LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD
KU EDITION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 5B
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Sandra Wick, assistant director of the honors program, reviews material for a Western Civilization final in Nunemaker with students enrolled in the program.
Honors program offers challenges in small packages
BY MICHELLE LONG
- KU's Honors Program helps humanize the university for some students.
BY MICHELLE LONG
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL-WORLD
For Seneca sophomore Angie Strathman, enrolling in Kansas University's Honors Program was an idea with multiple payoff.
The honors courses not only offered her the extra challenge that she needed, but the smaller classes also helped her adapt to a school that is more than 10 times the size of her hometown.
"But I haven't experienced that because I'm taking small honors courses."
"When you come from a town with 2,000 people and the chemistry classes are half the size of your town, it can be overwhelm-
Strathman is one of more than 250 students who enroll in the honors program each year. Many students like Strathman feel that the basic curriculum is not enough. They want more of a challenge during their
academic career. That's why the Honors Program was created.
In the 1930s, KU introduced honors courses to its curriculum to better serve high achieving, self-motivated undergraduates.
"It's a way of looking at the university with all its advantages, but smaller," said Sandra Wick, assistant director of the Honors Program. "Honors students get the best of both worlds. They have all the opportunities that a large institution has to offer; however, they receive the extra attention that a smaller college environment can offer. This allows the student to fully develop his or her potential."
Honors courses at the freshman and sophomore level are especially unique.
"The honors classes are really different from the others," said Joshua Burdette, Belle Plaine
freshman. "They tend to be taught by respected professors, and they also tend to deal with more discussion-related topics because discussion is possible due to the smaller class sizes."
Freshmen honors students can also take a freshman honors tutorial. a one-credit, 1-hour course.
"They are beneficial in that they allow students to become familiar with a professor that could serve as their honors adviser." Burdette said.
KU honors students can live anywhere, but many chose to live in scholarship halls because of their relatively small size and accessibility to campus. Others choose to live on the eighth floor of McCollum Hall, otherwise
known as the "honors floor."
— Sandra Wick assistant director of the honors program
"The eighth floor does have its advantages," Burdette said. "There is a private study wing, which is great for studying for finals. There is also a computer room. Another bonus is the fact that the people around you are good students, many of whom are in your
classes. This helps you to keep on your schoolwork, and there are plenty of people around to help you if you should have a problem."
Interested students are encouraged to apply for honors courses if they have an ACT composite of 31 or higher or if their SAT score is above 1340. Students with slightly lower scores, but with strong academic backgrounds — including high achievement in college prep courses — may also apply.
The honors program doesn't have a deadline, but it is recommended that students apply as incoming freshmen, to fully benefit from all the program has to offer.
KU history not trivial: true or false?
For more information about the honors program, call (913) 864-4225, or send for information from The Honors Program, Nunemaker Center, KU, Lawrence 66045.
- Here's a chance to test your knowledge of Kansas University trivia.
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1. During the Civil War the Jayhawk was used as a patriotic symbol, synonymous with the impassioned people who made Kansas a free state.
a. True
b. False
2. What year did KU open and how many students were there?
a. 1866 with 55 students
b. 1090 with 192 students
1800 with 35 students
1900 with 400 students
1990 with 45,000 stu-
c. 1990 with 45,000 students
3. When were there more women enrolled at KU than men?
a. Korean War
b. Vietnam war
c. World War II
4. Who is credited for drawing the first balloon?
the first Jayhawk?
a. Stephan "Skippy" Jones
b. Henry Maloy
c. Christopher Babar
5. Harold D. Sandy drew the Jayhawk that survives today.
a. True
b. False
6. When was the term "Jayhawk" first coined?
a. 1900 b. 1800
c. 1848
7. When was the Rock Chalk chant adopted?
a. 1866
b. 1900
c. 1905
8. The original KU fight song was
titled "Rip City."
a. True
b. False
9. The Rock Chalk chant was used by Kansas troops fighting in the Philippines in 1899, in the Boxer Rebellion in China, and in World War II.
World War II
a. True
b. False
10. The Rock Chalk chant was introduced to the King of Belgium at the 1920 Olympic games as the typical American college vell.
a. True
b. False
12. What were the Sour Owl, The Bitter Bird and Squat?
11. U.S. Presidents Grant and Hays visited KU while in office.
a True
b False
c. Popular gin drinks
b. Campus newspapers and literary magazines.
13. What is the oldest fraternity on campus?
Bitter Bird and Squat? University shows
a. Delta Chi
c. Sigma Phi Epsilon
b. Beta Theta Pi
14. Strong Hall was built backward, with the front facing the Campanile.
a. True
b. False
blow to call classes on campus?
a. March 25, 1912
15. When did the first whistle blow to classmates on commus?
a. March 25,1912
b. Jan. 1,1900
c. June 12,1880
16. How many stories was Wescoe Hall originally planned to have?
b. 15
c. 27
17. What is the house that 'Wilt' built?
a. 9
a. Allen Fieldhouse
b. Joe's Bakery
2:30 tern, a tasteful intile brown number at the end of the block.
c. 2230 Tenn., a tasteful lita. Michelangelo
18. Who is the artist of the paintings that hang in Allen Fieldhouse?
b. William J. Bennett c. Ted Wattte
b. William J.
.c. Ted Watts
19. Where can the Wilcox Classi-
sical Collection be found?
a. Dyche Hall
b. The Helan Fors
b. The Heinle-Forsman Spencer Museum of Art c. Lippincott Hall
Spencer Museum of Art c. Lippincott Hall
20. Where can the Museum of
Natural History be found
a. Lippincott Hall
b. Dyche Hall
b. Dyche Hall
c. Strong Hall
b. Dyche Hall
c. Strong Hall
21. Who is the only men's basketball coach in KU history to
have a career losing record?
a. Dr. James Naismith
a. Dr. James Naismith
b. Dick Harp
b. Dick Harp
c. Phog Allen
d. Roy Williams
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22. When was the last time KU beat Nebraska in football?
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a. 1968
b. 1950
23. Wheren were KU basketball games played before Allen Field-
b. 1950
c. 1882
house opened in 1955?
a. Budig Hall
b. Strong Hall
c. Wescoe Hall
24. What KU athlete appeared
in four different Olympic games?
a. Al Oerter
2. Bill Nieder
c. Igor Stravinsky
25. KU information center first started in 1970 as a rumor control center during the turbulent days of Mav and June 1970.
a. True
b. False
Answers:
1. True. During the Civil War, the Jayhawk's ruffian image gave way to patriotism when Gov. Charles Robinson raised a regiment calling the Independent Mounted Kansens Jayhawkers.
2. A. 1866 with 55 students.
3. C. More women were enrolled at KU than men during World War II. In 1944 there were 1,428 women enrolled compared to 997 men. In 1945 there were 1,733 women enrolled and 1,679 men.
4. B. Henry Maloy, a cartoonist for the school newspaper, drew the first version of the Jayhawk in 1912.
5. True. It is student Harold D. Sandy's 1946 design of a smiling Jayhawk that survives.
6. C. The term "jayhawk" combines two birds; the blue jay, a noisy quarrelsome thing known to rob nests, and a sparrow hawk, a stealthy hunter.
7. A. The University Science Club adopted the chant in 1866 when inspired by the click-clack of train wheels passing over rail joints which suggested the
hythm and cadence. Their first version, "Rah Rah Jayhawk KU," was later replaced with "Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for limestone outcropping found at Mount Oread.
8. True. "I'm a Jayhawk" fight song replaced "Rip City" because officials thought the original title was unsuitable.
9. True. The cheer became know worldwide when Teddy Roosevelt pronounced it the greatest college chant he'd ever heard.
10. True. At the Olympic games in 1920, the King of Belgium asked for a typical American yell. The assembled athletics agreed on KU's Rock Chalk chant and rendered it for His Majesty.
11. True.
12. B. The Sour Owl, Bitter Bird and Squat were campus papers and literary magazines.
14. False. It just looks that way.
13. B. Beta Theta Pi, founded in 1873, is the oldest fraternity on campus.
14. False. It just looks that way.
15. A. March 25, 1912, and it has been startling students ever since.
16. C. The first drawing of plans for Wescoe showed the building at 27 stories.
20. B, Dyche Hall
17. A. Allen Fieldhouse was built in 1955 during the tenure of coach Phog Allen, which coincided with Wilt Chamberlain coming to KU in 1956.
19. C. Lippincott Hau
18. C.
21. A. Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.
22. A. 1968. Coached by Pepper Rogers, KU beat the Huskers 23-13.
23. A. Games were played in Budig Hall, the former Hoch Auditorium, on beautiful hardwood floors.
24. A. Al Oerter, who competed and won the gold medal in discuss in the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics.
25. True.
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