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UNIVERSITY of Staff Bulletin MINNESOTA Vol. 1, No. 1 - October 1, 1961 VeaJL CoUe.a.guu: Wetc.ome.! We. Me. a.bold to be.g.in a. new a.c.a.dem-i.c. ye.a.Jt. The baJr!Uc.a.de.d BeJt.Un BoundMy, the. c.lo.6e.d a.c.c.u.6 c.o!VUdo46 thJLough Ea..6t GeJtma.nf!, the. 6a.LiuJte. o6 the. talk.6 to ba.n nuc.ieaJL tuu, a.nd the. .6Uuo..t.i.on6 .in Cuba. a.nd BJta.Z..U pltov.ide. a.n ominoU.6 e.nv.iltonme.nt 6oJt ouJt woJtk, bid they a.l&o ma.ke. U moJte. .impoltt.a.nt. It .i.6 gJto..t.i.0y.ing to note. ltow ne.cvr1.tj -i..nta.c.t. ouJt de.paJLtme.nt.a.i Jto.6te.Jt.6 Me.. We. ill a.ppJte.c..ia.te the. loya.U.y a.nd devotion wh.ic.h ha.ve. kept .60 ma.ny o0 you with U.6 dupUe. the. tempta.t.ion6 .tha.t ha.ve. be.e.n .6e.t .in youJt wa.y. PJte.Jte.g.i.6t.Jta.t.ion 6-iguJr.U .6uggut tha.t th.i.-6 6ill will blt.ing the. iJvc.gut eJVLoUme.nt .in h.i.6toJty. It ma.y a.l&o be. the. mb.6t .impoltta.nt. I6 we. c.a.n ma.ke. v.ilttue. o6 ne.c.U.6Uy th.i.-6 c.a.n be. ouJr. but ye.o.JL, a.nd .the be.g.inn.ing o6 a. new e.M. In thu e. :Umu the. Jtole. o 6 a.n e.duc.a.toJt .i.6 not e.a..6 y, bid U c.a.n be. e.x.c.U.ing. S.inc.e.Jtely, O. Me.Jte.dUh Wilion PJtu.ide.nt e CONSOL1VATEV FUNV VRIVE OPENS OCT. 2 ON THE MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS. CONTRIBU tions to the United Fund of Hennepin County can help more than 80 Hennepin County health and social welfare agencies. Staff members also have an opportunity to contribute to the Hennepin County chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Minnesota Heart Asspciation during this drive. Staff members may authorize convenient payroll deductions over a six-month period, according to Samuel H. Popper, Assoc Prof (Educ Adm), this year's Consoli dated Fund director, who has high hopes for a successful drive. Sterling B. Garrison, Asst to Vice President (Business Administration), is assoc~ate.d~rector and will succeedProf. Popper next year. Solicitors -- 350 University staff members will work under 40 captains, also staff members, in collecting. · Captains for the drive are R. L. Scott, Assoc Prof (Spch); Tracy Tyler, Prof (Educ); Kenneth Zimmerman, Stu Pers Wkr (Admis and Rec); David L. Bills, Asst Prof (ROTC); Ivan C. Fletcher, Asst to Dir (Professional Col! Bkstore); Byron C. Smith, - Prin Tab Equip Supv (Business Office); Richard K. Gaumnitz, Prof (Sch Bus Adm}; Virginia Liebeler, Pers Rep (Civil Serv); Peggy Herald, Bkpr (Campus Club); Raymond J. Lammers, Inst (Cone and Lect); Ambert B. Hall, Prof (Dent); Henry E. Allen, Prof and Coord (Stu Religious Activities); Walter K. Thorsell, Inst (Mort Sci); William H. Edson, Prof and Dir (Stu Pers Office); Robert C. Rathburn, Asst Prof (Gen Col!); Shirley McDonald, Adm Secy (Grad Sch); Edward J. Dvorak, Inst and Health Educator (Health Serv); Edwards. Loye, Assoc Prof (IT Math); Steven Scallen, Asst Dean (Law); Ralbond A. Bohling, Asst Prof, Supv .Dept Lib (Lib); Dolores Bruncke, Sr Clk-Typist (L1 Sch); Dorothy Scholz, Artist (Museum); Charles V. Netz, Assoc Dean and Prof (Pharm); Fred M. Chapman, Assoc Prof (Phys Ed-- Men); Alvin R. Johnson, Shop Supt (Plant Serv); Andrew R. Vernes, Asst Dir (Police); Barbara Andrle, Secy (Stu Unions); Clara Kanun, Asst Prof {Summer Session); Glenn R. Mitchell, Asst Dir (Hosp); William J. Brimi, Ed Asst (U Press); James Schroeder, Dir {Centennial and Territorial); w. A. Sullivan, Dir and Asst Prof (Cont Med Educ); Sall~ Killmer, Inst (Child Dev); Ma~e Anderson, Sr Secy (Mines Exp Sta); RussellS. Tob1as, Asst Prof (Inorg Chem); Harry S. Jerabek, Assoc Prof (Metal); Adr1an Dorenfeld, Assoc Prof (Mines and Metal); Arlene Fenske, Secy (Mun Ref Bur); Marcia Ar\o, Sr Info Rep (U Relations); June · Cochrane, Inst (Phys Ed -- Women). ---- tt THE REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION TO THE SENATE ON JUNE 2 made recommendations for restructuring departments into colleges, schools, and institutes within the University. President o. Meredith Wilson has been meeting with representatives of different educational areas of the Un1versity to discuss the implication~ of the recommended changes. Groups meeting with the President include: 35 faculty members from the basic natural sciences, 28 from physical sciences (pure and.Qpplied), 48 from biological sciences (pure and applied) 33 from social sciences, and 43 others from all departments of SLA. Meetings began Sept. 18 and are running through Oct. 10. (Summaries of discussions will appear in the Oct. 15 issue.) Malcolm M. Willey, Vice President (Academic Administration), Bryce Crawford, Dean and Prof (Grad Sch)~ and representatives from the Senate Comm1ttee on Educa tion, the Faculty Consultative Committee, and the Graduate School attend all meetings. e ENROLLMENT THIS FALL ON ALL FOUR CAMPUSES--MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, DULUTH and Morris--is expected to exceed the 29,000 originally predicted. Official en rollment figures will be available about Oct. 10. e 1,000 MINNESOTA LEGISLATORS, EDITORS, AND BROADCASTERS WERE UNIVERSITY guests Sept. 30. They (1) saw 40 exhibits in Williams Arena, {2) took two tours, seeing Centennial Hall, VFW Cancer Research Center, Masonic Memorial Hospital, closed circuit TV, University Health Service, and Architecture Bldg. (red tour) - Newman and Lutheran student centers, language laboratory, Museum of Natural History, KUOM and TV studios, Northrop, James Ford Bell Room, and Architecture Bldg. (green tour), (3) ate hot dogs and apples, and (4) saw the Minnesota-Missouri football game. This year no busses were used for tours, and guests ate hot dogs instead of barbequed beef. Luncheon was served by the Block and Bridle Club (majors in animal husbandry), assisted by the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. tt THIS MARKS THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE STAFF BULLETIN - SUCCESSOR TO THE MINNESO tan. Publishing dates are the 1st and 15th of each month, October through May. In order to make it an All-University publication, the editors welcome items from all staff members -- about people, awards, research, books, studies, honors, or appoint ments. Above all, tell us what you think it should contain. the university of Minnesota STAFF BULLETIN is published tw!se monthly, October through May, by the Department of University Relations, 213 Administration Building, Minneapolis 1~, Minn. Subscription free copies ~iled to.staff ~mbe~. Non-staff member subscription rate: $1,80, Application to mail at second-class postage rates pend1ng at H1nneapol1s, H1nnesota. William L. Nunn, Director Beverly Sinniger, r.ditor Mary Ann Stehr, Associate Editor Advisory Committee: University Public Information Council ... • NO EVUCATIONAL VOLVRUMS AT THE UNIVERSITY AFTER JUNE COMMENCEMENT. ENROLL- ments were up~- first and second summer sessions drew 17,651. This was 1,042 more than in 1960. In addition, groups -~ ranging from Arab students to space scien tists -- attended a wide variety of meetings, institutes, and special courses. Samples: e For the first time, a National Defense Education Act language institute was held here. Made possible by the new language laboratory on the third floor of Folwell Hall, the eight-week institute for 63 secondary and elementary school teachers was directed by Walter T. Pattison, Prof (Romance Lang). e National Science Foundation sponsored institutes ror 122 high school science and math teachers. Frank Verbrugge, Assoc Dean (IT Adm) directed the institute for math, chemistry, and physics teachers. A six-weeks' course in radiation biology was co-sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission and directed by Francis A. Spurrell, Assoc Prof (Vet Surg). The field and laboratory biology institute, held again at Lake Itasca Forestry and Biology Station, was directed by David W. French, Assoc Prof (Pl Path). • The Center for Continuation Study continued its varied activities. One pro gram was an institute for juvenile judges, newly expanded by a grant fr~m the National Institute of Mental Health. Other activities included an institute for space scientists, directed by Helmut G. Heinrich, Prof (Aero Engr) and a three-day driving education course for dr~v~ng ~nstructors and school officials. Robert Shaw, choral and orchestra conductor, and Julius Herford, music teacher, directed the University's second annual Workshop in Choral Art. e Fifteen internationally-recognized authorities in statistics and health sciences attended the Fourth Graduate Summer Session of Statistics in the Health Sciences at the School of Public Health for the second year. Jacob E. Bearman, Prof (Sch Pub Health) was assisted by Vernon E. Weckwerth, Lect and Administrator (Sch Pub Health) in directing the session. A research training grant from National Institutes of Health, Division of General Medical Sciences, made the program for 128 people possible. e School of Business Administration participated in an experimental program in modern'mathematics. Directed by Paul v. Grambsch, Dean and Prof (Sch Bus Adm) the program js being financed by a Ford Foundation grant. Follow-up courses in application of modern mathematics to business problems will be offered during the rest of this academic year. e The School of Journalism, one of 10 chosen by the Wall Street Journal's Newspaper Fund, held study seminars for high school journalism teachers and publi cation advisers. Director was John c. Sim, Asst Prof (Jour). e After summer sessions the University continued to be a busy place as some 30 outside groups utilized its facilities.