University Daily Kansan
Monday, Nov. 15, 1948
Lawrence, Kansas
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Expect 2200 At Church Meet Over Holidays
Taking opposite stands in an informal debate on "Resolved, Christians can accept the university as it is" will be J. Seelye Bixler and Dr. Arnold Nesh. Mr. Bixler is president at Colby college at Waterville, Maine. Dr. Nash is a visiting professor from England at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Nash the author of "The University in the Modern World," which has stirred considerable discussion on the failure of the "assembly-line" universities of America.
The Christmas holidays will not be days of "sack time" and lounging for the 2.200 Christians who will gather here for the first "world influencing" student conference Monday, Dec. 27 to Saturday, Jan. 1 1949.
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The keynote address will be by John Mackay, president of Peacockon Theological seminary. He will lay the foundation for the program with his speech on "Church and Personal Faith." Other speakers will be D. Elton Trueblood and Dr. George Kelsey, of the Federal Council of Churches, and K. H. Ting, of China.
Students from 40 nations, a minister from China, a professor from England, a college president and representatives from the 15 church and student Christian association movements in the United States will meet to study "a movement toward unity in the church."
On the first day of the conference, the students will divide into groups of 20. Thereafter these groups will meet each morning for discussions and each evening for Bible study and group worship. Daily reports from these groups will be submitted to an analysis team of experts. They will study them carefully to discover the trends of conference thought in the issues the students raise.
By Bibler
These groups will be representative of all church denominations,ates, colleges and movements so that each student will have a chance to share the greatest variety of experience as well as to express himself.
As an experiment this year, another type of conference sub-division is planned. Each afternoon groups of 50 to 100 will meet to discuss the central themes of the conference: church and politics, church and university, church and the ecumenical (world influencing) movement, churcft and personal faith, and church and vocation.
The groups will draft statements of the central question raised about each theme. These statements will be carefully discussed, re-written, and, on the last day of the conference, submitted to a panel of speakers in the form of questions. After the conference these reports will be turned over to the committee of the United Student Christian council to be used for planning next year's conference.
The World Student Christian federation has commissions on politics, the university, and the ecumenical movement that will be deeply concerned with the thinking of these leaders of American stu-
WEATHER
Kansas—Fair today, high in the middle 60s. Low tonight in the upper 40's. Increasing cloudiness and mild tomorrow, high in the middle 60s.
Little Man On Campus
"...Well, O.K., if you take off your fraternity pin!"
Instructor Enumerates Differences In Education In Sweden And America
American and Swedish education differs in many ways according to Per-Hugo Sioegren, instructor of German.
Mr. Sjoegren is from Umea, a city about the size of Lawrence, in northern Sweden. He has master of arts degrees in English, French and German from the University of Uppsala. He said he came to America to learn about the country and its education.
"One difference is that our high schools last two years longer than do American high schools," he explained. "We have compulsory military service, as America does now, and generally the Swedish student has spent a year or more in military training before starting to the university. Consequently the Swedish university student is older than the American student."
"At the university, you study one subject at a time, and may study that subject for as long a time as you wish. When you pass the examinations over the subject, you leave it for good and start studying another. If you do not pass the test over a subject the first time, it is not regarded as a failure but it is considered the test was taken to learn what kind of quiz is to be given."
He added that degrees are granted by grade points. For a bachelor of arts degree, six grade points in three different subjects are required. Re-requirements for the points vary in different subjects but when one studies a language eight thousand pages of literature, plus additional work, are required for two grade points.
"Every student attending a university must have a student-examen—a high school diploma—to study the sciences, law, or theology," he said. "However, if you want to continue in business, engineering, agriculture, or dentistry you must have superior grades. That is because the schools do not have enough room to care for all the students."
"Studies in Sweden as a rule are free; there are no fees," he said. "The government gives students who have high marks in high school state scholarships or loans money to them without charging interest."
Influenza vaccinations will be given in Watkins Memorial hospital for students who failed to take the shots last week. Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of University Health service announced today that students may take the shots from 8 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 5 p.m. every day except Saturday when the service will be open only from 8 a.m. until noon.
Flu Shots Available At Watkins Hospital
More Directories Out Today
Student directories are being issued again today at the Student Union bookstore. Only numbered activity books will be honored. Student faculty members who possess numbered activity books should obtain their directories at the bookstore. Only one copy will be given to each person.
be given to candidates. Directories will be issued to faculty members through their respective departmental offices.
Housemothers of all organized houses may obtain complimentary copies of the directory by calling at the registrar's office.
Regents Approve New Budget
The Board of Regents, in a meeting Friday, approved operating appropriations of $4,048,500 for 1950, and $5.023,500 for 1951, for the University.
This budget shows an increase of $3,696,400 over the past biennial amount. This increase is due both to increased operating costs and the decline in veteran enrollments, Deane W. Malott, chancellor, said today.
The total budget for eight state supported schools was $24,223,487, as compared with $15,283,814 for the current biennium.
These figures do not include appropriations for buildings. The building fund budgets will be presented at the December meeting.
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The University of Kansas Medical center received $1,093,000 for 1950 and $1,162,500 for 1951. This is a $1,946,500 increase.
Other schools which share in the total appropriation are: Kansas State college, Manhattan; Colby Experiment station; Garden City experiment station; Emporia State Teachers college; Ft. Hays Experiment station; Tribune Experiment station; Ft. Hays State college; Pittsburg State Teachers college; School for the blind, Kansas City; School of the Deaf, Olathe; and the Kansas Vocational school, Topeka.
Reading Courses Help Study Habits
If you want to improve your reading habits, visit the reading laboratory in the basement of Fraser hall, rooms 16 and 18.
The laboratory is open to all students from 3 to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays.
'New Look' Hits China Says Architect Comparing Campus Life Here And There
The New Look has hit the Orient too. Chung-Chi Yeh, graduate student in architecture, says the Chinese woman is wearing her "chee pah" much longer since the war. He observed that some of the college girls wear sweaters and skirts now.
Chung-Chi, nicknamed George by his Lawrence landlord, taught at Chungkun University and had his own business in that city in 1946-47 before he came to K.U. for advanced study. He designed the Chungkun library, a small high school, and several residences and shop fronts. After his graduation from National Central university in Nanking in 1542 he worked for the Chinese Architecture institute in Peking. From 1943-6 he was Chief of the Division of Design in the Ministry of the Interior.
Next fall George will study in London with Maxwell Fry, English architect. After a year he will return to Chungking. Now on leave
from the University, he must teach one year before devoting himself to his own business again.
The smiling bachelor is a member of the K.U. chapter of Scarab, national honorary architecture fraternity, and International club. He was chief cook for the Chinese dinner the club sponsored recently.
George has lived in cities all his life so American conveniences are not new to him. He finds the activity of Americans much different from the passive Chinese habits. "I like the go-ahead spirit you have and the way you don't worry" he laughed.
Asked to compare the school systems, George mentioned that the same textbooks are used in both countries. All Chinese are taught English in grammar school. Fewer women attend the universities but of those who do, the majority major in education, literature or medicine
Carr Succeeds Davis As Big 7 Faculty Advisor
Dean T. DeWitt Carr, of the School of Engineering has been appointed faculty representative of the University in the Big Seven conference, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced today.
He succeeds Prof. W. W. Davis, chairman of the department of history, who has resigned effective Dec. 1, after having held the post for more than 20 years.
In announcing the change, Chancellor Malott said: "The University will always be grateful to Professor Davis for the long and faithful service he has rendered to the University's athletic program. He has stood for a high standard of administration of athletics and for unswerving integrity in dealing with all elements of our athletic program. Professor Davis has frequently asked to be relieved of his athletic responsibility, but I have urged him repeatedly to remain. He is now, however, approaching the retirement age for administrative activities, and I have no choice but to acquiesce in his desires."
DEAN CARR
Last summer, Professor Davis led the Universities against the Big Seven ruling which declared five of KU. Varsity athletes ineligible. To do this, he had to give up the major part of his summer vacation.
Commenting on the appointment of Dean Carr, Chancellor Malott said: "The presence of Dean Carr as faculty advisor will assure a continuation of careful attention to our athletics into the life of the University. We are happy indeed he is undertaking the assignment as Professor Davis' successor."
As executive officer at the Great Lakes Naval Training station during the early years of the war, Dean Carr was in charge of a widespread sports program. In other navy commands, Dean Carr frequently was in charge of athletic activities.
Will Study Atoms With New Machine
The electrostatic generator being built at the University is one of the world's 224 known accelerators, and one of two between here and the Pacific coast.
Accelerators are the machines and atomic piles for study of the atom's structure. The one being built here will have 2,500,000 electron volts.
Other accelerators in this area are at Washington university, St. Louis,