Milford chronicle., 1959-08-21
University News

the modern scientist will be offered
TO students in the Wilmington
area In a course on Automatic Dig
ital Computation by the University
of Delaware division Of university
extension.
Instructor for the non-credit
course, to be held from 1900 to
$3.50 D. m. on Thursday evenings
on the Newark campus during the
fall term, will be Joseph d. Gran
dine III, a member of the DUPONT
Company textile fibers department
and president of Kennett Computer
Consultants, Inc, in X n e t t
Square.
Material covered in the computer
course will include elementary
methods of numerical analysis,
flow charts, iterative loops, sub
routines, number scaling and bin
ary-decimal conversion. Students
in the course will have an oppor-
tunity to work on an electronic cal
culator. While there are no formal
prerequisites, II is recommended
that persons interested in enrolling
in the course should have an ade-
quate background in analytic geo.
metry and calculus. The fee Will De
$50 per person.
Winner of a Harvard College
National Scholarship, Mr.. Gran
dine received his B. s.. in Chem
istry (cum laude) from Harvard IN
1943. Following graduation he was
associated with the Dewey and AL
my Chemical Corporation asa re-
search chemist until 1916, when he
returned to his studies at the Un-
iversity of California, which gran
ted him a Phi. D. in Physical Chem
istry.
His first contact with computers
occurred during his stay in Califor-
MIA, when punch-card machines at
the California Institute of Tech
nology were used for analysis of
x-ray data. He Joined the textile
fibers department Of the DUPONT
Company at Buffalo, N. Y, in 1949,
working in x-ray diffraction and
crystal studies which involved COM
putting both analog and digital COM
puters. Since then he has assisted
in setting up the x-ray, electron
microscope and computing labora-
tories for Dupont research.
Since July, 1857, Mr.. Grandine
has been president of Kennett
Computers with headquarters in
Kennett Square, Pa. The firm
specializes in programming for
general-purpose electronic digital
computers.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa,
Sigma XII and Phi Lambda Up
silon, Mr.. Grandine has had an
active professional life His pub
locations and formal lectures in
clude phase Rule Behavior of Cal
cium Sterate," Improved Struc-
ture Factor Computations on IBM
6O4," "A Test of the Crystal Struc-
ture of Native Cellulose," "The
Small Digital Computer as a Re-
search Tool" Report Index Scar
ching on the Bendix G-15-D Com
puter," Putting a Computer to
Work." and Seven Steps to Sue
cessful Programming."
Further information on the COM
puter course and other extension
offerings may be obtained from the
Director of University Extension,
University of Delaware, Newark,
Delaware; telephone ENdicott g.
8511, extension 262.
The division of university extern
sion of the University Bulletin has
been delayed this year. The bull
etin, which usually appears Aug
ust /, is expected to be available
to the public in about 10 days.
With registration set for the
week of September IA, all students
should have sufficient time to plan
their programs for the coming ac-
ademic year.
The extension division has pre-
pared a mailing list including all
students who registered in extern
sion courses during either term
last year, as well as a large num-
ber of educational institutions and
business and industrial concerns.
Other students wishing to obtain
a bulletin should have their names
entered on the mailing list. The
bulletins will be mailed as soon as
they are available.
DR.. Gordon G. Godbey, director
of university extension, has also
announced that an additional fee
for nonresident students will go
into effect this fall. In accordance
with resolution passed by the un-
iversity board of trustees, part-time
graduate and undergraduate stu
dents taking courses through un-
iversity extension who are not
residents of the State of Delaware
will pay a fee of S13 per credit
hour in addition to the regular $13
per credit hour fee required of all
students. For example, the cost of
a three-credit course to a non-res-
ident student will now be SIS.
The new fee structure for extern
sion students, both graduate and
undergraduate, is in line with the
policy, pursued for many years by
the university, requiring additional
fees of nonresident full-time stu
dents.
In general a student is eligible
for classification as a resident Of
Delaware If he is % years of age
and his parents or legal guardian
have maintained continuous resi-
dence in Delaware for IL months
Immediately preceding his enroll
ment in the university. Residence
In the state may be acquired while
a student is enrolled in the univer-
sity only If the students parents
move into Delaware and acquire
bona fide residence. II a student is
registered as a resident of Della
ware and his parents move out Of
the state during any year, he is
not classified a nonresident for
that academic year but is so class
flied at the beginning of the foil