KU Differs From Helsinki U., And This Student Likes It
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By PEGGY ARMSTRONG
A young woman at the University of Helsinki in Finland had always wanted to come to the United States. While reading a newspaper one day, she saw an article about scholarships being offered by American universities and decided to apply. With 40 or 50 other students she took the application examination and was one of the dozen selected for the scholarships.
This is how Hillevi Rintamaki made her wish come true. She is now studying English, her major at the University of Helsinki, here at KU.
"I always wanted to see the United States and to meet the people," Hillevi said. Although she still has about a year to go to get her degree in Finland, she didn't want to pass up the opportunity to come here.
"We have no final exams in Finland." Hillevi said, smiling, knowing that students here wish it could be that way. "We have tests all through the semester, though. They are bigger and usually last three hours," she said.
"University students here get to know each other much better." Hillevi commented. "In Finland you just go to an institution, and you only care about your grades and your courses. The classes are much larger, too." She explained that most courses there have an enrollment of over 100 and are strictly lectures, with no discussion by the students.
"We have longer holidays, too." Hillevi said, pointing to another advantage in Finland. There the Christmas vacation is one month. Classes end about May 10 and begin again about the middle of September.
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"Sports do not play the same role in Finland as they do here. They are not stressed as much," Hillevi said. She said there was some competition among the clubs at a university, but no contests among different schools.
In explaining the differences between college women's customs in the two countries, Hillevi said that bobby socks are never worn in Finland. At the University of Helsinki most women wear wose with heels or flat shoes. Slacks are never worn to class.
Hillevi does not smoke, but said that many college women do in Finland, though they don't start as young as in the United States.
Help For Retarded To Be Studied
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1857 University Dolly Mason
"A Total Community Program for the 'Trainable Retarded' will be the theme of a two-week teachers' workshop June 5-15 at the University. The workshop will be first of its kind in the midwest.
Principal speaker for the workshop will be Dr. I. Ignacy Goldberg, educational consultant for the National Association for Retarded Children. Under a grant by the American Legion, Dr. Goldberg is participating in workshops and conferences in different parts of the country. Seven other instructors will complete the workshop staff.
Hungarani, Finnish, and Turkish are related languages, belonging to the Finne-Ugric group.
More People Now Participate In Music, Professor Says
More of your younger brothers and sisters are participating in grade and high school music activities than ever before, said E. Thayer Gaston, professor of music education. There are two reasons for the added participation, he added.
"One reason is that there are more people in school and the other is that more people, due to radios, television, phonographs and the development of high fidelity equipment, have found ways to appreciate and respond to nature music or art." Prof. Gaston said.
Modern school's stress participation in musical activities, regardless
of ability. This is the reason bands, orchestras, and choirs have been established. he said.
While musicians will always aim for excellent performance, many persons enjoy their own dabblings with instrument or derive pleasure from listening to the music of their choice.
A University of Michigan study indicates that three of four American adults have never taken an air trip, half have never been more than 100 miles by bus, 30 per cent have never traveled by train and 11 per cent have never traveled more than 100 miles by auto
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LOCKHEED Aircraft Corporation California Division·Georgia Division
Lockheed Representatives of the California Division and the Georgia Division will be on campus Monday, March 4 You are invited to consult your placement officer for an appointment. Separate interviews will be given for each division.
Both divisions of Lockheed are engaged in a long-range expansion program in their fields of endeavor.
California Division activities in Burbank cover virtually every phase of commercial and military aircraft. Seventeen different models of planes are in production, including cargo and passenger transports, high Mach performance fighters, jet trainers, radar search planes, patrol bombers.
B. S. graduates who wish to attain a Master's Degree will be interested in the California Division's Masters-Degree Work-Study Program. In the program, participants achieve their M.S. while working concurrently on Lockheed's engineering staff.
At Lockheed in Marietta, Georgia, new C-130A turbo-prop transports and B-47 jet bombers are being manufactured in the country's largest aircraft plant under one roof. The division is already one of the South's largest industries. Moreover, a new engineering center is now in development as part of the division's expansion program. In addition, advanced research and development are underway on nuclear energy and its relationship to aircraft. A number of other highly significant classified projects augment the extensive production program.
This broad expansion program is creating new positions in each division. Graduates in fields of: Aeronautical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics and Physics are invited to investigate their role in Lockheed's expansion.
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