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Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, Jan. 16, 1958
55th Year No.75
Books Are Booming
HELL NEVER LASTTwelve hours of sleep a week has helped prepare Dick Brown, St. Mary's senior, for the final ordeal,finals week.E-Day i Monday. (Daily Kansan photo)
Students are apparently making last minute preparations for finals. Since the end of Christmas vacation circulation at the main desk in Watson Library has increased from about 400 books a day to over 500.
"The number of books checked out depends on what day it is," said John M. Nugent, head of the circulation department. "Monday is usually our busiest day. The number varies from 350 to 700 books."
The use of bound magazines, which can only be used in the building, has tripled since Christmas vacation. The average during this period has been about 90 magazines a day.
The circulation desk has five full time staff members and three or four student assistants scheduled every hour at the desk for the 88-hour library work week.
Circulation at the undergraduate library in January has been nearly 400 books a day. This is about 20 more books than were checked out on the average day in December and over 100 less than were checked out on the average October day.
Although the reference department does not keep any statistics, Miss Joyce McLeod, head of the department, said more reference questions are asked when students are preparing term papers.
The periodicals department said their average daily circulation for January has been about 150 per day. Their normal average is slightly over 70.Mrs. Florence Johnson, periodicals librarian, said political science students check out more magazines than anyone else.
New Students Begin Orientation January 30
A complete orientation program, although on a much smaller scale than the one at the start of the fall semester, has been planned for the new students who will enter the University for the spring semester.
About 800 students who are not enrolled now will enter KU next semester, James K. Hitt, registrar said. About 460 of them have been students here before and about 160 will be graduate students, which leaves less than 200 to go through orientation.
On Jan. 30, the orientation process will begin with placement examinations at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m in 426 Lindley.
That evening at 7:30 the new students will go to Strong Auditorium for meetings with their deans. At 9 p.m. Student Union Activities will sponsor a dance in the Trail Room of the Kansas Union.
"At the first meeting of the new students, University administrators will greet them and tell of the procedures of becoming a Jayhawker," Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, said.
On Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 the new students will enroll. They will take their physical examinations on
Weather
Generally fair tonight and Friday. Low tonight 20's. High Friday 55-60.
Low this morning 25. Low Wednesday 27, high 39.
Saturday. Each student will have been notified of the time of his appointment for enrolling and taking his physical examination.
James K. Hitt, registrar, said his office hires about 100 students for the enrollment period to handle such jobs as handing out permit cards and registration materials, checking and stamping forms, posting notices of closed classes, acting as guides for students and enrolling and processing the cards to prepare them for the IBM machine.
Enrollment time means a chance to earn a little spending money for the over 150 students who work for the University in the enrolling process.
150 Work At Enrollment
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences hires about 35 students, and the other schools take on a few extra workers for the enrolling period.
Mr. Hitt said he usually has about 125-150 applicants for the 100 jobs. The students who get the jobs are chosen on the basis of previous work and grades.
Noted Artist Here Tonight
An outstanding American artist, Thomas Hart Benton, will speak at an informal question-discussion meeting at 7:30 tonight. Sponsored by the International Club, the meeting will be in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Mr. Benton, a native of Missouri, has gained world fame as a regionalist painter, noted for portraying American scenes and the common people, especially those of this particular midwest region.
Mr. Benton has drawn murals for Whitney Museum in New York, Indiana Building at Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, now in the Indianapolis War Memorial, the new Post Office Department and the Department of Justice buildings.
His work for the New School for Social Research, depicting phases of American industry, established his reputation.
Senior Picture Deadline March 1
Seniors wanting their pictures in the Jayhawker must have them taken by Hixon's Studio before March I.
Many seniors have not had their pictures taken, Bill Harper, Topeka sophomore and assistant editor, said. Men should wear a dark coat and a tie for the picture. The senior edition will come out in the last Jayhawker section.
Senate Group Hikes Budget
KU's Raised $203,643 Above Docking's Request
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said today that the proposed increase in state schools' budgets will improve KU's position to compete for competent faculty members with other schools.
pete for competent faculty members with this committee voted to add $498, 470 to Gov. George Docking's recommendations for appropriations for the seven state colleges and schools governed by the State Board of Regents.
'Intellectuals Key To U.S. Supremacy'
Greater appreciation of intellectuals is necessary if the United States is to survive the next 50 years as a first rate power. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy told the Kansas City, Kan., Junior Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night.
It would be impossible for American universities and colleges to compete with Russia without a change in public attitudes, he said.
"If we continue to measure things in the amount of alcohol, tobacco or motor cars that can be purchased, we will be working in the next 50 years for someone who has out-thought us," he said. Dr. Murphy said his address wa a plea for the egheads.
"The egghead has been maligned by short-sighted fatheads in all fields," he said.
Museum Fund Exceeds $700
The campaign to raise funds for a 30th anniversary gift to add to collections of the Museum of Art has already shown signs of being a great success," Edward A. Maser, director of the museum, said today.
Contributions which have come in during the first week of the 2-month campaign have already exceeded $700. The funds will be used to acquire a significant work of art.
The museum will celebrate the beginning of its anniversary year with a large loan exhibition, "Masterworks from University and College Art Collections," made up of paintings and sculpture borrowed from more than 35 university and college art museums and galleries.
At the same time, the Republican-dominated committee voted to reject Docking's suggestion that the 5 per cent faculty salary increases of $949,252 be appropriated directly to the regents instead of to the colleges.
According to Chancellor Murphy, the funds have always gone directly to the schools in the past, so this will not change the present system.
Sen. August Lauterbach, (R-Colby) and committee chairman, said that the committee believed that the school administrators knew how to distribute the money and that the regents are "not staffed to review the problem."
According to Lauterbach, most of the additional funds will go to add faculty members necessary because of greater enrollment. Some will be used for improvements the governor deleted from his budget.
Legislative Prerogative He said the salary increases "represent the regents thinking as to how the salaries should be distributed." He also said that it was a "legislative prerogative" to decide where the salaries should go.
Gov. Docking said that the committee changes will result in "a bunch of different schools in competition, battling for the budget and for students when they are all part of one state system." He called the lawmakers "shallow-minded" and not "mature enough" to realize this.
KU Receives $203,643
In the school budget, the University received a total of $203,643.
This includes $105,750 for new faculty positions and $200 more a year for each of the graduate student instructors. They now receive $1,500.
Sen. Lauterbach said the $105,750 would provide 24 new faculty positions. The University requested 40 and Gov. Docking recommended 18.
The bill incorporating the committee's decisions will be introduced to the Senate today.
Return Pictures To Lending Library
The Student Union Activities picture lending library has requested that all pictures checked out for the fall semester be returned to the SUA office before Friday.
Western Civilization Discussions Recorded
Tape recorded discussions of Western Civilization readings will be played weekly over radio station KANU beginning next fall. The recordings were made by three freshman honor classes, and are to be used as an experiment in class discussion methods.
Each week one of the three groups will discuss course material outlined for that week. The broadcast time has not been set.
Played to Honor Groups James E. Seaver, Western Civilization director, said the recordings will also be played to honor groups next semester to acquaint them with discussion techniques. He added that there are tentative plans to play the tapes for all Western Civilization groups in the future.
Recordings were made for the first semester material only, but Mr. Seaver said the department will broadcast again during the second semester if the discussions seem to benefit students.
Western Civilization faculty members and senior instructors attended the recording sessions, but the discussions were led by students appointed by the groups. Other faculty members attended to contribute their views on material of particular interest in their fields.
Four Instructors
Instructors of the three honor groups were: Dean George R. Waggoner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and George M. Beckmann, associate professor of history who together taught one group; Francis Heller, associate dean of the College, and James E. Seaver, associate professor of history and Western Civilization director.