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University Daily Kansan Tuesday. Oct. 21, 1958
Students Invited To These Classes
An unusual college class, with attendance by invitation only, gathers in the office of Dean George Waggoner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The group is a section of the gifted student program.
Size is no longer the chief characteristic of American Universities. Quality is rising like a neat brick wall, says Dean Waggoner, explaining the selective service devised to find upper two per cent who are given the privilege of cultivating their superior brain power.
"College deans for years have been mentioning the occasional student who made himself conspicuous with sage recitations and brilliant paper work," he said. "But not until 1945 was something effective done about it. GIs flooded universities. Motivated by war-lapse years, learners showed the correlation between excellent scholarship and leadership."
In 1955, the College launched this experimental program. Freshmen capable of superior performance would be placed in an atmosphere best suited to develop their possibilities. Invited to participate in the first program were 31 Watkins and Summerfield high school finalists. Now, national merit scholars are tested and also students who show marked ability in class work.
These gifted students are assigned for special advising from the College Advisory committee composed of selected faculty members including the dean and his assistant.
The gifted freshmen are eligible to take special courses not open to other freshmen.
A three-fold testing device is set up. Authors are read in the original, for the comprehension phase. Second, in the discussion phase, students serve as their own mediators and alternate leadership with the teaching function. The final phase is a comprehensive examination when the student sets down the analysis of what he has learned.
A brother - sister combination among the gifted students are David and Carolyn Ontjes. David is a senior and Carolyn a freshman. They are from Hutchinson.
David, a sociology research assistant, came in the first program four years ago. He plans to enter medical school and is working on a Carnegie Foundation research project relating the gifted student to campus living and interest groups, and scholastic achievement.
David and Carolyn said a liking
75 Students Seek Foreign Study Aid
About 75 applications have been given to students desiring to apply for the Fulbright and Latin-American scholarships, A. B. Leonard, professor of zoology and Fulbright adviser, said today.
The scholarships offer American students international travel expenses in most cases and partial or complete tuition and maintenance for study in 39 foreign countries during 1959-60.
The Fulbright awards are for study and research in Europe, Latin America, or Asia-Pacific area.
General eligibility requirements for the awards are U. S. citizenship, a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent before departure, language ability sufficient to carry on the proposed study and good health. A good academic record and demonstrated capacity for independent study are also necessary. Preference is given to applicants under 35 years of age.
Rock Chalk Staff
Application forms must be turned in to Prof. Leonard's office by Monday.
The Rock Chalk Revue staff will meet with house representatives at 4 p.m. today in 101 Snow. Lynn Miller, producer, said all houses interested in submitting scripts for the Revue must be represented at the meeting.
Plans for next spring's Revue will be discussed and the procedure for submitting a script will be explained.
for work and an innate feeling for competition set the gifted student apart. "When someone is an honor student, that doesn't mean the work is less or easier," said Carolyn, "It means that person gets to work harder.
David has had one "B"—in social dancing—during his four years at the University. "I guess I came from a small town and didn't have much social know-how," he commented.
"Native ability doesn't count any more than your willingness to work." he concluded.
Two color films on Germany will be shown at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Room 3, Bailey Hall.
Bailey Films Feature Movies on Germany
The films, "Folk Festivals and Customs in Germany," and "Castle Country," should be of special interest to students studying German and geography.
"Folk Festivals and Customs in Germany" is a record of the festivals that are celebrated in various parts of Germany during a year.
The second film shows an area north of Wittenberg, known as the Castle Country because of its castles, wooded hills, and fertile valleys.
Hyden to Speak on Russia
Victor Hyden, instructor of speech and journalism, will speak and show films to radio-telvision students on his trip to Russia and Europe at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Room 220, Flint Hall.
A KU ceramist left Sunday to spend three months in Korea studying that country's building materials.
He'll Turn Clay to Brick
He is Norman Plummer, who is in charge of the Ceramics Division of the State Geological Survey.
In Korea, Mr. Plummer will look over the country's clay deposits for brick manufacture.
He explained that the reason for the project is that Korea has little building lumber. Available wood supply is used mainly for fuel.
"The problem is to find cheap and suitable native building materials for desperately needed houses and factories," Mr. Plummer said.
"Brick is the most likely building material. But the country's clay deposits must be developed enough to justify the modernization of existing brick plants and the establishment of new ones."
The project is a cooperative one between the United States and Korean governments.
Plummer has spent more than 20 years of intensive research on Kansas clays. His investigations have led to the establishment of four central Kansas brick and tile plants since 1945. He is the first ceramist assigned to the Korean project.
The campus speed limit is 20 miles an hour an hour except south from the 4-way stop sign at 16th St. on Naismith Road, where it is 30 miles.
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