97 Pass Western Civ; Next Exam Is May 11
"We feel this will be looked upon as a bonus to the student for taking the course and test as it is educationally sound." Prof. Heller said.
He also said the discussion group program, begun with the 1955 fall semester, has met with encouraging results and is serving as a stimulus for interest in Western Civilization.
KU Debaters Place Third In Tourney
Ninety-seven of 107 University students received passing grades in the Western Civilization final examination Jan. 12, according to Francis H. Heller, professor of political science and director of the program.
Competing against 30 schools from six states, two KU debate teams tied for third place in the Invitational Tournament at Kansas State Teachers' College in Pittsburg Saturday.
Prof. Heller announced a major change in the program this semester. The new policy states that six hours credit will be given only to students who enroll in the reading program as sophomores and take the test the same year. Otherwise only four hours credit will be given. Previously those who took the test before attaining junior classification received six hours credit.
Of the five KU teams which entered, two teams, consisting of Bob Kimball, Kansas City, Kan. and John Knightly, Hutchinson, seniors; Don Bowen, Salina sophomore, and Brad Lashbrook, Kansas City, Kan. junior, entered the semi-finals in which they lost to Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. and Southwestern University, Winfield.
Members of the other three KU teams entered in the tournament were Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott, Ralph Seger, Topeka, juniors; Bill Summers, Wichita sophomore; Evelyn Komarek, Ellinwood, Arly Allen and Ray Nichols, Lawrence, freshmen.
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POGO Elects 1957 Officers
Party of Greek Organizations elected William H. Jackson, Florence junior, president at a recent meeting. Jackson takes the position vacated by Tom Griffith, Pratt senior.
Other officers are, Mike Randolph,
Topeka senior, vice president; John
Downing, Kansas City, Mo., junior,
treasurer; Judy Heller, Pittsburgh
sophomore, secretary, Sharon Harmon,
Kansas City, Kah., sophomore,
women's campaign manager.
Dave Whalen, Overland Park sophomore, men's campaign manager; Joan Stafford, St. Joseph, Mo., sophomore, women's representative-at-large, and Richard Ohmart, Scott City junior, men's representative-at-large.
The new officers will hold their positions for one year.
Top Hats Are Bowling Champs
The men's bowling championship was won by the Top Hats of the Jay League. Team members are David Stein, Mission, M. V. Deschamps, New York, Keith Harper, Phillipsburg, and Peter Nowin, Kansas City, Kan. All are seniors, except Deschamps who is a junior.
Carl Lauterjung, Palos Heights Ill., freshman, had the highest average for the season with 182.
Alpha Omicron Pi, Sunset League, won the women's league championship.
The United States meat industry's output is 25 billion pounds annually, the world's largest.
Medical Social Work Accredited
Miss Eleanor Loeb, assistant professor of social work, is director of medical social work at the University. Students who complete this two-year course receive a master's degree in social work and are qualified to work in hospitals and clinics.
The social work department has received special accreditation for its medical social work program. Previously, the department received special accreditation for psychiatric social work.
The social work department's basic program is fully accredited.
Nearly 10 million trucks serve the nation by traveling 102 billion miles annually. The trucks haul more than 11 billion tons of freight a year.
J. Eldon Fields, associate professor of political science, and Dr. John H. Patton, professor of religion, were voted honorary members of the Kansas Commission for the U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by the board of directors of the commission at a meeting in Lawrence recently.
UNESCO Votes Honor To Two
They were honored in recognition of their services in the radio work of the Commission. Dr. E. Jackson Baur, associate professor of sociology, was appointed chairman of a new committee on human rights.
Prof. Fields and Dr. Patton have each made more than 25 interviews for the commission's radio program, "International Conversations."
These 15-minute interviews are heard on six radio stations. KLWN, Lawrence's local station, broadcasts the program at 3:15 p. m. Sunday. The program has been on the air for six years.
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Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1957
Oh,Those 8 Non-Major Hours
"It's not the 11 hours of math and science that have me worried," said Arian Ramsay, Dodge City junior, "its the eight hours in other fields that keep me busy."
To many students this sounds like an unusual statement at least, but Ramsay is a Summerfield Scholar and has recently received a "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics" as an award for having the highest point total in Physics 5 last semester.
"I'm interested in almost everything," said the 19 year old Ram-say, but specializing in math and physics take up most of my time." He added that his reason for studying in these fields is "They aren't any easier, but the other fields are harder."
Nelick Gives First Of Last Lectures
What would you say to a student body if it were to be your last lecture.
This is the supposed situation in which Frank C. Nelick, assistant professor of English will place himself as he gives the first of the Last Lecture series to the KU-Y all-member meeting at 7:30 pm. Thursday in the Jayhawk Room of the Student Union.
The lecture was incorrectly reported for Monday in Monday's University Daily Kansan.
Ramsay said his plans now call for continuing his schooling for a Ph. D, in mathematics. As to what he plans for the more distant future, he said, "Right now I'm not exactly sure what kind of work I'll do, but I feel that after a couple more years in school I'll have a more definite idea."
Walter Paulson asks
Does Du Pont have summer jobs for students?
Walter A. Paulson, honor student at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and member of the honorary engineering fraternity, Tau Beta Pi, expects to receive his B.S. in Chemical Engineering in June 1957. He is interested in the professional advantages that a student may derive from technical experience obtained during summer work.
Bob Carter answers
Ordinarily we try to assign summer employees to work which ties in with their fields of training in college and with their long-range interests. Informal or formal instruction on Company matters is usually provided.
We're definitely in favor of these summer contacts, for they provide students with practical technical experience and make them more valuable to industry when they graduate. And it gives us a chance to become better acquainted, too, with some of the men we'll be considering for permanent employment, later. It's a program of mutual benefit.
Robert G. Carter received his M.S. in industrial engineering from Ohio State in 1951 and joined Du Pont soon afterward. After varied plant experience, he recently undertook an interesting new assignment in the Polychemicals Department at Du Pont's Sabine River Works, Orange, Texas. The major function of his current work is to coordinate cost information as an aid in maintaining cost control.
You bet we do, Walt! They're part of a regular Technical Training Program which Du Pont has had for years.
In addition to the Formal Technical Training Program, we frequently have a number of vacation replacement jobs and other temporary positions which are available to college students.
Last summer we hired a total of 720 students from 171 different colleges and universities. Most of these were juniors, or were graduate students about one year away from permanent employment.
You can see our program is a fairly substantial one, Walt.
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