Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I DEAN OF MEN HAROLD K. WILSON Deon of Men QF

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f f f I X X f I X ! ! f I l l 1 if l, RESEARCH A AND ekriiiiislom HE research and extension programs carried on at the College aid both the Commonwealth and the Nation. The research program is supported by funds supplied by the State, the Ped- eral government, private industry, and the College. c. The Council on Research, headed by Dr. Harold K. Schilling, dean of the Craduate School, awards grants-in-aid to faculty members for specific research projects. The Council is directly re- sponsible to the President of the College. A variety of research projects is in- cluded in the programs of each of the eight undergraduate schools. Representative of research conducted at the Agricultural Experiment Station is work on far-reaching possibilities of food production with greatly reduced soil and water losses. revealed in trials 26 , If ff f Z, ff fff , ,ff Z . O 5-c in the improvement of grassland farm- ing. Such agricultural developments are of great significance to Pennsylvania, a state with over two million acres of plow- able pasture within its borders. The Cryogenic Laboratory of the S c hool of Chemistry and Physics is known for its research on properties of chemical compounds at low tempera- tures. Studies of compounds at temper- atures as low as 459 degrees below zero are made to determine their thermody- namic characteristics. This project is one of many carried on within the School. One of the most important research projects carried on in the School of Ed- ucation is the Instructional Film Re- search Program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the United States Army. The program. begun four years ago, determines effective qualities in educational motion pictures. Approximately 33,000,000 was appro- priated for research in the School of En- gineering during the past year. Grants made by the P e d e r a l government through the United States Navy fi- nanced work on the design and devel- opment of new torpedoes. Qther proj- ects centered on submarine propulsion. radio propagation, and improved build- ing materials for homes. The results of research in the School of Home Economics are transmitted throughout the Commonwealth. Bul- letins. news articles describing the test- ing of ascorbic acid in diet, a workshop on family financial management, and the Home Economics Spring VVeeliend are avenues from the research labora- tories of the School to communities of the State.