PAGE EIGHT SPORTS SPECTACULAR—CuIminating over 100 hours of re search each, Cannella LaSpada, senior in p , ,yehology and Theo dui° Blown, graduate student in speech, will present a "Sports , Speetacular" over WDPM-WMAJ radio this evening at 8 p.m, Weather Goes Wild 'Around the Valley' Thu extreme variability ot' Central Pennsylvania's weather has been well illustrated during the past few months. In fact it's quite difficult to find a comparable period in; weather history. We, in the Nittanv Valley have been exposed to howling wuilri slim., storms, bitter cold ayes, a slzzling heat wave, a l decades. March 196 D was the thought that thieatened to 'Lunt coldest_ March ever observed' in clops and local flooding this area. It all began back in February., Then on March 28 the cold The winter was more than haifiwave came to an end as rapidly over and its two month iecordtas it lead begun. The mercury only showed it to be unusually mild,managed to reach 38 degrees on and almost entuely snolNless, March 27, but on the afternoon . In. fact,when warm air gained of March 28 a mild 55 degrees control of the weather on the was recorded. tenth of February. many per , This mild weather triggered sons began dreaming of• an floods in most sections of the early Spring. And dreams they state including Centre County. were. The deep snow cover melted A major thange in the upper rapidly under the warm spring an weatht r patte►n on t h e , sun and i Ice's and creek , , swelled twelfth plunged us into the to flood stage under the _excess throes of niche weather which load. \vas to continue uninten opted for To make matters worse, near, more th an six wee k s. Th e torn- ly two inches of rain fell dur peiature failect_to climb out of ing , the last two days of March the 30's until Muth 211. and the first few days of April. In that six week period of pro- And then the drought began. longed cold, numerous snowfalls,' April is usually a showei y thiee classified as "heavy", pain- month with abundant precipita lyLed Central Pennsylvania. More hen. But last month showed a than 40 inches of snow fell insharp deviation from the normal those six weeks, which averages April. Only one-fifth of an inch nearly an inch per day. of rain fell during a three week The unprecedented cold spell period. established an all-time- record' , This 'Lek of rainfall reached the which will probably stand for ' (Continued on page twelve) Penn United Stores 1111P e 4 . Penn Whelan Drugs Thank All Students • For Their Patronage During This Year . Have a pleasant vacation See you in September . Sincerest Wishes to the GRADUATING SENIORS By JOEL MYERS Make-up Editor THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA WDFM Wi Summarize PSU Sports Cecil B. DeMille may loose his title as master of the spec tacular tonight when INDFM, buildings being opened. takes to the air waves for a The sodding of the new football 111 hour summation of the:field' in Beaver Stadium is more momentous events in the past f t i h n a i n sh e h d a l f a fCt ethet e i„ d i r a a d n u d a will ebxe four years of Penn State ; ercises which will take place on sports. ; the field. The field will be green for graduation, however. since It The "Sports Spectacular" willtis partially sodded, Paul W. Pier be broadcast from 8 to 9.30 p.m. son. head of the Department of over the combined WDFM-WMAJ4Landscape Maintenance and Uttl facilities. sties. said. A "first" in the history of. Penn Six large tractor mowers and State radio, this program is being approximately 27 hand mowers of produced by Theodore Brown, all sizes and shapes are being graduate student in speech and'used to cut the 190 acres of grass Carmella LaSpada, senior in psy- on the main campus and the golf chology, who have spent 100 hours. course. each compiling information andl taping the show. Listeners will visit locker rooms, press boxes, fields and courts first hand as they hear the on the spot 'marks of players and coaches of! eight athletic activities on cam pus. The lion's shale of the program, Halls area is 85 per cent cornE will be devoted to a 40 minute , plete; the remainder will be done, review of Penn State footballiin the fall. Work on the girls' since 1956: The stet tling Lion up-,athletic fields on the Jordan Fer set over Ohio State in '56, thejility Plots is- finished except far' 1958 victory over Pitt, the excit- some repair work of the damage; ing play by play of last fall's'caused by heavy rains, Pierson, Syracuse game and the fiist an- said. At present the area sur-, nual "Liberty Bowl," are all rounding. the new chemical en -I slated for rebroadcast. After an opening talk by Ernest ; B. McCoy, director of athletics,; the show will review events in-' eluding the College World Series: baseball games, th e Eastern; _ wrestling championships an di NCAA title events. The NCAA gymnastic crowns' and individual titles copped by fa-! mous Penn State gymnasts in the past. four years will be highlight-1 ed in the broadcast. CLASSIFIBDS--RESULTS 50c BUYS 17 WORDS ACROSS; S. Taj Mahal site ' 4. You feel Kool's 1. World War II deep down price lucency In your throat, 4. Penny Piton . 6 Fuel nano-of footwear Plop and Choo IL Sinatra!' 6. Unlts-of' was tender massurementi 12. Thu cool& 7. Teams and be strained t& 14 You'll tea to bolls ha.volti about Koons , S. Send Neat hot Made 15. By virlue , of ' 9. Lacher w 16 Related etly teeth -10. Latin bird 17. Lady with a lyre 11. Insulvisabler euturiment - for 18. Relative of crosswords J. Arne*? 20. Corappeationsp 11 ' /tack- ther ' Mar mare, 22. Only a K.l 19; Msksa...__ real to Knot's Menthol Magic Menthol' Magic 23, cal.. friendly, 21. Thiladn't last name, maw 27. Little New York 24. Two words that 28. Look, ma. start a longsententa no engine!' 29. Bullies like 28!. !Li, of the' B,B.l ) ear a Trojan go Slow-moving 26. Short years animal 28._ yourself a 32. Deliberately, carton of Kool overlooks 28. What speakers (2 words) have :ulna QC 96. Eagles pad 'tterords) 41. Author of 81. Forgetful "A Death in period the Family" 82. Boat follower, 42. A Picasso 33. Stra‘ }flaky 44 The cigarette 34. Newcomers to come up to 36. llerly 45. Tuneless tune, British: 46. Whiles alt spelling first name 87. French ands 47. Gaelic 88. Grande, 48. "S" times 8 de Janeiro, ate. 88. Motels' uncle* 40. With a goose, they're. nothing} 43. They go with outs jtailae thlat OF KaDT 1 . .:.!)it KROSSWORD DOWN 1. Leather Bask 2. Dock YOU, NEED Landscaping to Start As Semester Ends As the students are making plans to leave the campus for the summer, the Division of Landscape Maintenance and Utilities enters its busiest season. Nearly 60 extra men are being hired this summer to carry out the grass sowing, shrub planting and the sodding that must be done around the new By fall when the campus will be expanded to include Beaver Stadium,• Wagner Military Sci ence Building and the new grad uate residences an , additional 25 acres of grass will have to be mowed. The grass planting in the North The Rockier Dimensions Say: have a good summer and "swing warm"' tilt next semester. Bart Landau Bole Marina Dick Wiles John Morse When yow- telk) you its time fora chahge, ,14 , L dikavork ammo a , velummeosivimooct com THURSDAY. MAY 26. 1960 By DAVE RUNKLE gineering building is being plant ed with grass and+ shrubs. Pierson said yesterday that the division plans to have the grass and shrubbery planted in the new Pollock Circle residence area and around the new 43 building, 216 apartment area housing married students en the east campus by fall. By doing this, he said, if is hoped that complaints about the alternating muddy and dus ty, conditions like those in the North Halls area will be avoided. : "*"'"• •ANC:Nur- - 4° 4 • ALSO. 7 AVAILAIILE WITHOUT FILTER •
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