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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MAY 22,1946
Homemaking Courses Proposed Requirement For College Coeds
'All Girls Are Going To Be Homemakers For Themselves or Family,' Lawson Says
A request that two courses, Fundamentals of Homemaking I and II, be required of all College women students for graduation unless substitution is made of an alternate program was read at the College faculty meeting Tuesday.
These courses to be voted on by the faculty in their June meeting would be offered as junior-senior courses for three hours credit each.
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"All girls are going to be homeowners either for themselves or their families." Paul B. Lawson, dean of the College, commented on the new proposal. "These two general courses or the alternate would give the students a better idea of homemaking as a whole, than the present system of free election."
"If this measure is passed," he said, "we will be setting a precedent that other universities will watch with eyes wide open." The dean explained that letters from other universities have expressed their interest in this project, a step that has not yet been taken by a university in the home economics field.
The three alternate programs which may be chosen instead of the two general courses would meet the needs of students who remain in the college only a year or two, of the students who expect to major in home economics, but have not yet made a definite decision, of those who prefer more laboratory work, or for some reason prefer more intensive working in special areas, Dean Lawson said.
At the present time many women students enroll in one or more courses in home economics which they elect freely. Fifty-eight per cent of all women students now enrolled in the college have taken or are enrolled in at least one course in home economics. Sixty-two per cent of the senior women will have taken one or more courses before graduation, and of the freshmen women approximately 56 per cent have already taken or are enrolled in one or more courses in home economics.
This requirement would not be retroactive. It would apply to students entering this fall or perhaps not until the spring semester of 1947, Dean Lawson said.
Additions to the home economics summer session course, approved by the faculty include "Marriage and Family Relationships," to be taught by Dr. Robert G. Foster, Merrill Palmer School in Detroit.
Dr. Foster is nationally known in the field of marriage and family relations. He lectured on marriage at an all-university convocation last year. This summer, he will also teach a graduate course. "Problems of the Pre-School Child," and give lectures on marriage and the family.
Summer session courses primarily for high school home economics teachers adopted at the meeting are "Recent Developments in the Field of Textiles" and "Present Day Housing Problems."
The high school algebra course given at the University for no credit and the course in intermediate algebra carrying three hours credit have been combined into "Elementary and Intermediate Algebra" which meets five times a week for two hours college credit. This arrangement will save the student one semester's work in mathematics, the dean said.
The course in Human Relations will emphasize the case method of study. If passed by the faculty, it will carry three hours junior-senior credit. The course is based upon the Harvard studies of Dr. Carroll Clark, professor of sociology, on human relations.
Fundamentals of Homemaking will be a two-semester course giving three hours of junior-senior credit length semester. Fundamentals of Homemaking I will discuss the characteristics of successful home and family life, personality interactions in successful marriage, the care and guidance of the child, maintaining family health, the selection of good diets and the essentials of good nutrition, and the prepara-
K.U. Donor Dies In Wisconsin
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ORLANDO JOLLIFFE
Orlando Joliffe, 89, donor of funds used to purchase Joliffe and Foster halls by the University, died Tuesday at the home of a niece, Mrs. George Warren, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., where he had gone to spend the summer.
Funeral services will be held Thursday in Peabody, Mr. Jolliffe's home.
His contributions, totaling $50,000,
were presented to the University
in the belief that in order for college
students to be instructed properly
they must live wei.
In 1942, the university purchased the former University club, at 1505 Ohio, with funds provided by Mr. Jolliffe. This hall was named for the donor. Later the same year, the former Acacia house at 1200 Louisiana, now Foster hall, was added, also as part of the Jolliffe contribution.
Both halls are now occupied by women, but according to University officials, they will be used eventually as residence halls for self-supporting men, as originally intended.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott said today. "In the death of Orlando Jolliiffe, the University and the youth of Kansas have lost a loyal friend. It is our hope at the University of Kansas that we may continue to perpetuate his ideals in the operation of Foster hall and the other residence hall which bears his name."
Mr. Jolliffe was for many years president of the Peabody State bank, and served three terms in the Kansas legislature. Other business interests besides banking were oil, cattle, and farming.
The discussions in Fundamentals of Homemaking II will include the management of the family's resources, housing and its relation to successful family life, the preparation of budgets, consumer problems, buying selected articles, and the selection and care of clothing.
tion of food.
Both courses will include two lectures and one two-hour laboratory or discussion period each week.
Atomic Development Prohibition Discussed By Young Republicans
Resolutions advocating an international atomic development authority and a vote on the state prohibition question were carried at a meeting of the Young Republicans club in the Kansas room at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The international atomic authority discussed would have the power to inspect all possible facilities in every country for signs of secret atomic work. A civilian committee would be created to regulate atomic use in the United States.
The resolution covering a "wet" or "dry" Kansas, which was unanimously adopted, calls for a popular vote following the next session of the state legislature. The vote would either make Kansas "bone-dry" or permit state controlled, privately operated and owned package liquor stores. The advertising of liquor would be prohibited.
Fred Thomas, College junior, was elected chairman of the Young Republican club. Other officers elected were: Jean Francisco, College junior, treasurer; and Sarah Stuber, College sophomore, secretary.
New History Society Initiates 33 Members
Dr. Harold C. Deutsch, national president of Phi Alpha Theta, national honorary history fraternity, will attend a dinner at the Hearth at 6 p.m. Friday to initiate the Alpha Omicron chapter at the University.
A member of the history department faculty at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Deutsch will speak to the 33 initiates.
Initiates are Rose Coughlin, president; Kathleen Lindsay, vice-president; Harold Smith, secretary; James Graham, treasurer; Prof. W. W. Davis, Prof. D. L. D.atterson, Prof. George Anderson, Prof. C. B. Reaely, Prof. F. E. Melvin.
Kipp Gimple, Betty Hughes, Joyce Durell, Betty Rendleman, Elioise Crandall, Barbara Thiele, Marilyn Child, Nancy Tomilinson, Charlyne Williams, Catherine arter, Beverly Waters, Mary Lyth, Anna Marie Stevens, Vernie Clinch, Vernon Howard, Stephen Stover, Doris Pyle, Rosemary Harding, Ralph Smith, Murray Tripp, Edmond Marks, Robert Haywood, Helen Hoyt, and Dwight Howard.
Paul Nelson, graduate student,
has been appointed to the staff of
the Wakeeney high school. He will
teach social studies. Curtis M.
Johnson, '40, will be director of
music at Ft. Collins, Colo., next
year.
Nelson, Johnson Placed
Little Man On Campus
"Poor Jerry—and he's had three cuts already this semester."
21 Students In Recital Tonight
An advanced student recital will be presented by the 21 School of Fine Arts students at 7:30 tonight in Frank Strong auditorium.
Piano soloists will include Martha Myers, Ruth Glazier, Maxine Dunkleberg, Edward Utley and Mary Jane Waggoner.
Vocal solos will be given by Beverly Gallea, Barbara Day, Joan Vickers, James Gettys, Bernadean Galbreath, Phyllis Fretwell, Eugene Penner, and Loraine Mai.
Violin soloists will be Maxine Alburty, Ruth Dudley. Joan Joseph, and Joyce Glotzbach.
Virginia Joseph will play a cello solo.
The concert will be concluded with a number by an ensemble composed of Sarah Webb, piano; Marvin Zoschke, violin; and John Ehrlich, cello.
Ong To Head International Group
The International Relations club held a dinner meeting in the English Room of the Union Tuesday night. Prof. H. B. Chubb, faculty advisor, spoke on the success of the UN conference held by the students Saturday.
Officers elected for next year were Donald Ong, president; Dick Hawkinson, vice-president; Eloise Hodgson, secretary; and Robert Boch, treasurer.
Plans were made to hold another UN conference December 7, next year. This was the last meeting of the club this year.
Western Civilization Valuable, But Too Much for Ill-Prepared Freshman
The consensus of the group was that Western Civilization is a valuable course but that it places too much of a burden on freshmen as their preparatory work is insufficient.
Robert Ryberg presided over the meeting. Sixteen students and one proctor were present.
Evaluation of Western Civilization was discussed by students taking the course at a forum Tuesday night in Green Hall.
An entrance examination for reading and understanding ability and acceleration of the course with three tests during the semester and one
comprehensive test were suggestions offered.
Virginia Rogers, College freshman, pointed out that there were too few books for the number of students taking the course.
Clinton Hurley, College freshman, suggested that a group of professors get together and weed out the facts the students are told to disregard and put the material of the course in two large books or volumes which the students could purchase.
John Stauffer, College freshman, commented that students could get more from the course, if there were more than the one examination on which the grade would depend.
UN Says Iran Stays on Agenda
New York. (UP) — The United Nations Security council refused today to remove the Iranian case from its agenda after Iranian ambassador Hussein Ala expressed doubt that all Red army troops have left Iran.
After hearing Ala contradict his own government and charge that the Azerbaijan army had been equipped, trained, and uniformed by Soviet officers and agents, the council adjourned discussion of the Iranian case "for a short time" with each member retaining the right to raise it at any time.
He told the council flatly that the Iranian government "has no authority in Azerbaijan province" — the area to which it sent a commission to determine whether the Red army had left.
Ala, whose charge that the Soviet Union was still interfering in Iran was repudiated by his government yesterday, was called to the council table at the suggestion of the Netherlands delegate.
U. S. delegate Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., opened today's meeting with a demand that the council keep jurisdiction over the Soviet-Iranian dispute in view of the contradictions between Iranian statements in Tehran and those by Ala here. He also served notice that the United States still may ask for an independent United Nations investigation of the Iranian situation.
The council rejected a Polish proposal to send the Iranian government a telegram asking whether it was satisfied that Russian troops have left. Poland would have requested a yes or no answer.
Lt. Condmr. R. W. Fleck will meet with all naval reserve officers attending the University or officers who are living in the Lawrence community at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater. Condmr. R. J. Baum, executive officer of the University naval unit, said today.
Fleck To Meet N.R.O.T.C. Men
Commander Fleck will explain the new naval reserve training program now being initiated at 22 naval air stations. The Olathe naval air station will serve the men in this area. The program is designed to permit naval reserve pilots to keep in training, to give these men an opportunity to do some flying with modern naval craft, and allows them to keep their commissions active.
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