Repository: UIHistories Project: Reference Folder - 1955 [PAGE 51]

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Lied Art . Its purpose I to Emulate a pr public Inter* i in community plan Lng, to < t n B I publish the results, and to mak^ background surveys rlllgent planning of Illinois communities. It off ^ nsultir.g service to communities, but does not make mast' plan. > rei er other services usually performed by professional planr s. Director is Rexford Newcomb. The council is an information and research agency SMALL HOMES C u:. :lL 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 t Urbana-Champaign campus. The council presents an annual sh^rt course for contractors and builders, and publishes a series of nontechnical illustrated circulars for home planners and owners. Twentytwo circulars have been issued; and more are being prepared. Coordinator of the Council is William H. Scheick. 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 offeringgraduate 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 aeroAERONAUTICS nautical education and research by educational institutions. Twenty units of the University are cooperating with its Institute of Aeronautics 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 34 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 engineering leading to Civil Aeronautics Administration ratings, a i 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;cmmercial service; 3- private flying service; 4- military instruction. It is cne of the largest and finest educationally-owned airports in / erica, covers 771 acres, and has three concrete runways each 5,3 3 feet long, 150 feet wide, and adequate to handle the largest aircraft, The field is lighted for night flying. Complete supporting faciliti 1 include hangars, shops, waiting rooms, and food service. (Map showing airport location is in rear of this folder.)

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