Sidman to teach term in London
In January, an associate professor from KU will join the faculty of the University of London. Charles F. Sidman will teach history there for two semesters.
He and his family will leave soon for a one and one-half year stay in Europe. The trip includes a semester at the University of Bonn where he will advise the Junior Year Abroad program and time at Munich for research at the National Archives.
Sidman plans to be back by September 1968 but may return in June of that year depending on European commitments and the progress of his research.
A GRADUATE OF John Carroll University in Ohio, Sidman received his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin. He taught junior high and high school and came to KU in 1960. German, European history and graduate seminars are among courses he has taught. He has been a member of the International Awards committee and was selected Hillteacher last year
"How many people have the opportunity to start fresh every semester," he asked. "I can do this two times a year. You can never really grow stale. The opportunity to read, to write and to teach is always there."
While in Europe he plans to complete two manuscripts. One will be a large paperback edition on the history of national socialism and the other a more specialized work on its origins. The latter will deal with the period 1919-1921.
WHILE IN MUNICH, Sidman hopes to start a new project. Although he said much depends on the material uncovered he would like to do something on the church-state relationship in Germany and possibly a biography of an important German figure.
Imagination and independent thinking are attributes Sidman finds desirable in a student. He said the classroom should be structured to the development and utilization of these attributes.
Mechanical problems (large classes) and individual failings, however, often deter such an atmosphere.
Sidman mentioned large course loads and petty examinations as further blocks to the students' educational pursuits. Because of these, students "aren't encouraged to read or think as much as they should."
TODAY'S STUDENTS are more interested in change than students of his generation, he said.
"Young people are more impatient now. They like to interject their own judgment."
Students in his college days, responded to political controversy with heated discussions but demonstrations were somewhat unheard of.
"We grumbled," he said in regard to the draft. "Today they demonstrate."
Sidman finds the atmosphere and the tremendous variety of the university campus silmulating. As a teacher he said he has a unique opportunity.
Skiers will be shown conditioning exercises and basic maneuvers tonight at the meeting of the KUY Ski Club in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
Skiers practice tonight
Jim Brink, ski instructor for the Christmas ski trip to Vail, Colo., and Wichita senior, said he's "chiefly concerned about the girls because most of them aren't used to doing the strenuous exercises required for skiing."
He said he would show basic calisthenics, like the "leg lift," "jumping hops," and sit-ups, and other exercises to strengthen the back and legs.
"MOST KANSANS haven't had much experience on the ski slope, and exercising, and a little practice before their first outing really helps to prevent injury," Brink said. "When they get to the hill they're ready to learn fast."
One of the basic ski maneuvers that Brink will demonstrate is how to fall. "The most important thing is to be able to anticipate the fall. If you feel yourself starting to fall, don't fight it. Try to relax and do your best to fall sideways on one hip. In this way you won't get hurt and wet and cold," he said.
Brink attended the University of Grenoble in France last year and skied in France, Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia during his year's stay in Europe.
John Garvey, Ski Club president and Wichita itchona, said the Vail trip was full "long before Thanksgiving," however there are still vacancies for the
GETTING BUSIER
trip to Winter Park, Colo. from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2 Reservations
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands —(UPI)—The Alexander Hamilton Airport here is getting busier all the time. Overall operations have increased from 13,800 flights for the year ended June, 1965, to 27,500 for the corresponding period of 1966.
Daily Kansan
Wednesday, December 7, 1966
$219 Stu Phillips "Christmas Album"
for this trip should be made before Dec. 16, Garvey said.
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Kief's Record & Stereo
$231 Lou Rawls
"LIVE"
Kief's Record & Stereo
Red, Pink, Light Blue, Natural $5.95
Shoes-Second Floor
Two Showings!!
Wednesday!!
S. U. A.
CLASSICAL FILM SERIES
presents
Akira Kurosawa's
"I LIVE IN FEAR"
(Japan, 1955)
Typical of the extremely powerful dramas of director Kurosawa (The Seven Samuraii, Throne of Blood, Roshomon)—the frightening story of a Japanese factory owner who finds himself blocked and declared insane in his attempt to escape from his country and the threat of destruction by the H-Bomb.
7:00 & 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday—Dyche Auditorium
Single Admission: 60c
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