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Egyptian Architecture Discussed by Badawy
The functional aspects of ancient Egyptian architecture were emphasized last night by an authority on the subject.
Alexander Badawy, professor of architecture, was speaking on "Egyptian Architecture Through the Ages" at yesterday's meeting of the Faculty Club. Prof. Badawy received his Ph.D. degree from Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt.
PROF. BADAWY said that despite popular conceptions, "Egyptian architecture was by no means only architecture of temples and tombs."
He said the reason the tombs, pyramids and temples receive so much attention is because of their permanence.
Prof. Badawv said:
"Certain areas of the town were restricted to certain buildings clearly conforming to a system of zoning."
He said that in the large towns the houses were three or four stories high.
THE TYPICAL dwelling unit, Prof. Badway explained, had a front court, a living room directly behind it and then the private quarters and bedroom. Commenting on the pyramids, Prof. Badway said
their shape was symbolic of ascension to heaven.
He said the continued violation of the pyramid tombs caused the ancient Egyptian architects to turn to carving tombs out of the solid rock cliffs at Thebes. These cliff tombs were walled off and covered with debris to hide them once the body was interred.
Prof. Badawy said the necessity for preparing the body against decay and providing it with materials for the afterlife led to the establishment of mortuary temples.
"Some attained tremendous size," he said.
HE SAID THAT although the mortuary temple was huge itself, the size was increased by having the quarters and workshops of priests and artisans attached to it
Prof. Badawy said the porticoes of the houses and air ventilators faced north to receive the breeze that blows from that direction. He said without the breeze Egypt would be too hot in the summer.
These ancient houses had inscriptions on their doors welcoming visitors, Prof. Badawy said. He said these inscriptions can still be found on doors in contemporary Egypt.
Students of '61 May Be Most Promising, Serious
"The present decade is a tremendously critical one for the Arts and Sciences," Dean Waggoner continued, in his second annual written report to parents and alumni.
Dean Waggoner went on to point out the extent to which the College serves over one-third of the undergraduate University community.
"The students of 1960-61 may well be the most able, best motivated, most serious, and most promising group the College has ever known," stated George R. Waggoner, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
JUNIORS AND SENIORS in the College have a choice to major in 39 different arts and sciences. This year there are 1,221 majors reported, including 142 double majors, and 6 triple majors.
The most popular major is history with 113 students. Political science and mathematics tie for second with 107 majors. English includes 81 students; chemistry, 91; zoology, 72; sociology and anthropology, 70, and psychology, 66.
Spring was due to make its debut for 1961 at 3:32 p.m. today. Indications were that it would not be noticeable because of the rain and snow.
Areas enrolling the least number of students are Latin and Greek with two students, Chinese and Japanese with three students, and American civilization with four students.
Dean Waggoner continued:
POST GRADUATION PLANS of the College class of 1961 show that 70.3 per cent expect to continue their studies beyond the A.B. degree.
"The aspirations of our students bode well for the future. If all liberal arts colleges could approach their record, we would not need to worry nationally over the shortage of scholars, scientists, and college teachers, doctors, lawyers, and other professional men."
In addition to small classes, each student is assigned a faculty adviser.
STUDENTS
Dean Waggoner pointed out that College classes are small enough "to make a friendly exchange possible." The average size of classes this semester is 19.
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Heavy snow fell during the night from South-central Kansas into the Blue Valley area.
TOPEKA —(UPI)— Winter's last official blow at Kansas today made the first day of Spring a soggy, chilly one.
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Last semester 192 faculty members, including 51 full professors and 44 associate professors served in this capacity. "A record unequalled by any other public university in the country."
Snowflakes were exceptionally large, as the temperature hovered around the freezing mark.
The forecast calls for temperatures in the 30s for the most part, with some 40's likely in the extreme west and south. Overnight lows are expected around freezing.
Dean Waggoner indicated that it would be hard to measure the impact of private support on students.
"THE GREATER UNIVERSITY Fund tells me that probably as many as 1,800, or 50 per cent of our students, are aided by scholarships and loans," he said.
Studies indicate that 25 per cent of all University students, including 1,000 enrolled in the College would not be in school without the aid of scholarships and loan funds. This year there are 57 Summerfield scholars in the College, 25 Watkins scholars, and 20 National Merit scholars. These figures do not include the private support scholarship contributions.
High temperatures yesterday were from 37 at Dodge City to 48 at Hill City. Lows early today varied from 27 at Goodland to 39 at Pittsburg.
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The Petroleum Marketers Managemenl Institute will meet here April 5-7. L. T. White, vice president of Cities Service, New York, and John Shields, manager of business and training research, Bennett Pump Division of John Wood Co., Inc. Chicago, will give two major lectures dealing with the problems of petroleum marketing.
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Today, foregoing levity, let us turn our keen young minds to the No. 1 problem facing American colleges today: the population explosion. Only last week four people exploded in Cleveland, Ohio—one of them while carrying a plate of soup. In case you're thinking such a thing couldn't happen anywhere but in Cleveland, let me tell you there were also two other cases last week—a 45 year old man in Provo, Utah, and a 19 year old girl in Bangor, Maine—and in addition there was a near-miss in Klamath Falls, Oregon—an eight year old boy who was saved only by the quick thinking of his cat Walter who pushed the phone off the hook with his muzzle and dialled the department of weights and measures. (It would perhaps have made more sense for Walter to dial the fire department, but one can hardly expect a cat to summon a fire engine which is followed by a Dalmatian, can one?)
I bring up the population explosion not to alarm you, for I feel certain that science will ultimately solve the problem. After all, has not science in recent years brought us such marvels as the transistor, the computer, the bevatron, and the Mariboro filter? Oh, what a saga of science was the discovery of the Mariboro filter! Oh, what a heart-rending epic of endless trial and error, of dedication and perseverance! And, in the end, what a triumph it was when the Mariboro scientists after years of testing and discarding one filter material after another—iron, nickel, lead, tin, antimony, sponge cake—finally emerged, tired but happy, from their laboratory, carrying in their hands the perfect filter cigarette! What rejoicing there was that day! Indeed, what rejoicing there still is whenever we light a Mariboro and settle back and enjoy that full-flavored smoke which comes to us in soft pack or flip-top box at tobacco counters in all fifty states and Cleveland!
Yes, science will ultimately solve the problems rising out of the population explosion, but in the meantime the problems hang heavy over America's colleges. This year will bring history's greatest rush of high school graduates. Where will we find classrooms and teachers for this gigantic new influx?
Well sir, some say the answer is to adopt the trimester system. This system, now in use at many colleges, eliminates summer vacations, has three semesters per annum instead of two, and compresses a four year course into three years.
This is good, but is it good enough? Even under the trimester system the student has occasional days off. Moreover his nights are utterly wasted in sleeping. Is this the kind of all-out attack that is indicated?
I say no. I say desperate problems call for desperate remedies. I say that partial measures will not solve this crisis. I say we must do no less than go to school every single day of the year. But that is not all. I say we must go to school 24 hours of every day!
The benefits of such a program are, of course, obvious. First of all, the classroom shortage will immediately disappear because all the dormitories can be converted into classrooms. Second, the teacher shortage will immediately disappear because all the night watchmen can be put to work teaching calculus and Middle English poetry. And finally, overcrowding will immediately disappear because everyone will quit school.
Any further questions?
© 1961 Max Shulman
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