Faculty Bibliography for 1955 Covers WideRangeof Publications · will resume his duties as Professor of Accounting and Chairman of the Accounting Department in the Wharton School.

Faculty Bibliography for 1955 Covers Wide Range of Publications

The Bibliography of Faculty Publications for 1955,seventeenth in a series started in 1939, was mailed during[arch, and all persons whose names appear as con-

tributors to the Bibliography should have received a copy,along with members of the Faculty and staff of theUniversity, the Trustees, and certain other groups.At its meeting on March 21, The Educational Council

approved proposals to extend the coverage of the Bibli-ography, improve the precision of reporting, and expeditepublication. As a result, the Secretary of the Universityhas assumed responsibility for distribution of bibliog-raphical forms and instruction sheets. The Committee onthe Advancement of Research will continue to provideadvisory and editorial assistance but will no longerdivert its funds to the costs of printing and distributingthe Bibliography.

Insurance Conference PlannedThe theme of the International Insurance Confer

to be held under the auspices of the Wharton School-_the campus May 21st and 22nd will be "The Role ofPrivate Enterprise in Insuring Life and Property ValuesThroughout the World." The Conference is one of aseries of important events being held this year to celebratethe Wharton School's diamond jubilee.

According to Dean C. Arthur Kuip, representatives frommore than fifty countries are expected to attend as wellas participate in the Conference, which will consist ofseveral general sessions and six seminars. Dr. Kulp saidthat resumés of conference papers will be printed at theconclusion of the meetings. They are expected to providean authoritative source of information on current insuranceconditions and practices around the globe.A sponsoring committee of one hundred prominent

insurance executives is cooperating with the University inorganizing the Conference. It is headed jointly by John A.Diemand, Sr., President of the Insurance Company ofNorth America, and M. Albert Linton, Chairman of theBoard of the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company-both of Philadelphia.

Provost Rhoads, emphasizing the urgent need for com-plete reporting of publications, has asked departmentalchairmen to distribute forms to all members of theirdepartments, supervise the collection of entries, andforward them to the Secretary of the University. Theimportance of complete reporting is underscored bythe decision to mail from ten to twenty copies of theBibliography for 1956 to each of some forty leading univer-sities in the United States and abroad for distribution todepartmental chairmen in those schools. The UniversityLibrary will send out approximately 150 copies to otherlibraries and institutions. Copies also go to membersof the Association of Graduate Schools.

The Bibliography is a convenient source of informationconcerning the scholarly activities of individuals, depart-ments, and schools. A proposal submitted to the Educa-tional Council for setting up a current file of reprints forall members of the Faculty and staff of the Universityshould provide a valuable supplement to annual listingsin the Bibliography.

The Bibliography for 1955 contains nearly 1300 entries,itted by approximately 700 authors. The greaterof contributions will be found in articles published

in periodicals, serials, and transactions of learned societies,but among the sixty-four books and monographs are titlesranging from The Ballad Book, by Dr. MacEdward Leachof the English Department, to Colic of Horses by Dr. FrankKral of Veterinary Medicine. Notable works are Historyof the Crusades, Volume I, by Dr. Kenneth M. Setton,Director of Libraries and Professor of Medieval History;Sumerian Proverbs and Their Cultural Significance (micro-filmed), by Dr. Edmund I. Gordon, Harrison ResearchFellow in Oriental Studies; The American Tradition inLiterature by Dr. E. Sculley Bradley, Vice-provost of theUniversity and Professor of English (with R. C. Beattyand E. H. Long); Secondary School Activities by Dr.Frederick C. Gruber of the School of Education; Die Akneby Dr. Ernst Jockers of Germanics; Minimum Price Fixingin the Bituminous Coal Industry by Dr. Waldo E. Fisherof Industrial Research and the Department of Geographyand Industry; Statistics in Education by Dr. Merle W.Tate of the School of Education; Patriotism on Parade by

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Some four years ago the Administration initiated aproject for issuing a manual which would set forth thepolicies and procedures followed by the University withinthe framework established by theCharter and Statutes. Some ofthese policies and procedures wereof long standing, some of recentorigin. Some were common knowl-edge; many were unknown even tothose who required their guidance.

In this work the Administration -.has enlisted the assistance of theSenate, both for the intrinsic valueof the suggestions which might bemade and for the securing of thatbroad basis of common consent/which is so vital to the smoothoperation of any program. A SenateCommittee on the Manual o !.ec'nicias Dodo,,Policies and Procedures was accord-ingly established. From the Administration the Committeehas received copy as it has been prepared, and has con-ferred with it where divergent views arose. Problemsfalling within the particular scope of other Senate com-mittees have been submitted to them, and they haveconsulted with the Administration. In areas of particularconcern to the Faculty, the Committee has submitted thetext to the Senate itself. It seems fair to say that theseprocedures have resulted in the accommodation of differ-ences to a highly gratifying degree.

Although by no means complete, this project is nowwell advanced. The first of several volumes will be issuedthis spring. It will be in loose-leaf format, so that furtherrevisions, in line with the evolving needs of the University,may readily be effected. It is the hope of the Adminis-tration that the first draft of the second volume will beready in the fall. The Committee stands ready to receivesuch suggestions as the Faculty may have to make inconnection with either volume.The Manual is designed to be a statement of the ways

in which things are currently done at the University. Theprocess of codification has afforded an opportunity forre-examination, and of this opportunity the Administrationhas availed itself. In this the Senate has sought tocooperate. We believe the outcome has been salutary.The policies and procedures of the University will hence-forth be better, as well as better known.

-DR. LEONIDAS DODSON, ChairmanSenate Committee on the Manual ofPolicies and Procedures

The public image of a university as a community ofteachers and scholars carrying on instruction and investi-gation in broad areas of knowledge can be projected andan atmosphere favorable to carrying on such workcan be created through a sound and continuous public

relations program. This was the consensus of the Uni-versity Senate Committee on Public Relations, as expressedat their first meeting with Donald T. Sheehan, Directorof Public Relations, March 14th.

Within the framework of this concept of the relationshipof a faculty to a university, a particiç.ative program ofpublic relations is being developed between the faculty

and the University's public relations. staff.

A major characteristic of theprogram, as now envisaged, is itstwo-directional nature. The corn-

- ., mittee will seek to keep the publicrelations staff informed of faculty

/ . . thinking on the University's relation-ships with the public and advise onsteps which might be taken toimprove these relationships. It willalso afford guidance on how bestto mobilize faculty interest andtalent in acting as public relationsspokesmen for the University.

Frederick C. Gruher The committee will work jointlywith the Director of Public Relations

in the preparation of a publication outlining the manyareas of external public relations in which faculty partici-pation can be helpful, such as public speaking appearancesbefore alumni and civic groups as well as learned andprofessional societies, participation in radio and televisionprograms, and cooperation with newspapers, magazines,and other printed publications.

-DR. FREDERICK C. GRUBER, ChairmanSenate Public Relations Committee

Special Football Rates OfferedMembers of the faculty and staff, as well as members

of their immediate family, can obtain season footballtickets for the six home games on Franklin Field for thereduced rate of $12 each.

This price represents a 50 per cent reduction in theregular price for South Stand tickets. For the first timethese tickets may be purchased through a payroll deductionover a 12-month period, in line with the plan worked outwith the Comptroller by the Department of IntercollegiateAthletics.

Application blanks for season tickets, as well as forindividual games, will be mailed to all members of thefaculty and staff within the next several days. However,there is no special rate on individual game tickets.

Setton Receives HonorsDr. Kenneth M. Setton, Director of Libraries and

Professor of History, is the recent recipient of two out-standing honors. He has just been elected a Fellow in theMedieval Academy of America. And he has been awardedthe John Frederick Lewis Prize from the American Phil-osophical Society for his paper (delivered at one of theSociety's meetings), "The Byzantine Background to theItalian Renaissance."

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Could you supply me with several copies (preferablyabout 20) of the March issue of The Almanac whichcontains the story of the Karachi project? Judging fromthe comments that have come my way since my return,people do read The Almanac!

I am sure you will understand my motives if I callattention to a very serious gap in The Almanac story.You omitted any reference to the people who are doingthe work in Karachi, and after all that is where the realwork is being done. The Wharton School has nine peoplein Karachi at the present time. I am particularly anxiousthat the main credit should go to them, for they deserve it.As you know, Dr. G. Wright Hoffman is Chief of

Party, and Dr. Rufus Wixon is Associate Chief of Party.Dr. Wixon will leave Karachi this month and in the fallwill resume his duties as Professor of Accounting andChairman of the Accounting Department in the WhartonSchool. Dr. Hoffman will return this summer, and willgo back to Karachi then for two more years. Two moremen will be sent to Karachi shortly-Mr. John Hall,who has just completed a tour of service as chief PublicAdministration officer in the U. S. Operations Missionin Uruguay, and Mr. Aldo Santorri, who is presently anInstructor in Accounting at the University of Buffalo anda part-time lawyer.We are also very proud of the Pakistani staff members

at the Institute of Public and Business Administration.There are now eight of these staff members. Two of them-Matin Ahmad Khan and Anwar Syed-have receiveddegrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Another-Mohammed Uzair-is presently taking advanced workin Finance in the Wharton Graduate Division, andstill another-I. A. Mukhtar-is working for his Ph.D.degree in Industrial Management and Labor Relations atColumbia University. Several others will come to theUniversity of Pennsylvania or to other American univer-sities for further training in the near future.As a result of my trip I am very greatly encouraged

by the progress which the Institute of Public and BusinessAdministration is making, and by the impression whichit is making on the public and commercial life of Pakistan.Dr. Hoffman, Dr. Wixon, and I were received by thePresident of Pakistan, by a former Prime Minister, andby other highly-placed Pakistanis, and each and everyone evinced a real interest in the work of the Instituteand a deep appreciation for the contribution which theUniversity of Pennsylvania, through its fine represent-atives in Karachi, is making in Pakistan. I wish that everymember of the faculty and administration of this Univer-sity could see at first hand what our people in Karachiare doing.

Mr. Haydn Morgan, Assistant Administrative Directorof the Office of Pro;ect Research and Grants, accompaniedme to Karachi, and participated in many conferences withstaff members and students of the IPBA, with governmentofficials and business leaders in Karachi, and with officialsof the U. S. Embassy and the U. S. Operations Missionin Pakistan. Dr. W. Norman Brown, Head of the SouthAsia Regional Studies Program and a member of theAdvisory Committee on the Karachi Project, was also inKarachi while I was there, and he was able to spend some

time at the Institute. Thus the "sisterhood relationship"between the University of Karachi and the University ofPennsylvania is being furthered by personal contacts ofmany kinds. Incidentally, I received many concreteevidences of the effects of Dr. Harnwell's visit last Spring.His visit did a great deal to further the broad objectivesof the Karachi project.

-NORMAN D. PALMERProfessor of Political Scienceand Coordinator of theKarachi Project

EDITOR'S NOTE: The editor regrets that space consider-ations resulted in the omission of certain names fromthe Karachi story that appeared in The Almanaclast March.

Members of the Wharton School began to staffthe Institute in October, 1954. First to arrive wasDr. G. Wright Hoffman, Professor of Insurance andMarketing at the Wharton School and Chief of the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania Group, who was soon joined by threeothers-Dr. John P. Lutz, Instructor in Finance in theWharton School; Mr. Henry F. Goodnow, a member ofthe staff of the Institute of Local and State Governmentat this University; and Dr. T. Hillard Cox, former Headof the Department of Industrial Management at LouisianaState University and a former Chief of the Industry-Occupations Division of the U. S. Department of Labor.

From left to right: Dr. G. Wright Hofl,nan, Professor of Insuranceand Marketing; Dr. W. Norman Brown, Chairman of South AsiaStudies; and Dr. Norman D. Palmer, Professor of PoliticalScience, pose with members of the stafi at the Institute of Publicand Business Administration in Karachi.

In March, 1955, Mr. George Melanson, who hadserved with the University of Michigan Group in thePhilippines, joined the staff. In July, Dr. Rufus Wixon,then Chairman of the Accounting Department of theWharton School, went to Karachi as Associate Chiefof Party. Three more staff members were added in thelatter part of 1955-Dr. G. Donald Smith, Head Librarianat Washington State College; Dr. A. F. Hinrichs, formerActing U. S. Commissioner of Labor Statistics; andDr. Virgil Stevens, Assistant Professor of Public Adminis-tration at the School of Public Administration at theUniversity of Southern California.

In the summer of 1956, Dr. W. Nelson Peach, Chair-man of the Department of Economics at the University

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For some years now I have made it a practice toexamine new books on the art of college teaching witha view to recommending the useful ones to the youngteachers of English who were more or less under mydirection. One such book has recently been published,and the editor has suggested that I mention it in TheAlmanac. It is College Teaching: a Psychologist's Pointof View, by Claude E. Buxton, Professor of Psychologyat Yale (Harcourt Brace, 1956). Although intendedprimarily for teachers of psychology, the book is helpfuland suggestive for the young teacher of any subject,especially the chapters on "Criticisms and Issues in HigherEducation," "The Career of the College Teacher," andthose dealing with classroom deportment for teacherand student. For older teachers, too, the book is richlysuggestive. I myself have been impressed with the author'sanalysis and defense of the lecture method and also withhis practical suggestions for handling group discussion inlarger classes. I am therefore glad to pass the title on toany colleagues who have not yet encountered the book.

-ALLAN G. CHESTER,Professor of English

Fels Fund FellowshipsThe Samuel S. Fels Fund has informed Dean Nichols

of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that it willaward fellowships for 1957-1958 to Joseph A. Peters, Jr.,Political Science; Saul Sack, Education; Robert F. Scott,History; and Charles Valentine, III, Anthropology. Theseawards, carrying stipends up to $4,000 a year, are designedfor assistance to outstanding students in the humanities andsocial sciences who have completed all of their work forthe Ph.D. except the dissertation. They are the mostgenerous provisions available for predoctoral students inthe Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Each of eighteastern universities was permitted to nominate five can-didates for these fellowships. Graduate students who willcomplete all requirements except the dissertation byFebruary 18, 1958, should consult their group chairmenand the Graduate School about prospects for 1958-1959.

of Oklahoma, went to Karachi to replace Dr. Lutz, whoreturned to his regular duties at the Wharton School;and Dr. Richard H. Wood, Director of the Institute ofLabor and Management Relations at Rutgers University,replaced Dr. Cox. Late in 1956 Mr. George Morelandjoined the group as a Library Consultant. In DecemberMr. Melanson came back to the United States on homeleave, returning to Karachi early in 1957 for anothertwo-year period.

In a special memorandum to the editor, Dr. Palmeradds that "We shall probably send others to Karachibefore the expiration of the contract in June, 1959, andit is possible that we shall have one to three people inKarachi even beyond that date."

Wallace E. Davies of the History Department; The Cycleof American Literature by Dr. Robert E. Spiller, Chair-man of the Department of American Civilization; andLiving Bone in Health and Disease by Dr. Irvin Stein ofOrthopedic Surgery (with Drs. R. 0. Stein and M. L.Beller). New editions of well-known books include TheArt of India by Dr. Stella Kramrisch and Surgery of theAmbulatory Patient by Dr. L. Kraeer Ferguson. Mentionshould also be made of patents granted to Professot0. M. Salati of The Moore School of Electrical Engi-neering and of musical compositions by Dr. Andre CVauclain of the Music Department.The compilation of information concerning research and

publications from which the Bibliography was originallyderived got its start about twenty-five years ago whenDr. H. Sherman Oberly, then a member of the PsychologyDepartment and Secretary of the Committee on theAdvancement of Research (formerly called the FacultyResearch Committee), undertook a careful annual recordof the items reported to him. In 1939 Dr. Allan Chester,Professor of English, who succeeded Dr. Oberly asSecretary of the Committee, presented a detailed reportof publications to President Gates, who authorized itsprinting as the Bibliography of Publications by Membersof the Faculty, July 1, 1938-June 30, 1939. Since thattime it has steadily expanded with the growth of the Univer-sity and the development of scholarly activities until it hasbecome one of the outstanding reports of its kind issued byany university. An inventory of current research projectswas also conducted for 1954, but was not published.

The delay incident to issuing the call for reports ofpublications for 1956 has necessitated extending the dead-line to May 15. Those who did not receive forms andinstruction sheets by May 1 should consult their depart-mental chairmen. Invitations are also broadly extended toall members of the University for suggestions or criticismsthat may improve the coverage and value of the Bibliog-raphy. Any item that is not reported is a loss to the Univer-sity and the author.

Environment: It FiguresA traveler just back from Las Vegas reports that

children in the area learn to count expertly before theyare five years old. When challenged, tots draw a deepbreath and demonstrate: "One, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king!"

A SPECIAL INVITATION

If The

Almanac is to serve as an effective organ ofcommunication for the faculty and staff, it must reflectthe opinions and expressions of these groups.

Let us remind you, therefore, that we welcome suchexpressions in the form of letters or in signed articles.

My Current Reading

5 MAY 1957

....Of

Things

Past

DR. KARL 0. MILLERby

Dean of the College for Women

Each fall, as I enjoy the delightful Freshman Camp atGreen Lane and then participate in the Freshman Weekorientation program, I remember my own induction as amember of the student body. It was on the Friday eveningbefore classes were to begin, and freshmen were instructedto report in the Big Quad for the opening ceremonies.There we milled around under the supervision of theSenior Society Hats until our peace of mind was shatteredby a roar from a distant part of the campus. The messagewas readily distinguishable:

"Tackle 'em hard, tackle 'em clean!Pennsylvania, Nineteen Fourteen!O-o-oh Fresh! O-o-oh Fresh!

Almost immediately, some young genius in our midstcame up with the appropriate reply, which has been heardmany times during the ensuing forty-five years:

Give 'em hell, lick 'em clean!Pennsylvania, Nineteen Fifteen!O-o-o-o-o-oh Soph!

Following this exchange of pleasantries, the Senior Hatsorganized us in column-of-fours and led the processionacross Spruce Street to the campus-center between CollegeHall and Houston Hall. There we discovered the despic-able sophomores massed around the back door of CollegeHall, now long closed and sealed with the Friars SocietyBulletin Board. Fastened to the door itself was a largeposter displaying disparaging comments and ignominiouscommands for the benefit of the freshman class. Protectingthe poster, solidly massed, stripped to the waist andgreased with lard, were the sophomores. Our job-getthat poster down in less than five minutes!The freshman column hit the sophomore phalanx with

a thud and literally bounced off. The attack broke upinto a series of individual combats, but the lard was tooslippery. In final desperation, a group of husky freshmengrabbed a small classmate and literally hurled him overthe heads of the sophomore defenders. There were breath-less moments when the stripling gradually worked hisway toward the poster, pulling himself forward by graspingheads of hair. Finally he reached his goal, the posterdisappeared, and the Class of 1915 had begun itsillustrious career.

A copy of the poster, about eighteen by forty inches,is now in the archives of the Class of 1915. It is probablythe only existing memento of the Poster Fight, which foryears served the purpose of the present Freshman Weekprogram. This reminiscence is not intended as a nostalgicplea for a return to "the good old days." There is noslightest doubt in my mind that the present freshmanorientation program is infinitely more reasonable andeffective, and less barbarous, than the old freshman-sophomore fights. It must be admitted, however, that theold tooth-and-nail Poster Fight, and the Pants Fight andBowl Fight, played their part in producing generationsof loyal Pennsylvania alumni.

Social Workers Hold ConferenceFive faculty members of the School of Social Work

will participate in leading an international representationof social workers at the National Conference on SocialWelfare, to be held at Convention Hall, May 19th to24th inclusive.

Addressing themselves to the Conference theme,"Expanding Frontiers in Social Welfare," the participantswill help bring together professional experiences andknowledge growing out of new areas of social welfareservices.A workshop on "Supervision in School Social Work"

will be conducted by Dr. Ruth E. Smalley, Vice-dean ofthe School of Social Work. Mr. Richard Lodge, Associate,will preside over a meeting on "Work with Groups inRapidly Growing Suburban Communities." Dr. HelenU. Phillips, Associate Professor in Social Group Work,will present a paper on the topic, "Does Social GroupWork Have Distinctive Characteristics in its Philosophyin Comparison with and Contrast to Other Disciplines?"Dr. Goldie B. Faith, Professor in Social Case Work, willserve on a panel concerned with "The Use of CollateralData in Case Work," and Miss Margaret E. Bishop,Director of Admissions and Placement of the School ofSocial Work, will be a member of the Selection Com-mittee for "Casework 1957."

Wistar Institute Gets DirectorDr. Hilary Koprowski, noted medical scientist, has just

been named Director of the Wistar Institute of Anatomyand Biology. According to Dr. William H. DuBarry,President of the Institute's Board of Managers and Vice-president for the Corporation, Dr. Koprowski "will directan accelerated program of research devoted to study ofthe single cell." He is expected to expand the Institute'sstudies in geriatrics and cancer. He plans, also, to continuehis important work in the field of tumor investigationand in the development of live virus vaccines againstpoliomyelitis.

Dr. Koprowski, who received his M.D. degree fromthe University of Warsaw in 1939, is a member of theExpert Committee on Rabies of the World Health Organi-zation; a Vice-president of the New York Academy ofSciences; a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine; a Coun-cillor of the Society of American Bacteriologists; a memberof the American Association of Immunologists; and amember of the American Society of Tropical Medicine.

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Congratulations. to Dr. R. Jean Brownlee, PersonnelOfficer of the College for Women for the past ten years,who has just been named Vice-dean of the College forWomen . to Miss Adaline Chase, Associate Professorof Nursing Education, who has been appointed by theSecretary of Health of the Commonwealth to serve on theGeneral Advisory Committee on Training of the Depart-ment of Health, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . . . toDonald T. Sheehan, Director of Public Relations, who wasgiven a citation naming him an Honorary Editor-in-Chiefof The Daily Pennsylvanian at the recent "change-of-boards banquet" of the student newspaper . . . andto Dr. John Werntz, Visiting Assistant Professor ofPsychology, recipient of a Post-doctoral Fellowship inStatistics from the University of Chicago.

Overheard at the Lenape Club: One of our colleagueswho was at an English university for a year tells of aProfessor T., generally regarded as a fine scholar but anextremely poor lecturer. When an evening class of foreignstudents finally complained about the difficulty of listeningto him, the professor resolved to try to improve his style.Soon thereafter he met one of his students, an attractiveItalian girl, and somewhat hesitantly asked, "Could youfollow me tonight?" To which she replied, "Why, pro-fessor, I'm sorry, but I'm meeting my husband."

Names: Dr. Alfred Senn, Chairman of the Slavic Depart-ment, represented the University at the Northeast Confer-ence on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held in Bostonlast month. Dr. Senn is also newsworthy for his enthusi-astic appreciation of the writings of his late colleague,Dr. Vincent Kreve. In a volume entitled For RomanJakobson, a collection of articles honoring Harvard'sdistinguished scholar of Slavic languages and literature,Dr. Senn writes: "I consider Kreve the greatest Lithuanianpoet and writer of all times." The book was published byMouton & Co. at the Hague, Holland.... Do you have ahobby? Dr. Claude K. Deischer, Associate Professor andAssistant Director of Chemistry, enjoys making beeswaxcandles in antique tin molds. Also enjoys music andresearching into the history of chemistry . . . . Walter B.Murphy, Lecturer in Industry, has been doing a one-manjob in assembling the interdisciplinary Ellen Power MurphyMemorial Library on the fourth floor of Logan Hall. Howactive it is may be judged from the fact that 251 of the 450books currently housed in the collection were borrowedduring the month of February. The Library needs to beexpanded-and Mr. Murphy needs some help toward thatend. His office is W 191, Dietrich Hall.

Worth Another Thought: "Although it is easier to saythan do, it seems likely that the lectures in a so-calledlecture course should try to teach the same ideas as do thereading materials and other components of the course,but to do so in ways which do not repeat, but ratherreinforce, supplement, and illuminate."-Claude E.Buxton, Professor of Psychology at Yale University, inA Guide to College Teaching (Harcourt, Brace & Co.)....

Clippings: Additional copies of the President's Reportfor 1956 are available at the office of the Director of Public

Relations, 104 Development Building . . . . Who says thegremlins have gone the way of raccoon coats? The editorapologizes for two errors in the April Almanac: thedropping of the last word ("painful") from Dr. Baugh'sI Remember piece, and the omission of the caption underthe picture of Dr. I. S. Ravdin flanked by Mrs. Ravdin andLessing Rosenwald as he receives the Philadelphia Award.Never was editorial surgery more mysterious.... A last-minute bulletin from the Provost reminds everyone that theSecretary's Office is not only desirous of receiving reportsof scholarly publications (see the front page story), butis also anxious to receive information regarding Facultyhonors or awards for possible listing in the President'sannual report. . . . Vice-provost Sculley Bradley recentlymoderated a symposium on Humor in the Written Arts atthe Philadelphia Museum of Art, offering a story in whicha man asks why women are such poor humorists and istold: "Because we are exhausted laughing at you men."A case of one good rib deserving another? . . . In caseyou didn't know: The Wistar Institute houses its own press(the Wistar Press), which publishes about a dozen tech-nical journals on anthropology, anatomy, microbiology,and nutrition.

Catching up with the News. Dr. Arthur P. Whitaker,Professor and Chairman of History, recently lectured onLatin American problems at the University of Virginia andat Vassar College . . . . Dr. L. J. Ravitz, Associate inPsychiatry, delivered the keynote address at the formaldinner of the National Rehabilitation Organization inColumbus, Ohio, early last month. . . . Dr. Alfred H.Williams, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Univer-sity and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Phila-delphia, was the speaker of the evening at the recent springmeeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Association. Subject: TheGrowth and Decay of Metropolitan Areas-ParticularlyPhiladelphia . . . . Dr. Robert E. Spiller, Professor ofEnglish, revealed The Story Behind the "Literary Historyof the United States" in a talk before the Lenape literation April 9th.... Among nearly a thousand scientists andengineers participating in the International Symposium onthe Theory of Switching held recently at Harvard Univer-sity were Dr. Herbert B. Callen, Professor of Physics, andDr. Morris Rubinoff, Associate Professor of ElectricalEngineering. . . . Dr. J. G. Brainerd, Director of TheMoore School of Electrical Engineering, has just returnedfrom a speaking tour through the south and southwest tovarious sections of the Institute of Radio Engineers.

Definition: "A good teacher has been defined asone who makes himself progressively unnecessary."-Thomas I. Carruthers.

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