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Engineers Criticize Curriculum
Industry members of the Aerospace Engineering Advisory Board agreed unanimously Friday that the University of Kansas aerospace engineering curriculum failed to produce engineers who could write laboratory reports.
The board, composed of representatives from the KU engineering faculty, aircraft manufactures and representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (PAA), met at the Space Technology Center to evaluate the KU program in terms of the aerospace industry's needs.
The industry engineers said more emphasis on the writing of technical laboratory reports would help. They offered to evaluate students' writing abilities.
The board also stressed the need for cooperation between industry and the school to give undergraduate on-the-job experience before they begin their careers. However, B. M. Meador, a representative of the University of Airlines, said that the present economic situation requires corporations from hiring students because they could not support an increase in staff.
Laurence Lotin, diretor of aeronautics at the NASA Langley Research Center, pointed out the need to relate the curriculum to actual aerospace problems.
The board members agreed to send more guest lecturers to provide a more relevant approach to the problems in the aerospace industry.
The Douglas County Reward Steering Committee received two letters last week offering names and information about the deaths of three persons found murdered in a car near Ottawa two weeks ago. The letters have been turned over to investigating agents, according to Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson.
Letters Suggest Murder Clues
The investigation now centers in the Lawrence area, according to Dave Johnson.
The three persons killed were Mrs. Hazel Avery, 620 Alabama St., Gary Longfellow, 101 Michigan St. and Avery's son, Steven, of New York. The three died in a car near Ottawa on March 29.
The committee offered a $1,000 cash reward Tuesday for information in the case which, so far, has revealed no motive for the killings and few clues.
Persons with information concerning the murders have been asked to forward their information to Post Office Box 15, Lawrence.
The corner must have jailed edges to secure accurate matching should a reward be offered.
Applications for the positions of Kansar editor and business manager for the fall semester are due noon Wednesday in 105 Flint Hall. Applications should be turned in to Dana Leibengood, assistant dean of the School of Journalism.
Applications Due For Kansan Posts
The fall editor and business manager will be selected on Thursday after interviews with the Kansan Board. Applicants will be given the time and place of their interviews.
The deadline for applications for the summer Kansan editor and business manager positions is noon April 25. The application deadline is May 30 after interviews with the Kansan Board.
Application forms may be picked up in the Student Senate office, the dean of men's office, the dean of women's office and 105 Flint Hall.
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The industry members said the degree requirements had become too lax and should be increased. A bachelor of science degree requires 134 credit hours. Twenty students received 184, according to Thueon, Thieven there was a lack of basic laboratories.
Industry is creating a narrow curriculum by its demands, while contradicting this by asking for a broadly educated engineer, he said.
Ken Lenzen, professor of civil engineering at KU, said the demands by industry for engineers who are better educated in aerodynamics and structural design had resulted in a compromise between writing skills and basic laboratories.
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According to E. E, Kords, a representative of NASA, an information explosion is to blame for industries' demands and the problems of a narrow curriculum.
In defense of the present curriculum, Richard Holloway, chief of technology research for Boeing Co., said engineers graduating with a B.S. today were of better quality than ever before and were capable of handling projects that graduate level engineers could not have handled 15 years ago.
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ministration positions with faculty members, thereby giving the faculty a bigger say in decisions.
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DYKES ALSO created the University Oribjandsman, an office that handles student services and administrative duties.
UT students and faculty members also pointed out Dykes' creation of a board of civic leaders called the chancellor's associates, an advisory body that brings community interests to bear on university policy.
Dykes said that since he had been at UT, there had been a great deal of activity involving the university with the world outside.
Coleman said that Dykes also appointed task forces on the roles of blacks and women on campus. The task force on women resulted in an affirmative action plan and a strong effort by the UT administration to eliminate inequities in college admissions, he said that a permanent commission on the status of women also was formed.
"This has iso necessary restored public trust which is so necessary for a great universal change."
"We have started an information program for blacks in Tennessee high schools and summer orientation programs so that blacks in their sophomore and junior years will think seriously about coming to UT." Dykes said.
DYKES SAID the task force for blacks was created in an effort to increase the
Dykes said that he was delighted to have a chance to be associated with KU. He said that he planned no staff shake-ups when he took office.
black enrollment on the UT campus and to provide black programs they would view
When asked whether he had any specific programs in mind, he said, "I have never gone to a campus with preconceived notions of what should be done."
"I have admittedly seen a limited number of staff people there," he said, "but those I have met are the type of people I would like to work with."
He said that he wanted to be at KU for a while to get some idea of KU's programs and activities.
"I look on my role as an administrator as one of freeing up a campus," he said. "I want to bring the creativity, knowledge, imagination and good judgment of all people within the university to bear on the problems facing the university."
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IFC Selects 3 As Outstanding
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Dave Dillon, Hutchinson senior, Kobert (Tuck) Duncan, Wilmette, III, senior, and McLaughlin Dallas senior, have been inducted into the Interference Committee. Year by the Interference Committee (IFC).
Dillon, nominated by Sigma Chi, was student body president this year. He served on committees to find a new athletic director and a new chancellor and was one of three students on the board of directors of the Athletic Corporation.
A Hilltoper, Dillon is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary business society, and Omicron Delta Kappa, senior men's honorary society.
Duncan, nominated by Alpha Tau Omega,
also a Halloween and a member of the
Greece Association.
Duncan served on the University Health Committee and in Student Senate. He is vice president of Student Union Activities (SUA).
Duncan was a reporter for the Kanas
and is currently an editorial writer. He was
recently awarded an Emmy for his work.
"writer. He was editor or insignit; the student Handbook." Nominated by Phi Delta Theta, McLaughlin was president of his pledge class and received the Arthur R. Priest Award, which is given to the outstanding undergraduate Phi Delta Theta member in the United States and Canada.
He was a student senator, a member of Owl Society and Omicron Delta Kappa. He won a Summerfield Scholarship and was awarded of IFC and assistant treasurer of SUA.
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