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Thursday, July 11.1974
University Daily Kansan
Child Teaching Methods Studied by Preschool Labs
Child research and training college students to work with children are goals of the Edna A. Hill Child Development Laboratory at the University of Kansas, according to Judy LeBlanc, director of the preschool laboratory.
The laboratory classrooms, located in the research wing of Hawthorn Hall, accommodate more than 80 children ranging in age from 18 months to 5 years.
The laboratory school is attended by both normal children and those who have special needs.
The preschool laboratory tries to include children from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.
"We have children from all strata of life," she said. "For the best education you must
There are six classrooms in the child development laboratory, each focusing on a different aspect of learning. In these classrooms, children work with students week with and observe children
the preschool laboratory is devoted to meeting requirements for the Kansas State Certification for Early Childhood Education.
After completing a sequence of courses dealing with experimental and teaching procedures, undergraduates serve as a sample population for teacher-training research and learn the daily operations and control of a well organized preschool classroom.
GRADUATE STUDENTS work at developing effective teaching procedures and methods of successfully operating a classroom, instead of classroom work, in the classroom. Individual children to see how they learn and to follow their social development.
"Research can reach from training discrimination of one color from another to an examination of the effect of teachers' color on classroom chiseler, Lawrence graduate student.
Emphasis is placed on determining whether a child is going to be successful in future educational settings. Traditional skill-testing techniques are used to determine a child's present and potential learning abilities.
For children with learning problems, special instruction and materials are used.
"We want to make it easier to learn, as we do to make learning a pleasant experience."
A large part of undergraduate training in
Of the six classrooms in the preschool laboratory, one is used for work with children who have behavior or learning problems and would not be admitted to a regular school.
"We try to integrate these children into regular classrooms so they can go to public schools."
IN ANOTHER CLASSROOM children with limited physical abilities are placed with physical therapists.
"We like to have normal children accept
Nancy Nordyke, Lawrence graduate student, began working with children in the library several years ago and joined with them to work with children with special problems.
those with physical disabilities, without discrimination," he said.
Normal children advance quickly and in a way that is easy to follow, she said, but children with learning or behavior problems advance slowly.
"Children in the normal preschool don't require the same type of behavior on the
part of the teacher as children with special problems," Nordyke said.
"Progress is slow, but when it does happen, you realize you have really helped us."
One Lawrence woman whose son attended the laboratory for three years was attached to the research group.
They notice problems quickly and individu-
lize programs so each child gets best
out of the session.
"For them to have a hyperactive child like me, the progress they did was truly amazing."
Special Interests' Funds Increased
In 1972 the groups spent $9.7 million in Senate and House races. As of May 31, the same business, agriculture, labor, special interests had $17.4 million at hand.
the most money.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Political species interest groups already have almost twice as much cash available for this fall's congressional candidates as they spent two years ago, Common Cause, a citizen lobby, reported yesterday. The American Medical Association has the most money available, whereas in 1972 the milk producers spent
John W. Gardner, chairman of Common Cause, coupled release of the report with a plea to Congress to pass pending legislation "for new clean sources of campaign funds."
The leaders in available funds are the AMA, which was $1.8 million, the political arm of the Associated Milk Producers, which has $1.6 million, and the Marine Union, which has $910,000. All three groups have a heavy stake in legislation.
Common Cause garnered its figures from reports required under federal law. It found that "in surpassingly high portion of the cases, there was no national interest groups" came from California.
'Picnic' to Have Sports, Games At Intermission
Have you ever wanted to join in a sack race? Or pass the apple? Throw horse shoes? Would you like to buy a kiss for 50 cents?
All of these activities, and more, will take place during the intermission of "Picnic," the second play in "The World of William Waddell" at University of Kansas summer theatre festivals.
Each performance of the play will have a "picnic within a picnic." And each performance of the play has something a little different.
The play will open on tonight at 8 p.m. Between the second and third acts, the cast and audience will move to the Murphy Hall courtyard for an old-fashioned picnic.
The other performances will begin at 8 p.m. and the picnics will begin about 9:15 a.m. The kids will be dressed in ice and ice cream will be available for $150. In addition to the games, there will be Dixieland music by Paul Gray and the Gang, and a girl will be crowned queen.
The Friday performance will have a picnic before the show. This is a special event for students, and the KU department of speech and drama. There will be no picnic-intermission in this performance. Instead, there will be the final concert by William Ingen memorial theater at 7:30 n.m.
Saturday is an alumni night performance.
It will begin at 6:30 p.m.
By RICHARD PAXSON Kansan Staff Renorter
Profs Say Watergate Issue in Kansas
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of stories about the effects on Watergate on Kansas politics.
Watergate is having an impact on the November election races in Kansas, three far-flung members in the department of Justice.
Earl Ehring, professor and chairman of the department, said Gov. Robert Docking's decision to retire from politics was in good
"When he announced his retirement, that was my immediate reaction," Nehring said, "because I thought he seriously planned to run for the Senate. He probably reached the decision early, but he also broke his brother, occurring as it did in the Watergate atmosphere."
Docking's personal appeal and his basically honest image might have allowed him to overcome the Watergate stigma,
Broken down, the survey shows available political money from health groups up 223 per cent over the 1972 total spending, agriculture and dairy groups up 106 per cent, business groups up 96 per cent and labor groups up 59 per cent.
"But it would have been potentially extremely difficult for him and his family in a campaign with much hard talk and
Allan Gigler, assistant professor of political science, said Watergate was making politics "increasingly for thick-skinned voters."
"I THINK DOCKING may have been getting a little think-skinned," he said.
Watergate's greatest effect on Kansas politics was that it made it more difficult to recruit people to run for public office,
"(Ll Gov) Dave Owen was discouraged from running for governor because of a hyper-concern about his personal life," he said. "Close personal scrutinization has become an additional cost of politics."
Francis Heller, professor of political science that a recent statement by Dole described the situation well.
All three professors agreed that Watergate had hurt chances for the reelection of Sen. Bob Dole, the Republican incumbent. Francis Heller, professor of political science and law, said
"Dole said that people were split so closely on the issue that anything he said on Watergate or impeachment would hurt him. Politicians are as unsure about this thing as everybody else," Heller said.
Nehring agreed that Dole's political prospects were diminished by Waterate.
"I can't help but hurt him," Nebing said. "He's tried to disassociate himself from it, but most voters don't think in such a way."
Cigler said Dole was primarily being considered guilty in the incident because of those he was associated with.
Bill Rory, should make wagerate him in the campaign.
"He should if he can do it subtly," Nehring said. "He should
and a passion for possession. He was part of the problem or just a bifurcation, but he's probably cleaned," he said.
Nabitatian and a pawn, but he's probably cleaned."
Cigler said Roy's strategy should be to put Dole on the defensive.
"Roy should try to imply a linkage between the nation's moral ills and Dole," he said. "Watergate should decrease out-of-state campaign contributions for Dole since he's viewed as vulnerable."
HEIRING and CIGLER also agree that Watergate should help Atty. GEN, Vern Miller, Democratic candidate for governor.
"It should help Miller particularly among non-partisan persons," Cigler said, "especially those who like morality."
"When Kalmbach and Stans swept through the corporate front offices of America like Sherman marching through Georgia, they totally destroyed the old system." "Gardner said, 'I didn't destroy the system. It lives.'"
Nehring said Miller would be helped because he was so clearly identified with law and order.
"He isn't a Republican, and his whole image is of an honest man administering the laws fairly," he said.
Although they said Waterey might be a significant factor in individual races, all three discounted its overall importance in key markets.
Heller said there was less intense feeling against Presidien-
h尔 in Kansas than in other states, and thus the impact of Willem
J. Heller.
Watergate has just increased the general public disillusionment with government. Clerk said.
"People tend to think our economic problems are much more important," he said.
Nehring said of Watergate, "A great many people are just not spending a lot of time thinking about it."
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