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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Scholar Rose Echoes Other Institute Publications 1-1964 Volume 3 - Issue 3 - January, 1964 Echoes Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rose_echoes Recommended Citation Staff, Echoes, "Volume 3 - Issue 3 - January, 1964" (1964). Rose Echoes. 42. https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rose_echoes/42 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]. Published Rose July, October ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE TERRE HAUTE. INDIANA January and April by Echoes Rime Parents' Association Vol. 3, No. 3 January, 1964 Prof. Hooper Named Project Engineer Architects Chosen To Coordinate Expansion Plans For Building Program Immediate plans for the remodeling Dr. John A. Logan, Rose Polytechnic of the administration and classroom Institute President, has announced the building at Rose Polytechnic Institute appointment of Prof. Irvin P. Hooper, are underway as a part of the overall chairman of the Department of Mechani- program of expansion involving addi- cal Engineering, as Project Engineer for tional residence, dining, classroom, and the expansion program of the Institute. laboratory facilities, Dr. Richard F. Professor Hooper, Dr. Logan said, will Bergmann, chairman of the board of continue as head of the department, al- managers, has announced. though his teaching duties will be re- Miss Juliet Peddle, Terre Haute archi- duced because of new responsibilities. tect who has done other architectural He will coordinate plans for the proposed work for the Institute, has been engaged new buildings and facilities and will to provide architectural services supervise the installations. for re- modeling of the main building which will In making the announcement, Dr. include new classroom, office, and lab- Logan explained that the decision to in- oratory facilities. crease the student enrollment to 1,000, A preliminary request to the Housing made in Oct., 1962, by the faculty and and Home Finance Agency for a loan of Board of Managers, necessitated plans $1,500,000 to cover the cost of construc- for expansion of the physical plant of tion of new residence halls and a new the Institute. Conn., in a wide variety of engineering student union building has been ap- "We are taking these steps in an assignments. proved, Dr. Bergmann said. orderly fashion," he pointed out. "We He is a member of the American The Chicago architectural and en- have now the third dormitory, Speed Society of Mechanical Engineers, a regis- gineering firm of Perkins & Will has Hall, in operation, and we have the over- tered professional engineer in Indiana, been engaged to design the new resi- all plan for the development of the cam- and served with the U. S. Marine Corps dences for 210 men and the new Student pus for the next ten years as presented in the Pacific area during World War IL Union which will provide dining facili- last October by Perkins & Will of Chi- ties for 500 men as well as a lounge, cago and as approved in principle Committee Studies by the recital, and recreational facilities. faculty and board." Biological Program It is hoped that the successive phases Professor Hooper, he continued will Establishment of a permanent com- of the program will provide facilities for work with the faculty and the develop- mittee on applied biology and bio- a learning center and additional recrea- ment committee in coordinating and de- engineering was approved recently by tional facilities. veloping the program. The over-all ob- the Rose faculty, according to an an- Plans by Perkins & Will are to be pre- jective of the ten-year plan, Dr. Logan nouncement by Dr. John A. Logan. sented to the board of managers at the emphasized, is to provide the finest pos- Dr. Robert M. Arthur, committee regular meeting on Feb. 28, one of three sible undergraduate education in en- chairman and associate professor of bio- such meetings held each year. gineering and the sciences at Rose. engineering, said that the committee is Specific details of the expansion pro- studying the establishment of a compre- being offered. These are biological gram will be released publicly when they hensive biological program begun last science, an introductory course with em- are completed and approved, he said. year by a temporary committee. phasis on cell structure and function; Professor Hooper has had a distin- The committee will outline the limits biophysical science, a study of biological guished academic and professional career of such a program including staff re- mechanisms, and special projects in bi- and has been associated with the Insti- quirements and facilities, as well as give ology, such as directed research or dis- tute since 1940. A graduate of Tufts consideration to establishing at Rose pre- cussions. College and the University of Vermont, medical, pre-dental, and pre-veterinary The committee sponsors also a series he has worked with the General Electric curricula as part of the entire program. of seminars on biological science and en- Co. at Lynn, Mass., and the Pratt & Thus far three courses in the bio- gineering, four of which will be pre- Whitney Aircraft Corp. in Hartford, logical area have been approved and are sented next semester. Memorial Service German Engineers ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN Held for Late To Study at Rose ASSUMES DUTIES President Kennedy Three young German engineers are ex- Mrs. Dorothy Johnson, a graduate of A solemn Memorial Service for the pected to arrive at Rose this month for Indiana State College, has assumed her late President John F. Kennedy took a study and work program under the duties as assistant to Mr. Harry W. Gil- place on November 25 when students, auspices of the Carl Duisberg Society of bert, Acting Director of the Library at faculty, and staff gathered in the audi- Cologne, West Germany. Rose. This is the second group to study on torium at Rose for a simple but deeply A native of Princeton, Ind., Mrs. John- the campus under the program set up at moving tribute to him. son received both the Bachelor and Rose last February. The Institute is one Master of Science degrees from the local In his opening prayer, the Rev. LeRoy of 12 colleges and universities through- college. She has taught in the public Brown, Rose chaplain, gave thanks for out the country cooperating in the ex- school system as well as at Indiana State "precious memories of a leader wholly change. The men will study during the College where she taught speech and dedicated to the cause of peace, to the Spring semester at Rose and then work English. She has completed work for a promotion of justice, equality of oppor- in their respective professional fields of certificate in library science. tunity, and preservation of our cherished engineering or science for eighteen American heritage of liberty and free- months before returning to West Ger- She is a member of the American dom." many. Association of University Women and The He asked guidance that "we may three are Werner Schoning, a chairman of the local creative writing purge our land of arrogant self-suffi- graduate of the textile engineering insti- group of the organization; program ciency, irrational prejudices and bitter tute at Krefeld; Rainer Roder, an elec- chairman for the women's division of the hatred . that the fearful tragedies trical engineer, and Wilfried Keller, a Swope Art Gallery; a member of the of recent days may never again be re- mechanical engineer. Terre Haute Day Nursery Board and the peated." All three hope not only to increase State Licensing Committee for Day their professional training but to learn Nurseries, and a member of the Women's In his remarks, Dr. John A. Logan more about the United States and in- Department Club. She is also recognition noted that "the tragic and shocking creas their knowledge of English. Roder, chairman of the local American Red events of these recent days, coming as in his letter of application, called the Cross chapter. they have with frightening suddenness United States "the superlative country." and without warning, at a time of Her husband, Mr. Elmer Johnson, is a general prosperity and hope, have been certified public accountant. like a sudden revelation—almost as if JOHN G. BIEL NAMED some divine power had exploded a gigan- ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Officers of the tic flashbulb; now, for a few agonizing Rose hours we, with our country, stand out John G. Biel has been appointed ad- Parents' Association in this naked glare before all the world." junct professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Institute. For several President Howard D. Wood . In this period of shock and in- years a guest lecturer in economics and 6616 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Ind. credulity," Dr. Logan continued, "one business law here, the local attorney and First Vice President Dr. R. L. Haun fact stands out clearly—John Kennedy historian has increased his area of teach- 215 E. Crawford Street, Paris, Ill. was a great and a good man—and I am ing specialties and in addition to eco- Second confident that his greatness will stand nomics and business law is offering a Vice President .. Raymond W. Beattys the test of history." course in the history of science and 3113 Houston Boulevard, "Knowing of his hopes and aspirations technology. Louisville, Ky. for better understanding, brotherhood, This particular course, Dr. John A. Recruitment Committee peace, social and economic justice, his Logan pointed out, was initiated this Chairman John D. Teeguarden life will not have been in vain if each year by Professor Biel and has attracted 1818 W.