3.  UNIVERSITY NAMES 20 TO PHI BETA KAPPA

     Nineteen University students were initiated into the local
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary for stu-
dents in the liberal arts, on Thursday, December 10. A 20th
initiate, Edward Durham Blakeman, Middlesboro, was initiated
earlier because he was to enter the U.S. Navy. His major was
physics. The initiates included six Lexington residents:
Marian Callaway Bean--English; Mrs. Janet Fulmer Faris--English;
Mrs. Carol Lee Joyner--psychology; Mrs. leva Starks Berzins--
sociology; Laura Dinsmore Keller--English, and Mrs. Paige Henley
Reich--telecommunications. Other Kentuckians were: Mrs. Carolyn
McKee Hackworth, Shelbyville--English; Stephen David Humble,
Winchester--psychology; Leatha Carolyn Freas, Franklin--English;
Dahlia Jane Hays, Jackson--journalism; Nancy Ann Barrickman,
Glasgow--sociology; Jacqueline Kay Carter, Elizabethtown--
English; Harriet Lea Halcomb, Scottsville--Spanish; James Austin
Carr, Russell--sociology, and Temothy Feldhaus, Covington--
history. Out-of-state initiates Dennis Vincent O'Leary, Frank-
lin Park, N.J.--sociology; Carol Ann Jenkins, Mt. Vernon, Ohio--
social work; Neta Loreene Knoph, Concord Tenn.--mathematics,
and John T. Doxey, W. Longbranch, N.J.--history.



4.  UPGRADING OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SOUGHT BY LTI

     An upgrading in the type of engineering techology courses
currently being offered at the Lexington Technical Institute is
being sought by M. L. Archer, director. "We are receiving help
from the American Society of Engineering Education through its
visiting professor program," Archer said, indicating that recent
developments in engineering technology and demand had prompted the
move. Archer said the LTI engineering curriculum had received
extensive study by Ray F. Debruhl, a professional engineer and
civil engineering extension specialist at North Carolina State
University. LTI is movning toward accreditation of its curricu-
lum by the American Council for Professional Development, Archer
added. Members of a committee that discussed the curriculum
during Debruhl's visit included representatives from Prestonsburg,
Somerset and Southeast community colleges, Associate Dean of Engi-
neering Warren W. Walton, Archer, the advisory committee from the
College of Engineering and the advisory committee for LTI. Dis-
cussion topics included a four-year engineering technology program
that would lead to the BS degree. The first two years of training
would be taken at a community college and the last two at a four-
year institution, Archer said. There now are 72 U.S. institutions
that offer a BS degree in engineering technology--12 have ac-
creditation.



5,  MINE RESCUE VEHICLE DEMONSTRATED

     The Department of Electrical Engineering in December demon-
strated a prototype vehicle being tested for possible development
as an underground mine rescue vehicle. The jeep-type vehicle was
exhibited to news media people and observers from Washington on
Thursday, December 10, at the University farm behind the ETV
building.