SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Friday, June 12, 1959
47th Year, No. 2
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
HAIL TO THE CHEIF—Ann (Ginger) Leffler, 17-year-old from Pittsburg, was inaugurated last night as the 1959 Sunflower Girls State governor.
11 Attend KU Course In Infant Development
Eleven professional workers in home economics and infant and child development are attending the Infant Development Workshop now in session here. The first of its type to be held in the midwest, the workshop began June 8 and will run through June 19.
Teachers Chosen Science Winners
Fifty teachers have been chosen to receive National Science Foundation scholarship for a Summer Institute for Elementary Personnel here through Aug. 1.
The institute is supported by the National Science Foundation. It is a pilot program in biological and physical science and is the first venture of the National Science Foundation into the elementary level.
The institute will be directed toward meeting science subject matter needs of elementary teachers and supervisors. It will provide intensive courses in biological and the physical and earth sciences, with attention to effective ways of helping children understand basic principles of science.
A group of third and sixth grade students from the Lawrence Public Schools will be used as demonstration classes.
Watson Schedule Listed for Summer
Watson Library will observe the following schedule of hours during the summer session:
Monday-Friday, 7:45 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, closed.
Aug. 2 to Sept. 28, the library will observe the following schedule:
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-12 noon; Sunday, closed.
The library will be closed on Independence Day, Labor Day, and such other holidays as may be announced by the chancellor.
The workshop is planned to further the understanding of the growth and development of children during the first two years of life and to explore the findings of research relative to the needs and care of that age group. Emphasis is placed on the needs of secondary and college teachers or others working with young children or parents.
The workshop staff consists of Mrs. Luella M. Foster, assistant professor of home economics and director of the Infant Study Center; Mrs. Alita Cooper, instructor at the Infant Study Center; Dr. Mary Elizabeth Evans, pediatrician, Mission; Dr. R. L. Hermes, obstetrician, Lawrence; Dr. Geoiffrey M. Martin, executive secretary, Kansas State Board of Health, Topeka; Miss Thelma McClure, group care consultant, child welfare division, State Department of Social Welfare, Topeka, and Dr. Lois Barclay Murphy, research psychologist, the Menninger Foundation, Topeka.
Ginger Leffler Inaugurated As Girls State Governor
Music-Art Camp Begins Monday For 800 Youths
More than 800 high school students will begin a six-week session at the University Monday, enrolled in one of the six divisions of the 22nd Midwestern Music and Art camp.
The camp is expected to draw an overall enrollment of about 500 in the music division and 300 for the five other sections-art, ballet, theater, science, and mathematics.
Russell L. Wiley, professor of band, will be camp director. Guest conductors will include Victor Allessandro, Guy Fraser Harrison, Gerhard Schroth, Henry Opkin, Lloyd Pafautch, Morris Poaster, Daniel Moe, and Robert Bell.
The camp band, orchestra, and chorus will combine for 12 Sunday afternoon and evening programs beginning June 21.
The music camp enrollment is being limited in each division as follows: band, 200; orchestra, 110, and chorus, 150. Twenty to 30 additional students are expected for organ harp, carillon, and other special study.
1-Way Streets Make a Trade
If you found yourself heading north on Tennessee Street this week, and wondered why so many stupid drivers were heading south, you were in good company.
Tennessee no longer is a one-way street north. As of Tuesday it is a one-way street south. And Kentucky, which we used to drive one-way south, is now a one-way street north.
KU Women Are Appointed As E.M. Watkins Scholars
Confusing? Yes, and the streets seem almost like streets in a different town. But traffic studies have shown it would be safer for motorists to have traffic moving in the opposite directions. And that Tennessee Street slope from about 18th Street to 16th which used to create a hazard on slick winter days now will be a gentle downhill ride.
Police have been allowing drivers a few days to get accustomed to the change, but today they will begin to issue tickets for wrong-way driving.
The Elizabeth M. Watkins scholarship is the highest honor the University can bestow on an undergraduate woman. Criteria are superior scholarship, character, demonstrated leadership and promise of future usefulness to society. The scholarships are awarded to high school seniors on the basis of competitive examinations and interviews, and to women at KU on the strength of their records, which must approach all "A" standards.
The appointment of 11 University of Kansas women as Elizabeth M. Watkins scholars has been announced by Prof. Maud Ellsworth, committee chairman.
While Elizabeth M. Watkins scholarships are awarded solely on merit, the amount of each award is determined by individual need. varying from a small honorarium to full support.
The 11 awards are more than usual but were made possible by a large graduating class this month and increased financial support from the Endowment Assn. The 11 new scholars are:
Susan Aldrich, Great Bend sophomore; Nancy Craven, Hillsdale junior; Judy Gorton, Lawrence sophomore; Sherrill Hahn, Phillipsburg sophomore; Karlene Howell, Kansas City, Kan., freshman_
Judith Johnson, Caldwell freshman; Kathryn Johnson, Luray junior; Angie Magnusson, Western Springs. Ill., sophomore; Judith Raasch, Wichita sophomore; Barbara Rhodes, Little River freshman; Janet Wright, Paola freshman.
Ann (Ginger) Leffler, a 17-year-old senior at Pittsburg High School, was inaugurated last night as the 1959 governor of Sunflower Girls State, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Gov George Docking spoke at the inaugural ceremonies.
Miss Leffler was the candidate of the Federalist party, as was the lieutenant governor-elect, Connie Cinetto of Frontenac.
The mythical Federalist and Nationalist parties campaigned in the general election, with the Federalist party capturing 12 of the 16 state offices.
Other state officers elected were:
Attorney General, Comnie Graham, Wichita; secretary of state, Nancy Okerberg, Newton; state treasurer, Melva Hayes, Topica; state auditor, Barby Miles, Sedgwick; superintendent of public instruction, Jo Pat Johnson, El Dorado; state printer, Sonia Hooker, Leoti, and commissioner of insurance, Jean Fraser, Gardner.
The justices of the Supreme Court are Sharon Coleman, Bonner Springs; Gayle Graham, Almena; Jo Talbott, Overland Park; Karla Toothaker, Westmorland; Sherry Jacks, Dodge City; Joan Pistotnik, Arma, and Elizabeth Wilson, Chanute.
Announcement of Miss Leffler's election was made Wednesday by Linda Lou Lyman of Hutchinson, 1958 Girls State governor. Her term of office ended at the inauguration. Other county and state officers were announced by Earl Nehring, KU instructor of political science.
Today Girls Staters will hear Mrs. Ethan Allen of the Lawrence Board of Education speak on the "Role of Women in Government," and Hazel Anderson, KU law librarian, speak on "Legal Statutes of Women."
Tomorrow Mrs. Elizabeth Whetstone, department president of the American Legion Auxiliary, will speak on "The Flag and What It Means to Me."
The 10th annual Girls State reunion will be held Saturday and Sunday. Judy Gorton, Lawrence sophomore, president of the Girls State Alumni Assn., and Linda Scifers, Pittsburgh freshman, vice president, will preside at the meetings.
A candlelight ceremony at which honor certificates and memory books will be presented will be held Saturday evening.
Writers' Parley Speakers Set
The ninth KU Writers' Conference will be held here June 23-26, sponsored by University Extension and the William Allen White School of Journalism. Director of the conference is Frances Grinstead, associate professor of journalism.
Speakers will include three editors, a television program director, and a prize-winning freelance writer.
Betty Finnin, fiction editor of Woman's Day, will return as short story leader. Miss Finnin was fiction leader of the conference in 1954.
Mrs. Virginia Sorenson, author of "A Little Lower Than the Angels," will be the novel writing leader. She also will speak on "Novels for the Young." Mrs. Sorenson received the Newberry Medal in 1957 for the best children's book of the preceding year. "Miracles on Maple Hill."
Bernice Slote, associate editor of Prairie Schooner, Lincoln, Neb. will be the leader of poetry and essay writing. Miss Slote is associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska and is consultant on poetry and criticism to the university press there.
Evening speakers will include Howard Turtle, assistant Sunday editor of the Kansas City Star, nonfiction leader, and Bob Wormington, program director of WDAF-TV, television leader.
Enrollment Starts For Proficiency Exam
Students now may enroll at 122 Strong for the summer session proficiency examination in English. Enrollment, which started yesterday, will continue through June 17. The place of examination will be assigned at the time of enrollment.
SHORT STORY LEADER—Miss Betty Finnin will be a staff member at the KU Writer's Conference here June 23-26. Miss Finnin is fiction editor of Woman's Day. Miss Frances Grinstead, associate professor of journalism, is director of the four-day conference.