SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
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NO.1
VOLUME XXV
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1937
Speaker Makes Plea For Idealism
Norlin Asks Graduates To Save National Dream Which Neglect Tends To Kill
An audience of several thousand enjoyed perfect weather conditions Monday night as 1,127 graduates from various schools of the University received their diplomas in the University stadium. Dr. George Norlin, president of the University Colorado, delivered the commencement address, speaking on "The American Dream."
Dr. Norlin sketched in some detail the progress of American idealism from the eighteenth century, showed how it had wavered at various times, only to be caught up and carried on with renewed vigor, and ended with a plea to his student listeners to rescue the American dream as it totters toward downfall today.
Other speakers included C. M. Harger, chairman of the board of regents, and Gov. Walter A. Huxman. Music for the processional, the recessional, and singing of the Alma Mater was provided by the University band.
Degrees conferred included 11 for doctor of philosophy.
COMMENCEMENT SIDELIGHTS
Clear skies and a comfortably warm day created a perfect evening for the sixty-fifth annual University of Kansas commencement exercises last Monday. Unsettled weather for several days last week gave University officials a bit of anxiety, and many persons predicted indoor ceremonies, but better weather conditions Monday night could not have been asked for.
Many were the remarks of amazement that a thousand graduating students could be seated with such precision that each would march across the rostrum unannounced and receive his own diploma without confusion. The fact of the matter is that dummy diplomas are used for the ceremony, and the real parchment is secured later. But spectators were not the only ones who were unaware of this. One senior in the College, seating himself after the ordeal, unrolled
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CLOSING HOURS
Closing hours for the summer session are as follows: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, 12:30 a.m.
Elizabeth Meguiar,
Adviser of Women.
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The University Greets You--schools. These courses lead to bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees, and cover the entire realm of the University's normal activities.
Dean Raymond A. Schwegler
In behalf of the summer session staff we extend greetings to you. Whether this is your first visit to the campus, or whether you are coming back after an absence, we wish to remind you that the summer session exists for and through you. If we can in any wise make your stay here more profitable to both body and mind, it will be a pleasure to receive your suggestions.
Watch the bulletin board for extra-curricular attractions. Plan for reasonable participation in social and recreational life. Apply the basic principles of psychology to your own learnings, and your program will be crowned with success.
In any case remember that the summer session will welcome your suggestions if we can in any wise serve you more acceptably and profitably.
RAYMOND A. SCHWEGLER,
Director, the Summer Session.
Beck Approves Land Transfer
Another step in the reorganization of University athletics has just been taken. Before leaving for his home in Alabama, Prof. W. W. Davis, chairman of the Athletic Board, said that Attorney-General Clarence V. Beck had approved the abstract of the deed transferring the ownership of the athletic grounds held by the University of Kansas Physical Education Corporation, to the state.
The land to be transferred consists of the playing fields purchased by the corporation and devoted to student use for the past 15 years.
The next step in the transaction, according to Mr. Davis, will be the drafting of the final papers for the sale, money for which was voted by the legislature during the last session.
All new undergraduate students in the University are required to take a psychological examination at 2 p.m. today in Fraser theater. Enrollment is contingent upon this requirement.
Psychological Examination
Welcome to the University summer session. Many students regard this term the most valuable and interesting of the year. There are few diversions, and the opportunity for study is greatly enhanced.
Chancellor E. H. Lindley
We wish you happy and profitable days on Mt. Oread. And for this we also invoke the good offices of the weather man.
Cordially yours,
E. H. LINDLEY
Chancellor.
Faculty Members Take Promotions
Promotions in the University teaching staff, effective for the year 1937-38, have been announced as follows by Chancellor E. H. Lindley:
From associate professor to professor: Lulu Gardner, English; D. H. Spencer, pharmacy; A. W. Davidson and Robert Taft, chemistry.
From assistant professor to associate professor: E. W. Hamlin, electrical engineering; John Hankins and C. K Ryder, English; and Elvira Weeks chemistry.
These promotions have been announced in the School of Medicine at Kansas City, Kans.:
From instructor to assistant professor: John Virtue, English.
From associate professor to professor: E. H. Hashinger, clinical medicine.
From assistant professor to associate professor: C. L. Dennie, dermatology.
From associate to assistant professor: H. P. Boughnou, H. L. Jones, and E. W. Wilhelm, medicine.
From instructor to associate: Orval Withers and Graham Ash, medicine; M. J. Owens, J. B. Weaver, Oscar Davidson, and E. O. Parsons, surgery.
From assistant to instructor: Joseph Webster, gynecology and obstetrics; Frank Tolle, medicine; R. L. Hoffman, Allen Ziegler, P. E. Johnstone, and C. A. Gripkey, surgery.
Associates and assistants in the School of Medicine are distinguished from associate professors and assistant professors in the school.
Chilly Weather Welcomes Students
Thirty-Fifth Annual Summer Session Gets Under Way with Good Total Enrollment Indicated
Mountain atmosphere prevailed on Mount Oread yesterday as enrollment was carried to completion, and although definite figures will not be available for another day or two, indications were that the total enrollment will compare favorably with those of recent years.
The thirty-fifth annual University of Kansas Summer Session, which begins today, will offer courses of study to more than a thousand students in 30 different departments of the various
Campus Cop Points To Traffic Regulations
Campus traffic regulations will be enforced from the outset of the summer session, according to George Snyder, traffic patroiman.
Although students are not required to park their cars in particular zones, no parking is permitted on the main drives of the campus from 7:30 a.m. until after 4 p.m. daily. Ample parking space is available on the large loop fronting Fraser, Blake and Watkins halls, behind the library, the Chemistry, Administration, and Engineering buildings, and at the west end of the campus drive, in front of the Chi Omega sorority house.
Snyder warns of violations of the 15-mile per hour speed limit, and urges students to avoid difficulties by observing the numerous stop signs on the campus drives.
K. U. Postoffice Will Be Open Daily
Summer session students will enjoy the facilities of the regular University station postoffice, which is operated in the basement of West Administration building by R. C. Abraham. Mr. Abraham has charge of the station throughout the summer and winter terms.
The office will be open from 8 until 11:30 a.m. and from 12:40 to 5 p.m. daily except Saturday, when it is open only from 8 until 11:30 a.m. Collections will be made at 8 a.m., 12:45 noon and 5 p.m. on week days, and at 8 and 11:30 a.m. on Satdays. The outer office is open at all times, and letters may be dropped into the slot before the station opens and after it closes.
All postal service except foreign money orders, postal savings, bonds and social security transactions can be obtained at the station. Mr. Abraham does the largest volume of business in stamps, postal cards and parcel post mailings, but domestic money orders, registers, C.O.D. and insurance orders are in frequent demand.
Teachers Placed
The teachers placement bureau of the University reports a total of 104 placements of teachers since Jan. 1, 1937.
As in the past, the summer session will be in charge of Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler, dean of the School of Education and director of the summer session since 1924. The faculty of 102 instructors includes five visiting from other institutions, 44 full professors, 29 associate professors, 10 assistant professors, and 14 instructors.
The 1937 session represents a growth of 34 years, from the time the first session was held in 1903. Started as a six-weeks term, the session soon was extended to a total of 10 weeks, students enrolling for the two courses of study separately. The original schedule proved too brief for persons wishing to complete work for graduate degrees.
The split term system continued until 1931, when economic conditions made it necessary to cut the session's length to eight and one-half weeks. Although somewhat shorter than formerly, the present set-up still gives a student opportunity to take a master's degree in three or four years of summer session study.
The University considers the summer session as a supplementary half-term, and although in earlier years courses were limited to demand, they are practically guaranteed now regardless of the size of enrollment. The entire facilities of the University are available, and students in the session enjoy the advantage of studying under men who rank at the top in faculty standing. This is evidenced by the fact that 44 of the 102 faculty members are full professors.
Due to late enrollment, classes will be held this Saturday, June 12. Two-hour classes meet four days weekly, and three-hour classes meet five days weekly with an additional session at the discretion of the instructor. No classes will be held on Saturday after this week.
SPECIAL PERMITS
- Undergraduate women are not *
* allowed to room in apartment *
* houses unless they have a special permit from this office. *
* Elizabeth Meguiar, *
* Adviser of Women. *
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