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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Oct. 11, 1957
Move Over —
South Dakota is the United The official motto of Montana, the States' foremost producer of gold. Treasure State, is "Gold and Silver."
Crowding Returns
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Remember the old stories about crowded KU classrooms after World War II? The sad news is they're back.
Children's literature—required of all prospective elementary school teachers—is now taught in large classes by the English department. The old way was to examine such literature in two or more discussion sections.
Here are some examples:
Students who make a grade of A or B in freshman English are permitted to substitute large literature classes in the sophomore year for the required English 3 and 4 (which are taught in sections of 20).
The chemistry department has moved its freshman chemistry lectures from new Malott Hall, where the largest lecture rooms have a seating capacity of about 160, to old Fraser Theater, where more than 300 can be handled at once.
The economics department, for the first time this fall, has begun to teach Economics 1 in a large lecture of 130 rather than in individual sections of 35 to 40 students.
Rather than adding additional sections of freshman American history, the chairman of the history department permits his own class to run to large size. He then uses a graduate student for help in paper grading.
A corps of undergraduate assistants grade papers and tutor students in the mathematics department. Senior members of the physics department have been relieved of similar duties by undergraduates.
The University administration is performing all sorts of economic didos to stay within the current budget. These maneuvers are commendable so long as they provide continuing good education while saving tax money.
Although the University has a near-record enrollment, the reason for the large crowded classes is not too many students, but too few teachers.
But it is clear that mass-production techniques can be carried only so far in the business of providing education with attention to the individual. What the University needs, and needs badly, is more money for more teachers for more teaching.
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Hints for queen titles: Since this is national pizza week how about a "Miss Mozzarella Cheese?"
Then there was the exchange student who returned and was telling about buying drinks for an Italian friend in Venice. He said it was the first time he had ever drunk a Venetian blind.
It's a good thing that a deal like the Russian Satellite comes along. It gives some of our "level-headed" politicians a chance to blow off a little steam.
If the Brooklyn Dodgers would move a few additional miles west this squabble would stop.
Despite the terrific odds against it, you may still become President. The Braves came out on top, didn't they?
Somebody made off with the top of the old bird's costume. Now a KU cheerleader is running around like a Jayhawk with his head cut off.
Rumor has it that the Red earth satellite has been downed. It was intercepted Thursday by a Milwaukee fan's high-flying beer bottle,
Amid rising prices, the cost of a coke at Memorial Stadium remains the same. The price is already so high, infallation wouldn't dare touch it.
'Come On,Ma'Made History
Historical events hold little interest for a college audience. But in 1927 six historic words were spoken that changed the lives of millions of persons and eventually gave to our generation the medium of wide-screen stereophonic entertainment.
The words, "Come on, Ma. Listen to this," were the first words spoken on a moving picture screen. Speaking those words was the immortal Al Jolson.
The first talking movie, "The Jazz Singer," was a struggle for the producer, director, the cast, and hundreds of theater operators in America. It was filmed at a cost of $500,000, a modest figure for a low-budget film today, and after touring the country grossed only $3 million due to the lack of sound facilities in theaters.
Jolson, the Russian-born actor, singer, and vaudeville star, almost didn't get that history-making role. George Jessel originally was slated to play the lead, but Warner Brothers was low on funds at the time and Jolson offered to put up some money for the film. So he got the role.
Although known as the "first full-length talking picture," the sound was heard only during the songs. The film had only one line of dialogue—"Come on, Ma. Listen to this."
They had a terrible time hiding the microphone during the making of the picture. As there was no
such thing as a moving microphone in 1927, they all had to be hidden behind walls and in potted plants.
As one star of the original cast says, "There were so many flower pots sitting around we could hardly walk."
With the advent of talking movies, the industry went through some rapid changes. Silent stars found themselves without jobs, and millions of dollars were being pumped into advances in the field.
When Al Jolson died in 1950 few of the younger generation realized his significance. We think of him as a great singer and some remember the story of his life, "The Al Jolson Story." But his death marked the end of a life which helped usher in a radical change in entertainment, one which has brought us wide-screen spectacles, technicolor, 3-D, and cinemascope.
Today's movies came only after many trials. It took the talent of a great entertainer, the gambling spirit of a producer, and the patience of both to give us talking movies.
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That journalism faculty member noted for his cheerful disposition denies that Russia's satellite Sputnik was named for his Siamese cat, Plebeicus J. Potnik. He says he wants to make the point clear to head off a Senate investigating committee probe.
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