PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY MAY 20.1938 Comment Is Forums Board Illegally Selected? According to a bill passed last spring by the two student councils, the forums board is to be selected by a committee composed of two members elected by the retiring forum boards from its own membership and two members from each of the councils appointed by their respective presidents. These six are to have the assistance of the retiring chairman in the selection of and are to compose a part of the new board. According to a majority of the retiring forums board questioned, there has been no meeting called to elect the board's two delegates. Whoever has been selected from the old board to serve on the new organization and to assist in the selection of new members is serving either through illegal self-appointment or illegal appointment by the retiring chairman. Three of the four who are both old members and new members of the board assert that they have never attended a meeting to select the new board. Neither, they say, have they ever been elected by the retiring board to sit upon the new one. As if this illegality were not sufficient, the minority party member appointed from the Men's Student Council was never notified of any meeting to select the new forums board. Clearly, three of the six named to select the new board were either illegally appointed or not informed of such a meeting. This makes the board which the others selected similarly illegal. The forums board is the official student guardian of free speech and open discussion. Its membership must be legally selected and above question. What must be done is to call a meeting of the old forums board and to elect legally the two members who will hold office on the new board. These two with the four from the councils must then select the new board for next year. Personality Development Students are beginning more and more to realize that personality development is an important part of education. A course entitled "Personality Development" is offered at the University of Idaho because several hundred students realized the need for it and asked for it. The students wanted a course in which they could learn how to develop their own individualities and learn "how to get along with other people." "Our objective is the development of an intelligent self-directing individual who can meet his problems in a wholesome, intelligent way," said Dr. Allan C. Lemon, director of the course. "None of us can expect to be made social lions or outstanding successes by going to this class a few times because the development of personality is a long, slow process." The course was arranged solely to meet the demands and needs of the students. After the enrolled students had selected the problems that were most important to them and the aspects of personality development on which they wanted instruction, Doctor Lemon outlined the schedule of tonics to be studied. The problem which most of the students felt to be of most importance was "how to get along with people." Equal importance was adjudged the "art of conversation and discussion." "Poise" ranked third in importance and "personality and marriage" ranked fourth. Other topics selected according to importance were: Etiquette, factors in social success, personality and courtship, overcoming inferiority feelings, correct thinking, developing emotional maturity, qualities of leadership, adaptability, a philosophy of life, personality and the aesthetic side of life, and mental conflicts and escapes. All these topics are important problems for which the students want solutions. The best place for finding solutions is in discussion led by competent and well-qualified teachers who thoroughly understand the subject. A better understanding and knowledge of these topics will help the individual to live more completely and efficiently. It will also enable him to be happier and more content with his place in society. Personality development makes for better citizens in a democracy. Solution to Problem Of Educating Educators In an atmosphere of bitterly clashing opinions, the American Council on Education met in Washington last week. As usual, the battle raged around the question of teacher training. One school of thought holds that normal schools should continue to emphasize "teaching techniques" while the other side vigorously advocates educating the future teacher in "what to teach rather than how to teach." Dr. Alan Valentine, president of the University of Rochester, charged that the quality of the education of school children is declining year by year because "normal school instruction today is culturally on a lower level than before the war," resulting from "over-emphasis upon training teachers in teaching techniques." "Training teachers is useful but it is no substitute for educating them," he continued. "Potential teachers, after they have jumped through the hoops of so many hours of educational psychology and then chinned themselves so many times on the bar of practice teaching, are accepted as technically qualified to teach a subject they had no time to master." The resolution of the dispute will probably follow the lines of a new plan to be carried out by Columbia University in 1939-40. Holding that both "how to teach" and "what to teach" are important in an adequate teacher training program, Columbia will institute a 5-year course. The first 4 years will consist of comprehensive liberal arts study, leading to the degree of bachelor of arts. The fifth year will be devoted to technique training, including practice teaching and observation plus study of advanced subject matter courses. Those students who complete the entire program will receive the degree of master of arts. Columbia's new course of study will have the double merit of producing fewer as well as better teachers for a field that is notoriously over-crowded. If this trend is coupled with improved working conditions that will make one of the most important professions in a democracy more attractive, American educational standards will be greatly improved. The force of gravity varies in different parts of the world, Science News Letter reports, increasing in general towards the poles. This is a scientific explanation why some politicians never get down to earth. More deer were killed by automobiles in a western New York county last year than hunters killed in a favored Adirondack deer country, according to Science News Letter. More human beings are killed every year by automobiles than were killed in the World war. Official University Bulletin Notices due at Chancellor's Office at 3 a.m., preceding regular public session for Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Vol. 35 FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1938 No. 159 KAPPA PHI: Kawaa Phil will mee; this evening from 5 until 7 o'clock at the home of Rev. Price. It is to be pot-luck supper farewell for the seniors—Nancy Fleming, Publicity Chairman. MEN AND WOMEN'S RIFLE TEAMS: The picnic originally scheduled for May 8 will be held Sunday, May 22, at the same hour and place as before announced—Virginia Starr. NOTICE TO FACULTY MEMBERS: The regular payroll is ready for signatures. All faculty members whose amputations are on a nine-month basis are required to sign the payroll. Before June 4 to sign the payroll, Karl Klooz, Bursar. University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS PUBLISHER DAVID E. PARTRIDGE EDITOR-IN-Chief AVOCATE EDITORS! MASINE FICCIER and TRIWON BROWN DOMINATING EDITOR MEMBER 1 KNOWN PRESS ASSOCIATION Editorial Staff MANAGING EDITOR BILLY TYLER CAMUS EDITORS ELON TORTERCE and LEOIN FORTKEY NEW EDITOR MARY HAYES SUNDAY EDITOR GEORGE CLAREN SOCIETY EDITOR DENTOITY JANKE SOUND EDITOR SHELBY SMITH MAKEUP EDITOR SHIRLEY SMITH REWRITER EDITOR JASMUS COUTY EDITION EDITOR SOFTWARE EDITOR J. HOWARD RUSCO MARTIN BENTON DAVID E. PAINTING MARVIN GOREEL KENNETH MOORI JAMES FLOVER KAWALI WARNER MORRIS THOMPSON F. QUENTIN BROWN ECKTON E. CARTER WILLIAM FITZGERald ALAN ASHER DREW MLAUGHLIN TOM A. ELLIS JOHN DILLER News Staff Kansan Board Members 1937 Member 1938 Associated College Press Distributor of College Digest miniature Prof. John lee, wearing miniature spectacles and carrying a miniature cane, will walk on a miniature stage next week in a marionette play based on "Sod and Stubble." Performances will be given Saturday evening, May 28, at 7:30; Tuesday morning, May 31, at 10:30, and once during Commencement BUSINESS MANAGER F. QUENTIN BROWN The play will be presented by the class in Public School Art Methods in the auditorium in central Frak Strong hall, in the direction of Miss Maud Elsworth, instructor in the School of Education. Marionette Production 'Sod and Stubble' Next Week National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Reprints Association DAVIS AVENUE NEW YORK, NY, CHICAGO S. DUPLIN ST. LOS ANGELES PORTLAND BREATHE Professor Ise will wear gray trousers, white shirt, and a green tie. Laura Thompson, fa29, who constructed the marmonette, had a little difficulty in making him appear true to life, but by dint of skillful application of cotton stuffing she has succeeded in making very good likeness of the original. Uses Four Stage Sets Entered as second-class matter, September 17, 1910, at the po- office at Lawrence, Kan. Henry Ise, Professor Ise's father, was made by Walter Wesr, fa39; and Rosa, Henry's wife, was made by Peggy Harrison, fa39. Three children, Lauren, Billy and the baby, were made by MildwiedMiemann, fa39; Hazel Fanning, fa39; and Benny Harrison An Indian dressed in fringed buckskin and wearing a headaddress of feathers was made by Vergie Fregiez, fa39. Frank Hagel, a bachelor neighbor, who first welcomed Henry and his bride to their new home, was made by Gwendolyn Eustache, fa1unel. Steve Lings, made by Leils Lessert, fa29, and Mary Monk, made by Elonor Gewinnen fa39, will also appear in the olay. Four stage sets will be used in presenting the three-set play which was written by members of the class with the permission of Professor Iso, the author of "Sod and Stubble." Two outdoor prairie scenes, one of the interior of the big cabin, and one showing the present day living room of Mrs. Henry Ise will be made. Mrs. Ise, as she is today, was made by Robert Kahn, f40. Has Head of Clay The construction of the marionettes was interesting. Take Professor Ise for instance; his head was modelled out of clay; then, with the aid of some flour and water the marionette was made up of paper paper were stuck on the clay model. When it was thoroughly dry, the clay model was removed, leaving a paper maché head. After this was painted and some hair glued on the top and a pair of spectacles put on him, his hands were glued to the fesior leather. His hands are of clay, but his feet are wood and have laced, leather shoes. 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This picture is a true story of heroism packed with all the excitement of roaring adventure and romance in the face of unusual danger. --together on a cloth body, and then the trouble started. He was simply too tanky for Professor Ise. So Miss Thompson started padding him with cotton until he began to look like he should. It is said that she is going to have to buy some cotton for the department. Flower 820 Flower Fone Fone "We Telegraph Flowers Anywhere" WARD'S Flower SHOP 931 Mass. There also seems to be a bit of history behind his hat. Some felt was needed for its making, and just the right shape was found in the guise of a bit of feminine military style. The owner of the hat was approached, but she refused to donate her hat in the interest of art, or professor or anything else. But it is said that she changed her mind after a playful slip was taken, and the coveted bit of felt was had after Stockton Edits Economics Scr Stockton Edits Economies Series Dean F. W. 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