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Nanook News, Vol. 01, No. 16 (January 29, 1960) Item Type Journal Publisher University of Alaska Download date 06/10/2021 10:43:08 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3066 (Crust? Me*/ //opal 71 ho j ) f /), 5 G*«rJ /) r/Ar/^Js Y IS//'DtfzcVs, *# *}& -ft 4 ) < 1 . s. \5 u o / / ? N l a r c i Dtmis UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA. STAFF BUT.T.KTIN Vol. 1. No. 16 University of Alaska, College. Alaska January 29, 1960 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HONORS TOO MARCH OF DIMES COFFEE HOUR SET Two University of Alaska faculty members Mrs. Ernest N. Patty will inaugurate the have been named for study and research programs traditional round of coffee hours for the for the 1960-61 academic year by the National March of Dimes on Feb. 6 when she entertains Science Foundation. Dr. Albert Johnson and the Faculty Wives Club. George Knight are the two honorees. Mrs. Robert Wiegman will be co-hostess Knight, who plans to study at Harvard Uni with Mr. Patty,. The coffce hour will begin versity, is the fifth member of the Civil En at 2:30 p.m. in the president's residence gineering Department to receive an NSF fellow and will feature a film and other material ship. With his appointment, 100 per cent of on the 1960 New March of Dimes. the U of A CE Department, as of June 1957, has Following this traditional coffee hour, been given this honor. guests at the affair will have a similiar Dr. Johnson, first in his department to be coffee hour for their friends. The events named for the NSF fellowship, will leave in will give all women in Alaska's Interior an August to work for 13 months on the taxonomy opportunity to share in the National Founda and distribution of mosses and lichen. His tion's program. research will be through the Botannical Mu Dr. Ernest N. Patty is Alaska chairman for seum. the 1960 New March of Dimes. This is his Other members of the CE Department who have fifth year to serve in this worthwhile and had NSF fellowships are Dean Charles Sargent, time-consuming program. 1957—58; Dr. Elbert Rice, 1958—59; and Harold * * * Peyton and William Mendenhall who are outside on fellowships now.. WHO'S WHO NAMES U OF A COLLEGIANS Two other faculty members are also on aca "The university is proud of the 14 out demic leave to study under NSF grants. These standing students who have been named to are Jack Hoskins and Charles Genaux. 'Who's Who in American Colleges and Univer Dr. Johnson, his wife Beverly and their two sities' for the current academic year," Dr. sons, Mark Curtis and Christopher, will leave Ernest N. Patty, president, said yesterday. in August.. Dr. Johnson will study with Olav Students named are Jacqulin Jefford, the Gjaerevoll. only coed, and Donald Abel, Jr., Oscar Apos- * * * tal, Joseph Baldwin, Jim Brown, Monte Cady, CLASS OF '81 ATKINSON BORN Henry W.A. Hanson III, Paul Hunter, Brian At about 4:30 a.m. today, a son was born Larman, Ronald Thiel, Robert Weimer, Richard to Ben and Helen Atkinson at St. Joseph's Freeman, Robert Browning find Brian Brundin. Hospital. The boy, who will probably be named All honored are seniors except for Free Ben James, wieghed in at 8 lbs., 10 ozs. man, Browning and Brundin who are junior Young Ben's dad is U of A engineer and his classmen. * * * mother is secretary of the Board of Regents. * * * NANOOK NEWS Page 2 January 29, 1960 BUBBLINGS IN BUNNELL CONFUSION COMPOUNDED Little "gems" of information which concern Moving, no room numbers, no telephones, life in the Bunnell Memorial Building and non-operating clocks and the general confus which have accumulated in the office of infor ion of some 150 people establishing new of mation include: fice "homes" are leading to some skilled The ground floor reading room of the lib sleuthing on the U of A campus. rary was the first facility to get the new A quick poll has resulted in the following draperies. The draperies are "oyster-white" unsubstantiated data which is realtively and quite full. true, at least as of 5 p.m., yesterday: Telephones will be installed with the num Bunnell Memorial Building: Civil Engine bers assigned in former offices. The switch ering Department is on the library balcony board will change all this. except for George Knight's office which isin The PBX system is being set up and Munici the Eielson Bldg.; the Chemistry Department pal Utilities expects to have it in operation is all moved to the third floor in the way in a couple of weeks.. of personnel but is still carrying equipment Everything in the building belongs to the out of Old Main; the wildlife management and U of A except for the elevator which is still biology departments are ensconced on the sec undergoing "special care," ond floor; on the first floor, the language Number plates have been ordered for the and literature department is settling in doors and should be here soon. except for Chuck Keim, Lee Salisbury, Karl Faculty members receiving their mail in Abosch and Richard Bedford who have offices the history department's box in the mail- on the second floor, Constitution Hall; the cache include Rana, Slotnick and Hoffman, political science, history and economics Faculty members receiving their inter staff are on the first floor; on the ground campus mail in the English Department's box floor are the faculty office, which now has in the mail-cache are Abosch, Bedford, Bernet, an annex in the Eielson Bldg., the engineer's Bolgan, Dickerson, Keim, Magee, Much, Munson, offices, the Mathematics Department, and Pierce, Salisbury, Urwand, Wells, Wills and Ludwig Rowinski and the museum's biological Wilcox. collections. * * * In other moving, Danny Pierce is now in the old band building and is busy with hammer ENGINEER'S OFFICE ASKS and nails, the music department in getting The Engineer''s office sent out two rer- ready to take over the upstairs of the gym quests today to all staff members. nasium building, and the physics department, The first is from the "keeper-of-the-keys" business administration department, the music and asks that everyone turn in their keys department offices, the home economics de from their former offices.. partment, the education department, the anth The second request, from Vince Magnuson, ropology people and Bob Knapp are in the is that everyone who has an additional re Eielson Bldg. quest for things to be moved, put it in writ If anyone can find anybody in this con ing to facilitate planning.. fusion within an hour and a half of walking * * * and questioning, they are to be commended. NANOOK'S NOTES * * * Nanook congratulates Dr. and Mrs. Leslie ROTC REMINDS Klebesadel of the Palmer Agricultural Experi The ROTC staff reminded U of A staff ment Station on the birth of their first son, today that ROTC programming is still going second child, on Saturday, Jan. 16, Daniel on in Old Main and that rifle practice is Leslie weighed in at nine pounds, nine ounces, continuing every afternoon. at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Palmer. * * * * * * Nanook quotes, "The size of the man can be FIRST JADE AUCTION determined by the size of the things that The first nephrite jade public auction upset him." ever to be held in North America has been * * * scheduled for the 1960 Fur Rendezvous in I hear Sam Tweedle turned down his divin Anchorage, Several thousand pounds of the ity degree. Yeah. He didn't want to be cal highly prized Alaskan jade will be placed on led Tweedle, D. D, ^ # # the block for sale to the highest bidder. * * * NANOOK NEWS Page 3 January 29, 1960 EARTH SCIENCE'S JOUIiNAL CLUB TO MEET ACTIVITIES CALENDAR The University of Alaska's Earth Sciences Monday, February I Journal Club, sponsored by the Department of 6:30 p.m. Baptist Student Union— 218 E Geology, School of Mines, will have its first 7:30 p.m. Newman Club— Home Ec. Lounge meeting of the second semester on Monday, 8:00 p.m. Baha'i Meeting— Lib. Conf. Room Feb. 1, at 4:30 p.m. in the Mines Bldg.. audi 8:30 p.m. Starrs— Wickersham torium. A colored movie on the phenomenal 9:30 p.m. Wickersham Hall meeting— Wick. Lake George break-up will be presented by Dr. Tuesday, February 2 Otto Geist,7 U of A research associate.! t The 3:30 p.m. Women's Athletic Assn.— Gym announcement from Dr. Troy Pewe, head of the 7:00 p.m. ASUA Legislative Council— SUB Geology Department, asked that members and 7:00 p.m.. Community Chorus— 218 E the public note the change in meeting time 7:30 p.m.. Naval Reserve— Mines 306 as the club met on a different day the first Wednesday, February 3 semester. 2:30 p.,m. Baptist Student Union Exec. * * * Council— Small Dining Room 5:30 p.m.. Lutheran Students— Sm. Dining Rm. SIGMA XI CLUB TO MEET 7:30 p.m. Epsilon Alpha— Faculty Lounge. "Earth-bound Exploration of Interplane 7:00 p.m. Self-Improvement Workshop— 218 E tary Space: The Story of Solar Cosmic Rays" 8:00 p.m. Faculty Wives— Home Ec. Lounge is the talk scheduled for Tuesday's dinner Thursday, February 4 meeting of the University of Alaska's Sigma 3:30 p.m. Women's Athletic Assn.— Gym Xi Club. Harold Leinbach, graduate assistant 6:30 p.m. Church of Christ Bible Study— for the Geophysical Institute, will speak Home Ec.