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Olney dies
day before
Prof! Albert Jackson Olney, 70,
head of UK's department of horticulture since 1930, died of a heart
attack Sunday, June 29, at his

home.
His death came the day before
he was to retire as head of the
department. He was guest of honor

at a testimonal dinner held here
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native

of Michigan, Prof.
Olney had lived here since 1916
when he Joined the UK faculty as
professor of horticulture.
Degree Awarded In 1913
He received a bachelor of science
degree from Michigan State College in 1913 and a master of science degree in 1925 from the University of Chicago. Michigan State
awarded him a honorary master
of horticulture degree In 1920.
Before coming to UK, Prof.
Olney taught science and agriculture at Greenville, Mich., in 1913-1and served as horticulturist at
Lyndonville, Vt., in 1914-1- 6.
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Language Exams
The basic achievement examination in foreign languages will
be given July 18 at two o'clock
(CST) in room 111, McVey Hall.
Students wanting to take the
examination must sign up for it
before three o'clock, July 1G, in
Dean White's office.

coronation tops
dairy field day

Dogs may have their days but
Tuesday belonged to the cows as
UK's annual Dairy Field Day was
held on campus.
The program, sponsored by the
American Dairy Association of
Kentucky, was climaxed by the
coronation of Ann Elaine Kelly, 18,
Falmouth, Ky., as Kentucky Dairy
Princess of 1958. She was selected
from 29 contestants from all over

Seventy high-schomusicians
from all over the state are on campus this week for the All Kentucky
High School Band program.
Band members, selected by application from high school students, began rehearsals Monday
and will continue through today.
Theprogram will be concluded tonight with a concert at 8:00 p.m.
inthe Memorial Hall Amphitheater. In the event of rain, the
cofloert will be held in Room 22,
Fine Arts Building.
Fitzgerald To Direct Band
The band will be under the direction of Bernard Fitzgerald, director of bands and head of the
UK Music Department. He will be
assisted by Daniel McAninch, Jerry
Ball, William Worrel and William
Steiden, all members of the music
faculty. Other staff members
working with the band include
William Watson, Jerold Gerbrecht,
Robert Davis, Claude Fouse and
Mrs. William Worrel.
A party was held for band members Wednesday night, and Thursday the students presented a solo
recital program in the Laboratory
Theater of the Fine Arts Building.
Concert Program
The program for the Friday
night concert is as follows: "Toccata," Frescobaldi; Overture from
"La Sultane Suite," Couperin; "An
Ocassional Suite," Handel: "Salvation Is Created," Tschesnokoff ;
"Folk Song Suite," Vaughan Williams; "Hansel and Gretel" selection, Humperdinck, arranged by
Bernard Fitzgerald: "Pastels,"
Highlights from "My Fair
Lady," Loewe; "Holiday," Grund-maand "Liberty Bell March,"
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University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., Friday, July

Auburn post
is accepted
by Melzer
Dr. John Henry Melzer, associate
professor of philosophy at UK, has
resigned to accept a position as
head of the philosophy department
at Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Ala.
Dean M. M. White, of the College of Arts and Sciences, said he
received Dr. Melzer's letter of resignation recently.
The salary increase he will receive as head of Auburn's philosophy department was not the prime
consideration in his acceptance of
the position, Melzer said. The opportunity to direct a philosophy
program weighed more heavily, he
said.
Will Experiment With TV
At Auburn, Melzer will experiment with closed-circu- it
television
teaching of philosophy. He said
the school wants to begin a program which will ' require all students to have at least two philosophy courses before graduating.

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the state. Janie Oriffin. Pulaski
County, last year's princess, crowned the new winner. Miss Kelly will
represent Kentucky in the national contest Nov. 19 at Baton
Rogue, La.

Dairy President Gives Keynote
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Earlier in the day, Lyman
president of the American
Dairy Association, delivered the
principal address, emphasizing the
need for markets for dairy products. H eurged his listeners to
adopt modern methods of dairying
to improve their herds and to take
part in the campaign to sell more
dairy products.
The part that the ADA plays in
helping farmers was stressed by
McKee. Research work done by
Mc-Ke-

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colleges was discussed

at the session.

The program of the ADA uses
the four tools of selling . . . advertising, merchandising, public relations and research, he said.
During the morning those attending the field day were taken
on a tour of UK experimental work
in dairy subjects.
Six aspects of the dairy Industry
were discussed during the tour.
Speakers were: Dr. D. M. Seath,
head of the UK dairy section; Dr.
Don R. Jacobson, Don Dowden, Joe
W. Rust, William Templeton, Dr.
R. Buckner, Don Claypool, Dr.
Durward Olds and B. Brown all
of the UK staff.

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Summers is
distinguished
prof of A&S
Prof. Hollis Summers, member of
the UK English Department, has
been chosen as Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and
Sciences.
This title is presented each year
to a professor selected by his fellow faculty members- Summers, the author of three
novels, plans to devote the year of
research time which goes with the
title to work on another novel.
Has Written Three Books
His published books are "Weather
of February," "City Limit," and
"Brighten the Corner." A book of
poetry. "The Walks Near Athens."
will be published next year.
Summers has also written several
short stories and In collaboration
with Jim Rourke, he wrote the
mystery, "Teach You A Lesson."
He was also the editor of "Kentucky Stories," a collection of short
stories by Kentucklans.

shades of Socrates

frats make 2.3 last semester
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UK fraternities made a 2 2 overall standing during ' the spring
semester, the dean of men's office
announced this week.
This 2.3 is higher than the fall
semester average which came to
a 2.23. The overall for the year
was 2.26. The all men's average
for the spring semester was also

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Whether this Is the farmer's daughter or not we don't know but if
she is it's back to the farm for us. Any way you look at her, Leitch-field- 's
Jo Robertson is just about the pert n pertiest flower to grace
any Blue trass meadow in many a sweltering summer sun.

The all men's average was considerably higher than the 2.17
which was accumulated during the
fall semester. The all men's overall for the school year was 2.22.
Six Frats Now On Probation
Six fraternities which made below a 2.2 last semester are now
on scholastic probation. They are
Alpha Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha,
Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Kappa,
Tau Kappa Epsilon and PI Kappa
Alpha.
The Farmhouse compiled the
highest standing for both the second semester and the year's overall. Farmhouse had a 2.66 stand
ing, for the spring semester and
a 2.46 for the whole year. Delta
Tau Delta was second for the year
with a 2.45 overall.
Phi Gams Are Second
Phi Gamma Delta colony finished second' for the spring semester with a 2.51 standing. The
Phi Gams were on probation after
the fall semester.
Phi Gamma Delta is now eligible to petition IFC to become an
active chapter at UK and this will
probably occur early next fall. The
colony was established here in
May of 1957.
Dr. Charles Elton, UK registrar,
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Miss Ann Elaine Kelly, 18, Falmouth, Ky., was chosen Tuesday to
reign as Kentucky Dairy Princess of 1958. She is shown above receiving her crown from Janie Griffin, last year's Dairy Princess.

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grad develops system

for sendirigphotos by radio
A system which would enable
news photographers to send pictures from the scene of action to
their home offices by short-wav- e
car radio has been developed, by a
1958 UK graduate.

Copthorne Macdonald, Lexington, developed the system as a
project in a course here at UK.
Macdonald was graduated in May
in electrical engineering, and Is
now a junior engineer In advanced
electronic work for Federal Telecommunications Laboratories, Nut-ley,

N.J.

The method

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esjecially adapted

for use by newspapers and smaller
television stations. It employs in-

expensive "slow-scan- "
television
type pickup and reproduction
equipment and has a ranne limited
only by the range of the radios
used.

In a paper describing the system
Macdonald said It may also be
used by law enforcement agencies
in squad car communication, such
as sending out pictures of criminals
or suspects wanted for questioning.

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