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University Daily Kansan, April 26, 1984
Page 8
Prof named director of English program
Robert B. Waddill/Kansar
Haskell Springer, associate director of freshman and sophomore English, yesterday was appointed as the director of the freshman-sophomore English program.
By KEVIN LOLLAR Staff Reporter
Haskell Springer, professor of English, yesterday was named the seventh director in the 25-year history of the freshman-sophomore English program.
The FSE program, which comprises all freshman and sophomore English classes, began in 1859 along with the formation of the V-6 program, the brainstock of former English professors David Dykstra and Kenneth Rothwell
THE V-6 PROGRAM — so called because it was conceived on May 6, the sixth day of the fifth month — is a training program for new graduate teaching assistants in the English department.
John R. Willingham, professor of English and former director of the FSE program, said, "The program arose out of our dissatisfaction with the quality and kind of composition we were getting. We had a high failure rate before, and it has been pretty modest since about 1962 or '63.
"We tried to create a functional program, something students could understand and see as applicable to other fields. The whole drift of V-6 is application."
The program's aim is to get away from the practice of memorizing grammatical rules by rote and to emphasize principles of rhetoric.
Springer replaces Michael Johnson, professor of English, who will become chairman of the English department next fall after serving three years as director of the FSE program.
Springer, who has been associate director of the FSE program since 1981, envisions no significant changes under his administration.
"What we see is a continuation of lines Mike Johnson has been pursuing," he said. "We will be pursuing new and exciting opportunities for instruction in composition."
Among these opportunities is computer-assisted instruction. One advantage to using computers is that essays could be fed through a computer to discover mechanical problems in students' writing.
"This will allow the classroom experience to focus more on the rhetorical principles and strategies that should be the focus of composition." Springer said. "Less time will be spent on the less exciting minutiae of writing."
THE BIG QUESTION is financing,
Springer said, but he expects
computer-assisted instruction to begin
within two years.
He said the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the University of Kansas were interested in using new technology to enhance opportunities.
The FSE program will also pursue new methods of grading papers and writing curriculum, "writing will emphasize writing for other KU schools, Springer said.
Springer doesn't expect to effect radical changes in the FSE program, but to guide it along the course it has taken since its inception.
"The standards remain the same," he said. "What we are doing is to create a greater variety of opportunities for the students."
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Five chosen to receive KU's highest honors
By the Kansan Staff
THE FOUR ALUMNI will receive citations at the All-University Super at 6:30 p.m. May 12 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Gen. Rogers has other commitments and cannot attend.
The University solicits nominations for the distinguished service award from KU alumni and faculty, and recipients are chosen by a committee of faculty members and alumni.
The University of Kansas and the KU Alumni Association will award the University's highest honor to four KU alumni and a four-star general for their significant contributions to society.
The four to receive the Distinguished Service Citations are: former Kansas Gov Robert Bennett, a Republican; Dean Smith, basketball coach at the University of North Carolina; Glee S. Smith, Jr., a former state senator and former chairman of the Board of Regents; and Nicholas Gerren, a retired music educator who lives in Ohio. The fifth recipient, Gen Bernard W. Rogers, the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, is not an alumnus.
Including the five new awards, the University has given 270 Distinguished Service Citations since the program began in 1941.
DEAN SMITH, 53, coached the North Carolina Tar Heels to a 524-156 record in his 23 seasons there. Smith led the United States Olympic team to a gold medal in 1976 and in 1979 was named the country's top coach by the United States basketball Writers' Assoc-.
Glee Smith, 63, now a lawyer in Larned, received a degree in journalism from KU in 1943 and a law degree in 1947.
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Bennett, 56, now a lawyer in Overland Park, graduated from the KU School of Law in 1982. In 1973, Bennett was elected Senate president, succeeding Glee Smith. Bennett was elected governor of Kansas in 1975 and was in office for four years.
Nicholas Gerren, 72, earned a bachelor's degree in music and another in music education from KU in 1934 and 1955.
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