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VOL.XXXVII,NO.ll UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, LOmSVILLE, KENTUCKY 40208 DECEMBER 10, 1965
UL To Lose 4 Faculty Members; '/Care' Program
Two To Become College Presidents Initiated By Senate
Wittig, ¥eager, Bentley, Potter Resign By Lynda Lane
Ending 17 years as head of
Speed School's mechanical engi­n
e e r i n g department, Professor
Carl Wittig will step down from
the position January 1.
Wittig will continue on the fac­ulty
as professor of mechanical
engineering and member of the
University of Louisville executive
committee on faculty goals.
Wittig, 63, came to this country
with his parents from Belgium
when he was eight years old. He
was educated at private schools in
America and received his engi­neering
education from Stevens
Institute of Technology, Hoboken,
N. J.
Started Teaching In Colorado
In 1929 Wittig entered teaching
as an instructor of mechanical
engineering at the Colorado School
of Mines. He advanced through
the teaching ranks to become head
of the mechanical engineering de­partment
of Catholic University,
Washington, D. C.-the only Luth­eran
on the school's faculty.
Wittig has combined consulting
work with his teaching and spent
a brief period as vice president of
a company producing fire exting­uishers.
He holds the patent on
the fire extinguisher, which is still
on the market.
During World War II Wittig
served as special assistant to the
administrator of the War Assets
Committee and was chief engi­neering
consultant to the War
production Board.
He has held a number of assis­tantships
in different corporations
as a consultant, and is a frequent
visitor to Federal and Jefferson
County Courts as an exper.t wit­ness.
Wittig is listed in Who's Who in
the World, Who's Who in Engi­neering,
American Men of Sci­ence,
Who's Who in Kentucky
and Leaders in American Science.
He holds professional licenses in
Kentucky, Illinois, Colorado and
Maryland.
With relief from his administra­tive
duties, the educator plans to
spend more time with his life­long
hobby of model railroading.
His collection has been featured
in several newspaper stories over
the years.
Wittig and his wife, Roselle,
live at 2610 McCoy Way. The Wit­tigs
have three children and five
grandchildren.
The poverty program will gain
a full-time worker through the
resignation of Dr. Harold Yeager
as professor of social anthropology
and chainnan of the Social Sci­ences
Division at the University
of Louisville.
In a letter of resignation, Dr.
Yeager disclosed his plans to apply
for the position of permanent ex­ecutive
director of the Louisville
and Jefferson County Community
Action Commission. He is now
acting director of the Commission.
UL president Philip Davidson
commented, "It is with greatest
reluctance that I am recommend­ing
to the University's Board of
Trustees that they accede to Dr.
Yeager's request. In his nine years
at the University Dr. Yeager has
made valuable contributions to
the University and to his stu­dents."
The professor stated in his let­ter
that he is giving up teaching.
"Should the Commission decide
that this contribution can best be
made locally, I will continue to
direct a program which I firmly
believe to be one of the outstand­ing
Community Action Programs
in the country. Should the Com­mission
select another candidate,
I will actively seek another posi­tion--
elsewhere in a local pro­gram
or in the national program,"
he said.
Dr. Yeager, 40, was granted a
leave of absence by UL Trustees
to serve as acting director of the
poverty program during the first
semester of the 1965-66 school
year. In 1963-1964 he received a
leave to work with Mobilization
for Youth, Inc., a New York City
youth project.
Dr. Yeager, 1722 Gresham Road,
ic; a graduate of Yale University,
wl'\ere he also received his Mas­ter's
and Doctor's degrees. He
joined the University's faculty in
1956.
WHO'S WHO'S WHO
Fred Bentley, assistant Gollege
dean here, has been named Presi­dent
of Mars Hill College in Mars
Hill, North Carolina.
Bentley, who has been at UL
since 1963, will succeed Dr. Hoyt
Blackwell next July 1. He will be
only the third president the Bap­tist
College has had since 1897.
A native of Roanoak, Virginia,
Dr. Bentley studied at Mars Hill,
receiving his AB in music from
Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
In 1960, he received a master's
degree in religious education from
Southern Baptist Theological Sem­inary
and two years later received
a Ph.D. from Indiana University.
Before coming to UL, Bentley
was on the faculty of Indiana Uni­versity,
serving as educational ad­visor
to the university's interna­tional
contract program.
A University of Louisville pro­fessor
has been named president
of Northrop Institute of Technolo­gy,
Onglewood, California.
To Begin January 1
Dr. Richard Potter will begin
his new duties January 1. The
director and professor at the In­stitute
of Industrial Research, a
non-profit corporation affiliated
with Speed School, will leave UL
December 18.
Dr. Potter succeeds Herbert
Hartley, who retired as president
of the west coast engineering col­lege
November 16. Dr. Potter's
appointment was announced Mon­day
by the Northrop trustees.
As an undergraduate at Pur­due
University, Dr. Potter won the
Big Ten Medal for scholastic and
athletic achievement and was a
tackle on the varsity football team
for three years. He received a
bachelor's degree from the en-
(Continued page B. col. 2)
33 Outstanding Seniors
Named To Who's Who
Thirty-three University of Lou­isville
students have been chosen
to be listed in Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universi­ties.
The annual publication gives
brief sketches of outstanding col­lege
students throughout the na­tion.
All student selected this year
were seniors. Those selected are:
Arts and Sciences: Clay Cope­land,
Donald Cox, Susan Herman,
Betsey Keeling, Cynthia Koshewa,
Robert Oakley, Sue Porter, Jen­nifer
Pruitt, Richard Pyle, Sandra
Richardson, Bruce Westbrook, and
Carol Zoll.
School of Business: William
Grubb, Dennis Hoffman, and
Grover Potts.
School of Dentistry: Robert
Haberstock, David Pryor, and
William Smythe.
Kent School of Social Work:
Ann Frank and Susan Widener.
School of Law: Charles Boyer,
William Hall, and George Thacker.
Medical School: Mark Gladstein,
James Moss, Neil Newburg, and
Barry Stoler.
Profegror Wittig, above, has always thrown himself into his work.
School of Music: James Walker.
Speed Scientific School: Ron­ald
Myrick, David Olson, William
Schrieber, Dan Verser, and Wil­liam
Wetherton.
Do UL students care? The University of Louisville Stu­dent
Senate thinks they do and is providing an opportunity
for them to show it.
Next week there will be but ­tons
on sale in the University
Center, the proceeds from which
will be sent to CARE for d is­tribution
among the South Viet­namese
civilian population. The
buttons saying I CARE can be
purchased for any price accord­ing
to the wishes of the individ­ual,
over and above a nominal
minimum price.
Proposed By McMahon
This proposal was presented to
the Student Senate by President
Mike McMahon and Bob Baugh­man
and is, in McMahon's words
"a way to show our American
fighting men in Viet Nam that we
do care about them and at the
same time actively assist them."
The program is being executed
in connection with CARE and the
United States Marine Corps Re­serve
to help win the support and
confidence of the people in South
Viet Nam. The actual distribution
of food, medicine, tools, soap, and
other needed supplies purchased
with CARE funds is done in the
field by the Marines themselves
wh en they are not in combat op­eration.
Greeks To Donate
All UL students and faculty
members are urged to support the
I CARE program and, in the
Christmas spirit, to contribute
generously. Campus political lead­ers
have come out in favor of I
CARE and all support the Senate
in its efforts.
Campus organizations, fraterni­ties,
and sororities are being con­tacted
for lump sum donations.
Announcements requesting dona­tions
will be made at the next
home basketball games and during
the WAVE radio coverage of away
games. Checks should be made
out to CARE and sent to Dean
David Lawrence's office.
Service Organizations Help
Circle K and Alpha Phi Ome­ga,
UL service organizations, have
volunteered to take charge of sell­ing
the buttons. Now UL students
will have a chance to prove how
much they CARE about the peo­ple
of Viet Nam as well as U.S.
government policy there.
National Visit
Hurts Local
Pi Kappa Phi
By .Joe Anderson
A ueld secretary's visit touched
off intemal conflict in the local
chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fra­ternity.
The national PKP r epre­sentative
took action on November
9 against two financially-delin­quent
University of Louisville
members, Don Cox ('66) and Bill
Stier ('66).
Several of the Pi Kaps have
united behind Cox, who was presi­dent
at the time of the visit, and
Stier, and are said to have quit.
Present president Rich Klemens
('67) stated, however, that none
of the members have told him
that they definitely plan to leave
the fraternity.
According to Klemens, the field
secretary placed Cox and Stier on
probation with the national fra­ternity
for 60 days. Many of the
Pi Kaps protested on the grounds
that the field secretary did not
have the authority to initiate such
action.
Shortly thereafter, Cox called
the national office of Pi Kappa
Phi and talked to executive secre­tary
Darwood Owen. Owen stated
that official action would be pend­ing
the field secretary's report.
A week later the national office
notified the local PKP chapter
that Cox and Stier would be sus­pended
for 60 days. Furthennore,
Cox was placed on alumni status
(meaning he is no longer active
in the fraternity) either by the
local or national organization -
Klemens is unsure which group
made this move.
Klemens was mainly interested
in queelling several false rumors
that have been circulating on the
UL campus. He emphasized that
the fraternity's charter had defi­nitely
not been lifted and added
that "we will contine as a fra­ternity
and will have second se-
Davidson To Sponsor
Bond Party Tonight
All Who Worked Urged To Attend
By Barbara Baumann
Tonight, student volunteers who helped on the bond cam­paign
will be honored at a Bond Party, sponsored by President
Davidson.
By giving the party, Dr. David­son
hopes to show UL students
his gratitude for their help in
the fall efforts to get passed the
local and state Bond Issues.
Students can dance to the music
of the Chanteurs from 8:00 to
12:00 in the Multi-purpose Room
of the University Center. There
will also be ample refreshments
of sandwiches, salad and soft
drinks. Ten or twelve door prizes
will be awarded during the eve­ning.
A committee of about ten stu­dents
was chosen to ascertain
what sort of party the student
body wished, which would in­clude
everyone either with or
without dates.
The bond party scheduled for
tonight is the result of their find­ings.
Dean Lawrence added,
"Every student who helped is in­vited,
even urged, to attend."