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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 31, 1967
Engineering professor to direct foreign office
John S. McNown, professor of engineering mechanics and former dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture is establishing his headquarters office this semester in Nairobi, Kenya.
McNown is currently on leave from KU to be staff director of the Overseas Liaison Committee of the American Council on Education. He is on his tenth educational mission to Africa.
He has been in almost every nation on the continent as a consultant to the Ford Foundation, the World Bank, and various universities.
The committee McNown is presently with has a two-year, $612,000 contract from the Agency for International Development to advise that organization on post-secondary school education in Africa.
Conference to study urban growth
A better understanding of urban and regional growth and development is the goal in a series of conferences on Urban and Regional Simulation offered by KU's Center for Regional Studies.
Julian Welpert, associate professor of Regional Science at Pennsylvania University, will speak at 3 p.m. today in 304 Summerfield Hall. This is the first in a series of four conferences.
The title of his speech is "Stressful Decision Environments in Locational Analysis." He and other speakers to follow will present results of computer experiments in urban and regional studies.
Greek paper renewed with changes
The Greek Column, a fraternity and sorority newsletter which reaches all of the 43 Greek houses at KU, will publish its first edition of the year Wednesday.
Paul Stark, Washington, Ill., junior and Greek Column editor, has announced several new innovations which will appear in this year's newsletter:
- Regular monthly publication dates;
- Full page of pictures—party pics, candid shots;
- Feature article using two houses per month;
- ● Idea exchanges between houses;
- Articles defining University and IFC policy concerning various aspects of fraternity life;
- Cartoons and humorous articles depicting KU Greeks; and
- Publishing of the collective social calendar of the Greek houses.
Positions are also open on the newsletter staff and interested parties are urged to contact Stark.
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Honor dance fraternity pledges nine
Tau Sigma, honorary dance fraternity, pledged nine students after fall tryouts. Rehearsals will begin soon for the annual Tau Sigma concert in April. Membership is still open.
The new pledges are Allison Clutter, Larned freshman; Carol Ray Crane, San Diego, Calif., senior; Dood Elkan, Bartlesville, Okla., junior; Paul Gilbert, Seneca freshman; Lynn Jerner, St. Louis, Mo., junior; Gail Law, Ft. Leavenworth junior; Lynne Pray, Kansas City senior; and Sandy Stanek, Des Moines, Iowa, sophomore.
Mental health scholarship offered
The Greenwood County Mental Health Association is offering a $200 scholarship for juniors or seniors preparing for careers in mental health. The scholarship is offered for the 1967-68 school year.
Greenwood County students will be given preference, but students from other counties are also eligible for the scholarship.
Pope Paul VI promises church unity
Applications are available upon request from the Office of Student Financial Aid, 26 Strong Hall. Application deadline is Nov. 10.
VATICAN CITY —(UPI)— Pope Paul VI expressed his belief that the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches would eventually end their 900-year-old schism.
"We shall eventually surmount the obstacles still separating us," he said.
The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church said he, too, thought an arrangement would be reached.
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