Students aid industries
For two years KU has been offering a literature researching service for puzzled Kansas industries.
Business and Engineering Technical Application (BETA) provides simple answers to difficult questions by using the entire resources of KU to solve the problems that industries are unable to answer because of limited staffs or facilities.
SIX KU STUDENTS handle the chore of searching all the available literature in the industry's field. These students are paid on a contract basis.
Prof. Bill Barr, head of BETA, said the organization was conceived as a way that KU could help industry. In return, industries could help students by allowing them to do research.
"BETA is the only organization of its kind that has undergraduates as well as graduates doing the research," Barr said.
SOME OF THE problems make good classroom material. For example, Superior Boiler, Hutchinson, asked for ideas when it began expanding so rapidly it did not have time to study equipment layout and traffic flow.
"We put an entire industrial design class to work on a real
Anthro lecture to be about Africa
The relationship between culture and music in Africa will be discussed by cultural anthropologist Allan P. Merriam in a lecture Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
"Exploration in African Music" is the title of Merriam's talk.
Merriam, chairman of the Indiana University Department of Anthropology, has served as a member of President Kennedy's Task Force for Africa and as a special consultant to the federal government concerning the political situation of the Republic of the Congo. He also served as U.S. delegate to the first International Congress of Africanists in Ghana in 1962.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with southwest winds 10 to 15 miles per hour today. High today should be near 60 degrees.
Low tonight is predicted in the middle 30's with precipitation probabilities less than five per cent through Tuesday.
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problem requiring a real answer." Barr said. "That's more valuable than the most ingeniously constructed textbook example."
Another benefit for the state is that the program may encourage engineers to stay in Kansas, because they become more aware of what Kansas industry can off-
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fer. Also, a firm which has never hired an engineer may suddenly discover it needs one.
them eligible for the national tournament play at Peoria, Ill., May 1.
"Beta will adapt itself to the problems faced by any industry or business in Kansas or the Midwest," Barr said. "We are a one-of-a-kind organization, and our boys do an excellent job."
KU bridge buffs takes the top prize at the regional bridge tournament at Warrensburg, Mo., this past weekend.
Bridge team wins
John Grantham, Topeka senior, and Mike Griffith, Marysville senior won the first prize as a north=south pair. The win makes
Daily Kansan Monday, February 13, 1967
When we say we want people for the outer limits, this isn't what we have in mind.
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