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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, March 12, 1957
They Send The News To Your Home Town
Whenever your hometown paper prints the news that your favorite prof is going to Monte Carlo on a Fulbright or that your roommate has been elected to the Society for the Preservation of Barbershop Singing, you'll know that the public relations office has been on the job.
The office sent the story to the old home town sheet, and probably to every other Kansas daily and weekly. That's one of its jobs, through its news bureau.
Tom Yoe, director of public relations, said that his office also sends news to radio and television stations in the state and elsewhere. Mr. Yoe, a 1939 KU journalism graduate, became head of the public relations office and its news bureau in 1946. At that time the office, which had been affiliated with the journalism department, became a separate unit.
TOM YOE
Assisting Mr. Yoe are Mrs. Helen Peltz, information writer, Mrs. Vera George, secretary, and several part time student emplovers.
Besides sending out University releases, the office also puts out the Official Bulletin. This Week at KU, processes and handles the sports department mail, and publishes the weekly University of Kansas Newsletter.The office receives all the mail that has no definite destination.Letters are received from students who are working on projects and need material about the University. It also receives letters from children asking for KU pennants.
3 To Assist At Convention
Three University faculty members will assist in group discussions at the national convention of the Assn. for Supervision and Curriculum Development in St. Louis Sunday through Thursday, March 21.
Karl Edwards, associate professor of education, will participate in the discussion of "Developing a Functional Teacher Education Program for Modern Schools." Cloy S. Hobson, professor of education, will act as consultant for the group discussing "Planning Effective Programs for the Gifted and the Talented."
Robert Ridgway, assistant professor of education, will lead the discussion of "Recognizing, Coordinating and Stimulating Classroom Research Studies." Mr. Ridgway is an advisory member to the National Commission on Research, a branch of the association, and will also meet with them.
Two KU chemistry professors, Jacob Kleinberg and Calvin A. VanderWerf, are among the 15 selected by the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society to help smaller colleges organize better chemistry departments.
Two Chosen For College Aid
The two professors are assisting in the American Chemical Society program, "Visiting Scientists in Chemistry." The program has three objectives: to strengthen and stimulate the chemical programs in colleges, to provide chemical staffs in small colleges with the opportunity of contacting productive and creative chemists and to guide more students into careers in chemistry and the teaching of chemistry.
"I believe it speaks well for the department that of the 15 professors chosen from the nation, two are from KU," Prof. Kleinberg said. "This is the only university with two representatives in the program."
Listed among the duties of the visiting professors are giving lectures in chemistry, conducting seminars, conducting undergraduate classes and aiding the faculty with curricular organization.
18,000 Librarian Positions Open-Higher Salaries,Too
In addition to the services to the colleges, the professors may be called upon to speak on local radio and TV stations and address various community organizations.
At the present time KU does not offer courses in library sciences, but any undergraduate work can be used toward study at a graduate level. There are at least 39 schools in the U. S. offering library science.
"Everyone from an English to chemistry major can find the library science a challenging field," said Miss Joyce McLeod, head reference librarian of Watson Library. "There are opportunities in industry, research, government, armed forces, medicine, schools, colleges and large public libraries."
Those who picture the librarian as the prim little lady sitting behind the desk whose sole purpose is checking out books had better dust off their old-fashioned ideas. Librarianship has become a professional field with demands for trained personnel increasing each year.
Library Keeps Busy
Book Buying Is Big Business
"In buying and exchanging books, the University does one of the largest volumes of foreign business of any agency in the state," Mr. Quinsey said. The library does business with every country that is approachable, and Red China may soon be included, Mr. Quinsey added.
Fill Gaps
Foreign Business
For each student at the University there are about 85 books at Watson Library, although there are probably very few students who come close to using that number. By the end of the fiscal year, the library will contain about 700,000 books. Busy employees check out about 361,000 of them (including repetitions) each year.
"Whenever faculty members go abroad, we encourage them to spend some of their time collecting books in their particular fields for the library," Mr. Quinsev said.
During the 1955-56 year, $200,000 was spent to add to the collections. The University Senate's library committee and Robert Vosper, director of libraries, divide the sum among the various academic departments.
Most of the books purchased are suggested by faculty members, and all the collections are acquired through purchases, exchanges of publications with other universities, and gifts.
Mr. Quinsey explained that as much material as possible is acquired
Purchasing books for the library is no mean task, according to Robert L. Quinsey, chief of the reader service at Watson.
in the well-defined fields of each general category of learning to fill the gaps in the collections. Some of the books may not be used for years, but it is desirable to have a complete collection so that the books will be there when needed.
Kansas ranks fifth in the production of petroleum in the United States.
The Society of American Military Engineers will hold a dinner meeting at 5:45 p. m. in the Sunflower Room of the Student Union. Dr. Charles R. Mischek, associate professor of mechanical engineering, will be the guest speaker.
Engineering Dinner Tonight
Students who have grips about any phase of the library's operation can find a ready listener in Mr. Quinsey in his office on the fourth floor. He said that one of the problems of a library is that the staff members come into contact with very few of the students.
In 1950 a student checked out "South Africa: Its History, Heroes and Wars." It was the first time the book had been checked out, and it had been in the library since 1899.
"We don't see a penny of it, except for the money to cover the cost of lost books," Mr. Quinsey said. Most of the fine money goes into a general University fund.
Many students wonder what happens to the money they pay out in fines.
"In 1945 about 90 per cent of the 30,000 trained librarians employed were women," said Mr. Robert L. Talmadge, associate director of Watson Library. "But that is no longer true. The number of men in the profession is increasing rapidly especially in the administrative branch."
"Every graduate of an accredited library science school has 8 to 15 positions open to him. There are now 18,000 career opportunities and salaries begin considerably higher than educational salaries," Mr. Talmadre said.
"The librarian must be a leader because he plays an important role in the culture of his community. He must have initiative, imagination, intellectual curiosity, and an interest in people. The special librarian must have all this plus a dedication to whatever specialty he may choose." he said.
Young Presidents To Hold Panel
A panel discussion by the Kansas-Missouri chapter of the Young Presidents' organization will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Jayhawk Room of the Student Union. The discussion is sponsored by the Business School Assn.
The Young Presidents' Organization is composed of men who are under 40 years old and are presidents of businesses which gross over a million dollars annually.
The panel will discuss management in relation to financial, marketing, and personnel problems in business.
11 AFROTC Cadets Solo In Flying
Eleven cadets soled last week in the AFROTC flight training program. Twenty-three 'of 31 cadets have soled in the program so far.
The cadets who soled last week are John G. Eriksen, Lawrence; James M. Flint, Kansas City, Mo; Glenn F. Kirk, Minneapolis; Earl J. Wilson, Lawrence; Albert S. Crane, Topeka; George C. Hitt, Wellington; Jerry J. Jones, Frankfort; and Gary D. Miller, Wichita, all seniors; John L. Travers, Great Bend; Robert V. Brack, Fort Worth, Tex., and Jacob F. Goble, Caney, all juniors.
The first story on the subject of baseball appeared in the New York Mercury in April, 1853, with Senator William Caldwell, owner and editor of the paper, as author.
Farewell Banquet For Dean Carr
6:30 p.m.
$2.00 per person
ATTENTION ENGINEERS
Buy your tickets now for the
Annual
ENGINEERING BANQUET AND DANCE
Saturday, March 16
In The Student Union Ballroom
Everybody Invited
Rick Smith & His Band
will furnish the music for your dancing pleasure
9-12 p.m.
$1.50 per couple
y doo ooo
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