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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar Rose Echoes Other Institute Publications 8-1970 Volume X - Issue 3 - August, 1970 Echoes Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rose_echoes Recommended Citation Staff, Echoes, "Volume X - Issue 3 - August, 1970" (1970). Rose Echoes. 110. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rose_echoes/110 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Other Institute Publications at Rose-Hulman Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Rose Echoes by an authorized administrator of Rose-Hulman Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Rose Returns To 'Early' Start For 1970-71 Year Rose Polytechnic, which for the last few years has resumed Fall classes a full two weeks behind other colleges and universities in the state, will get back in step with other collegiate calendars when students return for the 1970-71 academic year in early September. The school's second freshman class of over 350 men is scheduled to arrive on Thursday, Sept. 3 for orientation which will extend into the Labor Day Weekend. Upperclassmen will return the following Faculty Research Aimed at Helping Tuesday to register for classes com- mencing on Thursday. Students over Frosh Academic Hurdles The summer vacation was extremely short this year (the Spring term ended June 12), but the payoff will come when Unlike Avis, members of the Rose Poly- film loops on single concepts in mathematics academic year draws to a technic the '70-71 Institute faculty are not running which lend themselves well to this method of close the last week in May. The move • . they try harder because they see "getting the picture." to the earlier calendar was made in 'nethe need for improvement in science and In a separate but COSIP-related project, order to put students in a better posi- engineering teaching. Dr. Donald Chiang is continuing work on the tion for summer employment. °fle such group of Rose teachers is the four- self-education laboratory for mechanical and Homecoming '70 is scheduled for the man team working on campus this summer aerospace engineering, and has written pro- Oct. 23-24 and will be the under weekend of the recently acquired $140,000 Col- grammed instruction text on the basics of high point of the Fall quarter. lege traditional Science Improvement Program (COSIP). analog computing. The Fall term will end on the eve of Their aim for example, is to develop diag- When completed, the self-education labora- 25) and be followed nostic Thanksgiving (Nov. methods for determining critical areas tory will include laboratory experiments in by an 11-day break before the Winter of math or chemistry, etc., which many stu- more than a dozen areas and include an ade- term begins on Dec. 7. dents have to difficulty and design instruction quate film and film loop and videotape library page 2 help related instruction. Calendar on h students over these troublesome on a veriety of M.E. — Aero urdles. Under the direction of Dr. Michael Breit- .111 eYer of biological engineering, the group Includes Prof. Dale Oexmann of mathematics, Prof. Paul Mason of physics, and Dr. Dean Hill of of chemistry. All are younger members the faculty with the rank of associate pro- lessor. S elective as st Rose is in its admissions, many udents do not enter school fully back- to handle some of the math, physics Or chemistry problems they will encounter their freshman year. After the team had recognized the problem areas which most seriously affect the stu- dents' ability to grasp science and engineer- ing concepts, it proceeded to . write single enheept programmed instruction on these Problem areas. Pr ogrammed instruction was selected for many of the areas for three reasons: 1) the student can receives instant reinforcement: 2) he proceed at his own pace; and, 3) he can take full advantage of his most efficent peri- ods for learning. In addition to the team effort, individuals Struck out on their own on research aimed at Proving their particular classroom situa- tion. Prof. Hill published a laboratory manual for EDUCATION RESEARCH — Prof. Dale Oexmann (right) makes a point during an evaluation freshman chemistry; Prof. Breitmeyer session of the COSIP group doing educational research at Rose Polytechnic over the sum- Continued work on audio visual aids, and Prof. mer. Other members of the team studying ways of improving the teaching of technical sub- Oexmann worked on computer-animated jects were Dr. Dean Hill (left) and Prof. Paul Mason. Dr. Logan Takes 2 Calendar Name of Rose to Rose Polytechnic 1970-71 FALL TERM Distant Places 1970 Few college presidents carry the name Sept. 3-7 Thurs.-Mon. Freshman Orientation lab of their school to more audiences than Sept. 8 Tuesday Registration seh Dr. John A. Logan of Rose Polytechnic Sept. 9 Wednesday Book Day q.04. Institute. Sept. 10 Thursday Classes begin of As president of the Indiana Conference Oct. 17 Saturday Midterm progress reports foo of Higher Education for 1970-71, he will Oct. 22-24 Thurs.-Sat. High School Open House tu; draw the assignment as official spokes- Oct. 23-24 Fri.-Sat. Homecoming (no classes) man for higher education in the state. A Nov. 20 Friday Final examinations begin is t member of the governor's commission Nov. 25 Wednesday Fall Term ends. studying the role of privately supported onl education, he has been the man the press Ro; WINTER tioi has come to when it wants straight TERM answers about the status of independent Dec. 7 Monday Registration flo( schools such as Rose. Dec. 8 Tuesday Book Day Bui His calendar has not slacked over the Dec. 9 Wednesday Classes begin ITrc summer; in fact, before school resumes Dec. 22 Tuesday Christmas vacation begins in September Dr. Logan will have carried ree( 1971 the name of Rose to a fifth continent lun; Th€ within a span of less than eight months. Jan. 4 Monday Classes resume den For two weeks in July he spent his Jan. 23 Saturday Midterm progress reports mai "vacation" as a special consultant to the Mar. 1 Monday Final examinations begin Ii World Bank on an international develop- Mar. 6 Saturday Winter Term Ends ment project in Uganda, Africa. The out trip called for briefing and summariza- Pee. SPRING TERM sic, tion sessions in Geneva, Switzerland. 1971 win In late August, he is scheduled to give a paper on sanitary engineering and Mar. 15 Monday Registration aer, ing urban development at the Twelfth Inter- Mar. 16 Tuesday Classes begin 13ui national Congress of Sanitary Engineers Apr. 17 Saturday Midterm progress reports in Caracas, Venezuela. Earlier this year, Apr. 24 Saturday Parents' Day Dr. Logan keynoted a 16-nation confer- May 25 Tuesday Final examinations begin Th, ence on water resource development in May 28 Friday Commencement Es. Bangkok, Thailand. An T1 internationally-known leader in the Fon field of environmental health engineer- seri, ing, Dr. Logan received the Uganda as- Tightening of Economy Reflected Inst signment through the World Health Or- Log ganization which is working with the In Recruitment of Class of 1970 World Bank on evaluating proposed Nal water supply and sewage facilities Despite a tightening of the economy, which public utilities than with other type indus" throughout Uganda from technical and from the standpoint of college graduate re- tries. Automotive and automotive-related chemical $11, economic points of view. cruiting is more serious than that of 1957-59, industries seemed hardest hit, while and The consulting team, which consists of average starting salaries of Rose graduates firms continue near normal employment; Dr. Logan, another engineer and an continued to climb, according to the final re- This was reflected in the fact that chenncai verag.e economist made initial studies of the port submitted by Paul B. Headdy, who re- engineering graduates reported an a fieiz projects during visits to Uganda cities of tired as Director of Placement Aug. 31. monthly salary of $926. Electrical, mechani- Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Entrebbe and Nai- According to the report, company recruiters cal and civil engineering followed by sine robi last August. looked at far more men and screened them $890 and $876 average starting salaries, .re- of ngineering Dr. Logan has served on a number of much more carefully than had been done dur- spectively. Although biological e chai World Health Organization committees the previous 10 years. Consequently, the 200- had too few graduates entering employillen,t, Cori and consulting teams in recent years, and man class of 1970 took a record 4,862 inter- to give a fair sampling, top money to the "bin Of in 1968 edited the monograph for the views and many more plant trips than ever engineer was $900 per month. and math- organization's annual conference. before. Physics, mathematics, chemistry Pan Generally speaking, the "specialized" econ $845 and $809 man, followed with $883, $859, and unless he was outstanding, had difficulty starting figures, respectively. age being placed in outlook for place- the job of his choice as econ- At the present time the the 193 omy-minded management cut back to the ment of the class of 1971 appears about bare necessities rather than adding same as it did a year ago. Some firms, esPe- HOMECOMING '70 what ?al might be termed an "experiment." cially aircraft, which have recruited regular Y11 OCT. 23-24 Another indicator of the tight economy was in the Past, have not scheduled visits this fail' the fact that 39 firms—or nearly 10 per cent— Nevertheless, approximately 300 cancelled their campus visits, especially their viewing companies have indicated they w1lt.