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MIT Plans Humanities For Engineering Students
University Daily Kansan
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.—(I.P.)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology has formally accepted a plan to broaden the engineer's education in the humanities curriculum. The faculty has approved an experimental plan which will require MIT students to spend at least 40 per cent of their time in the humanities and social studies.
The announcement points out that
The announcement points out that if the student wishes to become a professional engineer or scientist, he may take an additional year and get a second bachelor's degree in his speciality, or an extra two years and get a master's. The program makes way for those interested in economics. MIT will expand its broad social science course, but the new humanities course will rotate around two major themes, American Industrial Society and Philosophy and Literature. Since science and engineering will be the center of the plan, these MIT students will, in reality, be taking a double major.
Dean John Ely Burchard of the School of Humanities and Social Studies said the traditional four years is simply not long enough to give the nation's future engineers training of a technical nature as well as a balanced education.
Regents Approve Airport Lease
The Kansas Board of Regents has approved the terms of a proposed 30-year lease on the Municipal Airport site $1\frac{1}{2}$ miles northeast of Lawrence, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, has notified city officials.
Dr. Murphy has suggested that city commissioners meet soon with University officials and local civic leaders to discuss the need for an up-to-date municipal airport.
The cost of the required work is estimated at $200,000 or $250,000.
To keep the lease for more than five years, the city will have to build a hard-surface runway and improve the airport and administrative facilities.
Congress already has appropriated $125,00 in federal aid to match an equal amount of local funds if Lawrence voters approve the program.
PITTSBURG (L.P.)—Students at Kansas State Teachers College will be able to take an average of one more semester hour of work this academic year as a result of a recent ruling by the administrative council. "The council boosted the amount of work allowed," said Dr. Ernest Mahan, dean of instruction.
Heavier Load OKd At Pittsburg State
Normally the regular schedule of classes has been for 15 or 16 semester hours each semester, not counting physical education or military science. "The better a student's grade," explained Dr. Mahan, "the more hours a student will be allowed to take."
Under the new plan, a student with 16 grade points will be able to take 16 hours, those earning 24 grade points 17 hours and those earning 30 grade points 18 hours.
Half Prize
MILWAUKEE (UP) — Mrs. Lorraine Williams, who sells popcorn in a suburban theater, was closing the refreshments stand recently when she noticed she was missing one earring. She had just stopped looking for it when a young man walked up to the stand with an earring on his finger. "This theater sure puts swell prizes in the popcorn," he told her, "but I can't seem to find the other one."
AUTO PARTS AND TIRES New or Used AUTO WRECKING and JUNK CO. Eost End of Ninth St.
Kansas firemen who will be at the University Oct. 17-20 for KU 26th annual Fire School will burn a house condemned for a filling station site, thus saving the trouble of wrecking it.
The practice of burning old houses to demonstrate fire-fighting methods is not new, said Clyde A. Babb, director of the school. But this old house will be burned three times.
Kansas Firemen To Hold School
Three fires will be set in separate rooms. Mr.Babb said.
Fog nozzles will be used. This is a relatively recent development in fire-fighting, which was brought into use by seamen during World War II. It uses a small quantity of water—important in a drought year, especially to a town rationing water—and blankets the fire with a dense fog.
In another nearby location, a chemical fire will be extinguished with dry powder.
During the four-day school, the limitations and advantages of the fog nozzles and the powders will be discussed. A national committee of the National Fire Underwriters Association has been investigating the effectiveness of this type of firefighting equipment for four or five years and this report will be discussed in both lecture and film.
Classes will be held in basic firemanship, pumper operation, advanced pump operation and advanced hydraulics, fire department administration, inspections and rescue and life-saving.
Mr. Babb estimated that perhaps 40 percent of the state's fire departments will be represented at the school. Last year at Hutchinson 350 firemen, attended from about 100 departments.
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La Tertulia, Spanish club, elected new officers yesterday. They are Joseph W. Kosar, Concordia freshman, president; *Anne Gillespie, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, vicepresident; Judith Arndt, Topeka freshman, treasurer; Mary Birney, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, secretary.
La Tertulia Elects Officers
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