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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FACULTY POSITIONS: Band Fund
Regents Make Four Appointments Established
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f Russian
There are 2,500 Russian stu-
dents learning English for every
American student learning Rus-
sian, according to Prof. Deming
B. Brown, chairman of the De-
partment of Slavic Languages and
Literatures.
Although "American interest in
Russian is . . . reawakening,"
Prof. Brown noted that 60 per
cent of Russian college students
not only read English, but have a
speaking ability in it. "Russians
start a foreign language in the
fifth grade and continue six years
of it before entering college," he
said.
After what Prof. Brown called
a "frantic unhealthy boom" in the
study of Russian during World
War II, "the growth is beginning
again . . . and including the Slavic
languages such as Polish, Yugo-
slavian and Czech.
"This growth is beginning- to
show in the high schools," Prof.
Brown said. "They are offering
study of Russian to juniors and
seniors."
The University is offering an
eight-week course in Russian dur-
ing the summer session, designed
primarily for high school and
junior college teachers. The sum-
mer program will also include a
survey course on Soviet land, peo-
ple, history, government and econ-
omv.
The Regents approved four ap-
pointments to the faculty of the
literary college at their June
meeting.
Prof. Margaret A. Judson, chair-
man of the history and political
science department of Douglass
College, Rutgers University, was
appointed Alice Freeman Palmer
professor of history at the Uni-
EMC To Ask
More Exams
Eastern Michigan College will
r e q'u i r e entrance examinations
next year from all high school
seniors with less than a B aver-.
age, according to William C.
Lawrence, vice-president for stu-
dent affairs.
The present policy is accept-
ance of students with a minimum
B- average and recommendation
of the high school principal. This
policy will continue for students
entering in September, 1958 and
February, 1959.
Under the new program, which
will go into effect in September,
1959, entrance exams will also be
required of transfer students with
less than a C average in college.
A recent study has shown that
67 per cent of EMC students were
in the upper third of their high
school graduating classes. Eighty-
three per cent came from the top
half of theirThigh school class.
versity for the second semester of
the 1958-59 year.
Assar K. E. Lindback, assistant
professor of economics at the
University of Stockholm, was ap-
pointed visiting assistant profes-
sor for the first semester of the
next school year.
Thalia P. Howe of Brandeis Uni-
versity was appointed visiting pro-
fessor in the fine arts and classical
studies departments for the com-
ing year.
F. Rand Morton, assistant pro-
fessor of Spanish at the Univer-
sity of California, was appointed
assistant professor of Spanish for
a three-year term beginning in
September.
Prof. Judson has taught at the
women's college of New Jersey
since 1927. She was appointed a
full professor in 1948. She has
been chairman of the history and
politicsI science department there
since 1955.
Prof. Lindback has been on
le a v e from the University of
Stockholm for the past year. Last
fall he was at Yale University and
since then has been in residence
at Ann Arbor,. doing research on
monetary and fiscal theory and
policy.
Prof. Howe received her doc-
tor's degree from Columbia Uni-
versity and has taught at private
high schools and at Brandeis since
1957. Prof. Morton served as
teacher and director of courses for
the United States Information
Service in Mexico and Chile from
1947 to 1951.
Engine College
Begins Course
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Starting with
the Fall, 1959
term, an undergraduate program
in meteorology will be offered in
the engineering college.
Approved by the Regents at
their June meeting, the course will
lead to a Bachelor of Science in
Engineering degree.
Programs in meteorology leading
to the Master's of Science or Doc-
tor of Philosophy degrees are cur-
rently being offered through the
School of Graduate Studies.
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