IN THIS ISSUE: Noise: The Fourth Pollutant /2 (Systematic approaches to the management of environmental noise, particularly in urban areas, are discussed by Daniel P. Loucks, professor and chairman of the Department of Environmental Engineering.) ... Industry and Aircraft: Major Problem Areas for Noise Control /12 (A. R. George, professor and director of Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, writes about fields in which he specializes.) ... Rural Quiet or Ear Plugs? The Increasing Problems of Agricultural Noise /20 (Extension safety engineer L. Dale Baker of Cornell's Department of Agricultural Engineering discusses the effects of noise on farm workers and country dwellers.) ... Vantage /24 (Engineers try their skills at flying paper airplanes, building and racing concrete canoes, and dropping eggs.) ... Register /28 (Special recognition of College personnel includes the establishment of the Andrew Schultz, Jr. Professorship of Industrial Engineering and the dedication of the John F. McManus C.E. '36 Lounge.) ... Faculty Publications /39 ... Letters /44