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Student Teachers To Meet Friday
Nineteen student teachers will return to the University Friday and Saturday for mid-term conferences with individual supervisors and for group discussions on student teaching problems.
They have been teaching in public schools in the Lawrence area. Under the student teacher program half of the semester is spent at the University and the other half is spent in teaching.
The film, "Planning for Personal Growth," will be shown at the opening session. Elementary and high school teachers will then meet separately in discussion groups until 2:30 p.m. and from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday.
Topics include "Pupil Behavior" led by Miss Louise Leonard, instructor of education; "Reading Problems in the Secondary Schools" led by Osear Heugh, professor of education; "Case Study Discussion of Pupil Behavior" led by William Cottle, professor of education.
"Integrating Activities in the Elementary Curriculum" by Leland Erikson, assistant professor of education; Elin Jorgensen, professor of music education; Alice Schwartz, instructor of education, and Joie Stapleton, associate professor of physical education.
Separate sessions for secondary and elementary teachers will be held on "What the Last Three Weeks Should Accomplish" by Karl Edwards, associate professor of education, and Robert Rldgway, assistant professor of education.
Proficiency Exam Registration Deadline
Today is the deadline for registration for the English proficiency Examination on Saturday. Registration must be made in the dean's offices of the various schools.
Juniors and seniors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Education, Journalism, Fine Arts, and Medicine are required to pass the examination to graduate.
String Quartet To Give Concert Today
The University String Quartet will give a concert at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium. It will play "Sunrise Quartet" by Haydn, "Quartet No. 1" by Walter Piston, and "Quintet, Op. 34" by Brahms.
The quartet is composed of Raymond Cerd, professor of violin; George Green, instructor of music theory; Karel Blaas, assistant professor of music theory and viola, and Raymond Stuhl, associate professor of cello. They will be assisted by Miss Marian Jersid, assistant professor of piano.
Quill Club Magazine To Be Out Dec.11
Trend, the Quill Club's magazine, will be sold Dec. 11-13 on second floor of Fraser, outside the Hawk's Nest, and at the information booth.
The magazine is scheduled to be out this week, but publication difficulties made a delay necessary.
Announce Schedule Of AUFS Speaker
Lawrence Olson, American Universities Field Staff representative to Japan, is speaking on campus. He will be here until Wednesday, Dec. 12.
This week's schedule:
Wednesday — 2 p.m. Economic Growth and Development, 37 Strong, topic "The Japanese Intellectual." Thursday — 11 a.m. Governments and Politics of the Far East, 13 Strong Annex B, topic "Japan in Asia." Friday — 2 p.m. Political Geography, 426 Lindley, topic "Japan in Asia," 4 p.m. Soilogy Club, 17 Strong Anex E. Topic "Problems of the Younger Generation."
The second in a series of speech assemblies sponsored by the department of speech and drama will be given at 4 p.m. Thursday in Fraser Theater. The assembly will demonstrate the functions of the division of theater and drama.
2nd Speech Assembly Set
The assemblies are designed to present the operations of the department's four divisions. They are presented primarily to acquaint students enrolled in elementary speech courses with the department, but the public is also invited.
The assembly will trace the progress of a scene from "The House of Bernarda Alba" from its original casting to its final production. The play is being presented by the University Theatre at 8 p.m. today through Saturday in Fraser Theater.
2 In Engineering Get Scholarships
Two annual awards were presented to KU engineering students for the first time recently.
John T. Adams, Independence, Mo.
senior in chemical engineering,
received the Universal Oil Products
Co. (Des Plaines, Ill.) scholarship
and Robert Larson Luce, Lamar,
Mo. freshman in civil engineering,
received the Kansas Contractors
Assn. Inc. scholarship. Both scholar-
ships are for $500 annually.
The scholarships were awarded on the basis on financial need, academic ability, character, initiative and personality.
The Kansas Contractors Assoc. will select an outstanding freshman in civil engineering each year until there will be a maximum of four attending school with the scholarships.
2 Profs Address Teachers
Gordon Collister, professor of education, and Robert Ridgway, assistant professor of education, spoke to Coffeyville elementary school teachers at their second annual conference Tuesday in Coffeyville.
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Senior Wins Speech Contest
A field of eight contestants discussed various problems in a closely fought final round of the 32nd annual campus problems speaking contest Tuesday night in Strong Auditorium.
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Ferris Kimball, Kansas City, Kan., senior, was awarded an engraved cup as winner of the contest. His topic was "The Men who Are Not There," a discussion of the administration's lack of understanding on student problems.
A speech on conformity by Phyllis Graham, Almena junior, and one on militarism by William Mitchell, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, both received honorable mention for second and third place respectively.
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During lengthy deliberation by the five judges, Ted Barnes, Salina first-year law student and chairman of the contest, said that in the 32 years of its existence, the contest had initiated many campus programs that the students and faculty of today take for granted.
The presentation of the award was made by E. C. Buehler, profes-
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Do You Have Some Unwanted Children's Books? Give Now
A book collection for orphanages and underprivileged children will begin Monday under the sponsorship of Theta Sigma Phi, women's professional journalism fraternity.
The group voted Tuesday night to place collection boxes inside the main door of Flint Hall and in various Lawrence business establishments.
The books will be presented to the children in time for Christmas. "Since the improvement of juvenile literature is the national fraternity project, we hope to help out by distributing new or used books to needy children," said President Jane Pecinovsky, Kansas City, Mo., senior.
Party For Foreign Students
Other business included the appointment of Marilyn Mermis, Hays junior, as chairman of the money-making project committee. Other committee members are Dona Seacat, Emporia, Jere Glover, Salina, and Nancy Harmon, Wichita, all juniors.
The Baptist Student Union will hold a get acquainted party for the foreign students at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The group will meet at Danforth Chapel for rides to the 4-H Fair Grounds building where the party will be held.
The "Muhabbarata" is one of the great epics of the Hindus.
sor of speech and drama and director of forensics. Prof.Buehlerhas organized the contest each year since he originated it in 1924.
Two Attend New York IFC Meeting
Two KU delegates attended the national Inter-fraternity Council conference in New York last weekend. They are John Downing, Kansas City, Mo., junior, and Dean Fletcher, Pratt senior.
The topic for discussion concerned the responsibility of the Inter-fraternity Council in regard to scholarship, university service, social activities and community and fraternity service.
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