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rESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

A/ea/sVol. 3, No. 2

December, 1957 LETTER

Western to Host Its Second NSF

Summer Institute for TeachersWestern Michigan University will

be host for the second year in arow to a summer institute for teachers under a $44,600 grant from theNational Science Foundation.Mathematics teachers in high

schools, some 45 of them, will beselected for six weeks of intensivework, with the major objective ofthe institute being to "acquaintteachers with the variety of availableliterature and to assist them in thestudy of it."Dr. Charles Butler, in making ap

plication for this grant, also said"An institute of the type proposedwould contribute to a re-thinking

of our upper level course offeringsfor teachers. It would provide anopportunity to locate specific problems teachers have with the mathematical literature written for them.This, in turn, would make it possible to consider types of experiencesthat could be provided at the undergraduate level to make this literatureaccessible."Dean George G. Mallinson of the

School of Graduate Studies reportsthat WMU is most fortunate tohave such a National Science Foundation grant for the second year ina row. Last summer he headed asimilar institute program in chem

istry and biology, which brought 35teachers to the campus under a$35,000 NSF grant. He states thatfor an institution of this size to garner a second grant so quickly is ahigh honor.The institute will open June 23

and close August 1, dates coincidentwith the regular summer session itself.Dr. Butler, head of the mathemat

ics department, will be assisted inthis program by Drs. James Powell,Robert Seber and Joseph McCully.Among the criteria for selection

will be three years' experience inteaching secondary mathematics, abachelor's degree with college mathematics at least through calculus,and the recommendation of his highschool principal or superintendent.Further information may be ob

tained by addressing Dr. Butler.

'It is Difficult to Be Lonely in Kalamazoo'

A Britisher Looks at Our Fair CityIt is human nature to wonder what others think

of us—and many enthusiastic Kalamazooans often wonder how persons from other lands really feel about thecommunity.

Last August Miss Jean Ward received her masterof arts degree at Western Michigan University, having

spent a year in studying speech correction. She cameto the campus from Britain to study with Dr. CharlesVan Riper, director of our famed speeech clinic.

Recently she wrote him of some of her impressions,which we would like to share with you. This is Kalamazoo as seen through other eyes.

Homes vary as they do here, intheir size, shape, contents and atmosphere. They vary from the bigold homely farmhouse, and the largemodern home of the business man,to the new "ranchtype" houses, theoccasional brick-built house, theapartments of the married coupleor business or professional girl andthe University apartment where thesecretary and family live while herhusband works his way throughschool. The homes are alike in thatthey are well heated, bright, comfortable and have beautifully equipped kitchens. Above all, they arealike in their spirit of friendlinessand generous hospitality. The peopleare spontaneous and warm heartedand open their doors wide and withsincerity to the visitor from overseas. It is difficult to be lonely inKalamazoo.Families seem larger and their

individual members rather more independent than their British counterpart. The woman is often, practically at least if not nominally, the headof the household. She may have ajob as well as running her home andtherefore contributes considerable tothe family income. She is respected,considered and consulted, makesmany decisions herself and runs herhome with the minimum of drudgery. The children's voices are loud.The children are both seen andheard. That a child differs from hisparents in temperament, ideals andideas is accepted and often welcomed. The children are the country'sfuture. Change is inevitable and vitalto growth and progress.

Miss Jean Ward

Evidence of change is shown inKalamazoo, by its new housing developments, new stores, expansionof industry, increasing cultural amenities and educationally by the development of Western MichiganCollege to Western Michigan University. Changes are made quickly—buildings once started are soon completed, ideas, half expressed at first,become realities very soon. Thepeople say, not so much "look whatwe've done," but "let's see wherewe can go from here."'Acceptance of set-backs and dif

ficulties as a challenge rather thanan irritation stems from a drive andenthusiasm and zest for life whichis experienced constantly. It is foundnot only in the successful businessman or contented professor but in

workers everywhere, in all people.It is misleading to talk of businesspeople, workers and professionalpeople separately. All are workersand each plays a vital and integralpart in the community in Kalamazoo. People are respected and honoured not so much by what they dobut by how they do it. There is little, if any class distinction as weknow it. Everyone, whatever hisoccupation, has a right to adequaterewards for his labours; he feels it,knows it and gets it. The standardof living is therefore considerablyhigher than in corresponding lamiliesin Britain. There are more amenitiesin the home, both recreational aswell as domestic, food is more variedand the majority of families havetheir own cars. Some have two.They work hard and play hard.

They enjoy life. Work is done energetically, willingly and often gaily.Service in a restaurant or drug storeis quick and cheerful. And whenwork is over they have fun. Whatever the recreation, be it fishing,swimming, skating, bowling, baseball, watching television, going to themovie or theatre, visiting the artshow or having a pint of beer, it isenjoyed with the same enthusiasmand zest which characterises thewhole of their living.They love parties and parades and

colour and noise. Their youth playsin a band rather than an orchestraand their young drum majorettesconvey in their walk, their style,their smile, the feeling of Americans:"Isn't life wonderful?"Kalamazoo is a religious commun-

ity. Religious activities too reflect thelife of the town. Churches are wellattended and their Sunday schoolsand other organizations functionvigorously. Going to church is moreof a social occasion than in Britain.You may have breakfast after theservice in a church hall, or coffeeor a fruit punch on the lawn. Transportation is arranged for any studentfrom the colleges or university whowishes to attend. He or she has onlyto ask.

Students are a part of, ratherthan apart from the community.Many of them "work their way-through school." They pay their owntuition and board and to do thiswork in vacations and in term timein factories, shops, drug stores, petrolstations, as baby-sitters and in thestudent dormitories. Many of themcome from different areas of theState of Michigan, some come fromother states and many from Kalamazoo itself.

The increasing number of supermarkets which supply all food needsare another example of change inthe town. Their stores are attractive-.well organized and have an immensevariety of foods, frozen, canned,packetted and fresh. Vegetables areoften both cleaned and wrapped.The customer wheels a basketthrough the wide gangways andserves herself or is served if she sodesires, and goods are wrapped onleaving the store and carried by aporter to the car. Should the housewife prefer to shop in a smallerstore she may do so and fresh fruitand vegetables can be obtained froma farmer's market. Deliveries ofgroceries are the exception ratherthan the rule and are made comparatively unnecessary by the car-owning population.Meals are larger and more varied.

More milk is drunk with meals andsalads are eaten with main meals.Afternoon tea is unknown and maybe replaced by a coffee-break. Cakesand sweets are sweeter and sweetsand savouries mixed more freelv.There is a great variety of bread.Dutch, Danish, Swedish, French, andEnglish muffins. The restaurant or

drug store will serve any type ofmeal at any time of day. Chinese andItalian food is available. Coffee isexcellent and the tea weak.What shall I miss in England if I

return to Kalamaoo? I shall miss myfriends. I shall miss kippers and fishand chips and a good cup of tea. Ishall miss old buildings and quaintstreets, a radio program uninterrupted by advertising and our sort ofsausages. I shall miss some of the"leisureliness" of England, some ofits serenity and maturity. I shall missEngland's closeness to the Continentand its red pillar boxes and kindpolicemen. I shall miss the accessibility of the sea and the eating ofsalt fish. I shall miss Scotland.But I would return to a town of

growth and promise. A town smallenough to be friendly and largeenough to be remote. A town havingthe amenities of a large city and thesize of a small one. A town of opportunities, educational, financial,social, recreational and cultural. Atown where there are more treesthan I have ever seen. A town ofboth snow and sun in a countrysidebeautiful in tree, woods, streams andlakes and more lakes. A town in theState of Michigan which a Texandescribed as "God's Own Country."Above all I would return to a

town whose people are warm andfriendly, gay and energetic. A peoplewho say, "let us work and have fun,and whatever we do, let us live andenjoy living."

Dr. George H. Hilliard, Universitycounseling director since 1943, hasbeen given an honorary membershipin the Michigan College CounselorsAssociation. Dr. Hilliard will retirefrom the University faculty nextJune.

WMCR reports reception as far asDuluth, Minn., although its normaloperation is in the vicinity of 50miles from Kalamazoo.

Homer Dunham, veteran sportspublicity director at the University,has been given the first annual awardof the College Sports InformationDirectors of America.

Cerebral PalsyWork Aided bySorority GrantA $50 grant has been made to

the University Speech Clinic by theKalamazoo alumnae chapter of Alpha Chi Omega sorority as aid forstudent clinicians to help interestthem in work with cerebral palsiedchildren.Half of the money, reports Dr.

Charles Van Riper, clinic director,is to be used to establish a petty loanfund for student therapists, and theother half will be used for the purchase of books and journals for theclinic library. Among the journalsare Crippled Child, The CerebralPalsy Review and the Journal ofSpeech and Hearing Disorders."Our purpose is to interest stu

dent speech therapists in the problems of the cerebral palsied," saysMrs. Samuel Virgo, chairman ofthe sorority's service committee. "Weknow that it is extremely difficultto staff the cerebral palsy schoolsand centers. This grant, indicatingour concern for student therapists,may in turn result in their concernfor the crippled children we serve."Other members of her committee

are Mrs. William Peterson and Mrs.Gordon Stocking.

New Assembly HandbookSchool assemblies frequently pose

problems in Michigan's elementaryand secondary schools. Often teachers feel saddled with the burdenof providing entertainment.Recently a class under Dr. Albert

B. Becker undertook the preparationof a handbook as a classroom aid.This booklet is now available from

the department of speech.

The American Academy of Artsand Sciences has given $925 to Dr.Daniel F. Jackson, assistant professor of biology, to aid in research.The money will provide equipmentfor his investigation of "phytoplank-ton photosynthesis in relation to totalalkalinity of water."

49 On-CampusClasses Set byField ServicesAn expanded list of offerings for

adults of Kalamazoo and immediately surrounding cities and countieswill present 49 courses in the Saturday and on-campus evening offerings of the Division of Field Servicesnext semester.

Saturday courses will begin February 8, 1958.Evening classes begin Monday

through Friday, February 10-Feb-ruary 14.Besides the usual spread of liberal

arts offerings on Saturday, classeswill be offered each evening in departments other than Business Studies and Industrial Technology.Three courses newly added and

not offered before in the eveningare:

John Woods—Creative Writing—Tuesday eveningsCharles Helgesen—Business and

Professional Speech—Tuesday eveningsDr. Howard Becksfort—Differ

ential Equations—Wednesday evenings (in response to several requestsfor more work in mathematics)For those with hobby interests

in Arts and Crafts, there will againbe a section on Thursday evenings.Last year's experiment in a course

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

in Labor-Management Relationswith Dr. Andrew Luff and RobertHuston as instructors, will be repeated, with an expanded list ofspecial resource persons who willcome in from labor and industry. Alarge enrollment expected will necessitate using the ballroom in Wal-wood Union as a meeting place.For paper mill personnel, two

courses offered by the Departmentof Paper Technology will be included in the adult education offerings.One will be taught on Mondayevenings by Dr. John R. Fanselow,a newcomer to the campus. It willbe a course in Pulp Manufacture.The second will be taught by Raymond L. Janes on Friday evenings.It will be a course in Wood Chemistry.A large group of courses, many

continuing the present schedule, willbe offered in cooperation with theSchool of Business, School of Applied Arts, departments of IndustrialTechnology and Industrial Arts.Detailed announcements will be

available in late December. Personsinterested may write the Division ofField Services.

January BasketballJanuary 4—MarshallJanuary 8—at Bowling GreenJanuary 11—at MiamiJanuary 15—ValparaisoJanuary 18—OhioJanuary 22—at LoyolaJanuary 25—Centenary

TLETTER

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

Entered as second class matter at the post office atKalamazoo, Michigan, Nov. 16, 1955. Published eighttimes a year—October, December, January, March, April,June, July. September—by Western Michigan Uniyersity,Kalamazoo, Michigan. Russell A. Strong, Editor

Paper ConferenceJan. 23 at WMU"Modern Methods of Pulp Manu

facture" is the theme chosen for thesecond annual pulp and paper conlference at the university on Thursday, January 23, in the Paper Industry Laboratories.Dr. Hereford Garland, Forest Pro

ducts division, Michigan College ofMining and Technology, will be theluncheon speaker.Dr. Raymond Janes and Dr. R. A.

Diehm of the paper technology faculty will be the other major speakers.

22nd GuidanceConference March 15A university tradition, the annual

guidance conference, will open in its22nd edition Saturday, March 15.Dr. George H. Hilliard, director

of counseling, will be heading hisfinal such conference, as he willretire at the close of the academicyear in June."Guidance for Democratic Hu

man Relations" is the theme chosen.Major speakers for the day will

be Dr. Frank Fletcher, president ofthe American ersonnel and GuidanceAssociation, and Dr. Dan W. Dod-son, director of the Center for Human Relations and CommunityStudies at New York University.