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

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3:. I!: One of the primary functions of the College is research and all of the Schools conduct extensive research programs. In addition to providing facilie ties for training graduate students, the research programs advance the boundaries of knowledge in all fields. Research activities are supported by special grants from state and federal agencies, private in- dustries and foundations, and by funds from the College. Research in dairy breeding means increased Durlng the past year, the CounCIl on Research, milk production for doirymen administering the Central Fund for Research, ap- proved funds for the promotion of 46 specific research projects. Actual control of the research program is han- dled within each School of the College but the Council on Research publishes two important re- ports: Research in Progress and Publications and Research and Other Contributions of the Penn- sylvania State College. While a very large part of the College's total expenditures goes into the support of research, re- sults from the program far exceed the costs. The results have included increased production in agri- culture and industry, the development of new prod- ucts and new uses for old products, and important new discoveries that are vital to the national defense of the country. fmwaWe-uwu '1 $ Geochemist studies mineral synthesis at high pressures and temperatures .. vl I. 'Hh ltl-Ilu... k wmltt-tmmh ., 163A5 ' 'thy. Pgl ' W 41 ' A l. ' a f Research '3 Eat ' 3 w A M 7.5. e la??? l 'tlt-I'X. l- . .. '1 . .,,. l 'v 1 WW? 5W 5xk$k9515k$1 Engineering research finds the solutions

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Important SOU rce materials in Library are now on microfilm the Periodicals in Library are a ready of reference for students College Library With the Completion 01 11 $1 500,000 north winu t0 the Fred Lewis Pattee Library build- i111!1 under the GLnerzll State Authority pro- 11111111 1953 is 11 1e111' 01 11111101 t11nt Growth 101 111L College Library. The new unit will incorporate 101.11 addi- tional 1011111110 11101115 each with improved livhting 111Ci1itiLs O111CC 11nd stag space, and 140 study C11r1e115. There 11150 will be new stacks with 11 C1ip11Cit11o 01 400 000 volumes, 11 sizeable 111C1'e11se over the present stacks which could no 10nge1 house the 370,000 volumes 01 the Library. In addition to the new facilities added to the Fred Lewis Pattee Library the Chemistry Library, now 10Lated 1n Pond Laboratory 111111 11111e new quarters in the Chemistr1 BLiilding now nearing completion under the General State Authorit11 program. The Class 01 1953 last year started a project to collect records 01 important musical pro- ductions and contribute them to the College Library. Titled, Greatest Shows 01 the C0111 tu1'11,u the collection has proved 11011111111 with students and it is hoped it will be possible to expand the collection. Many assignments are prepared in the Referen:e Room of the Library RALPH W. MCCOMB Librarian

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cw'enh Unwu. W '- h t . 'idwyytn 'IwWMMm e??? - I'M s t' 'nf . . -.t Extension N x :7 X h. ' ' 'Jlx , .9; 3 1w M V .wwmqmmtstrMszWWAb t gm. e Organized as a service to the people of the Commonwealth, the Extension program actually extends the resident facilities of instruction to com- munities throughout the State and carries new knowledge gained through research to the industry or individual who can apply the knowledge and benefit from it. The General Extension Service directs Extra- mural Class Instruction, including Day and Evening Technical Institutes, in cities throughout the State, operates Penn State Centers in heavilyepopulated r. areas of the State, has an active correspondence in- struction program, and sponsors conferences and institutes on the campus and at oH-Campus points. The program of the Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service is conducted through the agricultural and home economies extension representatives located in each of the counties of the State and through a Special extension staE on the campus. Short courses, conferences, and corre- spondence work also are a part of the program. I The Mineral Industries Extension Service forms .5. 31: 'L. '2: run ; N :u .;A..; 'pn. 4v; Ja-fu-s; vweuneem aw. .pnthxp-wav.va Classes in response to demands from communities and 05ers a broad program of vocationaletechnical, in-service, upgrading adult education as well as Proa'uction-manogemem is on of correspondence work. many subjects offered through Geierol Extension Men in the mining industry learn safety fundamentals through Extension Thousands attended Grasslands Field Day that climaxed 6th International Grossfond Congress