Friday, October 27, 1972
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University Daily Kansan
Brewster Won HOPE Award
... former prof praised ...
Chancellor Requests Improvement Of KU Student-Faculty Ratio Base
By GARY ISAACSON
Kanean Staff Writer
Chancellor Raymond Nichols said Wednesday that the ratio of teachers to students used in schooling should be different at the University of Kansas than the ratios at the other state colleges
"Our mission in education is different and therefore our ratio should be different," he said.
Former Chemistry Prof Honored on 80th Birthday
Although he is very proud of the plaque, Brewster pointed out that that "misplaced" Polish student who had had the plaque made had spelledelled "greatful." He said it was really his 89th, not his 63rd.
Nichols was reacting to the 23 faculty positions that will be cut at KU next year because of recent budget revisions.
"I am sure that the faculty would agree with me that we need more faculty to improve the ratio." he said.
Nichols said that the base on which the ratios were founded a few years ago was incorrect.
KU REQUESTED the use of the ratio of 15 students to one teacher in each job institution faculty for this year. The State Board of Regents changed that ratio to 25 to 1. In requests for next year, the school has again asked use of the ratio.
"So, there were a lot of stretcheers in what the boys said."
At home after the luncheon, Brewster called it "magnificent."
The Chancellor was in Washington Monday and attended the Association of American Universities. (AAU). He said that the financial prospects of the nation's universities were
By JANET SANTOS
Kungan Staff Writer
Ray Q. Brewster, former
Ray O. Brewster, former
chemist, continue to be
honored although he has been
retired from teaching and public
service.
The study in Brewster's home contains numerous plaques, memorials, medals honoring him for contributions to chemistry and
A testimonial luncheon
Tuesday honored Brewster in recognition of 88th birthday. Over 100 former colleagues, college students and staff members.
"IT WAS LIKE Mark Twain in the 'adventures of Huck Finn,' he said. "In the opening page of this book, he told me up this story about Tom Sawyer and me, and what he said was true in a broad outline, but he wrote it with his own hand."
"The change in dress causes quite a difference in appearance, but inherently there is no difference," he said.
Two former KU colleagues, Calvin A. VanderWerf, now dean of the College of Language Arts at the University of Florida, Florida, and William E. McEwen, chairman of chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin praised water for the accommodation and contributions of his career.
THE AWARD Brewster said he cherished most was the HOPE Award he received in 1959. He can get awards from can get awards from the chemical society or something of this sort, but the one I valued most highly was the one that I student body." Brewster said.
After teaching for more than fifty years, Brewster said, he still found students much the same as the ones in his early years of teaching.
One plaque, given to him in 1985, on his last class of KU chemistry, is the original plaque for Students and Chemistry Still Need You—Your *3rd* Last Day.
"The short range prospects look encouraging," he said, "but
Final voter registration figures released Thursday. Delbert Mellor of Westport, the county that 33,330 people had registered for the November general election.
Brewster said he thought increases in enrollment over the years made a difference in teaching. He said a large
County Clerk Reports Count Of Registrations
Brewster said students were not a tongue-the-other former student but the same ones they known their wants more peacefully than students do now.
Although this figure is high, Matthia said, he had no way of knowing how many of the people registered would vote.
Mattha said that registration figures were not broken down so there was no way of knowing how many students had registered.
enrollment did not affect teacher-student relationships in chemistry because of laboratory work.
"Work hard. Go to It. There are lots of opportunities. You can do most anything you want if you want it badly enough." Brewster said, "No matter what the title of address, that's the main theme."
REFLECTING ON his 44 years
of teaching,
Brewster said, "You can lecture
to any number. My most en-
joyed is when I have 300 held
in the Fraser Theater."
He said he tried to establish personal rapport by visiting with the students on a daily tour of the laboratories. Not only would he be able to teach, he would also try to make a personal contact with each student.
BREWER SAID he thought BREWER had been discouraged by shortages of jobs. He said jobs now were abundant compared to times when there were none.
Commencement speeches were among the many activities that helped Brewster busy during his teaching years. He said he made three to seven commencement speeches a year before he retired.
"You have to work up the
Students should obtain a broad background in the liberal arts and sciences, with specific field, Brewster said. He said a good, broad education is expected of students. They need to know how to write and how to
ladder. You don't step out of your office or come in as president, of General Motors. You'll do well to get a job as a salesman in a car agency."
Brewster first came to KU in 1914 after he received a bachelor's degree from Ottawa University. He received his PhD in 1925 and later attended the University of Chicago for four years.
HE WAS a civilian chemist who worked toward his Ph.D. Chicago He received his Ph.D. in 1910 and returned to KU as an assistant professor.
Nichols said that support for higher education will probably not increase over the present level.
the long term outlook is still very depressing. "
He said that the AAU had a full-time staff in Washington to watch committee hearings, and said that the meaning of a new tax reform bill that is before the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee was of major importance.
Brewster was chairman of the chemistry department from 1840 to 1856. In the spring of 1852, he taught at the University of Alexandra in Egypt. Brewster studied chemistry at KU until his mandatory retirement at age 70.
In 1963 he returned to Ottawa University as a member of the board of trustees.
exactly is in the bill," he said, "but the expected provisions concern the Internal Revenue Service."
"NO ONE KNOWS what
Nichols speculated that the bills, if passed into law, might reduce the a mount of money a college student would pay free. He said that this reduction would especially hurt private schools, which depend almost solely on private funding. He said Mr. Nichols had formed KU5 Endowment Association.
Concerning the resolution
passed last night by the Student Senate aimed at controlling behavior at athletic events, and it proved aired entirely with the principle.
"We must maintain courtesy toward visiting fans and teams," he said.
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Julian Bond . . .
"The fact is most American cities are in trouble." Bond said. "If justice does exist, justice does exist. In short, we know the American system works."
Bond indicated that he thought that the choice for president was clear: George McGovern.
He said that racism was one of the basic sicknesses that had to be addressed in order to be any social equity in this country. He said that there was still an election justice problem.
WHAT FRIGHTENS him, he
would do anything that there is much difference between the candidates, and the people that aren't going to make the
candidates feel.
He listened the Russian wheat deal, the Watergate bugging, the Republican secession nominations, the Republican sect nominations, the Nixon vetoes of several bills passed by congress for direct elections and season reasons for voting for McGovern.
THE RESOLUTION asked
them to be more vigilant in the
Big Eight to encourage their
respective administrations to
provide ample security at
every level.
"The president who has promised to bring us together," Bond said, "has only driven us farther apart."
Bond said that although changing the composition of the Congress and the occupancy of the legislature was vital, electoral politics should be just one of many weapons in the social activist's arsenal.
DURING THE question and answer period that followed the speech, Bowie was asked what Nixon was on record. On Nov. 7.
Bond wryly suggested that there would be alternatives for blacks in that event: working in a kitchen or tap dancing.
Bond stopped here on a speaking tour that included a morning dressy morning. He canceled an appearance at Lawrence High School in the afternoon, but at dinner before his speech here and planned to attend briefly a SBU party after the speech. The SUA office said that he was to leave on Monday, City, Mo., flight this morning.
Haverty said he thought that the suggestion that faculty and employees of the University who were not involved in before contributing could sign a pledge card now and pay the amount whenever they wanted to.
With only a week remaining in 1972 United Fund Campaign, the University division of the campaign needs a push to reach its goals and is moving to Charles Haverity, Lawrence United Fund chairman.
Dana Leibengood, campus chairman and assistant professor of journalism, said that an extra effort was needed right now to make sure that all of the collected money was turned in quickly and the contributors were reached before the Oct. 31 deadline.
"We have $17,500 to date,"
Isleengood said, "and the money
is coming to us in larger quan-
titles now than at any other point in the campaign."
The city of Lawrence has about $125,000 of its $161,515 goal (including the University division) already in. Havery attributed this to the advanced canvassing conducted in the industrial, manufacturing divisions from mid-September until October 17.
"It was as effective as had been hoped it would be," said Havenry. "I think that we should certainly lead the way to the next year for the University."
United Fund Closing KU Short of Goal
The resolution stemmed from the fact that the KU-KState faculty, the KU-KState game and the theft of a Nebraska student by a KU student at the KU-KState.
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