Veritas, Vol. 01, No. 04, October 17, 1960

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EXECUTIVE NOTICE—In the interest of insuring a sound basis for budget projection and for proper staffing and management of the University, all deans, department chairmen and administrative officers are requested to obtain approval by the Vice President and Dean of Faculties and by the Executive Vice President prior to making appointments at the rank of assistant professor or higher. Adds the Executive Vice President: “I would be grateful for the opportunity to visit with the individuals who are being interviewed for these positions before they are appointed." The same request is made with regard to all proposed terminations of appointments or other changes in the status of professional personnel.
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WITHHOLD BUDGET CHANGES—The Budget committee asks that all requests for budget changes in the present fiscal period be withheld 'until after January 1. Only changes of an extremely critical nature will be approved between now and January 1. During the latter part of January the committee will review requests for changes during the last half of the fiscal year.
CIVIL ENGINEERING APPROVED—President Pearson and Dean Weyher last week, received formal notifi-cation from the Engineer1s Council for Professional Development, national accrediting body for schools of engineering, that the Council has approved the Civil Engineering Department of the UM School of Engineering. Thé ECPD inspected engineering facilities and curricula last May.
Dr. Murray I. Mantell is chairman of the Civil Engineering Department. All departments of the School of Engineering are included in the overall accrediting of UM by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.	_J4_
jRK THROUGH DEANS—Faculty members (except of Medical School) interested in obtaining research grants or contracts are requested to confer with Dean Walker, of the Division of Research and Industry, Room 208 B, McArthur Engineering Building. Medical School faculty will please confer with Dean Marsh.	^	^
FACT INTO FICTION—So renowned has become the work of Dr. Edward Larson, professor of zoology, and Dr. Julia.F. Morton, director of the Morton Collectanea, in their study of toxic plants, that the two scientists appear twice in a fictional detective story in the current(November) issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. In his novelette "The Faces of Danger," Author Rufus King first has Detective Stuff Driscoll, in trying to solve a murder, ask the medical examiner if the strangling cord had been in contact with vegetation. Replies the examiner: "Could be. We're calling in some outside help from the University of Miami - Dr. Larson of the Metrical Research Unit. We're also getting in touch with Mrs. Julia Morton of the Morton Collectanea." Later on, Detective Stuff quotes from "Principal Toxic Plants," an article prepared by Larson and Dr. Morton. Who says the flower of fame does not blossom in mysterious places?
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OUR OWN SPACEMAN—On November 1, Donald C. Bulat will join the UM administration as space and utilization analyst and supervisor of schedules. He will have his own space in the President's offices. His duties will include analysis of all UM space and how it is used and scheduled for use. His endeavors will be directed toward improvement of the use of space for instruction and research and provision of better office space. Mr. Bulat, 38, comes to UM with an impressive record of achievement. He holds a BS degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, an MS from Purdue. He has held responsible positions with Cummins Diesel Engine, the Datamatic division of Minneapolis-Honeywell and the Ford Motor Company.
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AS OTHERS SEE US—"The University of Miami stands as one of the cosmopolitan centers of Florida. 1 ugures for the past year show that of 9120 day students,	were from outside the Miami area.
Of these, it was noted, i4i4.l1. were from New England, with Massachusetts the home state of 2I4.3 young men and young women. The university is an independent, non-denominational and coeducational institution that has risen to a place of national accreditation in the 35 years of its existence—"Madeline B. Wright, "Campus Circuit" column in the Springfield, Mass. Republican.