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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 10, 1946
Class Schedules Are Like Puzzles, K.U. 'Student Bible' Declares
“It's like a picture puzzle. You spread the pieces out and start to work. After the first few fragments have been fitted into place, it begins to take shape and you can see what you're doing.”
That's the way Prof. M.D. Clubb, head of the English department describes making the class schedules for next semester. The English depart- ment holds and educa- tions have
That's the way Prof. M. D. Clubb scribes making the class schedules for ment heads and school deans have been struggling for the past week with the tricky chart of next term's schedules.
Orders to the departments originate from the office of Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, who oversees the assignments of all classrooms. Each department or school has certain rooms on which it can claim priority. According to a University regulation, these rooms must be filled at every hour of every day before more rooms will be granted. Each department must also schedule the same number of classes in the afternoon as in the morning.
Once the administration orders are out, the department heads get to work. In some offices, they prepare the charts themselves. In others, a schedule committee is chosen. In the English department, for instance, Professor Chubb was aided by Prof. Lutr Gardner, Prof. W. D. Paden, and Prof. John E. Hankins, who drew up the chart.
Each department has its individual system but that used by Professor Clubb and Professor Hankins is typical. They first draw a chart showing the hours and the days of each week. Because upper-classmen have less time to fill requirements than under - classmen, advanced courses are plotted first to avoid conflict for these students.
"Some conflicts are inevitable but we do the best we can," Professor Clubb said.
With advanced courses on the chart, other classes are then planned. Often the number of students enrolled in the present term guide the number of classes to be offered second semester. For instance, English I, freshmen English classes have a large enrollment this semester which means that English II classes will be proportionately large next term, while English I may shrink, depending on the number of new freshmen enrolling in February.
"I's bad enough having student program conflicts." Professor Clubb admits ruefully, "but professor conflicts can cause almost as much trouble. It's difficult to make sure that each member of a departmental faculty of 60 has every hour filled and that some teachers are not overloaded or underloaded."
Once completed, the schedule is returned to the chancellor's office. There Mr. Nichols and Paul B. Lawson, dean of the college, work out the puzzle for the entire University. Back to the individual offices it goes for one final checking and then the complete report goes to the printer. And in January, the famous enrollment schedule, the student bible, comes off the press.
Both Mr. Nichols and Professor Clubb agree on one thing. This class scheduling each semester is a big headache but it is also an intriguing science.
Chemists Hear Kleinberg Speak On Oxidation
"Oxidation-reduction, a re-evaluation" was the subject Dr. Jacob Kleinberg's speech to the Chemistry club recently.
University Daily Kansan
Dr. Kleinberg pointed out the four types of oxidation-reduction definitions used in advancing stages of college chemistry as defined by Dr. C. VanderWerf, Prof. E. W. Davidson, and Prof. H. H. Sisler. Two of the authors are members of the present University of Kansas faculty and one is a former member.
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Let K.U. Court Discipline Students Noble Advises
The student court is the proper organization to handle most cases of student discipline, Wilbur Noble, vice-president of the Progressive Student Government league, said recently.
Noble, speaking at a smoker sponsored by the political party in Battenfeld hall, said the University administration has taken over case cases that formerly were handled by the court.
He announced that the party has appointed a committee to "investigate the treatment of the men convicted of being scalpers" at the Oklahoma game.
The recent attempt by a student to paint the statue of Jimmy Green should have been handled by the student court, he declared.
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