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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Sept. 23, 1965
(Pd. Adv.)
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KU-Y SEEKS NEW MEMBERS
Centennial Year Plans Are Best Yet
The KU-Y (The University of Kansas YMCA and YWCA), in an effort to expand its services to the university community, is seeking many new members. Due to an increase in the number of KU-Y programs, there are numerous positions of responsibility to be filled.
Interested students are invited to attend the Membership meeting on September 30th at 7:30 P.M. in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union. In order to reach as many students as possible, the KU-Y will also conduct a Membership Drive on September 28, 29 and 30.
The Y has been active at the University of Kansas for over three quarters of a century. It offers the opportunity for students to conceive, develop, and execute original ideas for projects and activities of a worthwhile nature to the university community. While the Y is founded on Christian principles, peoples of all faiths and no faith are welcome to join and take part in Y activities.
What Is KU-Y?
The KU-V is one of the most diverse groups on campus for its members include people of many nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, and religious denominations. This diversity, in both membership and activities makes the Y one of the most rewarding and dynamic organizations on the Hill, Rock Chalk Revue, Model United Nations, the Current Issues Forum, and the Ski Club are but a few of the varying Y activities that number in the teens.
How Does This Apply To You?
In the articles and descriptions of these activities that follow, look for the activity that most interests YOU. There is probably an opening in an activity for which you have an interest and an aptitude, be it social service or politics, publicity or international affairs, teaching or skiing. The Y offers opportunities for developing one's self, one's interests, and one's goals that are second to no other organization.
KU-Y Statement of Purpose:
"To be an open Community of students, with other interested and concerned people of all races, nationalities and faiths, who seek through free expression of their convictions and doubts in words and actions, to understand the meaning of their lives in relation to God, to Christian teachings, to other people, to the University and to the entire world; and to provide meaningful and beneficial activities for the University community."
Fourteen programs are offered KU students by the KU-Y. Following is a summary of these programs and what they do. Anyone interested in any program should come to the KU-Y Membership Meeting or the KU-Y office, Room 111 in the Union
FRESHMAN CAMP has made openings for fifty freshmen who want to participate in a REAL college experience of discussion and fun. The Camp will be held on the weekend of Oct. 15-17 at Rock Springs Ranch. Six to 12 people who will have upper class standing next year are needed for a planning committee.
KU-Y CO-PRESIDENTS
Vinita Fishel
Jim Perkins
MODEL UNITED NATIONS will be held on April 21, 22, 23, of 1966. People interested in Steering Committee posts should contact Richard White. c/o KU-Y office as soon as possible. People interested in forming delegations will be able to apply at a later date.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAM provides an opportunity for KU students to work with handicapped children of the Lawrence area. Twenty workers, preferably with previous swimming instruction experience, are needed to teach swimming on Saturday afternoons. Twelve workers are needed to supervise bowling activities one afternoon a week. Fifteen workers are needed to take children on various field trips to the Children's Theatre, fire station, and on picnics.
KU-Y JAYHAWKER is the official weekly newsletter of the KU YMCA-YWCA. The purpose is to inform members of the Y on coming events sponsored by the Y, and report on the various programs. Several positions remain to be filled. These include Art Editor, a typist, Circulation Manager, and two reporters.
SKI CLUB plans and takes trips to ski areas in Colorado and other near-by areas over every Christmas, semester and spring break. Participants need not be experienced skiers. The by-word of the club is fun and relaxation on the snowy slopes of the Rockies.
TUTOR SERVICE provides tutors at a nominal fee for anyone needing them. Qualified tutors in all fields who are willing to donate approximately one to two hours per week are needed for first semester. Anyone desiring a tutor should contact the Y office.
FRESHMAN MODEL SENATE is a unique opportunity for freshmen to
participate in the legislative process and to discuss the important questions facing the nation. The Senate will be held on November 19 and 20 with one hundred freshmen participating. Participants will have an opportunity to write bills, debate issues, and to take part in an actual floor session patterned after the U.S. Senate. Anyone interested in applying for the Steering Committee may apply at the KU-Y office before Tuesday, September 28th. Interviews will be held Sunday, October 2nd.
YOUTH FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM needs 20-30 men and women for long range friendships with children in the upper elementary and junior high grades. Approximately 4-6 hours per week will be required to meet with a child and a group of college students participating in the program.
CHILDREN' HOUR is one of the most important KU-Y community service programs. The purpose is to provide social and cultural experiences for young children who might otherwise be deprived of them. The three areas of the program include the nursery for pre-school childrer
in North Lawrence, special interest groups in which the children visit museums and other cultural resources, and an after school tutoring program for grade school aged children. The program requires a minimum of two hours per week. Also need drivers and workers for fall clean-up.
ROCK CHALK REVUE, a Y-sponsored program, has become an exceedingly popular spring institution at KU. Applications for approximately 30 Business and Production staff positions will be taken in early October. These positions will be filled primarily by freshmen and sophomores.
CURRENT ISSUES FORUM presents speakers on topics of local, national, and international consequence and provides the opportunity for exchange of ideas. There is a need for seven active individuals.
ENGLISH STYLE DEBATE is a witty debate in the English tradition, a major characteristic of which is audience speaking privileges. As an
experimental program this year, the KU-Y will sponsor three such debates: Oct. 1, Nov. 5, and Dec. 10, to be held in the Union Ballroom from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. Topic for the first debate: "Resolved—students should have no right to participate in running a state university." Those interested in the program are urged to join the planning committee.
SCHOOL RESOURCE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM provides service to the Lawrence public schools. Students are introduced to the teaching profession by helping in the schools. Students are placed in 1st to 6th grade classrooms and assist teachers with mechanical chores such as grading exams and homework.
OFFICE STAFF offers an opportunity for men and women students to see the inner workings of the Y as they volunteer an hour or two each week to get out the weekly newsletter, and perform other much-needed office tasks. Thursday afternoons will be especially happy times as the "Y's Jayhawk" is folded and addressed by a jolly crew.
Informal discussion in a rustic setting will highlight the KU-Y Freshman Camp, Oct. 15-17. Fifty freshmen and a dozen upperclassmen will
engage in intellectual ping-pong at beautiful Rock Springs Ranch.
KU-Y MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Thursday, Sept. 30
7:30 p.m.
Big Eight Room
Kansas Union
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