SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
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Don Bird Breaks K.U. Vault Mark
★ Jayhawk Track Star
Clears 13-10 To Place
Third in N.C.A.A. Meet
A new school record in the pote vault was set Saturday by Don Bird, Jayhawk senior, with a vault of 13 feet 10 inches to take third in his event at the National Collegiate track and field meet.
Bird, who hails from Arkansas City, broke the old Kansas mark of 13 feet 8 1-8 inches, established by another former Ark City high school star, Ray Noble. Noble had set the old school record at the Big Six meet in 1935.
Winner of the pole vault at the N.C.A.A. meet was Dick Ganslen of Columbia, who went over the bar at 14 feet 5 inches.
Bird was accompanied to Los Angeles by Coach Bill Hargiss, Bob Stoland and Ray Harris. Stoland competed in the high jump and broad jump but did not place.
Standout among the Big Six men competing at Los Angeles was Elmer Hackney of Kansas State, big shot putter. In the preliminaries, Hackney broke the old record of 54 feet 6 inches, three times. His best throw, which stands as the new record, was 55 feet 11 3-8 inches.
John Munski of Missouri, Big Six mile and half-mile champion, took third in the mile run Saturday behind Lou Zamperini, of Southern California, the defending champion, and Walter Mehl of Wisconsin. Zamperini's winning time was 4:13.4.
Another third place was won by Bob Simmons of Nebraska who upset the dope completely by placing as high as he did in the 440 yard dash. Simmons finished ahead of Howard Upton of Southern California, who had barely been nosed out by Johnny Woodruff at the I.C.4A meet.
Twenty-seven Find Teaching Jobs
Prof. H. E. Chandler, assistant director of the summer session, announced today the placing of 27 graduates for fall teaching positions.
Those placed and where they will teach are as follows: R. A. Burton, principal departmental school, Junction City; George Miller, superintendent of schools, Manning; Lela Siebert, political science, National Park seminary, Washington, D.C.; Louise Yoemans, English, Highland College, Highland.
Boydie Rich, English, Overbrook high school; Gilbert Towne, music, Wathena high school; Gladys Crone-meyer, home economics, Friends University, Wichita; Ruth Crary, music, Reading; Zenith Fowler, English, Quincy high school; Edna Smith, NYA supervisor, Garden City.
Dorot'y Lensdale, home economics, Welda high school; Dorothy Jane Willcutt, physical education, Lawrence junior high school; Raymond Swanson, physica education and science, Lansing high school; Ona May Larner, Latin, El Dorado high school.
Phyllis Sikes, social studies, Chanute junior high school; Barbara Woodard, history, Barstow school, Kansas City, Mo.; Norma Thompson, home economics, Cunningham high school; Hal Dellinger, music, Pleasanton high school; Paul Masoner, physical education and coach, Garnett high school.
Minnie McDaniel, mathematics and English, Hamilton high school; David Grindal, music, Dorrance high school, Josephine Dalton, music and art, Dodge City; Elsie Lora Wood, English, Ronana high school; Ida Good, elementary schools, Des Moines, Iowa; August Anneberg, music, Parker high school; Aileen Herndon, social science, Tonganoxie high school; and Elizabeth Whiteford, music, Axell.
New York Teachers Personalities to be Tested
By Nadyne Wakefield, c'uncl.
At last the teacher's personality as an important factor in educational problems is being recognized. New York City's public schools teachers will be given personality and health tests in the future. If some similar plan could be devised for other schools throughout the country, education would be taking another effective step forward.
For some years now the personality of the student has been talked about and tested. The P.Q, or personality quotient has taken its place beside the I. Q. It has been found that benefits accruing from a high P. Q. and an average I. Q. are greater than from a high I. Q. and defective P. Q. The last two centuries' emphasis on social contacts—a result of increased communication—has brought about the discovery of the importance of personality in the individual.
But as yet scholarship has been the main basis of judgment in choosing teachers. Too much emphasis has been placed on high grades and not enough on the personality of the teacher. The New York proposal plans to redirect this emphasis. Though realizing that scholarship is important the N.Y. City school board of examiners are now beginning to see the need of stressing personality and health, a necessary factor of the former, in the education of the city's children.
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Much more knowledge would be absorbed by students and less time wasted if the teacher were more interesting. Such qualities as self-control, and class control, personal tidiness, ability to cooperate with other teachers, good presentation and the correct use of the English language are what the N. Y. school examiners hope to test under their new plan.
It is true that many of these traits and others have been looked for in the choice of teachers by most schools before, but sufficient emphasis has not been placed on them. Also the difficulty of evolving personality tests and the limitations of any such tests are realized.
But if some tests of the above mentioned qualities or of similar traits can be measured in teachers and professors, a more effective educational system may result. New York City schools should be lauded for their part in this important educational movement.
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Speech Conference July 5-6
And —
Some People Believe That "MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS"
The Fourth Annual Conference in Speech and Dramatic Art will be held at the University, July 5-6.
Wayne Morris - Priscilla Lane
The conferences are informal in character, and, while they are designed for educators enrolled in the University Summer Session, any one interested in any phase of speech arts is invited to attend.
Meetings will be held both afternoons and one evening. Programs will include demonstrations, lectures, and discussions. Topics will be announced in the near future.
Swimming Hours Announced
The conference, conducted by A.J. Crafton, Miss Margaret Anderson, and E. C. Buehler, is sponsored by the Extension Division and the Department of Speech and Dramatic Art.
Swimming hours at the pool in Robinson gym as announced yesterday are for women: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 to 6; and for men: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at the same time. Classes will meet from 4 to 4:30 and from 4:30 to 5, and the open plunge will take up to the last hour. Advanced swimming classes for men will meet from 4:30 to 5.
Friday saw an unusually fine turnout of women swimmers. Instructing the women this summer will be Irene McAdoo, with Ed Hyatt filling this capacity for the men.
Nobody laughed when I stepped up to the piano. The second payment was months overdue and I had come to take it back.
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