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By ARTHUR EDSON
Associated Press Correspondent
WASHINGTON -- Once again
this country appears to have been
bested in the propaganda war.
Remember all the publicity mile-
age the Soviet Union got out of
their Sputnik dog? How we had
pictures of her in full uniform?
How she barked over the radio,
in advance, apparently to show
tow happy she was at this chance
to push Soviet science forward?
Well, the Air Force has sent its
mouse into the air. And by con-
trast our heroes have been as
secretive as, say, mice. We didn't
get so much as a squeak.
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A veteran Pentagon reporter,
who has sniffed out many an im-
portant story, says of the great
mouse hunt: "It was like pulling
teeth all the way."
Why, for heaven's sake? After
all, the mouse climbed into a Thor-
Able rocket and had a fast, 12,000-+
mile trip. That's pretty good for a
mouse.
Disguised as an elderly but still
active tom cat, this reporter has
been pussyfooting on the mouse
detail today, and it's easy to spot
the trouble.
You call up the Air Force, and
all you can think of to say is: "I
would like to speak to the headi
mouser."
From there on, things tend to
disintegrate.
Mouse Seems Funny
A mouse may be scigntifical1y
as important as a dog. Certainly
it must love its life just as much.
But probably the Air Force would
have been better off if it had
chosen some other beastie for its
great experiment. A mouse seems
inherently funny.
Maybe the generals should have
played it for laughs. Instead of
announcing that the nose cone
could not be found, they could
have paraphrased themselves and
said: "One of our mice is missing."
But let's move on to the few
facts available.
The Air Force does not have a
large mousery. No need to write
in, Mother, with the protests, "I
did not raise my son to be a
mouse farmer."
Los Angeles Born
"We need torrethink and re-
double our efforts to present a
more effective arithmetic pro-
gram for the bright elementary
youngster," L. Glenn Ludlow, pro-
fessor of education and director
of the University's bureau of ap-
pointments and occupational in-
formation, said at the 29th annual
summer Education Conference
yesterday.
Prof. Joseph N. Payne of the
University also spoke on the accel-
eration of the bright students in
mathematics.
Prof. Ludlow spoke on "Arith-
metic for Future Euclids." "Our
elementary teachers provide the
foundation for all later success in
the field of numbers. It is in their
classrooms that pupils are being
motivated to become future Eu-
clids," he said.
Wide Achievement Range
Prof. Ludlow emphasized the
range of achievement found in
most elementary school arithmetic'
classes. "You find from three to
five years difference in arithmetic
achievement in any elementary
grade. The teacher, therefore, must
cope with a wide range of indi-
vidual differences." Prof. Ludlow
continued.
Prof. Ludlow discussed three
basic ways in which the elemen-
tary teacher can handle these vari-
ations in quantitative ability, es-
pecially for the brighter children:
grouping students with learning
materials according to abilities,
acceleration and enrichment cen-
tered in an informal learning situ-
ation.
"Very bright mathematics stu-
dents benefit from moderate ac-
celeration of their classroom
work," said Prof. Joseph Payne.
Prof. Payne said this acceleration
could best be achieved in classes
with modified content and teach-
ing methods, especially designed
for gifted students.
Made Recommendations
Prof. Payne made several recom-
mendations for teachers of bright
mathematics pupils: 1) Teachers
should encourage and expect
greater depth of thinking from the
bright pupils; 2) The class should
stimulate and encourage curiosity;
3) Bright pupils are able to take
more responsibility for their work
than average or below-average
pupils.
Teachers should encourage this
in the {individual. 4) The teacher
should foster an attitude of want-
ing to learn; 5) At least part of the
discussion in a mathematics class
for bright pupils should revolve
around the more subtle ideas and
the unusual observations of the
pupils.
A new scientifically-oriented
curriculum in aeronautical engi-
neering was announced by the
University of Detroit recently.
The program, which has taken
over a year to develop, features:
1) A fundamental core of cour-
ses in the humanities, science and
mathematics and engineering sci-
ences. This is followed by a series
of specialized courses in aerody-
namics, aeronautical. structures
and propulsion systems.
2) Definitive and pre-planned
integration of all courses in the
curriculum, with such control fea-
tures as a course in engineering
analysis drawing its subject mat-
ter and projects from many other
courses.
3) Students may continue with
this regular aeronautical engineer-
ing curriculum when they enter
the third year of studies or may
enroll for alternate programs
stressing either science or mathe-
matics.
Development Expands
,In announcing the new curric-
ulum which begins next fall, John
J. Uicker, acting dean of the Uni-
versity of Detroit's College of En-
gineering, noted that "for the past
decade it has been increasingly
apparent that our technological
development is rapidly becoming
more and more complicated."
"This is causing among engi-
neers an acceleration in emphasis
away from the old emperical 'cut
and try' approach toward a much
more rigid and exacting scientific
analysis and synthesis to obtaini
solutions to their problems, he
noted.
"Engineers must be more broadly+
and thoroughly trained in the+
basic sciences and engineering sci-
ences. While this trend is being
felt throughout the profession it is
most acute in the aeronautical
field, Dean Uicker continued,
"Our new curriculum will Im-
part a much broader and deeper,
knowledge of the basic sciences of
mathematics and physics as well
as a more scientific treatment of
the engineering subjects," he said.
Other Professors Teach
Prof. Kenneth E. Smith, chair-
man of the aeronautical engineer-
ing department, pointed out that
in addition to his own depart-
mental faculty, professors from
chemistry, physics, mathematics
and other departments of the Col-
lege tof Arts and Sciences will
teach many of the new courses.
These faculty members partici-
pated in the year-long study lead-
ing up to this new curriculum.
Prof. Smith said that the new
curriculum "will provide a signi-
ficant challenge for superior and
gifted students. This will require
more careful selection of students
admitted to the program."
"The aeronautical engineering
industry, too," he continued, "is
seeking the superior and the gifted
engineer. Aeronautical engineers
today must design equipment and
machinery for use two, three or1
five years from now.
"Universities, however, must
educate aeronautical engineers to
cope with rapidly advancing tech-j
nology 10, 15 or 20 years from;
now.
Stress Core Subjects
"We have placed much stress on
the basic core subjects, with less'
emphasis than before on design
and application-type problems,"
Smith commented. "We will, in
this new program, produce aero-
nautical engineers who are mathe-
matics majors, and science majors
who are aeronautical engineers."
Prof. Smith listed the following
additional objectives of the pro-
gram:
1) To prepare the student for
independent study and self-im-
provement by emphasizing the de-'
velopment of intellectual power.
2) To provide a signicant chal-
lenge for gifted and ambitious stu-
dents by the careful integration
of subject matter with emphasis
on the scientific and analytical
approach to engineering problems.
3) To provide a firi basis for
high level graduate study in aero-
nautical engineering, physics, or
mathematics.
4) To provide, insofar as pos-
sible, the basic philosophical prin-
ciples for professionally creditable,
Christian gentlemen.
Gives Foundation
"The new program," Prof. Smith
concluded, "will give the areonau-
tical graduates an especially firm
foundation for a career in ad-
vanced problems associated with
the research or design of high
speed aircraft, missiles and space
vehicles."
The arrangement of courses,
Dean Uicker pointed out, is in
keeping with the recommendations
for a scientically oriented curricu-
lum as proposed by the committee
on evaluation of engineering edu-
cation of the American Society for
Engineering Education.
Students in the College of Engi-
neering at the University of De-
troit attend classes on a regular
full-time schedule for their first
two years. For the last three years
they alternate three month periods
of on-campus study and off-cam-
pus supervised training in indus-
try,
Established in 1921
Prof. Smith noted that under
the new program this industrial
training will play a more impor-
tant role. "The students will pick
up many of the practical applica-
tions previously included in their
campus studies," he explained.
The aeronautical engineering
department was established at the
University of Detroit in 1921 and
at present has an enrollment of
196 students. A total of 1562 stu-
dents are enrolled in all depart-
ments of the College of Engineer-
ing.
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Drop in Oils
NEW YORK (M)-The pro-Nas-,
ser coup in oil-rich Iraq drove,
down oil shares yesterday and was
the major factor in the stock
market's sharpest break of this
year.
An estimated $2,800,000,000 was
clipped from the quoted value of
stocks listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, based on tIre fall
in The Associated Press average.
Oils with resources in Iraq and
elsewhere in the Middle East were
hit hard. Western hemisphere oils
actually rose for a while but some
of these erased gains Wand showed
slight losses as most stocks de-
clined in a latae sinking spell.
The big international oil issues
dominated the list of most active
stocks.
United States government bonds
dropped sharply in quiet trading
yesterday as a result of the pro-
Nasser coup in Iraq. Lasses ranged
out to 1 points among some of
the recent issues.
Prof. Else Asked
To Join in Study
Prof. Gerald F. Else,,chairman
of the classical studies department
has been asked by the Council of
Basic Education to participate in
a study of basic curriculums,
through a grant from the Reim
Foundation of Ann Arbor.
The grant provides up to $34,000
to be used in the study, which will.
be undertaken by several educa-
tors, scholars and lay persons, in
addition to Prof. Else.
The first phase of the study will,
be the production of a handbook,
defining academic standards in
basic studies such as English, his-
tory, foreign languages and math-
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No one seems sure how it got
to Florida. Were special planes
sent out for the momentous jour-
ney?
It was a female albino, in ex-
cellent health and spirits.
It spent 72 hours getting condi-
tioned for the pressurized atmos-
phere.
For its historic trip into outer
space, it was put' into a little
mouse hammock.
Heartbeat Heard
Its heartbeat, heard for 22 min-
utes after blastoff, was recorded
by electrodes attached to its back.
While it lasted, few mice ever
had it so good. Five to 10 times as
much food and water were avail-
able as the most greedy mouse
would need.
On belated thought, a mouse
might be ideal as the first visitor
to the moon.
What a picnic it would have if
it turned out, as s6 many of us
suspect, the moon really is made
of green cheese.
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