TUESDAY. MARCH 7, 1961 Prexy Suggests Creation Of Student Peace Corps President Kennedy’s Peace Corps Program, now being organized under newly appointed director R. Sargent Shriver, may have a direct effect on University students if proposals set forth by President Eric A. Walker are adopted. In a letter to Kennedy in De cember, Walker outlined a plan for integrating Peace Corps train ing into the curricula of the na tion’s colleges and universities. Walker suggested that alt stu dents—men and women—who en roll as freshmen or sophomores in a college or university with the Peace Corps Program be required to participate in one of three areas —military, civil defense or overseas technical assistance. Selected upperclassmen who volunteered would then be cho sen for the advanced program. These students would receive reserve commissions or certifi cates with limited-service gov ernment assignments upon graduation. Further training might then follow by federal agencies. Financing, organization and curriculum planning for the pro gram would have to be the joint concern of the colleges and uni versities and the federal govern ment, according to the Walker letter. This plan would replace the present program of compulsory ROTC. • Walker's plan would probably fit into Director Shriver's pro posals for operating the Peace Corps and training the volun teers. The Peace Corps itself is de signed to place Americans in ac tual operational work in newly developing areas of the world, according to Shriver’s report to Kennedy, released Sunday by the White House. Peace Corps volunteers will “go to teach, or to build or to work in the communities to which they are sent. They will serve local institutions, living with the peo ple they are helping,” the report states. Shriver has proposed five ma jor areas in which the volunteers would be used: teaching, fighting malaria and working in other health projects, working in agri cultural projects and rural de velopment programs, working on large scale construction and in-; dustrial projects and working in government administration. Three Enter Reading Contest Three student representatives will tape five minutes of the poem, "Renascence” by Edna St. Vincent Milay for a national con test being sponsored by the Speech Department of the South ern Illinois University. A $5OO award will be given to the winners. The entrants are Nancv Huber, sophomore in arts ana letters from St. Thomas; Marjorie Gan ter, junior in arts and letters from Bethel Park; and Jean O’Malley, junior in arts and letters from Coaldale. Tryouts were open to all in terested students and were con ducted recenlty under the direc tion of Mrs. Harriett Nesbitt and Dr. William Hamilton. NOW IN STOCK! Sterling Silver & Cold-Filled PENN STATE CHARMS LION MASCOT CHARMS STERLING SILVER PENDANTS Priced: $2.50 ea. plus tax at^ 218 East College Avenue Transmitter Investigates lonosphere A high-powered transmitter, the only one of its size and frequency in the world, is be ing used by scientists in the lonosphere Research Labora tory to obtain data on the dis-! tribution of electrons in the lower atmosphere. The 500-kilowatt transmitter, known as a “sweep transmitter” because its frequency is variable, is connected to an antenna sys tem 6500 feet long and 240 feet high. It is used by Dr. Anthony J. Ferraro, assistant professor of electrical engineering, to probe the region of the ionosphere from 45 to 125 miles above the earth’s surface. His research is supported by a one-year grant of $20,000 from the Air Research and Develop ment Command of the U.S. Air Force, which has supported his studies for three years. The transmitter sends pulses into the ionosphere and receiv ing stations in the area pick up the echoes of these pulses as they are reflected back to earth. By certain measurements, Ferraro and his colleagues are able to de duce the electron distribution in the region probed. The transmitter sweeps the spectrum automatically from 100 kilocycles per second up to one! megacycle, thus enabling the re searchers to check the ionosphere, over a wide range of frequencies. Library Holds Indian Artifacts A display of artifacts of North American Indians will continue in the foyer of the Pattee Library through March 20. Included in the display are various stone implements such as celts, axes, chisels, pestles and arrowheads. Also of interest are several brass pipe-tomahawks which were brought to North America; by early explorers and colonists 1 for the purpose of trading with; the Indians. j These artifacts are from the! collection of Stephen Hyatt, grad uate assistant in the department: of agricultural economics and rural sociology. Corso Awarded Grant Dr. John F. Corso, professor of psychology and director of the Human Factors Research Pro gram, has been awarded a re search grant of $34,922 for a one year period to study the effects of age on hearing. J THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA —Collegian Photo hy John HtauK* EVIDENCE OF SPRING: The warm weather over the weekend brought out the spving clothes and the spring games. The lawn below the West Hails dormitories was the scene of many baseball and frisby games. Garner to Perform March 19 .Erroll Garner, hailed throughout the world as the out standing contemporary pianist to emerge from the jazz era, will appear at 8 p.m., Sunday, March 19 in Recreation Hall, sponsored by the University Artist Series. Ticket distribution will begin Tuesday at the Hetzel Union desk. Garner has been playing the piano since the age of three and has extended his career from the jriverboats of the Allegheny Riv er to the top concert halls of America and Europe. Besides being a pianist of or iginal quality. Garner is a pro lific composer as well. Ho has composed more than 100 works and is currently working on soma ballet suites and a show score. Among Garner’s best known compositions are “Misty,”; “Dreamy,” and “Other Voices.” Garner plays by ear and im-' provises throughout all of his se-l iections. His only memorization! came as a result of public demand! for previous performances to be; repeated exactly. j When called upon to memorize' Paperbacks Paperbacks Paperbacks Paperbacks are our specialty but our incidentals in clude a complete assortment of imported newspapers and magazines. Nittany News Next to the "Corner" on West College Avo. Open every night til 10 P. M. $ / ** 4 X > ‘ * 1 • > '•••' ••• - . >Sv - \v> . . v.. ■•»■■■■■ I■' -T-W. ~ ENGINEERING NOTICE The Martin Company representative will visit the campus on March 14, IS, 16, 17 - 1961 to discuss opportunities for graduates of the School of Engineering. Contact your Placement Officer for ap pointment and further details. THE MARTIN COMPANY BALTIMORE 3, MARYLAND Missiles - Electronic Systems - Nuclear Applications - Advanced Space Programs Designers and Manufacturers &/»■> ? > -‘f v* >-V -■ " **r < ' 'i. 'W "■ .>'',(B?®^;-. . „.&. go V * ’ ’V ■ .. |R. Moss, associate professors of 'industrial engineering, and Dr. • I I | 1 Gerald J. Stout, resenreli associ mn H I I .ate in the . Engineering Experi- B B %ii Bfl orient Department, have written |a “Better Building Report,” as a service to small-scale home build ers. a work, Garner accomplishes this with one hearing of a selection. During his early career. Gar ner became known for.his abil ity to fake an arrangement as the band he was playing with performed. This period of his development began the trend toward the present "Garner style” of natural fluency. Garner's number of recordings have won him many awards from such publications as "Esquire.” “Down Beat.” and. “The Pitts burgh Courier.” Garner lists no program for his concerts, but waits until he senses the audience and the "oc casion” before deciding what to play. CLASSIFIEDS—RESULTS 50c BUVS 17 WORDS 3 Profs Write Report J. William Caldwell and Carl Local Staff MEETING Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Room 9 Carnegie Rush is over and now is the time to get back to work. The long awaited comprehensive test is on the agenda. Please bring blue books. The meeting was scheduled earlier in order to give certain peo ple time to attend the PNPA discussion meeting at 8 p. m. Let’s everybody get to this meeting. 0.K.? Please! Check Date And Time BE PROMPT PAGE SEVEN
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