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Glasgow, Scotland Uses English, Too
At the University of Glasgow in Scotland, there is a similar barrier. Only this one must be passed before a student can enter the University. And the obstacle is much more difficult.
By George DeBord
The English proficiency examination is regarded by students at the University as a barrier which must be passed in order to get out of school.
The KU proficiency test and the entrance examination at Glasgow have similar minimum requirements for style, grammar and language usage. However, they are worlds apart on the matter of content.
At Glasgow, the student must answer two specific questions and two others which can be chosen from four questions.
At KU, the student is given a choice of subjects, ranging from child discipline to the campus parking problem. He writes two short essays.
Of the specific problems, the first is to interpret a passage from John Stuart Mill on the judiciary. After reading the passage, the student must explain:
1. Mill's objections to the selection of judges by popular suffrage.
3. What in Mill's opinion exercises a useful control over the proceedings of a judge.
2. What evils Mill saw in the proposal that judges could be removed by the people.
The second problem calls for the interpretation of a complex poem. Then the student must explain a number of words and phrases in italics.
The student may then write on two of the following subjects:
Illustrate the ways in which words change their meanings.
Illustrate the influence of the Bible and of Shakespeare on wording and phrasing.
Consider some of the main effects of the Norman Conquest on the English language.
Discuss developments in vocabulary and idiom in the present century.
One look at the Glasgow examination should cause KU students to sigh with relief.
But there is a more subtle aspect to this comparison:
Other English-speaking universities demand top-grade language performances from students even before they are admitted. Judging from the questions, Glascow assumes that students know how to use the language. The examination, contrary to our test, is not to see whether a student can spell or put sentences together. Rather, it tests his thinking ability.
Two KU music students will be presented in senior recitals next week.
Two KU Seniors To Give Recitals
James Avery, Burlington piano major, will give a recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Robert Schaaf, Herrington organ major, will be featured in a recital at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Hoch Auditorium.
Avery's recital program will include Prelude and Fugue in D Major by Bach, Schumann Phantasie and Estamps by Debussy.
Schaaf's recital program will include Prelude and Fugue in C major by Bohm; Choral Prelude on "In Dulci Jubilo" by Buxtehude; Noel, Grand Jeu et Duo by DuQuin, Prelude and Fugue in G Major by Bach, and four pieces by the contemporary composer, Jehan Alain.
The magazine's lead article is "Second Isn't Good Enough-a Day in the Life of Bill Easton," by James E. Gunn, instructor of English and administrative assistant to the chancellor.
Jumper - hurdler - spinner track star Ernest (Ernie) Shelby, Los Angeles, Calif., senior, designed the cover art for the May issue of the Alumni magazine.
Shelby Designs Alumni Mag Cover
The team hopes to bring Coach Easton his eighth consecutive sweep of the Big Eight cross country, indoor and outdoor track titles this weekend.
The portriat of Coach Easton is framed by figures of track men participating in hurdling, pole-vaulting, passing a relay baton and throwing the javelin.
Shelby, majoring in commercial art, is an appropriate artist for the cover portrait of track coach Bill Easton because he is captain of the 1959 KU track team.
The name "Kansas" originated from a Sioux word meaning "people of the south wind."
Friday, May 15, 1959 University Daily Kansan
Richards-Gebaur in Open House
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UPI) — Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base will hold a public open house tomorrow in an Armed Forces Day celebration and show off its military might in a display with the theme "Power for Peace."
Air Force all will unveil their latest weapons and methods used in the combined defense of the nation.
The Army, Navy, Marines and
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