Veritas, Vol. 02, No. 13, December 18, 1961

              ERITAS
December 18, 1961       Office of Public Information      Vol. 2- No. 13
UM PICTURE SYMBOLIZES EDUCATION GOALS  An action photo of Associate Professor Blake King
teaching a UM engineering class- is frontispiece
for "Within Our Reach," final report of the Commission on Goals for Higher Education in
the South, created by the Southern Regional Education Board.  The report represents a
year's searching study of the needs and challenges of higher education in the 16 states
served by SREB, a state-supported agency.  The commission was headed by Colgate W. Darden,
Jr., former Virginia governor and former president of the University of Virginia, and
includes Atlanta Constitution Publisher Ralph McGill, honorary UM alumnus.
Printed in a handsome, 48 page brochure, "Within our Reach" has a first edition of
15,000 copies, which are being distributed to college presidents, trustees, state officials, legislators and others connected with or interested in higher education.  Five
major goals are listed, as follows: "1, to provide every individual with opportunities
for maximum development of his abilities; 2, to produce citizens responsive to the social,
economic and political needs of their time; 3, to achieve excellence in teaching, scholarship and research; 4, to accelerate the economic progress of the Southern region through
education and research; 5, to guide the region in solving social problems created by population changes, racial differences, urbanization and technological growth."
The UM frontispiece, taken by Flip Schulke, UM alumnus, for student literature being
produced by Wilson Hicks, was one of several sent by the PIO in response to a request from
SREB.  In discussing "Within Our Reach" at last week's annual meeting of the SREB public
relations committee in Atlanta, Dr. Winfred L. Godwin, SREB director, said to William S.
Howland, committee member, "That picture symbolizes the spirt of learning and teaching."
GHOST WALKS DEC. 20, 21   In good time for last minute shopping, paychecks will be distributed to faculty Wednesday, staff Thursday.  Yes.  Virginia,
there is a Santa Claus.
STUDENTS KICKOFF FUNDS DRIVE  Twenty-four hours before the Liberty Bowl game kickoff,
Bill Cornell, USG president, and Bill Frey, USG vice president, met with Philadelphia officials in the City Hall there to launch the USG campaign
to raise funds for a professorship chair.  The two student leaders mailed letters to some
9,500 parents of UM students, challenging them to match the $50,000 already raised by
students toward endowing the chair.
BRASS CHEERS HURRICANES AT PHILLY  Combining other university business with encouragement
for UM's footballers, top UM brass at the Liberty Bowl
was headed by Dr. Robert Johns, executive vice president.  Among others cheering and
freezing at Philly were Dean Inabnit, Admissions Director Reese, Spaceman Bulat, and
Developer Bohlen.
EARLY DEADLINE THIS WEEK  In order that Ole Santa Claus VERITAS can get down your chimney with the year-end issue before Christmas, deadline for
information for this issue will be 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at 248 Ashe Bldg.
SPEAKING OF FACULTY  Music Dean John Bitter, veteran of more than 2,000 UM Symphony Hour
programs with WVCG daily at 1 p.m., has launched a new 12-week
series of Saturday noon TV programs over WCKT entitled Miami Musician's Notebook, produced
by UM's RTF Dept. on videotape.  Emcee Bitter says it will include "Discussions, arguments
films, live music and general commentary on music in our daily life...Dr. Granville Fisher
and Ijourie Fisher, both of psychology, are exhibiting their recent paintings and sculpture at Granville Galleries, 3929 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 1-9 p.m. daily through Dec. 31....
Dr. William P. Dismukes, modern languages, will participate in the Regional Conference of
the National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards meeting at Miami
Beach Jan. 12-13...Dr. Reuben Y. Ellison, French, will attend the Modern Language Association convention at Chicago Dec. 27-30...Dr. Bryce Ryan, sociology, has been named chairman of the American Sociological Association's committee to administer the Asia Foundation
grant, which finances membership for Asian sociologists and supplements their travel to
the Assn. meetings...Prof. Karl Pond, French, will spend two weeks in the Virgin Islands
between semesters, surveying the teaching of foreign languages at the request of the
Commissioner of Education there...Dr. C. Harold King, history, is the author of an article
on George Whitefield in a collection entitled Historical Studies of Rhetoric and Rhetoricians published by Cornell University Press...Dr. Shasta M. Bryant, Spanish, has had an
article on "English Translations of Spanish Ballads" accepted for publication in Hispania,
journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portugese...Dean Mary B.
Merritt is the author of an article on alumni responsibility appearing in the October
issue of The Fraternity Month magazine...Vice President Tharp represented UM at the convocation held by Jacksonville University Dec.11 to celebrate its accreditation by the
Southern Assn. of Colleges and Secondary Schools. As president of the Florida Assn. of
Colleges and Universities, Dr. Tharp presented official greetings from that organization.