Issue of Foreign Language Requirement Sees Revival
By JOHN BAILEY
Kansan Staff Writer
It has been more than a year since a North College committee on language research presented its findings upon evaluating the foreign language education of students to the Educational Policies Committee. The report, which was based on student polls and committee examination, research and review of the concept of requirements in general, advocated for foreign language requirements.
Presented to the EPC on April 7, 1970, the report was the subject of considerable debate between elements for and against the abolition of the requirement. Much of the criticism against incidents occurring across the nation that spring. The Union fire, the racial conflicts,
the invasion of Cambodia, and the deaths of four Kent State University students by National Guardmen made the foreign threat more urgent. The University of Kansas seem insignificant.
Tuck Duncan, Wilmette, Ill., junior and chairman of the original committee, has called for reconsideration of the committee's policies on international Policies and Procedures Committee.
"I feel that the results and conclusions our committee discovered two years ago
are just as valid today," Duncan said in an interview Thursday. "For this reason, I think the EPC should be aware of what we have learned and affirm to affirm the language committee's position."
THE PRESENT language requirement is based on a study by the Chancellor's Committee on Foreign Language Study presented to Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy in September. The Chancellor emphasized the contended knowledge of a foreign language would aid in working for world peace, that it would aid in understanding technical and political developments in the world, that it would contribute to the liberal education of individual, and that it would aid an international cultural difference between countries.
The North College Committee, while accepting the importance of a knowledge
of foreign languages, did not agree that one student should be required to learn a foreign language if that student did not language would be useful to him in his school.
AS STATED in the report, it is the opinion of the North College Committee that 'every student should have the opportunity to develop his own personality'
"We believe this community should encourage the development of self-discipline through an environment which promotes respect, tolerance and risks which free them encounter.
The North College Committee also contends that cultural aspects of other countries can be learned in courses offered by other departments.
Economically, the committee contents, there is not enough support to establish the
quality of courses needed to impart a thorough knowledge of the subject. The large class sizes limit the amount of "talking time" available to students. Therefore, the student is less involved with his subject and this lack of involvement will not generate an interest to learn or an appreciation of the subject matter.
"THE UNIVERSITY, the College in Liberal Arts and Sciences," states the North College Committee report, "must be aware that many people cannot learn a language in the same manner that some students cannot comprehend calculus or chemistry, which are not required for this. This does not mean that the student will not benefit from (used for) ignorance or have a full liberal education. On the contrary, he will have the opportunity to explore other fields if he does not take a language."
During the spring semester of 1970, the committee conducted a poll to determine how students felt about the language requirement. From the 61 per cent of the students who completed Art Arts and Sciences who replied, 75 per cent helped to alter the requirement in some manner.
Of 4,128 students polled, 1,840 chose to abolish the requirement, 1,301 chose to reject the requirement, 699 chose to retain the requirement, and the remainder expressed no opinion.
Of those students polled, 785 were seniors, 355 were juniors, 138 were freshmen.
At the present time, foreign language is required for graduation in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, selected studies in the School of Fine Arts, the School of Journalism and the School of Social Welfare.
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Insurance For Students Reviewed
Friday, November 5.1971
Promotion for "Grease" on Senior Day
Kansan Photo by MARC MAY
"Grease," a contemporary rock opera which is being sponsored by the senior class, will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday night in Hoch Auditorium. "Grease" is a satire on the "high school set" of the 1950's. The original touring company from Louisville, Kentucky, will perform the musical. Shown promoting "Grease" are Julie Jardes, Overland Park senior, Chet Edwards, Mission junior, and
Ginna Edwards, Jewell junior, “Grease” is the main activity for Senior Day, but anyone may attend. Tickets are on sale at the information booth for $2 or are free with senior class cards. Tickets must be purchased at the door Saturday night. There are no reserved seats.
Protein Problem a Major Concern
Editor's Note: This is the third story in a two part series on malnourishment and infanticide.
By JUNE KANTZ
Kenyon Staff Writer
In the two previous articles of this series it has been pointed out that hunger and malnutrition exist in this country to the detriment of both individuals and society, and that the present food programs are not eradicating the problem.
In the light of the aforementioned "vicious cycle" effect such deprivation has on both afflicted individuals and society at large, the need for further action on the American hunger problem seems apparent.
Dr. Aaron Altschul, Special Assistant for Nutrition Improvement at the Department of Agriculture, an authority on the management of crops, and a protein and vitamin fortified foods, told
Child's Body Is Identified
the House Education and Labor Committee in 1968.
"There is no excuse for not eliminating emergency problems of hunger and malnutrition in the United States within the next one to two years. Unless we are really stupid, the forces should be in motion to knock out this problem."
PROTEIN MALNUTRITION is the most crucial factor in hunger. It is the nutrient protein, made up of amino acids, which are essential for the nutrition in the building and repairing of body tissues, and without which, a person will still be hungry, regardless of how much non-protein food he is eating. Also, it causes mental restardation in small children.
Now, more than three years later, the forces Dr. Altschul spoke of have not been paused.
The body of Ivy Marie Honeycunt, 11, of Rt. 2, was found yesterday afternoon by police officers in Kansas City, Kan. She was missing since early Saturday morning.
Common sources of protein are
Authorities in Kansas City had notified the Douglas County Sheriff's Department around noon yesterday that the body of a young girl had been found in an area between Kansas 32 highway and the Kansas Turnpike near 40th Street. The girl is identified by the girl's mother, according to Maj. Don Hall, chief of detectives.
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Preliminary investigations, police said, indicated that the girl had been stranded
Drury Honeycutt, the girl's cousin, who
had been sought for questioning in connection with the disappearance of the girl, has been picked up by police in Hughs, Ark.
Sheriff Rex D. Johnson and an agent from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation will go to Arkansas after Honeycutt Friday.
The Douglas County sheriff's office at Lawrence said a kidnapping charge had been filed in Douglas County Court against Honeycust. The sheriff's office reported that Honeycust had waived extradition to Kansas.
Trooper David Mornier of the Arkansas Highway Patrol said honeycourt, 25, had an injured arm.
available in this country. America abounds in dairies and meat ranches which produce the milk and meat products that supply protein for most people.
Dr. Alschul points out, however, "it is just not economically feasible to distribute these commodities to the needy in the amounts needed."
we must introduce new systems of foods
American agriculture, industry, and
government easily possess the ability to eliminate hunger and
malnutrition in the United States now-
merely by producing the same low-cost fortified foods used in the government's foreseen program."
DR. ALTSCHUL adds, "If we are to provide lower income groups with alternatives to present conventional proteins, we must introduce new systems of foods
Dr. Altschul said the basic principle upon which the low-cost fortified foods work is the supplementation, or mixing of various non-meat foods with exceedingly high amino acid contents to form a complete protein substance.
Dr. Altschulz said few Americans are aware of the existence of these new protein foci.
He said those who are aware of these proteins are those in the livestock and poultry raising business, executives and workers in the American companies that operate in government programs for foreign distributions of them, and those officials in the United States Department of Agriculture who are preventing distribution of these foods in this country because they see this distribution as a threat.
In the United States, cheap, high protein foodstuffs are being fed to cattle and chickens here and exclusively sent abroad for human consumption, Dr. Altschul said.
Chinese Want Position Formerly Held by Bunche
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) - Peking wants one of its citizens selected for the high U.N. post formerly by Kalp J. Bashar, an official source reported Thursday.
Bunche, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was for 14 years undersecretary-general for special political affairs—the highest administrative post ever attained by an American. He was in effect chief troubleshooter for the secretary-general. Bunche retired in June because of ill health, and the post is vacant.
The source for the information about Peking's goal said the Communist government, as it has in the past, used a third party to communicate the information to Secretary-General U. Thant. In the Oct. 25 vote in the General Assembly expelling Taiwan and giving China's U.N. seat to the People's Republic.
Red China, as one of the Big Five world powers, apparently feels it should occupy a top U.N. slot commensurate with its international status.
Nixon, Gandhi Discuss Indian-Pakistani Plight
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Nixon met at length with India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Thursday and urged Pakistan to border the risks of war.
After a two-hour and five minute meeting at the White House, presidential press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler who the detailed talks with Mrs. Gandhi and the President of Pakistan maintains with Pakistan President Yalpun "should indicate that we are involved."
"But there are severe limits to what we can achieve," he added.
Ziegler said the President and the Prime Minister will continue their talks on Friday—a meeting not previously announced.
"You can conclude the United States will not sit back and let events take their course."
On her arrival for a two-day official visit, Mrs. Gandha looked worn and pale.
I have come here looking for a *w*.
understanding of the situation in our part
of the world, and I am now in
in search of some wise impulse, which,
as history tells us, has sometimes worked to
help us get rid of the troubles.
Mrs. Gandhi said her talks with Nixon no doubt will lead to a strengthening of friendship and understanding between the United States and India.
On his part Nixon said he and Mrs. Gandhi would have "very significant talks on very difficult problems affecting both of our countries."
Ziegler said he could not discuss the specific details of the Nixon-Gandhi meeting, White House alues, however, disclosed that Nixon would ask the Indian government to divide its divisions deployed along the borders of both East and West Pakistan, provided
Objectivity Is Sought By Nominee
WASHINGTON (AP)—William H. Rehquist promised Thursday to be faithful to the Constitution if he were confirmed as a Supreme Court justice and "let the
"When you put on the robe," he told the Senate Judicary Committee, "you are there not to impose your personal views but to construe as objectively as you possibly can the Constitution and the statutes."
He said he disapproved of "promiscuous wristtapping" and that it was unfair to think of him as backward on civil rights, because of his own unresistance, balance basing of school children undesirable.
Pakistan made a similar withdrawal.
India wants all of the estimated 9.5 million refugees who have fled East Pakistan since last March 25 to be returned as quickly as possible because of the economic burden they have thrust on India.
Thant is scheduled to retire Dec. 31 after
thant's U.S. suit, and his successor
was appointed to the role.
When Thunt was appointed he named eight principal advisers, representing the five major powers and the key regional areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Since then other undersecretaries-general have been appointed. All have equal status
The geographic formula is still religiously followed, with Soviet national Leonid Kutakov in charge of political and military affairs, and Philippe de Seynes heading the economic and social affairs department; Britishborn H. Keath Matthews, in charge of education and management; and Victor Ho Chhieng, in commissioner for technical cooperation.
An Indian national, C. V. Narasimhan, is Thant's chief executive officer. C. A. Stravap洛萄, a Greek, is unders secretary-temporally for the legal counsel. An Argentine, Roberto E. Guyer, is unders secretary-general for special political affairs, and an African, for diplomacy, unders secretary-general for trucekeeping and nosseg governing territories.
BY RON WOMBLE Kansan Staff Writer
The allocation of most of the $400,000 collected each year from the activity fee is greatly influenced by the seven-man team. Although the Student Senate gets most of the student attention, the Finance and Auditing Committee does most of the work by investigating each request for funding and providing influential recommendation to the Senate.
The large amount of controversy surrounding Senate allocations this year has caused committee members to focus on the purpose and power of their committee.
Dave Dillon, committee chairman, said that the guidelines the committee must follow in reviewing requests for funds were necessarily broad.
Finance and Auditing Influences Allocations
"There are so many different and
universe groups on campus that guidelines
are needed."
DILLON EXPLAINED that if a definite list of requirements were used it would almost be impossible to determine which group was unique, because each group was unique.
Funding is not difficult to get, according to Dillon. If a group fits within the general framework of groups the Senate has funded in the past, the committee will usually recommend that the organization be funded. The committee has avoided recommending funding for groups which have no significant functions of other group funds.
If the issue is noncontroversial, Dillon said that the Senate would almost always follow the recommendation of his committee.
The Finance and Auditing Committee
"THE INVESTIGATION is up to Finance and Auditing," said Dillon, "but if the Senate ever fails to question us, they have made a grave mistake."
Dillon pointed out that the committee members were only human and therefore fallible. Despite the mistakes the committee had made, his opinion of the committee was positive. Dr. Dillon said. He characterized the committee's work as "generally very fair."
often acts as a compromise group between the Senate and the organizations seeking funds. The committee members often pare large requests drastically in order to meet
Dillon admitted that many of the committee's decisions have been arbitrary, but the only solution he could offer was to fund the funding of student organizations.
Dillon said that if an organization could not support itself "maybe it's not that hard," he added.
THE COMMITTEE is called Finance and Auditing but most of its work concerns financing and little or no auditing. The reason, Dillon said, was that the committee members did not have the time to accomplish both functions.
"The Senate asks more of Finance and Auditing than any of the other committees." "Dillon said." There are just too many to be answered. The committee can not be asked to meet more often."
B. Oil Neill, Senate Treasurer and ex-officio member of the Finance and Auditing Committee, said that auditing was currently conducted by his office.
O'Neill said that his office tried to confirm payments made from student organization accounts at least once a week, but most of time we fall behind in that respect."
O'NEILLE SAID the Senate followed the Finance and the Auditing Committee's recommendations as much as 100 per cent when they involved amounts under $1,000.
O'Neill thinks that the Senate should become more involved in Finance and Auditing decisions. He suggested that Senators attend the committee's meetings occasionally to better understand the issues.
The activity fee often takes precedence in the Student Senate, he said, and although allocation of the fee is only a part of the student experience, it usually generates the most controversy.
"The chancellor and the Board of Regents are not concerned with how the Senate spends the activity fee money," it is not detrimental to the University."
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