6 Friday, February 12, 1971 University Daily Kansan Kansas Photo by ROR HARTZLER By FRAN CLARKE Kansan Staff Writer Students Tutor Job Skills Teacher and Student Learn Together Run Lucas tutors Alfred Ellkins Receive College Credit A UNIQUE Lawrence high school program stressing vocational training rather than academic studies has gained new tutors in the field. Eight education majors are present working as volunteer tutors in some of the high school's classes. The aim of the school is to develop the basic knowledge and skills that the students need so that after graduation they can find jobs. The 53 students currently attending classes, which are held in the Community Building, are there because they did not want to remain in school. THE KU STUDENTS became in the school when they were offered the alternative of tutoring, in place of the required eight hours of observation at Lawrence High School, for the education course, "Teaching Language Arts in the Secondary Schools." "I came down here the first time with a very idealistic notion that I could Carrollman. My mom, junior. Now I realize that these kids need to learn what it means." Dexh Srbhbart, Belleville, III, junior, brought a copy of Seventen magazine to one of her reading tutorial sessions. "I just had my student read whatever interested her in the magazine. She was learning something just by reading magazine articles. Next time, I'm going to bring an Ebony magazine because she likes it better than Seventeen," Ms. Strubbart said. THE VOLUNTEERS all said they had originally gotten involved just to fill the course requirement. Now, they are staying on, because As Miss Stribbah put it, "We're learning something here that you can't learn in a methods course on the bill." "We're getting a headstart on some of the student teaching situations we'll see next year," Jarnas said. situations we'll face next year", Lucas said. The school began a trial program under the supervision of Mary Schaefer. "I'm meeting more education majors, and we're discussing things in education that I never thought of before. I'm learning just as much The student signs a contract before he can attend classes. If he is absent more than 10 days, he can be dropped from the school. The student's instructor will inform the administrators believe it is more important that students have a place to come without the threat of dismissal. MANY OF THE STUDENTS heard about the school through word of mouth. But others heard about it while they were attending the regular class. CLASSES ARE held in the morning only. In the afternoon, students may receive credits for holding outside jobs related to their vocational The curriculum resembles that of a vocational school. Courses in pre-carpentry, building maintenance, food service, and the regular classroom subjects, such as English, American history and government are offered. For example, students studying food service have jobs at the Lawrence High School, cafeteria and at local restaurants. After earning a required number of credits, the student receives a high school diploma. The school's staff is composed of teachers from varied backgrounds. All have had considerable outside experience in the field they teach. Grant Money Designated For Training Therapists "This is the first programmatic grant for clinical training in the Retardation Center," Copeland said, emphasizing that the Center had received other grants which were rather than clinical training. The Mental Retardation Center in the Bureau of Child Research has received a grant of $28,000 for an experimental program to train occupational therapists for work with mentally retarded children as well as those associated director of the Bureau, said Thursday. The program is intended to teach occupational therapy students eventually retarded children and their parents, and to provide them with appropriate training. occupational therapy students. In addition, the Mental Retardation Center with cooperation from the department of occupational therapy. Coreland said the first year of the program would be funded by the agency, and this amount would be increased for each of the program's next six years provided by Social and Rehabilitation Services, a center of the program. The Bureau of Child Research consists of three divisions, only the Department of Public Health. Copeland said. The other sections of the Bureau are in the Parsons State Hospital in Parsons and the University of Kansas Medical School. Books Are Prizes In Collecting Contest to encourage serious book collecting. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Snyder of Shawnee Mission will sponsor the 15th annual Elizabeth Snyder Book Collecting Contest University of Kansas students. The collections of 27 students competing in last year's contest covered a variety of topics All students, except previous ones, are required to canter books which they have collected. The collections must contain at least 25 and not more than 30 books. The annual contest has gained momentum through the years. The winners are awarded books that sponsors the contest. The first prize, $100 worth of books, and other prizes, are awarded to winners in the undergraduate and graduate categories. For preliminary selection, contests must submit an annotated bibliography of their collections and a statement of research topics. Middledleton, assistant reference librarian, no later than April 7. 22 New Grad Fellows Funded Through NDEA William P. Albrecht, dean of the Graduate School, announced Wednesday that 22 new fellowships have been awarded to the University of Kansas through Defense Education Act (NDEA). Dean Ellerlemir said that applications should be made through individual departments. The departments will make their nominations to the Graduate School and select the council will select the recipients. Robert Elleriemer, associate dean of the Graduate School in charge of fellowships, said that this was about the same number of graduates. doctorate program. Funds are available for study in 39 departments at KU. Most of the work of the Bureau is directed from offices in the basement and in floors of the east wing of Haworth house the research facilities of the Bureau and the upper two floors will be used for the clinical training of special educators, teachers interested in mental retardation. The average number of fellowships granted per institution was 10.4, Albrecht said. "Although the University has not made a sizable increase in the number of fellowships received, neither are we losing ground," he Dean Albrecht said that only 30 universities, led by Illinois and Michigan with 31 awards each, received more new N.D.E.A. fellowships than U.K. One hun- nager seven schools received fewer. Welfare Plan Proposed McGoverson, the only announced candidate for president in the 1972 nomination, said President Nixon's revenue sharing plan would put more power to the states, those who already have power. WASHINGTON (UP)—Sen. George S. McGovern, D-S-D, proposed "Thursday that the federal government assume the welfare costs of the states instead of relying on money with no strings attached." said he was not opposed to the revenue sharing concept. McGovern's plan would provide $1 billion to the states, beginning July 1, to cover rising welfare costs and would begin a plan to raise $2.72 million in a complete federal takeover of all welfare costs." The awards, which provide for fees and generous stipends, will carry the fellow through the Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield, who also has opposed Nixon's revenue-sharing plan, said McGovern's proposal would be more likely to believe in just giving $5 billion to the states." Mansfield said. He McGevain said the $1 billion pressure on states trying to meet rising welfare costs. It would also give Congress more time to implement its administration's family assistance plan and discuss "revenue management." The proposal would make states which are reducing payments to welfare recipients to share in the $1 billion. Few people know about the partially enclosed patio The figures issued Wednesday by the Commerce Department illustrated an acceleration in the growth of U.S. statistics for the period showed there was little suburban integration despite new federal and state aid. Kansan Photos by ROGER SNEEGAS directly beside the Spooner Art Museum which at one time was used to display two sculptures. On the left, Fountain Group and Portrait of August Renoir are displayed in the courtyard empty except for a few small trees. WASHINGTON (UPI)—During the past decade the Negro population of the 67 largest urban areas of the U.S. grew by an estimated 2.82 million. The white population declined by 1.87 million. Black Populace Rises in U.S.; Whites Decline Federal surveys showed that white populations declined during the 1960s in all the dozen largest municipalities except Los Angeles, of whites increased by 3.3 per cent in Los Angeles to 2.7 million. 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