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houses menagerie
DAVID KASZYCKI
Collegian Staff Writer
Penn State. like every good fariners
collegq, began with a barn full of animals and
119 years later the animals are still very
much a part of the University •
Under the divjsion of Animal Science in the
college of Agric!ulture, the University main
tains a poultry plant, sheep, beef and swine
barns as well as a stable of horses
The poultry plant
,is between the outdoor
swimming pool and Nittany halls and the
other barns are beyond Beaver Stadium
According to Glenn Kean. professor of
animal science. approximately 600 to 700
students see or have access to the domestic
animals "Mote students could have access to
them if they v. , Snted- to." Earl Kesler, pro
fessor of dairy sciefice. said
Classes involving the 40 University horses
remain the most popular classes, Kean said
Students may take classes in halterbreaking
and horse training as well as a more
generalized course. "Horse and Man."
David Nepp'( 11th-agriculture education) is
one of the students who work at the , beef
barns Nepp said he likes the hereford cattle
because they are an easy breed to work with.
"Animals are like peoile; they have their
own personalities." Nepp 'aid.
Jeff McKissick 7th-ani
,
t hree st udents living ana
barn, said he works'abo
t eel:ling and cleaning the p
McKissick said he must
hour before his first clas
plains a little about thew
really mind," he said.
Russ Cooper (sth-gen'
aught. disagree. One of
above the poultry plant
responsible for helping wi g
chickens, turkeys and guin l i
"There's too many chic
hem They don't have mu
said
The guineas are dumber than the
chickens They're easy to lead, but hard to
catch," he said) adding "they keep us
frustrated "
Kean said there are 9 to 10 courses in
volving cattle, sheep and swine half while
the animals are alive and half after they have
been killed
Students learn how to dehorn and castrate
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Judging. All animals used for teaching by the
`University eventually„end up on someone's
dinner table.
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Glenn Bressler, professor of poultry sci
ence, said his research is consumer and pro
duction-oriented. He said his work aims at
finding the least cost of producing eggs while
maintaining quality products.
'the average space for chickens in a coop
has been reduced from three feet to half a foot
in the last 25 years. Chicken cannibalism is a
problem that research has solved, Bressler
said.
According to Kesler, the cattle and swine
are divided into two herds purebred and
commercial. He said purebreds have tradi
tionally been a better quality meat, but the
difference in quality has largely disappeared.
Kesler said the domestic animals at Penn
State never had it so good. "We have very
good conditions. The animals are well fed and
all their needs are cared for," he said.
Like students, all cattle are given numbers.
The purebreds are given names such as Bim
bo,-Keller or Uranium.
al science one of
•orking at the swine
t 20 hours a week
ns of the 400 hogs.
:et up and work an
"Everyone corn
rk, but they don't
ral agriculture)
Ye students living
:.les room, his is
the upkeep of the
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ens to get to know•
.h personality," he
The meat carcases worked on in classes are
sold every Friday at the meat laboratorynear
Beaver Stadium. Eggs from the poultry plant
are sold on Fridays at the poultry plant sales
room. Milk from the dairy cattle is used by
the University Creamery.
Sat., Nov. 9, 8 p.m. at Hillel
"Our business is not to get attached to the
animals so we can sell them for the most
money," Kean said.
Kean said there are 20 to 25 research
programs involving horses, sheep and hogs.
Research with chickens deals with behavior,
genetics, physiology, management, nutrition
and food science.
Also like students, animals are provided
with medical services. The animal Ritenour
is the Animal Maintenance Center.
'Penn State provides more extensive care
(for animals) than an ordinary farm in the
country," said John Hokanson, professor of
veterinary science.
"We don't do experiments or torture, like
starving them," Kesler said. One cow has
been living for years with a hole in its
stomach through which the digestive tract is
studied.
Kesler said the sight might look bad, but the
animal feels no pain.
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his bid for a Democratic seat
in the U.S. House.
University Park Calendar
November 7-17, 1974
SPECIAL EVENTS
Thursday, November 7 Faculty Women's
Club Fall Lecture Luncheon, 12-1:30
p.m., Room 101 Kern. Frank Patrick on
"Recruiting Policies and Academic
Counseling of Football Players at Penn
State."
Thursday, November 7 FSHA 410 din
ner, "Austro-Hungarian Empire," 5:30
p.m., Maple Room, reservations required.
Thursday, November 7 "Homage to Erik
Satie," SurrealisM Concert of dance and
music, 8.30 p.m., Schwab.
Thursday-Saturday, Novgmber 7-9 Uni
versity Theatre, Surrealistic Celebration,
"The Breasts of Tiresias" and "The Wed-
ding on the Eiffel Tower," 8 p.m., Play-
Thursday-Saturday, November 7-9 Unl
versify Theatre; "Lemon Sky," 8 p.m
Pavilion Theatre.
Friday, November 8
Commonsplace
Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., Room 102 Kern.
Saturday, November 9 Artists Series,
The Royal Shakespeare Company, "The
SEMINARS
Thursday, November 7 Meteorology,
3:55 p.m., Room 26 Mineral Sciences.
Dr. J. H. E. Clark on "The Propagation
of Planetary Wave Energy in the Winter
Stratosphere." '
Thursday, November 7 Agronomy, 3:45
p m., Room 301 Ag. Administration. Chi-
cago American Society of Agronomy
Paper Presentation Previews.
Thursday, November 7 Physfi, 3:55
p.m., Room 117 Osmond. James L.
Friar, Brown University, on "Recent De
velopments in Nuclear Physics."
Thursday, November 7 Computer Sci
ence, 4 p.m., Room 101 Althouse. Dr.
Philip M. Lewis, General Electric Re
search and Development Center, on
"Approximate Algorithms for the Travel-
ing Salesperson Problem."
Thursday, November 7 Microbiology, 4
p m . S 2 Frear. Austin Newton on "De-
velopment In 'Caulobacter Crescentus'." ,
Thursday, November 7 Philosophy, 4
p m., Room 351 Willard. Jonathan Broi
do, NEH Interdisciplinary Post-Doctoral
MEETINGS
Thursday, November 7 A.A.O P, col
lective brgaining discussion, 11.45 a m.-
1:45 p.m., dining TOOM C, HUB. All
faculty.
Monday, November 11 OTIS, 6'30 p.m
Room 203 HUB.
Tuesday, November 12 ARHS, 7:30 p m
Room 309 Boucke.
Tuesday, November 12 University Fac
ulty Senate, 2:10 p.m., Room 1, Kern.
Wednesday, November 13 USGihAca
demic Assembly, 7.30 p.m., Room 311
BOucke.
Fifteen miles from Nana, on Mil/ isle of Maui, Hawaii, ■re the historic seven pools, which are shown In
Use slide collection of N. Thomas Hallowell, University trustee. The color slid., will be shown Wedneisday,
Nor. 13, at 7:30 p.m. In Room 101 Chambers Bldg.
YEEEEECH! not BARLEY again!
Hollow Crown;' 8:30 p.m., University
Auditorium.
Saturday, November 9 Sports: Cross
Country, vs. Pittsburgh, 11 a.m., White
golf course.
Sunday, November 9 Artists Series, The
Royal Shakespeare Company, "Pleasure
and Repentance," 8:30 p.m , University
Auditorium. presented by assistant director Tommie
Sunday, November 10 Chapel Service, Irwin, 8 p.m., Helen' Eakin Eisenhower
11 am , Eisenhower Chapel. The Rev- 'Chapel lounge, sponsored by AAUW
erend Charles L. Coleman, Program Di- travel study group.
rector, Religious Affairs. Wednesday-Thuradait, November 13-14
Sunday, November 10 Black Christian FSHA 410 dinner, African indoor picnic
Fellowship worship service, 11 am., and, Thursday, "First-Presidential Inau-
Black Cultural Center. gural Dinner," 5:30 p.m., Maple Room,
Tuesday-Saturday, November 12-16 Uni- Reservations required.
versity Theatre, "Lemon Sky," 8 p.m , Friday, November 15 Commonsplace
Pavilion Theatre. Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., Room 102 Kern.
Tuesday, November 12 Gallery Talk on ) aturday, November 16 Sports: Foot
" Living American Artists and the Figure"ball, vs. Ohio University, 1.30 p m., Bea
by William Davis, assistant director of ver Stadium. Band Day.
the Museum of Art, 1030 a.m.. Museum Sunday, November 17 Sports Cross
of Art. Country, Eastern USTFF Championships,
Wednesday, November 13 Artists Series White golf course, 11 a m.
Film Festival, "The Kid" and "The Idle
Fellow, on "More Tan Humean Skepti-
Thursday, November 7 = Statistics, 4 p.m.,
Room 75 Willard. James H. Matis, visit
ing professor, "On a Compartmental
Model for the Safety of Carcinogenic
Agents."
Friday, November 8 Physical Chemistry.
4 p.m., Room 333 Whitmore. James B
Anderson on "A Random Walk Game
Competition for LCAO-MO-SCF-CI-Etc.?"
Friday, November 8 Fuel Science, 1:30
p.m., Room 11144 Deike. Roger A. Stroh
low, aeronautical and astronautical en-
gineering, University of Illinois, on "Coal
Dust Combustion and Suppression."
Monday, November 11 Entomology, 4
p.m., Room 204 Patterson. Or. Jim V
Richerson on "The Sexual Behavior of
the Gypsy Moth" (film).
Monday-Tuesday, November 11-12 Bio
chemistry. 11:10 a.m.. Room 101 Alt
house. Dr. Robert C. Krueger, University
of Cincinnati Medical Center, on "Stud
ies on a Compact Type of Mammalian
Chromatin;" Tuesday, "Nuclear Ribonu
EXHIBITS
Museum of Art Living American Artists
and the Figure, Galleries A and C.
Twentieth Century Master Potters,• Gal
lery B.
Zotler Gallery Fiftieth Anniversary of
the Surrealistic Manifesto, Nov. 7.
Rare Books Room, Pattee Library Rare
books, manuscripts, letters, journals re
latad to Surrealist Movement.
Cultural Center, Walnut Bldg. "The
Black Presence in the Era of the Ameri
can Revolution, 1770-1800," a Smith
sonian Traveling Exhibit.
Kern Gallery Ken Kuhn, wall reliefs,
through November 9. D. Tracy Blumen
thal, paintings, through November 9.
Shirley Sturtz, watercolors, drawings,
opening November 10. -
Items to be included M Nis calendar should be sent to the editor,
Room 312 Old Main, by Thursday of the week preceding publication.
Class," Charlie Chaplin, 8:30 p.m., Uni
versity Auditorium.
Wednesday, November 13 "Hawaii, - col
or slide show by H. Thomas Fie Howell,
7.30 p.m., Room 101 Chambers;
Wednesday, November 13 Slide-Illus
trated talk on the Penn State Choirs
European tour through seven countries,
cleoproteins as Inhibitors of Mammalian
RNA Polymerase."
Monday, November 11 Genetics, 4 p.m.
Room 111 Tyson.- pr. Sally Dachtler
biology, on "Reverse Transcnptase: A
Review."
Tuesday, November I'2 Engineering
Acoustics, 4 p.m , Booirt 71 Willard. Les
lie D. Frank on "The Contributions of
Bark and Ground Absorptions to the At
tenuation of Radiated Vehicle Noise
Within a Forest."
Tuesday, November 12 Physiology,3 55
p.m., Breazeale Nuclear Reactor. Dr. W.
Jester, on "Biological Applications of
Neutron Activation Analysis."
Tuesday, November 12 Psychology, 7:30
p m., Room 101 Chambers. Dr. James
Martin on "Value: Its Place in a Unified
Theory of Mind."
Wednesday, November 13 Joint Physi
cal and Analytical Chemistry, 11:30 a.m.,
Room 333 Whitmore. M. S. B. Munson,
University of Delaware, on "Chemical
lonization Mass Spectrometry."
FILMS •
Thursday-Sunday, November 7-10 Cen
tre Cinema, "Slaughterhouse Five," 7:30
and 10 p.m. Thursday, Simmons Lounge,
Friday-Sunday, Room 105 Forum.
Friday-Sunday, November 8-10 South
Halls, "Butch Cassidy," 7.30 p m.. Redi-
ter D.
Friday-Sunday, November 8-10 East
Halls, "Effect of Gamma Rays," 7 30 and
10 p.m., Findlay Rec Room
Friday-Sunday, November 8-10 North
Halls, "Bonnie and Clyde," 7.30 and
. 0 10 p.m., Room 102 Forum.
Friday-Sunday, November 8-10 West
Halls, "Camelot," 7'30 and 10 p.m., War-
ing lounge.
Tuesday, November 12 Hetzel Union
Board, "Search for Ulysses." 11 a.m.,
HUB assembly room.
Friday-Sunday, November 15-17 South
Halls, "Sleeper," 7:30 and 10 p.m., Redl
y D.
,Slide show
H. Thomas Hallowell, member of the
University's Board of Trustees, has put to
gether a color slide show of the Hawaiian
Islands that will be shown Wednesday,
Nov. 13, in Room 101 Chambers Bldg.
Some 480 slides, taken during twelve an
nual trips Mr. Hallowell made to the Is
lands, will be shown.
The Color Slide Club and the College
of Arts and Architecture are sponsoring
the showing, which is free .and open
to anyone interested.
Mr. Hallowell pilots his own plane and
is an experienced photographer, although
his occupational position is chairman of
the board of Standard Pressed Steel Co.,
Jenkintown.
In addition to the traditional scenes of
Hawaii, such as a luau ; and native hula
dancers, there are scenes from isolated
native villages and of rugged terrain which
law travelers see. A highlight of the
shOw is a series of slides made while the
Hallowell helicopter was making an emer
gency crash landing because of engige
trouble.
The Daily Collegian Thursday, November 7. 1974-
Artists Series
t
Ann Firbank is one of the featured members of
the Royal Shakespeare Co. which will perform
"The Hollow , Crown" Saturday, Nov. 9, and "Plea
sure and Repentance' Noy. 10 in University Audi•
tenon,. at 6.30 p m., some tickets remain for the
Nov. 10 performance.
Thursday, November 14 Chemistry, 12:45
p.m , Room 333 Whitmore. Stuart A.
Rice. University of Chicago.
ThUrsday, November 14 Microbiology, 4
p m., Room 52 Frear. Gerald R. Fink on
':The Integration of Amino Acld Biosyn
thesis into the Cell Cycle of yeast."
Thursday, November 14 Agronomy, 3:45
p.m., Room 301 Ag. Administration. Dr,
Henry Fortmann, Agr. Exp. Sta., on
"Agronomic Regional Research of the
Northeast."
Thursday, November 14 Statistics, 4
p m., Room 75 Willard. A. M. Gross, Bell
Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., on "Con
fidence Interval Robustnesss with Long-
Tailed Symmetric Distributions."
Thursday, November 14 Astronomy, 2:30
p m., Room 445 Davey Lab. Sabatino
Sofia (U. of South Florida, U. of Ro
chester). on "Gamma Ray Bursts: Are
They Matter-Antimatter Events?"
Friday, November 15 Engineering Acous
tics, 4 p.m, Room 362 Willard. Dr. J.
Szilard. Loughborough University, Eng
land, on "Ultrasonic Research at Lough
borough University."
OFFICIAL
Friday, November 15 Last day for sign
ing Emergency Loans for Fall Term.
WPSX highlights
Sotorday, Nov. 9 Fdin, "Love' (1927) with
Greta Garbo. John Gilbert, 10 P 111
Sunday, Nov. 10 Film. •The Monster," comedy
thriller, with Lon Chaney, Sr, 6 p m
Sunday, loy. 10
documentary on communica•,on by sense of
smell, 7 30 P M.
Monday, Nor. 11 Yehudt Menuho pe,torreance,
"At Wolf 'flap," B p m
Wednesday, Nov. 13 Beam Philharmonic playing
Bach s "Suite No 2" and Beethoven s "Symph-
ony No 5," 9 vin.
Thursday, Nov. 14 Pennsylvania Magazine, 730
pm , and documentary a: 9 pm , on "The
Elders '
HUB specials
Sunday, Nov. 10 Dinner, chopped steak, 3159
supper. lasagne. SI 22.
Monday, Nor. 11 Lunch. galled cheese sand
wich, scup. S 76. supper, chicken brunswick
=MEI
Tuesday, Nov. 12 Lunch, hot roast meat sand
wich, St 07, dinner, sweet and sour pork with
rice, 51.09
Wednesday, Nov. 13 Lunch, bar-b-que on bun,
soup. $79, dinner, saltsbury steak, 51.38.
Thursday, Nov. 14 Lunch, creamed beef on
muffin, soup, S 111; dinner, stuffed flank steak,
St 66.
Friday, Noy. 15 Lunch. fishwich with slaw. soup
Si 05. dinner, Italian shrimp and macaroni. 51.23.
Saturday, Nov. 16 Lunch. Chili con carne, $64
dinner, spaghetti. 51.17
CALENDAR DEADLINE
Information is being collected now for
the Winter Term Calendar which will
appear in the issue of December 5.
The deadline for receipt of this mater
ial in Room 312 Old Main is November
20. linartments should consider list
ing their seminars and colloquiuma
(date, limb and place) even though final
details 'lave not been developed.