The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-20

| once! hlRnI! Inc professor OF
mathematics replaced the receiv.
er and said to his colleagues:
Now We can play little golf"
The Army Air Force had just
cancelled contract with the uni
versity for the analytical study OF
propeller shaft vibration.
Thus is the surrender Of Japan
affecting M. I. T., Columbia, and
Princeton in the East, to Chica.
60, Cincinnati, Michigan, and 10.
wa State in the Middle West, to
the University of California and
california Tech on the Pacific
coast.
Respite from their investigative
labors is coming to the academic
vanguard OF scientists, mathema-
ticians, and engineers whose re-
search reached it's overwhelming
and portentious climax in the alto.
mic bomb. The researchers can
now play golf before the fall term
opens.
The dispersion Of an exceptional
nationwide staff - ''the largest
block of physicists, electronic en-.
gineers and the like ever assem-.
bled for group research
just been forecast by DR.. F. w.
Loomis, associate director Of the
radiation laboratory at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technolo.
gy.
The achievements of this group
are acclaimed by the Army and
Navy and throughout the electron-
lie industry. Especially notable has
been the triumph of the micro
wave radar developed by the
group which has had decisive and
dramatic effects in all theaters of
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Industrial companies are bid
ding for these physicists and cleo
tronic engineers stationed at M.
1. T. Despite the smallness of
academic salaries, the call of the
campus is more alluring to many
of the radiation laboratory ex-
perts. They will resume their or-
mer faculty positions or make
new academic connections, some
of them in time to watch football
games this fall.
What about scientific reconver.
sion on the university campus?
To utilize for peace time pur-
poses the knowledge and skill de-
veloped by university scientists
during the war, various projects
are already under way.
| Among these are the list planned
by research corporation recent.
ly established on the Pacific coast.
1t seeks the cooperation of uni
versities and technical schools in
materials and conversion studies
to deal with accumulated war sur
plus. These would include such
studies as how to convert aircraft
gasoline heaters to kerosene-burn-
ing units for heating houses; and
how to re-design army tanks and
ieeps for use as farm tractN
units.
Greatest and most far-rea ching
OF all proposals are those set
forth by Dr.. Vannevar Bush, d.
rector of the U. S. Office of Sci
entific Research and development.
DR.. Bush urges financial support
of Congress for promoting the
flow of new scientific knowledge,
as well as for the development
of scientific talent in our youth"
New battles will be undertaken
by the research facilities of uni
versities and technical schools I'M
der this war-in-peace program.
For the war against disease we
have taken great strides" DR..
Bush declares adding that RE-
sponsibility for basic research in
medicine and the underlying sci
ences falls primarily upon the
medical schools and universities.
in basic research "for the pub.
lie welfare" public funds should
be available by which college and
universities may increase their
efforts. From 1880 to 1910, their
budgets for such research in.
creased from 20 million dollars to
81 million dollars. If they are to
meet the vastly greater needs of
the peace era ahead, these insti.
tutions will need help from indus.
try and subsidy by the Federal
government.
Great emphasis Is placed IN the
Bush report upon recruiting Young
scientists to replace the ranks de-
pleted by war service. THE defi-
cts of bachelors degrees in sci.
ence and technology are already
probably about $50, 00O."
To restore these deficits, the
Bush subcommittee proposes gov
eminent subsidy to award 5000
'our-year scholarships each year
% youth of scientific promise and
700 three-year fellowships each
,aor IN oo11odo I,,ota.