THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No. 69
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, January 17, 1967
Deans say just a few plan to quit at term
By BETSY WRIGHT
As the last days of the semester close in on KU students, many of those who had not previously considered it may contemplate dropping out. A relatively small number have already made the crucial decision.
Emily Taylor, dean of women, says that 75 out of a total fall enrollment of 5,707 women have withdrawn so far this semester—a little over one per cent of the total women's enrollment.
About two per cent of the total fall enrollment of men have dropped out, according to Donald Alderson, dean of men. Of 9.771 enrolling in the fall of 1966, about 200 have withdrawn.
Why have these people decided to terminate their education at least for the present? Both Miss Taylor and Alderson say that the main reason is academic.
In addition to academic difficulties, there is a large spectrum
Often a student enters college solely because of parental pressure. He may not have the ability to do college work or he may lack any desire to attend school. In either case, the student eventually decides the work or strain is not worth it, and he withdraws from school.
WEATHER
Cold wave today with northerly winds 15 to 20 miles per hour, partly cloudy skies and high temperatures 10 to 15 degrees. Diminishing winds, fair and colder tonight, low near zero.
Wednesday fair and not so cold
of reasons offered by those who plan to leave.
James K. Hitt, registrar, said,
"We think that about one half of the people who leave could have stayed but left for reasons other than academic."
HITT, HOWEVER, has the answer to the dropout phenomena. "It really only gets down to one reason," he said. "The person would rather be somewhere
Alderson said that besides academic problems, financial difficulties and the decision to fulfill military obligations are among the reasons listed most often by men who are withdrawing. The increased emphasis on the draft, however, has not seemed to affect dropout rates one way or the other. Alderson said.
MISS TAYLOR also cited financial reasons for women drop-outs. Although marriage or disappointment at not finding a husband at KU is sometimes given as a reason for leaving, Miss Taylor said that this has been overemphasized.
"I think a lot more girls are unhappy because they didn't want to come in the first place, than because they're disappointed in not finding a husband," Miss Taylor said.
The dean of women also said that the "identity crisis" was prevalent among college women.
"Women have a much greater identity problem than men because men's roles are already set for them," Miss Taylor said.
ANOTHER PERSON who frequently comes in contact with prospective dropouts is E. Gordon Colllester, director of the KU Guidance Bureau.
Collier, who says he has heard "every reason under the sun" from persons wishing to quit school, feels that another reason
"College students are at an age of impatience." Collister said. "There is always a number who want to do the last things first. Therefore they can't see that college is profitable for them at the present time."
is central to college "dropoutism."
THE PRESCRIBED method for dropping out of KU is to (1) talk to someone in the dean's office of the school in which one is enrolled and (2) to talk to a representative of the dean of men's or dean of women's office.
These steps are recommended for a number of reasons. First, a
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Yes, Virginia there is a Jayhawker
The report from Blake Biles is that there will be a Jayhawker yearbook published this year.
Biles, Hutchinson junior and Jayhawker editor, said today that the first edition of the yearbook should be available for distribution Feb. 6 or 13, depending upon how many people can be found to help distribute it.
There are no more problems, Biles said.
"Our biggest problem—our only problem—has been photography," Biles said. "We now have a second photographer and expect no more difficulties."
Biles also predicts that the second Jayhawker will be ready around March 20, the third about two weeks after spring break and the final edition in time for commencement.
-UDK Photo by Garrett Whitney
LAST MINUTE RUSH
Students jam a library check-out desk in a late hour rush before the coming of term papers and finals.
Classes go on; stop week is out
By JACK1 CAMPBELL
KU students have long been pleading for a stop week. Proposals have been made, remade and still no measurable amount of progress has been realized.
Janet Anderson, Prairie Village junior and student body vicepresident, said, "It's still up to the individual professors. It has to go through the Faculty Senate yet, too."
A spokesman for the Centennial College said the experimental group is not following any kind of stop week procedure. "There are some classes that aren't meeting; some classes are having review classes," she said, "but I don't think any (classes) are being cancelled for that purpose."
THE WORD FROM the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is in the same vein. "It's up to the instructors, isn't it?" said the secretary of George R. Waggoner, dean of the College.
The School of Education and the English Department plan to hold all scheduled classes.
The departments leave it up to the instructors and the instructors who are mindful they were hired to teach so many hours of classes feel tied to conformity.
AS A RESULT, classes go on and students rush into a week for which they should have time to prepare adequately. Term papers, research work and regular tests—lots of profitable, yet time-consuming tasks have to be completed right before finals. It is hard to study ahead when your work is behind.
Nearly 10,000 transactions daily
KU vending machines mean work
Bu JOHN KIELY
Every day, either (1) one person puts 10,000 coins in KU's vending machines; (2) 10,000 people put one coin each in KU's vending machines; or (3) an assorted number of people put an assorted number of coins in KU's vending machines and it averages to 10,000 transactions.
However it may happen, when a coin slips into a slot, something is supposed to slip out. The man behind the machines, charged with seeing to the slipping, is Bill Wright.
HE EXPLAINS that his job is hard to explain, but that it includes a lot of things—supervising, researching, planning and buying.
In his special office—a table in a kitchen in Memorial Stadium (go in gate 25 and it's the first door on your left; he said he'd show you around)—he talked about the quarter-million-dollar-a-year business that isn't necessarily supposed to make a profit.
"I don't think I'm really in this business to make a profit," he said. "If we were in competition we might
go out and make a profit. As it is, and trite as this may sound, I'm only here to serve the student. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have a job."
AND BECAUSE of that, "We have a full line and that's the way it's going to be." This means they stock nearly every machine Vendo sells, from fastest Coke machine to the slowest moving server, requested by several McCollum students to dispense Sundaes (toothpaste, etc.).
That's quite a bit of Wright's business philosophy. He tries to give his customers what they want. And tries to give it to them in the best condition possible.
Sometimes just getting it there can be a problem. The man behind the machine has to see that it's kept filled. For KU Concessions that's a seven-day-a-week job.
"ID LOVE to have a guaranteed Saturday and Sunday off," Wright said. He doesn't get one. During the Super Bowl Sunday, for example, 95 more sandwiches were sold than the week before.
"The manager of a food service puts his life on the
line every time he puts a product out." If a customer gets potomaine poisoning, Wright couldn't get a job sweeping up at a food service. "If anything," he said, "I'm over-cautious to the point where I lose money."
WHEN SAFEWAY pushes a set of 20c salads into KU for market testing, he'll disregard the note that they have a 21-day shelf life. "I'm not interested in proving their case," he said. So he'll toss the unsold ones out after 24 hours, specially-designed cups and all.
Soft drinks are the opposite. Wright says they're the most "shelf-stable." Most of the soft drink contracts are held by Coca-Cola, the only company willing to fill the machines every day.
While the soft drink side gets the most money, he suggests that cold food draws the biggest audience.
"ITEM BY ITEM (cold food) doesn't make a big profit. But it's self-sustaining and it brings the students down. It makes them walk or ride to see what's there. And when they can guess what's in there beforehand, it'n really time to change."