61 10 650 https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/c11686e054bf83b4820c769328842e1e.pdf 45a91d82d3af3bf09fd1e373256a64c7 PDF Text Text . Vol. 1, No.3 October 25, 1957 Compiled weekly by Information Service, Southwestern Illinois Residence Office, Southern Illinois University, for the staff members of the Residence Centers, the Newsletter is made possible by the cooperation of staff members who have contributed news items. F-A-C-U-L-T-Y N-E-W-S~L-E-T-T-E-R Next week Thursday afternoon the Southern Players Touring Company of SIU will present "She Stoops to Conquer" at the Alton Residence Center. The student players, organized six years ago, spend the entire fall quarter touring southern Illinois. During this quarter the students-all juniors or seniorstake no other subjects. Each player gets to play several different parts during the quarter and also takes his turn as make-up man. The players even make some of their own costumes and scenery so that when they go out later as teachers they ~ how to direct school plays. There will be no admission charged for the performance at the Alto.n Residence Center which is open to students and faculty. In other towns; where they are sponsored by civic groups, they get a percentage of the box office receipts. The idea is to break even, according to Jess W. Turnbow, who handles their booking from his office in Carbondale. One of the players acts as business manager, handling all of their fiscal matters, and a graduate student drives the bus which carries them and their scenery. Dr. Archibald McLeod, Speech Head, Carbondale campus, selects the plays presented by the group, and he or other members of the speech department travel with them. Chelsea Bailey, supervisor, Division of Technical and Adult Education, told the East St. Louis Rotary Club Wednesday about his more than two years in Iraq. Bailey, a rotarian, was one of the three organizers of the Rotary Club in Baghdad in 1955. He says that on their first ladies' night only the wives of Americans and other Westerners showed up. On the next ladies' night a few Iraqi wives attended; but on the ladies' night held just before Bailey returned to the United States, two-thirds of the wives were present. Bailey pointed out that Baghdad is a city of contrasts. While it has beautiful homes, half of the people live in mud huts much as they did at the time of Christ, except that they have kerosene stoves now. Baghdad is surrounded by desert. Its temperature goes to 126 in the summer, and there is no rain from May until October. Last week Dean Willis G. Swartz, Graduate School, Carbondale, District Governor of Rotary, addressed the same club. · Rotarian Swartz was introduced by Rotarian Harold See. �- 2 A picnic for the students and staff of the East St. Louis Center is scheduled for this evening at the Grand Marais Club House, 6:30 - 11:00. According to the office of the park, the route is as follows: Take State Street north to 73rd. Go right on 73rd to the main entrance of Grand Marais Park. Follo\v signs to parking lot for club house on island. Tom Evans, student affairs, East St. Louis, said yesterday that a wiener roast (as well as non-meat refreshments), will be followed by juke box dancing. This is the first all-student activity planned by the student advisory committee introduced at the 11:00 a.m. assembly at the State Street Baptist Church. Dr. Laurence Mceyeny, Qhysics, Alton, told the Alton Kiwanis Club Tuesday that the Russian satellite, Sputnik, although it is being pulled by the earth, is moving no closer to the earth. Reason: It is traveling 18,000 miles per hour in a line perpendicular to the straight-down motion. (Physicist McAneny will draw a picture for anybody who cannot understand this simple explanation -- ed.) Next week Faculty Newsletter will report on two talks Dr. Eric Baber is giving Monday one before the Alton Rotary Club and the other before the Alton Chapter of AAUW. Dr. Robert '~· Duncan, English, Alton, gives a sermon this corning Sunday morning in the Unitarian Church on Third Street. Topic: "Religion of Robert Frost". Duncan, who cam to SIU from the University of Wichita, has been interested in Frost for ten years. He has just had an article published on "Byron and the London Literary Gazette" in the fall issue of the Boston University Studies in English. Duncan also writes for money. His short story "I Flew through Hell for Love" which originally appeared in the magazine Air Facts in June is being republished in Air Force Magazine. He lives with his wife and three husky sons at 2918 College, Alton, Illinois. : ..... -------·· ',·------ ----- Newsletter this week secured a copy of the talk on Supermart Culture that Professor William Going presented before the St:. Clair County Institute of Junior and Senior High School Teachers at Mascoutah two weeks ago. (Going, who was invited to give the talk on the recommendation of our executive dean, was later pressured for a cut of the profits when the dean found that be was being paid hard cash for the talk. Newsletter in the interest of possible faculty action in the matter is bringing the whole-sordid affair to light -- ed.) , Going· pointed out in his address to the institute that fashions in culture, like fashions in clothes, shift and change, and he cited the comic strips as perhaps one of the most popular forms of mass communication today. Are they cultural? Going says one thing is certain: they follow some of the same patt~rns as do works that we usually call cultural. �... - 3 - For example, Dagwood's appeal is the attraction of daily doings, and in Dick Tracy the exotic is everywhere and there is romance. Then there is Lil' Abner, where Al Capp satirizes Liberace as Loverboynik, General MacArthur as General Bullmoose, etc. These three strips are excellent prototypes of realism, romanticism, and satire -- three of the standard patterns of so-called literary culture. (Using these strips as springboards and items for analyses in the teaching of literature and social studies is often more profitable than fighting them.) Not only the comics but jazz, bebop, and rock-and-roll have the mass appeal of popular art. Are they cultural? Again, certain of the basic elements of classic music are present in each of these. Jazz relies monotonously on the principle of syncopation, and rock-and-roll centers on the fortissimo downbeat with iteration ad nausium. "Is a canvas sprinkled with white sand, containing one black dot, and labeled ''Infinity" a real work of art?" asks Going . "One thing is certain. Such a picture makes the beholder think, and its negativeness challenges his positive world." In the last centry Matthew Arnold in Culture and Anarchy spoke of the individual perfection toward which one should aim. His successor, T. S. Eliot in Notes toward the Definition of Culture concludes that no perfection in any one of the several activities of culture, to the exclusion of others, can confer culture on anybody. The wholly cultured individual is a phantasm; and we are driven in the end to find culture in the pattern of a society as a whole, Culture then may be described as that which broadens the choices of life. Accord~ng to Eliot, " Culture is what justifies other peoples and other generations in saying, when they contemplate the remains and the influence of an extinct civilization, that it was worthwhile for that civilization to have existed." On the relation between culture and education Going says: "In our rush to educate everybody in everything, we are lowering our standards, and more and more abandoning the study of those subjects by which the essentials of our culture -of that part of it which is transmissible by education -- are transmitted." He says that the proliferation of courses must be weighed carefully, and that the teacher must exercise all of his ingenuity to teach in depth and breadth. Like the size and variety of our supermarkets, the skills and knowledge of the present-day world increase and multiply at an alarming rate. Going concludes that fn the final analysis he is a cultured human being who is highly skilled in some one art or science, trade or profession; and who is aware of the values of other arts and trades. We can no longer bow the knee to an art appreciation course as the place where culture is handed out, we can no longer worship the college degree as a guarantee of culture. The cultured individual is dependent upon the culture of a group or class and the culture of that group or class is dependent upon the culture of the whole society to which it belongs. The great artist does not emerge in a cultural vacuum. This fact is at once the hope and the elusive challenge of all public education. Going quoted from the Postheumous Fables of the late William March, whose last novel The Bad Seed was originally produced by Hollywood. Professor Going is in the process of editing "Ninety-Nine Fables by Hilliam March" for a university press. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty News Bulletin October 1957, Vol. 1, No. 3 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 1957 https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/5a91252d6b8fe01db87a2ba1618e5a08.pdf 1c77f507ced38b24f6043ca93b8f119d PDF Text Text 1958~ VoL. II, No.2 CONPILED NONTHLY BY INFOR NATION SERVICE, SOUTH WEST ERN ILLINOIS RESIDENCE OFFICE, SOUTHERN ILLI NO IS UNIVERS IT Y , FOR THE STAFF NENBERS OF THE RESIDENCE CENTERS, THE NEWS LETTER IS NADE P OSS IBLE BY THE COO PERAT ION OF STAFF !1E ffBE RS WHO HAVE CONTR I BUTED NEWS I TE!1S. F A C UL T Y N E lv S L E T T E R Bear to Give Keynote Address at District Meeting Dr. David Bear, education, Alton, is scheduled to give the keynote address at tomorrow's district meeting of the Illinois Junior High School Association; topic: &vakening a Zest for Learning. His speaking engagements during October: "Recent Research Pertaining to Phonics Instruction in the First Grade, " before the Fall meeting of the East Alton Classroom Teachers' Association; and "The Work of Laymen in the Church," at a men's group, First Presbyterian Church, Edwardsville. Steinkellner Analyzes Texas Statistical Reports Dr. Robert H. Steinkellner, education, East St. Louis, in a two-page article in September's TEXAS SCHOOL BO&~D JOURNAL gives an analysis of figures in the Texas Education Agency's ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORTS which sho~v an annual attrition of at least 27,000 pupils between grades 1 and 2 in the public schools of Texas; title: Are School Boards "Selective"? Steinkellner came to SIU this Fall from Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Texas. Estey Lectures on Buddhism Kenneth F. Estey, .Director of Shurtleff Baptist Foundation, gave an illustrated lecture on Buddhism at Alton's Y\oJCA on October 10, using filmstrips produced by "Time Incorporated", 1957. Duncan Outlines Technology-Humanities Battle Dr. Robert Duncan, evening college supervisor, Alton, and language and fine arts division head for the centers, read a paper before the annual Fall meeting of the St. Clair County Teachers' Association on October 10. Entitled "The New God, " the paper dealt with the present battle between technology and the humanities. ----------------------------------Mens Sana in Corpe Sano The Alton Center played host to the annual Fall meeting of the Illinois Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (Southwestern Division) on October 27. Welcoming the group to the campus, Dr. John J. Glynn, director, acknowledged the important role played by IAHPER members in the development of a sound mind in a sound bpdy. Miss Babette Marks, PEI..J and health, Alton, talked on "Teaching the Fundamentals of a ~ound Rythms Program" and Dr. Howard C. Nesbitt, PEM, Alton and East St. Louis, and Dr. Hilliam H. Shea, English, Alton, discussed the planning and executing of a good physical education program. ----------------------------------- �- 2 - Pianist Here November lLf Dr. Steven Barwick, associate professor of piano at Southern Illinois University, will play a concert engagement at Alton on Friday, November 14. Barwick's engagement at SIU's Alton Residence Center auditorium-- open to the public - \•J ill feature Schubert, Beethoven, Finney, and DeBussy. It will begin at 8:30p.m. 1 . A former student and continuing disciple of famed concert pianist Claudio Arrau, Barwick has been a member of the SIU music department faculty since 1955. He taught previously at Harvard, Radcliffe, Blue }buntain College, the University of Pittsburgh and Western Kentucky State College. The winner of many awards, prizes, fellowships, and scholarships, he studied at Cce College \·J ith Max Daehler; in Rochester, N.Y., with Cecile Genhart; in Boston with Beveridge Hebster; in Paris with Lazare Levy, and in New York with Rafael de Silva and Arrau. He received a masters degree from the Eastman School of Music and a doctorate from Harvard Un-iversity. ----------------------------------Top Saxophonist Here November 12 Sigurd RAscher, universally recogni ~ ed as the world's greatest saxophonist, will be at Southern Illinois University's Alton Residence Center for two engagements November 12. The Shuskan, N.Y., virtuoso, \vhom critics in America and Europe have hailed as a "phenomenal musician," will meet vJith SIU students and pupils from high schools and junior high schools of four counties in an informal lecture-clinic at 4:00 p.m. · At 8:00 p.m. he will be presented in a clinic-recital, open to the general public as well as to students. One of the few saxophonists lmovm primarily for his ~vork in serious music, he has demonstrated his talent to audiences in every quarter of the globe. His appear nces include performances with such orchestras as the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Royal Philharmonic (London), BBC Symphony, London Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, and Prague Philharmonic. Rascher Hi 11 be presented in a Tmm Hall Recital in Ne\v York City on November 9. A clarinettist at the Academy of Music at Stuttgart, Germany, Rascher discovered the possibilities of the saxophone as a respectable instrument for serious musical purposes vlhile playing in dance bands to earn money to pay ·for his education. Dr. Taylor to Review Book for Post-Dispatch Dr. Harion Taylor, English, Alton, has been asked to revie\v Anne Chamberlain's THE D&~KEST BOUGH for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. An author in her own right, Mrs. Taylor saH her first novel, WHIZ, published by Geoffrey Bles, London, in 1954, and AMERICAN GEISHA, a book of impressions about Japan, published by the same firm, in 1956. Her publications on Shakespeare include "Lord Cobham and THE NIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES" and "Lord Cobham and Shakespeare's Duchess of Glouchester" in the SHAKESPEARE ASSOCIATION BULLETIN, (Vol. VIII, Numbe~ 3 and 4, and Vol. IX, Number 3) and "Shakespeare and Gloucestershire" in THE REVIEH OF ENGLISH STUDIES, (Vol. yii, Number 26.) Children's verse plays by Dr. Taylor appeared in collections of NON-ROYALTY PLAYS edited by N. Jagendorf .and Hilliam Ko z lenko, published by Greenberg in 19l;-2 and 19Mf; and in PLAYS magazine for Harch, 1943. Adult plays: "Bargain Rack," "Ghost to Ghost," and "The Dilly Dehaunting Agency," appeared in other collections of NON-ROYALTY PLAYS published by Greenberg. (The first · \·Jas published in 19L>3. FACULTY NEWSLETTER has no publication dates for the second and third.) �v - 3 Dr. Taylor to Review Book for Post-Dispatch (Cont'd.) Articles of hers were published in Pk'<..ENTS' HAGAZ INE for 19l:3 and in BABY TALK (Harch, 19Lf5 and Vol. IX, Number 10,) and she has so ld a number of short stories to HcClures Syndicate and the teen age publication SCOOP put out by the publishers of the LADIES HOHE JOURNAL. Her pulp publications, on which she has made more money than on any of the others, are not listed. ----------------------------------Women's Club to Hear Explorer Hrs. H. G. H. Latham, explorer and Hi ld animal collector, Hill be the speaker at the November 20 meeting of the Faculty Homen's Club. The meeting, to be held this month .in the Edwardsville National Dank Building, corner of St. Louis Street and Route 159, Ed\·Jardsvi lle, wi 11 begin at l: 00 p.m. Hrs. Latham, who has captured \vild animals for zoos, started exploring the wilds while her husband, now a field manager for Olin Mathieson's explosives division, was seeking mine sites in Canada for an English firm. Programs for the year \..Jill be di str ibuted at the meeting. Kathryn Van Horn is holding various items left by faculty members at the Rock Springs Park picnic earlier this month. Mrs. Buddemeyer Lectures on German Expressionist Art Hrs. Evelyn Buddemeyer, art, Alton, gave an illustrated lecture on German Expressionist Art before the Columbia, Illinois, Homen's Club on October 16. Mrs. Buddemeyer, council member of the Hestern Arts Association for the past two years, has served also on the constitutional committee of the National Art Education Association. ·. Bond Issue up for Approval November t, Taxpayers may save money by approving the proposed state bond issue at the November 4 election, according to the Joint Alumni Council of state-supported universities in Illinois. In "The Closing College Doorn, a question and ans,ver summary on the $2L:.8 million bond issue which would provide critically needed buiidings for state schools and hospitals, the Council indicates that the principal and interest could be paid out of current revenue at the estimated rate of $14 million per year over a 25 year period -- an average of $1.(8 per person. Without the bond issue, a tax increase probably will be necessary if building needs are to be even partially met, the Council points out. Also noted is · the fact that buildins costs have risen more than 700 per cent since 1913, and there is no indication that this trend has reached a turning point. Thus, buildings erected 10 years from nou might cost far more than principal and interest nmv. More important than the cost, says the Council, is the fact that present state college enrollments of 156,636 are expected to rise rapidly to 27L, ,OOO by 1970, and 344,000 by 1977. The question then is hmv can more and more students be accepted when ~tate schools even now are using hundreds of temporary buildings in efforts to cope with present enrollments. One of the Council's major points is that the need for buildings is now not 10 or 20 years from nmv - beacuse lack of space already is :; closing the college door" to many young persons. �Dr. Kilchenmann' s Article on Hesse Published Dr. Ruth J. Kilchenmann, German and French, Alton, has an article in the current issue of the KENTUCKY FOREIGU LANGUAGE JOURNAL (Vol ,., V, Number 2). The article, entitled "Der Stil Hesses als Ausdruck seiner Personlichkeit," is the outgroHth of a paper she presented at the Tenth University of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in 1957. Dr. Kilchenmann and Dr. R. J. Spahn, German, East St. Louis, will attend the annual meeting of the Illinois Modern Language Teachers Association tomorrmv at Urbana. Dr. Kilchenmann reports 21 ne'"' AAUP members at Alton thin year. November Events Not Listed on Monthly Calendar November 5: Homen's Club Executive Board Meeting 3204 Hest Main Street Belleville, 10:30 a.m. November 8: Square Dancing for faculty Alton campus gym, 8:00p.m. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty News Bulletin October 1958, Vol. 2, No. 2 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 1958 https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/b64447dfd9aa9a608ba70fc817f37dbc.pdf c62d790562d12ac509b65ab1ada17762 PDF Text Text FACULTY �OcTOBER, VoL. 1959 III~ No.1 F. A C' U L T Y . N E ll S BULL E TI N I Southern Illinois University's SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS CAMPUS ! Mildred Arnold, Editor Room 234, Broadview Hotel Bridge 4-2100, Ext. 5 REPORT ON WORK OF COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS CAMPUS, 1958-59 Because of the difficulty of arranging joint faculty meetings for a faculty scattered over two counties and teaching 14 hours of the day, I am taking this method of summarizing the year's work of the councils and committees of the Southwestern Campus. No mention is made here of the local committees at the centers; this summary contains material only from those committees with representatives from both Alton and East St. louis--committees that will probably become the nucleus of the standing committees of this campus. Individual reports were submitted by the chairmen and/or secretaries of the committees. Where appropriate, I have added comments indicating what has been done about the suggestions and recommendations of the committees. It is my belief that much good work was accomplished through the joint meeting of these committees. Progress was made toward the solution to some of our problems, and situations that seemed insoluble at the moment were more clearly understood by all concerned. I wish to thank all those who gave their time and energy to this necessary work. These same committees have been reconstituted for the academic year 1959-60, with the addition of one new committee on the Honors Program and the Superior Student. Some of the same members have been asked to serve again; some have been given a year's "reprieve"; some new members have been added. I hope every member of the faculty will feel free to suggest problems and solutions that should be considered by this year's Councils and Committees, while we are still in the process of developing our academic and faculty structure. William T. Going, Dean ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL The Administrative Council met often during the 1958-59 year; two meetings were attended by the entire administrative staff of the Southwestern Campus. Among the more important items discussed were those on the budget, salaries, promotions, the pattern of organizational development of the unified campus, and the use of television. Perhaps the most important item discussed at any of the Administrative Council meetings was that of budget as related to the expanding operations and the needs for the 1959-61 biennium. John Schnabel, Secretary FACULTY COUNCIL The Faculty Council met regularly during the academic year, with meetings held almost every two weeks, the first being on October 30, 1958. Among the more important discussions by the council were those dealing with faculty service load, philosophy of �- 2 - summer appointments, philosophy for the central campusJ the educational philosophy of the center~, ·the textbook rental system, th~ status df the unclassifiad student, the general studies program, television as an education medium, classroom and library facilities, student advisement, the honor's program, and faculty welfare and promotion. Of the items discussed, those of the general studies program and the philosophies of the Southwestern Illinois Campus will be under continuous study during the summer months and the coming year. The reports of all committees concerned with academic matters have been revised by the Council and in many cases passed on to the faculty for consideration at faculty meetings. The Faculty Council also approved the addition of a new course to the curriculum, Physics 103, to be offered at Alton and East St. louis. It would be difficult to indicate which of the actions the Faculty Council proposed would be considered as most important during the year's activities, as each had its own parti~ular significance in the development of the new campus. John Schnabel, Secretary GRADUATE COUNCIL The Graduate Council held four meetings. Two subcommittees presented reports, the Subcommittee on Clinical and Laboratory Fa cilities and the Subcommittee on General Standards and Requirements. Both reports were adopted by the Council. The major recommendations of the Report of the Subcommittee on Clinical and Laboratory Facilities were: a. to establish clinical facilities to serve the graduate programs in guidance and special education and the undergraduate program in psychology; b. to establish a summer reading clinic in the summer of 1960. The major recommendations of the Report of the Subcommittee on General Standards and Requirements were: a. to abolish the distinction between conditional and unconditional admission with students being granted or denied full admission; b. to permit no graduate student to enroll as an a uditor in a course without the .written permission of the instructor and under no condition grant credit to a g raduate student for a course in which he has been enrolled as an auditor; c. to admit students to the Graduate School only with the following qualifications: (1) graduation from a fully-accredited four-year instituion of higher learning; (2) a percentile rank of 60 or better in all entrance examinations for which undergraduate norms ar e used, or a �- 3 - percentile r a nk of 25 or better in all entrance exams for which graduate norms are used; (3) an overall under g radu a te grade-point average of at least 3.5 (based upon a five point top computation), or a gradepoint ave rage of at least 3.7 in the last two academic years of undergraduate study, or a grade-point ave r~ge of at least 4.0 in the student's major field; OR (1) d. graduation from any four-year institution of higher learning; a percentile rank of 70 or better in all entrance examinations for which under graduate norms a re used, or a percentile rank of 35 or better in all entrance examinations for which graduate norms are used; to require candidates for graduate d egrees in secondary education to take at least 50 per cent of their course work in their major academic field. The major motions passed by the Council \vere: a. that no graduate student (classifi ed or unclassifi e d) be permitted to enroll without having his advi s ement cards signed by a graduate adviser; b. that in elementary e ducation an d in administration-supervision we request a full graduate program in the centers; c. that, since the graduate a nd unde rg radu ate programs in guidance and special education cannot expand without clinical f a cilities, the University enter negotiations with the Madison County Me ntal Health Board in setting up a clinical facility on the Alton campus; d. that the Graduate Council go o n rec o rd favoring the use of budgetary funds to establish a limited number of g raduate assistantships and/or fellowships. leonard Wheat, Cha irma n ·, (Comment: Motions~ and~ have been started toward implementation. Motion~ is under consideration by the Gr a duate School a nd the Unive rsLty Administration. Mo tion ~can be initiated when suitable candidates present themselves--there is, of course, a close relationship between items t an d~· The a ppointment of Mr. Wheat as Assistant to the Dean for Graduate Studies will speed the develop ment of graduate work in those areas where it is practicable in the best interests of our campus. WTG) ATHLETIC COUNCIL Primarily there were four thin gs accomplished by the Athletic Council during the first year of its operation. (l) Establishment of creditable a thletic programs on an intercollegiate basi s . This was accomplished by having varsity basketball at both centers, and varsity tennis and golf a t the Alton Cen te r. (2) Establishment of standards to be adher e d to by students and supervisory personnel in the various a spects of the pr ogram, notable among which is �- 4 .. the requirement that all participating students must have_and maintain an overall "C" average for their college work as a full-t1.me student. (3) Establishment of a healthy, educational environment for the conduct of an athletic program that is benefici a l to the students, the University, and the supervisory personnel concerned. (4) Plans to study the entire extra-curricular activities program beginning in the fall of 1959. Both centers were well within their budgets with respect to the University athletic funds, it was reported at the March 19, 1959, meeting. This is commendable when it is understood that both centers had to outfit their teams completely on the funds available this past year. Howard C. Nesbitt, Secretary ADMISSIONS COHMITTEE The Admissions Committee had its annual meeting on June 4. The committee discussed the general philosophy of admissions at Southern Illinois University, the unclassified student category and late admissions. A review of the present application forms brought several suggested changes from the commi ttee which will be incorporated in the new application blanks. John Schnabel, Secretary COMHUNITY RELATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE The Community Relations and Publications Committee held its meetings informa lly in conjunction with the Administrative Council, where community relations and publications were discussed. Information Service reported th a t an average of five news releases per week were prepared and that newspapers of the area carried an average of six inches per issue of stories and editorials on SIU, 25 per cent as front-page material. Stories concerning the University appeared at least t wice a month in n ews papers throughout the state. Area newspapers used slightly over 50 per cent of the photos submitted. SIU took part in four television programs during the year (a side from TV courses) and University activities formed part of si x TV and an undertermined number of radio newscasts. This year's publications (printed materi a l other than office forms) comprised 44 separate items. Raymond J. Spahn, Chairman STUDENT ADVISEMENT COMMITTEE The Student Advisement Committ ee held sev en meetings during the year. The committee recomme nds the establishment of an Academic Advi semen t Office, headed by a Chief Adviser who would be assisted by faculty members in the varicus academic areas of the �- 5 Sou~hwestern Illinois Campus. The basic functions of the Academic Advisement Office would be to develop a system of advisement in which the Office would itself be the coordinating organization in the advisement procedure. The faculty of the divisions would advise those students who are working toward a degree or associate degree and have declared their majors, while the Office \vould advise those students who · have not declared their ~ajor or who are not working towa rd a de gree, di p l oma or certificate. S. D. lovell, Chairman (Comment: Mr. Sturley and Mr. Byrd have been appointed chief ac a demic advisers at Alton and East St. Louis, respectively. Already the advisement program has begun to take shape, as the Committee suggests. WTG) TELEVISION-RADIO COMMITTEE During the year, the Television and Radio Committee held six meetings and a number of informal conferences for the purpose of analyzing and evaluating television instruction generally in relation to the SIU development in this area . A report on April 27 summarized the major work of the committee during the year and carried several recommendations, the most si gnificant being that the University seek a grant from the Ford Foundation for support of a program of credit offerings via KETC commencing in September. The administration, following favorable consideration of the recommendation by the Faculty Council, negotiated with the Ford Foundation and received a commitment for grants to cover instructional salaries in the areas of sociology and speech, with televised instruction in those areas to commence in September. The committee retains an interest in the possibilities of closed-circuit television for the Alton and East St. louis campuses and eventually for the Edwardsville campus. The committee sees a developing opportunity for using commercial radio and television sta tions for instructional purposes. Some academic divisions were not represented on the committee during the year; the committee can be strengthened by bro ade r representation in the future. Clifton Cornwell, Chairman (Comment: The "commitment" has now become reality: a grant of $38,460 from the Ford Foundation will enable us to offer basic courses in speech and sociology via KETC over a three-year period. This should prove a valuable experiment in the utilization of a new mass-media technique of communication. WTG) LIBRARY COMMITTEE The Library Committee sees its function as th a t of suggesting broad policy; it does not attempt to tell the librarians how to administer the library. The following suggestions are taken from the minutes of our meetings. (1) A union catalogue should be established as soon as possible. All cards should be made in triplicate, one for Alton, one for East St. louis, and one for Edwardsville. (2) Since it costs several dollars t o·catalogue a book, it is suggested th,at pamphlets and other ephemeral instructional material be handled by the instructor involved until special provision can be made for such material. �- 6 (3 ) The libraries should conce ntrate their f unds on books of lasting value. We are starting from scratch in most areas and cannot a fford to buy books th a t a re not carefully select e d. (4) The librarians report that the f aculty members have been helpful in their suggestions of books a nd periodicals to be acquired. 1-Je hope the faculty will continue to turn in lists of books and periodicals. Eric Sturley, Chairman (Comment: With the appointment of Mr. Forrest as Coordin a tor of Libraries for 1959-60 and with a central staff for book processing and cataloguing, it should be possible to implement all the suggestions of the Libr a ry Committee. Our library staff has been increased by three professional and four or five civil service positions. WTG) FACULTY w"ELFARE AND PROMOTION COMMI TTEE The Faculty Welfare and Promotion Committee h as dealt with two important problems: Promotion and Academic Load. Since both these reports have been placed in the h a nds of all faculty members, they will not be summarized here. (Additional copies can be obtained from the committee.) Laurence McAneny, Chairman (Comment: The administration of the Southwestern CJ mpus approves Section I of the report dealing with promotion, a nd the recommended methods and mechanics will be followed so long as they a re not in conflict with the procedures of the Of f ice of the President. The administration does not app rove items 1 and 2 o f the Academic Load recommendations of an across-the-board t we lve-hour teachin g load and further reduction for research, a dvis ement, e tc. The academic load in the administration 1 s belief must consist of three or four courses with suitable reductions for ap prove d research projects, administrative tasks, etc .-- separately considered for each individual case. In re gard to Item 3, the administration will provide secretarial help in the form of secretarial pools and student assistants in l abo ratories where there is sufficient justification and bud ge t ary funds available. WTG) STUDENT ACADEMIC CONDUCT COMMITTEE The Student Academic Conduct Committee met in Decemb er and in April. Three policies were written--Student Absences, Off-Cdmp us Trips and Student Academic Conduct (which pertains to cheating in examinations a nd practicin g pl ag iarism). Brief statements of these policies are listed below: Student Academic Conduct It is the policy of the Residence Centers that students a re expected to take examinations and qui zzes in an ethical manner. Students are expected to accomplish their assignments outside of the classroom without copying from other students or practicing plagiarism. Disciplinary action will be taken against students who violate this policy. A Student Conduct Committee will be a ppoi nte d b y the Director at each Center. This Committee shall be composed of three faculty members. This Committee shall review �- 7 - information and evidence submitted to it by instructors \vho suspect students of violating the above policy, and shall recommend to the Dean of Instruction what action should be taken with cases it has reviewed and discussed. The Supervisor of Student Affairs will act as a coordinator between the Committee and the involved instructor. The Supervisor of Student Affairs shall have the responsibility of diagnosing any further problems that the student may possess, and provide him adequate counseling and/or make appropriate referrals. Off-Campus Trips Students may participate in off-campus trips which are a requirement for a course, as well as off-campus trips which are not a requirement for a course; such as, athletic contests, debating contests and Student Council activities. However, the student has the responsibility of determining whether the activity he plans to attend will be of equal or more value to him than attending the classes from which he will be absent; also, whether or not his grades are high enough that he can afford to be absent from his classes without injuring his academic progress. Students will be held responsible for any classwork missed while participating in off-campus trips, and will notify their instructors two days in advance that they are going to be absent. Absences All day and evening students reported for excessive absences will be contacted by the ·student Affairs Office. Explanation of the absences and action taken with day students will be reported to the instructor by the Office of Student Affairs. Explanation of absences and action taken with evening students will be reported by the Evening College Office. All three policies, and procedures for executing the policies, were submitted to the Directors of both Centers for their recommendations. The Directors' recommendations were considered by the Committee, and appropriate recommendations were incorporated into the policies. The policies were then s ubmitted to the Faculty Council. The Faculty Council approved Student Absences and Off-Campus Trip policies, but returned the Academic Conduct policy for further consideration by the Committee; however, the Student Academic Conduct policy is in unofficial operation at the present time. Since the Off-Campus Trip Policy has been in operation, it does not appear to be a practical rolicy for trips beyond a 35-mile radius from the campus, and not planned at least one week in advance. For trips of 35 miles or less, and for trips decided upon without too much advanced planning, the policy is awkward to put into operation. It may be wise for the Committee to re-evaluate the OffCampus Trip Policy for possible revision to include a policy and procedure for short off-campus trips and trips for which instructors have done little advanced planning. Thomas D. Evans, Chairman • (Comment: The chief reason for the Council's r e quest to delay full approval of the Academic Conduct section of the Committee's report was to allow a more thorough study of a fixed code of penalties. The Committee is now at work on ·this matter. WTG) �,- 8 - FACULTY IN DEMAND AS SPEAKERS "Your Public topic chosen spoke to the on September Assistance Program" was the by VIRGIL SEYMOUR when he East St. Louis Lions Club 15. East St. Louis Director JAMES TURNER discussed "Current and Future Plans of the Southwestern Campus of Southern Illinois University" at the September 16 meeting of the East St. louis Rotary Club. On September 25 he spoke on the same sub ject at the Belleville Hi-12 Club. ROBERT STEINKELLNER will speak for 50 minutes at a section of the County Institute at O'Fallon on October 8. According to Steinkellner, the teachers will be in the j unior high school area. He will speak on "The Teaching of the Language Arts in the Subject Ma tter Are a s in the Junior High School." On the evening of October 14 he will speak to the Collinsville Kiwanis Club. His subject: "The Purposes of the Elementary School." He is also scheduled to talk to the Columbian School Parent-Teachers Associatio n at the Teepee, Collinsville, October 27, when his title will again be "The Purpo ses of the Elementary School." FACULTY ATTEND MEETINGS DONAL G. MYER presented by demonstration a paper entitled "Studies on the Life History of Mesostephanus kentuckiensis" at the 11th Annual Midwestern Conference of Parasitologists held at Northwestern Unive~s ity June 15-16 . Myer also attended the meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists which was held with the American Insl:itu te of Biological Sciences a:: Pennsylvarda State University August 30 to September 3. RUTH KILCHENMANN, chairman of international relations for the Alton br anch of the American Association of University ~\'omen, \.vill attend a Stat2 Leadership Conference in Belleville on Octoher 17. Hrs. Kilchenmann would like every faculty wife in the Alton area who is eligible for AAUW and who would like to join the Alton branch to contact her . Her address is 1012 Main Street or she can be reached at her office by calling HOward 2-0001, ext. 66. This year Hrs. Ki lchenmann will lead an AAUW study group in international rel a tions. IRWIN H. PARRILL attended the national meeting of the American Chemical Society held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 13-18. POLISH REVIEW REQUESTS FOLLOl-J- UP "The Po le s at the Prague All - Slavic Congress of 1868" is the title of an article by STANLEY BUCHHOLZ KIMBALL which appeared in POLISH REVIEW, vol. 4, no. 1-2. REVIEW has reque s ted a follow-up article by Kimball. This new staff memb er is assistant professor of history a t Alton . HITS THE JACKPOT Friday, September 25, was "jackpot" day for MARION A. TAYLOR as far as selling plays. That morning she received word she had sold another play to PLAYS magazine entitled "The Curse of the Pyncheons," a tale about Hawthorne and the House of Seven Gables . Later in the day she went home only to find she h ad sold another play in England. This was a one - actor to the International OneAct Play Theatre, which is an organization including such people as J. B. Priestley, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Miles Malleson and many other writers and actors found in WHO'S WHO. The title of the play she sold in Eng land is "The Twenty-eighth Wife," a story about Brigham Young. The International One-Act Play Theatr e places plays with television, film Ncompanies and radio stations, as well as with legitimate theater. Anc they want to see more of her work. "The White ~vbale," a p l ay on Herman Melville which she sold previously, will appear in the November edition of PLAY:>. This summer Mrs. Taylor received word that her biogr.a~hy will appear in the 1960 edition of THE AUTHOR'S AND WRITE R'S WHO' S WHO, a reference work published by Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London. The July issue of TEENS magazine carried her short story, "Marietta : s Younger Sister." The October issue will run a Taylor authored story c alle d "Special Delivery." �- 9 Mrs. Taylor frequently reviews books for the St. Louis POST-DISPATCH. THE TWAIN DID MEET • • During the "coffee break" at the opening faculty meeting in East St. Louis, LEONARD WHEAT was getting acquainted with a number of new staff members when · GEORGE ARNOLD introduced ' his new colleague in the physics department, WILLIAM SHAW. "Wheat is somewhat of a family name for the Shaws," the new physicist said. Inquired Wheat, "From what area do you come?" "I was born in Iowa and have spent most of my life there," Shaw replied. "Well, that is most interesting," said Wheat. "You must be very closely related to my cousins, Bill and Bob and " "I am your cousin Bill~" Shaw interjected. Are you Leonard or Edward?" The two cousins had not seen each other since they spent four days together in their teens . • • �Si gns will be posted at each entrance . . \£-Collinsville Belleville YOU ARE INVITED TO THE FACULTY PICNIC A faculty picnic, spondored by the Southern Illinois University Women's Club of the Southwestern Illinois Campus, will be held Saturday, October 10, from 4:00 to 7:00p.m~ at Kendall Hill Park (owned by Shell Oil Company). Amap indicating directions is shown above . • .. Each member should bring meat for he r fam ily two dishes t o p J.ss (hot dish, salad, or dessert), a beverage for he r chi l dren, a tab le c l oth and t abl e service~ Coffee and extra meat for bachelors are being arranged for by the committee~ So, you single men, don't disappoint us. Excellent playground facilities are available for the children, and there is a large shelter in the event of rain. Bring the family and join the fun. �. • .. . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty News Bulletin October 1959, Vol. 3, No. 1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 1959 https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/3eda8a5a7a3ea6ba60b8d45cee4bf808.pdf 0d754913736af664e1d02a8f5f9e206b PDF Text Text �October 1960 NEWS BULLETIN Mildred Arnold, Editor Fangenroth Road Edwardsville, Illinois SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERS ITY Southwestern Illinois Campus SUMMER GRADUATION AT CARBONDALE Thirty-two seniors at SIU's Southwestern I l l inois Campus received the bachelor's degree August 12 at commencement e xercises a t Carbonda le . CLIFTON CORNWELL served as marshall for SWI G. Dr. E. c. Coleman, professor of English on the Ca rbondale campus, delivered the commencement address, "An Adventure in Education . " Since it .was impossible for most of the faculty members on this campus to attend, Dr. Coleman's speech is included in this issue of the Bulletin. "An Adventure in Education" by E. C. Coleman I salute you partially educa ted people who a re about to receive degrees . You are about to enter a society ma de up of uneducated, partly educated, and ba dly educated persons. There is no stigma a ttached to a condition of partial educa tion. All of us all of the time ha ve to make decisions and judgments on the basis of fragmentary and incomplete knowledge . I f you ar e aware of the fact that you are only partly educated, you are not in such bad shape . The badly educated people give us more cause for alarm; and unfortunately no individual can ever know whether he ha s been ba dly educated or not. But ~here is one phase of bad or ha rmful educa tion that seems dangerous to me. Socrates long ago noted this type--the person who has a little specialized knowledge or skill and because of it a ssumes that he has a right to sound off authoritatively about ~verything . Do We Know As Much As We Think? A society such as ours has to have these specia lists with their highly specialized skills and their technological know-how; but to me there is a great--a vast difference between know-how and knowledge and an even greater difference between knowledge and wisdom. For some reason or other, society has been going through a series of continuing and deepening crises. I ask this question which I am unable to answer. Could our troubles, foreign and domestic, arise from the inadequacy of our education? Maybe we just don't know enough to maintain a leading role among the nations of the world. Maybe we know far less than we think we do. �- 2 - I salute you partially educated people who are about to receive degrees. This commencement exercise has been devised as a symbol of your having reached that ·stage in life where your education commences . Let us hope that you have the necessary equipment for a good beginning. If these years in school have made you humble about your small store of knowledge, if you have learned just a little about tact and finesse (tact means keeping your big mouth shut most of .the time), if you have discovered that most of your training is planned t:o teach you to ask intelligent questions, if you have learned how to listen to what others are saying, if you can speak and write with a little more charm and precision, if your span of tolerance has broadened, if you have become more humane--if you have made just a little more progress toward these goals, . then you can be a .happier and more useful person as a result of your months and years with us . General Concepts . aricl..At:,titudes Count I am not much concerned whether you have a common core of knowledge or indeed whether you have a large fund of information about anything. In three or five or ten years, the technical training you have received here inchemistry or engineering or business or agriculture or education will seem so very trivial and unimportant compared with what you then know that you will wonder what is the matter :with your alma mater that it allowed you to graduate in such a state of .ignorance. Some of you will write letters, telling us .for God's sake to tighten up The value of education lies in general concepts and general attitudes . If we taught you a great many facts, some of them would turn out to be false and others mistaken. When I studied physics forty years ago, I was made to believe that nature abhors a vacuum and that all space not otherwise occupied was filled with ether . Today we believe that almost all the universe is a vacuum; and the ether has vanished into thin air, very thin air, indescribably thin air. In 1913 I studied the facts of geography . I could have drawn for you from memory a fairly faithful map of Europe as it existed before World War I. I could still draw a more accurate map of 1913 Europe than of today's Europe . The most important concept of geography, however, no one ever taught me. That conc.ept is change. Geography changes day by day. Long ago a philosopher, Heraclitus, said "You cannot jump in the same river twice." Rivers run t ·o the sea, mountains are worn down, earthquakes crack open the plains, volcanoes erupt, rainfall pat.terns shift, peoples use up the natural resources and move away or vanish. The one great concept about geography which I .could have understood easily at the age of thirteen, no one ever imparted to me It is easy for you to say that everyone with common sense knows that things change. Men grow old, flowers fade and die, tools wear out, "the hounds of spring are on winter's traces," showers give way to sunshine, glaciers melt, even old soldiers fade away . True, of course. But growing children also hear a great many other things . They read or are told about "eternal summer," "eternal truths," 'the everlasting hills," ancient �- 3 - laws, ages-old principles, innnemoria l time, "the hills/Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun . " Words like "innnut.able," "unperi sh ing," "immorta l," and "timeless" assail their eyes and ears ever y da y . Ca ndida tes f or office, poets, and song writers like to tell us tha t governmen ts, l ov e , and little brooks run on for ever while the cold facts of his t ory , emot i on, and geography tell us that they do n~t do any such thing . Would it no t be mor e worthwhile for a child to grasp some of these concepts like t h i s one of time and cha nge than to memorize the names of all the bones of t h e human body? More Than One Way I do not say that memor iz at i on is wrong . By no mea ns . I was made to learn the multiplicat.ion tables to 12 x 12, a nd I wi sh I had been compelled to learn them to 25 x 25. The only wa y I ca n get the a nswer to 23 x 23 .is to sit down with a pencil and figure it out. I .wish I ha d connnitted to memory · t ·h ousands of lines of poetry instead of just hundreds . I wish I knew the second verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner . " I am gla d t ha t I know certa in tables of weights and measures . I wish I knew entire the pr eamble to the Constitution, all of the Declaration of Independence, the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address . Neither am I complaining a bout my tea chers . I think they did their best on little pay; and, considering the ma teria l t hey ha d to work with, they did very well. I am just saying that there is more t han one way to skin a cat. Unfortuna tely, once people develop a skill in skinning the ca t a certa in way the greater number of them do not want to e xper iment f ur t her . . . Yet all of us know after only a little reflect i on tha t a bsolute reverence for tradition creates a sta t .ic society . Now and t hen someone has to .question an axiom, challenge a n a ges-o ld belief, fly in the fa ce of tradition . Every once in a while someone comes a long with a ques tion . Ca n one reach the East by s a iling west? Is Space finite? Is Time Rel a tive ? . . . New Ways to Skin the Ca t I am connnitted to the belief tha t we owe wr grea test tha nks always to those few in our societywho ha ve somehow broken through this encrustation of tradition . This one person in t·en thous a nd who crea tes a form of government more responsible to the people, who improves a process of manufa cturing or farming or mining, who invents a new form of t r ansporta tion or refines a n old one, who finds stronger and lighter building ma terials, who brings increa sed pleasure in song or story or painting by expressing our emo t ions a nd thoughts more clearly and more fully than they have ever before been expressed - -in short, the poet, the painter, the inventor, the creator, the expert in resear ch , the explorer--these are the men who make our society dynamic instead of sta tic . They all look for new ways to skin the cat. No censure is intended of those who car ry on the work of our society under established law and tradition . The world's work must be done . These people, however, sometimes fall into the error of a ssuming that l awand tradition must be �- 4 - maintained without change . They accuse the boldest spirits in our society of blasphemy or disloyalty . This, it seems to me, is their grievous fault . ...... In the field of education we have our sha re of traditionalists. We also have a few who like to venture with new methods a nd techniques. At the present time in many of our colleges, sma ll groups of men and women are exploring in new fields. The tried an.d true method o f teaching by lectures , textboo ks, s egmented assignments, and frequent examina tions may be all right but they want to try something else . Breaking the curriculum into small fractions of science, literature, language, and s'ocial .studies , a n d car rying on all of these st,udies simultaneously may be all right but .something else may be better . • • The present method emphasizes the gathering of information. Let us try another method . Let us proceed by a series of concepts, subordinating facts to the understanding of these broad ideas. For example, instead of -studying the physical sciences, set the s-tudent the task of understanding statics and dynamics. Instead of government, let him develop the concpet of justice. Instead of taking educational psychology or school administration, let him try to find an ans:wer to the question "What am Ihere for?" .•• Thephysical sciences could concern themselves with ''Energy." To some degree, this method substitutes deduction for induction. The inductive method is a sound one, and I am by no means suggesting that we can or should try to get .along without it. Sometimes, however, we assume tha t if we gather enough facts the significance of these facts will become obvious. Idoubt if this is correct . Moreover, we sometimes assume that if one learns to employ the inductive method in one situation, he will know how 't o use it in another. This I also doubt . Honors Program But the principal departure, I hope and believe, will consist of a change in the technique of teaching . In our honors program which w_e are getting under way in S.e ptember the textbook will be discarded in favor of a shelf of books . The lecture will be supplanted by discussion in which every student will take part. At least two faculty members will sit in on every discussion. The student will bring his own knowledge to bear on the subject in hand. Then he will go out and find more information to bring back to the next discussion. No two students will necessarily read the same books. Under this system it is barely possible that the teachers will add to their present state of knowledge . At one college I visited recently, all the faculty , regardless of rank or departmental background, attend all the sessions. Philosophers and historians .and economists attend the sessions on mathematics and physics. The mathematics and physics teachers are present at the social studies seminars . Here is a handful of faculty members who in five or six years may become the best train.e d and most widely · informed in .t he nation. Imagine if you can the impact they will have on th.e ir own departments when they return there to teach departmen talized subjects. We shall begin our own honors program this fall with thirty freshmen and six faculty members . These thirty students, while they will all have excellent records and high t .e st scores, will not necessarily be the best students in the university . �- 5 - They will take other courses with other students, and we expect their college lives to be in other respects normal and conventional. Our ultimate goal is to have 120 students, thirty from each class . Likewise no one will make any sort of claim for the sup.e riority of faculty who participate in this program. All of us know full well that the teaching of specialized courses must go on . Those who want to keep on skinning the cat in the old conventional way may certainly do so . . • Our First Timid Steps We hope you tradi-tionalists will be patient and tolerant while we take our first . timid steps in this new direction. We are just hoping to find out for ourselves if the taxpayers' money is being as well invested for education as it can be . Not many months ago I seriously considered theproposition that we ought to abolish colleges .altogether. They cost so much, they pull the youilgs·ter :in so many different directions at once, they distract the public with a program of complicated activities, they invest so much money in research projects, some of which are not worth a plugged nickel. Sometimes they afford students a standard .o f living which they cannot hope afterwards to maintain. Sometimes they do little more than confuse and bewilder a student. Some youths learn nothing at college except how to play pinochle or not to draw to an inside straight. I keep in mind too the indisputable fact that one can .b egin almost anywhere and if only he has the right sort of curiosity he can educate himself without ever going to college at all. Benjamin Franklin taught himself to write without benefit of teacher. Hamlin Garland, an Iowa farm boy, saved up a little money by working on the neighbors' farms, and then went to Boston and spent a year just reading in the Boston Public Library. John Hunter taught himself anatomy and the skills of dissection before he left his Scottish farm home and went to London. As a matter of fact, you could fall down and skin your knee and get an education. All you need do is follow up the experience. When you see blood on your knee, you may ask yourself "Why does it bleed and what is bleeding?" and in seeking the answer you may find the facts about the circulation of the blood which no man knew until 1628. You may ask "Why does it hurt?" and "What is pain?" and in exploring the nervous system for the answers, you may learn some basic facts about physiology as well as psychology. You may look at the rock which caused you to stumble and skin your knee and become curious about how the rock happened to be there. In trying to find the answer, you may get at the fundamentals of geology. You may wonder why it is conunon to say "I skinned my knee" when the facts are that you "de-skinned" it, and so you learn the first lesson about language, that it is a wonderful but not a logical instrument. You may also wonder what perverse spirit or on the other hand what kindly instrument of Providence led you to take the pat.h down which you were traveling when you fell and skinned ·or "de-skinned" your knee; and so you enter the realm of speculative philosophy. Find the Answer I think you c-an now s.ee why I do not favor the abolishment of colleges. Colleges are institutions where you can learn the facts of life without stumbling over a �- 6 - rock and falling down and skinning your knee. A good college is a substitute for a skinned knee. A college ought to be a place where both faculty and students strive continuously to f ind the ans we ~s to all sorts of questions . In our honors program we hope to throw the faculty members and the students into each other's company where t hey will str uggle to find some of the answers to problems about which all a r e curious. The honors program differs from ordinary college procedure in this fundamen ta l way--that in routine procedure the instructor tries to find the answers by himself and having found them he carries his conclusions to the classroom and tells them to the students --a chunk at a time. While in the honors program , on the other hand, the f a culty and students will search for the answers in a cooperative enter prise. I am fairly sure that both methods are necessary in a successful college . . ....·. .... .. . ... ·. ~ A final word to you cats who are about to receive degrees. Keep on looking for ·answers. The world we live in suffers from a hemispheric split that threatens to destroy it. Society needs desper ately all the answers it can get. When Dr. Tenney and Mr . Lovell and I recently visited in Boston, we saw a sign in a Boston subway lettered in cha lk which read "Peace for the world by 1970 with or without people." This scrawled message illustrates graphically the perils of our time. The answers we have found so far have not sufficed . We have got to find some new ones even if we have to devise new methods to get them. That is why we have set up an honors program. We must--we must find a new way to skin the cat . "He points out that the most frequent criticism- - that graduate schools emThe following information was released phasize training in research at the October 11 from the publicity depa rt expense of the preparation of college ment of McGraw-Hill Book Company , New teachers--is based on what he calls the York, New York: 'market research argument': the assumption that most Ph.D.s go into the teach"The nation.'s graduate schools are fuling of undergraduates. However , only filling their obligations, although about 60 per cent of Ph.D.s today go so·me critics frequently charge otherwise, into academic life, as compared with about according to a book published today by 80 per cent at the turn of the century, McGraw-Hill Book Company. In Graduate and only 20 per cent end up teaching Education in the United States Bernard undergraduates in liberal arts colleges, Berelson, formerly at the University of with the remainder in universities where Chicago and now director of Columbia '· they have the opportunity to take reUniversity's Bureau of Applied Social sponsibility for graduate students for Research, analyzes the many criticisms which research training is a sina qua !!.Q!!• of the many roles played by graduate schools today. His analysis of the "Berelson also disagrees with the prophets facts that are available and the gathwho fear that the graduate schools are ering of others which have not been not producing enough Ph.D.s to staff the available lead him to refute many of colleges and universities in the decade the charges made against graduate eduahead . Although it is true that our cation. baccalaureate ranks will probably have GRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE UNI TED STATES �- 7 - doubled in the 15-year period between 1955 and 1970, he points out that the production of doctorates has doubled in every ten-year period since the turn of the century. "Dr. Berelson's two-year survey, which was made under a Carnegie Corporation grant to the University of Chicago, has resulted in the most comprehensive study of graduate education made to date . He furnishes a short history of graduate education since its establishment in .this country with the founding of John Hopkins University in 1876. He then sets forth the issues that have been developed and must be debated concerning the purposes, programs, institutions, and .students . In a concluding section he gives his own conclusions and reconnnendations as to what probably will and should happen within the next 15 years . "Dr . Berelson devotes much more attention to doctoral programs than to the Master's; and does not consider law and medicine, but deals with graduate education in the arts and sciences and the other professional fields--education, business, agriculture, etc. He based his study on a reading of the available literature; on interviews with scores of people concerned; on the compilation of data; and on responses to questions addressed to graduate deans, hundreds of graduate faculty, all the presidents of four-year liberal arts colleges and teachers colleges, recipients of doc ~ torates in 1957, and representatives of industries which employ sizeable numbers of Ph.D.s. "Graduate Education in the United States is the 8th study to be published by McGraw-Hill Book Company in the Carnegie Series in American Education. •• VOTE YES NOVEMBER 8 University faculty members are devoting a great deal of time to promotion of the Universities Bond Issue . Those serving as coordinators of citizens connnittees .are attending meetings to help plan activities for promotion of the referendum. Roughly 50 members of the faculty have made speeches. By the fourteenth of October about 162 speeches had been made. Eighty-nine more are scheduled between now and November 8. The total scheduled to date is 251 speeches. The size of audience has ranged from five persons to 800 . Speakers have appeared before many kinds of groups, including labor unions, Parent-Teacher Associations, chambers of connnerce, women's clubs, church groups and - hi-g h ··'school student bodies. The greatest number of speeches given in any one day was 22. The Granite City Citizens Connnittee , organized by BRUCE THOMAS, is planning a rally for Thursday, October 27. Included in the program will be a reception for the public school teachers of Granite City, with President DELYTE W. MORRIS as the honored guest, and a dinner meeting, with President Morris as principal speaker. FROM THE DESK OF THE DEAN I think the faculty will be interested in these brief extracts from recent copies of the Intercollegiate Press Bulletin about other campuses: The results of a recent grading study at the University of Delaware reveal that "comparison of grade distributions for the past five years shows them to be still too heavily biased on the upper side of the scale . Well defined and prudently distributed grades can engender the healthy competition which extends the abilities of all participants . . . " More colleges and universities are instituting four-year honors programs for su perior students, according to a Kent State University faculty study. The survey of honors work at 75 colleges .and universities shows that nearly half of the institutions have four-year programs . • . Other trends are toward increasing reliance on course �- 8 - work, independent study, and mastery of texts and reading lists instead of term papers and theses. Auditing by undergraduates at Temple University, which had been pr·e viously banned because auditors interfered with classroom instruction and conduct in the class, is now permitted with the approval of the dean of the school in which the student is enrolled .and the instructor of the course he wishes to audit. Auditing is defined at Temple as the process by which a student sits in on class lectures but does not take examinations, nor participate in discussions, nor receive university credit for the course . --WTG be a debate on Recognition of Red Chin a " KURT GLASER and Reverend Hugh Kennedy will participate. "Report on Politics and Rh etoric, 1860 and 1960," will be the topic on October 30. Featured will be RICHARD BAKER and Professor Ford of Principia College. The November 7 program will be a "Report on the Problem of Voter Apathy.'' FORMER DIRECTOR MARRIED Car lyle Ring, first director of the SIU center in East ··st: ·'Loliis, was married August 19 to Mabel Clough James, daughter of Mr. George Clough, Bury St. Edmunds , England. The ceremony was performed at the U. S. Embassy in Tokyo: CAMPUS RECRUITERS FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB Ralph E. Dietz of the Internal Revenue Service will be at the East St. Louis campus October 25, 9 : 00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to interview seniors interested in becoming trainees for internal revenue agent, special agent or revenue officer. He was on the Alton campus October 19. Appointments should be made with the Placement Service, according to DAVID R. VAN HORN, supervisor of student employment and placement. The Faculty Women's Club sponsored a family picnic at Kendall Hill Park October 8 . More than 200 attended. Chairman of the event was MRS. LEO COHEN . Members of her committee were MRS. KERMIT CLEMANS, MRS. EUGENE GRAVES, MRS. LAVERN KELLEY , MRS. CLELLIE OURSLER, MRS. DAVID RANDS, MRS. DONALD TAYLOR; . MRS. MARK TUCKER , and MRS. HENRY VOGES The first meeting of the club will be held Thursda y, November ~7, at the home SUMMER LECTURE SERIES of MRS. C. E. PEEBLES, R. 1, Edwardsville . MRS. DAVID VAN HORN and MRS. LAURENCE Roughly 50 persons attended the experMcANENY will be in charge of the program, imental lecture series held this summer designed to help you be creative. The on the Southwestern Campus . There were December 15 meeting is to be held at the three in the series. JOHN ROCKWELL Edwardsville Public Library and will discussed "Turkey Today,." NICHOLAS feature SIU's PRESIDENT DELYTE W. MORRIS. JOOST talked about'tluck Finn of Hannibal, Both the November and December meetings Missouri," and DIMITER WASSEN and Mrs. will convene at 1:00 p.m • • . Was sen . chose ''Modern Pilgrims" for their topic. A series of coffees was given this fall to welcome new members. MRS. WILLIAM BANAGHAN, .MRS • . C. DALE FJERSTAD and MRS. SIU bN THE AIR CHARLES PARISH were in charge of the Alton coffee which was held at the home of Mrs. The Alton radio station WOKZ features Parish. In Belleville MRS. DONALD Q. SIU on the Air every Sunday afternoon HARRIS entertained; the Collinsville party at 1:30. The October 23 program will was given by MRS. GERLAD RUNKLE. The coffee �- 9 - in Edwardsville was at the home of MRS. MYRON BISHOP with MRS. CLIFTON CORNWELL serving as chairman . . o AAUW of Alton has issued a special invitation to SIU women in that area to join the local branch. Those interested should contact Mrs. Wicks a t HOward 2-8162 or Mrs. Roglis at HOward 5-8556. All women who hold de grees from colleges and universities approved for AAUW membership are eligible. The membership chairman or the Dean of Women at your college will tell you whether your college is accepted. the IBM Department of Education at End i cott, New York. Teachers of business administra tion from 40 universities attended. EDUCATION . FRANK L. EVERSULL was in Chicago October .7-8 to attend the 104th annual meeting of the Illinois Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. As Grand Orator, he addressed the morning session on October 8. He was elected Grand Chaplain for next year. Mr . Eversull is a Thirty - third Degree Mason, the highest honor which can . he.. !;>~stowed upon a member of the Masonic Lodge. NEWS FROM THE DIVIS IONS BABETTE MARKS participated in the district workshop of the Illinois League of Girls' Athletic Associations held at Alton High School on October 1. She con ducted a session on mixer activities , in~ eluding dances and games, for the 130 high school GAA representatives and their school advisors . • . . . BUSINESS • o • MARY .M. BRADY has announced that the Southwest Area Business Education Teachers will hold their annual fall conference on the Alton campus October 29. The speaker for the day will be Dr. J. Marshall Hanna, professor of education at Dhio State University. He will discuss effective bookkeeping teaching practices, problems involved in teaching bookkeeping, and at the noon luncheon meeting will take a · look into the future of business education. Anyone interested is invited to attend. The meeting will run from 9:00 a . m. to 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium, with luncheon served at noon in the Student Union. Miss Brady was organizer of the southwest area group of business teachers and has helped to promote an annual conference each year since 1957 NORBERT V. SCHMITT attended a two-week course in data processing at • o • o CAMERON Wo MEREDITH was honored by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists at its annual meeting, held this year in San Francisco during the week of August 31. Meredith , who has served as educational adviser to the association for the pa st ten years, received a purse and a pla que commemorating his services; he was ma de the first honorary non-anesthetist life member of the association. After the convention , .he and his wife flew to Hawa ii where he visited a school of anesthesia for nurses and conducted sessions at the Institute for Nurs.e Anesthetists in Honolulu. On October 6 ROBERT H. STEINKELLNER spoke at Marshall School, Granite City , on "The Effect of Indecent Literature Upon the Youthful Mind. 11 He was chairman of a panel discussion at a conference of the Illinois Guidance and Personnel Association held October 14-15 on the campus of Northern Illinois University. The subject was , "Wi ll the Ungraded Primary School Adequately Provide for Individual Differences?" The Steinkellner family was featured in the o The role of the older woman in college is the subject of a forthcoming article by ETHEL BLACKLEDGE. Mrs. Blackledge's article, "Welcome the Older Woman to College," will appear in an early issue of the Journal of Business Education, national business periodical. • • • �- 10 HEADLEY, was included . The group ma de the big time last April in a performance with the St. Louis Symphony when t he chorus sang On August 31, LAWRENCE TALIANA attended the finale of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony." a one-day session at the J ewis h VocationmRehea rs a ls ar e underwa y for the chorus's Service in Chicago concerning the results second a ppearance with th e Symphony next of research projects conducted under the Apr il when Ha ydn's "Creation" will be preauspices of the nationa l office of Voca- sente d . Also on the 1960-61 schedule is tional Rehabilitation . Sep tember 1 to a performance of Handel's "Messiah. " September 5, he attended the national This year Mr. Headley organized two choral American Psychological Association groups, one r ehea rses every Monday evening meetings held at the Hotels Sherman from eight to ten at the First Ba ptist and Morrison in Chicago . Church in Alton . The other pr a ctices ea ch Tuesday even i ng from eight to ten a t the SIU center in. ~~s .t ~t. Louis. Each group will give individual performances; however , . • • FINE ARTS • • . for l arge productions, the two groups will be combined . CATHERINE MILOVICH is represented by two abstract water color pa intings, . "Flight" and ''Dawn," in the October . • • HUMAN ITIES . • . exhibition of Group 15 at the City Ar t Museum, St. Louis . Her husband, Tanasko , BERTRAND BALL a nd his wife spent the is showing an abstract oil , "Adriat ic , " summer in Monterrey, Mexico. In a ddition and a batik, "Evening Bells . " Both to becoming acquainted with the people painters are charter members of Group 15--an experimental group of professional and ha ving ample opportunity to spea k the painters and sculptors . The Miloviches Spanish l a nguage, he conducted research are currently exhibiting their paintings, pursuant to the publication of an a rticle batiks, and mosaics a t the Art Mart Gal- on the novels of Andre Malraux . • . Mr. lery , 31 North Meremac , Clay ton, Mo ~ Ball reports approximately 70 students The exhibit began October 14 and will studying beginning French at th e Alton run through October 27. This i s their center . The course has been divided into first dual show in some years. Mrs . three sections . An intermediate Fr ench Milovich conducted two workshop classes course is being offered, as well a s a n in art education at Wa shington Univeradva nced cour se on the French novel of sity during the first summer term • • . t h e 18th and 19th centuries. September 30 issue of the Ea st St . Louis Evening Journal MARY BELLE SMITH is directing a project in the development of a speech and theater program at the newly a ccredited Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia. The work is being done through a Danforth Foundation grant. Miss Smith writes that during a recent building program a new a uditorium was erected, and "there are possibilities of a barn theater and a showboat." The September 28 i ssue of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat carried a feature story on the Southwestern Illinois Chorophonic Society. A picture of the Chorophonic Society's director, HERROLD . NICHOLAS JOOST will spea k October 22 a t the celebration of the opening of the Pi us XII Library, St . Louis Un ivers i ty. He will be one of a seven - person pa nel discussing " Technology a nd Man . " The August issue of Modern Philology carri ed a revi ew of Richard St eele's J ournalism. by Mr. J oost . . . "A Cor ollary t o Literature" by him a ppeared in Rena scence , .XIII (Autumn 1960) . This was a detailed r eviewartic le of Henri de Lubac's The Drama of Atheist Humanism; it s main point de a lt with the par ticipation o f such Americans a s Thoreau in the evolution of the ma in intellectura l tradition of t he Western wor ld during the nineteenth cent ury . �- 11 - . • . The official journal of the German Sociological Society has published a n article by GUNTER REMMLING . The art i cle , entitled "Zur Soziol og i e .der Mach t " (Towards a Sociology of Power) , a pp ear e d in the June issue of the periodica l , which is published in Cologne A forthco~ing issue of Boston University Studies in English will ca rry an article by CHARLES PARISH entitled "The Na ture of Mr. Tristram Shandy ,- Author . " sol d . I a lso placed a one-ac t pl ay in t he McKendr ee Writer's Contest last summer , when my The Scarlet A (a story a bout Nathaniel Hawthorne) won first pr ize in t heir drama section. "Also , I just received word tha t an a rti c le of mine entitled 'Ophelia Exonerated' a p pea red in the May issue of the Shakespear e Newsletter. " I j ust got back to Kashmir from a confer ence in Delhi, wher e we went out to see the pa l a ces in t he Red Fort , where Shah Jahan used t o • . . RUTH KILCHENMANN took part in the s i t on thepeacoc;:k J;h:r::pne in his marble man Congr~s International des Languages et Litteratures Modernes in Li~ge, Belgium , sion , a nd where we saw the remnants of t he where she read a paper entitled "Goethe's seven cities of Old Delhi with old tower s and ba stions and palaces of the Moghul Uebersetzungen der Voltaire Dramen emperor s . Then we went on to Agra, where Mahomet und Tancred . " The pa per was we s aw a nother Red Fort with its pa l a ces , very favorably received "since it in plus the Taj Mahal by sunset , moonlight troduces a new aspect in the research and rainlight . The Taj itself is even of Goethe's translations . " While in more exquisite than its pictures a nd rep Europe Mrs. Kilchenmann met Mr . Jaksch, utation, but it never ~eems quite real . member of the German Bundesta g who It's a f a iry pa lace, really, much more than visited the Southwestern Illinois Cama tomb. pus last year . . . For the second consecutive year, Mrs. Kilchenma nn ha s been appointed chairman of the inter " I 'd love to show you Kashmir, too, in which national relations study group of the capita l , Srinagar, is situated in a AAUW's Alton chapter. ha untingl y beautiful valley, circled by t he Hima l a ya s . We live in a houseboa t in the . • • The editorial page of September River Jhe lum , once crossed by Alexander t he 23 St. Louis ·Post-Dispatch ca rried a Gr ea t. 11 book review by ROBERTA STEINMAN . She reviewed Richard Frede's The Interns. . . . S.C I ENCE . . . . . . A book edited by JULES ZANGER was published this fall by the Indiana La st spring HOWARD W. PFEIFER a nd Leonard University Press. The work, "The Diary Thien , senior at the East St. Louis center , in America," is a collection of the were invited to accompany a group of scientis ts journals of Captain Frederick Mar ryat. from the Missouri lbtanical Garden a nd Wa shin g ton University to Tamaulipas Sta te , Mexico • . .. . Your editor just received t he They explored a little-known a rea of the following letter from MARION TAYLOR Sierra Madre Orienta l and collected 300 dr ied who is on leave this year. She is a pl a nt specimens for the SWIC herbarium , a nd Fulbright lecturer at the University a variety of living plants for the greenhouse of Jammu and Kashmir at Srinagar, collections. The group visited the following Kashmir, India . sta tes in Mexico : :Tamaulipas, San Luis Po t osi Za ca tecas , a nd Coahuila, camping out most of "Somebody forwarded me the summer, the t ime . . . This past summer , supported 1960, issue of your NEWS BULLETIN, by research funds, Pfeifer visited the Escuel a and I read the spots off it. Thanks Agricola Pan-americana at El Zamorano, Hondura s so much for noting the two stories I in Central Amer ica. He was gone six a nd a �- 12 - half weeks, stopping in Mexico , Guatemala, San Salvador and the Republic . of Honduras. He collected 1 , 000 dried plant specimens, as well a s 50 live plants . • . At the invitation of the Director of the Escuela , Pfe i fer has in print a paper dea ling with the flora of a mount.a in peak on the centra l Honduran plateau. It will be publis hed in Ceiba, the scientific quarterly devote d to scientific developments in Lat in America . Before the first o f the year, he expects another paper to be printed in the Annals of the Missouri Bota nical Garden. The title is 11 The Aristolochiaceae of Panama,'' a nd deals with the taxonomy and distribution of the 11 dutchman's pipes 11 found in the Repub lic of Panama. All of the dozen or so species treated in the pa per will be illustrated by original line dr aw ings of the flowers and leaves . ture meetings in an adult education series dealing with the problems a nd perspectives for t he '60 's. Object of the series i s to 11 lift the overa ll intellectual awareness on the campus and put the college atmosphere into the same orbit as the earth in genera l. 11 . . . ELLIOTT RUDWICK is author of a n art i cl e , The Negro Policeman in the South , 11 which a ppeared i n The J ournal of Criminal Law , Crim:. inology and Po lice Science , Vol . 51 , No. 2 , July -August 1960 . 11 S. D. LOVELL spoke September 29 at a me et i ng of t h e Coll insvile ·Lea.gue of Women Voters. His top ic , 11 Forms of City Government. 11 . GUNTER REMMLING read a paper ent itled The Age o f Suspicion : A History of t he Sociology of Knowledge in Two Continent s 11 a t the American Sociological Convention held August 29 - 31 in New York City. He received a l ett er from Walter Cronin, Chief , Pr iva te Branch , Ex ternal Research Division , Departmen t . . . On October 29, WILLIAM SHAW will of State, requesting a copy of the paper . 11 You conduct a tour of SIU facilities a t are a ssured that the paper will be r ea d only the East St. Louis center for members of Naval Reserve Composite Company 9- 129 . within the Government and tha t your co pyr ight Professor Shaw, a lieutenant commander, pr ivileges will be respected, 11 Cronin wro te . is training officer for the company • . A Ph.D . ca ndidate for the New School for In responce to an invitation from the Social Resea rch las also asked for a copy. National Science Foundation , Shaw spent "I am prepar ing a convention report to be August 26 in Washington , D. C. , where submitted to my government (Jordan) a nd I he visited some of the NSF buildings . feel tha t your paper contains considerable information of value in conducting sociologica l studies . " . . • SOCIAL STUDIES . . . . . . Two members of the division received RICHARD GUFFY, CARMEN HARPER , MELVIN Ph . D. degrees t his summer . PHILIP VOGEL KAZECK, MARY MEGEE, J OHN SNADEN , and earned his at t he University of Nebraska , PHILIP VOGEL attended the Great Lake s EDWARD FERGUSON III from the University o f Section of the Association of American Illinois . Geographers meetings on the Carbondale campus October 14-15 . . . Mr. KAZECK spent part of his vacation this summer INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM in North Dakota gathering material for an article for Colliers encyclopedia. Fall term classes in SIU's Indus t rial The article, entitled 11 North Dakota, 11 Managemen t Program began their second year will be in the latest revision of in Eas t St . Lou~on September 26 . Offer ed Colliers . • . in cooperation with the Eas t Side Assoc i ated Indus t ries, the courses are designed t o mee t DONALD TAYLOR spoke at McKendree the needs of industrial people of t he Ea s t College on September 26 . He was one of St. Louis area. Classes offered mc lude : five speakers in the first of 12 leeLabor Management Relations Prob lems, Prac t i cal 11 �- 13 - Mathematics, Cost Control for Foremen, Practical Psychology for Sup ervis ors I, and the Supervisor and His Job . . . The program began i t s four t h yea r in Alton this fall. Offered in coopera tion with the Alton District Manufa c t urers' Association, the courses are designed to meet the needs of indus trial people of the Alton area . Classes offered are : Motion Analysis and Time St udy , Economics of Industry, Prac t ica l Psychology for Supervisors I, Labor Management Relations I, The Supervisor and His Job, Metallurgy I, Material Handling, Effective Speaking for Supervisors I, and Quality Control . . . Classes are also being held in Granite Ci t y . They are offered in cooperation wi t h the Eas t Side Manufacturers' Ass ociat i on and the Granite City High School . Courses offered are ~ Metal lurgy I, Labor Management Relat ions I, The Supervisor and His J ob, Effect ive Management, Effec t ive Speaki ng for Supervisors II, Economic s of Industry, Practical Psychology for Supervisor s I, and Industrial Report Wri ting . This is the fifth year SIU has offered the program in Granite City . . . The Reading Improvement , course being offered every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening from 7 ~ 30 to 8 ~ 00 is proving very popular, according to registration figures and E. R. CASSTEVENS, supervis or of t he I & T Program. The a ge level of enrollees runs from the sixth grade to persons past 60 years of age; t he occupational range is just as varied . The ·course is being taught by CAMERON MEREDITH, acting head of the educa t ion division . . . . E. R. CASSTEVENS will be in Kansas City Missouri, Oc tob er 27 to participate in a one-day c onference sponsored by the Kansas Ci t y chapter of the American Society of Training Directors. 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FACULTY NEWSLETTER Faculty Homen's Club Sponsors All-Faculty Family Picnic A faculty picnic, planned by the Homen's Club, is scheduled for Saturday, October 4, at Rock Springs Park, in Alton, from 4:30 until 6:00p.m. The park is on College Avenue, down the hill from the Alton Senior High School, and to the right, into the park to the Pavilion. A picnic supper is planned for about 5:00p.m. Each family fs asked to bring its own table service, bread (or buns), hot dogs or other meat, and beverages for the family members who do not drink coffee. Each family is also asked to bring one or t'I·JO dishes to be "passed around". This could be salad, vegetable (such as baked beans), or dessert. Board members are bringing extra meat, bread, and table service for the bachelors. Bachelors are asked to ·bring pickles, potato chips, marshmallows, or other picnic items. If a second-year organization can be said to have a tradition, one of the most pleasant of ours is, that no picnic is a success unless Dr. Alfred Harris, library, Alton, makes the coffee. He does turn out a perfect brew~ Rock Springs Park is the municipal park of Alton, and its facilities include rest rooms, play ground equipment, and approved drinking water. Since Kathryn and David Van Horn have a basement full of firewood, the fires will be by courtesy of the Van Horns, and grilling is expected to go on at a great pace. Be sure to come; everyone is eager to know you~ October Calendar off Press The October issue of the monthly calendar for the Residence Centers is off the press. Containing information concerning activities of all university offices, divisions, student organizations, and affiliated organizations, the calendar is edited by Hildred Arnold (Mrs. George), SIU offices, Broadvie'IJ Hotel, East St. Louis, Illinois (Bridge 4-2100, extension 4). Activities scheduled for November must be listed with Hrs. Arnold by October 12. Also being compiled at this time is a calendar listing all university events scheduled for the rest of the academic year, November 1 -June 17. Persons in charge of any activities for the academic year should list the activities, giving at least tentative dates, with Hrs. Arnold, by October 12. She would like to include activities scheduled by the Faculty Homen's Club. The Faculty Ne'lvsletter, sent to staff members' homes the last day of each month, also carries ne'lvs of '\vomen's activities. Clifton Cornwell, supervisor of the evening college at the East St. Louis Center, spoke to the Wood River Rotary Club yesterday (September 29) on Southern Illinois University's Residence Centers. Cornwell, whose academic experience includes two years as director of forensics at the University of Hawaii, came to SIU from a foreign trade post in the course of which he served as foreign trade and development director for the Chamber of Commerce in metropolitan St. Louis. O·!ore) �- 2 - Hare of Knoepfle' s Poems to be Published Poetry has accepted four more of John Knoepfle's poems for publication in a forthcoming issue. The poems, all on one general theme -- the Ohio River -are: "Litte Harpe .'s Head," " Keelboatman's Horn," "On the Passing of a Sternwheel TovJ," and ''Time's Out." Knoepfle (rhymes with woeful), who se meditative poetry has appeared also in Today, Nimrod, Four Qu ar ters, and Yale Review, came here from Ohio, where he started work on a river project t wo years ago while conducting a series of TV programs for \vCET on the Ohio River . A member of the English staff at the East St. Louis Center since last September, he will conduct the weekly contact session at the center for " Introduction to Poetry," which is being televised over I<ETC, Channel 9 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:20 to 7:20p.m. this quarter. \ 1'\vo SIU Courses on TV this ( uarter The university's first televised course in English begins tonight (9-30-58) at 6:00p.m. over Iill TC, Channel 9. Dr. Robert Duncan, language and fine arts division head for the centers, and s up erv isor of the evening college at Alton, conducts the televised lectures over Channel 9 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 - 6 :f1S p.m. Persons taking the cour se for credit must attend a "contact" session at one of the SIU centers on Hednesdays. This session meets at the Alton center from 6: 20 - 7: 20p.m. with Duncan, and at the East St. Louis Center from 6:00 - 6:50 vJith Knoepfle. Another SIU Fall qu a rter course, " Introduction to Sociolo gy, " televised on Mondays and Hednesdays, began yesterday (9-29-58) at 6:00p.m. on Channel 9, with Virgil Seymour, East St. Louis Center, doin g the televised lecturing. The contact sessions for this course will meet at the East St. Louis Center on Thursdays from 6:00 - 7:50p.m. \vith Seymour, and at the Alton Center on Hednesdays from 8:20 to 10:10 p.m. with Dr. Hyman Frankel. Seymour was re-elected a member of the executive committee of the Illinois Council on Family Relations earlier this year . Frankel, \vho received his doctorate from the University of Illinois in June, came to SIU last September from Chicago, 1vhere he worked with the American Bar Foundation as a research associate and also served as administrative assistant to Sheriff Joseph B. Lohman of Cook County. The televised lectures may be viewed without registering for the course(s). \Vest Bank Features SIU SIU' s Residence Centers were the subject of KMOX, Channel L1' s "Eye on St. Louis" program last month, \vi.th De an Harold W. See and Clifton Cornwell, East St. Louis Evening College Supervisor , r epre senting the university. Last \veek Dean See took part in a KETC, Channel 9 round table discussion on the televising of univer s ity courses, with the heads of St. Louis University, hlashington University, and Harris Teache rs College. Last Sunday's St. Louis Globe-Democrat featured the SIU Residence Centers in a half-page spread which included a picture and a map of the proposed 2,600 acre campus south-.vest of Ed\vardsvilL?.. (No re) �... 3 ~ Dr. Eversull to Address County Teachers Dr. Frank Eversull, education, East St. Louis, will give the key-note speech at the St. Clair County Teachers' Institute, to be held at the new East St. Louis High School on October 9. Eversull, a Yale Ph.D., \.Jho has spent a good many months in recent years visiting educational institutions in foreign countries, Hill talk on: "What about American Education?" In May he uill give the key-note address at the annual meeting of the Illinois Federation of Homen's Clubs at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago. ,Kuenzli Reads Paper at APA Dr. Alfred E. Kuenzli, associate professor of psychology at the Alton Center, read a paper at the American Psychological Association in Hashington, D.C. on August 30. An Indiana University Ph.D., Kuen:di also studied in the department of social relations at Harvard University and has a special interest in interdisciplinary social research. During coming months he plans to carry out several studies in the Alton area in such fields as mental health, school learning, group conflict, and industrial relations. Kuenzli, member of a national committee of the American Ps ychological Association which is studying applications of psychology to the in-service training of teachers presented his paper on this subject. ., Report Activities to Information Service Information Service, SIU offices, Broadvie'" Hotel, East St. Louis, Illinois, (Bridge lf-2100, extension 3 or 4) \.Jould like to be notified uhenever faculty members attend meetings of professional or ~ ani z ations, read papers at professional meetings, publish books, articles, poemo, short stories, or reviews, or schedule speaking engagements before community organizations, according to 'Dr. Ray Spahn, supervisor. Spahn, responsible for approvinr; all brochures, catalogue s , pamphlets, neHs releases, or other material concerning the Residence Centers (if intended for publication), also serves as associate pro fe ssor of German at the East St. Louis Center. Faculty members who are willing to accept speaking engageme nts may Hish to list with Spahn subjects on which they fe el qualified to speak. Community orr;anizations regularly come to the Universit y for speakers. President's Reception President and Hrs. Morris are holdin r; a reception for the faculty of the Residence Centers at Sunset Hills Country Club on Sunday, October 5, at 2:30p.m. Faculty members and their wives/husbando have been sent invitations. If they have not been received, it is due to their having been delayed in the mails, and the invitation still holds. Sunset Hills Country Club is three miles \.Jest of Edwardsville on Old By-Pass 66. Alton residents may take Route 111 to By-Pas 66; persons coming from Collinsville, East St. Louis, and Belleville may take 157 to By-Pass 66. (l-lore) �.. . - {:. Voters! Rerister before October 6 Illinois voters must be registered 23 days before an election to be eligible to take part in it. Persons who have lived in Illinois for one year, in their present county for 90 days and in their present precinct for 30 days, have until October 6 to register and become eligible to vote on November L:. • One of the propositions to be voted on in this state on November 4 is an Illinois bond issue which would allot 41 million dollars to SIU for its building program. Belleville residents register at the County Court House in Belleville, East St. Louisans at 17 North Main Street, Collinsvillagers at 125 South Center Street, residents of Eduardsville at the County Court House, and Altonians at the voting . precinct closest to their homes. ---------------------------------------Language and Fine Arts Division Expands Significant additions to the faculty have broadened course offerings in the Language and Fine Arts Division of the Residence Centers accordin~ to an announcement made September 15 by Dr. Robert H. Duncan, head of the division. Three additions have been made in the English department. Dr. Nicholas Joost comes to SIU from Assumption College in Oorcester, Mass. Author of several articles on poetry and fiction published in scholarly journals, Dr. Joost \vas on the staff of Poetry, leading American poetry maga<:: ine, for several years. He was associate editor when he resigned. He serves presently as a member of the advisory board of Modern Age. His graduate work was done nt the University of North Carolina. He will teach a course this fall in Eighteenth Century literature. Dr. Hilton Byrd, who comes to SIU from Indiana University, is a product of the University of Hisconsin graduate school. He is co-author of Publication Guide for Literary and Linguistic Scholars, to be published soon by the Hayne State University Press in Detroit. John Ades, Hho taught at the University of Cincinnati, is completing his doctoral studies 1vith a dissertation on Charles Lamb. He lvill read a paper on Lamb before the Hodern Language Association in New York before Christmas. · He and Joost will teach at the center in Alton, I·J hile Byrd 111ill teach at the East St. Louis Residence Center. Another Alton addition is Dr. Ruth Kilchenmann, until last year a citizen of Switzerland. \Vith a background of study 11hich includes the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of Berne, Swit ze rland, and the University of California, she will offer courses in German and French. Dr. Kilchenmann has had published several papers, including recent studies on Hermann Hesse. Last month Der Bund, leading Berne paper, published her article on Hesse research in America. The music department has two nei·J stnff members. They are Dr. Lloyd G. Blakely and Dr. Herrold E. Headley. Blakely has served as director of bands at Northwestern University, Boston Nass., and at Brookline High School, Brookline, Nass. Headley's field is voice and choral music. He is completing his doctoral 1·m rk through North Texas State College. His experience includes directing the university chorus and the collegiate singers at the University of Arkansas. The tlvo Hill teach at both residence centers. Dr. Ernest Lee Boyd, who will instruct in speech at the East St. Louis Center, has returned to teaching after spending several years in advertising and free-lance .writing. His graduate studies in speech and English were at Northwestern University. Mrs. Evelyn Buddemeyer, who -has been teaching art at Alton on a part-time basis, has been appointed to full-time duty. ~~s . Buddemeyer's training includes many phases of art, such as painting, jewelry and ceramics. She has taught at Hanley Jupior High School in University City, Mo . , and at \'lashington University. (This 1vas \vritten before 9/20/58, uhen additional faculty appointments were confirmed). (Nore) �... •I • • - 5 - SIU to Enroll 10,000 this Fall Enrollment at SIU this Fall has passed the 10,000 mark, an increase of more than 30 per cent over last year. Enrollment at the Carbondale campus alo ne has passed 7, 20 0 , more than 1,200 students above last year's count a t this time. Fall quarter enrollment at the Alton and East St. Louis centers, Hhich has passed the 2, 900 mark, shoHs a total increase of more than a thousand students over last Fall. Our faculty has more than doubl ed al s o since last Fall. The faculty-student ratio for the Fall of 1957 was l- 22 . 3, this Fall it will be about l-20.5. Day enrollment at Alton has incr eased from last Fall's !:9L, to more than 1, 000 students. East St. Louis' day enrollmen t has gone up from last Fall's 171 to almost 500. Briefly, day enrollment has more than doubled. Approximately 900 of the day students are freshmen (550, Alton; 350, East St. Louis). Indications are that more th an 95 per cent of this nr oup are 1958 high school graduates. (Last year more than 50 per cent of our freshmen had graduated in years prior to 1957.) Hhen the evening students are added, Alton's enrollment exceeds 1,775, and that of East si:. Louis approache s 1,150. The full time e quival ency comes to 2, 200 this Fall as compared with 1,207 last Fall. ·, � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty News Bulletin September 1958, Vol 2, No. 1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 1958 https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/7f5542cfef88460e1b93d712080859b2.pdf 59b03a5816b027390c84de89c7c5c4f2 PDF Text Text SUMMER 1960 �\ Vol. IV, No.8 _S ummer 1960 NEWS BULLETIN Mildred Arnold, Editor Fangenroth Road Edwardsville, Illinois Southern Illinois University SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS CAMPUS UNIVERSITIES BOND ISSUE I As of July 31, SWIC faculty and civil service staff members had pledged $4,719 toward support of the Universities Bond Issue. They are to be congratulated for their enthusiastic support. Bond issue activities have con.tinued throughout the summer, pointed toward Labor Day when an intense campaign will begin to inform the voters of the importance of this issue. Twenty faculty members have accepted the responsibility of organizing citizens committees in nine counties in this area. These faculty members, plus approximately 20 others, will form a speakers bureau, according to H. B. BRUBAKER who is head of the Universities Bond Issue campaign for the Southwestern Campus. ·· Since hundreds of area organizations are to be addressed on the subject, other faculty members may be called upon to help, Mr. Brubaker said. Requirements for eligibility to vote on -this question so vital to the capital improvements of the Edwardsville campus are: One year of residence in the state, 90 days in the county, and 30 days in the precinct. The last day to register is October 10. YOUR VOTE IS NEEDED. REGISTER AT 'ONCE. CREDIT UNION NEWS I The SWICSIU Credit Union completed its first six months of operation on July 31. The results have been much better than anticipated in the formative period, according to ·JOE R. SMALL, treasurer. Forty-two members are enrolled; 20 loans have been made, totaling $3,450. ·Balance Sheet July 31, 1960 Assets Cash in Bank Savings A/C Loans 0/S Total Assets ....·, ... .. . ... ~·- $ 748.80 800.00 1,581.96 $3,130.76 Equities Shares Owned Entrance Fees Profit and Loss Total $3 '114. 00 10.50 6.26 $3,130.76 Profit and Loss Interest Earned $ Expenses : Charter.-,Fees and Recording Bank Charges end Check Printing Bonding Insurance Loan Protection Insurance Total Expenses 48.24 $23.75 4.84 9.00 4.39 Net Profit for Six Months .41. 98 $ 6.26 At present loans may be made to a maximum of $315 per month. If you are not a member, officers of the Credit Union urge you to become one at your earliest convenience. THIRTY-TWO NEW GRADUATES Thirty-two new graduates of SWIC will be added to our roster on August 12. Summer comm.e ncement exercises will be held on the Carbondale campus, with Dr • . E. C. Coleman, professor of English, delivering �- 2 the address. CLIFTON CORNWELL will serve as marshal for our candidates for bachelor degrees. FORMER DIRECTORS HONORED On June 28, the current and former division heads and administrative staff at the Alton center gave a luncheon at the Stratford Hotel in Alton for JOHN GLYNN and presented him with a gift. Mr. Glynn began his job as head of SWIC's Business Division on July 1. JAMES "TURNER began his new duties as assistant to President Morris in charge of institutional research on July 1. Faculty members at the Eas t St . Louis center gave him a farewell gift of silver in recognition of his two years of service as center director. FOR ·SALE OR RENT Available this month is a house south of Wanda on Poag Road. It has four rooms and a bath, plus a utility room and attached garage. The house is frame with asbestos shingle exterior. Other features include deep driven well and septic tank, separate dry well to serve kitchen and utility room drains , wiring for electric stove, forced air automatic oil furnace, and electric hot water heater. The house is situated on a lot 142' x 130'; for appointment, phone CLinton 4-2536. The home of JAMES TURNER, a two-bedroom large frame house with two air conditioning units, situated on one acre of land in Collinsville , is for sale. For information, call Dickens 4-0275. NEW ASSOCIATE DEAN Dean William T. Going has announced the approval for appointment of MILTON B. BYRD as Associate Dean of the Southwestern Campus. Although Mr. Byrd has assumed his duties, no public official announcement can be made until after t he August meeting of the Board of Trustees. Mr . Byrd r eceived h i s A. B. and M. A. degrees from Bos t on Universi t y , his Ph.D. from the Universi t y of Wisconsin . He was on t he s ta ff at I ndiana University before joining the Southwes t ern Campus i n t he fall of 1958. Byrd and his wife and two children live at 204 South Summi t Drive in Collinsville. APPO INTED TO AD HOC COMMITTEE GERALD RUNKLE, .ROBERT DUNCAN and HARRY H. SMI TH have been appointed by Presiden t Delyte W. Mor.r.is ..to., _a n ad hoc commi tt ee t o work out a stat ement of objectives for t he University which would include t he needs and aspirations of the Southwes t ern Campus. A s t atement of objectives for t he University recommended by a committee on the Carbondale campus was drawn .up before t he program in Sout hwes t ern I llinois wa s really underway. Wi t h t he developmen t of the pr ogram in t his area, t he faculty of t he SWI C had to be drawn int o t he picture and the objectives named t o be considered in the light of t he newer and more complicated s truct ure and function of t he University. The Pr esident appointed Runkle chairman of t he a d hoc committ ee, .and relieved him of all other du t ies during t he summer in order that he might concentrate on t he new a ss i gnment. FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB The annual business meeting of t he Fa culty Women's Club was held May 19 a t the Coll insville American Legion Club. The following officers were elect ed for 1960-61 : Pres i den t, MRS. GEORGE ARNOLD; vice president , :MRS. J OHN .ADES ; secretary, MRS . CHARLES PARISH; treasurer, MRS. JAMES DIEKROEGER; direc tor , MRS. CAMERONMERED ITH. The direc t or holding over from the pr evious year is MRS . HOWARD DAVIS. Mrs. Diekroeger has since found it necessary t o resign a s treasurer and this office will be f illed by MRS. KERMIT CLEMANS. The firs t board meeting of t he new off ic er s was held August 1 at Edwar dsville , at which time a �- 3 - program was outlined for the new year. Program chairman is MRS. JOSEPH DAVIS; the publicity chairman is MRS. C. E. }'EEBLES; the welcoming connnittee chairman is M:RS. CLIFTON CORNWELL. JOINS VICE PRESIDENT'S STAFF CHARLES BUTLER, recorder in President Morris' office at Carbondale since his graduation from SIU in 1950, has moved to Edwardsville. He will divide his time between the President's Edwardsville office and that of Vice President HAROLD W. SEE. MYERS .TO TEACH AT SIU To most of us the name of Dr. Alonzo F. Myers is very familiar. Many of us have met him personally. It was he who made the analysis of higher education needs in southwestern Illinois which was instrumental in establishing SIU facilities in this .area in 1957. Engaged in 1956 by the Southwestern Illinois Council for Higher Education .to make a survey of the extent and nature of needs for higher education in Madison and St. Clair counties, Myers' comprehensive study pointed out that the percentage of college graduates in the two-county area was only half that of the state and n.a tion as a whole; that firms in the two counties could employ 200-250 engineering graduates each year, 120 to 240 business administration majors, and 65 chemists--if they were available; and that the demand for additional teachers would be so great by 1961 that the two-county area would need to generate a supply of up to two-thirds of the number of new teachers it would need. When Myers retires in .September from the chairmanship of New York University's higher education department, he will go to Carbondale to teach .at SIU during the fall quarter. NEWS FROM THE DIVISIONS . BUSINESS • • • LEO COHEN participated in the 27th .a nnual conference on Property Assessment Review and .Equalization held July 12 in Springfield. The conference was sponsored by the Illinois Department of Revenue. Cohen attended the annual Midwestern Economic Association meeting at Minneapolis April 28-30. He addressed the May meeting of the Belleville branch of the American Association of University Women; his topic was "An Analysis of th-e .Illinois Revenue Structure." In comparing Illinois with other states, he said Illinois is unique in that 90 per cent of its taxes comes from the general sales tax and property tax, a highly regressive type of taxation, and that very little taxes are shifted to people living outside the state. An article by Cohen, "A More Recent Measurement of the Built-in Flexibility of the Individual Income Tax,'" appeared in the June issue of the National Tax .Journal ;;;;....;;...;;.""""""• ___ On June 3, D. E. WASSEN delivered the commencement address at the graduation exercises of the Roxana High School. Before an audience of over 1,000 people, Mr. Wassen challenged the seniors on the topic, "The Secret of Leadership." He concluded his address with the statement that "The secret of leadership to lasting and satisfactory success is making the right moral decision, decision always in harmony with the will of God and His natural law of love." During the absence of the regular minister, Mr. Wassen preached at the June 5 morning service at the First Baptist-Presbyterian Federated Church in Carlinville. On June 8 he addressed the American Society of ·Training Directors, St. Louis .Chapter, discussing "The Training Director's Responsibility in an Era of Payola." June 19 he served in the pulpit of the United Presbyterian Church in Staunton; on .June 27 he addressed the Ladies' Night meeting of the Men's Coun- �- 4 cil at the Wood River Methodist Church We extend our deepest sympathy to JOE SMALL in the loss of his sister, Hazel Johnson . · She died early in June • • • An article by ETHEL BLACKLEDGE appeared in the May issue of Journal of Business Education; it was entitled "Help Solve the Problems for the Beginning Worker." • . • A new instructor has been named to the business division. He is KARL A. SAUBER, economics DANIEL BOSSE and his wife are the parents of an eight-pound boy, born July 19 . The new arrival has been named Bruce . Eric • In June MARY M. BRADY served as a consultant for two days at a Workshop in Typewriting and Office Practice held at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. She was on the Program at the summer conference of the Illinois Business Education Association held at the University of Illinois in July where she spoke on the subject, "Teaching Aids in Clerical Practice , " The May issue of Business Education Forum printed as its lead feature article Miss Brady's "The Development of Standards for the Key-Driven Calculator." This periodical is a publication of the United Business Education Association MORRIS CARR is a member of the Wood River High School Band Boosters. • • • EDUCATION • KENNETH ESTEY has resigned to accept a position as registrar and instructor in religious education at Keuka College in New York . His new address will be 353 North Main Street, Penn Yan, New York • • • LEO:t{ARD B. WHEAT addressed t he Bethalto Chapter of the National Honor Society at its annual initiation on May 17. He also made the dedicatory talk at t he new Holliday School in the Pontiac District on May 22, and gave the commencement address at the Wesclin High School in Trenton on May 26 0 0 • The new president of the Madison-St . Clair Counties International Reading Association is ROBERT STEINKELLNER. He was elected at the May 14 meeting held at the East St . Louis Center. According t o Steinkellner, "A strong program ·is ··being planned, and there will be a continuous drive to increase membership. Membership is open to all those engaged in the teaching or supervision of reading at any school level. 11 • •• On June 1, THOMAS EVANS participated in · the Careers Day program at Lincoln High School, East St. Louis . Four students at the East St . Louis Center helped him with a panel discussion, followed by a question and answer session . Evans conducted a workshop for college-bound students . Those helping him were Pat Lally, Ledora Allen, Fred Wair, and David Reiser • Last May 20, high school seniors who will attend the Southwestern Campus this fall to study physical education were feted at a picnic sponsored by the freshman physical education .major class , The picnic, an annual affair , featured games, stunts, a campus tour, and discussion .groups with upperclass students . BABETTE MARKS is instructor of t he sponsoring class . Miss Marks was a delegate t o the annual spring conference of t he Midwest Association for Physical Educat ion of College Women held May 13 - 15 at George Williams College Camp in Williams Bay , Wisconsin. Miss Marks participated in the mock debate arguing the point for methods classes in teacher education programs. She took part also in a canoe skills demonstration • • • �- 5 - Two new appointments have been announced for the education division. They are an .a ssistant professor, ALFRED D. CURRY, University of Illinois Ph.D. candidate, and an assistant professor of health education, RICHARD D. SPEAR, who has been serving in the same capacity at Fresno State College in California WILLIAM BANAGHAN and THOMAS EVANS conducted a Student Leaders Workshop .at the Edwardsville Country Club on May 14 . • • HOWARD V. DAVIS was promoted to associate professor of education .in action taken June 15 by the SIU Board of Trustees. The summer issue of the Vocational Guidance Quarterly carried an article by Davis entitled "Who Are Public School Personnel Workers?" The article was a study of the public schools in Illinois with respect to those having assigned guidance and counseling duties. Davis has been appointed state membership coordinator for the American College Personnel Association. He is also a trustee of the American Personnel and Guidance Association. On July 27 he participated in a Workshop on Guidance Practices and Techniques in Today's Schools. The workshop was held at McKendree College. He addressed the general session on ."Articulating Guidance Services in the Schools" and conducted a group meeting on "Compiling and Using Guidance Records." . • . On May 18 LAWRENCE TAL lANA . and Davis participated in a meeting of the Guidance Council of St. Louis County. Guidance representatives from Washington University, St. Louis University and Harris Teachers College were invited, along with the two SWIC representatives. On May 9, Taliana spoke to the Women's Community Service League at a luncheon meeting in the Stratford Hotel in Alton. His talk pertained to the importance of community resources in promoting mental health. . • . FINE ARTS . • • CLIFTON CORNWELL spoke to the Edwardsville Rotary Club June 9 on "Use of Television in Modern Teaching Methods." According to the program chairman of the day, MYRON BISHOP, who introduced Mr. Cornwell, the talk was ent husiastically received . • . LLOYD BLAKELY attended the American .Symphony ·Orchestra League in St. Louis June 15 , 16, 17 . .. . .. - _,_ • HERROLD E. HEADLEY was promoted to associate professor of music .at the June 15 meeting of SIU's Board of Trustees New appointments in fine arts include an associate professor of speech, ANDREW J. KOCHMAN, who comes to us from Alabama College, and an instructor of art, CLEN E. HOWERTON . . • • • • HUMANITIES • • • During August PETER L. SIMPSON is appearing on the radio program Bookshelf which is heard over the FM station, KWIX. The program is broadcast on Sunday afternoons from 5 :.15 to 5:30. Topics to be discussed include John Logan's Ghosts of the Heart, a new book of poems published by the University of Chicago Press; two of the later plays of Tennessee Williams, Suddenly Last Summer and Orpheus Descending; a new edition of the Lewis Carroll masterpieces, The Annotat ed Alice; and .a novel by the psychologist Karl Stern, .Through Dooms of _L ove. . Simpson's poem, "The Lay of Bonnie Greengloves," has been accepted for publication by Choice, a new magazine of poetry published by the Poetry Seminar in Chicago. Another of his poems, "Elegy for John E. Jennings, Sr. , " will .appear in .a forthcoming issue of The Critic. . GERALD RUNKLE has received word that �- 6 - his'Marxism and Charles Darwin" will appear in the February issue of the Journal of -Politics. The article is an expanded version of a paper he read before the American Philosophical Association meeting in Milwaukee last spring ROBERT SAlTZ has resigned to go to Bogota, Colombia, as a Fulbright lecturer and head of the English language program for Colombia • . • EDWIN GRAHAM has been appointed chairman of the Committee on Freshman English for 1960-61 • • • Two short stories written by MARION TAYLOR appeared in print this swmner. "Treasures for Sale ~' appeared in the June issue of Teen magazine; "Three's a Marriage" ;;g-carried in Q. ~· Lady. Mrs. Taylor writes that she had a most interesting trip to the University of Jammu and Kashmir, by way of the Mediterranean and ' Egypt. Mrs. Taylor is in India on a year's leave of absence as a Fulbright lect .u rer • • • The talk given by NICHOLAS JOOST May 15 at the annual Honors Day convocation at Marillac College, Normandy, Missouri, was carried in the college paper. Joost will speak at the college September 13 on an Honors Program in the Liberal Arts. He has had accepted for publication some time in 1961 in The Explica~ a note on Anthony Hecht's poem, "Ostia Antica." • • • CHARLES PARISH has been appointed chairman of the Committee on Sophomore English for the academic year 1960-61; last year he was chairman of the Committee on Freshman English. Parish has had accepted for publication in a 1961 issue of Studies in Philology a long article entitled "Christopher Smart's Kno~ledge of Hebrew in Jubilate Agno." College English has accepted for publication his article entitled "A Table of Contents for Tristram Shandy." • • • BERTRAND BALL was granted the doctor of philosophy degree June 4 at the University of Southern Cali.fornia. Title of his doctoral dissertation was "The Role of Nature in the Novels, Novelettes, and Short Stories of Edouard Estaunie." • • • ALFRED KUENZLI is author of an article entit led "An Objective Basis for Ethics" which appeared in a rec:ent issue of The Humanist. The article is an outgrowth of a paper . he.. read at last year's convention of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. The paper received an award from the organization • • • The following poems by JOHN KNOEPFLE have appeared or will appear in .print soon: "'P rodigal," The Western Humanities Review; "Poems on , ~spect of the Moon," Poetry; "Actaeon," Modern Age; · "Speculator," "River Wreck," "Fort Hill," ' Choice; ~ "In the Pilothouse," The Critic. With Robert Bly of New York University and Richard Wright of Minnesota, Knoepfle has collaborated in a book of translations from the poetry of Casar Vallejo, Peruvian nat.ional poet, to be published this fall by The Sixties Press • At the ·June 15 meeting of the SIU Board of Trustees NICHOLAS JOOST was given a full professorship. Also promoted at this meeting was MILTON B. BYRD, now associate professor of English • • • CHARLES S. HENSLEY will begin hi,s teaching assignment at SWIC this September. He has been named associate professor of English; he filled a similar assignment at Harris Teache:J:S College before joining the staff at the Southwestern Campus. • R. J. SP"AHN attended the national conference of the American College Public Relations Association which met from July 10 to July 14 at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D. c. �- 7 - SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS • . • E. R. CASSTEVENS s erv ed as one of the leaders in a one-day con f erenc e on Coaching and Counsel ing for Mi dd le Management held at the Wes terner Club July .2 8 . The club is a private one for Olin-Mathieson emp loyees . Purpos e of the conference was t o present a capsule course in coaching and counseling , and to give an overview of a 16 -hour course presented to six gr oups of a p proximately 80 superv i sor s at Gran it e City Steel Compa ny _during t h e pas t year . This course has b een described as the most successful t ra i n i ng effort in Granite City Steel's program dur ing the past 12 years • • .• "Granular Fertilizer Formulat ion with IBM 702 Comput er" is t he tit l e o f a recently-published ar t i cle by DAVID G. RANDS . The ar t ic l e was carr i ed in the May-June issue of The J our nal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry . The article outlines another s t e p i n t h e direction of t he sys t emat izing and con trolling the manufac t ur e o f chemical fertilizer, accord ing to Rands . . . • DONAL G. MYER and his fami l y have moved from East Al t on t o 3438 Meri doc i a , Alton . Their new t el ephone numb er i s HOward 2-8346 • • • "Science and t he Modern World" was dis cussed by HOWARD PFE I FER at t he June 7 meeting of the down town Eas t St. Lou i s Optimist Club • J. EDMUND WHITE and h i s f amily ha v e moved from Eas t Al t on t o 312 Pr ospec t Street, Alton . The Whit e 's n ew t ele phone number is HOward 5 - 1692 . Wor k on remodeling t heir home overlooki ng the Mississippi was int err upt ed t h i s summer by his assignmen t at t he Oak Ridge National La boratory . . • PAUL PHILLIPS and his wi f e have moved to 420 Monument St ree t, Al t on . Their t elephone numb er r emains the same as lis t ed i n t he s t aff directory , HOward 5-4398 . . • Two promo t ions i n t he d i vision a pproved J une 15 by the Boar d of Trus t ees were t hos e of WI LL IAM PROBST t o associate profes s or of ch emis try and RAY GWILLIM to ass i stan t professor of ma t hematics A new memb er has been added t o the divi sion . ERNEST L. SCHUSKY , University of Ch i ca go Ph . D. candidate in an t hropology , ha s been appo int ed t o t he SWIC s t aff as an a ssis t ant pro t:es.s.p}:' •.,_ RAY GWILL I M, LYMAN HOLDEN, PAUL PHILLIPS, ARNOLD SE IKEN and ERIC STURLEY a tt ended t h e me e tin g o f t he Illinois section of t he Ma t hemati ca l Associa tion of America which was h eld l a s t May a t Illinois Wesleyan Un i v er si ty . • SOC IAL STUDIES • How to Te ll t he School St ory , a text outl i ning a pub li c rela tions program for public school s , wa s released t h i s spring by Prent ice Hall. Chapter 15 of the book, ent i t led 16Mee t i n g t he Cri ti c , " wa s written by DONALD TAYLOR . Ma t er i al for th i s chap ter was col l ec t ed by Ta yl or while he was s erv i ng a s superv i sor of schoolcommun i ty r elations in Salt La ke City , Utah . Acc or d i ng t o t he author, the pur pos e of the chap t er is t o offer insight int o and proc edur es for handling cri t ici sm On Sep t ember 2 , MARK TUCKER wi ll part i cipat e in a s ympos i um at t he na t ional meeting o f t he Ameri can Psychological Associa t ion . The symposium is en ti tl ed "Problems of Neurolog i cal Def i c it . I I MARY MEGEE is a tt en ding t he In t er national Geograph i ca l Union Con fer ence in St ockholm, Sweden, being held fr om Augus t 6 t o Augus t 12 . She wa s sched - �- 8 - uled to read a paper at the conference "On Measuring the Industrial Character of a Region," a condensation of her book, Monterrey, Mexico : Internal Patterns Over External Relations, based on field work done by the author in Mexico. While in Europe Miss Megee will visit Scotland, Norway, Germany, France, and England • •• entitled "Policy Making at, the Local Level"; it will appear in a volume on New York state politics. Mann's monograph, . "Policy Formulation in the Executive Branch--The Taft-Hartley Experience," will appear in the September issue of the Western Politica ~ . Quarterly. FACULTY AND STUDENTS ENJOY COFFEE BREAK FREDERICK A. FORREST has resigned to accept a position with the Inter American University in Puerto Rico. He and Mrs. Forrest left for Puerto Rico the last of July . • • KURT GLASER and his family have moved to 805 East Airline Drive, East Alton. Their telephone number remains the same, CLinton 4-6378 Roughly 350 students and faculty attended a coffee break on the Alton campus the morning of August 3 • . The successful affair was faculty spons~ored· ; CAMERON MEREDITH arranged to have staff members serve coffee, donuts and Pepsi. Lecture hours were shortened between 9 ~ 55 and 10:30 a.m. in order that students might stop between Science and Loomis Hall for a welcome break from classes. Members of the division who received promotions at the June 15 meeting of the SIU Board of Trustees were HYMAN H. FRANKEL, who was named associate professor of sociology, and VIRGIL SEYMOUR, named assistant professor • A new associate professor of history, PATRICK W. RIDDLEBERGER, has been added to the SWIG staff. Riddleberger has been history professor at the University of Maryland since 1953 . An in.structor in geography, RICHARD GUFFY, has also been named to the division • GUNTER REMMLING will be in New York City the latter part of August to deliver a formal paper at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society • • • SEYMOUR MANN will attend the Inter-University Seminar on Metropolitan Research to be held August 27-28 at Syracuse University. The seminar will bring together some 27 people from universities over the country· it is being sponsored by the Danforth Fou~­ dation. This fall the Syracuse University Press, under the auspices of the Citizenship Clearing House, will publish an .article by Mann. It is a large-scale study � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty News Bulletin Summer 1960, Vol. 4, No. 8 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Summer 1960 https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/ef42c4282f563fbec70c9b3e7bee7b13.pdf f00219ca646f2b2f7152f0cb62b6e980 PDF Text Text SOUTHERN ILLI NOIS UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL NE WS BULLETIN II I I I I Published Quarterly by Information Service S outh ern Illinois University Southwest Illinois R esiden ce Center Broadview Hotel, East S t. Louis, Illinois �February, 1958 INDUSTRIAL NEWS BULLETIN Volume 1, No.1 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS RESIDENCE OFFICE Broadview Hotel East St. Louis , Illinois Upton 5-3925 Editors Ray Spahn and Chelsea Bailey NEWS BULLETIN This bulletin begins a quarterly report to Industry on the progress of the technical program of Southern Illinois Uni ve rsity, established for industries in this area. Planned by representatives from industry working with SIU's Harold W. See after the establishment of th e Southwestern Illinois Residence Office in 1955, the program d e veloped rapidl y . By late summer 195 7, when the Reside n c e Centers were established in East St. , Louis and Alton with Dr. See as E x e c uti v e Dean, the technical program had reached tl1e point where it required the attention oJ .a.n .. inJ~.ustrial training specialist who could devote himself e xclusively to its development. The University was able to secure the s er v ices of Chelsea Bailey, who had just completed a two -year assignment in Ba g hdad setting up an Industrial En gineering Institute for Iraq 1 s Ministry of Educ a tion. Working with Chels Bailey, Information Service will publish a quarterly i ~ formational bulletin for the area's industries. MESSAGE FROM HAROLD SEE "It has been most gratifying to participate in the de v elopment of a program designed for industry that has grown from absolutely nothing in the fall of 1955 to a program that will exceed 100 c ourses this y ear. Student enrollment probably will number 1, 500 by the end of this .school year. With the appointment of Chelsea Bailey to our staff this year, we are able to provide the full-time leadership this program so richly deserves. "A personal word seems to be in order - the warm friendship and encouragement each of you extended to me when I arrived in this area some two years ago has been sincerely appreciated, and my real regret as Mr. Bailey assumes this responsibility is the necessity for lessening my contacts with each of you in industry. "The fact that all of you have giv en Chelsea Bailey the same type of support and cooperation that you extended to me is mo$t encouraging as we look to future program development. 11 CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES Working with SIU's Residen c e Offi c e a nd Div ision of Te c hnical and A dult Education to determine what c ourses will meet the needs of the area are men from industry - one g'roup in Granite City and the other in Alton. The Granite �- 2 City Co-ordinating Committee which was o::..1.ganizcd. two. y.e.ars ago met at Granite City Stee l Company January 2 7 and recommended the continuance of the program on a two-year cycle. Members from industry meeting with SIU officials and M. A. Wittevrongel were: Clifford Bl<:l.nkensh~p. 'Safety and Security Supervisor, A. 0. Smith Company; Harry B. Bott, Chairman, Superintendent of Personnel and Training, Granite City Steel Company; Richard Bromley, Director of Personnel, Dow Chemical Company; William Lovin, Training Director, Granite City Steel Company. The year old Alton Co-ordinating Committee - like the one in Granite City - meets quarterly. The members in addition to the SIU representatives are: Thomas Butler, Manager, Alton District Manufacturers Association; C. A. Davidson, Training Supervisor, Shell Oil Company; R. M. Homer, Employment Manag~r, Owens -Illinois Glass Company; Robert Husmann, Director of Training, Laclede Steel Company; Richard F. Judson, Supervisor of Training and Pto.blic Relations, Standard Oil Company; · Rubert· Wright, Administrative A~sistant to Superintendent in charge of Vocational Education, Alton Senior High Sche el. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Industrial plant personnel enrolled in SIU's Southv;estern Illinois Industrial Management Program now number almost 400. Representing more than 50 companies, the persons enrolled in the program come from as far as Belleville, Troy, Bunker Hill, and Jerseyville to attend the courses - most of which are offered at Granite City High School and SIU's Alton Residence Center. In answer to needs e:,pressed by industry, the industrial management courses being offered this winter include: Practical Psycholoey for Supervisors Safety The Supervisor and His Job Effective Speaking Industrial Engineering Industrial Report Writing Ferrous Metallurgy Labor Management Relations Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Time and Motion Study Industrial Ecoaomics Material Handling Cost Control. Qua lity Control C:·gan::z e:i La8or -Gr owth c.nd Development IN -PLANT TRAINING PROGRAM . An In-Plant Tr a ining Progr a m has been ina ugurated under the spons'c;>rsh1p of Southern Illinois Unhre rs i ty. Day, eveni ng and late afternoon clas~es are now sche.dule d. f~r. six p lc::.nts, 2.nd others h2.ve contacted the Technical a\nd Adult Educatwn Dlv1s1on wit h a veiw to beginning classes of their own. �- 3 Classes already in oper=:.tion are:, Supervisory Training at American Zin:c, Rapid Reading at Dow Chemical Company, Material Handling at Granite City Steel, Effective Speaking at Monsanto, and Industrial Report Writing at A. 0. Smith Corporation. The In-Plant courses - designed specifically to meet the needs of the plant in question - are geared to present a maximum amount of practical application with a minimum of theory. MATERIAL HANDLING Three classes in Material Handling are 1n session at present, one at SIU' s Alton Residence Center aad one e ach at the Granite City High School and Granite City Steel. Committees have been formed in these classes to take up shop problems 2.nd work them out under the supervision of instructors. Ray Surveyor and Thurmon Darnell , tv.;o of the instructors, are president and past president respective ly o f ch e St. Louis Chapter of the -A:rn7r. ic~n Society for Material H a ndling. 'I' r1 i s pr og:;_~a:::n i s a pproved and under the sponsorship of the local and n a."l:icm <:'.l <::.sso ciat i on s. TOP-LEVEL 1v1ANAGi.-<;MZN 'J.' COURS E A gr0u.p of eight ee n ke y supe rvi s o:::- s from industries in this area meet weekly with Dr . Jos e ph B i :rd of Southern Illinois University to "work out an engineerin8 approach to th e human relation-s ·problem. '' Comprised of supervisors who report to no one lower than a vice president in their respective companies, the men were selected by the industries because of the strat e gi c positi0ns they hold. They will meet for at least sixteen two-hour Tue s day eveni:l.g sessions in the Granite City High School. The contP.nt of t he cour se - called Effective Management - was determined in 2. r.c12eting of SIU o fficials with executives from representative ~. ndustries of the are a. "Most m e n lose out - not becau s e of technical inability to do the job they are hired to do - but b 3caus e they haven't been able to get along with other:- ," Bird says. "On e of the tra ge dies in industry is the case of the supervisor who com.plain s, 'I h ave a superior foreman who's too smart for his job. ' 11 . ~1-: e first thin g V/ f; do in the cour s e is to help each man get really acquainted with h i mse lf a nci d e termin e what bias and prejudice he has. When he becom e s a bl e t o c o.r..s id s r hi s o vm problems critically, he gets the reaction of perso ns wi t ~ v1 h om h e is in daily contact. "In th e li ght of t h e i nformc:.tion a bout his own strong and weak points, he is better quali fi ed ·co u n de r r: t a D.d t he p r oblems of his foremen and consequently better able to help th e m g et a. cq uaint e d with t heir human relations problems. The foremen in tur n le3.r :.:l t o h e lp the m e n under them apply the same principles. �- 4 Most employment decisions are made on an emotional rather than on a scientific basis, according to Bird, who was personnel consultant of New York City Civil Service Commission and employment and training manager for RCA before joining the staff of SIU's Alton Residence Center. A Ph. D. in business administration from New York University, he served more recently as consultant and management training specialist in Turkey and · France. RAPID READING Intense interest on the part of management in the improvement of reading skills prompted Southern Illinois University to inaugurate a reading improvement program. Highly specialized materials and equipment have been secured by the University for use in the courses now being given at Dow Chemical Company and at Granite City High School. . .... .. . · -· ~ . Interest in this program has become so great that a waiting list has developed. There is a recognition on the part of management that the improvement of reading skills - both in vocabulary and speed - has a direct relationship to efficiency in one's administrative capacity. SIU has acquired the services of a specialist who helped to develop equipment and techniques for the improvement of reading skills, Harris Shettel. SIU's RESIDENCE OFFICE REPORTS Dean See's report to the University's Board of Trustees for the Fall Quarter showed a total student population of 2, 874 in SIU Courses in Madison and St. Clair Counties, with 1, 873 taking work for credit, 850 in technical and adult education, and 151 in conference type and short courses. Of the 1, 873 students enrolled for credit, 202 were at the graduate level. Approximately 36 per cent or 655 of the credit students were on a full-time day basis. Most of the credit students enrolled at the Alton Residence Center come from Alton, Wood River, and East Alton, with smaller numbers from Edwardsville, Bethalto, Godfrey, and Roxana; while the East St. Louis Center draws most of its students from East St. Louis, Granite City, Belleville, and Collinsville. Ninety-four per cent of the students live within 35 miles of their classes and as many as 80 per cent live within 20 minutes' driving time. Madison and St. Clair Counties account for 86 per cent of the student body, although the total student population rep:cesents 104 communities 30 counties and 4 states. Slightly less than 50 per cent of the total f~esh~an students enrolled in day classes graduated in 195 7 or later, with most of the remainder graduating between the years 1950 and 1956. �- 5 More credit students major in general business than in any other field. With 15 per cent of them indicating general business as their field of concentration and an additional five per cent listing accounting, management, secretarial science, and economics, the majors in business and related field constitute roughly 20 per cent of the student body. The combined fields of science - applied and pure - and math enroll almost 14 per cent of the student body, and the various fields of professional education claim 13 per cent, with more than half of them planning to go into elementary education. More than 700 Residence Center students at Alton and East St. Louis receive state or federal help with their education. W e1J .oy~r }Jalf of these are students who receive financial help only because they are attending an. · Illinois state univ.ersi'ty. This makes 35 of them eligible for SIU Scholarship and Activity A wards, 156 for Illinois Military Scholarships, 65 for State Teacher Training Scholar ships, and 124 for university part-time employment. Veterans receiving benefits number 318. Roughly 40 per cent of the Residence Center students receive help through these sources. In terms of possible growth factors, all evidence would indicate that an enrollment of 4, 800 to 5, 000 students by the fall of next year would be well within the realm of possibility. A partial breakdown would be as follows: 3, 100 credit students, 1, 400 technical and adult, 300 conference and short courses, and between 200 and 500 extension students. Of the credit students 1, 300 can be expected to enroll in the day program with 300 of the evening students enrolling in graduate courses. Instructional areas that would seem to hold great possibilities for the Residence Centers program are increased activity in nursing education, more technical work, and an expanded program in the field of graduate instruction with some emphasis on business. With the additon of seven new faculty members, the Winter Quarter , re.gular full-time teaching staff of the Centers includes 24 doctorates (63 per cent). Midwestern universities account for most of the 103 degrees held by the 38 regular full-time staff members, but 13 of them are from Eastern universities, including Harvard and Yale, and four are from universities south of the MasonDixon line. Thirteen of the faculty took at least one degre e in a university west of the Mississippi. Not included in the count are the Centers 1 six nonteaching registrars and business officers. Dean See's report on the Winter Quarter showed a net increase of four per cent in total enrollment for all types of programs. Full-time day student enrollment increased slightly more than four per cent. Graduate student enrollment gains of slightly more than 11 per cent occurred simultaneously �- 6 with a net drop of 21 per cent in evening credit course enrollment. Total student enrollment in credit courses showed a net de c rease of two per cent. Adult and technical student enrollment increased 22 per cent, principally because of an incre a se in 11 in-plant 11 and civil defense programs. EDITORS RE.QUEST HOUSE ORGA N S The editors inv i t e per s onnel, edu c ation, and training directors to submit education and training pro gra ms that they f eel would be informative to other companies. They ask als o to be put on the mailing list for the house organs of all industries receivi n g this bulletin. Such an exchange of ideas should prove to be rnutua l ly bene ficial. . ... - ·· · ·-·~ - �- - - -- - · - ···- •# FEB - - · - · ...-...f--·----.. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Industrial News Bulletin February 1958, Vol. 1, No . 1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 1958 https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/918053f87530ffa7e3d109cd17575919.pdf c3a1031bb07b97e29b7d3b94eafcf7d0 PDF Text Text SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL NEWS BULLETIN II I I I I Published Quarterly by Information Service Southern Illinois University Southwest Illinois Residence Center Broadview Hotel, East St. Louis, Illinois Ill I \ �I. CHELSEA BAILEY LEAVES SIU After two years as Supervisor of Industrial and Adult Education at SIUis Southwestern Illinois Campus, Chelsea Bailey resigned, effective July 30. On August 1 he returned to his old ,lob in Cincinnati where he was Director of Relations with Industry for the Ohio College of Applied Science, He had been away from that job four years, two of which were spent in Baghdad, Iraq, pioneering a new technical school. During his two years at SIU Baileyis imagination and enthusiasm built a fine program. Most of the readers of Industrial News Bulletin know personally of the success of these programs. Two years of vigorous service were capped by a July vacation on the snow-white beaches of the Virgin Islands, where he visited his daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. In leaving, Mr. Bailey expressed his confidence in the IndQstrial and Adult Education programs and his gratitude to his many friends in industry and at SIU for their contributions. The cheeriness, blarney, and vigor of this traveling Yankee will be missed l We shalt always be indebted to him for putting the Industrial Management Program on a good solid working basis. Good luck, Chels l .. ..·. .. . .. ~- ,~.: . E. R. CASSTEVENS TAKES OVER INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM On August 1, as Chelsea Bailey left for Cincinnati, Ohio, Emery R. Casstevens, formerly of Ford Motor Company and Proctor and Gamble, officially assumed his duties as Supervisor of the Industrial and Technical l?rogram . Casstevens, an Annapolis graduate with a degree in engineering, has been active in industrial training in the metropolitan area for the past thirteen years. Prior to that he spent eleven years in the Navy, including four years at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. University teaching is not new to Casstevens. His experience includes teaching at the University of Michigan, Miami University in Ohio, U. S. Naval Academy, and, more recently, Washington University, Also of value from a training standpoint is the wartime experience of having trained the crew of a new ship and then, as commanding officer, taking the ship to sea for extended duty, once with a sub chaser and once with a destroyer-escort. Another highpoint in his training career he says, was pre-production training of the supervisors and crews for four new chemical plants while with Proctor and Gamble. Recently he has been teaching in-plant courses in the Industrial and Adult Education Department on a call staff basis. During the past three months he has completed a specialiy tailored course in "Industrial Report Writing" at Monsanto Chemical Company and three courses, also tailor-made, on "The Supervisor and His Job" at A. 0. Smith Corporation. "The emphasis in all in-plant courses," Casstevens says, "is to design the course to suit the specific needs of the plant we serve. " BAILEY'S DUTIES SPLIT IN ORGANIZATION CHANGE The duties of Chelsea Bailey, Supervisor, Industrial and Adult Education, have been split up in an organization change effective with Bailey's leaving August 1, 1959, according to Dr. Harold W. See, Vice-Preaident, Southwestern Illinois Campus. Emery R. Casstevens will be responsible for the Industrial and Technical Program, while the Adult Education Program will be split between Robert W. Duncan, Supervisor of the Alton Evening College, and Virgil L. Seymour, Supervisor of the East St. Louis Evening College. • Casstevens' duties will include In-Plant Programs; the Industrial Management Programs at Granite City, Alton, and East St. Louis; and the Technical Program. The Adult Education Program deals with adult programs of a non-industrial and non-technical nature . . �IN-PLANT COURSE GENERATES TWO MORE An in-plant "pilot" course on ''The Supe rviso r and Hi s Job" at the A. o .. Smith Corporation generated enough interest that Paul H. Kelly, Training and Safety Supervisal, decided to schedule another. At the appointed time, Kelly, Chelsea Bailey, and Emery Casstevens, the instruc tor, gathered in the Conference Room to regi st er the prospects . Encouraged by word-of-mouth reports of the "pilot" course and the company's policy of a twothirds refund of tuition for successfully completed courses, over thirty-five prospects enrolled, The group had to be split into two classes,, a fine example of what good promotion, a sound company policy, and a well-conducted "pilot" program can do . . Both courses are now completed. Kelly had this to s ay of the r esults : 11 We feel that this course and others conducted by SIU have made a sizable contribution to the improved performance of our plant during the past year, We have received a number of requests for other courses of this type from the supervisors who participated." INDUSTRIAL REPORT WRITING COURSE FOR MONSANTO ENGINEERS Thirteen chemical engineers and supervisors of Monsanto Chemical Company's_\Wllllam G. Krummrich Plant completed an in-plant "pilot" course in "Industrial Report Writing" on June 10, 1959, Like all in-plant courses, it was tailor -made to suit the particill'at needs of the plant, Through arrangements with William A. Crutcher, Training Director , several conferences were held with plant management to design a course of practical value aimed at the specific needs of the group. The course was taught by SIU's in-plant instructor, E. R. Casstevens. The emphasis throughout the twelve two-hour sessions was on practi ce with individual coaching, Commenting on the value of the "pilot" course, Mr. Crutcher said, "Co-operation between the SIU staff and plant management produced a course content that ke pt class interest at a high level. Co-operative measurement of results of the instruction indi ca te s it has been effective and has provided leads to changes that will make future use of the inst ru ction even more effective." EDWARDSVIJ... LE CAMPUS SITE GROWING The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus site has now grown to 1115 acres, Dr. Harold W. See, Vice-President for SIU's Southwestern Illinois Campus, announced on July 7, 1959, The University hopes to have 1800 acres pur chased by the end of the summer, he added, See said that in addition to the land already. purchased, owners of 80 more acres of land had received official notices of intent to buy and that the Univer sity was working to acquire additional land as funds become available. Contributions, including gifts from industry and labor organizations, are being received each week, with total contributions approaching the $600,000 mark, See said. The $41,000,000 appropriation bill which Gove rnor Wllllam G. stratton signed July 6, 1959, for the 1959-61 biennium included a $300, 000 item for en~ineering and architectural studies for the new campus and a $500,000 item for renovation of existing University buildings in Madison and St. Clair counties. FACULTY SPEAKERS' BUREAU ESTABLISHED The formation of a Faculty Speakers' Bureau as a community service was announced in January of this year by Southern Illinois University's East st. Louis Residence Center. . Ten faculty members from various fields of specialization are available for talks at meetings, clubs, community associations, professional organizations, and "special interest" groups, There are roughly fifty topics from which to choose. The selection of topics runs from "How to Manage Your Money" to "Is the U.S. Leading the World?", "Have you Listened Lately?", "Americanism, What Is It?", and "What is an Education?" Groups interested in obtaining brochures which list speakers and topics may do so by contacting Clifton Cornwell, Assistant Professor of Speech, at Bridge 4-2100. Cornwell organized the bureau in an effort to handle the numerous requests which the University is receiving. Members of the Bureau are Ernest L. Boyd, Associate Professor of Speech; Milton B. Byrd, Assistant Professor of English; S. D. Lovell, Associate Professor of Government; Virgil L. Seymour, Instructor of Sociology; Joe R. Small, Associate Professor of Business; H. H. ~mith, Associate Professor of Education; Robert steinkellner, Assistant Professor of Education; Jack B. Thomas, . Instructor of Sociology; James D. Turner, .Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Residence Center; and Cornwell. �WORKSHOP STUDIES COMMUNITY-8CHOOL CO - OPERATION Community and School co-operation for Common Goals was the theme of the fourth annual workshop in Vocational Utilization of Community Resources held from June 22 through July 31 at Southern Illinois University's Alton Residence Center. Designed for supervisors, teachers, administrators, and student workers, the course carried four hours of graduate or undergraduate credit. The workshop dealt with such topics as using a school's resources for the improvement of local government, for community beautification, and cultural improvement and using community resources in teaching science and social studies for vocational guidance and for character deve lopment. Dr. David E. Bear of SID's Alton Residence Center staff was director of the Community Resources Workshop. The assistant director was Dr. Mary Margaret Brady oftheAltonCenter's Business Education Division. The Advisory Committee for the workshop includes: Orvllle 0. Brunjes, assistant superintendent, Wood River Pnbllc Schools, District 104; Thomas Butler, general manager, Alton District Manufacturers' Associations; Buddy Davis, president, United steel Workers of America, Local 3642; Glenn o. DeAtley, superintendent, Wood River Public Schools, District 104; John Fisher, president, Alton Paper Workers Union; Charles T. Gabbert, superintendent, East Alton Public Schools, District 101; Latham E. Harris, s uperintendent, Roxana Community Unit Schools, District 1; Robert Husmann, training director, Laclede Steel Compa:hy;-James B. John son, superintendent, Alton Community Unit School, District 11; ,J. S. Kovic, employment and community relations supe rvisor, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation; Robert Maucker, plant manager, Alton Box Board Company; Robert Minsker, personnel director , Owens-Illinois Company; Macy Pruitt, administrative assistant, Alton Community Unit School, District 11; Raymond 'Ready,administrative assistant, Alton "Community Unit School, District 11; A. A. Schweighauser, manager of industrial relations, Laclede Steel Company; A. Edson Smith, principal, East AltonWood River Community High School; John W. Thompson, president, Glass Bottle Blowers Union, Local 40; Wilbur R. Trimpe, superintendent, Bethalto Community Unit Schools, District 8. TWELVE GRADUATE FROM INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Twelve men from Alton and Granite City industrial plants received certificates May 20, 1959, for satisfactory completion of Southern Illinois University's industrial management program. The men, all of whom had completed eight required courses in industrial management, met at Alton's Stratford Hotel to hear Dr. Keith Humble, Acting Dean of Technical and Adult Education and Director of the Vocational Technical Institute, Southern Illinoi s University, Carbondale, Illinois. Humble commended the men for making use of the opportunities provided by the program, pointing out the emphasis placed on training in this competitive age. He called attention to the men from high executive positions in industry who had served as instructors one or two evehlngs a week--not for any monetary consideration involved, but because of their interest in helping these young men. Those present were Dr. Harold W. See, Vice-PresidentforSIU's Southwestern Illinois Campus; M. A. Wittevrongel, director of vocational education, Granite City schools; and the following industrial training directors who serve on the advisory committee of the University's industrial program for this area: Harrison A. Crader, Owens-Illinois Company, Alton; Robert A. Husmann, Laclede Steel Company, Alton, chairman; and Bill Lovin, Granite City Steel Company. Present from the University's Alton Residence Center were Dr. John J. Glynn, director, and Dr. Robert W. Duncan, evening college supervisor. Attending from the SIU center in East st. Louis were Dr. James D. Turner, director, and Clifton Cornwell, evening college supervisor. . Representing the University's Carbondale campus were Harry Bauernfeind, assistant dean, adult and technical education; W. L. Randle, adult education supervisor, and Professor William C. Westberg, psychology. Chelsea Bailey, head of industrial and adult education for the University's Southwestern Illinois Campus; was in charge of the program. Present as special guests of the men receiving certificates w~re David B. Cooper, A. 0. Smith Corporation, Granite City; Eugene R. Burnett, Jay R. Burns, William Rogers , Dow Chemical Company, Madison1 Lynn Hayes, General Steel Castings Corporation, Granite City; Arthur Kuhlman, Granite City Steel Company ; Leonard Will, Laclede Steel Company, Alton; �Clifford Duckworth, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, East Alton; Charles Eberlin, Hugh B. Harris, Owens-Illinois Company, Alton. In addition fifteen instructors from the Industrial Management Program were present. Men receiving certificates were: Claud D. Crews, 1552 Johnson Road, Granite City, Illinois, of Granite City Steel Company, Granite City James L. Guyer, 3012 Iowa,, Granite City, Illinois, of Laclede Steel Company, Madison Virgil Wayne Hurst, 161 South 13th Street, Wood River, Illlnois, of Owens-Illinois Company, Alton Claude Jolly, Jr., 2564 Center, Granite City, Illinois, of Granite City Engineering Depot Albert Henry Miller, Sunset Avenue, Glen Carbon, Illinois, of General Steel Castings Corporation, Granite City William D. Miller, 3612 Horn Street, Alton, Illinois, of Owens-Illinois Company , Alton Robert D. Oberto, 201 West Lee Avenue 1 Collinsville, Illinois, of Dow Chemical Company, Madison Harold R. Prewett, 2937 Iowa, Granite City, Illinois, of A. 0. Smith Corporation, Granite City Gordon F. Rhine, 2114 Woodlawn, Granite City, Illinois, of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, East Alton Lozell C. Snyders, 312 South 13th Street, Wood River, Illinois, of Shell Oil Company, Wood River Alfred J. Weider, 123 Mounds Avenue, Collinsville, Illinois, of Dow Chemical Company, Madison John D. Zotti, 3260 Wabash, Granite City, Illinois, of Granite City Steel Company, Granite City SIU TO TURN AWAY STUDENTS AFTER 1960 Mounting enrollment will force Southern Illinois Unive rsity Residence Centers to turn away prospective students after 1960, Dr. Harold W. See, vice-president of the university's Southwestern Illinois Campus, said April 27, 1959. Speaking at a meeting of the Madison County SIU Alumni Club, at Alton's Horace Mann School, See revealed that the University's centers in Alton and East St. Louis were faced with an enrollment of more than 4, 000 students this coming September, He stated that all available houses were being converted into classrooms to accommodate the enrollment for this coming year, but that after 1960 many prospective students would have to be turned away for lack of accommodation. "Because the SIU centers cannot continue to accommodate the present rate of growth in enrollment, the communities in Madison and St. Clair counties have joined forces to work for an expansion of university facilities here in keeping with the area's importance as the second largest concentration of population and industry in the state," he said. PROGRAM PARTICIPATION Educationhas been described as an investment in the future. Local companies who have a:ted on this principle are listed below in the order in which their employees have participated in the Industrial Management Program and the In-Plant Program of SIU. It is interesting to note that many of these forward-looking companies also have made substantial gifts to the Edwardsdlle Campus Site Fund. �TECHNICAL ANDADULT REGISTRATION BY COMPANY September 1958 through June 1959 Number Company A. 0 . Sm1th Corporation Granite City Steel Company Owens-Illinois Company Laclede Steel Company Union Starch & Refining Company Shel1 Oil Company Olin Mathieson Chem1cal Corporation Union Electric Company General Steel Castings Corporation American steel Foundries Sinclair Refining Company Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company Standard Oil Company Granite City Engineering Depot American Zinc Company McDonnell Aircraft Corporation Hutchinson Foundry Products, Inc. Alton Box Board Company American Smelting & Refining Company Southwestern Bell Telephone Company C. K. Williams & Company Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis 95 62 48 39 31 30 24 ··.· . ,.... .. . · - ·~ - 16 14 14 13 12 12 10 9 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Industrial News Bulletin No Date Through Creation and Opening of the Edwardsville Campus https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/6df35afdb0f5ac7f6a9c4656d3750d51.pdf eaa4c20fd26133b4e3d94005c5dc7aef PDF Text Text MAY 2.1 1965 ...:.. APRIL MAY 1965 ��N E VI S ---- B U -----L LE T I N -- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - EDHARDSVILLE April - Hey 1965 Vol . VIII, No. L'r Mildred Arnold, Editor Information Service , Ext . 271 Edwardsville, Illinois Jung was associated ~,lith the Edwardsvill e school sys tem for 10 years and was assist ant superintendent of schools there when h e was appointed lecturer in education at SIU in 1961. Three-months later he was promoted to assistant to the vice president for oper ations of the Edwards ville campus and put in char ge of the General Office at East St . Louis . Tl.JO STAFF MEMBERS CHANGE ASS IGNMENTS Morris Carr Loren Jung MORRIS CARR, personnel director at the Edwardsville campus since December, 19G2, was named supervisor of the SIU General Office in East St . Louis on April 23 . lie replaces LOREN JUNG, ·Hho has been appointed assistant director of institutional re search at Carbondale . The SIU board of trustees, meeting in Carbondale, also approved Carr ' s appoint ment as an instruct or in the Busines s Divi• s~on . Carr came to SIU in 1958 - as assistant business officer for the Alton and East St . Louis centers from Parl~ Forest where he had been business manager at the Rich Tm1nship High School . Prior to that he was ascistant superintendent of the Crete Public Schools. Jung and his family will move to Carbondale in Sept ember, when he begins his new duties and becomes a lecturer in administration and supervision . He is temporarily assigned to coordinating some of the work involved in mov ing classes and offices into the centr al core of new buildings at Edwardsville in time for the opening of the fall term. THE LAW AND THE TEACHER The Law and the Teacher in Illinois, written by H. H. SHITII in collaboration with Lee 0 . Garber , ~1as released thi s spring by The Interstate Pr int ers and Publishers , Inc . Smith , professor of administration and curriculum, and Garber, professor of education and dir ector of the Educational Serv ice Bureau of the Universi ty of Pennsylvania, claim that all too frequently teachers -- even thoce ~lith tenure- - have little if any concept of the law as it relates to them and the profession to which they belong. "This is t o be regretted , 11 say the co- authors, "since �- , -- - - - - - - - 2 - a teacher's rights, duties, and obligations have their origin in law." The new book was desi~ned to give teachers and students preparing to teach in Illinois instruction in la'tv as it relates to their profession. Sub-titled "A Handbook for School Board Members , Teachers, and Administrators," it was written for such instruction at either the graduate or undergraduate level, and in the in-service training of teachers. "Without an understanding of the law, a teacher cannot have an adequate understanding of his status. Neither can he have a clear understanding of the institution with which he is so closely associated nor of the school district vhich provides him with employment." MRS. ROCKHELL DIES Eugenia Rockwell, wife of SIU's visitinn professor of education,JOHN G. ROCKl·lELL , died March 21 at Barnes Hospital in St . Louis from burns suffered in a fire at her home on March 13. ~~s. Rockwell was sitting in a rocking chair in the living room w·hen the fire started. The fire was confined to that room. She suffered first, second , and third degree burns over 45 per cent of her body. The Rock't-Tells came to the Edwardsville Campus in 1959 at the time of his appointment to the staff. They first lived in Alton and then moved to Godfrey where they resided at L~905 Michael Drive. In addition to Prof. Rockwell, a daughter survives. Friends 'tvishing to contribute to a memorial fund for Mrs. Rockwell may send checks made out to Barnes Hospit al Burn Research to SIU Homen 's Club, Edwardsville. RESUMES OLD POST TEMPORARILY HERBERT ROSENTHAL is serving this quarter at his old post, head of the Social Sciences Division. He is filling that spot 'tvhile ROBERT ERICKSON is on sabbatical leave . It was while Rosenthal v1as on leave for eight months in 1962 that Erickson became actinG head of the division. Instead of returning to his former position after his leave expired, Rosenthal vlas named acting dean of instruction while Dean HILLIAM T. GOING went on sabbatical for two terms. Following that, he 'tvas given a special assignment in the vice president's office on the Edwardsville Campus, and Erickson was named head of social sciences. At the end of this temporary assignment, Rosenthal will return to full -time teaching. Erickson is spending his leave in Europe, doing research on 18th century French science. SIU HOSTS REPRESENTATIVES OF MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES On March 18 at Edwardsville ' s Holiday Inn, SIU played host to representatives of four mental health agencies in Madison and St . Clair counties. Attending the luncheon meeting were representatives of the Alton State Hospital, St. Clair County Mental Health Center, Belleville Mental Health Out - Patient Center, and the ~~dison County Mental Health Clinic. Hashington University was also represented at the meeting, called to establish better relationships between the University and the community on mental health problems . The sponsor was the Counseling and Testing Center of SIU's Student Affairs Office. Speakers included JACK GRAHAM, dean of students, HOWARD DAVIS and RICHARD ~-1ALS H. ILLINOIS SCHOOL COill~SELORS MEET AT ALTON CENTER "Politics and the School Counselor" was the theme of a resional meeting of the Illinois School Counselors Association held March 27 at the Alton Center. RAYMOUD TROYER gave the invocation at the all - day meeting, and HOHAJlD DAVIS gave the welcoming address . Principal speaker at the luncheon was Hilbur Trimpe , Madison County superintendent of schools. JOHN SCHNABEL discussed "The College Story" �- 3 - in an afternoon session . Miss Elsie Sloan, dean of girls and guidance counselor at the Edwardsville High School, was in charge of arrangements. Members of her committee included CLIFTON CORNUELL, VIRGINIA HOORE and LAWRENCE TALIANA, as well as Leona Teeter and James Callahan, counselors at Alton High School, and Margaret Linder, Collinsville High School counselor. ATTENDS MEETING OF REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS DIRECTORS JOHN SCHNABEL was in Ch icago April 20-23 for the 51st annual meeting of the Association of College Registrar s and Admissions Officers . More than 700 representatives of 600 colleges and unive r sities attended . Schnabel is a member of the space utiliz ation committee . Guest speakers on the program were: Robert 1·7. Kitchen , director, Office of International Training, Agency for International Training, Agency for Internat ional Development, Department of State; Jose ph F. Kauffman, consultant, Commission on Academic Affairs, American Council on Education; and Harry J. Owens, author, lec turer, and Lincoln Sch olar. Receiving special attention at the meeting were student migration, electronic computer use, foreign students, research on foreign admissions, l egal implications and r esponsibilities in admissions and records work, admi ssion trends, registration procedures , institutiona l studies, and studies abroad . SIU BOARD STIFFENS REQUIREMENTS Acting on faculty recommendations, the SIU board of trus tees voted March 17 t o change admissions rules to s tiffen requirements for out-of- s tat e applicants and at the same time allow earlier action on applications from top-ranking high school students. Effective wi th the fall quarter the new policy will limit regular admission of out - of- stat e high school graduates to thos e in the upper 40 per cent of their classes. Lower r anking students will be admitted only if they score exceptionally well on entrance examinations, and then will be granted entry only during the summe r term and on academic pr obati on . The board action also clears the way for applications for admission by high school students in the upper quarter of their classes af ter comp letion of six semesters of high school inst ead of the presently required seven. Such admissions will be subject t o completion of the senior year's work and maintenance of class rank. The new policy a lso 't lill affect undergraduate transfer students, limiting those with probationary standing to entrance only dur;l.ng ..trw. spring or summer terms. Such students are admitted only after an interruption of schooling of at least a quarter and where there is evidence they can successfully undertake additional education. Students who are transferring directly to Southern after graduating fr om twoyear institutions with 3.0 grade point averages are eligible for admission in any quarter, but those with lower aver ages may be res trict ed to enrolling in winter, spring, or summer quarters. CLAY DIGGING EXPEDITION Through the courtesy of John McQuillan of Ruckels Potteries, Inc., vlhitehall, members of ceramics classes at SIU explored and examined clay deposits recently at various locat ions and obtained raw samples of clay for testing purposes. Accompanying the classes were JOHN CANNON, assistant professor of art; ARTHUR TOHATA, SIU graduate and instructor in art at Monticello College and SIU; and Ben jamin lfuiteside , instructor at Alton Senior High School . The tour included a visit to a coal mine, the Gilmore property, where the Alton Brick Company formerly mined clay, to McQuillan and L. E. Bell property. The latter were sites of extensive clay mining operations in the old days . The clay was used for �- Lr..• - wheel-thrown crocks and other utilitarian vessels. A sample of clay from the Bell property won first prize at the St. Louis World ' s Fair in 190l~ for its suitability for wheel throwing. Because of its unusual properties, much of the clay was shipped to England. llost of these clay sites were abcr..doncd \vhen. the oper ations of digging became unprofitable for horse- drawn equipment. Hmvever, with the revival of interest in hand methods of clay building, the demand for this type of clay might warrant reopening of the deposits which might be mined with modern equipment , commented Cannon. Eight samples were taken from the four locations for testing purposes . UNI QUE KILN DESIGNED .... .. ~ -- John Cannon and s tudent Roy Atkinson stoke the trash- burner kiln. before firing. A unique kiln designed by Cannon and LARRY MARCELL was built and fired by students of ceramics and scul pture. Designed to be portable and fired with a var iety of combus tible materials, its total cost did not exceed $20. After building t he kiln , students in ceramics made ware and fired it . The firing took approximately two hours and the ware had the look of examples of primitive pottery, with subtle light and dark Note ware in kiln coloration . These colors resulted from natural atmospheric variances within the kiln . Cannon is quoted as saying "This is not the easiest way to fire pottery . The electric kiln is f ir ed by turning on a switch. But we might dr aw a parallel in that outdoor bar becue affor ds r esults not achieved by indoor cookery . " �- 5 - SIU FACULTY HOHEN ' S CLUB NEWS Twenty members of the Edwardsville SIU Faculty Homen 1 s Club boarded a bus April 21 for Carbondale v1here they attended a Fashions and Flairs luncheon following a tour of the campus. Fashions modeled were all made by members of the Carbondale Women ' s Club. Responding to the word of welcome accorded the Edwardsville contingency at the luncheon "tvas Hrs. OSBORNE PARKER, vice president of the local club . • . • The May 20 meeting will be a l uncheon and cards affair at Rusty ' s in Edwardsville. Mrs. GORDON HOOD i s chairman. Her committee members are Mesdames JAMES AUSTI N, JOliN MEADOR, ROBERT ERICKSON and ANDREW KOCriHAN . The following officers will be install ed: President, Mrs. J. ED!-1UND WHITE; vice pr esident, Mrs. DANIEL BOSSE; secretary, Mrs . CALVIN PRITNER; treasurer, Mrs. J~lliS COLLIER; and director, Mrs . CLELLIE OURSLER. • • • The annual spring picnic fer the SI U families will be held June 12 at Kendal l Hills Park. Games will s t art at 3:00 p.m. and food will be served at 5:00. Further details will be announced later by Mrs. GEORGE MACE and her committee . BUSINESS DIVISION NErJS The eternal problem of all individuals is to find a successful niche in the employment market , with the later hope of climbing into a top job . WALTER L. BLACKLEDGE and his wife wrot e an article for a professional j ou::nal entitled "Role Playing Prepares Student s for Job Interviews," which has now been incorporated into a chapter in a book of readings entitled Principles and Practices of Teaching in the Secondar y Schools, edited by Florence H. Lee of the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers . Other authors included prominent educators from such well-known schools as Northwestern, He~~ York University, Columbia, Michigan State , and Indiana universities, and the University of Califor nia, with such eminent educational authorities as Robert Havighurst of the Univer sity of Chicago and Edward Landy of Harvard . The Blackledges 1 material "t7as chosen from an article in Business Education Horld. This material was centered around helping the high school or college student to become more adept at obtaining a market for his t alents as well as receiving an .offer for a position . . . • Letters received about a syndicated newspaper column by Sylvia Porter indicated widespread agreement wi th the ideas of the Blackledges on the subject of supervising women employes . Miss Porter ' s column, carried on business and financial .__ paz~s .. <?f 331 news paper s,dealt with "Seven Steps to the Successful Supervision of Homen" written by the Blackledges as a result of their research and experience . . • • On Mar ch 19 Prof. Blackledge represented the Univer sit y of I owa at the inauguration of John Ralph Haines as president of Monticello Col lege • • • • On March 1, JOHN GLYNN was el ected pr esident of the Alton Rotary Club. Glynn has served as vice president for the past year and has been a member of the board of di rectors for the past four years . John Glynn • • • LEO COHEN "tvas in Chicago April 4 - 7 for the Eighth National Conference on School Finance. This year ' s theme was "Trends in Financing Public Education." The program emphasized problems of improving the federal, state, and local structure of financing education . Cohen has a r esearch interest in state and local finance. He has served as an Illinoi s consultant in state and local finance, including education, and to a former governor of Kansas. He is �- Gcurrently engaged in research on "IntraArea Tax Uniformity in Madison and St . • count ~es. • II Cla~r EDUCATION DIVIS ION NEHS Attending the Conference on Teacher Education held on the Carbondale campus April 6 were OLIN HILEMAN, ROBERT STEINKELLNER, LESLIE WEHLING and H. DENE SOUTm·JOOD. • • • A clinic for consultants now working with the Illinois Citizens Education Council was held at the University of Illinois April 2-3. AttendinG from this campus were Mr. Southwood, regional representative of ICEC, GORDON BLISS and BRUCE BRUBAKER. • • • Members of the division who were in Springfield April 3 for the Illinois Association for Higher Education Conference were LEONARD HHEAT, l':lYLLAN SMYERS, HARRY SMITH and GEORGE ~·l!LKINS. It was the first state-wide conference for the Association. Theme of the program 'tvas "Where Are He Going in Higher Education in Illinois?" P. L. McKay, president of James Millikin University, was the keynote speaker. • • • Attending the American Association of School Administrators' Conference in Atlantic City February 13-17 were LOREN JUNG, DAVID VAN HORN, BRUCE BRUBAKER, GEORGE WILKINS and C.ANERON MEREDITH, representing the school .administrative faculty. DAVID BEAR represented the Alton School Board. They also helped at the SIU suite in the Traymore Hotel set up by Placement Service . One morning during the conference Dean Elmer J. Clark of SIU's College of Education, addressed a well-attended breakfast. A reception was held in the SIU suite on February 16. • •• ROBERT ENGBRETSON, EARL MOORE, GORDON BLISS, HERBERT SMITH, LESLIE WEHLING, CAMERON MEREDITH and BETTY JO KELLEY were in Chicago February 10-13 for meetings of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, American Education Research Association, and Association for Student Teaching. • • • Roughly 200 public school teachers and administrators attended an appreciation dinner held at the Edwardsville Junior High School on April 7. The dinner was arranged through the Student Teaching Office for cooperating teachers. John Forbes of Hashington University was the speaker. LEONARD WHEAT has been elected president of the Delta Alpha field chapter of Phi Delta Kappa for 1965-66. He has been • • serv~ng as v~ce pres ident and membership chairman of this society of male edqqa;:· .. tors. Recent talks before educational and church groups by Wheat include: "Planning for Improved Instruction" at a meeting of the faculty of the Ritenour School District, St. Louis County ; "Administrative Use of Personal Conferences" at a meeting of the school administrators and supervisors Leonard vJheat of Jersey County; "The United States as an International Religious Influence" at the Methodist churches of Godfrey and East Alton . He also led a discussion on "Junior Colleges for Illinois" at the School Superintendents' Forum of Southwes~ern Illinois. • • • RICHARD SPEAR sponsored the Illinois Regional Youth Traffic Safety Conference for SIU in connection with the Illinois Department of Public Safety and the Illinois State Youth Traffic Safety Association. Participants in the March G conference were high school students and driver education teachers. A regional meeting for Southwestern Illinois, the conference was part of a statewide program initiated two years ago by the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee. The program �- 7 - included student discussions, addressee, and a business session . The conference was held at the Alton Center. . • • VIRGDTIA liOOP..E pres ided at a panel , "Through Group Counseling Appr oaches , 11 at the annual spr ing conference of the Ameri can Personnel and Guidance Assoc i ation which was he ld April 2 at Lindenwood Col lege . HANFORD smlSTEGARD also served on the panel . . • • Sons t cgard spoke March 29 on "InfluencinG Children" at a Parents Forum in Alton sponsored by the PTA Council, the YUCA and the YHCA. . . • GEORGE UILI: I l1S took part in the Union County Institute held at Shawnee Community High School on April 9 . On the panel '\vith hir:1 't-lere Pr of . Orval Alexander of the Carbondale campus who is a former direct or of r esearch for the School Prob l eos Commiss i on. Hil kins is a current mer:1ber. The two discussed "Impr ovement of Communication Lines Among Teachers, School Pr ob l ems Commi ssion , and Hember D of the State Legislatur e . 11 Uilldns received a volume of the Dictionary of International Biography published by the Dictionary of International Biogr aphy ··. .- .. . , Company of London, Ertcland . The volume i s a biographical record of cont emporary achievement, wi t h a key to t he l ocat i on of the original biogr aphical notes . Uilkins was inc luded in the biography because of his authorship of various bull e t ins on different educational pr oblems . ' . • . In Dallas, Texas, Harch 18-22 for the 1\rner ican Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreat i on convention we r e l1r . Spear, lllLLIAll HERNAN, LARRY MOEHN, ROBERT KIRI:, JUDITH PREHETT and ROSEMARIE ARCIIAUGEL . • • • DAN SOPER s pol~e at the February meeting of the Hi agara Schoo l PTA in East Alton on "The I r:1portance of Children ' s Feelings ." • • • Soper is one of the author 1 s '\vhose 'tvorl~ appears in a nev1 book of r eadings , Counselinn and Guidance , ~ Summary Vie'\v , edited by James F. Adar:JG of Penn State and published by the Macmillan Company. Included in the book i s a section on the "Per ceptual Organization of Effective Counselors" wh ich Soper co-authored '\vi th Arthur :J . Cor:1bs . . • • LESLIE HEIILI UG 'tvas chairman of the Second Annual Secondary Education Conference for school adminis trator s in the Gr eater St . Louis area '\lhich '\vas held March 26 at Holiday Inn . Sponsored by the Education Division, the conference was an all - clay one and had as Dpeal:ers J. Ll oyd Trump, associat e secretary of the National Lscoci ation of Secondary School Principals, and Dean Berl~ley , director of t he Bureau of Field Servic es , Education Division, I ndiana Univers i ty, and associate pr ofessor of s chool adr:1inistration at IU. Topics discussed during the af ternoon sessionD included team teachinc, instruct ional techniques, modified Dcheduling, and ins tructional ma terials centers . ...: • • • GORDON BLISS and H. H. SMITH have r ecently released their findings on a third s tudy of teacher demand in southwestern Illinois. Their previous reports were made in the fall of 1962 and 1963 . The r eport includes the 11 counties previously studied and an additional eight counties . The 19 - county area, which includes 157 public school districts , employs 8,536 public school teacher s . Of these 5 . 09 per cent ar e teaching on provisional cert ificates; 61 . 67 per cent hol d only the bache l or ' s degree; 26 . 34 per c ent hold the mas ter ' s degree . The 1961:. percentage of t eachers holding provisional credentials is 3 . 17 per cent les s than in 1963, while mas ter degree holder s ar e up 2.20 per cent . The need fo r t eachers in the 19- county ar ea is consistent 'tvith the t wo previous reports . During the years 1964- 68, 974 elementary teacher s will have t o be added because of addit i ona l enrollment and added services . Dur ing the same period , 51G secondary teachers will be added for the same r easons . Ad- �(') - u - ministrators reported that an additional 3 568 teachers are e~::pected to retire from t~aching or to move to new positions during a five yeer period. Thus, the total need for public school teachers during the ne~::t five years is estimated at 5,058. the experimental ideas of Suzuki, on which the books are based, continue to arouse the enthusiasm of teachers everywhere. Hr. Suzul::.i, who was on this campus last year, vlill return for a workshop June 16-19. It is recommended that those advisin3 future teachers should keep in mind the decreasing need at the secondary level. This is reflected in the estimated decrease for the five - year period 1964-63 of 55 positions in 19 counties as compared to the total demand for 11 of the counties for the years 1963-1 967. • • • ANN CAREY spol~e April 5 to members of the Zonta Club of East St . Louis. Her topic concerned teaching Hany teachers are needed in these specific areas: Library, 55; E. M.H., 48; guidance, 43 ; P. E., 38; speech correction, 36, in the elementary field. In the secondary field teachers are needed in: English, 101; mathematics, 44; guidance, 41; biology, 31; P . E . ~J . , 24; library, 15. • FI NE ARTS DIVIS ION NEHS EVELYN BUDDE1·1EYER and CATHERI NE MILOVICH attended the Conference on Art Education Harch 27 at the University of Illinois •• • • Mrs . Hilovich is shov1ing a painting, "Concerto," in the water color and pastel show at the St. Louis Artists' Guild. It is one of 77 entrees selected from the 391 submitted . Ann Carey 1 laryngectomecs "to . • • HARRY LYLE was a busy man at the April L~-9 meetings of the Southern Speech Association in Durham, N. c. Secretary of the Association ' s broadcasting interest group and chairman of its awards committee for excellence in broadcasting, he also spoke at the conference on "The Modern Broadcast Curriculum: Is the Past Too Huch Hith Us?" • • • The third volume of JOHN KENDALL ' s "Listen and Play" series has just been published, together with a recording of the music and practice suggestions included in the volume. The "Listen and Play" series is attracting attention of strin3 teachers in all parts of the country, and speal~ us ing esophageal speech following total removal of the vocal folds or larym~." Miss Carey serves as speech consultant for the Nu-Voice Club of Nadison and St. Clair counties. This group comprises persons who have had their larynx removed due to cancer and have learned to speak again using esophageal speech . In Harch Hiss Carey 't·laS installed as treasurer of the Illinois Speech and Hearing Association. HUMANITIES DIVISION NEUS At the April 3 meetin3 of the Midcontinent American Studies Association, �- 9 - NICHOLAS JOOST was elected president for 1965-66. Participating in the conference, which was held at the Alton Center, were Mr. Joost, who gave the welcome address; JAl~S AUSTIN, chairman of the first session; and J. F. McDERMOTT, who read a paper on "The French Settlement of St. Louis " at that session. At the luncheon ROBERT MacVICAR, vice president for academic affairs, greeted members in attendance. Among those participating in the afternoon session were JOHN ABBOTT, chairman; ELLIOTT RUDWICK, who read a paper on "Fifty Years of Negro Settlement in East St. Louis " ; and SEYMOUR MANN, who led the discussion which followed. • • • Mr. Joost's book, Scofield Thayer and the Dial, was selected a Top Honor Book for 1964 by the judges for the 16th Annual exhibit of Chicago and Midwestern Bookmaking. The spring issue of Kenyon Review carried as its lead a 12-column review on the Dial. " • • • and it almost seems that some of the old Dial patina has rubbed off on his own style, so lucid is the language . • . . Mr. Joost's analysis of the literary and artistic movements of the '20s and The Dial's impact on the life of that decade is complex, detailed, informative. It never clogs in dull recital, even when dealing with information about financing, circulation, sums paid to contributors • • • 'Facts' are not compartmentalized but are given as the living components of an evolving v1ork of art • • • " Mr. Joost gave a talk on ' 'The Last Years of the Chicago Dial" to the Friends of Literature in Chicago on March 18. He published a review essay of The Continuing Debate, Ed. Leslie Fiedler & Jacob Vinocur (N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1964), The Qniversity Bookman, V (winter, 1965). On February 18 he gave a paper before the St. Louis Westerners on "One Hay to Write a Western: Willa Cather's Death Comes to the Archbishop." • • • Mr. Joost will read a paper May 7 at the annual meeting of the Hidwestern Hodern Language Association, during a joint session with the Midcontinent American Studies Association. Title of the paper is 11 The Dial: A Journalistic Emblem and Its Tradition." He has also been invited to give the main address at the November 13 meeting of the New England College English Association, meeting in Worcester, Hassachusetts. Title of this address will be " The Dial as a Work of Art. 11 At the same conference he will participate in a panel to be moderated by Prof. Willard Thorp of Princeton University. . • • An article by HARLEY SACHS entitled 11 Van-Cal to the Rescue 11 appeared in the March issue of The International Blue Printer. • • • Mary Ruth Jordan, a student in one of MARION TAYLOR's professional writing classes, has sold a story to the David C. Cook Publishing Co. It will be published Hay . 23~ · ··the story is entitled "Blackberry Jam11 and its heroine is a little old lady who tried to follow her minister's dietum that each person should give his best to the church. The lady started donating her blackberry jam, of which she was too proud. In the course of the story, she finds it is better to expend a little love on a little boy, who loves her jam, and her even more. Nrs. Taylor's class criticized and helped Hrs. Jordan revise her story before it was accepted • • • • Mrs. Taylor's son, who will be graduated from Hashington University in June, has been awarded a Woodrow Hilson fellowship. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION NEWS J. EDHUND WHITE and IRWIN PARRILL attended the regional meeting of the Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers at Greenville College on Harch 27. Vlhite spoke on the subject 11 ACS Standards and the Freshman Course. 1 1 He outlined briefly the new ACS standards for evaluation of undergraduate training in chemistry and pointed out the pressures that these bring on the first-year college course and on the high school course. He described plans for the freshman year at both SIU campuses and, in light of these plans, suggested what the high schools might do to help a student progress faster in college. A panel discussion of what should be included in the high school course followed. �- 10 - DEBORAH TEPPER HAIHO write s that in • • • a recent i ssue of Mathematical Revie\vs, Prof . A. E. Danese of the Univers ity of Buffalo r eviewed her paper ent itled "Variation Diminishing Transformations '' which ap peared last Mar ch in the Bu lletin 2f the Acerican Mat hematical Society . This journal , which, in addition to invited add res ses , limits its publication to a department ' 'to provide early announcement of significant new results, 11 r ecently accepted another 11 paper, "Functions \vith the Huygens Property . In addition, Duke Hathematical Journal accepted for publication her paper entitled "Generaliz ed Temper ature Functions. 11 The February i ssue of the No tices of t he American Hathematical Society included t wo abstracts, "Serious Expansion For Functions Hith the Huygens Property'' and 11 Integral Representation of Generalized Temper ature Functions . " The last one was the title of a paper presented February 27 at t he meeting of the American Hathematical Soc iety in New York City . "Air Pollution Prob l ems , 11 "Supersonic Air Tr avel , " 11 Lunar Surfac e Controversy , " "Environmental Control , " " Observa t ories in Space , 11 " Seeing Inside Metals , 11 "Fiber Optics , " "Metr opolitan Planning and Design , " "The Part i c l e Jungle, " "Operations Resear ch Techni ques , " "Topology ," " Traffic Control Techniques , " ''Conflict Resolution Research , 11 "Pursu it of Perfection, '·' "Bio- Med i cal Eng ineering ," "How t o Suc ceed Hithout Re inventing the Wheel, 11 "Animal Communication," "Cr yogenics, " "Han-made Heather Hod ifications, " and 11 ~'Pest Control. . SOCIAL SCIENCES b! V!S!ON NEWS • • • FREDERICK ZURHEIDE recently gave a demonstration lesson on c l osed circuit televis i on for the benefit of k i ndergarten classes at Rosewood School in Rosewood Heights. Not only did the kindergarteners observe themselves on TV , but they were also able to view an ant colony at work and a white mouse performing in a cage . Zurheide demonstrated how a pictur e is transmitted to the viewing public and how t he picture is ma gnified by u se of special lenses on the cameras. The use of magnets and the magne t field \vas al so shown . Zurhe id e is on leave this year, working on his doctorate at vlash ington Uni versit y . Sitanshu Nooke rjee • • • The American Assoc i a tion for the Advancement of Science , i n collaboration with 19 other societies, attempts to do something about interdisciplina ry communication through the "Scienc e and En gineering Television Jour nal, " a nationally distributed television progr am a i med at bringing professional-level information to scientis t s and enginee r s . These programs began May 9 on HS IU, Carbondale , and on Har ch 14, Station KETC , St. Louis . Check your local program gu i de for the time of broadcast . The weekly programs include : SITANSHU HOOKERJEE addressed a staff semin ar in the geography department of Wisconsin State University on March 24 . On March 26 he Has a guest speaker at a graduate seminar in the geography de partment at the State Univers ity of Iowa. • • • KURT GLASER represented Harvard University Harch 19 at t he inauguration of John Ralph Haines as tenth president of Monticello Col lege . Glaser r ece i ved �- 11 h is A• B• , A. l1. and Ph . D. degrees from Harvard. An article by PATRICK RIDDLEBERGER ha; been accepted for publication in American Review, a journal published by the U. S. Information Service in India . It is edited by Robert Brooks, cultural attache at the American Embassy in New De l hi . Riddlebe rger 's article is entitled "The First American Re construction and the Second: Some Comparisons and Contrasts . " In it the author attempts to view the civil rights struggle from an historical perspective. The paper was originally delivered last November at a program at Hysore University . PLACEMENT SERVICE NEWS DAVID VAN HORN and PHILIP ECKERT served on a committee in Springfield March 19 to develop a Code of Ethics for the Illinois Association of School , College and University Staffing . After an al l-d ay meeting , a code of ethics was set forth for presentation next fall at a meeting of IASCUS . • • • Van Horn was one of more than 4,000 educators attending the 70th meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools March 29 to April 1 at the Palme r House in Chicago. • • . Eckert t ook part in Career Day at Bayless Senior High School , St. Louis County, Mo ., on April 14. PRINTING AND ART SERVICE NEHS Two new appointments ~vere made recently to the Printing and Art Service staff . They are JOHN HALLACE, artist , and BILLY SHOEHAKER, duplicator operator . ~Jallace , born in St . Louis , received his B. F . A. degree from Hashington University and his H. F . A. from Indiana University . He has had a number of one - man shov7S and has exhibited his a-v1ard - winning vmrks in several museum and group shows . Hallace is a former staff designer for Ravenna l1osaic Company , St. Louis, and technical illustrator at Washington University . Shoemaker was previously emp loyed at Commercial Letter, Inc., St . Lou is, as an offset pressman and duplicating machine operator . A native of Louisiana, Hissouri , he was employed there by Stark Brothers Nurseries as a member of the advert ising department before moving t o St . Louis . During the war he served in the Army Field Artillery . He and his 'vife Patsy and three children live in South Roxana . NURSING DEPARTMENT NEHS AMELIA LIPCHAK has been appoi nted associate professor.. .of nursing . A native .,. .. .··- . of Virginia, she received a bachelor of science degree from the Univers ity of Vir ginia and a master of arts from the University of Chicago. She served two and one - half years ~vith the Women's Army Corps, and before coming to SIU had taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Tennessee, and the State Unive r sity of New York . ' DELINQUENCY STUDY PROJECT NEWS }~RTIN L. DOSICK, assistant professor and senior sociologist with the De linquency Study Project , returned to the University of California at Los Angeles January 1. He plans to compl ete his doctoral dissertation on juvenile auto theft and will teach and act as a consultant. • • . J. ROBERT RUSSO served as a consultant in research design fo r retraining program evaluation at a December session of the Institute for Human Resources held at Penn State . On February 6 Russo talked about "Present and Future Trends in Federa l Legislation Effecting Education 11 before the directors of Illinois State Programs for Gifted Children . The meeting was held in Chicago . • • • Through voluntary work on program development at the Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House and at four Methodist �- 12 Council . The appoin t ment followed a conference in Springf i eld on February 15 attended by some 60 repres entatives of Illinois institutions of higher l earning, selected stat e agency r epresentat ives and other interested citizens and l egi s l ators . Mann moderated a sess i on at the confer ence entitled " Or ganization of a University-State Agency Council-- Emphasis on Futur e Structure and Goals . " • • • On Harch 5- 7 Hann was in New York to participate in the Long Island University Annual InterCo llegi ate Confe rence on Urban Affairs . He was responsible for making a presen11 tation on the Future of Cities:' and AUDIO VIS UAL CENTER di r ected a wor kshop on the same topic . In setting the theme· fo r the worksh op, Hor e than 50 persons attended the Audio Hr . Hann reviewed the problems and Visua l-Ins tructional l1ateria ls Conference issues now facing cities in the U. S. held at t he Alton Cente r March 13 , according t o EU1ER HAGNER, director of t he local center . and the wo rld . He d iscussed the phys ical mold wh ich has deve l oped and some The welcome address was given by BRUCE of the conceptions for the future shape BRUBAKER. Hr . Wagner served as moderator and appea r ance of cities and the environof a panel on " The Role of Aud i o Visualmen t s t ha t a re sought. He emphas iz ed Instructional Haterials in Meet ing the Needs that t he future of cities was not depend of Today' s Schools . 11 Pane lists included ent on technological developments and Hiss OLLIE MAE HILLIAHS, instructional the l and use and architectural plans materials librarian at SIU; Lockwood ~Hley , East Alton-Hood River Hi gh Schoo l; J ames that we might develop, but rather that the future of cities was dependent upon Casper, Alton Public Schools; and ELDON the kinds of values for the society we HADISON, Education Division . Guest speaker was Nolan Estes , superint endent, School choose to pursue . "Our problems ar e not hardware, but people and the kind District of Riverview Gard ens , St. Louis County, Missouri . of lives that as human be ings we r eally want to lead, 1 1 he said . "Hhen we have a concensus and d irection about the PUBLIC ADHI NISTRATION AND latter, we vlill use our hardware t o HETROPOLITAN AFFAIRS shape the c ities of the future . The danger is to put the cart before the SEYHOUR MANN was chairman of a panel at the horse . 11 Among the other participant s National Conference on Public Administration were such notables as New York's Mayor held in Kansas City , Hissouri , April 12 - 15 . Robert Hagner and Arthur Gagliot ti, Title of the panel was "Pr ogr am Development director of UNESCO . and Administrative Action : An Air Pollution Case Study." Hembers of the panel included • • • The Program has entered into a J. D. Hilliams , Jack Sadler and Lester contract with the State of Illinois, Goldnar of the U. S. Public Health Service; Boar d of Economic Development, for the Robert Fr ench , Illinois Department of Health; pre liminary planning on the state-wid e and George Arnold , former member of the demographic studies which will be part physics department at SI U and novl chief of of the state - wide planning project now air pollution and industrial hyg iene serunderway . JANE SCHUSKY is project supervices for St . Louis County • • • • }~nn has viso r fo r this ac tivity, and it is an tic i been appointed by Governor Otto Kerner copated t hat she will be responsib l e for chai rman of the Univers ity- St ate Agency the supervision of all the demographic Church center s, a direct effort toward the prevention of j uvenile del i nquency in East St. Lou i s i s be i ng made by s t aff members . Participating are JOHN vl . RA\vLIN , LEE ODELL, ROBERT PETERS and THO~~S HUGHES . The work involves the training of college students from SIU, HcKendree College and Pr incipia College t o work with boys and girls on the e lementary and junior high school levels. They are instruc t ed in group dynamics and programming fo r afte r- school activities in recreation and learn ing . �- 13 work in connection w·ith the board's current state planning activities. ELLIOTT RUDtviCK of the Social Sciences Division will give part of his time this quarter and two-thirds of his time during the summer session to continue work on the East St. Louis Ne0ro l eader ship pro j ect . • • • • • • LEO COHEN will be working full-time during the spring and summer quarters. • • • On March 29 CARL LOSSAU participated in the conference on "Urban Planning for Environmental Health" held at the Holiday Inn in Carbondale. He presented "Housing and the Housing Problem." The conference was conducted by the Metropolitan Planning and Solid Wastes Training program of the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Ens ineering Center, U. S. Public Health Service , Cincinnati. • • • BERTRON BRAUN, former city manager of t.Jest St. Paul, Minnesota, joined the staff April 1. He is a research associate with the program and assistant professor in the Social Sciences Division. A native of Milwaukee, Braun has also served as management assistant with the U. s. Public Health Service in Washington and as administrative assistant t o the city manager of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He holds bachelor' s and mas ter's degrees from the University of Michigan. NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY Mr. and Mrs. MILTON MOORE were in Florida March 8-18 visit ing their daughter Amy, who is an airman at Orlando Air Force Base . An avid amateur ornithologist for some years, Moore report s seeing 17 new spec ies of birds on the Florida trip. • • • Mr. and Mr s . JOHN ABBOTT left Lambert Airport April 6 on a BOAC plane bound for Prestwick, Scotland. The trip was a combination wedding anniversary (20) celebration and an opportunity for Mrs. Abbott to visit her English relatives and friends, and a work-study vacation for Mr. Abbott. He visited new Eng lish university libraries and cemented relations with some of his friendly book dealers. The Abbotts attended Palm Sunday services at Yorkminster Cathedral and Easter Ser v ices a t Canterbury Cathedral. They also visited the new Coventry Cathedral. On April 24 they left England on an Air France flight to Paris and after four days took an Air France flight to St. Louis, arriving h ome on April 27. . • • • Library wi\ies 'have taken the spotlight recently. Linda McKee, wife of CHRISTOPHER Mcl<EE, was graduated summa cum laude from St. Louis University and won a Hoodrow Wilson Fellowship and the National Defense Education Act Fellow·ship in American Studies for work at St. Louis U. toward her doctorate • • • • EZRA FITCH's wife Carol recovered rapidly from surgery • • • • Muriel Lewis (and son Michael) accompanied SAM LEWIS to Medison, Wisconsin, r ecently on a househunting trip. He is leaving SIU to become associate director of the Center System Libraries for the University of Wisconsin. • • • Anne Cohn (and daughter Judy) visited relatives in Nashville, Tennessee, this spring and was later joined by husband BILL COHN. • •• DAN GONCZY, orde r clerk, was one of 300 persons submitting original poetry to the St. Louis Hednesday Club. His poem was judged sixth from the 100 read. Mr. Gonczy had also been asked to take part in the reading but was unable to do so because of a conflict with classes he is taking t oward a library career. Sharing this ambition is BILL FORD of the catalog department and RON HUTSON, formerly of the order department and now a full-time student, whose wife BETTY, works for the catalog department. • • • PAT PITTENGER recently joined the staff as a library clerk in the order department. �- lL:. - saluki p r o f i 1 e ·v ferred to the Vice President's Office in Edwardsville, she worked for LOREN JUNG, who was recently named assistant director of institutional research. In the interim between Jung's · reassignment and the subsequent selection of HORRIS CARR to succeed him, Mrs. Strehle ran the office herself, and efficiently too. Hife of Joseph Strehle, an executive in the St. Louis office of Southwestern Illinois Bell Te.lephone · Company, she worked in a law office in East . .St. Louis as a legal stenographer before she was married. There, through a mutual friend she met her future husband . After they were married she gave up working "outside11 to devote her full time to making a home for her newly-acquired husband and later for their two daughters. One of these daughters was graduated from Penn State and is scheduled to receive her master's degree in June from Sacremento State College . The other daughter is a junior at Knox College. Born in Pleasant Hill, Illinois, about 100 miles up the river, Mrs. Strehle was graduated from the local high school and then went to East St. Louis to attend Brown's Business College, later studying to become a legal stenographer. Delphine Strehle ELPH;J:.NE STREHLE has served as a "right and" for three different administrators the General Office at the East St. s Center, and for a time she even an the office herself. Her first assignnt as a clerk-stenoGrapher, the official itle by which she is listed in the campus • lrectory, was under the direction of the late VIRGIL SEYMOUR. Hhen he was trans - When time permits, she enjoys gardening, and of course, her husband says she excels at homemaking and cooking. Last year she even took up fishing. She has been active in PTA and Scout work, and helps at Nemorial Hospital in Belleville. Kudos to this lovely lady who answers her phone so pleasantly and really means it when she ways, "Delphine Strehle speaking. May I help you?" �SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY/EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS . \ I I ... . .,.. .. . . INFORMATION SERVICE • \ I ' ' I ..I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Bulletin April-May 1965 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April-May 1965