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

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11V Mum; m a xxxxtxtyxxxxxxxXx.' R ENDERING services to the community, the Common- wealth, and the Nation, the research program is recog- nized as one 01 the primary functions of the University. t W H t dinitninunu m i H r ?' 1. 2 ? s... :r More than 1,000 active research projects are continual- ly in progress in the nine Colleges of the. University with special emphasis on the training of graduate students. Funds for research come from special grunts by the State and the Federal government 215 well as. from private industry and foundations and from allotments from the University. Coordinating the research projects of the departments is the Council on Research, which has representatives from each major division 01 the University. Iltaded by Dr. Harold K. Schilling. dean of the Graduate School, the Council approved use of the Central Funds for Re- search for 58 specific projects during the past year. Grants- in-aid to faculty members for worthy projects are also made available through the research program. Results of research work are presented to the public in the annual bulletins, Research in Progress and P111711? cations and Research, as well as numerous seientihe and professional journals. The extensive research program is aimed toward hnd- ing the solutions to many problems confronting agricul- ture, business, industry, and government and toward the promotion 01' public service and the general welfare. Projects are underway in nutrition, educational policy and procedures, agricultural production, mineral conser- vation, community relatitmships, marketing methods, and in many other fields. Plans for the completion of the second floor of the Ordnance Research Laboratory. one of the research cen- ters 0n the campus, were announced last December. Development of a more efficient engine is the objective of this research project RESEARCH Ferrites are the subject for study on this 'ect, of the hundreds of projects that benefit the industries and people of Pennsylvania and the Nation

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Gifts of private collections, such 05 f e Bovord Renaissance Cellection, help to build a fine lerory The cord catalogue, located in the Fred Lewis Pattee Library, lists by subject matter and title, all volumes RALPH W. MCCOMB University Librarian UNIVERSITY llBRARY The University Library, with the new ad- dition now occupied, has approximately tripled the book storage capacity and doubled reading room facilities. Along with this addition, a number of auto- matic devices for delivering books were in- stallede-namely, a pneumatic tube system and an automatic book conveyer. The Library, when first established in 1858, contained 195 volumes. It has since grown to 390,000 books, fully catalogued, plus a large collection of documents, maps, and pamphlets. A recent acquisition has been a collection of about 500 volumes on the Renaissance, donated by an alumnus, Roy L. Bovard. The Library's London Times files, one of the best in the country, contain 550 volumes from 1809 to 1950. Branch libraries in the various Colleges have also undergone numerous Changes. The Chemistry and Physics collections have been combined in a library in the new Whitmore Laboratory Building. The research collections have also been strengthened in the branches. The Audio-Visual Aids Library contains motion picture films which are available for Classroom use, and, through the Extension services, are distributed throughout the Com- monwealth. Plans are now underway For special provi- sions for the new College of Business Admin- istration, and improved services for the Col- leges of Education and the Liberal Arts. Also, as a result of the new wing, the Cen- tral Library hopes to make more books acces- sible to students on open shelves.

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ann State pioneered in driver education ondtodoy the lnst;tut: 3f PUbll'C Safety conducts training in this field m 0 SEC Ion the United States and Canada ORGANIZED as a service to the people of the Com- monwealth, the Extension Services of the Unwersuy actually extend the resident facilitles .OE. Instructlon to communities throughout the State. T1115 15 done through class instruction, correspondence instruction, and mfor- mal instruction. Some 1,500 persons are enrolled for full-time college work under the extension services at the Penn State Centers at Altoona, DuBois, Hazleton, Ogontz, Potts- ville, and Behrend near Erie. More than 7,?00 take part- time evening class instruction, whlle approxxmately 6,000 others are enrolled for correspondence courses. The informal instruction program reaches hundreds of thousands annually through short courses, institutes, conferences, lectures, demonstrations, and the like. It was estimated that last year more than 2,000,000 persons were served by the film library alone. The General Extension program includes all exten- Sion activities except agriculture. Becauseof its highly specialized programs, and because of spend State ahd Federal grants, the Agricultural and Home Economlcs Extension operates separately. Short courses and confer- ences are held on the campus while correspondence courses enroll thousands in the home. County agricul- tural and home economics extension representatives are located in each of the counties of the State to further the program. New directors were named during the past year to head the extension programs Edward L. Keller was named director of General Extension to succeed J. Oner Keller, who retired, and Herbert R. Albrecht was named director of Agricultural and Home Economics Extension, succeeding J. Martin Fry, who also retired. Both appointments became efFeetwe July 1, 1953. EXTENSION . - - ion Instructors who conduct the mmerol. Indusltnes extenS Classes meet for a discussion of their wor County agents, a port of the . H e Agricultural and nomics Extension program, help the former and the homemaker with many of their everyday problems