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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
WEATHER FAIR
77th Year, No.66
See Weather—page 9
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, January 12, 1967
Human relations, speech to merge
By JOHN KIELY
Next fall, in a quiet little ceremony attended only by members of the immediate families. Human Relations and Speech Communications will marry.
And right now, plans for this marriage of convenience are being made. These plans, which include a change in names and an intensified role on the Human Relations part, are a prerequisite to establishing the new curriculum.
AT THIS MOMENT. Human Relations is an interdisciplinary section what one of its professors, Howard Baumgartel, calls a "floating program." To the student this means he can only get a second major notation in Human Relations on his B.A.
The university would like to see this changed.
The university is attempting to consolidate programs within the college where the union will make both stronger. That's the way they view this forth coming marriage.
When the union is complete, a student can pursue human relations study through to the Ph.D. level.
BY THAT TIME, Speech Communications division head William Linkugel and other members of the families will have decided on the couple's new name. Speech and Drama department head, William Conboy, who is also acting head of Human Relations, suggests the name will be something like "Communications in Human Relations."
While the names will be changed, both departments will remain much the same.
"The Human Relations program," said Conboy, "has for a long time been enormously valuable to a number of departments. We want to see it continue to go forward. There is no doubt about continuing the same philosophy."
Bomb scare
Approximately 275 students were evacuated from Marvin Hall about 11 a.m. today because an anonymous female tipster said there was a bomb set to go off at 11:30.
The call was received by the Dean of Women's Office. 11:30 classes were cancelled, but 12:30 classes resumed as normal.
This is the first KU bomb scare this year.
More than 625 male residents of Moore Hall at Kansas State University were routed out of their dormitory at about 9:30 Wednesday night because of a bomb scare.
The faculty may even remain quite the same. Conboy said that with the new set-up "as in the past, several members of the Human Relations staff held appointments in different departments.
"WE FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY to bring together different backgrounds."
The major change in faculty will be for those now listed under Human Relations. They will then be placed on the speech roster.
And, while one department won't carry the other over the threshold of the proposed multiistory humanities building, that's where the couple will eventually live. Until then they'll keep a sort of separate maintenance with the Speech Communications spouse in Lindley annex and Human Relations in Blake.
CONBOY IS LOOKING forward to marital bliss and said, "With the similarity in interests we thought it would make a good blending. We can do things because of our mutual talents and backgrounds which we couldn't do otherwise."
Exactly what they'll be doing better, and who'll be teaching it is still undecided completely. That's what part of the premarital planning sessions are about. But when they're over and the nuptial is said, the new couple can smooth it all out during their period of adjustment and then settle down to a nice long life
Debaters clash on Viet policy
together.
By DAN AUSTIN
That war in Viet Nam came under wordy barrage in pro and con last night in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
for two hours before a contemplative audience of 60.
Sponsored by the KU-Y, four men—two from the KU varsity debate squad and two from the Viet Nam Committee—debated U.S. involvement in Viet Nam
THE FORMAL question—Resolved; That the United States should change its policy in Viet Nam—was supported by Rick Atkinson, Belleville junior, and Ham Salsich, KU English instructor, both Viet Nam Committee members. They faced Bob
Ward, Wichita junior, and Jim McNish, Topeka junior.
The debate was held in formal style—ten-minute "constructive" speeches and five-minute rebuttals.
First to speak was Atkinson, who told the history of U.S. involvement in South Viet Nam, and then offered a solution.
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—UDK Photo by Joel Ahlbrandt
VIET NAM-YES OR NO
Preparing to dissect and debate the war in Viet Nam are from left to right Ham Salsich, KU English instructor; Rick Atkinson, Belleville junior; Tom Moore, executive secretary of KU-Y (standing); Bob Ward, Wichita junior; and Jim McNish, Topeka junior.
Student opinions voiced
Views on credit plan varied
By PATRICIA PRUITT
KU students are see-sawing in their reactions to the recently disclosed proposition of a new credit system.
Patterned after the traditional liberal arts colleges of the East, the unit system would replace the credit-hour courses with courses equivalent to four hours each. Each semester, a student would carry four units, totaling 32 units for graduation.
Mainly students request more detailed information concerning the actual revamping of courses within departments and concerning the flexibility of the system. With this knowledge, they could gauge better the significance of the change of their education.
MOST SPECIFIC opinions are voiced about restructured courses already written into the proposal, namely Western Civilization and speech.
On the other hand, she and others agreed that the idea of increasing discussion time and giving regular examinations for the course was a good idea.
Carol Anderson, Kansas City senior, said, "If they try to cover the same material now in the Western Civilization program, I would rather they put it in two semesters of three hours each."
Almost no one thought speech was worth four hours of time and work for the average person.
IN TERMS of flexibility Martha Kopper and John Shapley, both Wichita seniors and joint holders of the Paul B. Lawson award, wondered whether a person would be allowed to take more or fewer courses than the stated four units.
Miss Kopper said, "Is it fair to force a student who works 20 hours a week to take as many hours as a person who doesn't work at all?"
Shapley added, "I want to choose according to what I think my ability is."
MISS ANDERSON said, "There are certain courses, especially laboratory courses and major courses, which I want to spend more time on, and this system tries to make them equivalent. If I have more courses from which I can choose ones that I would like to delve into deeply, then I would be better satisfied with my courses."
Whether courses were equal in time spent bothered man.
Miss Kopper added in agreement, "I would like an example of revamped courses in a department under the proposed system. After all, if a required course becomes one-fourth of my load, it suddenly becomes more important to me.
"I think three-hour courses can be comprehensive introductions," she said, "and if professors don't know now what a three-hour course is worth, how would they know what four hours are worth?"
Kathy Bendowsky, Broken Bow, Nebr., sophomore, countered,
"Just imagine how much more time and energy you can give to
the courses you are taking."
THE UNIT SYSTEM works in Eastern liberal arts colleges, Marilyn Cathcart, Manhattan sophomore, conjectured, and would probably work here.
But is the depth gained worth the sacrifice in variety, students wonder. And was depth lacking in the first place?
"Sometimes students want a break from their majors—like a bit of music or art," says Melissa Case, Kansas City freshman,
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