Friday, October 20.1961 University Daily Kansan
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Faculty Opinion-
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are numerous and none of them, in my estimation, will improve our chances of becoming a great University. The increased enrollments have made it increasingly difficult to find time to pursue my researches.
"I think this plan has some merit," he said. "By following it, we'll pick up an hour of class time a day that won't be too objectional to anyone."
The last stronghold of free time for reflected contemplation has been early morning before classes begin and in the evening after classes are over. Now this is being eroded away by the elongation of the official day. I regard the increase of one hour in the work day as merely the first step in this direction. Once the success of the new plan has been proven, we can expect that there will be suggestions concerning the scheduling of classes between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. as the increased enrollments outstrip the physical facilities, which they surely will.
Three years ago, for example, my course in Animal Biology required as a minimum two hours of lecture and the running of seven laboratory sections. It has grown since then to have nine laboratory sections and has developed, as an outgrowth, the honors animal biology course, which requires two hours of lecture and the running of two laboratory sections. The honors course and the added laboratories have been at the expense of time that was formerly used to do research and to direct the researches of graduate students. The Talented Student Program has resulted in more and more undergraduates getting research-level training on an individual basis from professors who are interested in developing the latent talent of our best undergraduates. As yet, there has been no official cognizance of this added demand on the professors' time. Research training, after all, is an individualized thing. One student working for you 10 to 12 hours a week requires your personal attention for a considerable portion of that time. When the number of such students rises to five or six, the added teaching load is considerable.
"THE PLAN WILL simply spread our teaching load over a greater amount of time. We'll just have to adjust our research to the time we have left." Prof. Robinson said.
The culmination of all of these teaching activities has been that I spend less and less time "at the bench" doing research and more and more time trying to guide and stimulate students toward research careers in experimental biology.
The last stronghold of free time.
In contrast to Prof. Leone, W. Stitt Robinson, professor of history, supported the plan.
James E. Gunn, administrative assistant to the Chancellor, agreed that the class scheduling change "may involve problems for some faculty members.
He added, however, that the plan "seems to be the only practical solution to the problem of a rapidly increasing enrollment and no additional classroom space in view until 1963 at the earliest."
He said Blake Hall should be replaced by then.
Seymour Menton, associate professor of Romance Languages, opposed plans to schedule classes on the half-hour next year.
"I WOULD RATHER schedule classes on the hour basis," he said, "even if this means having 7 o'clock and 5 o'clock classes next year. Scheduling classes on the half hour will double the work of the faculty housewife during the noon meal. She'll have to cook one meal for you (the faculty member) and one for her school-age children."
"Also," he continued, "I'm against this plan because I'm not sure this is the only solution to the problem."
Some opponents of the plan listed the following alternative solutions:
Referring to the last alternative, Prof Leone said:
Divide the KU class schedule into three blocks: morning, afternoon and evening. Each faculty member would then be required to conduct classes in two of the blocks. The third block could be used by the faculty member for research or other activities.
- Reduce the number of classes offered by combining certain two and three-hour classes into five hour classes.
- Start limiting the annual number of incoming students.
"I THINK IT IS perhaps time for the administration to face up to the realities of the situation and start saying 'no' to Kansas youth. This would stimulate an increase in the building program faster than anything else."
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