Daily hansan
57th Year, No. 81
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Feb. 12, 1960
Four Professors Are in Favor Of ASC Evaluation Sheets
Student opinionnaires on faculty members seem to be of value to some university professors, according to a poll of faculty members taken yesterday by the Daily Kansan.
The opinionnaires have helped faculty members evaluate their courses and plan better for the coming semesters, several said. The faculty members said the students generally give honest opinions. The forms were distributed to departments and schools at the end of the semester by the All Student Council Scholarship Committee.
The opinionnaires contain 21 questions for student comment on the instructor and the course. Space is also provided for the students' self-evaluation.
Opinions from faculty members are:
George Ericksen, associate professor of sociology, said he thought the evaluation sheets were of greatest value for the beginning teacher, "a man trying to carve out his self-image as a professor. For the rest of us, once every five years would suffice. I plan to use it next year but didn't bother this time around. Most students try to be objective in their appraisal, although you always find the cranks and the gushers.
"But I want to emphasize this: KU students want many things from their teachers—many of which are quite incompatible. And this is reflected in their appraisals. Thus, a teacher can gain support (also criticism) for most any style of instruction. So long as professional educators aren't sure what a first rate
Border Fight Kills Israelis
LONDON — (UPI) — Damascus radio said Israeli military forces and Arab “peasants” exchanged fire along the Israeli-Syrian border today, with two Israelis killed and one wounded, but no Arab casualties.
The broadcasts heard here said Israeli armored cars and a troop carrier opened fire on the "peasants" in the demilitarized zone on the border. It quoted a Syrian 1st Army spokesman as saying "the peasants returned the fire" after the Arab positions were "exposed to heavy fire" from an Israeli settlement.
teacher looks like (and I went through a school of education and own a secondary school certificate) how can a student define one? But I think we should keep working on it. The evaluation sheet does no harm and could help some of us. But good teaching is still an art, not a science."
E. J. Baur, professor of sociology and anthropology, is enthusiastic about the evaluation sheets. He has used the form for several years and he said the replies have been helpful in planning the course.
"I feel the students give sincere opinions because I have received varied replies to the same question.
There is no tendency on the part of the student to disguise the truth,' he said.
T. H. Aley, professor of education,
favors the evaluation sheets also.
"I have used them for ten years and will continue to use them," he said.
He feels that the students are the best evaluators.
James Gunn, administrative assistant for university relations and instructor in English, has not used the form sent out last semester but he has asked for sheets from students in classes he has taught and says he has found the information very helpful.
Rothwell Says Kipling Is Being Reassessed
By Peggy Kallos
"When asked what I would read, I answered, 'Kipling.' Why, I don't know.
"Perhaps because when I think of him, the 'White Man's Burden' and 'You Will Be a Man, My Son,' come immediately into my mind. Or maybe it's just because the sound of my own voice has always enchanted me excessively."
Kenneth Rothwell, assistant professor of English, read the poetry of Rudyard Kipling yesterday at the Poetry Hour.
Introduces Orthodoxy
"Kipling introduces a gallery of Victorian orthodoxy, qualifying him not only as the arch-apostle of Imperialism, but also as the Master of Blimpmanship," he said.
"The liberal mind, for an entirely different set of reasons, also deplores him for his 'jingoism', his 'chauvinism', his 'patrizizing attitude toward dark-skinned persons and lower-class alike.
"It has also been said that due to Kipling, the New England culture has been corrupted. The aesthethes, or long hairs, have none of the cockney dialect which Kipling describes," said Prof. Rothwell.
Loved Music Halls
"Kipling was chastised by the aesthetes because he loved the vulgarity of the music halls," he continued.
"Even when Kipling's son died
in Flanders, the liberals wrote that it was God's punishment for his jingoism.
"In our own neo-Victorian mood of the moment, we catch a glimpse of what the lost generation threw out the window and truly wonder if such a vision of life was altogether bad," said Prof. Rothwell.
Poet Newly Recognized
"Recently there has been a reassessment of Kipling, a recognition that despite the cultural and political avant-garde, he is like the old soldier who does not die."
Prof. Rothwell read "The Ballad states a position in verse you can't get out of your head.
"Kipling knew how to make words sing."
The readings were divided into four sections: soldier ballads, poems relating Kiplinger's mystic view of life, his historical interest, and his interest in contemporary technology.
Major Poem Read
Prof. Rothwell read "The ballad of East and West," in which is embodied one of Kipling's major themes.
"Kipling's poem, 'Tommy' reflects his interest in the common soldier, and 'Galle Slave' deals with Kipling's sense of duty and obligations to society," Prof. Rothwell said.
KENNETH ROTHWELL
“Kipling knew how to make words sing...”
KENNETH ROTHWELL
"His poem 'Great Heart,' which was written after the death of Theodore Roosevelt, his good and close friend, represents insight into Kibling's view of life.
"The Secret of the Machines' which showed Kipling's interest in the machine age, horrified the aesthetes of his time," concluded Prof. Rothwell.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Defense Department said today that neither the Air Force nor Navy have been able to identify the mysterious "dark" satellite that is circling the earth in a near polar orbit.
"Kipling had the ability to make poetry of machines."
The Navy's space surveillance radar system discovered the unidentified object, which may be of Soviet origin. The Air Force's world-wide tracking system has now joined ir studying the space puzzle.
Mystery Satellite Still Unidentified
The Russians have denied that they have put up a secret satellite
Jack Paar Says He Will Leave Country
NEW YORK —(UPI)— Jack Paar said today he plans to leave the country as soon as possible on a long vacation and "I don't plan ever to go back to NBC."
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Chancellor Says
Loyalty Oath Is Improper'
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy declared yesterday that he believes the "loyalty oath clause is unnecessary and improper" in regard to student loans.
In clarifying the University's stand on the controversial oath that has brought comment from leading educators coast to coast, Dr. Murphy said in an interview;
"The University takes the stand that the money is being given to the student on an individual basis. Therefore, it is strictly left up to the student to decide whether he wants to sign the papers or not."
The question in point is the clause in the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) that requires a student to sign a loyalty oath and a non-communist affidavit before becoming eligible for a federal loan.
500 Students Use Loan
Irin Youngberg, executive secretary of the Endowment Assn., said that more than 500 students on campus have borrowed more than $300,-000 under the NDEA auspices.
Harvard and Yale administrators have refused to allow their schools to participate in the federal loan program because of the clause.
"I think the position that these two universities have taken is understandable as discriminatory oaths are against the principles that they
Docking May Seek 3rd Term
TOPEKA—(UPI)—Gov. George Docking will seek a third term, key Democrats said today.
United Press International learned that the Governor has told several top party people he will run again. Sources asked not to be identified.
"The Governor told me definitely that he is going for the third term," one Democrat said.
Unless his plans change, Docking will announce formally either shortly before or soon after the Democratic state convention at Hutchinson March 4 and 5.
The Governor's office said he will attend district Democratic conventions at Wichita and Great Bend later this month.
The Governor's 1960 political plans have been the subject of speculation almost since the moment he was elected to a second term in 1958.
He is the first Democrat ever elected governor of Kansas twice. No Kansas governor ever has served three terms.
Docking had been strongly rumored as having his eve on the U.S. Senate seat of Republican Andrew Schoepel and some had thought he might retire from politics altogether.
The governor never has shown any interest in being a senator and has publicly scorned the job as one that would be "frustrating."
A clear indication that he would not run for the Senate came Wednesday with the announcement of Lt. Gov. Joseph Henkle of Great Bend that he was "seriously considering" seeking the nomination to make the race against Schoepel.
Henkle has stated publicly in the past that he would never oppose Docking—whose successful running mate he was in two campaigns—in any primary.
Docking Denies He Revealed Plans
TOPEKA —(UPI) —Gov. George Docking said today he has not "even told my wife" whether or not he will run for re-election.
Key Democrats said Docking had told them he will seek an unprecedented third term. He denied that he has revealed his plans.
Docking said he wanted to talk "with Frank Theis (Democratic State Chairman) and some of the party officials and decide on the timing for whatever I do."
have adopted for their institutions." Dr. Murphy commented.
He added that the big question does not involve the loyalty oath so much as the non-communist afidavit. This regulation, which says the student must declare that he has never belonged to this-or-that
Franklin D. Murphy
organization, draws the opposition, the Chancellor said.
Senate Acts on Oath
The U.S. Senate recently voted on an amendment to remove the disclaimer affidavit from the bill. The amendment failed, but the issue remains very much alive in Washington.
Chancellor Murphy said that he agrees with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in that he would staunchly back any effort to repeal the oath and affidavit from the NDEA.
The American Council on Education also joins the ranks of those opposing the affidavit for a number of reasons. The council calls it discriminatory, unfair, inappropriate, superfluous and ineffective.
FREDONIA — (UPI) — Two bandits armed with pistols fled with between $1,000 and $5,000 in cash today in a holdup at the State Bank of Fredonia.
Armed Bandits Rob Fredonia Bank
Cashier S. W, Pettig said the two gunmen, who wore handkerchiefs over the lower part of their faces, forced four employees and two patrons to stand against a wall while they scooped up the money in a teller's case.
Exact amount of the loot was not determined immediately. The bandits were in the bank only about two minutes.
They escaped in a 1955 or 1956 yellow and white Ford station wagon with Georgia license plates. It was seen speeding west from Fredonia after the robbery.
Road blocks were manned immediately by state police in southeast Kansas, southwest Missouri and northeast Oklahoma.
the bandits were described as between 20 and 30 years old.
Warmer Weather To Come Tomorrow
TOPEKA —(UPI)— Weather was bright and cold over all of Kansas today after an extremely cold night.
The U.S. Weather Bureau said fair weather would continue through Saturday. A "noticeable" warming trend will set in Saturday and last through the weekend. There will be no weekend rain, weathermen predicted.
Extreme temperatures in Kansas yesterday were 36 at Garden City and 25 at Concordia. Overnight extremes were 4 degrees at Lovewell Dam and 23 at Garden City.