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Attention Urged Toward Average Student
By Peggy Kallos
In a comfortable setting among a library of Shakespeare, novels, fairy tales, and poetry, Mrs.Natalie Calderwood, assistant professor in English, said that the average student is just as important as the gifted student.
"We, as teachers, must not let the average students suppose we are not interested in them," she said.
A member of the Elizabeth M. Watkins Scholarship committee, Mrs. Calderwood said:
"The new emphasis on scholarship and the superior student is one of the' most important things ever to have happened in education. It needed doing for a long time. However, at the same time, we dare not neglect the average student."
Mrs. Calderwood commented that in a classroom of average students, the teacher must do some of his best work.
Class Activities Important
Speaking of teaching in general, she said there is nothing more important on a college campus than what goes on in the classroom, particularly on the under-graduate level.
"The most important part of
She said:
the teacher's job is to get the student intellectually and emotionally involved in what he is studying. Everything else is easy in comparison."
A graduate and Phi Beta Kappa from Carlton College, Northfield, Minn., and of Columbia University, New York City, Mrs. Calderwood came to KU "when the V-12 came in during the war."
Had to Defend Subject Mrs. Calderwood said:
"It was a very exciting thing to teach in those days. Many of the veterans were cynical and disillusioned. Teachers in the humanities really had to believe
in and defend what they were teaching.
"Sometimes I was al most afraid to walk into the classroom—but it was good for us to be put on the spot, to be challenged. We were forced to do good teaching then."
About the English proficiency, she said:
For nearly 15 years, Mrs. Calderwood was chairman of the English proficiency examination committee.
"In the early years of the English proficiency examination there were fewer students and we had more personal contact with them. The students in
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were the only ones originally taking the examination. Now the number taking the examination has grown to include other schools.
Mrs. Calderwood went on to say that new problems are constantly being created as the number of students on our campuses increases, not only in proficiency examinations, but others as well. She said:
"We are in danger, inevitably of losing the closeness of association between the teacher and student. The tendency toward mass' examinations is an example of this."
Quakes, Fires Hit Morocco
CASABLANCA, Morocco—(UPI)—Devastating twin earthquakes, a tidal wave and fire struck the sleeping Atlantic port city of Agadir last night, and fragmentary reports trickling in over shattered communications lines today told of a major disaster.
Reports of death range up to 2,000 in the earthquakes' tidal wave, fire and panic.
Panic swept the city of 40,000 as roofs and walls tumbled down on victims in their beds in the first shock which hit at about 5 a.m. today (Lawrence time). Within moments a giant wave smashed 300 yards inland from the ocean. ◀
A second earth shock followed quickly, and then flames began to eat through the wreckage of houses and business buildings.
ASC to Discuss Changes Tonight
They are:
Four amendments to the All Student Council constitution will be discussed tonight at the Committee on Committees meeting at 6:30 in 410 Summerfield.
1. Proposal to have annual spring and fall elections
2. Changing the selection process of homecoming queen
3. The placement of campaign bulletin boards
4. Revision of the Campus Chest bill
Mary Sue Childers, Merriam junior, presented a bill to the ASC last week which proposes that all campus organizations applying for
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The Committee on Committees considers the bills with their authors, recommends the Council that the bill be passed or not passed, or recommends to the ASC that a subcommittee be set up to work further on the bill.
--ment because of an "air of common courtesy" that prevails.
Sally Carnahan, Topeka senior, submitted the elections bill to the ASC last week. The type of election system proposed in the amendment will enable the ASC to have a year-round working council.
--ment because of an "air of common courtesy" that prevails.
School district representatives would be elected in the spring and living district representatives would be elected in the fall.
The campaigns bill would limit the placement of campaign posters to two removable bulletin boards, each eight by five in size, on the campus proper. Space allotted to any one party or candidate on the boards will be limited.
The homecoming queen amendment proposes that the queen be selected by a vote of the student body.
The current bill now states that the Chancellor's committee will select the homecoming committee, which includes all faculty members who have been at KU less than five years and a Lawrence resident. This committee chooses the judges who select the queen.
The basic system of nominating queen candidates through petition of an organized house would not be changed by the amendment.
Hotels built by the French along Agadir's magnificent beach also were hit and at least one was reported totally demolished.
The Geophysical Institute at Rabat, capital of Morocco, said the shock was as violent as the earthquake which killed 40,000 persons in Libson two centuries ago, in 1775.
The Moroccan embassy in London said at least 100 were killed and "many thousands" injured. It was feared the death toll would go much higher.
--ment because of an "air of common courtesy" that prevails.
The shock crumbled the city's biggest hospital, some of the largest hotels and the chamber of commerce building.
"It it horrible," sobbed one woman tourist who reached Casablanca after a 240-mile flight north by car.
"Walls shook and collapsed like houses of cards. Part of our villa tumbled down. In most houses the doors were jammed and people had to leap out of their windows."
The tidal wave rolled in from the Atlantic shortly after the shock and smashed into the seaside edge of the city like a giant fist.
A radio report heard in Las Palmas said Agadir's main wharf was split in two and heavy waterfront lifting equipment collapsed.
Daily hansan
57th Year, No. 93
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Rights Bill Debated Around the Clock
By United Press International
Stubborn Southern opposition to civil rights legislation droned into the second day of its around-the-clock debate this noon with a conciliatory note from Southerners on proposed Negro voting guarantees.
But the Southern Senators, fighting to block passage of a civil rights bill, showed no signs of surrendering to Senate leaders' efforts to break their talkathon by keeping them in continuous session.
The most significant speech in the first 24 hours was by Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga), leader of the Dixie block. Russell told the Senate that Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers' plan for court-appointed voting referees to protect Negro voting rights in the South was scarcely objectionable.
A hard core Southern bloc is fighting all proposals on grounds that they violate state sovereignty and that present federal laws are adequate.
The basic issue behind the historic debate is the right of Negroes to vote in the South. Republicans and Northern Democrats want credit for federal action to insure wider Negro suffrage in this presidential election year.
Meanwhile, the South today faces one of the most tense, explosive racial situations since the Little Rock, Ark. school integration crisis of 1957.
Calls for action by Negroes spread throughout the South. Arrests, threats of violence and demonstrations by both whites and Negroes mounted steadily.
Negro College students, expressing dissatisfaction with the speed of integration in the South, threatened a protest march at the University of Alabama.
Demands for integration were coupled with threats of boycotts in Alabama, Florida and South Carolina and voter registration in Alabama and a hint the Negroes will attempt to integrate the University of Alabama.
At a rally in Rock Hill, N. C., Negro student Abe Puller told his cheering listeners "If we fight now we'll be free by '63."
Weather
Snow this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow accumulating an additional 2 to 4 inches west and one to 3 inches east by tomorrow. Snow this afternoon mostly west and south. Blowing snow west portion by winds 20 to 25 miles per hour. Not so cold central tonight otherwise continued cold. Low tonight 10 northwest to upper 20s southeast. High tomorrow 15 to 25.
Tuesday, Mar. 1, 1960
'They're Rioting at K-State'
"Basketball is just one of the many parts of the University year," commented Dean Alderson. "KU students wouldn't single out just one part to celebrate over.
Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, and campus student pep leaders agreed today in a Daily Kansan interview that last Thursday's postgame riots at Kansas State University will not be repeated at KU if the Jayhawkers score a win over tie-mate Oklahoma University tonight.
Dignity Dulls Joyful Jayhawkers
"The condition of the Big Eight race makes celebration for any victory a little premature."
By Tom Turner
A victory over Oklahoma tonight probably will not result in any spontaneous celebration at KU.
He said that KU enthusiasm for everything is reserved. Enthusiasm is shown at games and through everyday conversation. Any kind of public recognition is carefully planned by student leaders, he added.
Enthusiasm is Casual
Dean Alderson maintained that KU students would not interfere with regular campus movement because of an "air of common courtesy" that prevails.
"KU students can be happy without being riotous." Brauer said.
Walter Brauer, Bonner Springs junior and president of the Ku-Ku's, men's pep club, agreed with the Dean of Men but described the KU atmosphere as "more of an air of sophistication that would prevent an over-display of emotion."
From a cheerleader's point of view, student apathy toward school spirit takes precedence over student sophistication or codes of courtesy as the reason why the student body will not demand an athletic holiday.
Gene Lee, Wichita freshman and president of the Froshawks, freshman pep club, felt that a few students might try something, but that the student body in general wouldn't back such a holiday-aimed movement.
Jane Perry, Lawrence junior and head cheerleader, dismissed any possibility of riotous celebration.
Gov. to Seek Repeal Of Death Penalty
"The percentage of KU students completely uninterested in school athletic spirit is too great to support such actions," she said.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—(UPI)—Gov. Edmund G. Brown said today he will propose to the legislature tomorrow a program to repeal or modify the death penalty. But he admitted it will be very difficult to get it passed because of the Chessman case.
The Democratic governor last February 19 granted a reprieve to Caryl Chessman, convict-author who was sentenced to die $11^{2}$ years ago for kidnapping and sex crimes.
Kansan Rapped For Coverage of Religion Week
Criticism has been directed toward the University Daily Kansan for not publicizing Religion in Life Week sufficiently.
Students directly involved with the Religion in Life Week activities feel that more publicity was received after the event rather than before. The Daily Kansan gathered the information through interviews and telephone calls.
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Ivan Eastwood, Summerfield senior and moderator of Westminster Council said, "I had known about the convocation during Religion in Life Week for quite some time, but there were many people who didn't even know there was going to be a convocation.
"I think Rabbi Fox was one of the best speakers we've had, and considering the bad weather, there was a pretty good crowd. But I think if there had been more publicity, it would have helped."
John Kimberlin, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore and representative to the Student Religious Council, emphatically said: "I don't know how you get your facts, but in all fairness, I think you should get both sides of the situation."
Miriam Schwartzkopf, Larned junior, vice president of Westminster and head of speaker-scheduling for Religion in Life Week, said, "I had the feeling that the Kansan didn't publish the articles which were sent to it. There was an article about Rabbi Fox that didn't appear. I also felt that we got more coverage after the Week rather than before."
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Judy Davies, Dodge City junior and member of the public committee for Religion in Life Week, said, "I feel that most everything was put in the Kansan, but there were some pertinent items here and there which were left out."
Nancy Vogel, Lawrence sophmore and chairman of publicity for
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