THE MICHIGAN DAILY ....SUNAD AILY OFFICIAL BULLETINI U Joins Plan To Revolutionize (Engineering Education in India (Continued from Page 1) Thne Daily Offical:Bulletin is an "offlcial' publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Roo 3564 Administration Building before 2 p.m. two days preceding publication. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Day Calendar 3:00, and 8:30 p.m.-Professional Thea- e Program Shakspeare Festival-Asso- iation of Producing Artists Resident mpany of the U-M in "A Midsummer Vght's Dream": Trueblood Aud. 4:15 p.m.-School of Music Student gcital of Wind Instrument Majors - me Hall Aud. 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.-Cinema Guild- iva Pinal, Fernando Ray, and Fran- sca Rabal in Bunuel's "Viridiana"; ort, Carole Lombard and Daphne 11ard in Sennett's "Match-Making ama": Architecture Aud. 8:30 p.m.-School of Music Degree Re- tal-Raymond Marchionni, pianist: Wne Hall Aud. General Notices Predoctoral Fellowships for the Sum- er Session, 1963, have been announced the Horace H. Rackham School of aduate Studies to make it possible r the recipients to continue their esis research without interruption. e appicant shall be registered in the race H. Rackham School of Grad udies in the second semester of the rrent year, and shall have bee ad- ltted to candidacy by his doctoral mmnittee by March 1. Applications are ailable at the Fellowship Office, Rm. 0. Rackham Bldg. Deadline for re- ipt of all materials is March 1. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has pnounced a program of fellowships for e academic year 1963-64 for improve- nt of the teaching of high school ience. These fellowships will be award- to applicants without teaching ex- rience who, as undregraduates, com- ete a major in science or mathemat- , or in the Teaching of Science, and 40 apply for :and are accepted for a. ater'sdegree at the Univ. of Mich. cipients must agree to enter and re- in in the teaching profession for a nvincing length of time. Applications e available in the Fellowship Office, m. 110, Rackham Bldg. Closing date receipt of all application materials March 1. Events Monday 12 noon-Faculty Seminar on Conflict solutions-Dr. John Paul and Dr. rome Laulicht, bth members of the nadian Peace Research Institute, "A rvey of Canadian Public Opinion to- trdForeign and Defense Policy":Kala- azoo Rm., Mich. League. :00 p.m.-Faculty Seminar on Arms mtrol and Disa nament-Dr. John ul, member of the Canadian Peace search Institute, "Conflict, Violence, d the Preventionof War: Theory and search": Mental Health Research In- Mute. :30 p.m.--Composers Forum: The mposers Forum is scheduled in Aud. Angell Hall, with student performers rol Jewell, violin; Stanley Hale, viola; rolyn Halik, cello; Janice Hupp, viola; ,ren Hill, flute; Uel Wade, piano; Ron- a Pepper, violin; Mary Jane Huse, 'lin, and Jane VanSteenkist, cello, rforming the works of David Andrew, shard Toensing, Olivier Messiaen, and vid Maves. Open to the public. :30 p.m.-School of Education-So- 1 Foundations Club presents Prof. I Lewis, College of Education, Univ.' Florida; who will speak on "Prob- as Facing Public Education in the uth." Rackham E. Conference Rm. blic invited. Placement MMER PLACEMENT: SAB- Camp Hilltop-A Mich. Coed camp will erview Mon. at Summer Placement. n & women counselors. amp Gulliver-A N.Y. Coed camp 1 interview Mon. .& Tues. at Sum- r Placement. Need Group Leaders, it Heads, Waterfront, Tennis, Nature ther';skills. North Star Camp for Boys, Wis-Will terview on Tues., Feb. 19 at Summer ement Positions open are for cab- counselors & instructors in archery, btography, riding, sailing, nature, nis & water skiing. Also a canoe trip Eder is'wanted. Summer Placement will be open from to 12 6ach morning & from 1:30 to 5 ry afternoon. LACEMENT INTERVIEWS, Bureau Appointments-Seniors & grad stu- its, please call Ext. 3544 for interview >ointments with the following: ES., FEB. 19--- eo Burnett, Inc.-June & Aug. grads. on only. Chicago. Seeking General eral Arts - esp. Econ., Poli. Sci., gl., Soc., Psych., Hist,. Journ., Philo., ech. Openings in Adv., Market Res., +rhandising, General Writing & >ywriting. BM-Men and women. June & Aug. da, Locations throughout U.S. Seek- Chem. majors, Physics grads and .th grads on all levels. Also Liberal s majors & Bus. Ad. majors with cial mention of Econ. & Astronomy ;ors. Openings in Res. & Dev., De- n, Sales, Prod., Systems Exgnrs. ng. by IBM). FOUNTAIN PENS all makes Sales & Service y Factory-trained men Mor ilS94 1 l4 S. State NO 5-9141 WED, FEB. 20- IBM-(see Tues.) Michigan Bell Tele. Co.-June & Aug. grads. Men and women. Seeking all BA and MA candidates for Mgmt. Dev Prog. No citizenship requirements. Jacobson's Stores, Inc.-June & Aug. grads. Men and women. Recruiting for 9 lower Mich. cities. Seeking degree in any field with special mention of Econ., Engl., Soc., Psych, and Journ. Openings: Adv., Mgmt. Trng, Mer- chandising, Office Mgmt., Personnel & Retailing. THURS., FEB. 21- Bureau of the Census-June & Aug. grads. Men and women. Location: Wash., D.C. Seeking: Majors in Econ., So., Psych and all levels of Math. Openings: Statistics (all levels) & Eco- nomists. U.S. Cit. required. Sodny Mobil Co-June & Aug. grads. Men. Location: U.S. & world-wide. U.S. Cit. required. Seeking: general Liberal Arts majors, esp. in Econ., Chem. (gen- eral) on both BS & MS levels Also Geology majors on MS & PhD levels. Openings: Economists, Territorial & Promotion Sales. FRI., FEB. 22- Procter & Gamble-Feb., June & Aug. grads. Men. All locations U.S. Seeking Liberal Arts majors, with special men- tion of Econ., Poll. S., Eng., Soc., Psych., Hist , Journ., Speech & Educ. Also Bus. Ad. majors. Openings: Mgmt. Trng, Sales-Territory & Promotion. No citizenship limitations. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co.-Feb., June & Aug.. grads. Men Locations: Detroit & others thru the USB. Seeking Liberal Arts grads. Open- ings: Life Insurance Agency Trainee. * * * Appointments must be made & can- celled by 4 p.m. of the day preceding the Interview. ENGNEERNG PLACEMENT INTER- VIEWS-Seniors & grad students, please sign interview schedule at 128-H West Engrg for interview appointment with the following: FEB. 20- Cooper-Bessemer Corp., Mt. Vernon, Ohio & Grove City, Pa.-BS-MS: IE & ME. Men & Women. R. & D., Des., Prod. & Sales. FEB. 20-22- Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., Aircraft Div. (Long Beach, Calif.), Charlotte (N.C.) Div.; Missile & Space Sys. Div. (Santa Monica, Calif.)-All Degrees: AE & Astro., CE, EE, EM & ME. Prof.: Applied Mech's. MS-PhD: ChE, Com- mun. St., Instrumentation, Met. & Nuclear. BS: E Math, E Physics & Sci. Engrg. Men & Women. $. & D., Des. & Test. General Dynamics Corp., Astronautics, San Diego; Convair, San Diego; Elec- tronics, N.Y.; Fort Worth, Texas; Po- mona, Calif.; Stromberg-Carlson, N.Y. -All ,Degrees: AB & Astro., BE, EM, Mat'ls, ME. Prof.: Applied Mech's. MS- PhD: CE, Commun. Sci., Instru., Met. & Nuclear. BS: E Math, E Physics & St, Engrg. Men & Women. R. & D., Engrg. Test & Field Engrg. FEB. 20-21- Standard Oil Co. of Calif., San Fran- cisco Bay Area & Los Angeles Basin & San Joaquin Valley-All Degrees: ChE & Math. BS-MS: BE, ME & Met. PhD: FM. Men & Women. R. & D., Process & Plant Des., Prod., Constru. Supv., Prog., Oil Field Engnrs. ORGANIZATION NOTICES USE OF THIS COLUMN for an- nouncements is available to officially recognized and registered organizations only. Organizations who are planning to be active for the Spring semester should register by Feb. 25. Forms available, 1011 Student ActivitiesBldg. * P * Congregational Disciples E & R Stu- dent Guild, Evening Relax & Rebel with Refreshments, Feb. 17, 8:30 p.m, 802 Monroe. 8* * Friends of SNCC,3 Organizational Meeting, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m., Union, Bm. 3C. All those interested in activi- ties for this semester are urged to at- tend. * 8 * Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Group, Supper, 6 p.m., Program about "Every Member Visitation," 6:45 p.m., Feb. 17, 1511 Wasthenaw. Graduate Outing Club, Hiking or To- bogganing, Feb. 17, 2 p.m., Rackham Bldg., Huron St. Entrance.' * * * Wesleyan Guild, Seminar, Feb. 17, 10:15 a.m., Pine Room; Meeting of Stu- dent Cabinet, Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m., Pine Room; Student World Day of Prayer, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m., Lutheran Student Center, Corner Forest & Hall; Open House, Feb. 18, 8-11 p.m., Jean Robe's Apt. 1 . 0 iQ , ~ pt1M0 ,O1 '! gP pp p P : . t - S: O } i v _, ]i f t f" is k . more on their own to build intel- lectual initiative and capacity for independent Work This means a steep cut in a 35-40 hour class schedule, good books for all and regularly assigned, collected and corrected homework. 2) In the laboratory, the usual emphasis on classic demonstration experiments must be shifted to solution of problems. The whole faculty will suggest the problems, which will necessarily change from year to year. Equipment must be adaptable to many uses. Reflecting an emphasis on a broad experimental-scientific ap- proach to engineering, Kelkar says IIT must "generate the realization students must observe nature closely if they are to solve im- portant . .. problems." 3) A broad humanities-social sciences program will explore the society whose technology and very structure the engineer is going to change. 4) To keep students working all the time, the program of regular exams and quizzes is necessary. Accustomed to intense, last-minute cramming for the cataclysmic yearly exam, the students will have to change their ways since every mark will count in the final reck- oning. In India, instructors are gen- erally not tru~ted to make up exams, administer them, correct them or grade their students, a British-introduced policy to main- tain standards and prevent aca- demic corruption. But the external exam has largely failed to do eith- er, and IIT staffers will handle their own testing. 5) With fewer lecture hours, the faculty will have more time for research and keeping their lectures up to date. They'll have to revise problems, change exams and pay attention to the student's individ- ual problems. The methods will at first be thus American-oriented; the course content will have to hew closer to Indian problems. There are enough of these to keep things in- teresting for a long time. National Exam Budding student engineer-revo- lutionists have found that it isn't any easier to get into IIT than it will be to get out. Last year, 25;000 high school students took a nation-wide exam in English, physics, math, chemistry and drawing to pick 1,400 freshmen for Kanpur and three sister insti- tutions. Most of the best Indian students these days are going into engi- neering or medicine, the best pay- ing careers. IIT Deputy Director M. S. Murthana says there's a "feeling" that Kanpur, too, is get- ting better students than most places. Starting between 16 and 18 years of age, all IIT students face a common three year program of prescribed engineering and science courses that will bring them to the level of American college sopho- mores. The Indian student takes longer because he does most shop- work and drawing than his Amer- ican counterpart, partly because, say, he never tinkered with a car of his own. Seller's Market After the pure science-oriented core program, there are two years of specialty before graduation into a seller's market in jobs. Concen- tration areas at present: chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical and metallurgical engineering. More engineering specialties and some pure science degrees are in the offing. On the non-academic side, In- dian colleges don't generally go in for American-style mass student activities, and IIT/Kanpur will al- so eschew this American idea. Its discipline will be much stricter, too. Men will be expected to be in their hostels by 10 p.m. "We want to get the boys to be regular," Murthana explains. He does not expect the endemic strikes and mass indiscipline char- acteristic of many Indian universi- ties, notably Calcutta where stu-. dents overturn tram cars rather regularly. Engineering students, Murthana says, have a specific ca- reer at stake; and constant eval- uation means they'll be better be-. haved because of constant study- ing. India Chips Student costs are about Rs. 150 per month (just over $30!), aver- age, Murthana says, for a big city college. The government of India chips in a healthy Rs. 4-5,000 for each student every year, too. About 25 per cent of IIT stu- dents will hold central government scholarships, 10 per cent based on placement on the entrance exams and the rest on "merit cum means." State governments also help their own residents at Kan- pur. The students will take a pro-i gram laid out by their Indian teachers with advice from the Americans, who are involved in everything from course and meth- ods development to planning lab- oratories and ordering the equip- ment. Gears Thoughts Prof. Chavarria-Aguilar's hu- manities-social sciences proposals NORMAL DRESS-Workmen wear loose shirts and pajamas, the flowing trousers of the Uttar Pradesh peasant. Rough wood scaffolding and all, brick mechanical engineering building goes up in the background. indicate just what the advisers are. doing. In his 20-page document, Prof. Chavarria gears his thinking closely to India needs and student requirements, though he still man- ages to table the humanist's tra- ditional and often plaintive appeal that liberal studies be considered valuable in themselves. Bowing to IIT's limited size and necessary limits on student's time for relevant non-technical studies -at best 20 per cent--Prof. Cha- varria says the program should offer work in fair depth in a few TEXT and PHOTOGRAPHS by PHILIP D. SHERMAN means modern science is conduct- ed within English thought pat- terns while the language of every day life remains, say, Hindi or Ta- mil. This inhibits "cross-cultural" contacts, setting up a societal schism mirrored in individuals. And it bars non-English speakers from modern knowledge. Linguistic skills will enable IIT's engineers to do their mite to bring native languages up to the point where they can bear both old and new. In the social sciences, Prof. Cha- varria wants a two - year (120 class hours) economics program. Though grounded on India's prob- lems and the natural shared inter- ests of economist and technologist, the program mustn't be tailored to the technical side of the curricu- lum only. It must be akroad study of modern economic knowledge. Pointing to the exigencies of a society rapidly changing, partially under the impetus of modern sci- ence, Prof. Chavarria similarly ar- gues for two years of sociology and anthropology. Historical Work The program is rounded out by two years of history and govern- ment. The former should stress "interpretation," an educational- ly-synthetic endeavor which draws its tools from all the humanities and social sciences. To justify this, Prof. Chavarria also broadly fol- lows the analytical "past explains the present" school of historians. A third value: historical work can help fill the one "virtual terra in- It was early decided no United States institution could provide all of these men. So the "consortium" was formed with non-profit Edu- cational Services, Inc., taking a United States government aid con- tract and, arranging for each of the participating. institutions to provide some of the faculty men. In addition to the University, ,the consortium includes Calif/ornia, Carnegie, Case and Massachusetts Institutes of Technology and Princeton, Purdue, Ohio State and California Universities. ('i'he consortium plan is an in- novation in itself; previously sin- gle United' States universities agreed to aid Indian organiza- tions.) Off Campus Duty ESI handles the paper work, and the institutions contract to provide the professors -- Profs. Chavarria and Kaldjian remain on the University payroll, assigned to "off campus duty" and working off time for their sabbaticals. The institutions also agree to train particular IT men and provide in- stitutional advice. Subject to a central government board of governors quite similar t6 the Regents, operations at Kan- pur are directed by Kelkar, with MIT Prof. Norman C. Dahl as pro- gram director of the "Kanpur In- do-American Program." Pr o f. Dahl's leadership reflects his school's prime position in the proj- ect. The men on the scene are in full control, and this is as Kelkar thinks it should be. The govern- ments, he says, are playing their "proper role" by not imposing "static ideas" and old procedures. IIT/Kanpur is trus free to con- coct its own educational explosives. HULKING U.S. AMBASSADOR-John Kenneth Galbraith views HIT bodel. Galbraith calls project "a unique experiment of edu- cational co-operation between India and America," adds that U.S. assistance "is in keeping with my conviction that any pro- ject having to do with the spread of education in India should receive the highest consideration." a s a s a s 1' c g n c 2: s a 0 C t. t O fields only. Some advanced teach- ing is also needed to attract top non-technical faculty men. English will necessarily loom largest in the program, and Prof. Chavarria's proposals plunge him right into one of India's major educational and political mael- stroms, the medium of instruction. IIT will teach in English-helpful in maintaining its all-India char- acter, but also absolutely neces- sary because no indigenous lan- guage can handle the vocabulary or precision of modern science. Beginning Course Though widespread, English is still a learned language in India, and many students aren't very good. Prof. Chavarria therefore suggests a first year English course limited to basic skills of reading, writing and speaking to develop a confident command of the lan- guage. This departs from the nor- mal practice of plunging barely- capable students into a whirl of Shakespeare, Shelley and Shaw. A progressively-specialized Eng- lish and Indian literature program should begin second year and go on through the end. Though strong on language skills, it must con- centrate on the values taught by the great works. Foreign language instruction in German, Russian or French is rec- omrnended "as soon as possible." Arguing on the basis of India's tv} A AUSTIN DIAMOND CORPORATION 1209 South U. 663-7151 k71 ... r ... 'r' : .: may" ":{iiF i'r: : 'i$$: :::