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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1960
No Generalizations Made For Examination Failures
David Dykstra, associate professor of English, said today no generalizations can be made as to why students fail the English Proficiency Examination.
He said grading the papers included a series of judgments.
- "Since mechanics and sentence structure make up only one part of this series of judgments, no generalizations can be made and none have been tabulated as to reasons for failure.
"Other judgments are based on
Museum of Art Films Tomorrow
Three short movies in the Museum of Art film series will be shown at 7:30 and 9 p.m. tomorrow in the lecture room of the Museum of Art.
"The Large Passion" is a 14-minute black and white film produced in Austria. It deals with 12 woodcuts by Albrecht Durer.
"God's Monkey" is a 15-minute
deep-dive painting by Toshi
The third movie is "The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci." a 26-minute black and white film.
Instructor to Study Mexican Mammals
Sydney Anderson, instructor of zoology, has discovered tropical mammals farther north than they had been known to range.
The National Science Foundation has granted Mr. Anderson $3,000 for continuation of his study of the origins and relationships of mammals of Chihuahua, Mexico. The grant will cover an 8-month period beginning in February.
In 1958 Mr.Anderson found three kinds of bats at least 300 miles farther north than they had been found before. He has collected other mammals and snakes living further north than their known range.
Craig E. Nelson, Mankato sophomore, will assist in the study.
The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave. —John Boyle O'-reilly
Quick, turn on the Fluttershaft. The hydrodome is sinking.-Tom Swift.
diction, coherence within and between paragraphs, and developing the theme," he said.
Prof. Dykstra said the combination of these judgments makes up the grader's decision to fail or pass the examination paper.
63.5 Per Cent Passed
Of the 718 juniors and seniors who took the examination, 456 or 63.5 per cent passed.
The percentage of failures was 36.5. In the spring semester of 1955, 39.8 per cent of the students taking the test failed.
This is the first semester in four that the total number of students failing the test has not risen. The percentage of failures is 3.3 per cent lower this semester than in the spring semester of 1959.
TV Program on KU To Begin Saturday
A new WIEB-TV program featuring close-ups of life on the KU campus will make its debut on Channel 13 at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
"Notes From Mount Oread" is the name of the new half-hour program showing various facets of college life at the University of Kansas.
The premiere program features (two KU personalities from the theater. They are E. Arthur Kean, University Theater lighting designer, and Virgil Godfrey, University Theater scene designer.
Several KU students will be included in the 30-minute discussion and demonstration of staging and lighting techniques in the contemporary theater.
University Women Newcomers to Meet
The University Women's Club will hold a joint meeting with its Newcomers Group at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
The women faculty members and wives of faculty members will have a dessert followed by a bridge party.
Parking space will be available in the lot west of the Union. Mrs. Elliott Gillerman and Mrs. H. G. Whittington are co-chairmen of the meeting.
All students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Schools of Education, Business, Fine Arts and Journalism, and the departments of nursing, architecture and architectural engineering must pass the examination to graduate.
Two Grades Given
There are only two grades given in the English Proficiency Examination -passing or failing. No letter grades are placed on the papers. The passing grade would roughly represent a letter grade of C or above.
"I know there is a considerable amount of individual conferring between instructors and students because there are almost always students in the English offices. But one could not say the number of conferences has increased this year."
Not Using Clinic
Prof. Dykatra said the number of students attending the Writing Clinic has remained about the same this year and last. He stressed:
"The number of those using the clinic in relation to the number of those who have had trouble in English Proficiency Examinations has been small."
The clinic is open from 3-5 p.m. every Monday through Friday for private conferences.
- Prof. Dykstra said the method of actual grading of the papers has remained the same and the committee was used this year simply because it meant less handling of papers by fewer faculty members.
Anderson to Head Research Meeting
Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the School of Education, will be chairman of a meeting called to organize a National Council for Research in Education. The meeting will be Jan. 25 and 26 in Washington, D.C.
Dean Anderson will be acting in his capacity as president of the American Educational Research Association.
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