Men-Women Dorm May Open Here
The University may have a coeducational dormitory next semester. Clark Coan, assistant dean of men, said yesterday that plans to convert Carruth-O'Leary are being considered.
"A firm dividing line would be made." Wilson said.
J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, said nothing is final yet, but that tentative plans call for a division of the hall into one side for men and the other for women.
"Carruth-O'Leary would lend itself self-perfect to a co-educational dormitory because it could provide separate recreation facilities and living room." Emily Taylor, dean or women said.
Co-educational dining would be part of the plan with the girls' closing hours being strictly enforced. Miss Taylor said. She said similar plans had worked out successfully
Maloney Says 'Look Within'
Prof. James Maloney posed several questions about university faculties and administrations yesterday noon at the Faculty Forum luncheon meeting.
One of the questions asked by Prof. Maloney, a professor of chemical engineering was: Are secret committees necessary for the recommendations of faculty members for honors or awards? He specifically mentioned the distinguished professorships, which, he said, are handled by such a committee.
Another question touched upon the necessity of faculty committees in the first place.
Prof. Maloney said the conclusions they draw and the advice they come up with more than likely is ignored by the administration.
he indirectly castigated his colleagues, too. He said that in the 13 years he has served on the Faculty Senate, only once has an educational matter been mentioned. This occurred when Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy spoke on the urgent need for more instructors.
Weather
Diminishing cloudiness and continued cold this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight, a little colder over most of state. Friday partly cloudy east and central. Low tonight 10 to 15 northeast to 15 to 20 elsewhere. High Friday around 30.
on other campuses, but none have been attended at KU before.
The building will house upper class students. The method of assigning girls to the dormitory has not been decided. Miss Taylor said.
Wilson said the step is necessary to meet increased women enrollment. Final plans will not be complete until the anticipated increase of women students for next year can be figured, he said. Miss Taylor said that an estimated 100 spaces for women's residence will be needed.
The problem of dormitory sponsors has not been decided, Coan said. One sponsor may control the whole building, or there may be one for each division.
President Asks Strong Program
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— President Eisenhower today asked Congress in a seven-point civil rights program for stronger federal power to punish anyone using threats or violence to obstruct court-ordered school integration.
His program also would authorize temporary aid to states and localities cooperating in carrying out school integration and would allow the FBI to crack down harder in school and church bombing cases.
In urging that school integration obstruction be made a specific federal offense, the President said:
"There have been instances where extremists have attempted by mob violence and other concerted threats of violence to obstruct the accomplishment of the objectives in school decrees."
- Power for the Attorney General to inspect federal election records and to require that such records be maintained "for a reasonable length of time."
- In addition to the above three proposals, the President asked:
- Legislation to authorize temporary provisions for educating children of military personnel when public schools are closed because of integration orders.
- That Congress consider setting up a permanent "commission on equal job opportunity under government contracts." Vice president Nixon now heads a temporary committee with a similar purpose.
- A two-year extension of the Civil Rights Commission, which is due to expire in September.
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English Test Grades Alert Other Schools
Thursday, Feb. 5, 1959
The high number of failures in the fall English Proficiency Examination has alerted faculty members of other departments of the university to grammatical correctness.
"We are going to be checking sharply for this in the spring Western Civ exam," Prof. Seaver said. "We generally pay most attention to content in our exams, but the results of the last English Proficiency Exam have changed our policy."
Prof. James E. Seaver, head of the Western Civilization department and associate professor of history, said he felt that faculty members should and would put more emphasis on the style and correctness of students' work in the future.
Ninety-four per cent of the Western Civ students passed the fall examination. Only 68.1 per cent of the students passed the proficiency examination.
Prof. Seaver said that Westernr
Under present standards, an engineering student may stay in school with much lower grades than a student in the College.
"I feel that a dean should be able to give as much time as possible to the students in his school. If the standards were equal, grade deficiencies could be dealt with in the registrar's office and the deans would not have to spend their time working with data and clerical processes."
Schools Differ in Probation Rules
Mr. Hitt said the standards today are much closer in the various schools than they were 10 years ago. He added that efforts are constantly being made to bring scholastic requirements in the University to an even standard.
The registrar said the University would function more efficiently and be able to give more to the students if all school standards were the same.
Present KU scholastic requirements comprise an inefficient system because they vary from school to school, Registrar James K. Hitt said today.
Mr. Hitt said, "The faculty of each school decides what courses the students must take, what grades they must make, who will be put on probation and who will not, and how to deal with those who do not live up to their standards."
"Until just a few years ago," he said, "students in each school enrolled in a separate building. The Union Building enrollment system has done a great deal to bring unity among the schools."
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — Freshmen and sophomores are required to earn a grade average of .7 in a semester and a 1. is required of juniors and seniors.
Standards for the different schools are as follows:
School of Education - Students failing in more than 40 per cent of their work will be put on probation
School of Engineering and Architecture — Freshmen and sophomores must not fail over 20 per cent of their work and juniors and seniors may be dropped from the school if their grades fall under this requirement.
School of Business Students must make a 1. grade average each semester.
School of Fine Arts — Same as the College.
School of Journalism - Students must make a 1. average each semester.
School of Law — Students must make a .8 average and any person with a semester average under .6 will be dropped.
Civ students were only graded down slightly on grammar previously.
"Many students who failed the examination had grammatically perfect papers with little content," he said.
David Dykstra, instructor of English, has announced that the Writing Clinic has been moved from 114 Strong to Strong Annex D, room 12.
Prof. Seaver added that the history department will also pay more attention to grammar in papers.
"We are all requiring term papers," he said, "in which heavy emphasis will be placed on correctness."
David Dykstra, instructor of English and supervisor of the proficiency examination, praised Prof. Seaver's comments.
"I hope that every faculty member in the University will adopt this attitude," he said. "The English department cannot correct the situation alone."
Mr. Dykstra pointed out that most students are only under supervision of the English department for two years. If they are not required to continue proper standards of writing in future years of college work, the English department can do nothing about it except fail them in the proficiency examination.
Mr. Dykstra and W. P. Albreacht, professor of English, are preparing a report to faculty members on results of the proficiency exam. The report will be released within the next two weeks.
Docking-Legislature Is Events Forum Topic
Governor Docking and the Legislature will be the topic of the Current Events Forum at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Union Music room.
The discussion will be led by James W. Drury, associate professor of political science, and Representative Tom Van Sickle, who graduated from KU last month.
The forum will concentrate on three aspects of the relationship between Gov. Docking and the Legislature: Conflict, compromise, and cooperation.
NO KEG?—This St. Bernard pup, owned by Sigma Chi fraternity, might be helpful if snowy weather continues. However, students assisted by this dog must resign themselves to a brandy-free rescue because "Sig" has no keg and no
plans are underfoot to provide him with one. Shown with "Sig" are, from left, Dick Black, Wichita freshman, Steve Reed, Mission freshman, and Allen Mark, Abilene freshman. All are members of Sigma Chi.
'Misguided Missiles' Make Winter Park Trip
The group of winter-sports-hungry students left Jan. 24 for the resort area 68 miles west of Denver. Skiing began immediately on arrival with the novices under the instruction of three KU graduate students: Axel Plambeck, Hamburg, Germany; Hubert Neiss, Vienna, Austria, and Franz Ettlin, Kerns, Switzerland.
A group of 55 KU "misguided missiles" braved cold weather and icy slopes on a ski trip to Winter Park, Colo., during the semester vacation.
After lessons on the "instructors' slope," the novices were promoted to the "practice slopes," and finally, after attaining some proficiency, were graduated to "peak skiing."
The unchaperoned trip, sponsored by the University-approved "Skiers Limited," was organized by Larry Marshall, Salina junior. and Alan Morris. Caney senior.
The skiers were called "misguided missiles" by spectators because of the difficulty of stopping and slowing.
The only injuries were minor—sprained ankles and twisted knees.
The skiers entertained themselves on the trip with singing and the inevitable bridge games, one of which "lasted, by candlelight, until 4 am, on the return trip," one woman moaned.
They enjoyed skiing during the day and parties at night at Miller's Idle Wild Inn and Lodge.
Evening entertainment consisted of group singing around the fireplace and dancing. The atmosphere was "completely casual" with men and women in slacks and ski sweaters.