Veritas, Vol. 03, No. 27, April 8, 1963

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April 8, 1963
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMACI ON USlHflly. 3
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VONK ACCEPTS POST WITH	Dean Paul K. Vonk will leave the UM at the end of this academic
PRESBYTERIAN BOARD	year to become Secretary for Academic Affairs of The United Pres-
byterian Church's Board of Christian Education. The agency, with headquarters in Philadelphia, oversees the church’s relations with 45 colleges and its ministry on 155 university campuses. In accepting his resignation, "with sincere regret," President Henry King Stanford said: "Dr. Vonk will be missed by his students as well as his colleagues. He has brought a rare dedication to his role as educator."
BITTER TO CHANGE	John Bitter, Dean of the School of Music since 1951, has accepted a new
ROLES JUNE FIRST	assignment, effective June 1, when he will relinquish the responsibilities
of Dean and take on those of Assistant to the President and Lecturer in Humanities. In addition to his lecturing responsibilities, he will carry out specific assignments in development and promotion of the University. His successor, as yet unconfirmed, will be named later. In announcing the transition, President Stanford paid tribute to Dean Bitter’s role in the progress of the School, which during his tenure has seen a move from "temporary" wooden buildings to five handsome structures along the shore of the campus lake and to his contributions to music.
HONORARIES PICK Spring tappings by three of the University’s top honoraries added six SIX FROM FACULTY faculty members, 35 students and two distinguished graduates to their
rolls. Iron Arrow’s choices included Dr. William L. Halstead, English, Dr. Lester R. Wheeler, Reading Clinic director, Judge Milton J. Wallace (BBA cum laude ’56; LL.B *59)and Judge William Walsh, retired, a member of UM*s first Board of Regents. Dr. Lynn Bartlett, women’s residence co-ordinator, donned Nu Kappa Tau’s robes. Honored by Omicron Delta Kappa were Dr. Jose A. Balsiero, hispanic literature, Dr. William G. Heuson, chairman, finance, and Dr. Daniel Martin, general surgery. Iron Arrow and Nu Kappa Tau tapped a dozen students each, ODK added 11.
DON'T FORGET THOSE	Three significant deadlines face faculty members April 15--and your
APRIL 15 DEADLINES	income tax is just one of them. Dr. Tharp reminds you to return signed
faculty contracts. Those not received by that date will be taken as notice of withdrawal from UM in 1963-64...The third task is renewal of Symphony subscriptions for next season’s program of nine concerts; featuring artists who include Van Cliburn, Jan Peerce and Mme. Gina Bachauer. Renewals save up to 3j3 per cent on regular season rates.
Call Ext. 2220 or 2320.
FORTY STUDENTS	Two score students from a pair of sharply different climates are scheduled
PAY UM VISIT	for UM visits soon. Twenty Notre Dame students and two faculty will desert
snowy Indiana for an IMS-led field trip to the Florida Keys this week. The University of Honduras sends twenty new doctors for a week’s look at the Jackson Memorial Hospital intern program, April 17-21.
NEW PUBLICATION Twenty-six new, extended or renewed research grants are listed in the first LISTS GRANTS	issue of "Research Notes," emanating from Dr. Eugene Man’s Office of
Research Programming. The two-page publication also brings news from various research institutes and foundations^ Circulation is currently limited to graduate ^acuity, administrative council and others concerned with research. Anyone may join the s>st by calling Ext. 2359. Issues are planned every two months. Approximately 350 research projects are currently underway at UM with an average of 175 new grants arriving yearly, Dr. Man estimates.
SEN. MUNDT KEYNOTES	Ten authorities in personnel and labor relations join Sen. Karl E.
’MANPOWER’ CONFERENCE	Mundt (R.) of South Dakota at the ninth annual Personnel Conference
in Beaumont Lecture Hall this Thursday. Registration fee is $2 for students, $15 all others. The student fee does not include Sen. Mundt's keynote speech ($5.00 extra) at the Dupont Plaza Hotel that evening. Theme of the all-day affair, co-sponsored by UM and the Personnel Association of Greater Miami, is "Managing Your Manpower."
DEANS MOVE UP Two administrators will become associate deans effective June 1. They are:
Dr. Carroll V. Truss, now assistant dean, Graduate School; Mrs. Louise Mills, assistant dean, Dean of Women. Miss Martha McGee, now assistant to the Dean of Women, will
become assistant dean.
PIC GAINS Former Hurricane and Tempo editor Byron Scott, UM '61, government, has joined STAFFER the PI0 staff. An Iron Arrow man, former ODK president and one of the first
Honors Program members, Scott worked as a senior in PIO until lured by the green to The Miami Herald. He was political reporter for their Broward Bureau when lured back.
Scott will be calling on deans for news from their colleges and schools and will take over from Nedra McNamara the weekly task of putting VERITAS together. Now married, Scott plans to enter Graduate School in June for part-time work toward his Master’s in government.