Studychore-Western Civ Exam
By ROSE MARIE LEE
Term papers, book reviews and the Western Civ Exam are some of the things KU students have to look forward to when they come back from Christmas vacation.
The Western Civ Exam will be given from 1 to 5 p.m. January 7. The deadline for registration to take the exam is tomorrow.
GENERAL REVIEW sessions
Gary Gregg, Coldwater senior, was selected Wednesday as a regional finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship.
KU senior competes for award
Gregg and David Parker, Kansas State University senior, will go to Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday for the final competition.
Aldon Bell, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, made the announcement after the regional interviews in Topeka.
GREGG, WHO has maintained a cumulative grade point average of 2.8, was selected by a special committee from a group of 16 candidates representing five colleges and universities.
CHRISTMAS CHEER
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson of Coldwater, and is majoring in history and political science.
Gregg hopes to get a Ph.D. and eventually teach college history.
IF HE is declared a finalist, he will receive about $2,800 a year from the Rhodes Scholarship Committee to complete work on any degree offered by Oxford University in England.
Another KU senior, Rick Harrington of Terre Haute, Ind., represented KU Wednesday in a regional meeting at Indianapolis, Dean Bell said. Whether he qualified for final competition was not known at press time.
Others representing KU at Topeka were Al Martin, Shawnee Mission junior; Ted Haggart, Salina senior; Martin Holmer, and Will Price, both Wichita seniors, and John Alderson, Lyons senior.
Official Bulletin
Foreign Students: Turn in Christmas holiday plans to 226 Strong Hall. Form is on last page of Dec. Newsletter.
TODAY
Ph.D. Final Exam. 2 p.m. John Shoemaker, chemistry, 324 Malott
Shoemaker, chemistry 234 Malott
1998 World Finals, 7:30 p.m.
University Theatre.
Experimental Theatre, 8:20 p.m.
"The Rogue's" FRIDAY
FRIDAY
Univ. Women's Club Dinner Dance &
Bridge, 7:30 p.m. Union.
Experimental Theatre, 8:20 p.m.
"The Rogue's Trial."
SATURDAY
Ph.D. Final Exam, 10 a.m. Robert F. Nelson, chemistry, 234 Malott.
Basketball 9' p.m. Texas Western at Chicago Stadium
SUNDAY
International Club: busses for Old Mexico depart 8 a.m. Sunday, Kansas Union.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday. A low tonight near 30 degrees and a high tomorrow around 50 are expected. No precipitation probabilities tonight or tomorrow.
will be given by instructors from 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. Jan.4 and 5 in 411 Summerfield.
Some students who have passed the exam offer opinions how students should review for it.
Jance Baum, Dodge City senior, said, "I didn't re-read all the books because I would have spent so much time just reading. But I did go over all my notes and discussed the material with friends for almost a week before. I took the exam a year after I completed the discussion courses, and many of the courses I took during that time reviewed the material and helped me to understand it better."
DON WAHAUS, Lenexa junior, said the amount of time needed for review is determined by how fresh the material is. He said, "I took the first semester discussion course in 1961, then went into the
Elizabeth Haymes, Marshfield, Mo., graduate student, said she spent three days in review. "The formal reviews helped me more than anything," she said. "I also practiced writing sample essays in which I compared and contrasted views on things like the nature of man and the Social Contract.
Army. Last fall I took the second discussion course. I spent about an hour a day for two or three weeks re-reading and reviewing. I found the published Western Civilization notes helpful, along with reviewing the actual material."
"I found the published notes a good general source, but when you get into important theories or something you don't understand you should go back and study the primary source," she said.
SAN FRANCISCO—(UPI) U.S. fighting men in Viet Nam received almost 500 tons of gifts and mail during the Christmas season last year. The airlift was conducted by Air Reserve Forces.
Commenting about the exam, Miss Haymes said, "I thought the
essay questions were extremely general but some multiple choice questions were quite specific. One I remember asked something about Newton's theory of color, which I don't even remember reading about."
10 Daily Kansan Thursday, December 15, 1966
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