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Students: Your Spelling Really Isn't Bad At All
Is spelling becoming a lost art in the U.S.?
In answer to an article in U.S.'s News
Haugh, professor of education,says no
World Report. Oscar M
The article, "Back to the 3 R's," said the "progressive" method of teaching children to spell by "sight reading" rather than by sound is producing poor spellers who have trouble recognizing little-used words."
Research Example
Prof. Haugh cited an example of research work done by a graduate student, Otto Suhling, in 1955. Using an average English class of 19 KU students, Suhling analyzed six themes of the entire class; in-class and outside-class themes written at the beginning, middle and end of the semester. His results showed that the students made only five spelling errors in every thousand words or that they were 99 per cent accurate in their spelling.
"America has established the standard of 100 per cent accuracy or nothing." Prof. Haugh said. "This standard is so high that even 99 per cent isn't enough."
Teaching Johnny to spell correctly involves a great deal more than phonetics or sight reading, he said.
"Any attempt to simplify as difficult as spelling the English language is doomed to failure."
Quoting the linguistic editor of Webster's New World Dictionary, Prof. Haugh said confusion in spelling is the result of using 15th century spelling and 20th century pronunciation.
Methodist Women Elect
Kappa Phi, Methodist woman's organization, recently elected officers. They are:
Joyce Nehrbass, Lawrence junior president; Phyllis Anderson, Wellington sophomore, first vice president; Martilyn Haize, Tonganoxie junior, second vice president; Beth Griffith, Hamilton junior, treasurer; Mary Griswold, Lawrence junior, recording secretary; Carolyn Bailey, Scranton junior, corresponding secretary.
Martha Lawton, Bushong sophomore, social chairman; Joyce Isaacson, Macksville sophomore, chaplain, Shirley Stout, Lombard, Ill. junior, membership chairman; Lucy Remple, Lawrence junior, projects; Sarah Dillaha, Topeka sophomore, history and art; Pauline Wilkinson, Wichita sophomore, publicity; Virginia Richards, Kansas City freshman, music chairman, and Lavena Brown, Colby freshman, pianist.
Group chairmen are Beverly, Pittsburg, Virginia Stevens, Parsons, Mary Jane Brown, Tula, Okla, Jan Howden, St. Joseph, Mo, sophomores; Margate Forrest, Manchester, Iowa, Sharon Dey, Ulysses, Sondra McIntosh, Chapman, freshmen; Georgelyn White, Valley Center, Myrna Dusenbury, Lyndon, and Margaret Koch, Fredonia, juniors.
"Our spelling has not changed in the last 500 years." He said. "While the basic pronunciation of English has become less consistent.
"Sounding out words will work for only 85 per cent of the one-syllable words and less than 50 per cent of the two-syllable words," he said. "The 13 vowel sounds may be represented in 104 ways. And if one were to use each possible spelling for each syllable of the word "circumference", it could be spelled 36,000 ways."
Modern Spelling Program
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"A good modern spelling program would help the student not to only sound out the words, but to also understand the important elements of word structure as it appears in English." Prof. Haugh said. "One must remember though that some words defy either a phonetic or structural analysis and the only way is to learn their spelling as a fact."
He's Published Now Struggling Writers
James E. Gunn, managing editor of the University of Kansas Alumni Magazine, can smile these days. A part time writer of science fiction, he has three pieces currently in print.
Two of Gunn's novelties top "cover story" billing *Space Is a Lonely Place* in Venture, and "Green Thumb" in If.
Gunn's short story, "The Cave of Night," will be used for the fourth time in a new magazine "Science World." It appeared first two years ago, was reprinted in a "Best of The Year" anthology and was dramatized on network radio.
H. G. Dennis and Milton Booth, officials of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Co., interviewed applicants Wednesday for a trainee program.
Mr. Dennis, assistant general manager, El Reno, Okla., and Mr. Booth, general freight manager, Kansas City, Mo., are conducting a series of interviews in the state this week to screen civil engineering students who are interested in the 18-month program.
Rock Island Officials Seek Trainees
Mr. Dennis is the father of Patricia Dennis, journalism junior.
Friday, March 22, 1957
The First National Bank of Lawrence TRAVEL AGENCY
Miss Rose Gieseman, Manager
8th and Mass. Telephone VI 3-0152
- Airlines—Domestic-Foreign
- Steamships
- Cruises
- Escorted Tours
| From K.C. Via Air to: | (tax included) tourist | 1st Class |
| :--- | :--- | ---: |
| Phoenix | $112.50 | $148.50 |
| Des Moines | —— | 25.63 |
| Memphis | —— | 52.69 |
| St. Louis | 26.88 | 32.26 |
| Philadelphia | 110.00 | 137.17 |
| New York | 114.40 | 146.85 |
OLD KING COLE
In the Blue Room they ate with glee.
Was a merry old soul
And a party for all, planned he.
To treat Jacks and Jills
(Moral: Blue Hills offers you the same tasty food and the fastest drive-in service in Lawrence either in your car or in the new, convenient Blue Room.)
He called Blue Hills.
The Blue Hills Drive-In
1601 E. 23rd.
Open
Fri. & Sat.
11 a.m.-
12 p.m.
Open Sun. thru Thurs. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Placement Bureau Helps Both Students, Employers
With graduation and summer institution approaching, students begin thinking of jobs along with the inevitable term papers and final week.
The University, realizing the problems of the students in seeking employment, whether of a permanent nature or for the summer, has set up a placement bureau to help them.
The function of the 'business' is two-fold. It seeks to help the student find the job for which he is best suited, and to help employers find the best possible candidate for job openings.
Any student interested in obtaining a position in business, trade, or industry, may register with the bureau by submitting a form to the bureau secretary and signing a placement list within a stated period.
Keeps Students Informed The Bureau has contact with many business firms over the country. Many of these firms send representatives to the campus each year for interviews with seniors. Students are filled one to two weeks ahead of the interviews by notices posted on the bulletin board outside 214 Strong.
Registration Voluntary
Realizing that many students will be interested in opportunities other than those listed on the bulletin board, the bureau keeps literature and alphabetical and geographical files of all large companies.
The interviews are on a "first-
come, first-served" basis, but there is no limit to the number of students registered with the bureau.
The graduate may also receive aid by contacting Jack Heysinger, director of the Bush.ness Placement Bureau. Registration with the bureau is strictly voluntary, and no fee is charged.
Each year at annual Carnival time in Trinidad the year's best calypso is sung by dancing, parading maskers, to the throbbing music of steel drums that once were oil containers.
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