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OCT,()BER 12, 1S79
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by Steve Pudles After five years of waiting, the of the amount of student traffic Kiddie Lounge was finally in 'that area of campus during opened to Stevens students. free periods, especially comFirst conceived as part of the muters. r!!novatlon of the KiddieMorton-Pierce complex, con- . The total cost of the lounge' struction of the lounge was held was somewhat less than $10,' up due to lack of funding. The 000., with much of the expense lounge is located on the first going Into the carpeting which floor of the Kiddie BUilding. covers the room and furniture.
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The design, lighting and furnishings were given by Richard Mr. and Mrs. Wlddecombe and Martha Wlddecombe· In said that they were glad to see ' ',,,'.' . memory of Marion B. Bruyn. the lounge become a reality. ~ • 1 I The abstract wall hangings '. were the'gift olthe class of '7g. "It offers an atmosphere unIn addition to this President like the sterile confines of the ,.', Kenneth C. Rogers ~Iso made a center lounges." Also, they personal gift. said, "It would be a good place , for student activities such as The decor of the lounge is parties and organizational , " : ' highlighted by the modular fur- meetings." ~'S~vera' st!ide;'~s'relilli on t~e new I(liJde':4QungeFloor durlng'dell/cet/on ceremonies. , nilure created by workmen of Access to the lounge can be B&G. At the far end of the lounge Is a window to the ad- obtained by the door next to the .Joining art studio. When the Kiddie lecture hall. The hours lounge was originally planned, now pending are between 8:00 ., ' the art department had thought AM and 5:00 PM. This can be Each year the ,National anyone interested In, this office (the official. FT 1980 this to be agood place to exhibit changed depending on student Science Fpundati.on provides, prog ram, to ,prepare a guidelines will be published In Clubs and student work for the enjoyment interest. eqUipment 'grants under· Its 'In- ,' preliminary proposal for Inter· November,). If you would like a organizations wishing' to use of the Stevens community. structlonal Scientific, EqUip- nal. consideration. Preliminary' copy, or have any questions, the lounge shOUld contact Rita m~nt ~rogram (ISEP). The purproposals shouid, be one to please let me know. Dr. Rogers said thatthe Kiddie Smith at the 7th floor of the pose of' the prograrn' is to three pages describilig (1) Joseph J. Moeller, Jr. Building was selepted because center. facilitate the Implementation of need,. (2) goals and objectives, awell-planne,d new or Improved undergraduate ,Instructional (S) 'project description, (4) ',reprogram by prOViding matching . , ' support' for the' purchase of ment, and (6) expected 'budget , necessary scientific llqulpment. (Itemized, if possible). The Diane Churchill will show Council for the Arts to do a visible from above and below. .. ' Support may be requested ,for preliminary proposals should . works on )laper at the S.C. project on the Pine Barrens, The Inquisitive visitor may also activities' hi, ,mathematics; be,presented tp'tha Department 'Williams Library Gallery of which she hopes to begin this notice an elegant special physics, biology, engineering, Head fortransmlttalto my office Stevens Institute of Technology fall. The work will be a book of collections room which houses, social science, the history and no later than November 9,1979. In !:toboken, N.J., from October poetry and drawings of the area. among other treasures, one of philosophy of science and in A~ effort should be made to 21 to November 21. Her work A visitor to the Gallerywlll find the three great collections on Intetdiscipllnary, projects in- establish priorities Within the combines realistic Images. additional visual treats. Enter- Leonardo Da Vinci in the coun," ....... volving two or more of these -department since, although birds and angels, with actual ing the library, a bUilding of try. field,. /Thlsprogram is quite several departmental objects such as twigs and handSOme contemporary One may ask how a competitive; with over 1450 preliminary proposals may be barries applied to the paper. design built In 1969, one Is technological institution has proposalssurnbilted 11'1 FV 1979. submitted, generally only one She attempts to handle greeted by a spacious three- come to sponsor an art gallery. This' is a matching program ' will be selected for full proposal monumental Issues with a story lobby, graced by a Calder It Is the result of a sophisticated under which the request to NSF (due to the maximum of lhree delicacy of oomposltion and moliile and a colorful mural by concept of tht;l relationship of may be up to $20,000, with the for the Institute). FollOWing color. Pierre Bourdelle. An unusual science and art? Originally, the Institute supporting at least review by the Provost, three full Ms. Churchill lives In collection of 18th and 19th cen- room was designed as a study one-half of the total project proposals will bl1 approved for Weehawken, N.J., and exhibits tury mechanical models and hall, but did not function well as costs. The Institute Is limited to submission to NSF by February at Soho 20 Gallery in New York. devices of early engineering Is such because of acoustical a maximum of three proposals. 29, 1980. Announcements of She has also participated In quietly displayed In the reading problems. In' order to coordinate the awards by NSF will be, in group shows althe Minneapolis rooms. Upstairs is the Gallery, a Dick Widdicombe, head proppsal generation a,nd sub- September 1980. Semple Museum, the Bronx Museum, Jewel-like two-story glass box librarian, realized its unique mission, It will be necessary for guidelines are available in .my the Women's Building In Los With one of Its glass walls com- potential for showing art and In Angeles, the e.U.N.V.Graduate manding a spectacular view of the spring of 1978, Invited a Center, the AIR Gallery and the the campus green, the Hudson local artist and friend of Douglass College Library. She River and all of Manhattan. Stevens, Elizabeth Korn, to exwas recently awarded a grant Walkways and bridges around hibit her works. The results by Mary Doddy munlcatlon spacecraft were from the New Jersey State the Gallery make the exhibits (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1) On Wednesday, October 10, seen In different stages of their 1979 Stevens Student Chapter construction. The RCA facilities of the Soolety of Women also Included various test bays, 'Engineers visited RCA flight software development Astro--Electronlos Govern- facilities, solar arrays assembly ment System Division l!'l at RCA areas, and various Princeton for a plant tour. The acoustic and thermal afternoon'S agenda Included an chambers. The Solar Arrays Introduction and Overview of produced at RCA are used on RCA Astra-Electronics. The tlielr spacecraft to power the S.W.F. members were also subsystems and equipment on enlightened with the details of board once the spacecraft Is In building a spacecraft or Its orbit. RCA is presently developing sattellte. An RCA Satcom film was showed and a facility tour many new techniques to be was conducted. used In the age of the space Model spacll~rafl.a~d ..sP"!l!! shuttle, Including ,th\l!r,Jig~t!lr, ,. shjJttle were Included hi 'the weight. sateililes ;and spacl\'. .', '. " :.,.;, .';',' " ;" ':', " " . , " . "" , ASlrQ.ElectronlC» plant· In Princeton, oN;,)•• , . " --. '"ItIUr.'-AtltOal· . SlltCol'rf"'cdm"' " shuttle television cametas: : : ", . - ,'.,"
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