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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 Name of Rose to Rose Polytechnic 1970-71 Calendar FALL TERM Distant Places 1970 Few college presidents carry the name Sept. 3-7 Thurs.-Mon. of their school to more audiences than Freshman Orientation Sept. 8 lab Dr. John A. Logan of Tuesday Registration Rose Polytechnic seh Institute. Sept. 9 Wednesday Book Day Sept. 10 Thursday q.04. As president of the Indiana Conference Classes begin Oct. 17 Saturday of of Higher Education for 1970-71, he will Midterm progress reports Oct. 22-24 Thurs.-Sat. foo draw the assignment as official spokes- High School Open House Oct. 23-24 Fri. tu; man for higher education in the state. -Sat. Homecoming (no classes) A Nov. 20 member of the governor's commission Friday Final examinations begin Nov. 25 Wednesday is t studying the role of privately supported Fall Term ends. onl education, he has been the man the press Ro; has come to when it wants straight WINTER TERM tioi answers about the status of independent Dec. 7 Monday schools such as Rose. Registration Dec. 8 Tuesday Book Day flo( His calendar has not slacked over the Dec. 9 Wednesday Classes begin Bui summer; in fact, before school resumes Dec. 22 Tuesday Christmas vacation ITrc in September Dr. Logan will have carried begins ree( the name of Rose to a fifth continent 1971 lun; within a span of less than eight months. Jan. 4 Monday Th€ For two weeks in July he spent his Classes resume Jan. 23 Saturday den "vacation" as a special consultant to the Midterm progress reports Mar. 1 Monday mai World Bank on an international develop- Final examinations begin Mar. 6 Saturday Ii ment project in Uganda, Africa. Winter Term Ends The out trip called for briefing and summariza- Pee. tion sessions in Geneva, Switzerland. SPRING TERM sic, In late August, 1971 he is scheduled to give win a paper on sanitary engineering and Mar. 15 Monday urban development Registration aer, at the Twelfth Inter- Mar. 16 ing national Tuesday Classes begin Congress of Sanitary Engineers Apr. 17 Saturday Midterm progress reports 13ui in Caracas, Venezuela. Earlier this year, Apr. 24 Saturday Parents' Day Dr. Logan keynoted a 16-nation confer- May 25 Tuesday Final ence on water resource examinations begin Th, development in May 28 Friday , Thailand. Commencement Es. An internationally-known leader in the T1 field of environmental health engineer- Fon ing, Dr. Logan received the Uganda as- Tightening seri, signment through the World Health Or- of Economy Reflected Inst ganization which is working with the In Recruitment Log World Bank on evaluating proposed of Class of 1970 water supply and sewage facilities Despite a tightening of the economy, which public utilities indus" Nal throughout Uganda from technical than with other type and from the standpoint of college graduate tries. economic points of view. re- Automotive and automotive-related cruiting is more serious than chemical $11, The consulting that of 1957-59, industries seemed hardest hit, while team, which consists of average starting and Dr. salaries of Rose graduates firms continue near normal employment; Logan, another engineer and an continued to climb, according to the final re- This was reflected in that chenncai economist made initial studies of the fact the port submitted by Paul B. Headdy, who re- engineering verag.e projects during visits to Uganda graduates reported an a cities of tired as Director of Placement Aug. fieiz Brazzaville, Kinshasa, 31. monthly salary of $926. Electrical, mechani- Entrebbe and Nai- According to the report, company robi last August. recruiters cal and civil engineering followed by looked at far more men and screened sine Dr. Logan has them $890 and $876 average starting salaries, .re- served on a number of much more carefully than of World had been done dur- spectively. Although biological engineering Health Organization committees the chai previous 10 years. Consequently, the 200- had too few ployille and consulting teams in recent graduates entering em n,t, years, and man class of 1970 took a record 4,862 Cori in 1968 edited inter- to give a fair sampling, top money to the "bin the monograph for the views and many more Of plant trips than ever engineer was $900 per month. organization's annual conference. before. Physics, mathematics, chemistry and math- Generally speaking, Pan the "specialized" man, econ followed with $883, $859, $845 and $809 unless he and was outstanding, had difficulty starting figures, respectively. being placed in the job of his choice as econ- At the present time the outlook for place- age omy-minded the 193 management cut back to the ment of the class of 1971 appears about HOMECOMING bare necessities '70 rather than adding what same as it did a year ago. Some firms, esPe- might be termed OCT. 23-24 an "experiment." cially aircraft, which have recruited regular ?al Another indicator Y11 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. trip to the campus scheduled in the spring. be on campus early this fall seeking the nnici' As expected, jobs were more numerous with sought after Rose man. 2nd Term Set For Occupancy Of New Building Construction on the new classroom- laboratory building is progressing on schedule, with the start of the second quarter set as the target date for use of the classrooms in the 25,000 square foot structure located west of the Main B uilding. While the classroom-lab construction 18 the most visible, it is by no means the °n1Y improvement being made on the Bose campus during the summer vaca- tion. The six large classrooms on the second floor of the south wing of the Main Building have been completely renovated. 1)1M) ceilings have been installed with recessed lighting fixtures to increase il- lumination from 25 to 75 foot candles. The area will be fully carpeted and stu- dent stations will be replaced by two- niari tables and individual chairs. WHAT'S UNDER THE HOOD? —A group of "Operation Catapult" students marvel Improvement of laboratories through- at the engine of the stock dragster built by the RPI Racing Association. Inset out. the Main Building continues, es- picture shows club faculty adviser Dr. Dean Hill explaining the club's work to P!cially in the civil engineering and phy- Rose president Dr. John A. Logan. sics areas. Additional laboratory space '11111 be gained by use of the mechanical- Computer Tuned • erospace engineering and civil engineer- ing areas of the annex east of the Main Builds Dragster BUilding Rose Racing Club

,horne-Nalcorr Aid Fund A piece of masonite resembling the The reasoning is simple: 1) this model stablished at Rose small information board Indy pit crews has what Dr. Hill describes as an under- (horsepower divided into • m The Frank Thorne-Nalco Scholarship use to communicate with drivers during rated engine and 2) the much-over- und has been established to assist de- the famed 500-mile race hangs in the shipping weight), serving Stock class is one which the students at Rose Polytechnic front hallway of the Main Building at looked D compete favorably in with its -1.21stitute, according to Dr. John A. Rose. This board serves as the chief club could investment. 1-40gan, president. communications link for members of the limited Inasmuch as the 425-horsepower en- stablished in memory of the former RPI Racing Association, one of the was underrated, it was not diffi- indus" Z'co Chemical Company executive, the lesser publicized but more active campus gineer cult to get more than 200 additional H.P. 'elated was initiated by matching gifts of groups. of the engine when altered to maxi- ernical '1,500 from the Frank H. Thorne family Until recently the organization com- out tolerances. anent' ;.1ci the Nalco Foundation of . prised of 70 students interested in auto mum With the help of Dr. Hill and dona- mica' lrst awards from the new fund will be racing and racing car design, etc., spent tions of speed parts from specialists, the verage atie this fall, according to school of- most of its time watching movies of ficials. major racing circuits and installing speed car rounded into shape in the late Spring. Although it was painted by a South $895' i„rill°rne, a key executive with Nalco equipment members purchased through Bend, Ind., shop which specializes in es, re' e its earliest days, was vice-chairman the club at reduced prices. This past of such work shortly after the third quarter eering eh the board of directors of Nalco and winter the club took on a new dimension, started, it was not until mid-summer that c airman of the board of Visco Products and when summer rolled around the RPI the car made its first appearance at e "bin" 0;11,1PanY, a Nalco subsidiary, at the time Racing Association had a gold metal Rose—still not ready for competition. nis death in 1956. flake painted station wagon with a husky The machine even has an international nattv p,Thnrne joined Chicago Chemical Com- 600-horsepower engine to back up its $800 flavor—it's noisy, but computer designed agriY, a forerunner of Nalco, in 1924 racy appearance. in the and tuned exhaust system. Taking all and advanced through sales and man- Much of the new-found interest parameters of the particular engine, Dr. place" i elnent positions to vice president in club was created by Dr. Dean Hill, pro- the is drag Gordon Blair, professor of mechanical it ,37 and senior vice president in 1954. fessor of chemistry whose hobby checker engineering at the University of Queens, esPe" ,1 -I- home's grandson, Frank H. Thorne, racing and serving as chief fuel larlY Belfast, Ireland, and an acquaintance of u 41atine, Ill., is a senior at Rose. for the National Hot Rod Association used a computer program he is fall' at its major meets, including the Na- Dr. Hill inter" tional Drags in Indianapolis each year. designed to give the club specifications v will Change of Address? a station wagon . . . why for the most efficient exhaust system. to Rose But why Send it a 1963 Dodge station wagon with an Off we go to the drags. automatic transmission? •pul 'ainoH 40 GIVd •J04!p3 'spJoH 4uam •CO8LV 'Pul 'a4n01.4 aLial 40 01 aBo4sod D!ut.pap(iod asod hq JaquianoN puo J9q1.1.1a4daS ssoo puoDas IsnEsny 'how Viow 'hionuor paqswind _FLglSO

Everybody's Back. . . Plus Signs Point to Good Year for Engineers in Football If rebuilding grid fortunes are as cyclical some fine football talent eager to push some 1.4Rick Manuszak to Ed Adams rassing as Coach Bob Bergman's record indicates, this veterans out of starting jobs. combination proved extremely explosive at well could be the year of the Engineer. Led by fourth-year running backs Roger Earlham and other places last season, and it Bergman, you will recall, came to Rose in Ward and Tom Merrill and sophomore quar- -i;vould not be a surprise if the Engineers relY 1968 after compiling an impressive 25-10-3 terback Rick Manuszak, the biggest chores more on the aerial game this fall. high school mark at Attica and Greencastle facing Engineer coaches appear to be that of The offensive and defensive walls should where football had been in the darkest part filling the guard shots and providing more not change drastically from last year,, With of the cellar for many years before he arrived depth in the running game. seniors Dennis Smith (235), Dan Peelman on the scene. Rebuilding has not been an easy (210), and. Buzz Scharringhausen (205) lead" task at Rose, but things appear to be looking ing experience a lineup which probably up for the 1970 season. include no fewer than six sophomores wh° Some of the prime indicators are: BASKETBALL held starting assignments last year. rn ong — Last year's predominately freshman ball Wed. Nov. 18 MARIAN the younger veterans are tackles Jerry De- club won the last three games of the season Tues. Dec. 1 at Presby- Meyer (252), and Mike McShane (215)' for the Engineers' second .500 or better sea- terian guards Randy Foster (205), Mark Cane (205). son of the decade.. (200) Thurs. Dec. 3 at Florida Tech Jerry Bertram (200), Mark Hollinger — Inasmuch as there was not a single senior Sat. Dec. 5 at University of the and George Rodibaugh (198), center Dici on last year's club, Rose has to be the only South (Tenn.) Frushour (195) and ends Dan Moss (205), college team in the nation with "everybody" Sat. Dec. 12 PURDUE-CALUMET Dave Burgner (198), Woody Heller (195) and returning. Mon. Dec. 14 BALDWIN- Joe Zumar (195). — There are six seniors on the team (five WALLACE Also returning are veteran linebackers, were regulars last year) who all too well re- Thurs. Dec. 17 at Indiana Central Norm Kelin, Denny McCleary, Mark Gud°11 call the 1-6-1 mark as freshmen and the ag- Fri. Dec. 18 ILLINOIS COLLEGE and Brennan Banion and deep backs Steve, onizing 0-8 record during Coach Bergman's Tues. Dec. 22 at Wright State Powell, Kevin Murphy, Ray Kominarek an' freshman year in college coaching two years Tues. Jan. 5 FRANKLIN Bill Randall. ago. Fri. Jan. 8 at Centre — The 350-member freshman class includes Sat. Jan. 9 at Transylvania Tues. Jan. 12 WABASH Sat. Jan. 16 at Earlham CROSS COUNTRY Jan. 22-23 ROSE POLY INVITATIONAL Saturday, Sept. 19 Wabash FOOTBALL TOURNEY HmokareimanKarern (McMurray, Pace, Friday, Sept. 25 at Sept. 19 MANCHESTER Centre, Rose) Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Wabash Sept. 26 at Concordia Wed. Jan. 27 DePAUW Saturday, Oct. 3 EVANSVILLE Oct. 2 PRINCIPIA Sat. Jan. 30 ANDERSON TTuesday, Oct. 6 FRANKLIN Oct. 10 INDIANA CENTRAL Tues. Feb. 2 at Marian Friday, Oct. 9 MARIAN Oct. 17 at Hanover Fri. Feb. 5 PRINCIPIA Friday, Oct. 16 at Hanover Oct. 24 ILLINOIS COLLEGE Fri. Feb. 12 at Principia Friday, Oct. 23 at Butler Oct. 31 at Iowa Wesleyan Sat. Feb. 13 at U. Tuesday, Oct. 27 DePAUW Nov. 7 EARLHAM Tues. Feb. 16 GREENVILLE Friday, Oct. 30 Little State Nov. 14 at Wilmington Fri. Feb. 19 at Illinois College (Indianapolis)