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Show Happenings at . . . Honored . . . Miami - Dr. Kenneth B. Castleton, dean of the College of Medicine, and Vernon L. Hams, administrator of the University Hospital, are attending meetings of, the Association of American Medical Colleges. The meetings, which continue through Wednesday, are focusing on the "Teaching Hospital-Medical School Relationship." Las Vegas - Dr. C. Gregory Crampton, professor of history, this past week addressed the annual convention of the Colorado River Water Users Association. He spoke on the subject, "Man and the Colorado River." Chicago - Dr. Henry Eyring, dean of the Graduate School, will attend the Dec. 15 meetings of the Institute for Biomedical Research of the American Medical Association. Campus News Briefs . . . Arthur Imber, instructor in psychiatry, is designer and co-chairman of this year's Utah Designer Craftsmen exhibition which opened recently at the Salt Lake Art Center, 54 Finch Lane. According to Mr. Imber, the works of 40 artists are represented in the 170-piece collection being exhibited through Dec. 23. Mr. Imber, who taught art classes for a year at the U, said the exhibition includes works of pottery, jewelry, weaving, mosaics and sculptures. The exhibition is open 2-5 p.m. weekdays, 2-6 p.m. Sundays, and 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Need some mercury? Don't break the thermometer; call Bill Witbeck at the War Surplus office, Ext. 6634. He has a supply of bulk mercury. Fulbright Facts . . . Faculty members interested in summer Fulbright awards to France, Egypt or India, or in N A T O fellowships, are invited to submit their application before Dec. 20. The forms can be obtained from the Committee on International Exchange of Persons, Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C. 20418. Brief descriptions of the awards are available in the office of the Fulbright adviser, Dr. Jack Garlington, 316 OSH. The Fulbright Committee has also released a list of full-year positions open to faculty members interested in going abroad for periods beginning in March, June or September, 1965. Lectureships are available in a wide variety of fields: American and English literature, anthropology, architecture, biology and agriculture, chemistry, economics, education, engineering, history, journalism, law, library science, psychology, sociology and the teaching of English as a foreign language. Openings are announced for Ireland, India, the Middle East, the Far East, Latin America and South Africa. For details, contact Dr. Garlington. Dr. Emil L. Smith, for 17 years a member of the faculty of the College of Medicine, this past week was named recipient of the Utah Award of the American Chemical Society. Since 1963 he has been professor and chairman of the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of California School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Samuel D. Thurman, dean of the College of Law, will present an address Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the Jewish Community Center, 2416 East 17th South. Topic of the 8:15 p.m. address will be "The Present Supreme Court and The Bill of Rights." Dean Thurman's presentation is being co-sponsored by the Utah affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Utah Citizens Organization for Civil Rights. Traveling to . . . Chicago - Dr. Kenneth B. Castleton, dean of the College of Medicine, who is a member of the American Medical Association's seven-man Commission on Medical Practice, Monday will participate in a meeting of the commission. The A M A established the commission to analyze the adequacy of medical practice in the U.S. Mexico City - Drs. Webster S. S. Jee and David L. Berliner, associate professors of anatomy, delivered papers this past week at a meeting on "Recent Events in Endocrinology." Sacramento - Dr. George Hill, professor and head of the Department of Fuels Engineering, was named a member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America at a recent regional meeting. Dr. Hill also is a member of the Executive Committee of the Region XII Executive Board. Admiral to Visit . . . Rear Admiral R. M. Ward, Chief of the Naval Reserve Training Command, Omaha, Wednesday will visit the Department of Naval Science. The admiral, who Will also inspect Naval and Marine reserve training centers at Ft. Douglas, Ogden and Provo during his visit to the State, will address the N R O T C midshipmen at Spencer Hall Auditorium at 3:30 p.m. Two translators this past week were put into operation by the University's educational television outlet, KUED-TV, Channel 7. They are the first of 18 primary translators that when completed will carry an ETV signal to all Utah schools and reach an estimated 99 per cent of the State's population. Ford Ridge in Carbon County and Orangeville in Emery County are the first translators on the air. The 18 primary translators are being built with a grant from the Department of Health Education, and Welfare and the counties will build an additional 50. Dr. Keith M. Engar, director of Radio and Television Services, said the next translator to be constructed will be Tabiona, completing the backbone system to all of Eastern Utah. |