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In addition to heightening the enthusiastic
morale of our Biology Department, this far-
reaching project has positively affected their
recruiting program. Obviously, the opportun
ity of the oceanography classes also enhances
the reputation of the entire University in re
spect to attracting promising students and fac
ulty. The department's steadily increasing
numbers also indicate a rapid advance to an
exciting graduate program, keyed to the varied
possibilities of the ship.
Surely, the entire University should express
its gratitude to the vision of Dr. Bradshaw, and
Dr. Curt W. Spanis, who in addition to countless
other volunteer projects for the school, has
spent incalculable hours in the program's plan
ning and implementation. Of course, the
project could never have advanced so far with
out the close cooperation of Dr. Ross E. Ding-
man, chairman of the department and the opti
mistic backing of the entire Biology faculty.
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