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University Daily Kansan Monday, May 5, 1958
Forced Retirement A Waste Of Intellect, Turney Says
By WALTER BARNES
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
Austin H. Turney, professor of education, who is retiring at the end of this semester after 31 years of teaching at KU, said that forced retirement of faculty members is "an evasion of the responsibility of conserving our intellectual resources."
When asked by a Daily Kansan reporter if he was looking forward to retirement, Prof. Turney said, "No. What can you look forward to? You can't live on this retirement salary—it will hardly pay taxes on property."
AUSTIN H. TURNEY
"I intend if possible to continue to be active in something related to my present line of work (educational psychology)," he said.
Held Many Positions
Throughout his years on Mt. Oread, Prof. Turney has held many important positions. He was educational adviser to the school of education in 1932, and also helped to improve entrance examinations about this time.
Prof. Turney said he is going to teach at the University of Wichita this summer. He is also going to continue working on a project entitled "The Development of Behavior Determiners."
Prof. Turney received his B.A. in 1924, M.A. in 1925, and Ph.D. in 1930, all from the University of Minnesota. He is the author of 28 articles, 10 reviews, and was joint editor of the University of Kansas Bulletin in 1924. His doctoral thesis "Factors Other than Intelligence that Affect Success in High School" was Published in 1930.
Other positions held by Prof. Turney are member of the University Survey Committee in 1935; chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee for two terms, and president of the American Assn. of University Professors for two terms. In 1944 he was instrumental in organizing the Guidance Bureau.
Two Deans Explain Gifted Student Program
Prof. Turney said he was offered subsidies in several fields while a graduate student at the University of Minnesota but chose educational psychology because "there was a 'bull market' in educational psychology for Ph.D.'s at that time," and also because "that field interested
The gifted student program at KU is explained in two articles in the May issue of The Superior Student, newsletter of the Inter-university Committee on the Superior Student.
The article also says that gifted students "must be placed in honors sections where the pace of the work is fast...and where the competition is strenuous."
Dean Waggoner's article, "Starting the Program Early," tells the necessity for starting honors programs at the freshman level in college.
The articles were written by George Waggoner, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Francis Heller, associate dean of the College.
Dean Heller's article, "Experiment in Brainpower," states the proposition that colleges must challenge each student to the outer limits of his ability. He then shows
Dean Waggoner states "There is need to identify the freshman of outstanding ability as he begins his university work," through high school records, orientation tests, and scholarship program information, before the student has time to "adjust to the conventional pace of the average student."
how KU's gifted student program tries to fulfill that aim.
The key points, the article says are "early identification, homogeneous grouping, flexibility in the application of rules, and advising" with advising the most important.
Key Points Listed
The aims of the gifted student program are acceleration and enrichment of the students' education, the article continues.
The results of the first students in the program are listed—10 of the 31 will graduate in June, after three years of study.
New students in the program are permitted to take courses not normally permitted to freshmen, and score better than B grades even in junior-senior courses.
Dean Heller writes of the gifted student: "The hope here is that... they will be the continuing spark-plugs of a vibrant and meaningful honors spirit that will permeate the whole college..."
Official Bulletin
Items for the Official Bulletin must be brought to the public relations office. 222-A Strong, before 9:30 a.m. on the day of publication. Do not bring Bulletin to only Kansan. Notices should include name, place, date, and time of function.
TODAY
Ph. D. French Reading Examination,
Saturday, 9-11 a.m., 110 Fraser. Turn
books in to Miss Craig, 120 Fraser, by
noon Thursday.
Phi Beta Kappa initiation, 5.45 p.m.
Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Kansas Union,
Alpha Rho Gamma, 7 p.m., Bailey Annex. Election of Officers.
Don Juan in Heil. 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Build-in
"Educational psychology is a good field for students to enter," Prof. Turney said, but pointed out that "you never make big money."
In discussing the recent emphasis on segregating students according to their abilities, Prof. Turney said, The dull child profits most (from segregated classes) because we have not learned how to handle the bright child.
KU Engineerettes, 8 p.m., Art Museum
Lounge. Election of Officers.
"People have a misconception on segregation, and I am in favor of certain kinds of grouping, but not in everything."
Society for Advancement of Management, 7:30 p.m., Kansas Union. 'Right
me most."
to Work Bill”—presentation in favor. Gene Courtney, in opposition, Clifford Fletcher, as assistant professor of political science Flint Showdown” and “Injustice on Trial.”
The ideal situation would be to have enough teachers to have individual or small group instruction in elementary and high schools, he said. He qualified this by saying, "Small classes are not better than large classes for introductory courses in college. We haven't exploited large classes enough."
Speech 1 Potpouri Finals, 7:30 p.m.
Strong Auditorium.
Don Juan in Hell, 8 p.m. Experimental Theatre, Music and Dramatic Arts Build-in
Epicopal Morning Prayer 7 a.m.
Breakingfast Canterbury House
Breakfast follows.
Don Juan in Hell. 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Experimental theatre. Music and Drama
by John Burton.
WEDNESDAY
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
Quill Club, 5:30 p.m. Potter Lake picnic area.
'Never Make Money'
KU Dames Bridge, 7:30 p.m., Kansas Union.
'Let Them Try'
Even though colleges are becoming overcrowded, Prof. Turney said he is against having students pass entrance examinations in order to gain admittance. "Anybody should have a right to try," he said.
The United States is facing a crisis, and if we are to survive, society is going to have to spend more money on better trained professional educators, he said. He continued, "We have got to free learning ability from blocks and taboos that society imposes on people."
Business Day Is Wednesday
Students in the School of Business will celebrate Business Day Wednesday with a convocation, faculty-student baseball game and a banquet. Classes in the School of Business will be dismissed at 10 a.m. Wednesday for the remainder of the day.
The convocation will be held at 10 a.m. in the Kansas Union Jayhawk Room. At 11:15 a.m. the professors in the school will conduct a question and answer period on why things are done the way they are in the School of Business.
Dean James Surface of the School of Business, said Monday that the question-answer period would be "open season on the faculty."
The annual softball game between faculty and students will be held at 2 p.m. on one of the intramural fields. Howard C. Haselwood, Wichita junior, is in charge of organizing the students and Richard Keith Lewis, research assistant, is organizing the faculty.
The banquet will be held at 6:30 pm. in the Union Ballroom. Balfour Jeffrey, president of the Kansas Power and Light Co., will speak on "Business Opportunities in Kansas."
Tickets for the banquet may be purchased in the basement of Strong Hall or from a School of Business Council member. The public is invited to attend the banquet.
Elect 2 For Jayhawker
William E. Harper, Topeka sophomore, and Arly H. Allen, Lawrence sophomore, have been elected editor and business manager respectively of the 1958-59 Javhawker.
Selection was made by the Jayhawk or Advisory Board, a student-faculty body, following a series of interviews with candidates. Both students are in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Harper has been associate editor this year of the Jayhawker, which is published four times during the school year. Allen has been a business assistant for subscription sales for the annual.
The Roman Pantheon, designed by Hadrian, emperor of Rome, in 120 A.D., has a dome 142 ft. in diameter, which was the largest rotunda known to modern civilization until the 20th century.
Library Seeks Money
Kenneth Wagnon, Wichita sophomore, in charge of the campaign, said contribution boxes would be set up in the Kansas Union and in the rotunda of Strong Hall.
A campus drive to raise money for the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abbledge will be held from Thursday through Tuesday.
The presidential library will cost three million dollars, and is to be completed during Mr. Eisenhower's term of office.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy has issued a statement concerning the fund drive which savs.
"This completely nonpartisan project is designed, as has been the case with both the Truman and Roosevelt libraries, to keep preserved for students, scholars and other interested people,a unique reflection of these complex and interesting times.
Brochures on the library will be distributed to organized houses, and will be available at the contribution boxes on campus.
Witchdoctor Proves Best Cop In Town
WESTACRE, southern Rhodesia —(UPC)—A native robbed of his life-savings of $462 used a local method of getting it back today.
The money was returned in no time flat when he had his witch-doctor lay a spell to cause the thief to die of a terrible disease.
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