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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Sept. 27, 1965
Centennial Notes Oread's Growth
Forty-nine young adults rode horses or trudged to the top of a high, barren ridge called Mount Cread on Sept. 12, 1866. They were the first class of the University of Kansas.
This year, 14,341 students comprise the centennial class of KU. This includes approximately 1,100 students enrolled at the KU School of Medicine in Kansas City, a facility undreamed of in 1966.
In 1866, the word "university" was a bit optimistic as none of the students were prepared for college work. By contrast, many freshmen of the centennial class have taken some college preparatory courses in high school. About one student in every four will be seeking an advanced degree. Approximately 2,800 are enrolled in graduate school this term.
CAMPUS FACILITIES during the first year featured a high-ceilinged, two-story building. Today, that barren ridge has been landscaped into a sprawling, tree-recovered campus of 75 buildings and 900 acres.
In 1866, the three-member faculty had to content itself with the offering of high school-level preparatory courses. The classes of the first year were said to be rigid in format and students had virtually no selection in courses.
The centennial class has access to a variety of programs that include: honor courses, foreign study, guided independent student and area studies (Latin America, Slavic, Far East) that cut across department lines.
There was no "major" in that first year of university courses. Students now entering KU choose from 70 departments ranging from astronomy to zoology. Work is done towards one of six bachelor's degrees, 11 master's degrees or five specialist and doctoral degrees.
THE CLASS OF 1866 had a single person to supplement the faculty; a lecturer in hygiene. Many of the 1965-66 6Jayhawkers will attend classes taught by visiting artists, professors and lecturers in residence.
Facilities were meager at KU in 1866, and the building did not contain as much equipment as today's average high school. But, this year's student has the opportunity to delve into rare books, art and natural history collections, and have at his disposal the tools
of a technological age: a computer center, nuclear reactor center, mammalian genetics laboratory, environmental health laboratory and other specialized equipment. He may even participate in one of the grant-supported research projects that totalled $10 million last year.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES offer one or more areas related to the academic field: theatre for the drama student, publications for the journalist, excavation trips for the anthropology student, political activities for the law or political science student, etc.
Like its predecessor, the 100th class is coeducational. The University of Kansas was the third coeducational state university in the nation, following Utah and Iowa.
University Creates New Staff Position
The additional title and duties of Placement Coordinator have been given Dana W. Stevens, assistant director of the Office of Student Financial Aids at the University of Kansas.
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The names of 12 Summerfield and eight Watkins scholars chosen from the KU student body have been announced by Robert Billings, director of the student financial aid office.
University Awards Scholarships
Selections were made on the basis of superior scholastic achievements at KU. The scholars are in addition to 12 Watkins and 24 Summerfield scholars, all freshmen, who earned the awards through competitive examinations among Kansas high school seniors last year.
THE NEW WATKINS scholars are:
Lenora Gayle Bishop, Kansas City
senior; Karen Irene Hall, McPherson
sophomore; Glenda Kary Hord, Kansas City junior; Katherine Elizabeth Patterson, Newton Square, Pa., junior; Caroline E. Richardson, Leawood senior; Linda Kay Sleift, Norton sophomore; Dorothy Ann Sloan, Norton sophomore; Billie Gene Thompson, Ballwin, Mo., senior.
NEW SUMMERFIELD scholars are; Stewart A. Carter, Oxford senior; George William Frick, Fort Scott senior; Carl Russell Gibson, Lawrence senior; Kenneth R. Gray, Ulysses sophomore; Glenn T. Hammons, Oswego senior; Daniel L. Hornbeck, Overland Park sophomore; Joseph R. Jacobs, Leawood
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