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iSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Vol. 12, No. 4:ebruary, 1967

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LETTERTWO FOR NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENTS

Board of Trustees Approves Four New Department HeadsDr. Willis F. Dunbar, a member of

Western's faculty since 1951 andhead of the Department of Historysince 1960, will step down as department chairman on June 30 at hisown request to return to full-timeteaching. He'll be succeeded as chairman by Dr. Ernst A. Breisach.Dr. Dunbar, an authority on Mich

igan history, has written several bookson this subject. He taught at Kalamazoo College before joiningWMU's faculty.

Dr. Dunbar Dr. Breisach

Dr. Breisach, a scholar of theRenaissance and the Reformation, isa native of Austria who first visitedthe U.S. in 1951 as a Fulbright fellow. He was on the Olivet Collegefaculty four years before coming toWestern.In other action taken by the WMU

Board of Trustees at its Januarymeeting, three new department headships were approved:Dr. Robert F. Maher, associate

Dr. Maher Dr. Clarke

director of WMU's Institute of International and Area Studies, nextfall becomes head of the newly creat

WMU PlansPh.D. Program

Western's Board of Trustees hasapproved a program leading to thedegree of Doctor of Philosophy inmathematics. The program, designedto begin in the fall of 1968, will beWMU's fifth at the doctoral level.By the fall of 1968, Western will

have adequate facilities, together

ed Department of Anthropology.Dr. A. Bruce Clarke, now a pro

fessor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, with the start ofthe spring session in April becomeshead of the Department of Mathematics succeeding Dr. James H.Powell, who was named associatedean of the School of Liberal Artsand Sciences last year.Donald Blasch, director of West

ern's blind rehabilitation program,on July 1 will become director ofthe new Institute of Blind Rehabilitation at WMU.

Dr. Breisach earned doctorates inhistory at the University of Vienna

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to Begin Newin Mathematicswith the staff and library resources,to begin the mathematics doctoralprogram, explains Dr. Russell H.Seibert, vice president for academicaffairs. He indicated that funds fromthe National Science Foundation willbe available to assist in developingthe new doctoral program.

Dr. Powell Donald Blasch

(DEPARTMENT HEADS continued)and in economics at the Hochschuleat Weithandel. In 1946-52 he taughthistory and geography at Vienna. Heholds the rank of professor.Dr. Maher, an associate professor

of sociology and anthropology, previous to joining WMU's faculty in1957 had taught at DePauw University and the University of Wisconsin,where he had earned bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees.Dr. Clarke, a former Canadian,

received his bachelor's degree at theUniversity of Saskatchewan, andmaster's and doctorate in mathematics at Brown University. He hasbeen on the University of Michiganmathematics faculty since receivinghis doctorate in 1951. In 1960 hereceived the first University of Michigan Distinguished Faculty Award.Blasch, an associate professor of

education, will be responsible to thedean of the School of Education. Heearned his bachelor's degree atNorthern Illinois University and master's at the University of Chicago.He has been on Western's facultysince 1961.In other recent action taken by

the Board of Trustees, Dr. RichardT. Adams of the School of Businessfaculty was named director of theState Technical Services Programfor Western and Richard Clark wasnamed acting director of broadcasting.

Dancer-ChoreographerAgnes de Mille to BeWMU Graduation Speaker

Agnes de Mille, choreographer,dancer, author and lecturer, will beWestern's commencement speaker onApril 15 in Read Field House. Missde Mille, at the same time, will beawarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts by WMU.

James Foxgrover

Others who'll receive honorary degrees at the spring commencementare: James A. Foxgrover, who hasmaintained a residence in the Kalamazoo area for many years whileserving in numerous top level executive posts in firms in or allied to thepulp and paper industry and who ispresident of Perkins-Goodwin Co.,New York. Through his work withthe Louis Calder Foundation, Kalamazoo has benefitted greatly.L. William Seidman, partner in a

Grand Rapids accounting firm, whois chairman of the Board of Controlof Grand Valley State College nearGrand Rapids, is active in civic affairs and in state government.Robert C. Angell, distinguished

sociologist, who has been a Universityof Michigan faculty member since1922, was department head for 12years at Michigan. His publicationsinclude six books and numerousarticles in sociological journals.Miss de Mille, daughter of the

distinguished playwright, William C.de Mille, was graduated cum laudefrom the University of California.She has written three books andmany articles and choreographed forthe movies and the ballet. She hasalso choreographed many musicalstage productions, beginning with"Oklahoma!"

WMU Economics SeminarsFeature Six NationsThrough March 29th

An important economics seminarseries on "Key Factors in EconomicGrowth: The Experience of SixCountries" will conclude March 29at WMU. Each of the seminar lectures is presented on Wednesdayafternoons. In addition, evening public lectures are offered.The first lecture in the series, pre

sented Jan. 18 by Dr. Martin Bron-fenbrenner, economics professor, Car

negie Institute of Technology (he iscurrently with the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University), was wellreceived. It dealt with Japan.Other lectures in the series are:Feb. 8—U.S.S.R., by Dr. Nicolas

Spulber, of Indiana University.Feb. 15—Yugoslavia, by Dr. Milos

Samardzija, University of Belgrade,currently a visiting professor atWMU.March 1—Colombia, by Dr.

Lauchlin Currie, National University, Colombia.March 15—Mexico, by Dr. Ed-

mundo Flores, National Universityof Mexico.March 29—China, by Dr. Alex

ander Eckstein, University of Michigan.

D. B. LeonardelliBeginning Six YearO.C.C. Trustee Term

D. B. Leonardelli, assistant director of the WMU Division of FieldServices since 1957, has begun a sixyear term on the first Board ofTrustees of the newly created Kalamazoo Valley Community College,following his election last year.Leonardelli has also served on

state boards of the Michigan Association of Higher Education, the Michigan Adult Education Association,the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Curricula Development.

Off Campus CourseMail RegistrationSuccessful at WMURegistration by mail in off-campus

courses offered through WMU'sField Services Division, a new technique being tried for the first timeat Western, is "working very well,'according to Dr. Marvin DeBoer,assistant director of Field Servicesat WMU. He said the response toapplication blanks which were printed in the December issue of the Field

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(MAIL REGISTRATION continued)Service News, a twice-yearly publication distributed in 14 southwesternMichigan counties, brought applications for winter-semester off-campuscourses into the Field Services officeat WMU at a record pace.The chief purpose of the new

registration-by-mail system for off-campus courses was to provide greater ease in processing student recordsand to allow more time to be devoted to classroom instruction. Previously most of the first class meeting was devoted to registration.

State Public SchoolAdministrators BeingStudied Under U.S. GrantPublic school administrators in

Michigan, their educational preparation, professional experience, professional and community involvement, and the treatment of teachingstaff members when introducing newcurriculum practices, will come under scrutiny by Dr. Allen J. Klingen-berg, assistant professor of teachereducation at WMU.The study is being conducted for

the year ending May 14, 1967, andis funded by a $6,200 grant from theU. S. Office of Education and compares administrators in K-12 schooldistricts. It is intended to substantiate the claims that administrators indistricts which are prone to adoptnew practices differ from those districts which adopt only few newpractices.The grant is the first in the state

of Michigan from the U. S. Officeof Education to an individual.

Western's 1967 Snow Queen was, on the left,Cheryl Bambach, a Chicago sophomore; withher are the members of her court, left to right,Susan Bishop, a Grandville junior; Susan Kitt-ridge, a Kalamazoo sophomore; Cynthia Peltz,

Dr. George Mallinson andWife Edit Index ofSchool Science & MathThe history and evolution of sci

ence and mathematics education inthe U.S. during the first six decadesof this century are outlined in a newly published Cumulative Index ofSchool Science and Mathematics:1901-1960, under the editorship ofDr. George G. Mallinson, Dean,School of Graduate Studies atWMU, and his wife, Jacqueline.They also serve as editor and assistant editor of School Science Mathematics, the official journal of theCentral Association of Science andMathematics Teachers, Inc.The Index includes all articles

published in the association's journalfor the 60 years, containing suchclassifications as: elementary schoolscience; earth-space, general andhealth sciences; biology; chemistry;physics; mathematics; subject matterinformation; and general pedagogy.A total of 7,000 articles are listedin the Index, which required twoyears to complete.

WMU Offers SummerInstitute for AdvancedEcon. Education StudiesOne of the highlights of Western's

increasing special scholarly offeringsnext summer will be an Institute forAdvanced Studies in Economic Education under a $58,922 grant fromthe U. S. Office of Education. Participants in the institute, to be direct-

a Royal Oak sophomore; and Karen Plecha,a Dearborn junior. A plentiful supply of snowinsured that all Snow Festival outdoor eventswere conducted as scheduled.

ed by Dr. Myrtle Beinhauer, associate professor of economics at WMU,will be junior high school teachers ofsocial studies.

The purpose of the institute is tooffer opportunities for these teachersto gain information, skills, attitudesand understanding which will resultin improved economic education programs and teaching in their schools.Dr. Beinhauer said, "It has longbeen known that the American people as a whole have little understanding of the structure and function of their economic system andthat many concepts which they haveformed are incorrect."Such teachers will be better able

to aid their students to know, toevaluate, and to relate economicknowledge and understanding of allaspects of social living, and thus tofunction wisely and efficiently asproducers, workers, consumers and,with the close relationship betweenthe American economic and politicalsystems, as intelligent voting citizens."

Three WMU SummerInstitutes Receive NSFGrants Worth $191,610Three National Science Founda

tion grants totalling $191,610 havebeen awarded to Western for thesupport of summer institutes thisyear.

A grant of $40,460 will be usedfor an institute in physics and mathematics for secondary school teachers, under the direction of Dr. HaymKruglak, professor of physics.A $55,000 grant will support a

summer institute in physical scienceand related mathematics for secondary school teachers under the direction of Dr. George G. Mallinson,Dean, WMU School of GraduateStudies.

The third grant, for $96,150, willsupport an institute in mathematicsfor secondary school teachers. It'llbe directed by Dr. James H. Powell,head of the WMU Department ofMathematics.

With WMU football coach Bill Doolittle announcing the start of spring practice forMarch 27, it seems like only a few days sincethe recent annual fall sports banquet duringwhich WMU's football and cross countryteams were honored following the conclusioncf their seasons.WMU athletic director Mike Gary, left, pre

sents "Most Valuable Player" award to defensive tackle Bob Rowe; in center, halfback

WMU Summer InstituteTo Benefit 20 TeachersOf Industrial ArtsTwenty teachers of industrial arts

will benefit from a summer instituteto be held at Western June 19—July28 under the National Defense Act.Dr. John L. Bendix, professor of industrial education, will direct theinstitute, which will include new developments in metalworking technology.The institute is to be supported by

a $49,810 grant from the NDEA. Itspurpose is to give industrial arts

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LETTER

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Bill Devine and football coach Bill Doolittlehold Devine's "Most Improved Player" award;while, on right, former Bronco Boosters president Al McKee holds end Gary Crain's "MikeGary Sportsmanship Award," as Crain watches. Rowe was named defensive player of theyear while Crain and fullback Tim Majerletied for the offensive player honors.

teachers the chance to gain a basicknowledge of modern industrialpractices and the ways in which tobest use these practices in an industrial arts teaching program.In addition to their study at

WMU, the teachers will visit industrial plants in the Kalamazoo area.The executive board of the Kal

amazoo chapter of the AmericanSociety of Tool and ManufacturingEngineers will serve as an advisorycommittee for the institute.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Western's newest varsity athletic team, thegymnastics squad, coached by Fred Orlofsky,has one remaining home encounter, on Feb.

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25 with Central Michigan. The four mansquad (one other member was ill) impressedthe 300 spectators who saw them lose theirfirst home match with unbeaten NorthernIllinois. In their second home match, WMUplaced third in a triangular with EasternMichigan and Kent State. WMU's great improvement brought them to within 33 pointsof second place Kent State, as WMU garnered 115.80 points.

•Western's six game winning streak in

basketball, which was ended by BowlingGreen 70-62 before 6,500 persons in ReadField House and a TV audience Jan. 15, wasthe Broncos' longest cage string in 12 years,and left their season record at 8-5. A weekearlier on TV at Kent State, WMU beat Kent100-71 with phenomenal shooting, and in thegame before that WMU gained its first winover Loyola (Chicago) in six years in whatcoach Sonny Means termed Western's bestdefensive game to that point in the season,73-68. Loyola had been averaging some 95points a game.

•Bob Lorenz, Pontiac senior, set a new WMU

school and pool record of 11:21.9 in the 1,000yard freestyle event as WMU beat Albion 79-25 in January.

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1967 VARSITY TRACKIndoor

at U. of Michigan RelaysWMU INVITATIONALat Michigan State University RelaysAIR FORCE ACADEMY &

NORTHERN ILLINOISat Cleveland K of C GamesC.C.C. at Notre DameWMU RELAYS

Outdoorat U. of Kentuckyat Kentucky Relays, Lexingtonat MAC Relays, Bowling Green4at Penn RelaysNO. ILLINOIS & WATERLOOOHIO UNIVERSITY* & DePAULat MAC Meet, Bowling Green*MICHIGAN FEDERATION MEETat C.C.C, Milwaukee

Home Meets in CAPS"MAC Meets