PAue eta H 1 Prof Aids Afghans With Simple Devices An iceless icebox copied from a 1915 Farmers Bulletin was one of several simple machines introduced to the people of Afghanistan by Dr. Rose Cologne, professor of education on leave from the University. Dr. Cologne also introduced a hand-powered washing mach G. W. Sullivan, 19 President, Dies in Texas George W. Sullivan, 'l9, former ly assistant director of the Depart ment of Public Information and ,a former State College business man, died Dec. 13 in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the age of 62. He received his bachelor of sci ence degree in horticulture from the University. While at the Uni versity as a student, Sullivan was president of the senior class, edi tor of The Daily Collegian, a member of-Sigma Nu and Alpha Zeta fraternities and a member of Lion's Paw. He was named an instructor in English in 1919 and served a's as sistant director of the Department of Public Information from 1920 to 1927. From 1927 to 1933, Sullivan was manager of the Warner Brothers theaters in State College. Survivors include his widow, Emal‘r, n and two sons, Robert C. and William A., all of Corpus Christi. The Cornell University Labora tory of Ornithology has more than 4,000 tape recordings of the calls of more than 600 species of birds. CLASSIFIEDS—RESULTS 50c BUYS 17 WORDS West Halls presents their first RECORD HOP Start Your New Year Off with the ne which was an innovation for these people. Dr. Cologne is visiting the country as a member of the Col lumbia team to plan for the devel opment of a College of Home Economics at the one university in Afghanistan. A handicraft workshop for elementary and secondary stu dents was set up in a rented building. Looms, sewing ma chines, knitting needles and crochet hooks are being used by the girls in the school to learn handicraft techniques. One of the projects Dr. Cologne undertook was the introduction of coal and wood stoves. The Af ghans, with the help of the Rus- 1 sians, had previously developed a stove. But Dr. Cologne said that anyone who has had some experi ence with an American coal ol wood stove could quickly see at least ten "bugs" in the Russian stove. Dr. Cologne pointed them out and as a result the Institute Di rector ordered two wood and coal stoves from Sears and Roebucks to be inspected by Afghan en gineers. • Dr. Cologne said that the top people in education realize the pressing need for home eco nomics education. The women who are lit erat e, totalling two per cent, have a so-called classic education but other women need to know the -basic facts about food, nutrition, clo thing, shelter, child care, sani tation and health. The original cast of building the Armory in 1888 was only $20,- 000. C wE r RE . ..:„:: :; ,:„ A K This F ' ID i Free Roses to the First "300" Girls Don't Forget Boys MUST Wear Sport Coats.! BEST Dance on Campus THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Councils OK Constitution For MRC Officers of the Men's Resi dent Area Councils approved the constitution for the pro posed campus - wide Men's Resident Council at a meeting on Dec. 20. The constitution will be sub mitted to the University Senate Committee on Student Affairs at its next meeting, George Hen ning," temporary MRC chairman, said yesterday. The proposed legislative body will be composed of officers and representatives of the resident area councils. According to the constitution, it will, "legislate for Viand unify the men living in the residence halls" and "coordinate ;the policies of the University ad ministration with the men living in residence halls." The MRC will include two sub ordinate bodies—a judicial board and a social board. The judicial board will decide the constitu tionality of the MRC procedural, rules, excluding individual disci plinary cases, and suggest legis lation to the MRC concerning' standards of conduct of male res idents. The duty of the social board will be to coordinate the so ' cial activities of the areas. The council will contain the executive and judicial chairmen of the areas as well as one repre sentative-at-large in each living area for each 500 male residents. Chem Prof Receives AF Research Grant Dr. Philip S. Shell, professor of chemistry, has received a one year $14,639 grant from the Of fice of Scientific Research of the United States Air Force to sup port his research in the field of free-radical chemistry. Walkers Thank Caroling Students President and Mrs. Walker to day expressed their appreciation to students for the carol singing and other evidences of good-will extended to them during the Christmas season. President Walker said his chief regret was that a heavy travel schedule took him off campus many evenings during the weeks preceding Christmas and pre vented him from greeting all the groups that visited his home to sing carols. "My wife and I enjoy these sings very much," he said, "and we appreciate especially the good will that inspires them." English Plant Pathologist To Give Two Le.lures Dr. Eric W. Buxton, mycologist in the department of plant path ology of the Rothamstead Experi ment Station in Herts, England, will present two lectures on the mechanism of variability of patho genic fungi tomorrow. The lectures are scheduled for 4:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in 220 and 112 Buckhout. Compulsory CREDIT STAFF MEETING TONIGHT 7 o'clock Zeta Tau Alpha Suite Pollock 5 Please Bring Pens THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 1961 Course Lengthened- (Continued from page two) ginning in June. About 36 more indicate they may possibly enroll for the term. Another factor In a possible low summer enrollment in volves the teachers doing grad uate work who now compose the largest part of the HomeEc student body in the summer. Many of these are women with families who may not want to spend as much as ten weeks away from home. Until more students indicate a willingness to attend the sum mer, term most HomeEc sequences will, have to be run on a three term basis, although courses will be offered by the college each term, Dr. Houghton said. Vacation Safety-- (Continued from page one) installing a television set. Last year, three students were injured and six others involved in an accident near Lock Haven while on the way home for vaca tion. An accident during the Christ mas in 1956 took the lives of two University students and in 1957 one student was killed and three others injured during the vaca tion. of 1961
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