Repository: UIHistories Project: Reference Folder - 1949 [PAGE 14]

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Page 12 This bureau is a service unit of the College COMMUNITY PLANNING of Pine and Applied Arts, Its purpose is to stimulate and promote public interest in community planning, to carry on research and publish the results, and to make background surveys pertinent to intelligent planning of Illinois communities* It offers consulting service to communities, but does not make master plans or render other services usually performed by professional planners * Director is Rexford Newcomb. The council is an information and research SMALL HOMES COUNCIL agency working for the betterment of low cost housing* It develops and coordinates research by various units of the University* Much of the work is done at the Small Home Research Center on the Urbana-Champalgn campus. The council presents an annual short course for contractors and builders, and publishes a series of non-technical illustrated circulars for home planners and owners. Twenty-three circulars have been issued; and more are being prepared * Acting Director'is James T. LeMrum. The Institute of Communications Research COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH studies the press, radio, films, and other forms of mass communications* Institute members are drawn from the social sciences, journalism, radio, and publishing. By studying the basic problems of present communications media and such new media as television and facsimile, by giving consulting service and offering graduate courses, they hope to contribute to the more effective use of mass communication in society and to the better training of future communications men* Institute director is Wilbur Schramm* The University is leading the way in the field of AVIATION aviation education and research by educational institutions. Twenty units of the University are cooperating with its Institute of Aviation in fields of teaching and research related to aviation. This comprehensive program is possible because the University owns and operates its own airport and a fleet of 3^ airplanes, and because the Institute is set up as an administrative unit which can cross departmental lines whenever this is advantageous* Projects under way involve such fields as aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering, psychology, physical education, ceramics, and medicine* The Institute provides courses in flying and in aircraft maintenance leading to Civil Aeronautics Administration ratings, and operates the University of Illinois Airport* Director of the Institute is Leslie A* Bryan• University of Illinois Airport, 6 miles southwest of the UrbanaChampaign campus, has four purposes: 1- research and education; 2~ commercial service; 3-private flying service; 4- cooperation with the military services* It is one of the largest and finest educationally-owned airports in America, covers 771 acres, and has three concrete runways each 5.300 feet long, 150 feet wide, and adequate to handle the largest aircraft, The field is lighted for night flying, complete supporting facilities include hangars, shops, waiting rooms, and food service. {Map showing airport location is in rear of this folder.)