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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 12. 1960
Absence System Called 'No Issue
Several University faculty members prefer not to comment on the procedure of recording excessive absences. They said they did not feel it was an "issue."
No Difficulty Found
Three other faculty members said they believed the present system of recording excessive absences is adequate. They said they have never experienced any difficulty with it.
Richard DeGeorge, assistant professor of philosophy, said:
"So far as I am concerned, I think our present procedure is adequate and I have never experienced any difficulty with it."
Gordon Beck, instructor of speech,
agreed and said:
"The University need not police student attendance but it certainly does need to know if a student has turned up missing. It is more of a safety measure than a police action."
Rufus Thompson, professor of botany, said:
"I never thought it was for anything other than keeping tabs on the student — to make sure he did not disappear entirely. Any reason why I have felt otherwise myself was when I felt the student was having excessive absences to his detriment.
Schools Set Policies
In lieu of an all-University policy for reporting absences, each University school is asked to set its own policy. The registrar's office does, however, send out suggestions to the faculty members on how to report excessive absences.
Faculty members are asked to report a student if he has had an excessive run of absences. "Excessive" is described by James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions, as when a student has been absent from classes a consecutive number of times, without explanation, greater than the number of hours of credit in the course.
When a faculty member wishes to report a student's absence, a report of absence is filed in the registrar's office. The office then refers the name of the student to the proper person.
A student who has had excessive absences is reported by the registrar to the dean of the school in which the student is enrolled.
Official Bulletin
Items for the Official Bulletin must be brought to the public relations office, 222 Strong, before 9:30 a.m. on the day material is not bring Bulletin material to The Daily Kansan. Notices should include name, place, date, and time of function.
Lists of Officers of all campus organizations must be reported to the Dean of Students, 228 Strong, prior to May 26 for inclusion in the student directory and other publications for the 1960-61 school year.
TODAY
Poetry  Hour.   4 p.m.
Band  Muscle and
Band  Union, Jim McMuslane-
bald singer.
Der Deutsche Verein trifft sich am Donnerstag, den 12. Mai, um 5 Uhr im Zimmer 402 Fraser Zwei Paroden werden aufgefuhrt: "Moderne Pferdoper (ohne Pferd)" und "Rotes Kaeppchen. Die Dieselieule sind die deutschen der duftenden Klassen I und II. Allt und herzilien eingeladen, besonders die Studenten von deutsch I und II.
Christian Science Organization. 7:30 p.m.. Danforth Chapel.
Episcopal Evening Prayer. 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
TOMORROW
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, 4:15 p.m. 130. Strong Prof. Hairy Llanders, University of California, Berkeley, will speak on "Polynomials in Classical Ideal Rings." Coffee will be served before the Colloquium at 3:50 p.m. in 117 Strong.
THE KANSAS SOCIETY of the Archaeological Institute of America, 7:30 P.M. Tuesday meeting of the year. The Rev. Alan J. Pickering will speak on "The Gods of Patriarchs and the Shield of David." The lecture will be 11-illustrated with slides.
INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FEL-
LISH LOUISIANA Mississippi St.
Bible Study and refreshments.
SATURDAY
UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S CLUB, 9 to 12 midnight. Kansas Union. Dancing in Kansas, cute John Stewart Curriam, hosting Chancellor and Mrs. Franklin D. Murphy.
A rare gift is any kind a woman receives after five years of marriage. -Kenneth J. Shively
Lawrence May Double Population by 1980
City planner Jerry Smith said yesterday that Lawrence may more than double its population by 1980 — but he warned that slums will grow with the rest of the city.
"We have an unhappy and somewhat unique situation," said Mr. Smith, explaining the projected growth of the city.
Pointing to a map tacked on the wall of his City Hall office, he explained that the growth of the city is blocked in several directions by natural barriers and by mechanical difficulties that would be impractical to overcome at present.
"WE PROBABLY won't grow in this area." he said, pointing to the areas south and southeast of the city.
He explained that difficulties in providing sewage disposal for any homes that might be built in these
areas are now too great to permit expansion.
"In the east, cemeteries present a definite psychological barrier to future growth," said Mr. Smith "But here, in the southeast, we can anticipate considerable growth." He indicated the area southeast of the Edgewood Park subdivision.
HE ALSO said that the area directly north of the country club would undergo great expansion, but rejected the idea that any growth could take place to the northeast of the city, pointing out that the river and the presence of the sewage disposal plant present insurmountable barriers.
What about the slum areas east of Massachusetts Street?
"As the city grows, these areas may tend to degenerate still further," admitted Smith.
"You can't just grow away from the urban areas and leave them lying there. You must plan for them, too."
He added:
"We are working on a housing code that may help to eventually solve this problem. A housing code is somewhat different than a building code. A housing code stresses public health, facilities, and so on."
HE SAID that such a code would be useful in keeping minimum standards up for housing, explaining that residents would be required to fix up their property or the city would condemn it.
How will the extension of services such as police, fire protection, water, and sewage disposal be financed for the outlying communities the city foresees in 1980?
However, he explained that the people living in condemned housing would be given an adequate opportunity to bring their houses up to standard. If this were not possible, they would be relocated in dwellings built on condemned property by the city.
In expressing the city's attitude toward downtown developments and
slum clearance, he said:
"WE HAVE a capital improvements plan that covers all services of this type," said Smith.
He said the city is now considering solutions to several immediate problems, listing the traffic bottleneck at 9th and Iowa Streets and the lack of a thoroughfare from the University to the downtown area.
He said the new arterial street plan that the city is working on will provide better traffic flow throughout the city.
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