PAGE SIX Research Review Animal! By KAY MILLS Groundhogs—whether they saw their shadows Feb. 2 or not—are part of studies conducted here on the ways that social behavior af fects the numbers of wild ani mals. Using groundhogs as an exam- Ele -of study aims, Dr. David ! E. •avis, professor of zoology, ex plained that these animals 4re very .aggressive when they come out of hibernation. • ! THE GROUNDHOGS mate ;In the spring and toward fall when they hibernate again become less and less aggressive, Davis said. This change in social behavior; is paralleled by a change in the groundhog's adrenal glands, he added. \ As a result of this fighting, cer-1 tain hormones—corticoid—-are produced by the animal’s adrenals and affect the groundhog’s use of fat, he • lid. Davis explained that a groiind hog is quite fat when it copies lout of hibernation.' As corticoid • production increases, fat use Blki increases and the animal gets thinner. Then in August the hor mones decrease and- the grounds hog puts on weight until it* re turns to hibernation, he added.' THE CORE OF THE matter is that the aggressive behayior affects the adrenals and thus! the welfare of the individual ground l ! hog. What affects the individual will also affect the number of National Science] Foundation Awards Fellowships to 71 Graduate Students The National Science Founda tion has awarded summer fellow ships for 1962 to 11 graduate jstu dont, teaching assistants. ; The fellowships, among a total ■of 868 awarded by the foundation, pay the recipient a weekly! sti pend of $75 lO to 12 wee las during the summer with tuition paid by the foundation. This en ables a student who has been a teaching assistant to devote his full time to graduate study during the summer, Students chosen for the 1962 Summer Fellowships are: Keri- |iHiiiiuumuiiimnimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiuiimi^ ( RADIO* PHONO 1 | * SERVICE # I I AO 8-60111 1/ n " "~Y television 3 I -f- }ISC service : I jl U‘ W J CENTER I I 232 S. Allen St. 1 imamiumiiiiiininimiiiiiuiiuniiniiiiHiHiiiHiiii# Behavior Studied offspring* produced. Also, aggres sive animals will survive while others less aggressive wilLfiOt “We have excellent opportuni ties to study wild animals be cause nearby there are state game lands, a state forest and the Uni versity farm. Our projects then can generally combine field and laboraotry work." The kitchen where meal* were once prepared foif'McAllister Hallj residents has been converted into a lab for these research projects. Food storage-rooms in tne base ment have also been made into a virology lab. ONE OF THE studies attempts to determine what controls fight ing behavior in birds. Using star lings, the researchers have, found that a certain hormone is respon sible for the birds’ aggressive be havior, Davis said. “We also check the age -compo sition of deer "at the Army Ord nance Depot at Chambersburg,” Davis said. “We determine how many deer comprise various age groups and then recombiend how many deer should be harvested] each year. - “These recommendations are used in setting hunting quotas.” . IN ADDITION TO sportsmen, these projects touch people in game management, scientists in terested in the control of various virus diseases and researchers ex ploring heart diseases, h 6 said. !The latter group can benefit from studies on the woodchuck, which [nelh Magill, in mathematics from ■Duncansville; Samuel Shore, in mathematics from McClure; Joseph Cima, in malhemaitcs from State College; Michael DerSarkis sian, in physics from State Col lege; James Boidleman,, in mathe matics from Wilkes-Barre; David Hart, in chemistry from Frank lin, 111.; Martha Young, in chem istry from Rockmart, Ga.; Mar garet Sevka, in zoology from lEndicott, N.Y.; Garth Tingey, in chemistry from Springville, Utah; Gilbert Brenner, in geology from Bronx, N.Y.; and George Hess, in chemistry from Collingswood, NJ. »«*«,? w ur~mz ? f. HERLOCHER'S SUPPER SPECIAL l A Ig. Bar-B-Qued Chicken Choir '.f Salad & Soft Drink o; oalad & Soft Dru. Choice of Apple Pie or Cheese Cake Served Tuej,, Thun., Sat. 4:30-7 P.M. Call AD 8-0518 Delivery After 4:30 I itWUSBJ'SSJ KA”;'«3'X^^#iWa3fs»»«7^rr33T THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA has arteriosclerosis, or thickening and hardening of the arteries, he added. Davis’ laboratory has also ‘ re ceived the pigeons which were unwelcome in other campvis build ings because of the disturbance they caused. The birds have ap peared in and around Old Main, the Armory, Carnegie and Walker Lab. The Department of Main ten jance and Utilities has over 'to Davis any it could corral. The pigeons are now helping in studies on chemical control of re production. 1 Schilling Will Conduct Grad Study Discussion A! Conference on Graduate Study will be sponsored from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in tfif Hetzel Union ballroom by Mortajr Board, senior women’s hat sociejy. Harol K. Schilling, desp of the Graduate School will disjuss sev eral phases of study such as who should apwly, how to choose a graduate sejiool and the demands of graduate, study. Following liis talk, smalj discus sion groups will be led by grad uate faculty members.'; State College Choral Society Wil| Present Bach Program Johann; Sebastian Bach’s .“The Passion According to !st. John" will be presented by the State College Choral Society at 8 p.m. Sunday in the State College High School auditorium. Four professional sir,;gers will appear as soloists at the concert, directed by Raymond H. Brown, associate professor of music. WALTER CARRINGER, tenor, will portray the . role of St. John. Carrmgton has made several rec ords as soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale. In 195? he was chosen, to sing with the Exepri-j mental Opera Theatre under the auspices of the New Orleans Opera Company. Jack 6 Davison, basf-baritone, will play the role of Siipon Peter. Davison has sung principal roles ; brE3rS£Ej .'rrrsrsrsrae: *1.15 Beckett] Shdjw fflayis Set In the Round' By JOAN HARTMAN and DONNAN BEESON | . .1 An original composition for the A sandpapered suit, an| original p i ano( jwritten lay,.Royal Brown,' composition and a theater m the senior in the arts from Ogontz round are all part of the i Players Center. 1 will be played for the forthcoming production of Samuel ove rture to the Beckett playf^ Be _? ke “' s ‘!5 r ®SPl s w .^ a !. t Ma ’» Kuntech will utilize only a small and Bernard Shaw’s Man of| portiorl oC tbe stage dining his Destiny, 'scheduled to £pen at £ rforinanci , md Afferent fight -8 P-m. tomorrow at Center Stage. effects used to.indi "We sandpapered the! suit in cate phases in his life, order to get it crusty-looking.” “The mood,of ‘Man of Destiny* Valerie Gplde, costume director, w jjj ftg se t mainly by'lighting, ’* said. “It is to be worn by a Kimes, stage ' manager who lived a long and leventftQ said. !' ;'• life and has now reached a stage ~ ‘ _ iof degeneration,” she added. , .. formed “m the round.” The audi- I The suit was also sprayed with ence will be seated in a circle black paint; to achieve! a more aro und the stage.! Long strips of worn look and then was cut with colored blinds will- hang behind razor blades, Miss Golde added, the audience in prder ,to make THE . SOLE character in 1 the area smaller. “Krapp’s Last Tape” will wear this “Man of Destiny,” .written in suit One each -of his birthdays, 1895, is a comedy depicting Shaw’s he has made a tape recording and concept of the young Napoleon now that he is approaching'death, Bonaparte in his early campaigns, he relives his life through these The action takes, place in a small tapes. "The ipart is played by Italian inn. ; Harry Kunesch, graduate student written irt 1958; “Krapp’s Last 1 Tape” presents an entirely dif -1 ferent. concept of man than does the [Shaw play,! Warren 1 Smith, 1 director of both plays said. Where as Shaw is basically hopeful, the man in “Krapp’s Last c Tape”, loses this optimism early in life, he added. . * Smith will be availably for dis (cushion of the two plays after the performances ,on. Friday nights. ■These discussions will be held in the lobby of Center Stage. Ho said he expected to hear more reaction, tq the Beckett play than the! Shaw production. "THE TALKS WILL be very informal, and anyone who wishes to {participate is welcome, espe cially students,’’ Smith added. ‘ 1 The plays wil run every Friday md Saturday through May 19, with the exception of Easter weekend. - Tickets are-now on sale at tha Metzel Union desk. Prices are U or Friday night performances and >1125 for ..the Saturday night shows. in “Brigadoon,” “Take Me Along’’ and “Destry Rides Again” at the Dallas State Fair Musicals. Jan Scruton, will sing the con tralto arias. She has appeared with the Shumann Heink Oratorio So ciety, the West Chester Bach Chorale and several New Jersey symphony orchestras. | CATHERINE ROWE LINVILLE. who will jsing the soprano arias, is presently on the music staff at Rutgers University where she teaches voice, sight reading and ear training. j • Dale Livingston, sophomore, ir music from Boalsburg,! will por tray Jesus Christ. Livingston ir a member of the Penn State Sing ers arid director of the choir a' the United Church of Christ. TheTbp Flips Automatically {and so ivill you) I Y° U ’II keep out of the rain without strain in this handsome,Rambler ronyerfible. The top!flips up or down automatically—yet the Rambler American “400” is the lowest priced U. S. convertible.- Even lower priced than manual top jobs. Bucket seats, optional. Your Rambler is so stingy withlgas you won't believe it's such a tiger for performance— until you try it... at your Rambler dealer's , ’ . ’ I; i •