SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
46th Year, No.1
Tuesday, June 10, 1958
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
JUNIOR POLITICIANS—These Girls Staters are holding a party caucus in Strong Hall. It is during sessions such as this that each party announces its candidates for the various offices. (Photo by KU Photo Bureau)
Primary Elections For Girls Staters
The 350 Kansas high school girls attending the sixteenth annual Sunflower Girls State program this week will march to the polls today in the primary election for county and state offices of the mythical state.
The girls, who will be seniors in high school next year, elected city officials for their make-believe 12 cities Monday. During the day the girls also heard from four members of the KU political science faculty.
Throughout the week the girls will learn by doing through elections and enacting of legislation after the elections are completed. They will be instructed in procedures and governmental functions by members of the KU faculty and officials of the state government.
The highlight of the week will be the election of the governor of Girls State. Linda Scifers of Pittsburg, 1957 governor, will preside until the new governor is inaugurated Thursday. Gov. George Docking will be principal speaker at the inauguration.
The general elections for state offices will be held Wednesday morning after several days of rallies and posting election campaign materials.
Mrs. Hollis Is Director
Mrs. Harold J. Hollis of Great Bend is serving as director of the sessions. She has been a member of the Great Bend American Legion Auxiliary since 1950 and was a counselor at Girls State for four years.
The girls were divided into two fictitious political parties before the week started. The mythical parties are the Federalists and the Nationalists. There are also
Weather
Variable cloudiness today. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in east portion this morning. Cooler west today. High today 85 to 90 north, 90 to 100 south.
six mythical counties in Girls State.
The Girls Staters will hold their formal banquet at 6:30 p.m. Friday with the theme "Sweet Sixteen Birthday Party," Mistress of ceremonies at the function will be Mrs. Nelle McCabe, secretary-treasurer of Sunflower Girls State American Legion Auxiliary.
Girls Reunion Saturday
The two groups will hold a joint meeting in the Kansas Union Ballroom at 7 p.m. Saturday. At this event honor certificates and memory books will be presented.
Saturday will mark the beginning of the Girls State Reunion when delegates who attended in past years return for a two-day reunion and meetings with this year's Girls State citizens.
The girls will hold their last general assembly at 10 a.m. Sunday before adjourning.
Klaus Berger, professor of art history, has been named an official American delegate to the 19th International Congress of Art History to be held in Paris, France. September 8-13. During the congress Dr. Berger will present a paper on "Ingrism and Pre-Raphaelitism."
To Art History Congress In Paris
The American Council of Learned Societies has made a $1,500 grant to Dr. Berger to enable him to continue several research projects in Europe this summer.
Several books on art and art history by Dr. Berger have been published both in the U.S. and in Europe, the most recent being "Gericault and His Work," which has appeared in English, German and French.
'Housing Will Be Main Limitation On Expansion'
The major limitation on expansion of KU eventually will be the amount of student housing available off campus. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy told city officials Thursday in one of their periodic joint meetings to discuss planning problems.
About 1,900 married students are not living in University housing, he said. This number could increase by 360 in two years and could nearly triple by 1970.
Total enrollment, which was 8,400 the past school year, is expected to reach about 15,000 by 1970 and the percentage of married students, now about one fourth of the student body, will also increase.
There will also be an increased need for single student off-campus housing, the chancellor said.
Between now and 1970 state funds will provide enough for five more 430-student buildings like the three now under construction. Even if enough private contributions were provided to double that building rate, he said, it still could not keep pace with the expected enrollment growth.
There are no more married student housing projects planned after the current 120-unit addition to Stouffer Place is completed.
Some of the present student housing, such as Sunnyside for married students and some of the dormitories converted from private homes or war surplus buildings, are growing too old to stay in use, he said.
City officials plan further study to determine whether enough sites are provided near the campus for private student housing under existing zoning.
The administration is still considering closing Jayhawk Drive between the Chi Omega Circle and Bailey Hall, he said. The general plan to meet parking and traffic problems is to provide parking in the classroom building area only for staff and visitors, with large lots for student parking around the edge of this area.
About 75 teachers from all parts of the nation are attending a summer institute for high school and college mathematics teachers. The institute runs from June 9 through Aug. 2.
The land owned by the Endowment Assn. from Allen Field House west to Iowa Street and south to Nineteenth Street will be used for student housing and athletic facilities. The two quarter-sections of the association's land west of Iowa Street are intended for specialized research projects involving mainly graduate students. Chancellor Murphy said.
75 Math Teachers At Summer Course
The teachers will learn by watching professors teach high school students who were also selected on a nation-wide basis. The teachers will then discuss the teaching methods used by the professors.
The National Science Foundation has made a total of $74,700 in grants to the institute. The original grant of $70,000 was announced last November and an additional grant was announced May 28.
Most of the additional funds will be used to provide scholarships to allow more teachers to participate in the institute.
The institute will be under the direction of Dr. G. Baley Price, chairman of the KU mathematics department.
Enrollment May Exceed 2,850
Summer session enrollment will exceed 2.850, James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions, said Monday.
Dance Scheduled For Wednesday
A dance will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Trail Room of the Union. Music will be by the Al Flores band.
The dance is the first in a series of six which will be held weekly, the last one being July 16. A different combo will play for each dance.
Square dances will also be held on June 16, 23 and 30 in either the Jayhawk Room or Ballroom depending on the number of people attending. Shirley Hughes, instructor of physical education, will call the dances.
Kansan Needs Help
Any students interested in working on the Summer Session Kansan are asked to come to the Kansan news room in Flint Hall or call either Martha Crosier or Bob Macy at KU 251.
As classwork began Monday 2.221 persons, 7 per cent more than a year ago, had enrolled on the Lawrence campus and 355 at the Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. The all-University total is up only 43 because of a smaller student body at the Medical Center, mostly due to a change in starting schedules for classes in nursing and other medical services.
Mr. Hutt said approximately 300 persons register late for the summer session. The final figure in 1957 was 2,857.
Of these registering at the Kansas Union, 301 are new students, as compared to 268 a year ago, and 1,844 are former students.
The report does not include the approximately 600 high school students who will be attending the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, the Science and Mathematics Camp, or the demonstrations classes of the National Science Foundation mathematics institute. Nor does it include several thousand persons who will enroll during the summer in institutes and short courses which do not receive University credit.
Lake Turns Mudhole
Potter Lake is only a mudhole. However, this condition is only temporary.
The lake was drained last week because it had become filled with silt until the deepest point was less than six feet. The only fish that were in it were goldfish, carp, bullheads and some bass.
During the summer it will be dried, dredged, the dam repaired and a small silt pond built at the south end. The pond will catch The silt from the drainage water which comes down the hill and feeds the lake.
Before the lake was drained the KU Biological Survey poisoned the water and removed the fish. Each fish was measured, weighed and sample scales taken.
If the weather is good, the project will probably be finished this summer. However, the amount of fall, winter and spring rain will determine how soon the lake will be refilled.
The lake will be restocked with fish and used as a laboratory and for research purposes.