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are made available.
Leaves OF Absence

are made available.
Leaves Of Absence
In granting leaves of absence to
four key members of the faculty,
the board has made possible exper-
fences of unusual value to the ui-
versity. The faculty members in
volved have expressed keen in
terest in these opportunities to
broaden their educational horizons
through associaticn with distin-
guished foreign teacher-scholars in
their respective fielGs.
DR.. Somers' leave has already be-
gun. He left the university in Oc-
tober to assist in the organization
and administration of research at
the Agricultural College of Los
Banos in the Philippine Islands.
The college is located about as
miles from Manila.
During his leave DR.. Somers will
be serving in Cornell University's
International Cooperation Admin
istration program. He will be act
ing as professor of biochemistry
and experiment station administra-
ton.
Cambridge University has invit-
ed Dr. Pigford TO visit England for
the coming semester to work with
Professor Terence Fox, one of that
country's leading chemical engi-
neers and chairman of Cambridge's
department of chemical engineer
ing. His visit is being made poss-
ible, in part, BY a grant from the
Shell Petroleum Company of Eng
land.
DR.. Pigford also will attend lee
lures in fluid mechanics and con-
suit with Professor f. ]. w. Rough
ton, specialist in fast chemical re-
actions. He will leave this coun-
try on January 27 aboard the Queen
Mary and return July 1.
DR.. Dyer also will visit Great
Britain, but will have her head
quarters at Oxford University
where she will be associated with
Professor e. r. H. Jones, head of
the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, an
outstanding organic chemistry re-
search laboratory.
She will leave for Oxford on
February and will spend the
month of August touring the con-
tinent before returning to this
country on September 5.
The purpose of DR.. Dyer's leave
is to gain information in the fields
of organic nitrogen compounds and
polymers. In addition to her work
with Professor Jones. one of Brit
aims eminent organic chemists, she
will visit research scientists at
other universities and laboratories
in England.
DR.. Lynch is visiting Europe to
study the methods employed by Eu-
ropean teachers of science, partic-
ularly in physical chemistry. He
is located at the University of Par
is, but will visit other institutions
during this semester.
AS the University of Delaware IL
Alison representative with the Ma
tional Science Foundation, DR..
Lynch is also concerned with the
improvement of educational pro-
grams for teachers of science. He
is particularly concerned with the
teaching of thermodynamics as pre-
sented by European instructors.
Summer Fees Raised
Two increases in fees for sum-
mer school students were approx
ed by the board and will become eff
fective with tie 1859 summer ses-
sion.
The summer school registration
fee for all students-undergradu-
ate, graduate and summer school,
including Delaware school teach
ers-will be increased from five to
ten dollars.
The general university Zee for
the summer session will be increas-
ed from $55 TO $40. The fee for
four or fewer credit hours will be
raised from $40 to $50.
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