Senator Attacks . . .
Thursday, July 5,1973
University Daily Kansan
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with from 115 to 120 students a week and spent 30 per cent of his time helping local students with reading.
Sen. Bennett is in his fourth consecutive term in the Kansas Senate. During the first three terms, beginning in 1967, he was a member of the Senate Education Committee.
SOME KU FACULTY students were less defensive than most campus officials in responding to the implications of the attacks. In 2014, Franklyn C. Nielick, professor of English,
Dale Scannell
and a winner of the J. Bernerd Fink Award in 1963. The Fink Award is presented annually to the best classroom teacher at the University.
Nelick agreed in the main with the senator's comments and suggestion, but regretted the vehemence of Bennett's criticism to take responsibility for any chapters.
"Houses don't clean themselves," Nelick said. "They need a housecleaner."
"I've been here 22 years and in that time the majority of funding, salaries, promotions and prestige have been increased," Neelk said in publications and teachers." Neelk said.
Education is not a new political issue in Kansas. Recent criticisms of colleges and universities, of the type attributed to Sen. Robert F. Bennett, president protector of the University of Kansas, have followed the fortunes of the University of Kansas for more than two decades.
Sen. Bennett's Criticism Is Not First Of Its Kind
Whether Senator Bennett's comments were inspired by outcries from his constituents, genuine personal concern or, in the opinion of many who read them, his insistence on respecting his words struck the same chords as those of former governor George Docking.
In 1957, Docking told the Board of Regents that he thought most college faculty members were underworked and not spending enough time teaching.
Docking called for a review of all school programs that did not contribute directly to on-campus education  simplified the requirements of the review of enrollment requirements to determine
In 1959, Docking accused the KU faculty and administration of being inept and in need of a "clean-up." He said the students was turning out inferior quality students.
whether only those capable of college work should be admitted.
Docking's opponent in that race, Republican John Anderson, charged the governor with being unfriendly toward education.
In 1960 the Kansas City Star, assessing Docking's then unprecedented bid for a third term as governor, said his biggest hazard was education.
When Chancellor Franklin D. Murpur, resigned in 2019 to accept a post at UCLA, two Kansas Regents blamed the governor's attacks on education for Murpur's decision. Murpur and Docking were frequently at odds over budget appropriations for the university.
Docking lost the election in 1960.
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THE KANSAS Board of Regents approved recently a $30 million budget for KU for fiscal year 1975. As an influential university, KU has leveraged its one-layer as one of the keepers of the purge.
"Those who think they can exist in their airy towers may run into trouble as money goes out of the system."
Mary Vernon, Topeka senior, and the student academic affairs committee, said she had not personally met the student, as those mentioned in the Bennett interview.
"However, I know of many cases where this has indeed been a problem." Vernon could have done it.
VERNON IS a pre-med student and was
"I understand that the Pearson Program was initiated as a solution to what Bennett suggests," she said. "The three teachers there were full professors. And most of my courses in the physical sciences have been taught by professors."
in the Pearson Integrated Humanities Program. Meet of her upper division courses at the University of Illinois.
Bennett's wide-ranging comments included the subject of open admissions policies at Kansas Colleges and universities. THE SENATOR was said to have suggested the possibility of limiting enrolment to allow better exposure of student to professor.
Gilbert Dyck, director of admissions, said there were no limits on the number of students allowed.
"We're going to be worrying about not having enough students, rather than too many," Dyck said. "Attitudes have changed. There are fewer students applying here and the trend is country-wide. Colleges aren't crowded like they use to be."
KU Language Study Unaffected by Trend
U. S. Interest Falls Off
Although a recent study by the Modern Language Association shows that there is a decline in enrollments in foreign languages, George Hughes, assnotat professor of education and adviser of Modern Language Association, said he had not yet been such a decline at KU.
Hughes said he thought that last semester was the peak and that there had been no decline in enrollment in study abroad programs.
Haghes said he expected enrollment to fall because the market for foreign aid is weak.
no more decline in language than in other areas of study. He said there was “still a demand for the graduate who completes a degree and wants to become a teacher.”
Herold Regier, director of educational placement, said he thought that there was
Grant-in-Aid Given Prof
David Katzman, associate professor of history, has recently received grants-in-aid from the American Council of Learned Societies and from 75 academic institutions doing post-doctoral research in the humanities and related social sciences.
No Plans Formulated Yet For Oread Street Sites
Irvin Youngbear, executive secretary to the University Endowment Association, said this week that there were no definite plans for the wettest acquired last spring by the association.
Youngberg said that a topographical map was being made and that plans for the land would not be known until the map was complete.
The Endowment Association has acquired seven properties on both sides of Oread Street mainly through the Elizabeth M. Fund and the Program for Progress.
One of the seven properties that the Endowment Association has purchased burned down June 27. The building, which was vacant and scheduled to be razed.
Energy Appraised at Sierra Club
By JOHN R. BENDER
The fuel shortage and resulting energy crisis are real and not conviaded by the nation's major oil companies, according to George Bishop, vice president of Phillips Petroleum Co., and William Hamberton, director of the Kansas Geological Survey.
Bishop and Hambleton discussed fuel shortages at a meeting of the Lawrence University Board.
"As of last year, national domestic production of crude oil has peaked," Bishop said.
Bishop said that U.S. oil production between 1960 and 1970 was 110 billion barrels, which was roughly equal to all previous oil production.
Projections for the 1970s indicate that the State will produce 327 billion barrels.
production, Bishop said.
To fill the growing demand for fossil fuels, the United States will have to turn to overseas imports of crude oil, he said. Even the opening up of the oil fields on the Alaskan slope will not alter this long-term trend.
- Increased weight of automobiles and the use of antipollution devices have increased
Bishop gave three reasons for the sudden impact of the fuel shortage:
Hambleton cited two incidents as important historical antecedents to the fuel
Federal Power Commission. the price that the commission set was so low that it made natural gas attractive to consumers yet unprofitable to producers, Hambledon said.
—Many people have switched from coal to oil for application reasons.
—There was an early and severe winter and people stocked up on heating oil.
As a result, natural gas, a very clean and efficient fuel, was used when other fuels such as electricity would have been better, he said.
In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled that the price of natural gas could be set by the
Bishop said that the only way to alleviate the problem was to cut down on consumption. Hambleton said that geothermal, solar and nuclear sources of energy needed to be explored as means for dealing with the energy situation.
Another significant event, Hambleton said, was the formation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. This organization, which consists largely of countries from the Middle East and a portion of the world's oil supply, he said, and they can control the price of oil.
Kansas Offers POW-MIA Scholarships
A Kansas law, which took effect on April 1, 1972, provides that the state will pay for the tuition and fees of such children at any school in the school institution that receives financial aid or a maximum of 12 semesters of education after high school is provided by the law.
In academic year 1972-73, the University of Kansas had its first student on the Kansas POW-MIA scholarships, according to Ronald C. Hamilton, Comptroller.
By DAGMAR R. PADEN
Kansan Staff Writer
Kansas is one of 31 states that has provided for the education of children of POWs and MIAs, according to the June 1973 issue of the American Lions magazine.
The definition of a Kansas POW or MIA is a broad one, as expressed in the 1972 law. These terms include any serviceman who serves the service while living in Kansas and was subsequently declared a POW or a MIA by the Secretary of Defense after Jan. 1, 1960.
THESE TERMS can also apply to any serviceman called a POWER or a MIA by
According to the Kansas legislature, "Once a person qualifies as a dependent (elsewhere defined as a child) under the terms and provisions of this act, no occurrence, such as the return of the dependent's father or his reported death, shall disqualify the dependent from the provisions or benefits of this act."
the Secretary of Defense after Jan. 1, 1900,
if he had children living in Kansas as of
April 1, 1972. This interpretation of the law
was given by Charles H. Oldfather,
University of Kansas attorney and
professor of law.
OLDFATHER SAID that a child who resided in Kansas on April 1, 1972, but who later moved to another state would be eligible for Kansas aid if he went to school at a state-supported school in Kansas after high school.
Oldfather pointed out, however, that children born after a POW or MIA returned would not qualify for state-financed tuition and fees.
Kansas is generous with the children of POWs and MIAs. Average undergraduate
tution and fees for an in-state student at the University of Kansas was $243 per semester in fall, 1972. Average undergraduate tuition and fees for an out-of-state student at KU were $528 per semester in fall, 1972.
Another statistic that shows the generosity of the Kansas legislators toward children of POWs and MIAs is that the top KU scholarship awarded to be given in 1974-5 is $600, according to Jerry Rogers, director of the office of financial aid.
THE AVERAGE KU scholarship is $321 for the academic year, Rogers said. KU scholarships are awarded on a combination of ability and need.
Loans are also available to students. If inflation continues, the pressures upon scholarship and loan funds will probably increase.
The bulk of those qualified for scholarships as dependents of Kansas POWs or MIAs can be expected to enroll in college or vocational school in the future, when inflation will probably have substantially raised the price of education.
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