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Off-Campus Students Total 50,000
The existence of nearly 50,000 off campus students was revealed to members of the Faculty Club last night.
Donald McCoy, director of correspondence study, and Gerald Pearson, director of extension classes, said the students are enrolled during the year in credit or non-credit course offered by the University of Kansas Extension Bureau.
IN INTRODUCING the speakers.
F. T. Stockton, dean emeritus of special projects in the Extension Bureau, gave a brief history of the extension bureau.
"The first class was held in Kansas City on Oct. 22, 1891," Dean Stockton said. "During the first year of its existence all courses were offered under the catalogue title of the School of University Extension. Chancellor Snow taught the second course. It was in evolution and was highly criticized."
The bureau divided in 1909, he said, to include correspondence lessons. Since then courses have been added and revised constantly.
"THE CORRESPONDENCE lessons offered by the bureau serve
three functions," Mr. McCoy said. "We complement the present programs for students who have course conflicts, who need courses which are offered only once a semester and for the dropouts.
"We also supplement the present programs by allowing a student to complete a class which he needs for graduation from high school or college. Our program of adult education permits adults to add to their present knowledge.
"THE THIRD FUNCTION is in a 'second chance' capacity. Students who have failed to pass a course may repeat it by correspondence study without disturbing his regular routine.
"People usually only think of the practical functions of correspondence study," Mr. McCoy said. "They do not realize some of the other features of participating in a program of this sort.
"A STUDENT may work at his own speed to complete the assignments without being restrained by regular class meetings. He does not have to be on campus to learn. We
Students Explore Countryside
General Biology students invaded the peaceful atmosphere of the Natural History Reservation and Rockefeller Farm last week for the regular semester field trip.
Some of the students felt that at any other date in history they might have been scaled by Indians. The tall grasses they walked through at the Rockefeller Farm created this illusion.
The students learned about tall and short grass prairie. They saw how nature worked when left alone.
provided the students with information about the natural habitats of the plants and animals living there.
They saw snake, rabbit, squirrel and mouse traps. These traps capture the animals alive for observation by advanced students in the natural sciences. The mouse trap had a tin can to shelter it in case it rained.
have one student in the jungles of Laos this year."
The Natural History Reservation
The laboratory on the reservation showed the Biology students how the graduate and advanced students in the natural science fields did some of their research.
Each student is granted a one teacher-one student relationship, he said, and this in itself is unique. All of the work is written and the student usually gains much more practical experience in reading comprehension than in a classroom situation.
Engineers and scientists who will achieve Bachelor of Science or higher degrees by January or June of 1961 are invited to ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS with an engineering representative of the DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY on
MONDAY,OCT.17
America's most exciting space and defense projects, including SATURN, SKYBOLT and MISSILEER-and others of like importance have created outstanding long range opportunities at Douglas in the following fields:
Electrical Welding
Electronics Engineering Mechanics
Mechanical Physics
Chemical Mathematica
Aeronautical Astronomy
Metallurgical Astro-Physics
Openings exist at Douglas locations in Santa Monica and El Segundo, California and Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Extension classes deal with groups of people and not individuals. Credit and non-credit courses are offered including conferences and institutes."
MR. PEARSON in discussing extension courses said:
If you are a U.S. citizen who will earn a qualifying degree, please contact your placement office for an appointment. If unable to do so, write to Mr. C. C. LaVene,
Monday, Oct. 17, 1960
DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC. 3000 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, California
In the early days of the program, one student received his master's degree without ever being on campus. He hastened to explain that this is no longer possible.
"THE EXTENSION class serves as many different kinds of people as correspondence lessons do." Mr. McCoy said. We have had regularly enrolled students, professional men, patients of mental institutions, penitentiary prisoners, housewives and members of the armed forces."
According to Dean Stockton, the courses serve an important function for older people.
"The reason for the high number of older people being unemployed is that they have outlived their technical knowledge," Dean Stockton said. "By enrolling regularly in extension classes and correspondence study they can keep up with the world and not lose their jobs to younger men."
Schall to Give Music Recital Tonight
The School of Fine Arts will present Richard Schall, tenor, in a public recital at 8 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Mr. Sehall is a graduate of Indiana University where he received undergraduate degrees in voice and music education and a master's degree in voice. He is at present assistant instructor of voice at KU and is a doctoral candidate in music education.
Today's program will include songs by Scarlatti, Handel, Brahms, Schubert, Mozart, Dupare, Saint-Saens, and Barber. Mary Jo Smith, graduate student, will be the assisting pianist.
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