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They Can't Wait To Be KU Students
"I can't wait!"
Entering freshmen start the cycle and the seniors end it. Freshmen yearn for the day they will be sophomores; juniors long to be seniors and seniors can't wait until graduation.
In talking with KU previewers who finished their 2-day orientation stay Tuesday—they can't wait to enroll at the University this fall. And without exception they thought the preview was the best thing that could happen to a new student.
While on the campus the new students learn a great many things and have most of their questions answered.
Judy Henry, De Soto, who plans to be a pharmacist, said, "These two days have taken away that scared feeling that most freshmen have—everyone is so friendly and eager to answer our questions, I wouldn't have missed it for anything."
In visiting with the deans of the schools the previewers said they were surprised to find them so easy to talk with and not at all stuffy like they had been led to believe.
"He answered all my questions and told me all about the courses I would take for a vocal music major and was so friendly," said Virginia Ryan, Burlington, of Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts. "Being a KU student is going to be even better than I had imagined."
Some of the new students first thought of attending KU after attending district high school music festivals here. This happened to Ronald Swanson, Paola. He fell in love with the Music and Dramatic Arts Building at first sight.
"They thought of everything when they built that building. I'm looking forward to getting my music education in it," said Swanson.
For Ann Henry, Kewanee, Ill. it was her second visit to the campus. A great uncle and KU graduate, Dr. George Humphrey, influenced her to visit the camps last summer and she said one look at KU and she quit looking.
"The 1,400-mile round-trip by train was worth the time and money," said Miss Henry, who plans to take specialized nursing. Her high school principal, Densmore Wood, who is a KU graduate and his son, Sanborn Wood, Kewanee, Ill. sophomore, also helped sell her on KU.
For some entering freshmen it was their first visit to the University. Gail Oliver, Wymore, Nebr., who will enter the School of Fine Arts and major in flute, was taken by the friendliness of both students and faculty.
"My high school band teacher said I would like it here and now I know what he meant," said Miss Oliver.
Arthur Neis, who has lived in the shadows of the University all his life, having attended Eudora schools, said there was never any question where he would go to college. He has attended many football games, plays and dances here.
Neis, who plans to be a business major, said, "These two days cleared up a lot of questions for all of us. Now we won't be traveling in a daze during orientation week this fall."
The highlight of the preview for most of the students was the banquet Monday night.
"Stemmed goblets, table service, good food and a wonderful program, whew, that was the best banquet I have ever been to," said Mary Lee Bewley, Wichita, who plans to major in English. "These two days were definitely worth the time and effort. I had a good time and now it will be easier during those hectic first days this fall."
At the Coke sessions Monday night at the dormitories the previewers had a chance to ask questions about all phases of University life.
Donald Alderson, dean of men, after a few introductory remarks at the Coke session for the boys at Grace Pearson Hall asked the group what they were interested in knowing more about and the answer was "girls."
The girls who were staying at Douthart Hall were more coy before Patricia Patterson, assistant dean of women, but it was easy to see that they too were not interested solely in academic studies—they were at least somewhat interested in boys as their questions concerned closing hours, dating, social functions and such things.
WASHINGTON—(UPI)The 7,000 U.S. Marines and paratroopers now deployed in the Middle East comprise a relatively small fraction of America's combat forces.
U.S. Units Show Combat Strength
Backing them up, and ready to move quickly in case of need, are formidable ground, sea and air units based in Western Europe, the United States and the Pacific.
The Pentagon has clamped a tight lid of secrecy on the strength and disposition of U.S. combat units since the Iraq-Lebanon crisis put American forces on a global alert. But the following facts were known before the lid went on, and it can be assumed they are still essentially accurate:
The United States has about 2,-
600,000 men in its armed forces.
The breakdown is Army, 900,000;
Air Force, 875,000; Navy, 645,000;
Marines, 180,000.
The Army has 14 coratab divisions. Five of these are stationed in Western Germany within easy air transport range of the Middle East. It was from one of these that airborne troops flew to the Middle East yesterday.
These ground forces are equipped with atomic cannons, Redstone missiles (with a 200-mile range) and other modern weapons which give them far greater firepower than World War II divisions.
Mobile reserves in the United States include two crack Airborne Divisions, the 82nd and the 101st.
The Navy has four carrier-led fleets—the 6th, stationed in the Mediterranean and which is now supporting the Marine landing in Lebanon; the 2nd, based on the U.S. East Coast and now somewhere in the Eastern Atlantic; and the 1st and the 7th in the Pacific.
It is known that the 6th fleet in the Mediterranean includes the 60-000-ton supercarrier Saratoga; the 33,000-ton carriers Essex and Wasp; the guided missiles cruiser Boston and the cruiser Des Moines; and at least 10 destroyers.
The Air Force has 117 operational wings with 22,000 planes.
Its mightiest unit—indeed, the mightiest force in the whole free world—is the Strategic Air Command (SAC) which has 44 wings of B-47 and B-52 bombers capable of delivering nuclear weapons. SAC did not have to be alerted when the Middle East crisis arose. Its bases, which girdle the globe from Spain to Okinawa, are always on alert with one-third of the force always prepared to take off on 15 minutes notice.
The tactical U.S. Air Force closest to the Fiddle East trouble zone is called "USAFE"—U.S. Air Forces Europe. It has 13 combat wings which include more than 500 jet fighter-bombers capable of flying faster than the speed of sound and delivering atomic bombs. They are stationed at bases in Britain, Western Europe and North Africa.
Three films will be shown at 8:15 p.m. today just east of Robinson Gymnasium. They are "Midwest Holiday," "Bermuda Treasure Hunt" and "Luanga Safari."
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The San Francisco Naval Shipyard has the largest and most powerful bridge crane in the world. It can left 450 tons to the height of an 18-story building.
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"The Australians speak English, of course, but they have their own accent and expressions which are sometimes difficult for the newcomer to understand," Miss Schaulis remarked.
She found the typical Australian's behavior less conservative than an American normally expects from his English cousin. "The people seemed forthright and gracious, and quite unaffected," she said.
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"Many Australians feel they have a stronger connection with America than with England, because of their association with Americans during World War II," said Ruby Schaulis, former KU student who has returned to Lawrence from Australia.
MISS Schaulis went to Australia in February, 1957, immediately after completing work at KU for a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education. She studied for a year on a Rotary Fellowship at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane, before returning to Lawrence to become a second-grade teacher at Pinckney grade school.
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"When I arrived there," she said,
"I had some difficulty understanding or being understood. One seven-year-old asked me if I could teach him to speak American."
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The University of Queensland is one of five government universities which serve Australia's 10,000,000 people. Few of the 6,000 students who attend there hold jobs while in school, Miss Schaulis said. "The enrollment is rather restricted, and most qualified students receive government scholarships," she said.
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Miss Schaulis had been eagerly awaiting the arrival of warm weather. "I've been through three consecutive winters," she explained. "I went to Australia in February, when winter was just beginning there. Spring was just around the corner in Australia when I returned to America in November."
Though the winters are relatively mild in Australia, the people there make little concession to cold weather. Miss Schaulis said, "I soon learned to take lots of warm night clothing and a hot-water bottle when I was spending a weekend in an Australian home," she said. "There are no central heating systems in the homes. In a living room, near the fireplace, the temperature may be very comfortable, but the bedrooms are quite cold."
dents live in dormitories, called "colleges." "The student's dav starts with a cup of tea at 6:30," she said. "Tea is served with each meal, and at mid-morning, mid-afternoon, and in the late evening. I guess it's fortunate that I like tea."
William Arthur Martin JR., librarian, will take over the position of head of the circulation department at the University of Missouri library August 1. He has been in charge of the undergraduate room in Watson Library.
Mountain lions still roam some of the isolated forest areas of New Mexico.
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