I TIM .MICIAIGAIN DAILY 11 41161'slitAv -tilt w 11%, t6aaF - __ - _ - _ -i- - _- _ - b I A A~auz,~J 'i x, oLX mG is"9 OT ALWAYS IN SCRIPT': Setting Carries Theme to Audience Start Study OnMentally Retarded The University is starting a study to assist Michigan's nearly 38,000 mentally retarded children. This month Prof. Warren A. Ketcham of the education de- partment and coordinator of Psy- chological Services will undertake a year's study of growth and de- velopment of mentally retarded children for the purpose of mak- ing them useful members of so- ciety. Punds amounting to $13,000 needed for conducting the study will be made available by the Un- iversity's budget for Utilization of Human Resources. It is believed that at least 35,000 of the state's mentally retarded children may become useful cit- izens, able to live independent lives socially and aconomically, if pro- vided with the right kind of edu- cational experiences. Presently Michigan operates four training schools which pro- vide institutional care for the re- tarded. Thirty-nine districts in Michigan maintain special grades for mentally retarded children. All facilities, however, are over- loaded and only about 20 per cent of the 38,000 mentally retarded in the state are receiving proper ed- ucational experience according to Prof. Ketcham. An insufficient amount of know- ledge is available regarding the learning process of mentally re- tarded children, he states. Other staff members of the School of Education who will as- sist in making the study will be: Prof. Irving H. Anderson, Prof. Byron O. Hughes, Prof. William C. Morse, and Prof. H. Glenn Lud- low. Mrs. Allen Biddle will serve as research associate on the project. SU' Launches Management Research The University has launched a $25,000 research study on manage- ment's relations with engineers and scientists. Organized by the University Bureau of Industrial Reations and financed by the University and 15 Michigan firms, the study 'will in- clude more than 400 interviews with scientists, engineers, supervis- ors, and executives. The field work will cover 10 com- panies with major research ac- tivities in Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Illinois. It is designed to uncover management policies and practices which encourage key per- sonnel to do their best work and enjoy a high level of job satisfac- tion. The Bureau expects to hold sev- eral seminar sessions on findings of the study, probably early in 1957, and will later publish re- sults in book form. Those cooperating in the re- search include Bureau director John W. Riegel, Prof. Lee Daniel- son, and research associates John Hbooven, William Read and Gor- don Bechtel. I .._... I I- i I a S 11 !' * SA #3 ; :; ' % ' MEN'S WASHABLE OXFORDS P:l ;: : :-i f $ il w and 3.88 * BLUE o CHARCOAL f NATURAL i r ....A\-IZ I TAf 2an i f I l_ _ _ - _ .. . _ . _ .