SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXVII
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, Friday, June 23, 1939
Students In Automobile Crash
Reading Institute To Start Monday; 100 Are Expected
★ First Annual Session To Study Reading Problems and Acquaint Teachers With New Methods
The first annual Reading Institute, which opens Monday, offers five days of intensive study of reading problems and will acquaint teachers with new developments in reading instruction at-elementary, junior high, and high school levels. More than 100 Kansas teachers will attend the Institute which is conducted by the School of Education and the extension division.
Among the outstanding speakers will be Dr. Angela Broening, of Balmore, Md., vice-president of the National Council of Teachers of English. Doctor Broening has had experience in working with children at the junior and senior high school levels, and has written many books and articles in professional journals.
Dr. Grace Arthur, a specialist with problem children in the Wilders Clinic, St. Paul, will present lectures and demonstrations relevant to the clinical approach to reading problems. Miss Frances Mitchell from the Gates laboratory in Teachers College, Columbia University, and who is teaching here during the Summer Session, will discuss remedial work and will demonstrate the best general instructional methods.
Miss Ruthann Smith of Grand Island, Neb., will discuss elementary reading, and J. B. Epting, former state superintendent of public instruction for the state of Tennessee, will discuss problems involved in instrumentation to improve reading.
In addition to these visiting staff members, R. H. Wheeler, professor of psychology, will lecture on the psychology of learning, with especial reference to reading. A. T. Turney, associate professor in the School of Education, will present problems of the varying abilities of school children, and their relation to learning to read. F. P. OBRien, professor in the School of Education, will present material dealing with the usefulness and limitations of standardized testing instrument for measurement of children's reading abilities
Bert A. Nash, professor in the School of Education, will deal with problems of personality and social background as they may influence the child in his reading development. Fred S. Montgomery, secretary of the Bureau of Visual Education of the University, will direct visual education and visual aids.
Admission is by registration only. The fee for Summer Session students is $3.25. This is only half the amount of the regular registration fee.
Sound pictures having both entertainment and education value will be presented at 7 o'clock on Monday evening and at 8 o'clock on the following four evenings in Fraser theater. These pictures are free to everyone.
At the close of the Institute certificates of attendance showing work in the field of reading will be given to those attending. The study gives no university credit.
Convocation Schedule
Chancellor E. H. Lindley will be the principal speaker at the first convocation of the Summer Session Friday morning.
Olga Eitner, fasp, will present a violin solo. D. M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts, will lead community singing.
First hour ... 7:30- 8:10
Second hour ... 8:20- 9:00
Third hour ... 9:10- 9:50
Convocation ... 10:00-10:50
Fourth hour ... 11:00-11:40
Fifth hour ... 11:50-12:30
All Candidates Pass Bar Exams
★ New Lawyers Sworn in
Yesterday by Chief Justice
John F. Dawson
Every candidate for membership to the Kansas Bar Association from the University's 1939 graduating class passed the bar examination given in Topeka Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week. The new professionals were sworn in yesterday morning by Chief Justice John F. Dawson, of the Kansas State Supreme Court.
The examination started Monday noon, and continued until Wednesday noon. A rapid grading method enabled the aspirants to find if they had passed the test by last evening. Then, after spending a restful evening, the successful candidates appeared before Chief Justice Dawson yesterday morning to be sworn in as members of the Kansas Bar Association.
The new members from the University of Kansas are the following: Joan Newbill, Robert Averill, James Riddel, John Rounds, James Haughey, Billy Hampton, William Roy Kirby, Burton Mader, Richard Macmillan, Albert Brainard, and Joseph Sheedy.
Ray Roberts, Jr., William Coehrane, Jr., Morris Matuschka, Samuel Redmond, Harold Cook, Marvin Price, Omar Vess, Herman Smith, Jr., James Williams, Harry S. Deutch, and Swain William House. James Terrill, Paul MacCaskill, Edward Blougher, Oscar Belin, Lawrence Christinson, James Putman, Loyal Edger Miles, Sol Weinstein, George Stephens, and Eugene Haughey.
Rains totalling 3.59 inches have fallen since Sunday, according to figures compiled by Prof. C. J. Posey, of the Geology department. This shoots the rainfall in June to 7.83, a total well above the normal for June 4.71 inches.
June Rainfall Already Far Above Normal
The Kaw, which had started on the upbeat again, was falling slightly yesterday afternoon and was standing at a little over 11 feet, far below flood stage. The Wakarusa river, south of town, had risen to 14 feet Wednesday, 12 feet above normal, but had fallen almost back to normal yesterday.
Meanwhile farmers were nervously waiting for the moisture to cease so they could start their wheat harvesting.
Six To Be Added To Faculty Next Fall Says Nichols
★ Dreyer, Hageman, Heady,
Spalding, Palmerlee, and
Vance To Teach Here
Next Year
Six additions to the faculty of the University of Kansas were announced today for next fall.
Robert M. Dreyer will be an instructor in geology. He is being added to the geology department to handle the increased load in both graduate and undergraduate sections and to relieve staff members who will devote a part of their time to the expanded geological survey program
Dreyer received his AB degree from Northwestern University; and his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. He is single and has spent several years with the United States geological survey.
Hans Hageman will be assistant professor of German next year, succeeding Alan Holske who goes to the University of Minnesota. He was graduated from Clark University with an A.B. degree. He received both his Masters and Doctors from the University of Wisconsin.
Ray Heady comes to the University journalism department from Wyandotte high school, Kansas City, Kan. He succeeds the late Prof. W. A. Dill who died in January of this year. He will teach several classes in journalism and will be acting publicity director of the University. Mr. Heady received his A. B. degree from the state teachers college at Pittsburg; and his M.A. from the University of Kansas. He has had three years experience with newspapers; and 10 years teaching.
Donald A. Spalding will be added to the chemical engineering department staff as an instructor. Increased enrollment in this section of the engineering school has made necessary the enlargement of the teaching corps. Mr. Spalding received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at the University this spring. He has had two years of experience in industrial chemistry.
Albert S. Palmerlee will be an instructor in engineering drawing next fall replacing part-time student helpers. Mr. Palmerlee received his B.S. degree from North Dakota Agriculture College; and his Bachelor of Science in Engineering and his Masters from the University. He has taught school in North Dakota and Minnesota.
The Business School of the University has employed Lawrence L. Vance as an instructor for next year. Mr. Vance has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and an M.A. from Minnesota University. He is a Certified Public Accountant; has had six years experience as a public accountant and three years of teaching. He succeeds J. Bland Pope who resigned this spring to accept a position with a private concern.
Many a husband, in a family fight,
is saved by the bell.
The worm turns—he turns over his pay envelope.
Five Coaches Injured When Car Strikes Interurban Near K.C.
Five athletic coaches attending Summer Session at the University were injured, two seriously, when their automobile was struck by a Strang Line car west of Kansas City, Kan., late Wednesday afternoon. The four graduate students were commuting from Lawrence to Kansas City, Kan.
The men involved in the accident from the University are: Edmun Ash, basketball coach at Kansas City, Kan., Junior College and a graduate of the University in 1930. Ash, who lives at 2272 Roswell in Kansas City, Kan., suffered bruises in the acci Reade. head
dent. *Tarold L. Reade*, head coach at Shawnee Mission High School, was bruised and cut about the face. He lives at 2264 Park Drive, Kansas City, Kan.
Ashley Elbl, assistant basket ball coach at Wyandotte High School and driver of the car, was bruised and cut about the face. He graduated from the University in 1936. Parks Seriously Injured
Percy Parks, coach at Wyandotte High School and a graduate of the University in 1922, was the most seriously injured. He suffered a broken collar bone and a severe brain hemorrhage. He was given two transfusions during a two hour operation to arrest the internal bleeding and one after the operation had been completed.
The vice-principal of Wyandotte High School, J. C. Hume, and Parks' niece, a nurse on duty at the hospital, Miss Loverne Akin, donated their blood. Athletes who had played basketball and football under Parks responded to a call for donors. Charles Madden, who graduated from Wyandotte High School several weeks ago, was the only student of Parks called upon for blood
Parks was recovering slowly late Wednesday night and was given a good chance for recovery by University of Kansas Hospital authorities.
Kistra Also Injured
Alfred Kistra, a junior in the University Summer Session was also admitted to the University of Kansas Hospital. He suffered a fractured pelvis in the accident. Kistra lives at 48 South Pyle and is assistant coach at Wyandotte.
Elbl said he stopped for the Strang line car. Seeing the car stop he assumed that it was going to pick up a passenger, and started across the tracks. The automobile and the car collided at the crossing. The car was estimated to be going about 35 miles an hour by Elbl.
While at the University Parks lettered in baseball and was on the basketball squad.
Scientific Display at Blake Hall
The Central Scientific company on Chicago will have scientific apparatus designed for use in the high school laboratory on display in the general laboratory in Blake hall all next week.
The display is especially for science teachers, superintendents, and principals, but everyone is welcome. A representative of the company will be present to demonstrate the equipment.
First Open House In Union Monday
- Reception To Last From 7-8; Dancing, Community Singing and Games
The first Summer Session open house to be held Monday night from 7 to 8 in the Memorial Union building will include dancing, community singing, and group games, according to Dr. F. C. Allen, recreational director. The semi-formal reception will give students a chance to meet the summer faculty members, and vice-versa, as there will be a receiving on the main floor of the Union building.
After a short address of welcome by Dean Raymond Schwegler, director of the Summer Session, there will be community singing led by Dr. Otto Missner.
After that there will be dancing in the Union ballroom for those who care to dance, and there will be other games for non-dancers. There will be punch and wafers available through the supervision of Miss Hermina Zipple. Also on the committee besides Doctor Allen and Miss Zipple is H. E. Chandler, assistant director of the summer session.
Entertainment will be in charge of Doctor Allen's Community Recreation class, with a directing committee consisting of Dean Nesmith, Gerald K. Barker, Anita Louise Warden and Helen Ann Buhler. Electric fans have been installed in case the heat catches up with the Hill again.
These open houses will be held every Monday night, and says Doctor Allen, "they were so successful last year that we hope all summer session students and faculty will come out Monday and really enjoy themselves."
SUMMER
SESSION
Slip-Ups
by
Walt Meininger
We knew it would happen before long. Schiller Shore was seen at the side of the library steps yesterday with a cigar box shooting cigar-
(Continued on page two)