All in Two Years—
Tuesday, April 27, 1954
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Ericksen Writes Book, Builds Home
Combining literary, carpentry, and academic talents, one University sociologist is now enjoying the fruits of his labors. Dr. E Gordon Ericksen, assistant professor of sociology, rates an "A" for a particularly difficult two-year "course."
Prof. Ericksen did in 24 months what some individuals never even do in a lifetime. He completed a textbook and built a house.
The book, "Urban Behavior," was published last week by Macmillan and is being adopted by many universities and colleges throughout the United States and Canada.
The house, a three-bedroom ranch-type, is at 1645 Oxford road in West Hills. The Erickenses it is, if you believe the final teachers, we put on.
In the text Dr. Erciksen focuses its attention around the central problem, "How do urbanites conceive of themselves as persons and as an organized group?" In 496 pages, Dr. Ericksen demonstrates the impact of history and community organization on personality, the group-making process, and social control.
"I wrote the book largely because I was tired of adopting a 'seed catalogue' type of text in sociology," Dr. Ericksen said. By reporting established research findings the author shows how "democratic city planning leads to the release of human abilities, broadens the field of opportunity, and makes for greater personal liberty."
iently" and within two years, with a little manual help here and there from some of his academic colleagues, the house became a reality.
Dr. Ericksen was living in the Sunnyside apartments when he decided to build his own house after reading some construction plans in Popular Mechanics magazine. He had never used a powersaw, laid concrete or built much of anything in his life, but, he followed the instructions "obed-
Before joining the faculty in 1949, Dr. Ericksen taught at Indiana university and U.C.L.A. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago and is the author of several other publications such as "An Introduction to Human Ecology" and "Social and Cultural Features of Southwestern Kansas," in addition to a number of academic and popular articles in journals and magazines.
Democrats to Elect Officers
The University Young Democrats will elect officers and select convention delegates at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 106 Green.
The Caroima wen is the official bird of South Carolina.
Sixteen Students In Speech Final
Sixteen students enrolled in Speech I will be heard at 8 p.m. today and Thursday in Strong auditorium when they participate in the finals of the first Fundamentals of Speech Workshop program.
The speakers were selected last night on the basis of tryouts in which 44 students, chosen from 22 Speech I classes, participated. They will give 5-minute speeches on the general topic, "Know Your University."
The speakers and their topics for tonight are:
Nancy Teed, college sophomore,
"Foreign Students"; Mary Dough-
ge, college sophomore, "Sunny-
sade"; Galen Cadle, college freshman,
"Prof. Hopkins"; Georgeanna
Reardon, college senior, "Lawrence Extension Center"; Raymond Roberts,
fine arts freshman, "The Campanile"; Jo Houlton, college sophomore, "Library Card File";
Roger Miller, pharmacy junior,
"Campus Politics", and Tal Streater,
fine arts sophomore, "The Jayhawk."
Thursday, night-speakers are:
Helen Medved, college freshman,
"Uncle Jimmy"; Joan Shear, college sophomore, "Campus Night Life"; Douglass Wallace, engineering freshman, "The Wind Tunnel"; Sharon Theis, college freshman, "Campus Police"; Brooke Collison, college freshman, "The Student Union"; Barbara Froman, college freshman, "Potter Lake"; Richard Parker, engineering freshman, "Bailey Chemistry Laboratory", and Jay Swink, college freshman, "Dyche Museum Panorama."
The chairman tonight will be Betty Lou Watson, college sophomore, and Thursday, Mary Dougherty, college sophomore. Judges will be Prof. E. C. Buehler, Assoc. Prof. Margaret Anderson, instructors James Wright, Eugene Reynolds, Bonnie, Royer, and Dan Palmquist.
The workshop, according to William Conboy, director of the Speech I program, is a required laboratory for all Fundamentals of Speech students who are required to attend at least one of the sessions. He said that major emphasis will be placed upon the workshop as a directed listening experience.
Teacher Association Elects New Officers
Miss Marian Howard of Emporia High school, Saturday was elected president of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Other officers chosen in the annual meeting held in connection with Cervantes Day were Miss Ella Larner, Leavenworth High school, her president; and Harley Oberhelman, graduate student, re-elected secretary-treasurer.
Largest of the groups from several schools and colleges here for the Cervantes Day program was one of 40 grade school students from Pittsburgh. They presented skirts in the Spanish language variety show.
Kansas High In National ROTC Plan
The total number of ROTC cadets at KU is slightly more than the national average.
According to the April 26 issue of "Time" magazine, about 1/5 of United States college males are in some branch of the ROTC. Almost two-fifths of the KU men are in the program.
According to Lawrence Journal-World photographer Richard Clarkson, journalism senior, KU was to have been featured along with Cornell in the recent Time article. Early in the semester, Clarkson interviewed ROTC officials because of a questionnaire which the magazine had sent him. He said he understood the article was to feature the two schools.
Instead, the educational section of the magazine carried a three column feature looking at the total national program.
KU has about 500 Army ROTC cadets. This compares with 141,600 students in the total Army ROTC program. About 250 colleges and universities are responsible for this enrollment.
Patch Contest Deadline Friday
The deadline for entries in the Arnold Air society shoulder patch contest has been postponed until Friday. It was previously last night.
About 20 entries have been submitted so far, contest chairman Theeron Pursley, college senior, said today. The deadline is being delayed because of knowledge that other patch designs are being readied.
The first place winner of the contest will receive a $50 war bond; and second place, a $25 bond; third place, $10 in cash; and honorable mention, a $5 cash award.
The purpose of the contest is to provide a shoulder patch for Campus Air Force ROTC cadets. The patch must be on 12 by 12 inch cardboard, must be drawn free hand, and should be in full color.
Entries must be submitted at the Air Science office in the Military science building by midnight Friday.
The winning patch will be shown at the spring Air Force dance, May 14. The patch will be worn to identify University cadets at AFROTC summer camps.
Research Institute Formed For Exceptional Children
An Institute for Research and Education of Exceptional Children is being formulated here upon request of the division of special education of the State Department of Public Instruction, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announced.
The institute will concentrate on children who are gifted, mentally deficient, crippled, palisied, hard of hearing, partially sighted, socially and emotionally maladjusted, and those defective in speech.
Working through a Bureau of Child Research, the institute will provide special consultative services for exceptional children.
Members of the executive committee are J. H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate school; W. Clarke Wescoe, dean of the School of Medicine; Cloy S. Hobson, professor of education and Wallace A. Verburg, associate professor of education; Esther E. Twente, professor of social work; Edna A. Hill, professor of home economics; Ethan P. Allen, director of the Bureau of Governmental Research; M. Erick Wright, professor of psychology; Richard Schiefelbusch, associate professor of speech and drama; and Prof. June Miller, Dr. Herbert Miller, Dr. Harry Gianakon, and Dr. David W. Robinson, from the University Medical Center in Kansas City.
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