Central Florida Future, Vol. 01 No. 20, April 18, 1969

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We Live in the Present
By the Post, but
for the. .
Rohter Conducts
Rheology Research
The search for ways to make
good athletes into super athletes
has gone on for years. The dream of
30 seconds being knocked off the
world's record for the mile run, or a
boxer who won't lose stamina
through a tough 15 rounds has
become more than athletic science
fiction.
Special diets have been devised,
exercises have been developed, all
geared to improve the athlete's
ability to make the best of his
natural skills.
Here at Tech, a new and exciting
experiment is going on. The
program is being conducted by Dr.
Frank D. Rohter, researcher,
teacher, and athletic director for
FTU.
Dr. Rohter is working with
rheology, the study of blood flow.
His project is the study of the flow
of blood through muscular portions
of the body when the body is at
rest and when it is doing certain
types of exercises.
"If we can develop the optimum
exercise training program that will
enable the person to preform to the
maximum of his skills, it would be
a boon to everyone from an
astronaut to an athlete," Dr.
Rohter said.
The government has awarded Dr.
Rohter a federal grant so he can
continue his program.
At the present time, Rohter and
his assistant, Byron Wilson, are
conducting limited experiments
with forearm muscles, using a
variety of FTU students and highly
sensitive instruments that measure
blood flow when the subject
squeezes a hand grip.
"From this we may be able to
determine what type of exercise
will produce the greatest flow
through this portion of the body,"
the Doctor said.
Jobs Planned
For Graduates
For    students    completing
CiSS,£oScTSsSSSGrasty and DumasTo Judge Contest
Orlando will be host Saturday.1   Contestants for the Outstanding
award  are  youths
Sororities End Week of Pledging
Sam Gibbons House of Representatives.
Photograph by Harry Kenney
%A Friend of Education7
Congressman Gibbons
Florida Congressman Sam Gibbons urged Florida Tech Students to
discourage their contemporaries from holding unlawful demonstrations
on campus. Gibbons said campus disorders were responsible for the
large cuts in federal aid for students. The Tampa lawmaker recently
told students in Dr. David Hernandez's senior seminar that congressmen
are following the will of the constituents in cutting financial aid funds.
Gibbons, who described himself as "a friend of education" promised
to work for restoration of cut funds. Congressman Gibbons, who's
served in Washington since 1963, made a tour of the state during the
Easter Congressional recess to determine if he should run for the U.S.
Senate in 1970.
"I won't deny that I'm deeply interested in the post", said Gibbons,
"but it's a little early to make any committments." Gibbons did say he
would definately not run for the Senate if veteran democrat, Spessard
Holland decides to seek reelection.
Turning the topic of the discussion to military issues, the veteran
legislator said America has passed the time when armed might was an
important part of world diplomacy. Charging that force does not mean
security, Gibbons called on the Nixon administration for a change of
philosophy in the field of national defense. However, Gibbons hedged
when asked directly if he would vote for the Presidents proposed anti
balistic missile system, saying he would need more time to examine the
proposal.
placement service.
Students who will be graduating
should contact William Loving and
register their names and
qualifications along with the date
of their graduation. Inquiries about
FTU graduates are already being
made by business and industrial
organizations.
Along with the placement of
graduates in career opportunities,
the service will try to place students
in both on and off campus work for
regular term and summer
employment. The assistance of the
faculty and staff in advising
students concerning the placement
service will be necessary to make
the program more effective.
A Director of Placement has been
requested. Approval may be
forthcoming in time to fill the
position by July 1.
Questions or information should
be addressed to William Loving,
Director of Student Financial Aid
and Placement.
Any student who feels that he is
within one term of graduation
check with W. D. Chapman in the
Registrar's Office for confirmation
and clarification of his status.
Florida Tech's sororities, Tyes
and Fideles, held their first week of
pledging for the Spring Quarter,
April 14-18.
Tyes members and pledges had
dinner at the FTU cafeteria
Monday night, April 14. After
dinner the pledges had their first
meeting where they received ropes
tied into knots which they wear as
pins below the left-hand collar. The
pledges are now officially "Knots",
which is the name for Types
pledges. The Knots met their pledge
trainers, Melissa Hardman and
Connie Graham, who will guide
them through pledging.
At a meeting of Tyes members,
Marilyn Sladek, a Tyes member,
was selected to represent Tyes in
the Spring Queen contest.
Tyes also started Friendship
Week at the Monday night meeting.
Each pledge was given a member to
get to know better for one week.
Members of the sorority recently
received gold lavaliers with the
letters T-Y-E-S running vertically
on a gold chain. They also plan to
get jerseys with the sorority name
on them.
Tyes members and pledges meet
every other Monday night.
Members are asked to bring dues of
$10 to the next meeting, to be held
April 21.
Fideles members and pledges had
their first joint meeting Thursday,
April 10 in room 358 of the LLRB.
Pledges were told to wear a dress to
school Monday, April 14, that they
normally wouldn't wear. At the end
of the day Monday, the pledges
were told to wear that same dress
for the rest of the week. Fideles
pledges are wearing a gold scapulas
around their neck. The purpose of
the scapulas is to indicate which
girls are Fideles pledges.
April 12, to two regional youth Boy and Girl award are
contests of central Florida selected by their local club from
Exchange Clubs, the winners of among the Outstanding Boy and
which will compete in May for Girl of the Month winners in high
three $1,000 college scholarships at school in their communities. Judges
the State contest. will be members of the Vero Beach
The Orlando Exchange Club is and Orlando clubs,
host this year to the Central Florida The speech contestants are
Division's contests, Thursday selected in city high school wide
announced Gene Carpenter, contest in each community. Judges
Orlando, the State Exchange Club here will be William K. Grasty,
prsident. Contests are to select the Assistant Professor, College of
Outstanding High School Boy and Humanities and Social Sciences,
Girl and an Americanism Speech and instructor in speech at Florida
contest winner. Technological    University;   Mrs.
Judging of the Outstanding Boy Barbara Eyerly, instructor in
and Girl contest will begin at 10 English and Speech, Valencia
a.m., Saturday, at the Statler-Hilton Junior College, and Bill Dumas, a
House of Beef on West Colonial, junior speech major at F T U , who
Judges, contestants and sponsors in recently was a judge at the Central
both events will join for lunch at Florida and State High School
noon. The speech contest will begin Speech contests, for the persuasive
at 1 p.m. and conclude by 3 p.m.      speech events.
Competing youths are from Vero Winners of the division contests
Beach, Eau Gallie, Lakeland, will compete in the State finals at
Bartow, Daytona Beach and the Florida District Exchange
Orlando. Edward Schlitt, Vero convention in Ocala May 1 and 2.
Beach, division president for The Outstanding Boy and Girl and
Exchange Clubs, will be in charge the speech winner each receive a
of both events. Bill Pieper, Orlando, $1,000 scholarship to a college of
is president of the host club. their choice.
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WardenTo Repeat
Etcetera Talk
The W.R.A. in their ET CETERA
Series has scheduled the appearance
of Bill Warden to speak on "Future
Plans of FTU" early in April.
Positive comments have been
received from commuting students
concerning this program and as a
result another program has been
scheduled to allow more students
to attend.
Warden will speak on FTU's
future. The talk will be at 11:00
a.m. on Thursday, A ml 24, in the
Science Auditorium. All students,
faculty and staff an welcome to
attend.
Pledges held a meeting April 10
where Marsha Holbrook was
selected president of the pledges.
The second pledge-member
meeting was held Tuesday, April 15
and pledges were told to get a red
brick, decorate it, and bring it to
school every day of the week of
April 21-25. In a later meeting of
the Fideles members only, Helene
Commander, Fideles pledge trainer,
was selected to represent the
sorority in the Spring Queen
Contest.
The first pledge party will be held
tonight and the type of party will
be a surprise to the pledges—from
the members.
Fideles members and pledges
meet every Tuesday at 11 a.m. in
room 358 of the LLRB.
Board Chosen
ForVC
The Village Center Board for
1969-70, a group of 11 students
chosen to participate on the
governing board of the Village
Center, were recently named. They
are: Frances Bender, freshman in
International Relations; Andrea
Hillyer,
Lilly, jum
Dan Tressler, freshman in
Psychology; Roy Werner, junior in
History and Communications; Sue
Geisler, sophomore in Drama; Tom
Nooft, junior in Finance; Melissa
Hardman, freshman in Psychology;
Jim Stringer, junior in
Communications; Diana Prevatt,
freshman in English, and Steve
Poley, freshman in Engineering.
The Village Center Board, a
student, faculty, staff, and
-eventually alumni board, acts in an
advisory capacity to the Directoi of
the Village Center Programs for the
entire University community. The
faculty members of the Board are
Dr. Richard Adicks, Assistant
Professor, College of Humanities
and Social Sciences and Professor
Steven Lotz, Assistant Professor,
College of Humanities and\Social
Sciences. The staff members on the
Board are Mrs. Wanda Russell,
Program Director of the Village
Center and Mr. Ken Lawspn,
Director of the Village Center.
Starting this week, petitioning far
Major Chairmanships will be open
for the following programs: Exhibit
Committee, Music Committee, Fine
Films Committee, Speaker's
Program Committee, Concert Series
Committee, Publicity Committee
and others.       \
The Village Center Board will
hold its first annual Installation and
Awards Banquet tonight at the
Statler-Hilton Hotel. Retiring Board
members will be awarded and
newly selected members will be
installed into office.
Anyone interested in these
programs may petition. In addition,
anyone with ideas for programming
and for activities may contact the
Village Center.
As of April 6,1969, there will be
no nurse coverage in the Student
Health Service over Ithe weekend
hours of Saturday, 7:00 p.m. to
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. and Sunday,
11:00 to Monday at 7:00 a.m.
In case of emergency, residential
students are to make contact with
Resident Instructors or the
Resident Advisor.