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University Daily Kansan
Fulbright Awards Available; Deadline Set For October 30
If you want to join S2 KU graduates who are studying abroad under a Fulbright award, you have one month to make up your mind.
Graduate study awards under the International Educational Exchange program of the U. S. Government for the academic year 1957-58 are available. The deadline for filing application is Oct. 30. Application forms and other information are available in 304 Fraser Hall.
The program is of two types awards under the Fulbright Act, and awards under the Buenos Aires Convention. Those who wish to study in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Burma, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom should apply for the Fulbright program.
Those who wish to study in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraquay, Peru and Venezuela should apply for the Buenos Aires Convention program.
Other requirements for the grant are: that you be a healthy United States citizen and that you have sufficient knowledge of the language of the country in which you are to study.
Preference will be given, however, to those who are under 35 years of age and to those who have not been in the country where he or she intends to go.
42 KU Graduates Since 1950
Beginning n 1950. 42 KU graduates have been to Australia, Austria, France, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The areas of their studies varied from musical education to medicine, from geology to German literature. At present, 10
Lutheran Group To Meet
Gamma Delta, Lutheran student organization, will have a coffee hour in the Hawk's Nest of the Student Union at 4 p. m. Wednesday.
students from KU are studying overseas under the program.
There will be a meeting for those interested in the program at 4 p.m. Oct. 10 in Fraser Hall Theater. This meeting is open to those who are eligible this year, and to those who are not eligible, but plan to continue studying abroad after graduation.
Educational Group Has Meeting Here
A committee report advocating clear-cut standards for training public school psychologists was presented at the executive committee of the Kansas Institute for Research in the Education of Exceptional Children that met Thursday in the Student Union. Representatives from state agencies for exceptional children, for the University staff and other state colleges attended. Dean Kenneth E. Anderson, of the School of Education, is director of the institute.
Panhellenic and Inter-dormitory exchange dinners will begin this month, according to Eleanor Hawkinson, Hutchinson senior and president of the Inter-dormitory Council.
Panhel, Inter-Dorm Set Exchange Dinners
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1956
Dinners also will be held during November, February, March and April. The houses will exchange 15 girls for each dinner. All social sororities and Gertrude Sellards, Pearson, Douthart, Miller, Watkins and Sellards halls will take part in the plan.
Jay Janes Rush Tea Set
The annual fall rush tea for Jay Janes, upperclass women's pep club, will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Parlor B of the Student Union. All independent women who are interested are urged to attend the tea, said Jan Mietzner, Kansas City, Kan., senior, club president. All houses needing representatives should also have their members attend, she said.
ASC Members Hear Faculty
A new idea in student government took place Saturday when members of the All Student Council went to Lone Star Lake for a kick-off workshop.
At 5:30 p. m. Saturday, dinner was prepared by the group followed by a talk on "Philosophy of Student Government" by Miss Emily Taylor, Dean of Women. In the general session which started at 7:30, George Sheldon, Salina senior and former ASC president; Sandra James, Wichita junior; Ralph Varnum, Kansas City, Mo. junior, and Tom Griffith, Pratt senior, spoke to the members on various phases of the Council, its history, and the responsibilities of its members.
A devotional service Sunday morning was led by Bill Wilson, Colby junior, followed by a talk on "Group Dynamics" by Bill Allaway, director of the KU-Y (YMCA-YWCA). Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy was the key speaker of the afternoon session. He talked on student government from an administrator's viewpoint. Justice Neale Carman, professor of Romance Languages then spoke on "Education and Student Government".
The final assembly of the group was at 3 p.m. Sunday at a general session led by Schultz. The constitution and by-laws were discussed and activities for the year were planned.
Mrs. Michener Tells Of Trip to Brazil
Mrs. Mary Michener, who visited Brazil with her husband, Charles Michener, professor of entomology, while he was on leave last year, told of her experiences in Brazil at an informal tea for the women of the entomology department Sunday afternoon.
At the tea, Mrs. Ann Ehrlich was chosen chairman for the semester. The group planned three meetings for the remainder of the semester.
Teaching In Holland Is'Professor's Dream'
A professor's dream: the professor enters the room, and every student is seated quietly in his chair. There is no talking or scraping of chairs before the lecture begins. An assistant places all materials and maps in place.
"I sat in on several of the oral examinations for the candidate degree. They are two hours long and similar to our examinations. Four professors ask questions, with each professor having from 20 to 30 minutes with the student.
"They are very careful about note taking," he said. "The students read two or three books and some journals and all the candidates for the candidate degree stand tests for their degree."
During the lecture there is no talking between students or irrelevant questions. When the lecture is over the students remain in their places until the professor has left the room.
No, not a dream, but a professor's experience while teaching in Holland.
He taught general economic geography and geography of the United States to the candidates for the candidateat degree, which is comparable to the M.A. degree in the United States. He also taught industrial geography to doctoral degree candidates.
Dr. Smith said the lecture material involved is equivalent to about eight semester hours at K.U. There are no assigned readings or exams during the course.
Dr. Thomas R. Smith, professor of geography, laid this experience when he spent the 1955-56 school year teaching geography in The Netherlands Economics College in Rotterdam.
"Their system gives the able student more freedom to do his own reading and to follow up his own line of investigation. At the same time the average student may not do as well. The minimum requirements are less than ours. The coverage and minimum standards are also less."
Student clubs in Holland are all part of the student corps, Dr. Smith said. An effort is made to get everybody in one club or another. "They pride themselves on being completely democratic in their selection, anyone can get in," he said.
"The social activities in the student clubs are not the same as ours. The social life of the student is a great deal different. There is not the emphasis on social affairs and dancing. The clubs carry on some functions of advising the students as to job placements, school work and general adjustments," Dr. Smith explained.
Concerning the Dutch students' attitude toward the United States, Dr. Smith said, "Very few had been to America, but all were interested in America and seemed favorably disposed toward us. The Dutch are more favorably disposed toward the U. S. than perhaps anyone else. The U.S. aid programs such as the Four-Point, are very favorably looked on." he said.
Hoecker To Address Local Sertoma Club
Dr. Frank Hoecker, professor of physics, will speak to the Sertoma Club at 6:30 p.m. today in the Hotel Eldridge. His subject will be "The Promise of Atomic Energy."
Dr. Hoecker is director of the radioactivity isotope research lab at KU and attended the International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy at Geneva, Switzerland in 1955.
El Ateneo Meets Wednesday
El Ateneo, the Spanish club will meet at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday in 113 Strong. Victor Lopez, assistant instructor of Spanish, will speak on Spanish music. Several Spanish records will be played.
K. U. Collegiate Young Republicans Orientation Meeting Wednesday, October 3
7:30 p.m. Jawhawk Room - Student Union
Program:
DAVE WHEELER-Chairman, Kansas Collegiate Young Republicans WILBUR LEONARD-Executive, Secretary, Kansas Republican Organization GENE COGSWELL-Chairman, Kansas Young Republicans. GEORGE ALLEN-Chairman, Douglas County Young Republicans
Everyone Invited
Refreshments Will Be Served
Membership Sold at the Door
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