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Miami Hurricane Volume XXX I niversity ov Miwii, Corai. (Jabi.es, Fi.*.. Ji iv 2*>. I«r>.r> No. SQ Top Radar Authorities To Teach New Meteorology Course At UM 'Ihey are simple, yet so nice to see." Photo by Schulk* EXAMINING POTATOES processed al South Campus tropical food laboratory is N. V. R. Iyengar, left, food scientist from Mysore, India, who is spending two weeks here studying tropical foods. Dr. Arthur Stahl. laboratory director, shows thc visitor some of the latest products. Indian Scientist Visits Campus For 2-Week Research Program A scientist from the other side of the world has found a great similarity between Miami and his homeland, India. N. V. R. Iyengar is touring the U.S. on a fellowship of the Food and Agriculture organization-f of the United Nations. He has been at the University's South Campus for two weeks studying tropical Iyengar reports he has learned foods with Dr. Arthur Stahl, director quite a bit about packaging from of the tropical food research labo- the South Campus laboratories, ratory. "Wc do not have frozen foods in "When I see the coconut palm, the lndiH yet," he said. "The refrigera- inango and guava trees, I am re- tion industry is still in its infancy, minded of India," Iyengar said. "Al- Electricity is available in almost all so the sapote, lychee and avocado the towns, but is used at the present are very popular and the papaya only for lighting and fans." For cooking, the Indians use fuel such as charcoal and coke. Bombay is the only city in India with a gas generating plant, and therefore the j only city using gas to cook. At the Central Institute, Iyengar said, there has been much work done on canning of tropical fruits. They have also made mango into a pow- Hc is the Scientific officer in the der which is use°" f°r making mango Central Food Technological Research Juice' Institute in Mysore, India. This lab- Iyengar looks toward food research oratory is set up by the government as an aid in India's great drive to- of India and is responsible for re- ward progress, increased health search in food processing and pro- standards and self-sufficiency, duction of new foods. "India is a huge country," Iyengar The institute is setting up a pack- "-aid. "Not all of our great abundance aging division and Iyengar has been of fruit has been used to good ad- proposed as head of the new branch, vantage. We must use wisely our He is spending about a year study- natural resources of food and then ing packaging in the U.S., Great we shall progress." Britian and Europe. Iyengar objects to the idea that India is becoming "westernized." "India has made a great progress toward self-sufficiency and modern ways of living. It is not an imitation is practically our national fruit." Iyengar pointed out other similarities of thc two countries, and how pleasant it was for him to find it so. "The customs and manners are yours and mine. There is not much of formality. Thc Indians like thc Americans, are very free." of the West. "And when people say that 'millions are starving in India,' they have the wrong idea. If there have heen people starving, it is not from lark of food, but from lack of nutrition. "India is striving mightily—and with success—to increase the nutritional standards." Deadlines Set For Veterans World War II veterans have one year from July 25 to complete GI training and two years to apply for GI loans, according to V. S. Parker, manager of the Miami VA office. July 25, 1956, marks the end of the education program for most World War II veterans now in training under the original GI bill. Training payments to schools and veterans will stop on that date even Williams Returns From Middle East Dr. H. Franklin Williams, vice president of UM, will be welcomed home next Thursday at a reception at San Sehastian Residence Hall. Dr. Williams recently returned from a tour of the Middle East. "There was no hostility towards us, but in the Arabian countries there seemed to be a feeling of resentment toward the U.S. because they feel that we have sponsored Israel and given them aid." said Dr Williams. The vice president and his wife toured Egypt. Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Greece and Italy with I group of 24 Americans to study economic conditions. The tour, spon- j^ Tge ■ • sored by the A- ^A*^v%*__f' merican Christian- _________ '^IPBfcfc 'e.l. line Commit- ^■"^■™ ^r^m*m*lvc, lasted from Dr. Williams june n to Aug. 1. Ministers, journalists, university officials, club women and a public relations man made up thc group of 24. Purpose of the five-week study tour was to bring up-to-date information from the Middle East to this country. Aside from discussions and interviews with officials of the various countries, Dr. and Mrs. Williams visited a UM student living in Bethlehem, attended a Greek play in the ancient theater of Herodes At- ticus, and made several sightseeing tours. They also made a short trip on camel to the pyramids in Egypt, and took part in many other special sightseeing tours through the eight nations. ♦ How to read the weather by radar will be taught Meteorologists, flight supervisors and pilots in a 12-week course offered by the UM Evening Division starting in October. The course will be on a regular basis for the first lime in the United States, according to UM officials. Labeled Oceanography — A-461 — Radar Meteorology, the course will be taught jointly by two top author- Iitiea in the field: Rear Admiral Wil- 1,'in I. Freseman, U.S.N, (retired). I who is director of the university's radar research laboratory, and Homer W. Hiser, radar meteorologist, I formerly of the University of Chicago, who has conducted weather re- eardl in many parts of the world. Freseman, an electrical engineer, will t<acli thc fundamental prin- t'ples of radar, and Hiser will I'ivc practical instruction in the determination, use and timilations of radar meteorology. The course will include sessions i in the UM radar laboratory in the tower of the Merrick building. There I hey will be familiarized with the powerful radar equipment—it! operation. Interpretation of images on | the scope, automatic photographing ol radar patterns. Weather data picked up by this laboratory is daily ommunicated to the Weather Bu- I reau here and to airline operators I of this area. During periods of hur- | ricane "alert", this station is manned 124 hours a day by Admiral Freseman and his staff. Prof. Hiser said that the prereq- ! graduate of Washington University I uisite for students admitted to the iin,i u of Illinois, where he received [ course is the University's Geography ,lis Ms-. hc was assistant in typhoon 211 course in meteorology or the research of the U. of Chicago on I equivalent of meteorological instruc- Midway island, did radar weather J tion in pilots' ground training. The "(search for the Illinois Water Sur- iourse will carry three academic *— project and has been a weather credits. It will be taught Tuesday forecaster for the Navy, and Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for 12 weeks jbq Committee Meets It is anticipated there will be about The Constitution committee met ■30 in the class. Prof Hiser said that Wednesday night, according to many commercial pilots are inter- Charles Liebman, chairman, ested in the course, because many Plans were made for revising the airlines arc now equipping their SBG constitution. A committee is planes with radar for scanning also working on revisions of the Weather or land obstacles ahead. election rules, said Liebman Homer W. Hiser The radar meteorology course will he part of Embry-Riddlc's liusiness pilot course, in which I'M cooperates through its Aviation Administration curriculum of the school of business administration. Professor Hiser joined UM on March 1, as assistant research professor with the Marine lab. A Iyengar speaks excellent English though a veteran may still have un- and is a Fellow of the Royal Insti tute of Chemistry in England. He has a bachelor's and a master's degree in science from Central college in Bangalore, and is an associate of the Indian Institute of Science in the same city. used training entitlement or be in the middle of a course. The loan program has two more years to run, coming to nn end for practically all World War II veterans July 25, 1957. The ex-Gl's exempted from these He has been in England for four two deadlines are those who enlist- months before coming to this coun- ed or re.eniisted under the Arraed try for study. In September he will Forces voluntary recruitment act return to England and then travel between Qct. 6, 1945, and Oct. 5, 1946. These veterans have nine years from the end of their enlistment or re-enlistment to finish training and ten years to apply for GI loans. More than 90 per cent of the loans were for the purchase of homes. - I Business loans totalled 220,000 and , 'Seventeen' Next At Ring | farm loans numbered 67,000. The Ring Theater will open its' More than half of all men who fall season with the presentation of served in World War II received "Seventeen," a musical version of some sort of education or training the novel by Booth Tarkington. under the GI Bill since 1944. Fred Koch, chairman of the Drama Only about 138,000 World War II department, is tentatively slated as veterans are still in training under I director. the original bill. "Thc University of Miami is a grand, wonderful and palatial university," Iyengar said. He thumbed through his diary and read an entry' about the campus buildings: AT HOME in their new offices in the Ashe Memorial Building arc Veteran's Business oHire personnel, front tn rear, Lucile Faul. Alice Brower and Eleanor Palmer. The new offices, on thc ground floor of thc Photo by Glann Ashe Building, provide modem facilities for thc busy department. Formerly, the Veteran's Business offices were located on the second floor of thc Administration building.
Object Description
Title | Miami Hurricane, July 29, 1955 |
Subject |
University of Miami -- Students -- Newspapers College student newspapers and periodicals -- Florida |
Genre | Newspapers |
Publisher | University of Miami |
Date | 1955-07-29 |
Coverage Temporal | 1950-1959 |
Coverage Spatial | Coral Gables (Fla.) |
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Language | eng |
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Collection Title | The Miami Hurricane |
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Miami
Hurricane
Volume XXX
I niversity ov Miwii, Corai. (Jabi.es, Fi.*.. Ji iv 2*>. I«r>.r>
No. SQ
Top Radar Authorities To Teach
New Meteorology Course At UM
'Ihey are simple, yet so nice to
see."
Photo by Schulk*
EXAMINING POTATOES processed al South Campus tropical food
laboratory is N. V. R. Iyengar, left, food scientist from Mysore, India,
who is spending two weeks here studying tropical foods. Dr. Arthur
Stahl. laboratory director, shows thc visitor some of the latest products.
Indian Scientist Visits Campus
For 2-Week Research Program
A scientist from the other side of the world has found a
great similarity between Miami and his homeland, India.
N. V. R. Iyengar is touring the U.S. on a fellowship of the
Food and Agriculture organization-f
of the United Nations. He has been
at the University's South Campus
for two weeks studying tropical Iyengar reports he has learned
foods with Dr. Arthur Stahl, director quite a bit about packaging from
of the tropical food research labo- the South Campus laboratories,
ratory. "Wc do not have frozen foods in
"When I see the coconut palm, the lndiH yet," he said. "The refrigera-
inango and guava trees, I am re- tion industry is still in its infancy,
minded of India," Iyengar said. "Al- Electricity is available in almost all
so the sapote, lychee and avocado the towns, but is used at the present
are very popular and the papaya only for lighting and fans."
For cooking, the Indians use fuel
such as charcoal and coke. Bombay
is the only city in India with a gas
generating plant, and therefore the
j only city using gas to cook.
At the Central Institute, Iyengar
said, there has been much work done
on canning of tropical fruits. They
have also made mango into a pow-
Hc is the Scientific officer in the der which is use°" f°r making mango
Central Food Technological Research Juice'
Institute in Mysore, India. This lab- Iyengar looks toward food research
oratory is set up by the government as an aid in India's great drive to-
of India and is responsible for re- ward progress, increased health
search in food processing and pro- standards and self-sufficiency,
duction of new foods. "India is a huge country," Iyengar
The institute is setting up a pack- "-aid. "Not all of our great abundance
aging division and Iyengar has been of fruit has been used to good ad-
proposed as head of the new branch, vantage. We must use wisely our
He is spending about a year study- natural resources of food and then
ing packaging in the U.S., Great we shall progress."
Britian and Europe.
Iyengar objects to the idea that
India is becoming "westernized."
"India has made a great progress
toward self-sufficiency and modern
ways of living. It is not an imitation
is practically our national fruit."
Iyengar pointed out other similarities of thc two countries, and
how pleasant it was for him to
find it so. "The customs and manners are yours and mine. There
is not much of formality. Thc
Indians like thc Americans, are
very free."
of the West.
"And when people say that 'millions are starving in India,' they
have the wrong idea. If there have
heen people starving, it is not from
lark of food, but from lack of nutrition.
"India is striving mightily—and
with success—to increase the nutritional standards."
Deadlines Set
For Veterans
World War II veterans have one
year from July 25 to complete GI
training and two years to apply for
GI loans, according to V. S. Parker,
manager of the Miami VA office.
July 25, 1956, marks the end of
the education program for most
World War II veterans now in training under the original GI bill.
Training payments to schools and
veterans will stop on that date even
Williams Returns
From Middle East
Dr. H. Franklin Williams, vice
president of UM, will be welcomed
home next Thursday at a reception
at San Sehastian Residence Hall. Dr.
Williams recently returned from a
tour of the Middle East.
"There was no hostility towards
us, but in the Arabian countries
there seemed to be a feeling of resentment toward the U.S. because
they feel that we have sponsored
Israel and given them aid." said Dr
Williams.
The vice president and his wife
toured Egypt. Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Greece and
Italy with I group
of 24 Americans
to study economic
conditions.
The tour, spon-
j^ Tge ■ • sored by the A-
^A*^v%*__f' merican Christian-
_________ '^IPBfcfc 'e.l. line Commit-
^■"^■™ ^r^m*m*lvc, lasted from
Dr. Williams june n to Aug. 1.
Ministers, journalists, university
officials, club women and a public
relations man made up thc group
of 24.
Purpose of the five-week study
tour was to bring up-to-date information from the Middle East to this
country.
Aside from discussions and interviews with officials of the various
countries, Dr. and Mrs. Williams
visited a UM student living in Bethlehem, attended a Greek play in
the ancient theater of Herodes At-
ticus, and made several sightseeing
tours.
They also made a short trip on
camel to the pyramids in Egypt, and
took part in many other special
sightseeing tours through the eight
nations.
♦ How to read the weather by radar will be taught Meteorologists, flight supervisors and pilots in a 12-week course offered
by the UM Evening Division starting in October.
The course will be on a regular
basis for the first lime in the United
States, according to UM officials.
Labeled Oceanography — A-461 —
Radar Meteorology, the course will
be taught jointly by two top author-
Iitiea in the field: Rear Admiral Wil-
1,'in I. Freseman, U.S.N, (retired).
I who is director of the university's
radar research laboratory, and Homer W. Hiser, radar meteorologist,
I formerly of the University of Chicago, who has conducted weather re-
eardl in many parts of the world.
Freseman, an electrical engineer,
will t |
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