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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, JUNE 12, 1945
Kansan Comments Success of 'Western Civilization Will Depend on Student Attitude
"The greatest sin we commit against young people is in underrating them, in underestimating both their abilities and their willingness to work."
Hidden away in a College faculty report on curriculum are these words we have waited long and impatiently to hear. They came from the far-sighted faculty members who served on the committee outlining the Western Civilization reading course which is to be initiate next fall for a five year trial period
The committee considered whether it was unreasonable to expect students to do more thinking for themselves, or if they had to be "everlastingly spoon-fed" by courses and day-by-day instruction.
Designed to provide the student with a general knowledge and understanding of our cultural background. Western Civilization will be required of all freshmen and sophomores. It will not be a regular class but will consist of the student's reading widely from the list of books provided. After a certain length of time the student may take an examination over his reading and receive the grade he makes for six freshman-sophomore credits or four junior-senior credits.
The final plan, the report stated, came out of the special committee's faith in th ability of the vast majority of our students to help themselves and to participate more actively in their own education.
This is our chance—the chance to prove ourselves! Further trends toward progressive education here at the University hinge upon this trial flight. Probably most of the faculty is skeptical of the venture. Frankly, they do not expect it to work. Students are to immature
Jean Born President Of Sociology Group
The Sociology club elected the following officers for next year at a meeting at Watkins hall Thursday night:
Jean Born, president; Barbara Prier, vice-president and program chairman; Sara Drais, secretary, and Donna Mae Wingerson, treasurer.
Retiring officers are Myrtle Glover, president; Louise Cochran, vice-president and Virginia Rader, secretary. During the past year the club has held a social or an educational meeting once a month.
to irresponsible to carry out such a plan without constant supervision, they believe.
The faith of a few good friends has given us the chance. Will we disappoint them and please the skeptics by failing to take full advantage of our new freedom in education? The answer lies with us!
—R. E.
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(continued from page one) a world organization, Orville Roberts, College junior, stressed. The United States is growing nationalistic in a world which is international, he added.
"It is highly probable that the other four of the Big Five will become leftists in a few years, because of the world wide trend to the left," he declared, "but Congress is certain to be conservative as will the returning servicemen who want peace."
Prof. Hilden Gibson, discussing social change as a prerequisite to world peace, said the only way to prevent war is by the creation of a genuine supernatural government. Only By Giving Up Sovereignty
"This can be accomplished," he stated, "only by relinquishment of national sovereignty." He does not believe that the San Francisco conference will result in lasting peace.
An effective world organization is coming, Prof. R. M. Davis believes, and the only remaining question is "when?" That the United States is economically sound to share in an effective world organization is undebatable, he stated.
Plans being set up at San Francisco now will merely serve as a framework for future use to combine to a bigger plan in the future, he believes.
Stanley Woods, College senior served as moderator for the discussion.
Ralph C. Hedges Earns Decoration
Ralph C. Hedges Earns Decoration
Lt. Ralph C. Hedges, 21, flying fortress pilot in Italy has been awarded the Distinguished Flying cross for "extraordinary achievement in aerial flight."
He returned his aircraft and crew safely to his base from Linz, Austria, with only two engines functioning last April 25.
Lieutenant Hedges attended the University prior to his entering the aviation cadets in 1943.
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After the latest Phi Delt pinning, Jim Burwell matter-of-factly announced that he was going to buy six Phi Delt pins and put them all out at different houses. Evidently there's something about that long line of pretty little girls waiting to be kissed that appeals to Jim.
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If anyone sees Sadie Phipps, Theta,
appearing in black these days
its because she's in deep mourning.
The Theta puppy, Smudge, was run
over last week and to official feeder
and caretaker Phipps, the shock hit
pretty hard. Her final words to
Smudge before the doctor put him
to sleep were: "Good-bye, Smudge,
and be a good puppy."
Before the equitation classes started on their ride Saturday morning. Mr. Mott, instructor, told everyone to be sure to take a halter. As Martha Laffer called the Kappa house and asked someone to bring her a halter, Mr. Mott shouted, "Laffer, Laffer, I meant the horse—not you."
The A. D. Pi house experienced confusion one night last week. It all started when a mysterious clarinet woke the girls up about midnight. At 1:30 they heard wild screams and discovered that a bat was in the house. Most of the girls went to bed with towels and sheets around their heads, but persistent Mary Lois Rice kept after him with her butterfly net until he was finally captured. So ended an unforgettable night at the Alpha Delt house.
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In front of the library the other day, Johnny McLaughlin, Phi Delt freshman, was telling someone that he hoped to be Air Cadet McLaughlin by this summer. A girl standing in the group looked up suddenly and asked in surprise, "Why, you won't be old enough, will you." Johnny turned as red as his hair, grinned at the laughing bystanders, and said patiently, "Well, I'll be five very soon, and I think I ought to offer my services by then at least."
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(continued from page one) sity. The entire unit will be enrolled either in naval science and tactic courses or special engineering courses.
Two additional instructors for the new naval science and tactic course are expected soon, Lieutenant Copping said.
Lieutenant Byrnes came to Lawrence from the University of Pennsylvania where he has been stationed for four months. Previous to that he had been two years in the South Pacific.
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Teachers Placement bureau. D. M. Swarthout, dean of that school, may send recommendations to the bureau.
Representatives Talk to Engineers The School of Engineering and Architecture have representatives from various industries come to interview their seniors. Firms writing directly to the dean about a specific job, may have him contact students he feels could handle the job.
Through Miss Marie Miller, assistant adviser of women, senior women may be able to find jobs. Summer camp directors contact Miss Miller for applicants.
The School of Business has a placement bureau which aids seniors in that field. It also helps students in other departments to find work. The bureau is now handled through the dean's office. In the spring a general meeting is held where the dean outlines the types of employment available and what is expected of the job hunter.
Major Advisers Also Help
The major advisers in each department will probably be able to help the seniors too, because they receive letters stating specific jobs. These advisers realize the possibilities of the graduating students and help in getting them off to a good start.
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Former Student Gets M.A. From Columbia
Mrs. Jack White, the former Florence Webster, concert pianist, has received her master of arts degree in music and music education from Columbia University.
Mrs. White, a graduate of the University, from which she holds the bachelor of music degree, was a pupil of the composer, Carl A. Preyer. She was a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda, a national honorary music society.
She spent three years in the Soviet union where she studied under Vladimir Beloff at the Moscow conservatory. She was often heard on international broadcasts from Moscow Radio center, as well as in concerts in the Soviet capitol, Southern Russia, and in the United States. At the close of her concert tour, Miss Webster will vacation in Troy and Lawrence.
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