Title	Houstonian, 1968
Contributor (LCNAF)	University of Houston
Date	1968
Description	This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 1968, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston.
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	College yearbooks
Subject.Name (LCNAF)	University of Houston
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Houston, Texas
Genre (AAT)	yearbooks
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Location	LD2281.H745 H6 v. 34 1968
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11
Digital Collection	Houstonian Yearbook Collection
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	In Copyright
File Name	index.cpd

Title	Colleges
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	yearb_1968_246.jpg
Transcript	In the dispensary of the College of Optometry Dr. Noel Logan uses a pupilo- meter to measure the distance from the center of the bridge of Dr. Daniel Shea's nose to the center of his pupil. Jerry Boring, below, runs one of the many tests necessary to determine the extent of a child's vision abnormality. A large part of the practicing optometrist's patients are children from the Houston area. Ken Porter and Frank Belgar, left, study the effect of vision defects on physical coordination. Above, Bruce Barns looks deep into the eyes of one of his pretty, younsr patients. And below, Dean Chester Phieffer notes the improvements made in the college last year. Optometry Receives Grant; Betters In an effort to meet the critical need for qualified optometrists, the federal government granted the College of Optometry $107,000 last year for improvement of its teaching program. One provision of the Health Professions Act allocated funds for enlarging clinic facilities. This enabled the school to accept a full enrollment of 240 capable students. However, only one of every four applicants was admitted into the college. Dean Chester Phieffer noted that the replacements of antiquated equipment improved the clinic's research methods. The use of a laser in examinations has detected various eye diseases. Of particular significance was the study of the effect of vision problems in relation to children's achievement 328 Clinic's Research difficulties. Dr. Stanley Meyers explained that many hyperactive children with short attention spans fail in school because of visual constrictions. As pointed out by Dean Phieffer, the College of Optometry is concerned with providing clear, comfortable and efficient vision so that students of all ages will not be hindered in the learning process by poor eyesight. 329