Bricker wins HOPE Award again
Photos by Mike Rieke
HOPE Award winner Clark Bricker-professor, chemist, author, and champion of innovative teaching
By MARY QUINN
Kansan Staff Writer
Clark E. Bricker, professor of chemistry, was named recipient of the 1969 HOPE Award Thursday.
He has been a member of the KU faculty since 1963 and received the award for the first time in 1966.
Bricker said he was pleasantly surprised and honored when Pamela Russell, Iola senior and co-chairman of the awards committee, congratulated him.
"There is no better satisfaction for a teacher than to be recognized by students. A professor is revered by his colleagues because this is a significant and distinct honor," Bricker said.
Award started in 1959
Award started in 1959 The class of 1959 instigated the award which is given to faculty members who are interested in students, explore new teaching methods and urge students to make full use of their educational opportunities.
Bricker thinks students and faculty members are "in the game together" and that they should have "a spirit of cooperation." This philosophy is utilized to help his students, Bricker said. An informal person-to-person basis backs his attitude of treating students the way he would like to be treated.
Bricker graduated from Gettysburg College in 1939, received his M.A. from Haverford College and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1944.
He has written three books and approximately 50 scientific articles.
Bricker memorizes students
Bricker, an amateur photographer, uses his skill to help him remember students. Because of his large teaching load of 680 students, he photographs each student with their name plate and memorizes them to help his person - to - person teaching method.
An educational device he em-
All entries must include the name, address, college and classification of the writer, as well as the name of the person submitting the entry.
The entry must have appeared in the college newspaper or magazine during the 1969-70 academic year, and may be submitted by anyone, including the writer.
National awards too
The winner of the award will
receive $35 in cash and a ciertate at the Kansas Engineering Society's meeting-in Wichita in June, 1970. Up to two other entrants will receive certificates for honorable mention awards.
Contest announced
Nov.7 1969
The Kansas Engineering Society has announced its second annual contest for articles written by college journalists.
An entry consisting of a single article or a series should deal with engineering subject matter. This category includes new developments in the school of engineering, air and water pollution or any other topic concerning KU or their surrounding areas.
KANSAN
Awards to be given to college journalists
The deadline for entries is May 1, 1970, but entries may be mailed in any time prior to that date.
First-place and honorable mention entries may be submitted to the contest sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers, which annually awards three cash prizes of $200, $100 and $50.
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his department from faculty to janitors. He said no single person is worthy of the HOPE Award honor and he wanted to share it with all members of his staff.
of education, difficulty in keeping students enthusiastic and no opportunity to express the philosophy of life.
Bricker said his philosophy of teaching utilizes every man in
Well-known for his strides in education, Bricker received a distinguished teaching award in 1967. In 1968, he received the Manufacturing Chemist Association award for outstanding contribution to the field of chemistry education.
ploys to reach students is a video tape of his lab sessions. Students can watch experiments and work problems in groups of 20 or less. His recitation classes usually have about 60 students. This method enables Bricker to work better with his students.
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He emphasizes drilling
"Technical education requires more quantitative analysis and accurate thinking. This is a result of more drilling. Students must be drilled for more emphasis in relating abstract principles to everyday life," Bricker said.
His future expectations for teaching methods include computerized, programmed instruction and video tape instruction. These enable students to study on their own time without an instructor. Professor Bricker sees two drawbacks to this type
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