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University Daily Kansan Monday, Sept. 17, 1962
Scenic Memorial Drive becomes theroughfare.
A New Problem
Already there appears to be a problem arising in relation to the new regulations concerning driving on campus which may not have been realized last year. Since cars are restricted in their passage on Jayhawk Boulevard, drivers have altered tactics and have switched to heavy use of Memorial Drive.
It used to be almost a rare occurrence to see frequent use of Memorial Drive because it was more convenient to cross campus on the more direct Jayhawk Boulevard. Memorial Drive used to be thought of as a route to take when one wanted to have a little fun and see how fast one could transverse the interesting curves past the Campanile. The wail of squealing tires frequently interrupted classes in the Strong annexes as an enthusiastic driver spun his auto along the drive.
THIS HABIT OF SOMEWHAT ridiculous driving has continued this fall despite the almost unwieldy amount of traffic which has been forced upon the drive because of the restricted traffic on the campus proper. Apparently local drivers do not realize the dangers involved in such a practice now that there is more traffic on the drive.
In order to maintain the beauty of the campus and allow the view of Potter Lake and the valley it is necessary to leave Memorial Drive as it is. Talk of straightening it has arisen but immediately cast aside. This overlook is one of the things which makes the KU campus one of the most scenic in this part of the country and to demolish it undoubtedly would cause considerably more
furor than the project to rebuild Fraser Hall. Thus there will remain the somewhat treacherous Memorial Drive.
THE NECESSARY EVIL of the traffic control system will probably inflict many problems upon the administration before a completely satisfactory arrangement can be found which will provide as much access to the campus as possible without resulting in the traffic and parking problem which plagued the campus for so many years.
The situation which appears to be arising concerning the obvious re-routing of traffic along Memorial Drive is one which the administration may not want to tackle immediately or may not feel compelled to take on. This is no fault of the administration but is an area where students and faculty members who are driving cars or riding bicycles or motor scooters can be a great help in making the traffic control system a success.
Memorial Drive is a Macadam surface road which can be tricky on hot days when the pavement is slick. To skid off the roadway could mean a long roll to the bottom of the valley. In the winter when the snows collect to over a foot in depth this road will be even more dangerous. Thus it is mandatory that drivers and riders be especially careful on Memorial Drive for many reasons: to eliminate accidents and possible deaths, to preserve the beauty of the campus by making a change in Memorial Drive unnecessary, and to aid in making the new traffic control system as much a success as possible.
—Bill Sheldon
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
"IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO WATCH HIS NEXT MOVE."
Short Ones
Half the world knows not how the other half lives—George Herbert.
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.—Ernest Hemingway.
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Six KU Campuses?
UNIVERSITY
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Upgrading Needed Before Unification
Extension 711, news room Extension 376, business office
By Clayton Keller
University of Kansas student newspaper
NEWS DEPARTMENT
Telephone VIking 3-2700
The Hutchinson News, which comes up with good ideas much more frequently than do most Kansas newspapers, has a meritorious suggestion regarding the state colleges.
Scott Payne ... Managing Editor
Richard Bonett, Dennis Farnek, Zeke Wigglesworth, and Bill Mullins. Assistant Managing Editors; Mike Miller, City Editor; Steve Clark, Sports Editor; Margaret Cathcart, Society Editor.
The News points out that the University of Wichita probably will be taken into the state system by next year's legislature, and continues:
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Clayton Keller and
Bill Sheldon
Co-Editorial Ed
"This will give Kansas six state universities or colleges, as one chooses to call them. That will be five too many. There should be but one. A University of Kansas. It would have campuses at Emporia, Hays, Manhattan, Lawrence, Pittsburg, and Wichita."
The idea of placing the state colleges under one administration, rather than merely in a loose association through the state's Board of Regents, is one which has been suggested before regarding Kansas. The News cites California and New York, where the state university has campuses in several cities.
Clayton Keller and Co-Editorial Editors Bill Sheldon
RUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Charles Martiniche Business Manager Dan Meek, Advertising Manager; Doug Farmer, Circulation Manager; Gene Spaulding, National Advertising Manager; Norman Classified Advertising Manager; Jack Cannon, Promotion Manager; Jack Cannon, Promotion Manager
The principal advantages of such an arrangement include more efficient operation, elimination of duplication of courses, and a coordinated budget rather than budgets submitted by competing institutions, according to the News.
These advantages are true enough. But before a multi-campus University of Kansas could become a reality, the educational system in Kansas would have to undergo a thorough revision and upgrading—on the high school level as well as the college level.
The reason is that if students at all the state colleges receive a degree marked "University of Kansas," they should have the same requirements regarding hours and courses and they should do the same amount of work in these courses.
This they do not do at present. At one of the three smaller state colleges—the one attended by this writer before coming to KU—requirements for degrees are less strict, the work load in a given course is likely to be much lighter than for the same course at KU, and grading generally is easier than at KU.
This is not necessarily bad under present conditions. Many students who choose the three smaller state colleges come from high schools which did not give them the background they need to do higher-level college work. Much depends on the individual, but usually a poor background is a severe handicap.
Because of the lower standards at the smaller state colleges, these colleges also are chosen by students who want to receive a college degree without working as hard for it. A joke at one of the smaller state colleges centers around the "refugees from KU" who, finding KU too difficult, transfer after a semester or year.
Considering the wide range of differences in Kansas high schools, one or more state colleges are needed for those who have had a poor high school background. AI-
though the Regents and the administrations probably would deny it, apparently the smaller state colleges have been chosen for and have accepted this role.
These statements are generalizations, and generalizations are sometimes dangerous to make. The statements would be difficult to prove on paper, and any proof would necessarily be in averages which would not take into account exceptions among individuals. But KU students who have attended another college will agree that for the most part the generalizations have validity.
The News points out that a multi-campus University of Kansas is still a long way off, and suggests that a start might be made in the area of a co-ordinated budget.
Even more important is a start toward upgrading the state's poorer high schools. As long as students from certain towns have an inferior high school education, little can be done towards upgrading the state colleges to KU's level—unless the state feels that it has no responsibility towards these students. Considering the Legislature's inability to pass a decent elementary and high school consolidation law, this upgrading seems far off.
This writer believes that nearly everyone can benefit from attending college—even though it may be for only a year at a low-standard institution.
The News, in mentioning the multi-campus University of California, forgot to mention that California also operates a number of state colleges and a large and growing number of junior colleges. Presumably, these institutions are for students who are unable or unwilling to attend the state university.
Whether or not Kansas can afford to maintain lower-level colleges is controversial. This writer believes that under present conditions Kansas must maintain such colleges, and that if the time ever comes when the high schools are approximately equal, the state still may have a responsibility to the student who is below-average in ability.
Needless duplication of courses and the competition between the state colleges must be ended, and having the colleges under one administration undoubtedly would be more efficient. The multicampus University, therefore, is a good idea. Perhaps increased aid to community and junior colleges will have to go with it. These junior colleges, theoretically, would not compete with the University, for their purpose would be made clear—to educate students unable or unwilling to attend the University.
But before any progress can be made toward combining the state colleges, Kansas must upgrade its poorer high schools and the smaller state colleges. If the state's system of higher education is to benefit from consolidation, standards at the other campuses will have to be brought to KU's level.
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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, by J. D. Salinger (Signet, 50 cents).
There are experts on Salinger who dwell at KU, and it would be presumptuous to try to compete with them. Just say that "The Catcher in the Rye," read again almost 10 years after it was first read, remains a moving, funny, frightening, puzzling, revealing novel, one of the best that has been written in America since the war.—CMP
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