Government Study Vast, Says Cape
By Nancy Painter
People; their names, faces, occupations, hometowns. People. They are the mainstream of William H. Cape's business world. As associate director of KU's Governmental Research Center, Cape meets scores of people each week.
"Hi there Bill Cape! What are you doing in this part of the country?" the man says as he chummily slaps my back. Immediately I think, who is this man? Did he attend our county clerks' seminar, our peace officers' seminar or one of the in-service training programs?" Cape said.
MANY TIMES WHILE traveling across the state this scene unfolds. "I try to remember people by associating them with the place I met them, such as the seminars or the in-service training programs," he added.
On the other hand, Cape makes a sharp impression on the people he meets. The alertness of his clear, blue eyes expresses the vivaciousness of his mind. The quickness of his humor reinforces this impression.
"THEERE IS NO mystery about this job of research. It is nothing but hard work," Cape said. "You must work daily to keep abreast of the political happenings and delve into them. This is especially true in the analytical field. You must derive sound reasoning or be laughed out of the field."
Cape's office in Blake Hall depicts the efficiency with which he works in pursuing the center's objectives.
Organization is the key that opens the realms of information stored in his office. The office walls have been transformed into book and reference shelves.
THREE PERSONS CAME into his office unexpectedly within one hour. Within a fraction of a second Cape changed his course
Housing, Buying To Be Studied
The Family Life department has announced two new spring semester courses offered to juniors and seniors.
"Housing and Society" will investigate housing as an economic and social process with emphasis on its role in the American economy and sociological implications for the family.
NO PREREQUISITES are required for this course which will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
"This course should be of specific interest to future architects, city planners, home economists, sociologists, public administration officials, management and labor leaders, as well as of general interest to all present and future users of housing," Mrs. Kathrine Sippola, department instructor, said.
Also open to juniors and seniors is "Introduction to Consumer Economics." It will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. A prerequisite of Economics 7 or 9 is required for this new course. Such topics as credit by consumers, the role of prices in consumer choice, the effect of advertising and producer aids on the consumer will be discussed.
"THIS new Family Life course will help students become more adept in their roles as consumers," Mrs. Sippola said.
of thinking to answer their diverse questions.
And, before any of the three "Thank You's" had escaped the air he was back on the topic confronting him before the interruptions.
"Everything which concerns the research center passes over my desk," explained Cape. "I read every bit of information released from the center. I also edit the various news releases, periodicals, articles, pamphlets and book-length monographs that are issued."
CAPE ALSO OVERSEES the center's organizing and sponsoring of the various educational and training conferences. These schools, seminars and workshops vary in length from two or three days to two weeks.
Daily Kansan Monday, January 17, 1966
Consultation and community service are another phase of the center's work. Cape actively participates in this area.
Just recently he spent from Sunday through Wednesday in Wichita, attending the Kansas Officers' Council meeting.
On Thursday and Friday of that same week he attended the annual fall meeting of the City Manager's Association in Newton.
Saturday he addressed the Republican Governors' Association in Kansas City.
ANOTHER PHASE OF the center's services in which Cape actively participates is that of contributing articles to various periodicals.
Just recently, two books written by Cape were released. Each book contains more than 200 pages.
Cape has also had several magazine articles published within the past weeks.
He says he receives most of his article ideas from his numerous contacts. "You can't rehash what other people have said in published articles. What you say must be new, creative and fresh," Cape said.
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"MOST UNIVERSITIES DO have Government Research Centers and this makes the competition for acceptance of articles more intensive," he added.
"In everything we write we try to communicate in the clearest and most concise language," Cape said.
Cape also teaches two courses in the Political Science department each semester.
Five staff members, plus a librarian, assist Cape in handling the voluminous amount of work which confronts them weekly.
land, political science department head. It was this man who influenced Cape the most to pursue a vocation in government research.
After receiving both his A.B. and Master's degrees from Ft. Hays, Cape began graduate work toward his Ph.D. at KU. He spent one year here and then went to the University of Wyoming as an instructor.
His Governmental Research duties do not end at the close of the spring semester. During the summer this work for the center continues full-time.
In 1949 Cape returned to KU as a full-time assistant in the Political Science department.
CAPE SAYS HIS interest in government research began during his undergraduate days at Fort Hays Kansas State College, Hays, Kansas. He attended this school for two years before joining the armed services during World War II.
UPON RECEIVING his Ph.D in 1952, he went to the University of South Dakota, where he combined both teaching and governmental research work.
Returning from the war, Cape re-entered Ft. Hays College. He enrolled in a political science course taught by William More-
His summer participation in the in-service training schools and seminars held on KU's campus is in addition to his teaching during both summer school sessions.
During the next several years Cape returned to KU as a visiting professor. In 1961 he accepted the position of associate director of KU's Governmental Research Center.
Dr. Proud Receives Grant
Dr. G. O. Proud of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City has received a $6,600 research grant from the Deafness Research Foundation.
Dr. Proud, who is chairman of
the department of otorhinolaryngology, will make a light and electron microscopic study of normal and diseased temporal bones of the ear.
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