https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/files/original/e2b237619739db45fb72f894f0ee07ed.pdf a6ea07d944b02b92ef9a6736356438a4 PDF Text Text . ~ APRIL 30_, VoL.l_, 1958 No.12 q'onPILED NONTHLY BY INFORNATION S ERVICE_, So uTHWESTERN ILLINOIS RESIDENCE OFFICE _, S ouTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY_, FOR THE STAFF . lfEJ1BERS OF THE RESIDENCE CENTERS _, THE NE'-'ISLETTER IS 11AD E POSSIBLE BY THE COOPERATION OF STA FF 11El1BERS WHO H AVE CONTRIBUTED NEWS I TEJfS. FA C ULTY NEWS LETTER Faculty Picnic A faculty picnic, planned by the 1.Jomen' s Club, is scheduled for Saturday, May 24, at Cahokia Mounds State Park, corner of Routes 40/66 and Sand Prairie Lane. (This is plain Route 40 --not Alternate 40, or City 40, or By Pass 40.) Altonians, coming on Route 111, turn left at Sand Prairie Lane, and follow it to its junction with Route 40. (Route 40 is one and the same as Route 66 in this part of the country.) Bellevillagers go west on Main Street or Route 161 to Route 157. Turn right and follow 157 to Routes 40/66. Turn left and follow 40/66 toward East St. Louis until you see the Mounds Park on your right. Faculty members and families are invited to come at 2:00p.m. This year the state parks are charging an admission fee of ten cents for each person over twelve years of age, plus ten cents for each car. Mr. Webb, park supervisor, said that if anyone in the group possesses a $2.00 sticker (good for unlimited visits to all Illinois state parks for a period of one year), this person may bring in any number of persons without charge, making as many trips as he pleases. These stickers are on sale at this and all other Illinois state parks. Families with small children may avail themselves of the services of trained supervisors of children's activities. Mr. Norman Showers; health and P.E., Alton, has arranged to have several reliable students on hand to entertain children. Fee: fifty cents per family for the entire afternoon. A picnic supper is planned for 5:00 p.m. Each family is 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 two dishes to be "passed around." This could be salad, vegetable (e.g., baked beans), or des<Sert. Board members are bringing extra meat, bread, and table servic e for the bachelors. Bachelors are asked to bring pickles , potato chips, marshma l lows, or other picnic items, Dr. Alfred Harris will be in charge of making the coffee . .Mr. Hebb says that park facilities include rest rooms, play ground equipment, approved drinking water, and fire wood. Facilities will be available for grilling or cooking hot dogs. Since Mr. Webb would like to know how many people are coming, persons planning to attend should telephone Geneva Peebles (Alton 2-3425) or Betty Spahn (Adams 3-4424) by Friday evening, May 23 . . Persons planning to attend the picnic are asked to keep this bulletin as a reminder, since no other notice will be published. Dr. Leonard Wheat, graduate program coordinator, Residence Centers, and acting director, East St. Louis, was guest speaker of the Lorena Avenue Parent-Teacher Association at Lewis Clark School in Wood River April 22. (more) �- 2 - . Dr. Floyd Meyer, librarian, East St. Louis, and Thomas E. Parks, assistant Alton, attended the Midwest Academic Librarians' Conference at Carbondale ~pril 25-26. :; Chairman of a discussion group on the "Role of Faculty and Librarians in Book '~election," Dr. Meyer also participated in a discussion on "Library Building Problems." .'At the Library Recognition Dinner, at which SIU President Delyte H. Morris acted as ~oastmaster, the librarians heard Dr. Francis Horn, SIU distinguished professor '( formerly president of Pratt Institute) speak on "The Future of the Library in Higher ~ducation." "Talking in terms of building libraries from scratch, many of his coml'Pents were particularly apropos," Dr. Meyer reported. · ~ibrarian, , Mr. Chelsea Bailey, technical and adult education supervisor, Residence Office, and Mr. Thomas Evans, student affairs supervisor, East St. Louis, addressed luncheon meetings of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in East St. Louis on April 10, 17, and 24. Mr. Bailey spoke on "Leadership Training Techniques." Mr . Evans, on a continuing committee to develop plans for training lay leaders in the f:ommunity, outlined "Group Dynamics of the Conference Situation" and "Human Forces :that Influence the Conference Situation." Dr. Eric Baber, director, Alton, addressed a dinner meeting of the Edwardsville Lions Club this month on "Educational Trends and Opportunities in Madison and St. Clair Counties." ------------------------------~ Miss Babette Marks, health and P.E., Alton and East St. Louis, took part in a panel at a meeting of the Southwestern District of the Illinois Association for Health, P.E., and Recreation held at Granite City High School on April 25. Topic: "Evaluation ~n P.E." Miss Marks recently presented a demonstration of hockey skills at the ~ational convention of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in Kansas City. Virgil L. Seymour, sociology, East St. Louis, spoke on "The Design and Function of a .Social Service Exchange" at an April 10 board meeting of the usa-Traveler Is Aid i,n Belleville. The following day he discussed "Changing Sex Roles in a Changing Society!' ~t the first annual banquet of t .he Caseyville Methodist Church's Friendship Class. Mr. Seymour was re-elected a member of the executive committee of the Illinois Council pn Family Relations at the Council's annual conference in Urbana last month. Dr. S. D. Lovell, government, East St. Louis, reported today that he expects his new home at 200 Hinchester in Belleville to be completed by June 1. The new home of the Lovells is five blocks south of Main and 60th. One length of their basement has sliding doors opening on the garden at lawn level. ,. (more) �- 3 - Mr. David Van Horrt, Alton, and . Mr. Gene Turner., East St. Louis 1 working in ~heir capacity as admissions counselors, have vi Eit ted the followih g high sc·hob ls: ~viston, Trenton, Lebanon, Breese, Madison, Venice, Lovejoy, Lincoln (East St . . Louis), Assumption (East St. Louis), Marissa, New Athens, Cahokia Commonfields, East AitonHood River, Bethalto, Roxana, Freebur g , Staunton, Worden, Bunker Hill, Gillespie,, Southwestern, North>veste rn, Litchfield, Hillsboro, Mulberry Grove, Greenville, Winchester, Roodhouse, Whitehall, Carrollton, and Hardin. They made their visits nciw alone and nm·J as a team, and occacionally they were accompanied by other staff meml:>ers (e.>g. Dr. Eric Sturley, math, Alton; Dr. John Schnabel, associate registrar, Residence Office; Dr. Leonard Wheat, op.cit.; and Mr. Lionel Howell, business office, East St. Loui s .) Dr. Steven Barwick , piano, Carbondale, will play a concert engagement at Alton on May 12. Featuring Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, and Ponlenc, his concert in the chapel auditorium will begin at 8:30p.m. A former student of Claudio Arrau, Dr. Barwick has been on SIU's faculty since 1955. He taught previously at Harvard, Radcliffe, Blue Mountain College, the University of Pittsburgh, and Western Kentucky State ·~allege. His master's degree is from the Eastman School of Music and his doctorate :f rom Harvard. European critics hailed his "technical mystery" in a 1956 tour of England, France, Italy, Germany, Holand, and Scandinavia. Dr. Margaret Brady, secretarial science, Alton will sponsor a l-JOrkshop on the handling of manual and electric type•.;rriters at the Alton Center on Saturday, ~ay 3. Open to anyone interested in typing problems, the workshop will cover development of speed in both manual and electric typing, manipulative devices of ·· .t he electric typelvriter, and various short cuts in tabulation and letter writing. Each person taking part >vill have an electric typewriter to use, 1vith opportunity to follow the demonstrations. Dr. Brady, faculty sponsor of the student newspaper which appeared in printed form for its sixth issue on April 29th, is co-author with New York University's Pete r L. Agnew of a text book, Advanced Key-Driven Calculator Course, published this month by South-VJestern Publishing Company, Cincinnati . Dr. Eric Baber, op.cit .. lvith Mr. Morris Carr, business office , Alton, planned "Drive .. in Conference" on " School Lunch Pro grams" held at the Alton Center on April 26. Almost a hundred educators from Madison, St. Clair, Calhoun, and Jersey Counties, serving on panels with their counterparts from Carbondale, Chicago , St. Louis, and Springfield, spent several hours discussing subjects ranging from in s tructional possioilities and operating policies of school lunch programs to financin g and equipping of school cafeterias. .1 a Staff members from Alton and East St. Louis square-danced at Alton on Saturday, April 12, to the calling of Hiss Babette Narks, op.cit. (more) �... •.... "" - 4 - Homen's Club Hears John Allen ' Mr. John H. Allen, Emeritus, Carbondale, SIU expert on the southern half of 'Illinois, addressed the April meeting of the Residence Centers' \.Jomen' s Club. Mr. Allen told the women, mostly newcomers to southern Illinois, about the history of the area. Founding president of the Southern Illinois Folklore Society and past president of the Illinois Historic a l Society, Allen retired as SIU museum director several years ago. Dr. Howard Davis, student affairs, Alton, was guest speaker of the Granite City Junior High School Parent Teacher Association on April 28. Speaking at Central Junior High School, he discussed "Helping Adolescents over Emotional Hurdles." During the same fortnight he addressed a nurses' training group at Alton High School on vocational training. Mr. Thomas Evans, op.cit., l.S working with the East St. Louis Junior Chamber of Commerce to select one of this June's high school graduates to be awarded a four-year scholarship at SIU -- either at Carbondale or one of the Centers. Using test scores and personal interviews, he has narrowe d the field of applicants all seniors in hi gh schools of Eas t St. Louis -- from 25 to 7. � 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 April 1958, Vol. 1, No. 12 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 1958