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SGA Tutoring Service
To Publish Ist Directory
By SANDY YAGGI
(This is the first in a series of articles concerning the work of the Student Government Association
committees.)
On Monday the SGA Tutoring Service Committee wil,
available on -campus.
The directory will include_a list of townspeople, gradua
who wish to tutor for a small fee; also a list
. of honorary soc
Department Studies
Teaching Methods
In many ways the Department of Academic Research and
Service is like a large movie studio since it maintains tele
vision, film production and still photography facilities.
These departments are maintained, however, to con
tribute to the instructional facilities of the University.
Former Student,
Grad, To Train
For Peace Corps
An alumnus and a former
student at the University have
been selected for _training in
the Peace Corps project for
teaching assignments in the
secondary schools of Nigeria.
Edward H. Pautienus from Gib
erton, who 'received his master's
degree in biology and secondary
education from the University
last year, and Thomas C. Marin
kovich, who studied here two
years ago, began their training
Sept. 20.
They are training with 50
other men and women at the,
University of California at Los
Angeles in a 10 week program.
Their program will include Ni
gerian studies, American studies,
health education,- preventive
medicine and training in the lan
guage of the area in which they
will be teaching,
Before he began his training in
the Peace Corps project, Pautie
nus was eMployed at a General
Motors assembly plant in Linden,
N.J. In high school and in college
he was active in basketball, base
ball and football,
Mikrinkovich had - been em
ployed as a lab technician for a
coal company in Library before
he was notified of his selection.
He also has had experience as
an auto mechanic and working
with farm equipment.
Tv arinkovich received his bache
lor of science degree in physics
in June from the California Teach
ers College in California, Pa.
Willard Conducts Study
Basic research on the chemistry
of explosive compounds used in
solid fuel rocket propellants is
being carried on by Dr. Mary L.
Willard, professor of chemistry.
The studies are being supported
for the fifth year by the U.S.
Office of Naval Research. The
current one-year grant is for
$20,000.
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By JOAN MEHAN
The research department con
'ducts studies on new teaching
methods and makes its findings
available to the various colleges
for incorporation into the aca
demic programs, Leslie P. Green
hill, associate director said yester
day.
All the television facilities on
campus are operated by the de
partment, he added.
In conjunction with the College
of Home Economics the research
department originated an open
circuit television program entitled
"Family Closeup-1961." This pro
gram is telecast at 9 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday over
WFBG-TV, Altoona, Channel 10.
Working with the National Edu
cation Television and Radio Cen
ter, the University also 'presents
"American Perspective" a pro
gram about Americans abroad as
depicted by U.S, authors. This
series was produced at San Jose
State College, in California. It is
broadcast at 9 a.m. Tuesday and
Thursday on Channel 10, Altoona.'
Other open circuit programs
are being planned for the future.
Greenhill said.
The field of closed circuit in
structional programs is also ex-;
panding, he added. More courses
are being offered on television:
this term than at any time in the
past.
The film production staff at the;
research department is currently
working on a film to train peoplel
in counseling techniques, Green-!
hill said.
In the still photography labora-,
tory, slides and pictures are taken
or copied both for research pro)-1
ects and instructional purposes.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
By KAY MILLS
Thousands of visitors flock to campus every summer to
view the rainbow of flowers from asters to zinnias in
to and undergraduate students) the University's Flower Test Garden near East Halls.
leties which offer free tutoring But there's more to the garden than meets the eye.
and Departments which in them- Seeds for different annual flowers are tested there for
selves have a tutoring service.
This is a culmination of almost performance'— flower production,'
is year of work done by the color,• trueness to type and color tourists tour the garden annually,
members of the SGA Tutoring and general garden usefulness,he have estimated about 50,000
Service Committee. R. P. Meahl, professor of orna- a summer," Meahl said.
id
mental horticulture, said, Last spring, a committee,i These visitors , can see sam
chaired by Ruth Falk, J.-Fr., was Meahi, who directs the program,; pies of almost all kinds of
formed to investigate the possi-,said the results of testing here flowers available. The predom
bility of SGA running such alt,vould hold true throughout most ' inant ones numerically, how
service, Prior 'to that time theiof Pennsylvania and regions of ever, are those most popular
'Division of Counseling had beenthe world with a similar climate.; from a sales standpoint, Meahl
, responsible for responsible for the compilation; Seeds used are supplied an-
i said.
of this list, In order for the SGA; nually by seed companies and Consequently, producers sup
to conduct such a service, a work-1 are checked as to whether they ply more petunia seeds, he added.
Viable plan had to be presented to! are as good or better than past i Other flowers well represented
;and approved by DOC. j varieties, Meahl said. ; are snapdragons, zinnias, mari
golds, asters, begonias, pansies
When the investigation wasl "Ultimatelythe average am .golds,
a bill was drawn upand manymore, Meahl' said.
and
.. sai
' ateur gardener benefits alon . g .
and presented on the Assembly Working with
.Meahl is Samuel
floor by Wayne Ulsh, ;\vith the seed companies, distri-+
tmore, who supervises the plant-
Miss Talk. Ljra and and professional - plantrA.
Following passage of the ~g rowers," he said. ing and care of the plants
bill and approval by DOC, The average person wants to!
Miss Falk's committee began ! buy the best seed for his money.;
the actual compilation of the 'He needs to know that he has;
directory. During fall term reg- ' seed which will run true, Meahll
istration, booths were set up in ;added. "If he wants to plant;
'Recreation Hall to enable in-
,salmon-colored petunias, he wants!
terested students to sign up to true salmon, not a mixture of
'
be tutors. salmon and white."
•
"The response to the request; The program also benefits the
for tutors was overwhelming, flower seed industry, Meahl
Miss Falk said. "Over 500 stu- said. "We may test two compet
dents have signed up to be tutors !tors' seeds, so they are kept
and this does not include the; on their toes trying to improve
honorary groups and other organ-
their products."
;
izations on campus who have ex The garden, he said, has an
-
,pressed interest in participating.;international reputation among
"If the response is as great in flower seedsmen. On Flower Field
the future," Miss Falk said, " pen :Days, seed growers from all over
haps we will be able to raise the; the United States and other coun
requirements necessary to be a :tries come to observe the test
resu lt s.
tutor." .
At the present time the only ; In addition to te testing, the
requirements for students who
wish to tutor is that they have garden is also plan h ned to provide
an attractive display for visitors,
an A or B in the course, he added.
Before the directory is released; While nobody knows definitely
on Monday, it will go to the how many students, apartment
dwellers and visiting
Division of Counseling where
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the list of tutors will be checked
and the final printing will be
done. Pearl H. Guest, psychologist
for the Division of Counseling,
has been acting as advisor to the
committee, Miss Falk said.
A new list will be compiled
each term and copies will be
available through their junior
- -
publish a directory of tutors
residents and counselors. Oth
er copies will be available at
the Hetzel Union Desk and in
the department offices of the
various colleges.
SCA feels, Miss Falk said, that
by giving a greater publicity and
wider distribution of this direc
tory, more students will be en
couraged to seek help before an
academic problem becomes hope
less.
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TUESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1961
Hat Council--
(Continued front 'page one)
mosphere.to the University, Stein
hauer said.
"It's getting pretty big and
pretty cold around here," he said.
Hat men and hatwomen could
help by greeting students, show
ing the campus to their parents
or by acting as guides on Univer
sity-sponsored tours.
The council will meet once each
term to plan activities for the en
tire term. Other officers elected
;last night are Ed Grinberg, vice
president, and Pat Zakian, secre
tary-treasurer.
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