Monday, Sept. 25. 1961 University Daily Kansan
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Honor Sessions Set In Scholarship Halls
Class discussions have replaced ping-pong in the recreation room of Pearson Hall.
And classes have also come to Stephenson, Jolliffe, Battenfeld and Foster Scholarship Halls as the result of an experimental educational program conceived last spring.
PROF. WALTER WIER, director of the honors program at the University of Colorado, suggested the program — the only one of its kind at the University — when he spoke at a dinner for the men of the five halls last spring. Impressed by the idea's enthusiastic reception, KU officials approved the present program.
By Dennis Farney
Under this year's pilot program, each of the five halls houses its own Western Civilization discussion group. In addition, Pearson Hall houses a three-hour honors course in freshman English.
"Dean Waggoner and I are both lending this operation our whole-hearted support," said Francis Heller, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "We believe that there are certain types of classes which lend themselves to a setting such as the scholarship halls can provide. We are very pleased that the halls have taken the initiative on this program."
HE ADDED that the program places a different meaning on the term scholarship hall. The hall is now not only a place where scholarship recipients live, but also a place for practical applications of scholastic pursuits.
Conducting the Western Civilization groups at the various halls are
James E. Seaver, associate professor of history and director of the Western Civilization program, Pearson Hall; Francis Heller, associate dean of the College, Foster Hall; Bernard Eisenstat, assistant instructor of Western Civilization. Battenfield; J. Eldon Fields, professor of political science, Stephenson Hall; and J. O. Maloney, professor of chemical engineering, Lolliffe Hall.
"I'm going to like it," said Tom Lynn. Nortonville sophomore. "I think that discussing things among ourselves before and after the classes will help."
"I can't see how this sort of thing can help but make a more intimate student-teacher relationship," he said. "A program of this sort will always be much easier to teach, because you're dealing with an honors group and have no attitude problem. And goodness knows we can use the space," said Prof. Seaver.
"I THINK one of the advantages of the program is that it's a lot easier to speak out in class," said Robert Carnahan. Wichita sophomore. "Classes definitely have an academic atmosphere, but they're a lot more informal than the ordinary class discussion."
Prof. Seaver commented favorably on the program.
ROBERT COEB, assistant professor of English, conducts the freshman English class at Pearson Hall.
Although the program this year is experimental, many of the scholarship hall men hope that it will be continued and expanded in the future, perhaps to include seminars in which the entire hall could participate.
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