Friday, December 6, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
13
Coed is Korean reporter
By REBECCA MASSEY
Kansan Staff Writer
When Haeja Lim meets someone, she hands him her card, one side of which is written in Korean and the other in English translation, identifies herself as a correspondent to the U.S.A. for the Hapdong News Agency—Seoul, Korea.
The 23-year-old Korean, a student at the University of Kansas, lives in the Sigma Kappa house, 1325 West Campus Road. She is at the University on the Fulbright program to study journalism and said she plans to receive her M.A. degree eventually.
She said she plans to become more productive by second semester, by which time she hopes to be better able to cope with the English language.
She has worked as a reporter for the news agency three and one half years. She has been paid by the agency, but has written only one article since her arrival in the States August 23rd.
Miss Lim majored in English literature while in college, but said, "we don't have any chance to speak the language in classes. Emphasis was on grammar, reading and composition." She said she joined student groups who met and spoke in English to help her with the language, but still experienced difficulties when she arrived in the U.S. She attended a woman's university in Seoul where 8,000 students were enrolled. The Koreans are not as open-minded about co-education instruction as in the U.S., she said.
HAEJA LIM
Korean Reporter
She said she believes women don't enjoy equal rights in Korea. Of the six persons whose applications for jobs with the news agency were accepted, she was the only girl.
'I'm a Jayhawk' recorded on 45
"I'm a Jayhawk". KU's fight song, has been recorded on a special 45 rpm record due to the efforts of the University of Kansas Band and Jan Merrick, KU pom-pon girl. The song will be used to instruct cheerleaders on how to do the pom-pon girls' musical routine.
In a special survey of America's major colleges, the KU pompon girls were voted, next to UCLA, number two position among large university cheerleading units.
The record is being produced under the sponsorship of the International Cheerleading Foundation (ICF). Randy Neil, a former KU journalism student, now executive director of the ICF, was in charge of the record production.
Some 5,000 records will be used at 100 cheerleader clinics in 36 states. The kick-off clinics will be at two Florida meetings during the Orange Bowl Jamboree.
"I'm a Jayhawk" was composed in 1920 by the late George H. "Dumpy" Bowles of Kansas City, Mo. When the 1926 KU Glee Club took part in the national contest in New York, "I'm a Jayhawk" was voted the best college song.
Music ensemble will play tonight
The group consists of Sam Baron, flute; Robert Bloom, oboe; Norman Farrow, bassbaritone; Maureen Forrester, alto; Bernard Greenhouse, cello; Richard Lewis, tenor; Lois Marshall, soprano; Oscar Shumsky, violin; and Yehudi Wyner, piano.
The ensemble has appeared throughout Europe and South America as well as the United States and Canada.
The Bach Aria Group, an internationally famous ensemble of vocal and instrumental soloists, will perform at 8:20 p.m. tonight in the University Theatre.
KU students may get tickets with ID cards at the Murphy Hall box office.
One of the requirements for obtaining her position at the news agency was that she speak a foreign language. Besides her background in English she reads French.
Miss Lim worked on the foreign copy desk at the news agency, and on the woman's page—a part of the culture section in the newspaper. "Our
society column is not developed much," she said.
She considered some of her more interesting experiences while working for the news agency to be the time she covered Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Seoul, and the visit of Pearl S. Buck, the author of several books about China.
"I was surprised to find there were so many women reporters in the United States. In the news agency I was the first woman," Miss Lim said. While in the States, Miss Lim wants to find out more about the women's movement. Women are just beginning to have careers in Korean cities, she said. She said although women legally have equal rights there, she does not feel in reality they have.
She said she wants to stay at KU for awhile. "I want to work here in some newspaper as a Far East correspondent. If I go back I will work for the news agency." she said.
Miss Lim was also the only female of all the Korean students to come here on the Fulbright program.
Miss Lim has four sisters and two brothers. During Thanksgiving she went to New York City to see her uncle and a sister who live there.
She said she likes New York because it reminds her of Seoul there are so many busy people.
Kansas' 115 National Merit semi-finalists will arrive here Sunday for a series of final examinations and interviews for Watkins and Summerfield Scholarships.
Merit finalists vie for aid
Testing sessions, committee interviews, dinners, and other social activities will continue through Dec. 10.
Watkins and Summerfield Scholarships are traditionally the highest honorary and financial awards offered to women and men students, respectively, by the University.
Committee interviews are designed to take the prospective freshmen to all areas of campus study, said Miss Emily Taylor, dean of women.
Each committee member will meet scholars in his departmental surroundings, she explained.
Miss Taylor explained that the number of Watkins and Summerfield Scholarships awarded each year is limited by available funds
During a series of interviews, for example, a student might visit a chemistry laboratory, tour the English department and observe a psychology experiment.
While only a few of the 115 prospects will receive Watkins and Summerfield grants, all remaining competitors will be offered KU Honors Scholarships.
Last year, 12 Watkins Scholarships were offered. Stipends are based on individual needs.
The 44 high school senior women will be housed in Oliver and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Halls. The 71 men will stay at the Eldridge Hotel.