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Only One Day Remains For Payment Of Fees
Only one more day remains for students to pay their fees. After Thursday a penalty of $2 a day will be added. Enrollment of students who have not paid their fees by Monday, will be cancelled.
A new system of paying fees is being used this year. In the past fees were paid in Strong before enrollment and usually students stood in long lines. Now, the student pays after enrollment.
James K. Hitt, registrar, said he believes the new system has cut down on the time students must stand in line. He said enrollment gave his office some big problems, but that the new fee system has not yet caused any major ones.
Most students seem to feel the new system is easier and also takes less time. Some wear and tear during enrollment is also relieved.
Mr. Hitt explained that although fees have been raised slightly, matriculation and graduation fees have been abolished. Instead of paying $10 upon entering KU and a $12.50 fee on graduating, students will pay part of these costs each semester.
New System Easier
Another reason for the increase is that the charge to music students for practice lessons has been abolished. Although this may seem unfair to some, Mr. Hitt explained laboratory fees in such courses as chemistry were dropped as early as 1946.
19. 46 I feel that a pro-rated fee should be established for all, so that a student, regardless of his talent, may get an education for the same cost as another," Mr. Hitt said. He doesn't believe music students should be penalized because of their talent. Music students will still continue to pay for practice rooms.
System Designed For 17,000
Mr. Hitt said the University is fortunate in being able to start shaking the "bugs" out of the new system in 1955. He said "the old method could not possibly handle the 17,000 students which Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy estimated as enrollment figures for KU by 1970. By starting now, we should be able to handle that number by 1970."
In paying fees, students may pick up fee cards in the basement of Strong and then pay the fees at the Business Office. Following payment of fees, students may obtain their ID cards at tables in Strong basement.
$5,000 Writing Prize Offered
A $5,000 prize is being offered by the International Catholic Institute for Social Research in a literary contest on "The Population Problem of Underdeveloped Areas."
Manuscripts which try to explain the problem will be considered for the prize.
The deadline for the papers, which have a 50,000-word minimum, is June 1, 1957. Information may be obtained in 288 Strong.
The bureau said the number of American children in the 5 to 13-year-old bracket has increased 26.8 percent in the past five years—by far the fastest growth of any segment of the population.
WASHINGTON — (U.P.)—A Census Bureau report showed clearly today why so many schools are overcrowded.
The 14-through 17 age group—reflecting the low birth rate during the depression years of the early 1930's—actually contained about one million fewer persons in 1955 than the same bracket covered five years ago, when the overall national population was smaller.
Why U.S. Schools Are Crowded
It estimated that on July I there were 28,096,000 youngsters in this age group. That is a rise of about six million over mid-1950.
Next to school age children, the largest jump was in the over-65 age bracket. The number of persons past the so-called retirement age of 65 increased 15.9 percent during the five-year period, and now totals about 14,128,000.
The total U.S. population on July 1 was estimated at 165,248,000 an increase of 14,116,000 over mid-1950.
Mathieu To Talk To French Club
The French Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in 103 Strong Hall. R. G. Mahieu, professor of Romance languages, will speak in French on history, activities, and purposes of the club. ...
The recipient of the Annette Rolli Scholarship for a student in French will be announced. Singing, entertainment and refreshments will follow.
Officers of the club are Gary G. Sick, Russell junior, president; Edith Sorter, Kansas City senior, vicepresident; Pamela H. Hutchinson, Arkansas City junior, secretary-treasurer; Carol R. Curt, Neodesha junior and Marcia Sue Fullmer, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, refreshment committee.
Wednesday, Sept. 28.1955. University Daily Kansan
Urges More Identification
Bruce McKee, superintendent of the University post office, urges students mailing packages or cases, especially laundry cases, to put their names and addresses inside the container. This insures identification in case the outside label is torn off.
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One of the nation's leading rocket and "space" scientists, Richard W. Porter, will speak at the annual Science and Mathematics Day program for high school students Oct. 29. Dr. G. Baley Price, general chairman, announced today.
The program will include speakers who will trace the scientific processes applied to such problems as polio vaccine, interspace travel, and the possibilities of life on other planets.
Rocket Scientist To Speak Oct.29
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Picnic Set For Tomorrow
A picnic, sponsored by the Future Business Leaders of America, will be held at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Potter Lake. All students in business education, secretarial training and pre-business are eligible for club membership and are urged to attend this meeting.
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