Page 8 University Daily Kansar
Monday, Oct. 8, 1956
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LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT—And it was. The cake was a highlight of the Bailey dedication banquet Friday. Dean Kenneth Anderson, of the School of Education managed to blow out all 47 candles on the cake, which was 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. Frostin on the cake included nearly every detail of the building—even ivy. Cliff Bain of the Student Union kitchen baked the cake. It was made from 60 pounds of batter containing 18 pounds of sugar, 15 pounds of flour, and 14 pounds of egg white.
Two University Women To Vie For Queen Of Royal
Five days in the glitter of the American Royal in Kansas City plus the chance to reign as its queen this is the prospect for two University women, Sandy Blankenship,
Indian Students To Form Club
The students from India, the largest foreign group on the Hill, are moving to form an Indian Club with a prime purpose of getting a group subscription for Indian newspapers.
Other aims such as increased contacts between Indian and American students, Indian exhibitions, and lectures on Indian affairs and opinions would also be considered.
L. Kasturi Rangan, Ernakulam, India graduate student, is organizing the first meeting of the club.
Former Student To Give Speech Paper
Mary Jeanne Lindsey of Rockford, Ill., a graduate student last year, will present a paper on sound discrimination at the annual conference of the American Speech and Hearing Assn. Nov. 20 in Chicago. She will represent the KU chapter of Sigma Altha Eta. honorary speech society.
Miss Lindsey prepared the paper under the supervision of Dr. Richard Schiefelbush, associate professor of speech. It will be published as a test of sound discrimination. Kansas was one of three chapters chosen to provide a program at the conference.
Dean Carr Elected To National Council
T. DeWitt Carr, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture, was elected to a 6-member national council of Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity at the national convention of that group at the University of Colorado last week.
Max Mardick, Iola senior and president of the local chapter, attended the convention.
Arn Here For Parents Day
Ex-Governor Edward Arn was among the many parents on the campus Saturday for Parents Day. His daughter, Dolores, Wichita sophomore, sat with him at the KU-Colorado football game.
Great Bend sophomore, and Ann Bigbee, Hugoton freshman. They were chosen as queen candidates by their cities for the Royal, which opens Oct.17.
Miss Bigbee is a speech and drama major. In high school, she was active in various dramatic and musical productions. She will present a reading for her talent audition.
Miss Blankenship, 19, is majoring in speech therapy. She will also give a dramatic reading.
The days in Kansas City will be filled with interviews, picture-taking sessions, public appearances at the Royal, and finally, the Coronation Ball on Oct. 20. At this time, the identity of the queen will be revealed and she and the eight princesses will be formally presented to the spectators.
"It only hurts for a little while"
Some college students can't write clearly because they have received an overdose of grammar in high school and haven't had enough practice in putting it to use. Dr. Dora V. Smith, professor of education at the University of Minnesota, said Friday.
When your lighter won't work or your pipe breaks if you take it to George.
"Statements of colleges, put in writing in recent years, indicated students have received too much grammar in place of frequent practice in writing," she said.
Lighters repaired while you wait. It takes a little longer
Not Student's Fault
Dr. Smith gave the address Friday at the Bailey Hall dedication banquet before 500 educators. She directs graduate study and research in the teaching of English at Minnesota and is director of the curriculum commission of the National Council of Teachers of English.
"It is not the students' fault entirely," she said. "They just do not have the time to spend in school putting what they have learned into practice. Teachers can teach 'form' without home work on their part.
for pipe repair
"Teaching English forms eliminates many of the evenings they would have to spend preparing to
'Overdose Of English Grammar' May Hamper Students' Writing, Educator Says
George's
Edwards To Conduct Teaching Clinic
Pipe Shop
Karl Edwards, professor of education, will attend the fourth national Conference on Core Teaching Thursday and Friday in Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. Edwards will have charge of the clinic session, "How is training in the skills taken care of in a core class?" College and public school instructors interested in core programs will attend.
Core teaching is an integrated program in social studies, language arts, and sometimes other subject areas under the direction of one teacher. Dr. Edwards explained.
teach writing techniques and reading written exercises."
She said that children should be taught sentence completion—building up ideas through modification or exact modification through ideas.
"There is not the slightest question in my mind that the reading program of our schools is much better today," she said.
More children read better today because there is more emphasis on words "bearing of meaning" she said.
Would Emphasize Meaning
Would Emphasize Meaning Dr. Smith added she would teach children by beginning with something they already understand.
She would emphasize from the beginning that reading is a process of getting meaning.
Dr. Smith said that segregating the gifted child into a separate class would never be practical in this country because he should be taught in a normal group situation.
"The system of segregation, as many foreign countries work it, would impose intellectual limitation on thinking and discussion," she said. "Children must live with the whole range of people. Any restriction on mental level of members of a child's group is unfortunate from the point of view of democratic practice."
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