University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1970
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Two Years in Planning
Supplies Ordered for Ellsworth Hall Library
After two years of planning, materials are being ordered for the Ellsworth Hall Library, J. J. Wilson, director of housing, said Tuesday.
The library, financed by the Endowment Association, the offices of the dean of men and the dean of women and the Ellsworth Hall Rental Account, was originally scheduled for completion before the start of the fall semester.
The complicated ordering procedure and problems with delivery have delayed the completion date. Wilson said. He did not set a new date.
Rita Haugh, chairman of the Ellsworth Hall Culture and Education Committee, which is in charge of the library, said the committee was planning a reception for the opening of the library, possibly in November
"WE WERE that once materials were received, it would take only a few weeks to finish the library," she said. "I understand, however, that delays are quite common."
The library will be built in the north end of the Ellsworth cafeteria on the second floor. Half will contain tape players and head phones for the language lab and music tapes, the library office and slide-tape facilities for 20 minute programs of slides coordinated with tapes.
The other half of the library will contain standard reference books, classic works, significant fiction and areas for studying, Miss Haugh said.
THE COMMITTEE first proposed the idea of a hall library of more than minimal facilities in May, 1968, in a letter to Wilson. Chairman Joel Langvardt, who graduated last spring, wrote that new facilities for the library were needed because the tenth floor lobby, which had previously been used, would no longer be available, because the hall was changing from a men's to a coed hall in the fall of 1968.
"Our goal is to stimulate an increase in the amount and depth of learning that naturally takes place in the residence hall," the letter said.
Langvardt and the committee continued work on the plans and in January, 1969, submitted a report, "The Residence Hall and the University: The Great Experiment."
In its conclusion the report said, "We seek to draw all available resources of the University into the hall—the University library system, art museum, language laboratories and eventually the Schools of Architecture and Fine Arts."
AFTER MEETING with Thatcher's Inc., a Topeka decorating firm, a second report was submitted in May, 1969.
Copies of the cost estimates, totaling $18,587, letters explaining the plans and a drawing were sent to Dean of Men Donald Alderson, Dean of Women Emily Taylor, then Dean of Students
William Balfour and Wilson. Dean Aldon Bell, adviser of the committee, presented a copy to the Endowment Association.
In October, 1969, a third report, "Structure Within a Structure: An Approach to Residential Libraries," was submitted by Langvardt and the committee. The second estimate was $18,128 to $18,628.
IN APRIL, 1970, the funds for the library were announced. The Endowment Association pledged $12,000, the offices of the Dean of Men and Dean of Women each pledged $1,500. The remainder as needed will be taken from the Ellsworth Hall Rental account, Wilson said.
The committee worked with Ermal Garinger, director of the language laboratories; A. Bret Waller, director of the Art Museum; and David Heron, director of Libraries, as well as resident directors of Ellsworth, Ellsworth Senates and directors of Centennial College.
Members of the committee who worked on the plans last semester were Jackie Zastera, Omaha, Neb. sophomore, Tom Throne, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. junior, Dick Phillips, Leavenworth junior, Gary Schemm, Prairie Village junior, and Ed Lewis, Milwaukee, Wisc. senior, and Miss Haugh, Lawrence junior.
Videotaping Sessions Aid Students In Evaluating Teaching Techniques
By RITA HAUGH
Kansan Staff Writer
"To see ourselves as others see us" is one of the purposes of videotaping sessions in Education 186, (Teaching Methods of Language Arts in the Secondary School), Oscar Haugh, professor of education, said Sunday.
Each student in Ed.186 attends a videotaping session once a
New Director Takes Office On Thursday
He succeeds Robert G. Billings, who has resigned to devote more time to his business interests in
Jerry Rogers, associate director of student financial aids at the University of Kansas since 1967, will become director of the office Thursday.
Jerry Rogers
... financial aid director
Rogers was a mathematics instructor, coach and counselor at Lawrence High School for 17 years before taking the University position. He is a 1950 graduate of Washburn University in Topeka and has a master of education degree from KU.
Lawrence. Billings has been the director since 1960.
Rogers also is president-elect of the Kansas Association of Student Financial Aids Administrators.
Billings, a 1959 KU graduate, was a Summerfield Scholar and three-year letterman in basketball. He served as student body president and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
week, he said. During the session, two students each teach a short lesson of a single principle of language, literature or composition to their classmates and then evaluate what they have done after seeing the videotape.
"KU is one of the few schools in the United States which makes several experiences like this available for all students in the English education-language arts program," he said.
The first microteaching lessons were developed at the University of Stanford five years ago as part of a U.S. Office of Education grant. They experimented for two years with ideas and the development of equipment, Haugh said.
"As soon as we saw the idea was feasible, we tried to get some equipment. It took us about a year to get a grant," he said.
Haugh and Gerhard Zuther, chairman of the English department, worked together on the project, initially designed to enrich the student teaching experiences in the Master of Arts in Teaching of English program. The U.S. Office of Education paid for a camera, recorder, playback and a supply of tapes, Haugh said.
An exhibition of original graphics will be presented in the south lounge of the Kansas Union Oct. 1 and 2. The exhibition, sponsored by Ferdinand Roten Galleries of Baltimore, will be sponsored by the Student Union Activities.
The method was first available for use in four experimental
Graphics Display To Be Presented In Kansas Union
The display includes more than 1,000 original etchings, lithographs and woodcuts by such artists as Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Goya, Renoir, Rouault, Kollwitz and others. The price of the works range from $5 to $1,000, but most works are priced under $100. Also on display will be a collection of outstanding western and oriental manuscript pages from the works of the 13th through the 20th centuries.
A representative of the Roten Galleries, Bill Weber, will be present at the exhibition to answer any questions the public may have regarding graphic art and printmaking.
sections, taught by Haugh and Edwyna Gilbert, associate professor of education, in January 1970, he said. This gave each student in Ed. 186 only one chance to teach during the semester. In the evaluation of the course which students made at the end of the semester, 67 per cent said they wanted more of this experience.
The videotaping sessions were divided into nine sections of 12 students this fall so that each student could teach several lessons and have the opportunity to see at least 25 lessons taught by his classmates, Haugh said.
"Each time a student teaches he has the experience of preparing a lesson, seeing and hearing himself, receiving critiques from 11 classmates and having a conference of 30 to 60 minutes with the supervisor," Haugh said.
The evaluation sheet used to critique students includes ten qualities on a seven point scale. Included are the use of varied class participation, visual aids, stimulating introduction and connections with previously known material.
Videotaping provides a teaching experience as real as possible for the student and an opportunity for him to see and hear himself as others do. An additional valuable outcome, Haugh said, is that the device is a screening method for the students and the teacher. The student may need to reconsider his vocational objectives.
Although videotaping experiences are being used in elementary education classes, no other class at KU makes the experience possible for every student, Haugh said.
Supervisors in the videotaping sessions, in addition to Haugh, are Dennis Badaczewski, Detroit graduate student, Galen Boehm, Offerle graduate student, Larry Chance, Garden Grove, Calif., graduate student and Lorene Novotny, Lawrence graduate student.
Among the difficulties of the program are staffing the class sections and arranging schedules of students and equipment operators, Haugh said.
Dale Scannell, dean of the School of Education, has supported the program by underwriting its operating costs. The student operators are provided by Breck Marion, director of the division of Visual Instruction, and trained by Ross Wulfkuhle of the division of Visual Instruction.
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