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Thursday, August 24, 1972
University Daily Kansan
Kansas Photo by D. R. JOHNSON
Burning the Midnight Oil
Though it's dark outside, the lights are on inside Watson Library for those needing reference materials.
Chancellor and Son Soar In Fulfilling Summer Goal
up on the hometown newspaper or a current magazine. The library is open until 11 p.m. Sunday through Saturday.
By BECKY PAGE Kansan Staff Writer
Cancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. and his 18-year-old son Tom agreed their project for this summer would be to take flying lessons and earn their pilot's licenses. Now that both of them are in the job market, flights, they are on the way to accomplish their goal.
Chalmers made his solo飞船 in a Cessna 150 July 23. Students are not told in advance when they will make their first solo flights, but Chalmers said that he had a bird that he would soo fly morning.
"I made five or six passes at the runway that were good," said Chris Wood of Airbus, who told me to drop him off at the terminal. He got up and prayed.
Chalermers' son Tom made him his first solo flight several weeks before. Chalermers was called to the airport by his instructor to do the day's work, and was surprised to find Tom flying without an instructor.
Chalmers said he found flying very relaxing.
"I WENT outside, looked up at him, and wondered what I up at him, and wondered what I was doing letting a six-year-old fly the plane with me. Apparently Tom was relaxed enough to enjoy watching some movies while he flew above them, when he flew above them.
"During my flight," said Chalmers, "I didn't have any idea what was happening on the ground."
CHALMERS said he was not as apprehensive as he thought he would be during his solo flight. He went into the cockpit and then when he first began to fly,
College . . .
Baumgartel discussed some of the issues involved in the ap- course unorthodox to a L.A.S. course in astrology. An astrology course formerly approved by the author is now approved by the L.A.S. 48 course for the fall.
"The big issue," Baumgartel said, "is can you get academic credit for what is purely an exertion?" Or a personal growth course?
As associate dean in the College office. Baumgart will be dealing with the inflow of students to the college and with problems in organization resulting from the decentralization of the Graduate School in the University. In this role, all graduate student records have been sorted and sent to either the offices of the professional schools or the College Office, depending on the graduate student is enrolled.
Baugartier said the decentralization move would, for graduate students, "get the student closer to where they happen."
Because of the new influx of graduate students into the College, we need representation in the College Assembly, Dean Waggoner said. The new by-laws have been in operation in every operation for one full year provide for the representation of un-armed and diseased assistants and assistant instructors but do not provide for graduate students. This will also mean that all instructors then, for the College Assembly.
but he hoped he did not become too casual.
Another aspect of flying that still worries Chalmers is the possibility of a mechanical failure twice while he was flying with an instructor. Once when the engine ran roughly, the instructor took over the controls and immediately flew back to grass field beside the airliner.
One of Chalmers' reasons for taking飞 lessons is that he would like to be able to fly the aircraft owned by the University.
He said if anything happened to the pilot during a flight, he would like to be able to take over the air and land the airplane safely.
WHEN ASKED how he did as a student, Chlamers replied that on the basis of what they learned but because of poor motor skills, he needed more practice before he could speak.
driving a car with a standard transmission had conditioned him to operate the left rudder of the airplane like a brake. He also believed that some motions needed to be foreign 'o one's instincts.
He explained 25 years of
If the airplane should stall for example, the pilot must nose the airplane down to gain the necessities of flight. In fact, however, makes a pilot want to pull the nose up rather than point it down. Chalmers admitted he still dunned intentionally stall the airplane.
BOTH CHALMERS and his son must gain more flying time because he needs to testes. This includes making a couple of flights to airports that are close to his hometown.
Chalmer's son was able to make his first solo flight earlier this year. Chalmer's son had done well on his tests and had scored 98 in the test flights.
By MARY PITMAN
Kansan Staff Writer
The green and misty African rainforest; the rhythm of drums; and forbidding slave castles, built by slave traders along the river. The people of things that Linda Evans will remember about Ghana, Africa.
Student Discusses Year in Ghana
Evans, a Topeka senior with a special major in African studies, spent her junior year at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana.
Ghana is a country of 7,000,000 people, nested between the ivory Coast and Togoland on the curving west coast of Africa.
LOUISE KETO, the junior ad-
Office, made the junior
abroad possible, Evan said. The
French office and the African-Ameri-
cine office and the African-American
Institute in New York. KU helped
Evan finance the trip by paying
Including transportation, her year abroad cost $3,000.
"It it used to be that all university students in Ghana went to the university said, adding that tuition is still relatively inexpensive in Ghana.
BOTH GIRLS were housed in a dorm. On the campus of 1,000 students, men outnumbered women by approximately seven
Shirley Fannuel, KU graduate student from LaMar, Texas, also spent her year at the University of Cape Coast with Evans.
Evans took seminars in African culture and a complex of African history classes. Historic events and events from the year there, including a bloodless coup d'etat. On January 15, 1972, the prime minister of Ghana was overthrow and replaced by a new leader. The National Redemption Council.
Evans has mixed feelings about the new government. It is beneficially attempting to motivate the economy of Ghana, to boost the export of cocoa. Ghana contains much uncleared land, Evans explained, and under the auspices of a program called the Government of Ghana government is promoting the idea of using the land for crops.
"All political parties were outlawed after the new government came in power," Evans said.
ALTHOUGH Ghana is divided into numerous sections and linguistic groups, Evans said the country has a problem with tribalism as some other African countries. Ghana was the first black country in Africa to earn its independence from the colonial period, Evans said.
But the new government has some aspects that are less popular.
Like a former leader of Ghana, Nkruma, who died in exile this year, Evans believes in the ideal
of Pan-Africa, or the unity of all African nations.
"I don't know whether it is possible" Evans said.
"I never was much of a romantic, but I am less of one now," she said.
She feels living in Africa has taught her to be politically realistic.
Referring to Africa, Evans said it happens because it's not a paradise and it's not some place to run away to and think you're running away from the world.
SHE FELT in general, that the people of Ghana were "laging behind the awareness of blacks in the states."
Evans loved, in particular, the hospitality and the wonderful sense of humor of the rural people of Ghana, and the market women of that country, where these women were fascinated and shrewd businesswomen.
"It's easy to make someone content if they're used to existing in a village." Evans said.
"They hold the country together. They give their goods in the market, many of them become wealthy, although you wouldn't know by looking at them."
Women in Ghana are generally economically independent, Evans said.
"One of the first duties of a
THE OTHER KU student at the University of Cape Coast, Shirley Faunel, met many rural people, and later elaborate funerals in Ghana. The people of Ghana are famous around the world for these colorful ceremonies, mourning color. The funerals are colorful and important ceremonies, distinctly different from their American counterparts.
married man is to set his wife up n business," she explained.
Evans helped Shirley's research problems in talking to farmers in the village. The chief of a village often very well-educated and
Kensan Photo by LINDA SCHILD
Student Talks About Experiences in Ghana . . . Linda Evans, Topeka senior, spent junior year abroad . . .
"It can be very expensive to talk to the chief." Evans said. "You have to bring so many bottles of gin."
Evans said she believed that people in former English colonies managed to retain the richness of their culture more successfully than had the African nations, who merely under the dominion of the Europeans.
Black magic is still extremely powerful among the people of Ghana, Evans said.
Juva, Ejuva explained is the common word in Ghana for "sadness." Redemption Council made it illegal to consult a juva man, Juva.
She is highly doubtful that legislation could ever affect a powerful as juju, which "has served since time immemorial."
"A LOT OF people don't go to the police; even students, around exam time, to the iuiju man."
Evans, a skeptic before her trip to Ghana, is not convinced that juju is a real and effective evil power in the world.
She discussed the fact that western scientists who once lived in Africa now paying close attention to the powers taped by the fetish priest and the herbalists in Africa. In the past, such instances, now sometimes go to Africa to study under African species of properties of roots and here
THE PACE of Ghana is easy and slow,Evans said.
"If you're used to high power and efficiency and instant service," she said, "you'll just be frustrated."
Book Purchases Triple; Available Titles Double
Since October 1969, the business in the Oread Book Store has almost tripped. Also, the number of titles available have doubled, Nowilad, Oread Book store manager, said recently.
"There has been no problem getting books. Publishers are all too willing to sell them." Nowlin said.
While African studies is declin-
ing, a number of universities
Ecology has been a big seller for
the past two years and communal
buyer is one of the biggest sellers
Two years ago, African studies was a big seller. Since then, Nowland said there has been a girl named Ella who, now Nowlin said African studies is selling about half of what it did at its peak year.
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