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Dr. Miller answers questions at his fust press conference after being selected :as UL's next
presid~nt . With him are Acting President Ekstrom and Chainnan of the Board of Trustees,
Mr. Middleton.
CARDINAL
Vol. XLIV No. 21 Februc1ry 22, 1973
From nylons to NASA
Engineers' Day offered
a variety of exhibits
by RIA BOSCO
Feb. 18 and 19 the Speed Scientific
School presented its 42nd Annual Engineers'
Day, one of many similar events held across
the country this week. Engineers' Day con­sisted
of over 80 exhibits displayed by the
students and various industries and busi­nesses
in the area.
The projects ranged from computer chess
games to a display by the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad to demonstrate the use
of ultrasonic sound waves to detect defects
in rails.
· A nylon synthesis project was exhibited
by John Nolte and Don Hanks. By mixing
heramethylenendiamine and sebacoyl chlor­ide
together they were able to produce
nylon artificially.
Kenneth Wilding showed spectators how
activated carbon can remove water pollu­tants.
He explained that it is like secondary
water treatment. After the pollutants are
removed by the carbon the water is clean
enough to be inhabited by goldfish.
Another water pollution experiment was
done by Arch Hill and David Richards.
Their task was to compare ozone's role as a
disinfectant and its ability to remove color,
odor and taste from polluted water as
opposed to the traditional disinfectant meth­od
of chlorine. They concluded that" it was
perhaps more economical because of its
oxidations properties.
The NASA exhibit was composed of
models of the Apollo command and lunar
modules and pictures showing the flight
stages of the Saturn V from lift-off to
splash-down.
Some of the freshmen engineering stu­dents
designed and constructed a variety of
educational toys. The object of the toys is
to teach pre-schoolers numbers concepts.
Another ~isplay was a 16-foot model of
a cable-stayed bridge, which was designed
by Roger Btitt and John Schwer:i. A bridge
of this design could be construcited across
the Ohio River. They report that its materials
are cheaper and it is more economical to
build a suspension bridge.
On Sunday at l: 30 p.m. the exhibits were
preceded by an opening day ceremony. As
the ceremony began , Dr. Harry Saxe, Dean
of the Speed School, defined the object of
the program as a means to inform laymen
of the work that engineers and scientists are
doing. He went on to say that sclientists are
aware that many of our environmental
problems today were brought about by
themselves. But, he added that their task
now is to try and alleviate these problems.
Further emphasizing this point, Dr.
C~ol Witten, Acting Mayor of 1rhe city of
Louisville, stated that the Speed S~hool
helped greatly to bring about public recog­nition
of the city incinerator problem.
Witten added that he hoped to <mntinue
the city's relationship with UL cmd use their
knowledge and expertise to help with other
problems.
Mr. William Lewis, Chief Deputy Com-missioner
from the Department for Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection,
spoke next. According to him. <>ur present
stwdard of living (no matter hc•w imper­fect)
could not have been attai111ed without
the professional effort of thou11:mds of en­gineers
and scientists.
Congressman Romano Mazzoli concluded
the presentation by saying he h,oped that
scientists would try to humaniz,e technoloay
a little so that the public could better under­stand
"the highly technical age in which we
liv e. "
Perhaps Enameers' Day WIJ a step toward
this better understanding betwc:en science
and the public.
by GREG SEELIG
Dr. James Grier Miller was officially an­nounced
as the 16th President of the Uni­versity
of Louisville after the regular meeting
of the Board of Trustees. This official state­ment
was made by Mr. Edwin G. Middleton.
In hi opening comment~, Mr. Middleton
summarized the long and <..;areful search that
preceded today's announ ement . He also in­cluded
a note of praise for the interim ad­ministration
of Dr. William F. Ekstrom, and
explained that his leadership en a bled the
Search Committee to devote its time to
carefully reviewing the field of candidates.
With the words. "I thus happily and en­thusiastically
present to you the gentleman
who will in cfue course become the 16th
President of the UL." Mr. Middleton intro­duced
Dr. Miller to the press.
In his opening statements Dr. Miller ex­pressed
his gratitude toward the Board for all
of the recognition and consideration it has
shown to him, and praised the Search Com­mittee
for its hospitality to him and his wife.
Dr. Miller also stated that the thoroughness
of their activities would have made any
candidate "come into this position with a
form of support from the the university
that would not have been possible other­wise."
Although Dr. Miller admitted to being un­familiar
with the UL in the past , he said
that as he became familiar with our univer­sity
and "began to see the true strengths
that have been built up over a history of
J 75 years, he realized that this po it ion had
a great deal of attractiveness connected to
it.'' He also spoke of the role of the univer­sity
in the near future and it responsibilit:e
to the Louisville community. He talked of
Louisville as a c1ty that ''believes in its future
and is clearly moving forward in changing
the quality of the lives of its inhabitants."
In order for the univer ity to ke p apace
with its surroundings, it need the con1 muco
upport of local and state financing o it
can offer the programs that our local socJL'ty
needs.
During the press interview, Dr. Miller
explained his feeling on the need for cl e
connections between state government an
the academic communities aao our t ate
by saying that the fa t rate of growth :::nd
change necessitates well-established lines 1 i
communication. Other questions conccrne
the coordination of the state univer ity and
community college systems. comparative
salaries of profes ors at ULand UK, and the
need for the formation of a "master plan"
of the status of our university. To the e
questio ns, Dr. Miller said that a closer tie
between these two systems of higher educa­tion
was necessary and desirable, that he
was in favor of equal and equitable pay
rates for professors, and that such a "master
plan" was high on his list of priorities.
Dr. Miller stressed that academic and
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REPLAY
Kelly Walsh sees herself at the 1973 Engineers' Day.
(More phot.-phs on pege 9)