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57th Year, No. 50
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1959
Chestnut Says Frats Not Hurt by Dorms
By Darrell Webb and Thomas Turner
William Chestnut, dormitories house manager, said today the blame for the decline in fraternity rushes on the KU campus cannot correctly be placed on the dormitories.
"I don't believe the fraternities are on the decline," he said.
"Projected enrollment is the basis for the building of dormitories. In a few years continuing increased enrollment will place dorm and fraternity living once again on an even basis."
"The University has no ax to grind with the Greek system. But we don't feel we are harming their program in any way. We are merely building for the future." he said.
Several fraternity leaders said yesterday they believe new KU dormitories are responsible for the drop in fraternity rushees this year from 518 to 439.
Ike Opposes Govt. Birth Control Aid
WASHINGTON—(UPI) — President Eisenhower today firmly opposed involving the federal government in any way with assisting other nations with birth control advice.
Pres. Eisenhower told his news conference he could not imagine a subject more improper as a matter of government responsibility or function than birth control.
Furthermore, he said that as long as he is president the United States government will have absolutely nothing to do with advising other nations on their birth control problems. If another country wants birth control advice, he said it could seek out professional information.
Ike Seeks to Prove U.S. Desires Peace
WASHINGTON — (UPI) - President Eisenhower said today he is making his 11-nation goodwill tour in an effort to convince the world that the United States is sincerely seeking methods to secure peace.
The President told a news conference he felt the compulsion during his relatively few months left in office to eradicate the many doubts about America's sincerity. These still persist in many minds, including those of U.S. allies, he said.
They agreed that the fraternities would have to do a better job of selling their system, to offset the advantages of living in the new, modern dormitories.
Mr. Chestnut said the system of dorm contract signing is the same as it has always been except that the contract deposit is larger (now $90), thus making it more expensive for a man to break a contract.
Contracts can be signed at any time, he said. If the contract is broken before August 15, a full refund is given. Contracts may still be signed after rush week.
No advance inducement to sign contracts is made to entering freshmen during the summer, he said. The only information given the freshman is a talk during freshman previews. The fraternities are given equal time to present information about their system.
Longshoremen Agree to Contract
NEW YORK —(UF1)— The International Longshoremen's Association agreed last night to a new contract, averting the threat of a renewed East and Gulf coast dock walkout when a Taft-Hartley injunction expires Dec. 27.
The crucial issue of automation was still unresolved, but the 70,000-member union agreed to submit the problem to binding arbitration if no solution is reached in 10 more days of negotiations.
Pay increases granted by the three-year pact will be retroactive to Oct. 1 if union members ratify the contract by Dec. 10, Alexander Chopin, president of the New York Shipping Association, promised
The 41-cent-an-hour package officially covers only Atlantic coast ports from Maine to Virginia, but other ports traditionally follow the lead of the New York negotiations. It was reached with the aid of federal mediators and agreed on in a "memo of understanding" signed by the ILA and the New York Shipping Association.
HANGING ON THE GREENS — Robert Kolairs, Lawrence, a Buildings and Grounds em-
ploye, strings Christmas lights on the trees in front of Strong Hall. The lights will be on Friday.
KU to Bowl After All
KU may not be going to the Orange Bowl but a KU team is going to the College Bowl.
One hundred students tried out for the team which will compete on TV in the College Bowl Jan. 3rd. Of the 100,20 have been selected to compete in the semi-finals Friday.
The examination Friday at 4 p.m.
In Strong Auditorium will be an
oral examination. Eight of the 20 semi-finalists will be chosen to participate in the finals.
Four students will represent KU on the nationally televised show, which originates in New York City. The semifinalists are:
Students Choose Grades In Professor's New System
**Seniors** — Fred Morrison, Colby; Richard Speers, Houston, Tex.; Jane Crow, Topeka; Frank A. Coombs, Arlington, Va.; Elinor Hadley, Kansas City, Mo.; Iedz Sedkrs, Parsons; Fred Rowland, Tulsa, Okla., and William T. Jackson, Lawrence.
By Robert Gilchrist
Howard Baumgartel, associate professor of human relations, termed his experimental grading system a success.
Under the system a student selects a grade to work toward. If he completes the requirements and passes the examination for the grade, he may begin work on the next highest grade.
The new system has four advantages over the presently used academic grading system.
- Grades do not interfere with the relationship between student and instructor.
These are:
- The student has the opportunity to select the grade he wishes to work towards.
- The system always works in a positive direction.
- The student is given a chance to improve his former grade if he so wishes.
When one is evaluated by another he finds it hard to learn from that person. Prof. Baumgartel said.
"One either tries to butter up his instructor for a better grade or he
Student Relationship Better By letting the student set the grade he wishes to work toward, this relationship is largely void, he said. Prof. Baumgartel said the student becomes more stable and the instructor is better able to help him learn.
becomes resentful because of the power that the instructor holds over him," he said.
Student Relationship Better
The system of letting the student select the grade he wishes to obtain works as follows:
"Bv this system, the more work a person does, the better his grade will be. Examinations and other written work are graded on a satisfactory or unsatisfactory basis. To obtain a 'D' grade the student must satisfactorily pass an exam over the basis of the course, to obtain a 'C' grade he must satisfactorily pass a more advanced test," he said.
Grades on Satisfactory Basis
"Thus each is free to choose how much work he wishes to undertake. If he is satisfied with a 'D' grade, he need take and pass only the first exam," he said.
Prof. Baumgartel pointed out that
in any case the system was always positive in nature. Once the student has passed the first exam he never has to worry about failing the course, he said. "From this point on the student works in a positive direction; first toward a 'C' then a 'B'," he said.
In order to make the system function Prof. Baumgartel allows the students to take make-up exams.
Make-up Exams Allowed
"It is true that a person of modest ability by considerable effort and application of these make-up exams can obtain a good grade while a more able student who does not do extra work or retake exams which he failed will get a poor one.
Prof. Baumgartel said the system still has some draw-backs as most experimental systems do. One of these is the requirement of additional work on the part of the-in-structor, he said.
He smiled. "However, there are other advantages; for one, you know who your 'A' students will be at the start of the term."
Juniors- Charles Aldrich, Osborne; David K. Anderson, Riverton; Jack Salmon, Elkhart, and R. G. Garnett, Prairie Village.
Sophomores—Alan Latta, Wichita; Clyde Thogmartin, Emporia; Robert A. Christensen, Topeka; Suzanne Calvin, Lawrence, and Charles Nicol, Blue Springs, Mo.
Freshmen—John Blair, Wichita and Cheryl Payer, El Dorado.
Sample Questions
Here are some examples of the questions which most people answered.
- "For 10 points tell us what kind of art do we associate with Mt. Rushmore?
"Ans.: Sculpture.
- "In Spanish 'Bessene Mucho is 'Kiss me a lot' for 10 points what is the Bessener process?
"Ans.; It is a method of converting cast iron to steel by a blast of hot air which burns out the carbon and other impurities.
“Ans.: South America (Amazon).”
- "For 10 points...on what continent do you find a river named after a muscular, legendary maiden?
- "Ten points if you can identify the source of the following lines:
Ans.: South America (Amazon). But these are the kind you had to answer to become one of the 20 semi-finalists.
"Ans.: Star-Spangled Banner (Third verse)
'No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of the flight, or the gloom of the grave.'
- "If the 'Old Currumdgeon' accompanied 'Old Blood and Guts' to 'Old Faithful', for 10 points tell us who would go where?
- "Ans.: Harold Ickes and General Patton would go to Yellowstone National Park in Woming.
- "This familiar structure was reinforced with iron bars, pins, needles and penny-loaves. For 10 points what was it?
"Ans.: London Bridge, according to the Nursery Rhyme."
Pornography Is Discussion Topic
Censorship of pornography will be discussed at the first meeting of the newly formed Philosophy Club at 7 p.m. today in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
Richard Lichtman, Kansas City University professor, will speak against the censorship of pornography in a free society.
The Philosophy Club's purpose is to discuss, debate and analyze classical, contemporary and controversial problems.
Today's meeting will be open to the public. Students may join the Philosophy Club at the meeting.
Weather
Fair tonight and tomorrow. Moderating temperatures tomorrow. Low tonight about 30. High tomorrow near 60.