University Daily Kansan
Wednesdav. August 21, 1974
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Preschool Labs Train Students
Child research and training college students to work with children are goals of the Edna A. Hill Child Development Laboratory at the University of Kansas, according to Judy LeBlanc, director of the preschool laboratory.
The laboratory classrooms, located in the research wing of Haworth Hall, accommodate more than 80 children ranging in age from 18 months to 5 years.
The laboratory school is attended by both normal children and those who have special needs.
The preschool laboratory tries to include children from all socio-economic and ethnic groups.
"We have children from all strata of life"
"to said. For the best education you must
have."
Six classrooms are in the child development laboratory, each focusing on a different aspect of learning. In these classrooms students work with, observe children
A large part of undergraduate training in the preschool laboratory is devoted to meeting requirements for the Kansas State Education for Early Childhood Education.
After completing a sequence of courses dealing with experimental and teaching procedures, undergraduates serve as a sample population for teacher-training to learn the daily operations and conduct of a well-organized preschool classroom.
GRADUATE STUDENTS work at developing effective teaching procedures and methods of successfully operating a classroom. Instead of classroom work, they should research with individual children to see how to develop and to follow their social development.
"Research can reach from training discrimination of one color from another to
an examination of the effect of teachers' instructions," said Gary Schilmoeller, manager.
Emphasis is placed on determining whether a child is going to be successful in future educational settings. Traditional skill-testing techniques are used to determine a child's present and potential learning abilities.
For children with learning problems, special instruction and materials are used.
we wish to make it easier to learn, as
well. We are a pleasant experience,
'le Launia said.
Of the six classrooms in the preschool laboratory, one is used for work with students who are blind or have impaired vision.
"We try to integrate these children into regular classrooms so they can go to public school."
problems and would not be admitted to a regular school.
IN ANOTHER CLASSROOM, children with limited physical abilities are placed in a special room.
Nancy Nordykle, Lawrence graduate student, began working with children in the preschool laboratory several years ago and has been involved in works with children with special problems.
"We like to have normal children accept those with physical disabilities, without disability."
require the same type of behavior on the part of the teacher as children with special needs.
"Children in the normal preschool don't
Normal children advance quickly and in a way that is easy to follow, she said, but children with learning or behavior problems advance slowly.
One Lawrence woman whose son at-
tended the laboratory for three years was very im-
patient.
"They notice problems quickly and in individual programs so each child gets it right."
SUA to Offer 'Hollywood's Asia'
"For them to take a hypereactive child like mine and make the progress they did was not worth it."
Canoeing, backpacking and bicycling trips, as well as a film series entitled "Hollywood's Asia," are some highlights of the summer activities (SUA) will be sponsoring this year.
"Hollywood's Asia" will include such films as "Teachout of the August Moon," The Good Earth and "Ten of Gen Yen." The movie also includes the image of Asians in American films.
Other movies to be shown are "The Godfather," "Paper Moon," "Paper Tiger," "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams," "Patton," "Jesus Christ, Superstar," "Brother Sun, Sister Moon," "Wizard of Oz," "Satilag 17," "Dub" "Ben Hur," "Pawnbroker," "Sands of Iwo Jima," and "The Scarlet Pinnellern."
SUA is a non-profit, student-run organization.
Members of the SUA board are Dave
Chairmen for the 10 program areas will be Winn Halverhout, Festival of the Arts; Marita Tolentino, films; Nancy Morrison, fine arts; Stephen Burger, forums; Woody Grutzmacher, indoor recreation; Michael Glash, outdoor recreation; Bettie Barker, public relations; Rich Lindeman, special events; Beth Watson, Free University.
Murfin, president; Charlene Langer, vicepresident; Rosebaea Postma, secretary; and
An introduction to canoeing will be on Aug. 31, and canoe trips on Sept. 14, 21, 28, April 5 and 6, 12 and 13, 19 and 20, 26 and 27 and May 3 and 4.
City Competed to Get State School University Tuition in 1866 Was $30: 3 Professors Taught
SUA will sponsor caneeing, backpacking and bicycling trips during the coming year.
A M. Orl敢 Bike Club Octogita will have a bicycle on Nov. 5.
In 1866, when the University of Kansas opened, tuition was never to exceed $30. This fall, fees for Kansas students are $277 a semester and $672 for non-residents. This is only one of many changes in the University since it opened 108 years ago.
Because of crowded conditions, Fraser immediately called for a new building. The University Building, later renamed Fraser Hall, was dedicated in 1872.
nancelleor Fraser said the building was unequaled in all the land, a testimony to how long it had been 'rolling
The 1855 territorial constitution of Kansas provided for a state university. Manhattan, Emporia and Lawrence competed to be the site for the new school.
The Kansas Legislature passed a bill in 1848 that made Bluwert the state university.
Manhattan nearly won because it had an established Methodist college, Bluemont Central College. Its trustees had offered the state to the state as a site for the state university.
In July 1853, the U.S. Congress passed the Morrill Act, which gave each state 30,000 acres of government land to support a college giving instruction in agricultural and mechanical arts. Manhattan was chosen the site for this land-grant college.
The competition for the University was then between Emporia and Lawrence. Lawrence was eventually chosen in 1864, but Emporia had laborers who collaborators had been bribed by local lobbies.
When the bill reached Gov. Charles Robinson, Robinson, Robinson, Robinson, resident, feared city wouldn't be the site of any state institution that Topella had recently been named to represent.
The Board of Regents combined the positions of chancellor and president of the faculty in 1868 and appointed John Fraser to the office.
The stated purpose of the University was to provide Kansans with the means of acquiring a "thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science and the arts," according to the establishing legislation.
THE EARLY YEARS were not easy ones. There were poor relations between Rice, the faculty president, and other faculty members, as well as a high dropout rate and financial and administrative difficulties. Rice left the University in 1867.
The campus in 1866 was one building, and the college. College was the only building until 1872.
The University was to be governed by a board of regents and the faculty. The board had 15 members, 12 of whom were appointed by the governor. The other three members constituted of public instruction, the secretary of state and the University chancellor.
THE BOARD OF REGENTS was empowered to levy admission and tuition fees. Robert W. Oliver, an Episcopalian minister, was appointed as the first head of the school. The school didn't officially open until Sep. 12, 1866, because of a lack of money.
There were three professors and 40 students in the program, and more arrived in the next few days.
Latin, Greek, arithmetic, algebra, modern and ancient geography, physiology, English grammar, and American, English and French history were offered the first year.
KU began as a college preparatory school because none of its original students were
thousands" of people of "our blood-bought Kansas."
The four students in the first class were graduated June 10, 1873.
Fraser resigned as chancellor in 1873 to run for state superintendent of public instruction amid a political controversy with the faculty.
James Marvin was appointed chancellor in 1875.
A conflict between Marvin and a chemistry professor over politics and religion led to Marvin's dismissal in 1883. Joshua Limicropi replaced Marvin.
The Chemistry Building was opened in 1844. The Board of Regents persuaded the legislature to impose a state tax to raise money for support of the University.
Snow Hall was built in 1886 for the natural history department.
Enrolment steadily increased during the early years of this century. In the years Frank Strong was chancellor, 1902 to 1920, seven new buildings were added.
KU has gone through many transformations since 1866. Chancellors have come and gone, and the number of faculty and students have increased.
In spring 1974, about 1,140 faculty members were employed by the University. There were 18,663 students on the Lawrence including about 800 foreign students.
In 1866, there were only six departments. Now there are 12 schools, including the original College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering (1707), the School of Medicine (1707), the School of Arts (1891), the School of Education (1909), the School of Business (1924), the School of
Thirteen men have been chancellors of the University. There are now 80 buildings.
Journalism (1944), the School of Pharmacy (1955), the School of Architecture and Urban Design (1968) and the School of Social Welfare (1969).
Raymond Nichols, chancellor emeritus, said recently that he had seen many changes in the University since he came here as a student in 1922.
Nichols said that 120 hours was the graduation requirement then. Physical education and hygiene were required courses.
Other SUA trips will be a KU-KState football trip Oct. 12; a southwest tour December 28-January 7; a ski trip to the Dillon, Colo. area Dec. 28-Jan. 4; a Hawaiian trip on January 2-9; a trip to Padre Island March 7-14; a Kentucky Derby trip May 2-4; and two flights to Europe on May 23 and June 20.
SUA backpack trips will be on March 8-16 and May 20-27.
Activities for students at that time included dances, football and basketball games, intramural sports, musical events and theatre productions, Nichols said. There was not a student union until his senior year.
Nichols was graduated in 1926. He worked for one year on Kansas newspapers.
SUA is responsible for 10 program areas and four executive offices.
"We're budgeted to lose money. We're subsidized by the Union," said Mike Miller, a counselor in the program.
Nichols returned to the University in 1929 and became executive secretary to CHICAGO.
ENROLLMENT DECLINED during the depression, Nichols said. The agricultural economy of the state was hard hit and the University suffered, he said.
KU changed from a provincial college to a major university, Nichols said, because of the enrollment jump caused by returning World War II veterans.
Ten-cent meals were served to students at the Union at that time. Nichols said
Nichols was executive secretary of the University when protest demonstrations occurred in the late 1960s. There was no police presence at the demonstration, administration wanted to avoid bloodshed.
The biggest changes he had seen in the University, Nichols said, were the increased complexity of the institution and the caliber of the students.
"About the only thing a student has to do is indicate his interest to a board member," Miller said. "About the only restriction is the amount of time he has to give."
SUA runs an advertisement in the University Daily Kansan for positions as officers and board members three weeks before the exam. Anyone who is interested may apply.
Applicants for officers are interviewed by the out-going officers and members of the Kansas Union Memorial Corporation Board.
The newly chosen officers and the outgoing board members interview applicants
He also said that if a club wanted to become a part of the SUA or if a group was interested in forming a club, SUA would help sponsor them.
A CASTLE IN LAWRENCE?
Probably few know the legend of the enchanting Castle Tea Rooms that reign compaciously on Massachusetts Street
The Courier was built in 1934 as a home for J. N. Roberts, a retired Civil War general. He was a man of great wealth with an income from patented machines carried in the courier.
Each of the fifteen rooms of the Castle is finished in a different type of wood. The dining rooms currently in use are elegantly designed in birch, cherry, oak, walnut, varnish and pine. The wood carving was all done by hand by Sidney Endicott of England, a brother of Frank Pettitt. The master of the castle's interior sculpture and artist, and some of his work in the drawing room of the Lord Holloway home.
There are five beautiful fireplaces in the house, each with unique design and varying color schemes. The first is a beautiful blue-green fireplace, which adds a touch of elegance and charm to the room. A cluster of burners and stained glass windows add the fireplace's liveliness. The second fireplace has a white mantle and wooden frame, providing a clean and minimalist look. The third fireplace features a modern glass window and a wooden mantle, adding a touch of sophistication to the room. The fourth fireplace has a unique shape and color scheme, making it a standout feature in the home.
The tower, which gives the old castle appearance, has a stairway leading to the third floor. Above the tower room is an ornamental garden, in winters days, was shaped with ownings and used during the summer months. The ballroom with spacious window seats on the third floor is available for private parties.
If you have never been inside the Castle Tea Room, come and dine in the only restaurant in Lawrence with such a historical and cultural background. The only way to really experience it is through food.
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