lan
guages at the 1960 Northeast Con
ference on the Teaching of For-!
eign Languages, in Atlantic City,
N.J., April 8-9. ' j
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WALLACE F. WORKMASTER, curator of Pennsylvania historical
collections, helps Larry Baker, junior in secondary education from
St. Thomas, in using mateiial from the Joseph Priestly collection.
The collection is housed in the basement of the Pattee library.
reveal part of American develop- suit of injuries received at the
ment. hands of Representative Preston
The majority of the papers Brooks." |
now in the collection were scat- 1 Brooks beat Sumner, an abo
iered through the library in Hlionist and U.S, Senator from J
1958. These have been organized Massachusetts, with his cane on
by Workmaster and his staff, the floor of the Senate In 1856
Now papers have been acquired i remarks he considered in
with the aid of Ralph W, Me- suiting to his uncle aftd to the
Comb, librarian, and other Uni- South.
versity personnel, 1 Receipts, letters, books, maps,
, . ~ ~ , . 'photographs, diaries, newspapers,
Workmaster said that he is cur- account books, bound volumes,
rently interested m obtaining the tape recordings, films and deeds
papers of Robert Montgomery f ,. om the Revolutionary War pe-
Srmth Jackson, Civil War surgeon. r j oc { the present are also in-
He.hopes that Jackson’s letters eluded in the collection,
will “shed some qualified medical Papers of Joseph Priestly, dis- 1
opinion on exactly what Charlesicoverer of oxygen, may also be
Sumner's condition was as a re-’found among this material.
Minor Accident Involves Omicron Delta Kappa
2 Student-Driven Autos ;To Hear Forster Speak
A minor accident involving two: Dr. Kent Forster, professor of
cats driven by students occurred European history, will address
early Sunday morning resulting'Omicron Delta Kappa, national
is about $5O in damage, according men’s leadership fraternity, at its
to the Campus Patrol. No one meeting at 9 tonight at the home
was hurt | o f Arthur M. Wellington, 321 S. !
Jay Bollinger, senior in chem-jßuckhout St.
istry from Hanover, backed his He will speak on the topic “An
car into an auto dnven by Wit- _ ,
Ham Phillips, junior in aeronau- Outsider Looks at the United
tical engineering from Leechburg.' States.”
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Petition Requests
Check into Politics
An investigation of campus politics, reminiscent on a
smaller scale of the Kefauver proceedings, will be asked for
at Thursday’s Student Government Assembly meeting.
Desmond Macßae, freshman in history from State Col
lege, appeared at the Campus party meeting Sunday night
and made a brief speech before!
the Assembly. He said that he and|
a few of his friends had been 1
“wondering about the recent,
scandals involving the two poll-'
tical parties.” He also said that!
he is not affiliated with either
party
He said that he is not for or
against anyone in particular but
that he simply wants to "get to
the bottom of all this."
Macßae read a petition which
he had drawn up and which he
asked the students to sign. The
petition reads in part: “It is ap-(
parent that certain student lead-,
| ers have misused their public trust;
[we the undersigned demand an
| immediate investigation of the re
jcent scandals in student govern-!
[ment. Further, we demand that,
| the proceedings and results of this,
(investigation be open to all in-!
| teres ted persons.” j
| The party had a short but i
j heated discussion in which one 1
l student asked who would con- {
i duct the investigations if the 1
| petition was well-received by ;
( SGA. Macßae said that he did !
| know but that he assumed it ,
| would be a committee appoint
ed by SGA. i
Another member retorted with
“Js Lion’s Paw going to investigate
(Lion’s Paw?”
This brought surprise and then
applause from the members. Jay
Hawley, chairman of SGA Rules
i Committee, then answered. “The
[gentleman who has just spoke
;has challenged the integrity of
[many fine people on this campus.
|I think that is all which needs to
be said.”
HEAR:
Dr. Nicholas Goncharoff ,
—Tank Commander in the Russian Army, WWII
—Research Student on Social Movements
SPEAKING ON:
REVOLUTIONARY DEMANDS ON
AMERICAN YOUTH
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
7:30 pan. in ROOM ID, SPARKS
Sponsored by the Student Christian Association
TUESDAY. MARCH 22. .1960
$163,765 Given
To Alum Fund
A total of $163,765 has been
contributed so far to the 1960
Alumni Fund by 6120 former
students, according to Robert W.
Ostermayer, fund chairman.
The fund drive will close June
30.
Ostermayer said he hopes the
contributions in the last three
months of the fund will push the
total past $200,000.
Included in the total so far Is
more than $7BOO which has been
contributed by graduates em
ployed in industries which have
I gift-matching programs. These in
dustries match the gifts from the
graduates.
1 The Alumni Fund was instituted
.in 1953 .Since that time graduate*
land former students have con
tributed more than $1.3 million to
(support needed projects for which.
There are no other funds avail
able.
Math Prof Holds Lead
In Chess Tournament
Dr. Orrin Frink, professor of
mathematics, is currently in first
place in the Chess Club’s 10-round
round-robin tournament.
The club held their fifth round
of the tournament Wednesday and
will hold the third round of their
Spring Improvement Tournament
tomorrow.