FRIDAY. APRIL 7. 1961
New Dean
Named For
MI College
David R. Mitchell has been
named dean of the College of
Mineral Industries.
The appointment, announced
by President Eric A. Walker,
was approved at last weekend's
meeting by the Executive Com
mittee of the Board of Trustees.
It is effective at once.
Mitchell, - who was named asso
ciate dean on June 30, 1960, has
been acting dean since Nov. 1.
He will continue to serve as chair
man of the Division of Mineral
Engineering and professor of min
ing engineering.
A graduate of Penn State,
Mitchell received his bachelor of
science degree in mining in 1924
and three years later, his master
of science_ degree. In 1930, he was
conferred the degree of Engineer
of Mines by the University of
linois.
From 1924 to 1926, he served
as an engineer with the Bethle
hem Mines Corp. and from 1927 to
1938 as instructor, assistant pro
fessor, and associate professor of
mining and metallurgical engin
eering at the University of ll
linois. He returned to the Uni
versity in 1938 and in 1944 was
named chairman of the Division
of Mineral Engineering. He served
also as acting dean of the Col
lege of Mineral Industries from
Feb. 1 to July 31, 1958.
Mitchell is author of more than
100 technical papers on mining
and mineral preparation subjects.
He is recognized as one of the
outstanding mining engineers in
the country and particularly in
the field of coal mining and prep
aration he is widely known as a
consultant.
While on leave of absence in
1959, he worked on the third edi
tion of his book, "Coal Prepara
tion," published by the American
Institute of Mining, Metallurgical
and Petroleum Engineers.
Record Hop
Joins Drive
For Budget
West Halls has joined the
Back-the-Budget Committee
full force. At the regular West
Halls. Record Hop tonight ad
mission will be a letter to
your congressmen or the usual
25 cents.
Students who bring a letter to
the governor, the state political
leaders or their legislator will be
admitted to the dance free.
The letters will then be sent to
Harrisburg to help the drive by
students to convince state offi
cials that the University needs its
full appropriation request, ac
cording to Wayne Ulsh, member
of the SGA Back-the-Budget
Committee.
Ulsh said yesterday that sever
al men from Nittany called him
about sponsoring a dance and re
quiring a letter for admission.
Ulsh said that it seemed more
practical to use an established
function and he asked George
Henning, president of the West
Halls Council, about the record
hop. Henning agreed that a letter
to a congressman could be used
instead of the regular admission
price.
Scientists Will Study
Light Effect on Plants
The effects of red and infra-red
light on plant metabolism will be
studied by scientists in a research
project sponsored by the U.S. Air
Force Office of Scientific Re
search.
Dr. Andrew A. Benson, profes
sor of agricultural and biological
chemistry, is principal investiga
tor. , Collaborating is Dr. Eugene
S. Lindstrom, associate professor
of bacteriology. They have re
ceived a two-year grant of $24,-
945. • - .
Lauderdale Suffers from Annual Shock
By KAREN HYNECKEAL
The collegians were crowd
ed around a suntanned guitar
ist from the University of
Miami. As they stood on the
I famous Florida beach, they
improvised their own version of
the Kingston Trio's "Benue."
"They say that where the boys
are
is down in Lauderdale;
We'll tell where the boys are—
They're in the Lauderdale
jail . .
Banua, banua, etc.
Went into the Elbo Room
To get myself a drink
But they caught me with
false IDs
And threw me in the clink ..."
Banua, banua, etc.
This, then, was Easter vacation
for the thousands of students who
invaded Ft. Lauderdale. They
went in buses, hearses, wagons and
overcrowded cars and even the
police "welcome" couldn't damp
en their spirits.
Every college in the east and
midwest was represented in the
sweatshirt brigade which
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
marched through the city, onto
the beaches and into the bars
every night and day for over a
week.
In fact, sweatshirts were a must.
The conventional Penn State,
University of Michigan and count
less other emblems were displayed
along with "University of Mos
cOW," "I'm One of the Boys,"
and just plain "Sweatshirt."
With these identifications every
one got to know everyone else.
Memphis Staters met Cornell,
Colgate met South Carolina and
all eventually met the police who
directed the brigade in and out
and around the Elbo Room.
The corner where this notor
ious bar manages to stand was
always so congested with traf
fic and pedestrians, that police
stationed a man on the second
story balcony of a restaurant
across the street to direct the
confusion.
As students crowded the cor
!tiers waiting anxiously to bound
'across, he'd cackle "hold on a min
ute, get on your mark, get set—
WALK!"
Other times he'd scream through
his loudspeaker "Hey, Florida
State, get back on the curb" or
is laced through and through the smoothest, creamiest,
"I see you, Wisconsin, trying to
pick up that blond."
Speaking of picking up, the
police were a whit at it. Their
plainclothesmen sneaked into
the Elba Room (where, of course,
there isn't any) and walked out
boldly with patrons who "didn't
look old enough."
They hauled them to the sub
station, gunned the paddy wagon
and began questioning students
who tried to justify "their" I.D.
cards.
News columnists had a
hey day. Besides reporting all the
arrests, they did "color" stories.
John Keasler of The Miami News,
described what happened when
he visited Lauderdale one day.
"I went across the street to the
beach where a thousand kids were
in a big circle. With great author
ity, I began to elbow through the
crowd.
"This did not work too well,
as apparently I had chosen the
defensive line from Penn State
"Finally, by standing on a
nearby sophomore, I could see
what was going on . .. and that
did it. Some girls and boys were
doing their version of a dance
called the 'twist' . . . dancing
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days of my youth, when we did
the minuet."
But the city which urged col
legians to come began begging
them to stay away after the first
week's initial influx. Even the
Governor of Florida pleaded with
two southern universities "Don't
go to Lauderdale." But when va
cation came, guess where every
one headed.
And the famous cop on top of
the restaurant told pedestrians
below "If you can't come next
year, don't feel bad. We won't.
Just write the chief of police and
he'll send you a bucket of sand—
all righty?"
Back on hundreds of campuses,
the Easter binge was taken quite
soberly. For example, Michigan
State has announced that "any
student with a fresh tan will have
to explain if he applies for a loan
after spring vacation. If the stu
dent had money enough to go to
Florida, the loan will be denied?!
Finally, students headed hoMe
again, tired, tanned, but happy
as they threatened to return again
this year. Ft. Lauderdale, mean
while, sits quietly, recuperating.
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