Friday, November 8, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Visual arts facility expected in future expansion at KU
By MIKE SHEARER
Kansan Staff Writer
Strong Hall's third floor, traditionally a spectrum of color, may be emptied of easels and artists within 10 years.
KU's artists, currently scattered across campus in 11 different buildings, will probably be united in a new visual arts facility after two other campus buildings are constructed, Keith Lawton, vice chancellor in charge of operations, said.
Lawton said the building plans could not be initiated until after appropriations had been secured from the legislature through the
Board of Regents. He agreed with John S. McKay, associate dean of visual arts, that concrete planning could not begin any earlier than 1973.
The visual arts center may be built on the southwest part of the campus, Lawton said, in the vicinity of Murphy, Marvin and Learned halls. The master plan remains flexible through, he emphasized.
McKay called the visual arts facilities very poor in comparison to a "very fine faculty."
"We're making the best of it and doing a very fine job," McKay said.
He said the rooms in Strong
Hall were particularly crowded with as few as 15 students, which is not enough students for most classes. he said.
"We are not able." McKay said, "to do a job we should be doing because we don't have room or the faculty to take in any other majors."
KU's English center helps foreign students
Between Louisiana and 12th Streets stands a two-story biege-colored building—the Intensive English Center (IEC) at KU which offers both a full and part-time English programs for foreign students.
The IEC started at KU five years ago with 35 students enrolled in the first semester, said Edward T. Erazmus, director. Now it has an enrollment of 112 full-time students from 26 countries and 50 part-time students, who are regular KU students taking one or two courses in IEC.
"It's hard to predict exactly what will be the figures next year," he said. "Since more students abroad are coming to the States, the demand is special English training for foreign students is certainly growing."
The original location of IEC was in the area now occupied by the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. The IEC moved to the present address three years ago, he said.
The IEC has 18 staff members. They are mostly KU graduate students teaching 8 hours per week, Erazmus said. "We try to keep our staff members native speakers, so the foreign students can be taught English with same accents."
KU is the only university among the Big Eight that has a full-time Intensive English Center. Foreign students who have been accepted by other universities and colleges around this area are often recommended to take one semester full-time English in IEC at KU, Erazmus said.
Charles A. Sauer, assistant director of IEC, explained that the IEC is divided into six study sections which have the same tests but are graded according to the level of abilities.
A student has to get B+ to be qualified for the English proficiency. Usually the upper three
The visual arts department of the School of Fine Arts does not offer courses to students not majoring in art.
9 national clubs organized at KU
Nine national clubs have been organized at the University of Kansas this fall by foreign students, an International Club officer reported today.
Already organized this year are the African Students' Club, Chinese Students' Association, Japanese-American Club, Korean Students' Association, KU India Club, Latin American Club, Organization of Arab Students, Organization of Iranian Students, and Pakistani Student Association.
These nine clubs will complement the work done each year by the International Club, which includes American students and most of the foreign scholars, he said.
These national clubs periodically provide a meeting for students from the same cultural and national background, he said.
Among the 112 full-time students, Sauer said, some have already been accepted for the Spring term at KU; some are applying for KU; most, however, will matriculate at other institutions. The average is about 10 to $15\%$ students who will continue their studies at KU.
sections should achieve this in one semester, Sauer said.
"University of Michigan first found the Intensive English Center 26 years ago," Sauer said. "A full-time Intensive English Center is becoming more common throughout the States. About 20 Intensive English Centers now in the States that offers English study program for foreign students."
McKay said he hoped new facilities would not attract a greater number of art majors, but would rather allow admission of non-art majors into art classes. There are almost 900 art majors now enrolled, a total which has been increasing rapidly during the past four years.
Iran, with 15 students currently studying in IEC at KU has the largest enrollment.
One of McKay's greatest satisfactions since he became associate dean of visual arts July 1, he said, has been the way art faculty and administrators have been working toward the betterment of the visual arts department.
He said a faculty committee is currently working on the initial plans for a new visual arts center by deciding what will be needed. He said there is a possibility the visual arts facility will consist of two or three centrally located buildings, rather than just one.
Among the requirements in the new facility, McKay said, would be a place where students could display work, such as in the entrance lobby.
The faculty committee should be able to submit a list of facility needs sometime this year, McKay said.
Bret Waller, director of Spooner Art Museum, said he would not be opposed to a plan suggested by McKay to have the new art museum located near the new visual arts center.
Naval ROTC accepting applications
Naval ROTC will accept applications for its four-year course until Nov. 15, the ROTC office announced today.
The regular program provides all tuition, fees, books and uniforms as well as $50 per month for all students accepted.
Upon completion of the regular program, the cadet is commissioned an officer in the Navy or Marine Corps and must serve the normal four years.
Students who wish to enter the program next fall must compete for selections this year. Applications must be mailed prior to Nov. 15 to be eligible for an aptitude examination Dec. 14.
Students entering the program with prior college credits must complete the Naval Science requirements. If accepted the student will be sworn into the Inactive Naval Reserve for a maximum of four years as a Midshipman.
Interested students should contact the NROTC unit in the Military Science Building.