Daily hansan
56th Year, No. 69
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1959
Academic Teacher Training Stressed by Education Dean
Dean Kenneth Anderson of the School of Education said today that KU's School of Education is one of the few in the country that has increased academic requirements for students engaging in teacher training.
Dean Anderson gave his views on the relation between academic and professional training for education students following complaints voiced by some college presidents at the Assn. of American Colleges' teacher education meeting in Kansas City, Mo., yesterday.
Many of the college presidents at the meeting felt that American elementary and high school teachers would teach better with less education courses and more training in their subjects.
"We think that it is not a question of academic preparation versus professional education training, but that a fusion and strengthening of method and content is in order in all academic areas." Dean Anderson said.
Dean Kenneth Anderson
Dean Anderson said he was strongly in favor of extensive academic training so that teachers would know what they are teaching. However, he said the 20 semester hours of education courses required for secondary teachers in Kansas were necessary.
He said:
"At KU, we feel the academic work our students take in the School of Education is most important. Evidence of this is the deep penetration we emphasize in academic work in our new math major and the language arts and social studies programs in the school."
Pantomimist Will Perform Friday
Cilli Wang, the 4-foot, $9 \frac{1}{2} -$ inch pantomimist from Vienna, will perform at 8:20 p.m. Friday in the University Theatre of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
Miss Wang's performance is an extra attraction of the Concert Course. Student ID cards will not admit. Tickets are on sale at the Fine Arts Office, the Kansas Union and Bell Music Co. Prices are $2.05.
$1.54 and $1.03.
Miss Wang's first name is pronounced "silly." Her one-woman show was introduced to the American public in the fall of 1957. She filled a Broadway engagement and
was seen on the television shows of George Gobel and Ed Sullivan
of George Gobel and Ed Sullivan. On tour, she carries more than 500 pounds of equipment and disguises which she has designed and made herself. Included are a 7-foot giraffe, a huge flowering plant, a bird, a fish, and many double figures which make her a visibly split personality.
Miss Wang's clowning includes impressions of a little boy who refuses to eat his soup and slowly dies of starvation. She gives a parody of inanimate dancing and mockeries of the deficiencies of mankind.
The concept of quality or excellence in American education at all levels is the kind that enables each individual to attain the maximum degree of competence that his abilities permit, he said.
"But as I see it, the American people have paid lip service to this concept without putting it into operation," Dean Anderson said.
"We must modernize the training of teachers in our colleges and universities in order to equip them academically and professionally to present what they teach in an effective and challenging way," he continued.
"The American public will have to agree on a central belief to which all schooling can be tied. And we should staff and administer our schools so as to provide all able youths a sound foundation in the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities," he said.
Dean Anderson said the School of Education stresses complete preparation for its students. In line with this, he said, the school has the highest minimum requirements for graduation of any school in the University. To graduate, an education student must have a 1.1 over-all grade point average, and a 1.5 average in his major subject.
Only 1 Mishap Caused by Ice
Only one traffic accident on campus has been reported since school resumed despite hazardous driving conditions caused by the recent snowfall, campus police said today.
A two-car collision occurred at 8:10 a.m. yesterday on Sunnyside Drive at the turn-off for Malott Hall.
A car driven by Joseph Glenn, Sharon Springs junior, was traveling east on Sunnyside and began a left turn. Glenn told officers he was blinded by the sun and failed to see a car approaching from the west. The other car, driven by Robert Billings, Russell senior, was unable to stop due to ice on the street.
Officers estimated damages to the Glenn vehicle at $500 and $150 damage to Billings' car.
Faculty Views GOP Battle
The fight between conservative and liberal Republicans to retain leadership of the House and Senate drew comments from KU faculty members today.
Mr. Johnson said the party' should keep Joseph W. Martin Jr., (Mass.) as leader of the House. He said Everett M. Dirksen (Ill.) was the logical choice for Senate leader.
Thomas L. W. Johnson, assistant instructor of political science, said the Republican party has a better chance to retain its unity if it keeps conservatives as leaders in the House and Senate.
A leadership fight has developed between the liberals and conservatives for the key leadership positions in Congress. Some Republicans feared the struggle was opening wounds that might take years to heal.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.) predicted failure today for a drive by insurgent Republicans to unseat him as GOP house leader, a post he has held for 20 years.
The contest between Martin and his 58-year-old challenger—Rep. Charles Al Halleck, of Indiana—will be decided behind closed doors at a Republican caucus later today.
The Senate battle is between Sen.
Martin claimed he would win the fight—to be decided at a Republican caucus late today—by at least nine votes.
Andrews Will Stand Trial
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—(UPI)— Lowell Lee Andrews, 18-year-old former KU student, today was bound over for trial in Wyandotte County district court on three charges of murder in the shooting of his mother, father and sister.
City Judge William Burns ordered the youth held without bond pending trial. No trial date was set and Robert Foster, assistant county attorney, said a sanity hearing would be held before Andrews stands trial.
The judge said there was "reasonable cause" to believe Andrews had committed the killings, and that he should stand trial in district court.
Dirksen and the liberal candidate,
Sen. John S. Cooper of Kentucky.
Prof. McCoy said;
Donald McCoy, assistant professor of history, who is a liberal Republican, said he expected no split in the party.
"As long as the fight is fought squarely and fairly out in the open it is likely there will be no split. And an attempt at a compromise between the liberals and conservatives will give greater strength and unity to the party."
Supporters of Halleck claimed victory in the battle for the leadership post which Martin has held for 20 years.
Martin said the intra-party struggle "can not help but result in bitterness."
In the Senate, 11 Republican liberals decided today to limit their fight for the GOP leadership to two positions—floor leader and whip.
They had once indicated they might fight for all five leadership jobs. But today they endorsed three of the incumbent officers.
The liberal bloc endorsed Senators Styles Bridges (N.H.), GOP policy committee chairman; Leverett Saltonstall (Mass.), GOP conference chairman and Milton R. Young (N, D.), conference secretary.
Dirksen now holds both positions of floor leader and whip.
Cooper was nominated by the liberaals a week ago to challenge Dirksen for floor leader. Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel (Calif.) was nominated for the position of whip.
Of the fight for these two Senate positions, Sen. George Aiken (Vt.), who presided at today's liberal meeting, said:
"We make no claim to victory. We concede no defeat. We believe the vote will be so close as to depend on what the uncommitted senators do."
Weather
Clear to partly cloudy this afternoon. Increasing cloudiness tonight. Tomorrow mostly cloudy. Drizzle and fog extreme southeast tonight and tomorrow. Warmer this afternoon and tonight. Low tonight 20 northwest to 30s southeast. High tomorrow 35 to 45.
THAT'S 600 CALORIES—Marcia Moran, Prairie Village junior, yields to temptation and breaks a New Year's resolution as she takes a bite of cream pie.
Resolutions Are Failing Fast
By George DeBord
To most of the returned scholars on the Hill New Year's Eve probably seems a long time ago. For many, it probably seemed quite distant the morning after.
For those who like to conform to tradition, the coming of the New Year was a time for resolutions. But now, with the machinery of the University grinding away again and 1959 a few days old, resolution-breaking is in full swing.
Those who gave up smoking at the end of 1958 tore up their vows this morning and returned to the daily coffee and smoke break in the basement of Strong Hall.
The many who lifted a few on New Year's Eve gladly gave up all beverages but cold water Jan. 1. But the strain of studying, listening and sitting is beginning to tell. The local taverns are enjoying increased prosperity as resolution-breakers unbend.
However, the best placed to find the promises broken is Watson Library. Here dozens of once-conscientious students doze away happy hours while forgetting firm resolutions to really produce for old KU.
Every new year a great number of students at colleges and universities across the land resolve to study harder and make better grades.
I had some trouble making my list of resolutions, but am right in step at breaking them. Last night I slipped out with the neighbor across the hall for a little refreshment. This morning I had two cigarettes with my coffee and smoked a cigar on the way to Lawrence.
Most professors find bright eyed, businesslike students awaiting them on the first morning after vacation. But by Tuesday or Wednesday things return to normal and the only students working and studying hard are the ones who were before the New Year and did not need to make resolutions.
At the library I read up on Sunday's comics and slept over a dry chapter on the geography of Idaho.
So I'm right back in the midst of college life with no ball and chain dragging me back to Jan. 1. Sitting here, I see that I am not alone.
At the next desk, the girl who resolved to lose 15 pounds by Feb. 1 sits munching a candy bar and drinking a coke. Across the aisle, the guy who resolved to be punctual is hurrying to finish a story which was due yesterday.
And the professor who resolved to go easy on his student charges is yelling at me to finish this. So things are back to normal and will probably stay this way until New Year's Day 1960.