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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1947
As The Kansan Sees It
Safe Crossing
the blocks in downtown Lawrence are too long.
Even the most conscientious pedestrian hates to go to the end of the block to cross the street at the corner as he should. So he does the worst possible thing. He dodges between the parked cars and jaywalks across Massachusetts street.
Any day on Massachusetts street you can see a housewife desperately hugging her bundles of groceries and stepping out between the parked cars Unable to see around or over her load, she ventures uncertainly out into traffic. Brakes screech, the smell of burning rubber fills the air, and our housewife continues her cautious way oblivious of the danger she is causing.
This danger to pedestrians and motorists alike must be stopped. One solution would be to have policemen lined up and down Massachusetts street to stop anyone trying to cross in the middle of the block.
The other solution would be to establish pedestrian crossing zones in the middle of the blocks. This system would cut down both jaywalking and fst driving at the same time.
A sign placed in the middle of the yellow-marked crossing zone would warn the motorist that he is liable for hitting any pedestrian in the zone. He would not have to stop unless a pedestrian were in the zone. The latter would then have the right of way.
Because there are fire-plugs on the west side of Massachusetts street in every block from Sixth street to eleventh street, no parking space will be sacrificed on that side. On the east side of the block in every case except the 900 block only two parking spaces would need to be sacrificed. In that one block a driveway is across the street from the fireplug.
If the city marked off these zones, the pedestrian would be protected and offered a convenience. These crossings would slow down drivers who tend to race between stop lights. The careful driver would gain because he would know where to look for pedestrians. He would not have to worry about having them "pop" into sight just anywhere in the block.
People are disobeying a traffic rule because inconvenience outweighs safety. Why not help everyone out with a middle-of-the-block crossing where one can obey the law, be safe, and not be inconvenienced?
Birth Of A Course
Ever stop to wonder how those new courses got into the catalogue this fall? Each one is the product of a thorough-going routine with many checks and balances. Procedure in the various schools of the University is fairly similar. Here is an outline of the channels mapped out for proposing a course in the College:
A new course generally has its origin in the department where it is later taught. Veteran professors say that many of the suggestions for courses are made by new members of the staff. Perhaps the greatest number are suggested by students.
The suggested course is then discussed by members of the department faculty. This is to guard against an overlapping of subject matter within the department.
If reasonable support is voiced,
the department professors busy themselves in formulating all those specifications you find in the catalogue. With much head-shaking, the matters of class periods and hours, as well as pre-requisites and credits, are settled.
The suggested course with its specifications is now ready for submission at a regular meeting of the College faculty. The proposition is read before the entire body and may be discussed. Here, too, the major purpose is to insure against interdepartmental over-lapping.
Sometimes similar courses are designed for different departments. In such cases, rules are established so a student cannot enroll in more than one course of the same general type.
The faculty does not frame formal acceptance or denial, but expresses its opinions or complaints. The proposed course, with its qualifications and registered proceedings on the faculty floor, now resembles a congressional bill. It is referred to the administrative committee of eight members—the dean, the assistant dean, and six other faculty members.
This committee considers the possibility of further objections. It may communicate with faculty members, taking special care to learn adverse opinions from faculty members absent at the meeting where the bill was discussed.
Sometimes, the committee reaches the conclusion that the course should not be offered. Before sending an adverse report back to the College faculty, it grants a special hearing to the department from which the suggestion came.
If the committee approves the new course, it makes a favorable report at the next meeting of the College faculty. This group then takes final action as far as the College is concerned.
The matter is then relayed to the University senate. This supreme governing body of the University is composed of all faculty members with ranks of associate professor or above. The proposal is referred to an advisory committee of seven members.
The main consideration of this committee is to see that the course is not duplicated in other schools of the University. This committee is the final hurdle, and a course which clears it finds a "resting place" in the catalogue.
The wheels of the University grind slowly, and each course in the catalogue represents a heap of grinding.
Patricia James
General "Ike" Eisenhower could save himself a lot of breath if he is sincere about not wanting into politics. Instead of saying, "No" a thousand times, he could ask for Wallace as a running mate. We predict the boom would bust.
The League of Nations failed to keep the peace, among other reasons, because it was not powerful enough to interfere with war-making activities among its member nations. Perhaps the United Nations will succeed only if it is eventually given such power.
Women in Missouri who only a year ago were awarded the privilege of serving on juries are now busy thinking up excuses for not serving. They forget that in a democratic country "rights" and "responsibilities" mean the same thing.
Dear Editor
They Need Our Help Dear Editor,
The handicaps which students of other countries are experiencing are difficult for us in this country to appreciate unless we have had contact with some of these students. All who are reasonably well informed know that their needs are very great.
The World Student Service fund is endeavoring to supply those absolutely essential needs which will enable students of these less fortunate countries to obtain an education. This is a reasonable assignment. I, therefore, urge every student in the University to contribute as generously as he or she can.
J. Allen Reese,
Better Yells
Dean of the School of Pharmacy
Dear Editor,
It seems that the cheerleaders have been dissatisfied with the lack of pep and enthusiasm on the part of the student body at football games.
Perhaps the biggest reason is that only a very few students are acquainted with the yells. Furthermore, yellis such as "Whistle, Boom" sound like something picked up from a small-time high school. We're in big-time college football now, so how about some real yellls to make it worth while?
At Tulaa, the yells are printed on large white pieces of cardboard and are placed on enlarged music racks 25 or 30 feet apart in front of the cheering section. The results are really terrific.
Why not try this here at the University, cheerleaders?
Bill Nelligan College junior
Post Office Line
Dear Editor
Dear Editor,
I wonder if the student who exhausts himself standing in line to buy a postage stamp and mail a letter has considered straining a point and buying—say fifteen cents worth of stamps at a time. This should save forty minutes of the student's time. It would relieve the overworked postal clerks of four needless transactions and make room for four other people in the line.
Name withheld by request, Fine Arts special student.
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