0

Program Changed Slightly

RO Favored
By Regents

For Education . . . An artist’s concept of the planned College of Education
classroom building is shown above. The regents, approved a bid call last week­
end for its construction.

ROTC w ill m arch on at both week.
Arizona universities following
If possible the theory phase
a decision m ade by the Board i to two semesters as now proof-Regents, Friday during th eir program s be reduced from four
two day m eeting in Tucson.
i ot two sem esters as now p ro T heir approval follow ed rec- ; posed by the a ir force,
ommendations by Dr. H. D. j If the arm y’s program changiRichardson, acting ASU presi- | ?s, which would m ake it comdent, th at the program at ASU j patible w ith the a ir force plan,
be continued pending fu rth er i are. not authorized b y th e arm y
Study by the arm y, air force | for 1960-61, the cu rren t fo u rand defense departm ent of the \sem ester basic program s be conm odificatoin and revision of tinued for one year in both
th e ROTC program s. ,.
¡ROTC units.
However, .slight c h a n g e s I E r - Richardson
suggested
m ade in the ASU program will t'la t tfle Question of fu tu re com-eualize it this year w ith the 1pu' sor-y ROTC be decided after
UofA ’s. The following rec- !
s t a l l s of the revised proom m endations by Dr. R ichard- cram s have been announced,
son concerning the p ro g ra m ' <'3U^ before Nov. 1, 1960, if
adjustm ent w ere approved by I P°ssible.”
the board:
j In eth er action, the regents
D rill periods fo r freshm en I w?tojlri“ ? a bid cal1 for the
and sophomores reduced from ^
„ ° f 3 four-story
two hours to one h o u r each f 0 , ; 5® ° f, Educatlon classroom
_____________ j building for ASU. The proi posed building was criticized
j by a regent m em ber as having
| too much window space m akj inS the cooling costs excessive,
j The board also gave approval
i to:
j Leaves of absence fo r Mrs.
| Helen E. Nebeker, instructor
| of English, for the 1960-61 year,
ASU received $454,608 in re- !Iand Dr. Alan T. IVager, pro­
search contracts, grants and)cesso r of Physics, also for next
year;
gifts during May and June, Dr. i
H. D. Richardson, acting ASU „ Th? final applieatlon to the
president, reported to the Board S ? 18 , and Ho™e Finance
of Regents F riday
Agiency for a self-liquidating
,
,
loan °f $2,500,000 for a sm all
<mnnnnStf
grant — of group housing project at ASU;
$240 000 for the purchase of j The tran sfer of five parcels
the N ininger M eteorite Collec- of la n d -to the City of Tempe
tion
cam e from the N ational j in exchange for the abandonScience Foundation which a ls o ; m ent o f streets in the north
aw arded ASU four re se a rc h !cam pus area;
grants totaling $105,300.
j A $300 pay raise for F ran k

j

SUMMER SESSION

July 1,1960

No. 3

$400,000

Washington Bureau Chief

William Stringer To Talk
^ ,
1 •
.
U n ii. n
O
bservations
on
“The TT
U.S.
and W orld E vents” w ill be
m ade by W illiam H. S tringer,
W ashington B ureau chief for
th e C hristian Science M onitor,
W ednesday, 8 p.i^i. in th e MU
Ballroom .
A m em ber of th e M onitor
sta ff for 25 years Mr. S tringer
will look at U.S. politics, the
adm inistration and Congress,
analyze c u rre n t domestic and
foreign issues and h azard a few
predictions on th e 1960 election
possibilities.
In 1958 a 90-day global
to u r took Mr. S trin g er to some

I o rv

i
•
...
. . . . . .
120 countries w ihere he
in ter- ously, in
the M iddle East, he
i view ed prim e m inisters, presi- exam ined A rab-Jew ish tensions
j dents, and prem iers. H e dis[cussed w ith each w hat they felt in P alestine and visited T u r­
th eir country’s essential role to key w hen th at country was a
be in the second h alf of the w artim e neu tral wooed by both
T w entieth Century; and the belligerents.
cen tral driving force th a t m ust
A t the tim e of the Suez crisis
m o tivate the statesm en • of the 'in 1956, he retu rn ed to Eng­
w orld if peace is to be m ain- lan d to investigate the state
tained and universal u n d er­ 'of A nglo-A m erican relations
Standing
achieved.
V
3
1
J
'and won a “b etter und erstan d ­
He asked these questions of ing” citation for his reports
sdch leaders as N ehru of In ­ from the English Speaking
dia, N asser of Egypt, Sukarno Union.
of Indonesia, K ishi of Japan,
Mr. S trin g er’s ASU appearB en-G urion of Isreal, U Nu of 'ance is sponsored by th e sum B urm a, K hrushchev of the
m er Concert and L ecture series,
Soviet Union, Tito of Yugo­
slavia, De Gaulle of France,
A denauer of West Germ any,
and M acM illan of G reat B rit­
ain.
W ashington B ureau c h i e f
since 1953., JM r,..S trin g e r, au th ­
The ASU C
C nom
m nputer
n f p r fCenter
o n to r
A $6,000 appropriation by the ors the w idely re a d column,
ASU A lum ni Association has “The S tate of the N ation.” He will house G eneral Electric’s
released funds of over $54„000 has served in news posts .from com pletely-transistorized com ­
to be 'av ailab le for student Boston to Cairo and broadcast p u te r valued at m ore than $1
loans u n d er th e F ederal S tu ­ ■news program s from W ashing­ million.
d ent Loan Program .
Known as the GE-304, its in­
ton to Paris.
A ccording to Dr. W. P. i
„ •
. . .
stallation
will increase the
ou f * n f
. , , . ...
In foreign assignments, Mr.
Shofstall, dean of students, this s trin g e r saw the rise and d e_ com puting facilities available
m oney
appropriated at the cline of socialism in B ritain as to the U niversity, to local and
Ju n e 20 m eeting of th e A lum ni chief of the M onitor’s London regional business and m ilitary
A ssociation board, fu lfills the B ureau during the postw ar | or§an izations, and to General
req u irem en t th a t the u n iv er­
years. He rode the first train j E lcctricsity provide one ninth of th e
into B erlin following the lift- | The high speed, general pur
am ount to be loaned w hile the
in f of the B erlin blockade. He j pose digital com puter is begovernm ent supplies the re ­
covered the efforts of th e West ing m anufactured at the Deer
m ainder.
to deal pehcably w ith Russia at Valley P ark plant and should
T he to tal am ount of the fund
th e Foreign M inisters confer- be installed by Ju ly 25.
is now $225,330.74. O f_Jhis, tences of those
P rev i.
$141,325 has already been
Installation ...of" irew - equip­
loaned, leaving about $84,000
m ent a t the Compute^- Center
to be com m itted.
w hich w as established in 1957
A to tal of 218 loans have
m arks “th e first step in plans
been g ran ted in th e past y ear
for establishing a nationw ide
a n d a half.
New ASU A lum ni Associa­ netw ork of G eneral Electric
More th an 1,200 institutions, tion P resident W ayne Legg, com puting ' stervice
bureaus,
enrolling about 80 percent of 52, a Mesa attorney, w ill take equipped w ith m odern, tr a n ­
th e college population in the office today, according to Jam es sistorized system s,” Clair 1 C.
country, are p articipating in the W. Creasm an, alum ni secre­ Lasher, com puter departm ent
•Student Loan F und program . tary.
general m anager, said.
H
e
succeeds
M
arvin
Palm
er,
Dr. H. D. Richardson, acting
K o rean V ete ra n s o r D e ­
’38, Casa G rande, who served ASU president, outlined the in ­
pendents o'f V ete ra n s who
tw o years as president and will creased facilities m ade avail­
receive a m onthly s u b sis­
rep
iain on the! board of direc­ able by the new com puter as
tence should sign on the l^st
tors.
.
enabling ASU “to provide im ­
school day of e v e ry month
proved
m eans for the educaT
at the V e te ra n s O ffice in the
• “ C a p ta in ’s P a rad ise s t a r ­
tion of students in the complex
A d m in istra tio n B u ild in g , a c ­
ring A le c G u in n e ss w ill be
areas of com puter application
cording to V . V . Betz, v e t ­
show n in C o sn er A u d ito riu m
and com puter science. It also
era n s ad viso r.
tonight a t 7:30.
w ill give advanced students, as

Student Loan
Fund Increased
By Alumni Grant

Received As
Gifts, Grants

J ™__UcmVerSlty alS° received K ush, ASU head football coach,
a_ $35,256
grant from the A m er- , w hich increases his salary to
ican °Cancer
------- ■Society.
¡■ l
$11,900.

4 In Ç ^ P utK Center Soon 7 j House
M Million, Made-In Phoenix Computer
— n

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»

well as researchers, more op- i ed, “will be the ability of this
portunity to use the tools of com puter to handle quickly
operations research, num eri- and w ith relative sim plicity
cal analysis and other pow er-{m ore of the data processing
ful analytical methods.
which will be necessary as
“Im portant, too” he continu- | our university grows.”

A lum ni E lects
New P residen t

EXAM IN IN G . . .th e console of the million-dol-i
lar computer which will be installed this month in
the Computer Center by the General Electric^ Com­
puter Department are (l to r) Dr. T m et B. Thomp­
son, professor of Engineering; Robert M. Shervem
(seated), computer department’s manager o f the
Computer Center on campus; Dr. Glenn Overman,
dean of the College of Business Administration; and
Arthur G. Newman, manager of employee and com­
munity relations for the computer department.

SUMMER SESSION

Page Two
A tra d itio n of gro w th — A co m m itm en t to q u ality .

S iiid & m
E D IT O R -IN -C H IE F ...............______________ ____ _______ A N N E LAROCCA
Official cam pus n ew sp ap er of A rizona S ta te U niversity. P u b lish ed each
W ednesday an d F rid a y th ro u g h o u t th e school y ear, ex cep tin g holidays,_ and
e n te re d as second class m a tte r in th e P o st O ffice a t T em pe, A rizona, u n d e r
th e A cts of M arch 3, 1879, an d A ugust 24, 1912. S ubscription price, $3.00 p e r
school y ear. M em ber: A rizona N ew spapers A ssociation, A ssociated C ollegiate
P ress, an d R ocky M ountain In terco lleg iate P re ss A ssociation.

July 1, I960

Famed Meteorite Collection
To Be Purchased By ASU

The N ininger m eteorite col­ c o_n t r a c t s betw een the ASU outstanding scientists to the
lection. th e fourth largest of its c h e m i s t r y departm ent and ASU completes a life-long goal
kind in the world, w ill be cam pus.”
of Dr. H. H. N ininger, one of
available for research by scien­
Housing this collection a t I th e w orld’s forem ost au th o ri­
tists throughout th e nation at leading institutions throughout | ties on m eteorites, th a t th e
Guest Editorial.
th e ASU P hysical Sciences thé nation, and it w ill a ttra c t I collection rem ain in Arizona.
building following its purchase
for $275,000.
In The Union
Presently located at Sedona,
the collection contains 1,220
catalogued specimens plus sev­
*
eral thousand sm all particles
A n a r t tour, book review honoring sum m er session fac­
from 684 of 1,600 m eteorite
Much research has now been done on the subject of falls know n to w orld scien­ luncheon, coffee hour, movie, ulty is planned fo r Friday
reception and dance are a
night from 7-8:30. A ll sum m er
American voters' apathy at election time. Almost half tists.
p
a
rt
of
the
MU
program
for
session
students m ay attend.
It
is
approxim
ately
7%
torn
the eligible voters in most states do not cast their ballots
F rom 8-11:00 p.m. the b all­
for important elections, not Ko mention the less publi­ of unique scientific m aterial next week.
A r t tour:
room w ill be th e scene of a
The proposed purchase by
cized elections.
Tuesday evening a t 7:30, Dr Sum m er School Dance. Music
ASU
was
announced
F
riday
at
- * - Will the 1960 elections tell a different tale? We may
wish to discourage that all-too-apparent apathy, but the board of regents meeting, Douglas Hale, assistant profes fo r dancing w ill be provided
sometimes the citizen’s absence at the polls cannot be The purchase and storage of sor of A rt, w ill conduct a tour by “The H eadliners” and re ­
the collection, w hich is sought of the Collection of A m erican freshm ents w ill b e served.
blamed on him.
by several national and foreign A rt, w hich is perm anently on
Residence requirements are the culprits in many
museums, w ill be m ade pos­ display a t M atthew s Library.
states.
sible through a N ational Sci­
Those interested in partici­
Arizona, while not having extremely stringent resi­ ence Foundation g rant of $240,dence requirements, does present the problem of finding Q00 and a $45,000 advance pating in th e to u r and discus­
sion are asked to register at
the right office or official at the right time. Workers from th e ASU Foundation.
the MU inform ation desk by
may be seen at many shopping-centers aiding citizens
Policies for the use of the noon Tuesday, according’ to
minimize this difficulty.
collection by the nation’s lead­ Mrs. D avid B. S coular,. direc
Even simple residence requirements, however, have ing scientists w ill be developed tor
of the M em orial Union.
recently been said to have kept many millions of by an advisory board com pris­
The to u r group w ill m eet
American voters away from the polls. These millions ed of one m em ber nam ed by
Tom orrow is the last day at
in the lobby of the lib rary at
are those who have been on the move from one state each of th e following:
ASU for the students attending
7:30 p.m.
to another just prior to an election. Particularly affected
the fifteenth A ll-S tate High
Book R e v ie w luncheon:
are studeqts and teachers who move to new schools and T he director of the National
school Music Camp. The n ex t
Science
Foundation,
the
secre­
Dr. H arry Wood, professor
colleges in the summer or fall just before elections.
tary of the Sm ithsonian In sti­ of A rt and chairm an of the A rt tim e m any of the present high
This sort of mobile voter is not the man at whom tution, th e president of the
school students " return, they
residence restrictions were aimed. These were imposed N ational Academy of Sciences, departm ent, w ill review M rs w ill be college freshm en.
ostensibly to insure honesty, and discourage “floaters” the governor of Arizona, the F ran k Lloyd W right’s new
A final ensem ble recital w iil
book, . “Shining Brow ,” at a
attempting to vote twice on the same day.
president of ASU, and th e d ir­ luncheon T hursday a t 12:30 be held tonight at 7:30 in the
There is some ground for believing that a large ector o f th e A m erican Museum p.m.
MU ballroom.
group of mobile voters might upset the home-grown of N atu ral History.
P a re n ts (friends, scholarship
T h e lunchion reservations,
politicians calculations. Add to this a sincere belief Dr. H. D. Richardson, acting placed a t the inform ation desk donors and o th er interested in­
that the newly-arrived know less about local affairs ASU president, predicted th a t by noon of the previous day, dividuals m ay visit the classes
than the old-timers. Arizona has many such prospective the acquisition of th e collec­ w ill cost $1.
tom orrow m orning.
voters who will not show up. Whether it may be because tion; would “develop research Coffee H our:
In the afternoon, dance stu ­
they are too busy, too timid, toq^ignorant or too apathet­
F ree coffee hours are heid dents and baton tw irlers w ill
ic, it is hard to know.
✓
every W ednesday from 8-10:30 present a special program in
However, no dne has provejr to our satisfaction that
a.m. in th e Faculty D ining th e ballroom a t 1:30.
the newly-arrived are any less informed on, say, national
Room.
An exhibition of cam pers’ a rt
issues, than their “native-born” friends.
M ovie:
w ork w ill be on display in the
Since the states, despite the wording of the Four­
The T hursday and F riday MU low er lounge at 2:45, and
teenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, retain al­
night free movie w ill be the th e honors band and ensembles
most complete control of election procedures, it is at
“Caine M utiny” n ex t w eek. program w ill be presented in
present impractical to suggest some device such as
Tonight’s movie, shown is Cos- th e ballroom a t 3:45.
permanent registration of each voter on a nation-wide The UofA Faculty A thletic ner A uditorium , is “C aptain’s Following the 5 p.m. b an ­
basis. However, the states might take measures to re­ Com m ittee this w eek authoriz- P aradise.” Alec G uinness p o r­ q u et and presentation of em ­
duce the amount of work necessary for registration, a 'ed fu rth e r investigation of a trays a ferry boat captain who blem s and certificates, w ill be
problem which has undoubtedly already given head­ new conference affiliation for has n o t. a sw eetheart b u t a th e final concert a t 7:30 at the.
th e school.
aches to the forward-looking states.
Tem pe Union High S ch o o l,
The com m ittee heard reports w ife in every port.
Reception and dance:
For instance, if registration were allowed at any­ On the new ly proposed w est­
auditorium , featu rin g the cam p
time after the newly-arrived person has shown his in­ ern athletic conference and the
T he W ilson H all reception orchestra, band and chorus.
tention to reside in the state, such a measure could then possibility of the UofA being
be supplemented by a routine check of the voter’s invited into the Skline Confer­
address about three months before the election.
ence.
The illegal “floater” rarely exists any more; the Representatives from Eight
mobile but voteless citizen is increasing in number. w estern schools, including ASU
and UofA, after a recent m eetGood citizenship should be made easier for him
in San Francisco two weeks

Homegrown Votes
Only

Tour, Luncheon Set

Music Camp
Holds Final
Activities

UofA Committee
Will Investigate
New Conference

LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS

■

assistant rroiessor ox political science Z ?’ took the rf emendation

Three Arizona State Professors
Write Statistic Reference Book
“Experim ental Statistics,” a physical sciences, agriculture,
book w ritten by th ree ASU biology, psychology, education
■mathematics professors, was and Tredicine.
published this m onth by P re n ­ 1 T he most frequently used
tice-H all, I n c . ,
Englewood statistical techniques, approp­
Cliffs, N.J.
ria te com puting form ulas and
The authors are Dr. John com pletely w orked - out e x ­
E. Freund, professor of M ath­ am ples of each m ethod are in ­
ematics; Paul E. Liverm ore, cluded in the book.
assistant professor of M athe­
Dr. F reund is also author of
m atics; and Dr. Irw in M iller, “M odern Elem entary S tatis­
associate professor of M athe­ tics,” w hich has been adopted
matics.
by m ore th an one h u M red u n i­
Designed to supplem ent th e versities and colleges includ­
wide v ariety of available texts ing H arvard, Yale, Princeton,
on the subject, the volum e is i Rutgers and Cornell; and coa - ready reference to th e m ost au th o r of “Modern Business
im portant m ethods of e x p eri- S tatistics” w ith Dr. F ran k W ilm ental statistics for research I liams, 'o f San Francisco State
w orkers in engineering, th e ' College. **+

fo r a new, conference to the
boards of regents and presi­
dents of th eir respective schools.
R eports from the San F ra n teisco m eeting and from an
earlier m eeting at F o rt Col­
lins, Colo., w ere presented to
th e faculty committee.
Following t h e
committee
m eeting UofA A thletic D irec­
to r Dick Clausen issued the
following statem ent:
“The Faculty A thletic Com­
m ittee received a report of,
and discussed the action taken,
at conferences held in Ft. Col­
lins and San Francisco. The
conferences w ere relative to the
possibilities of realignm ent of
existing athletic conference, or
•for j form ation of a new con­
ference.
“It was decided th at fu rth er
study m ust be m ade as to the
rem aining in our present con­
ference or affiliation w ith some
other group.”

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