Search is on for dean's successor
The search is on for a new
clean of students.
Since Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, formally announced his resignation this fall, a committee has been formed to find the right man to take his place.
DEAN OF STUDENTS LAURENCE C. WOODRUFF
HE SAID it will be necessary to find a young man who has had experience with a university such as KU.
James R. Surface, provost and dean of faculties, said, "The committee is looking for a person with a real interest in students and who can deal with a wide range of problems."
"The new dean must be able to command the respect of not only the students, but also the faculty and other personnel and officials of the university," Surface said.
Surface said that the committee will compile a list of likely candidates. "About three people will be asked to come to the campus for a few days to look it over and give us a chance to meet them," he said.
"We are soliciting nominations and suggestions from the faculty," Surface said. "We will also write to people we know in that branch of the university."
After meeting the candidates from other universities, the committee will consider persons at KU. Then, after discussing and evaluating faculty and administration members here and at other universities, the committee will make recommendations to the Chancellor.
"WE MOPE that we will know who it will be by February, particularly if we are going to bring someone from another institution," Surface said.
A nine-page elections bill will be considered at tonight's All Student Council (ASC) meeting in the Cottonwood Room of the Kansas Union.
Members of the committee are: Donald Alderson, dean of men; Emily Taylor, dean of women; Aldon Bell, dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences; Donald Metzler, dean of the school of engineering and architecture; James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions; Gordon Collister, director of guidance service; Margaret Byrne, professor of speech and drama; and Clark E. Bricker, professor of chemistry.
Dick Darville (KUPA—large men's), Shawnee Mission senior, introduced the bill at the last meeting. Among other things, the bill provides for the elimination of class officers with the exception of the senior class.
Elections bill before ASC
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts clear to partly cloudy skies tonight with colder temperatures. High today should be in the 40s with a low tonight in the lower 20s. Wednesday is expected to be cold and fair.
WEATHER
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
KU PROGRESSIVE Alliance (KUPA), formed this fall as the third campus political organization, will not be listed on the ballot during the fall elections Nov. 16-17.
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CORRECTION
The Jim McCreary who read poetry denouncing the war on Viet Nam was incorrectly identified in Monday's Kansan. He is not a graduate student from Norman, Okla.
Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No. 32
Tuesday, November 1, 1966
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Woodruff will resign as dean of students
By BETSY WRIGHT Wanted:
Man to chair Council on Student Affairs, Disciplinary Committee, Aids and Awards Committee, Eligibility Committee and Orientation Week Committee. Must be able to coordinate activities of non-academic departments and aid the dean of women and dean of men. He also gets to keep tabs on 15,000 students.
The above ad could be used by the committee hunting for a man to fill the soon-to-be-vacated dean of students' shoes. But it would merely touch on the whole picture.
Laurence Woodruff, the man who has held the dean of students' position since its creation in 1953, finds many other activities to fill his day. He represents KU at the Big Eight and the National Collegeiate Athletic Association (NCAA) conferences, serves on the KU Athletic Board—which he chaired for many years, works with all student activities and teaches a biology class.
WHEN WOODRUFF leaves 228 Strong next summer, he will have a record difficult for a newcomer to match. Woodruff received his bachelor of arts and master of science degrees at KU but went to Cornell to receive his doctorate. Returning in 1334 to teach biology and entomology at KU, he has remained here since.
Woodruff switched to the administrative side of life in 1942, when he became registrar.
"Like a lot of today's administrators, I was sort of thrust into the position through the shortage caused by the war," Woodruff said.
In 1947 he relinquished his registrar duties to become dean of men, a position he held until the dean of students' office was created.
"THE DEVELOPMENT of our various programs through the years has been very satisfying. When I first came we could house less than 500 people. Today we have room for 5,000. The Kansas Union has been expanded three
times, is now being enlarged again and they're planning a satellite Union over in the West Hills section," he said.
"There is a compounding of the whole picture—a healthy growth in enrollment and a healthy growth in operations," Woodruff said.
He described KU as "ahead of most universities—behind a few."
WHEN asked about any possible failings or unreached goals set during his tenure in office, the dean of students said, "We need far more financial support to our students than we now have. Things are infinitely better than they used to be, but we still have a long way to go.
Next fall Woodruff will move back to the full-time occupation of professor of biology and entomology.
"It's been an interesting and exciting life working with young people," he said. "But I've long since stopped trying to keep up with them. I think a younger person could inject more vitality and imagination into the job."
Bids for University Press are rejected-lack of funds
Max Bickford, executive secretary of the board, said, "Without the fees, there simply is not enough money available and the contracts cannot be signed."
The bids were opened and approved Saturday in Manhattan by the Kansas Board of Regents for construction of the building on the edge of campus just across Iowa Street.
Bids totaling $306,097 for construction of a new printing facility for the University Press have been rejected for lack of funds.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor of finance, were not available for comment on the next possible move.
WHAT'S INSIDE
HOMECOMING-first torchlight parade in 20 years-page 8.
HOPE AWARD-first list of nominees announced page 12.
3,500 anticipated here
High school teachers to convene
About 3,500 teachers from Northeast Kansas will be on the KU campus Wednesday through Friday for one of eight sectional meetings of the 103rd Kansas State Teachers Association Convention.
The two general sessions will be conducted in Allen Field House with about 40 departmental and round table meetings on campus and at several Lawrence public schools.
William W. Sanders, editorial cartoonist for The Kansas City Star, will address the first general session Thursday at 9:30 a.m. on "Dark at the Top of the Stairs."
THE SECOND general session will feature Tom M. Stinnett, former executive secretary for professional development and welfare of the National Educational Association and is now a professor at Texas A&M.
Doris R. Hand, Overland Park, vice-president of the Northeast Section of KSTA, will preside at the general sessions and at the sectional delegate assembly meeting Wednesday in the Kansas Union.
SEVERAL KU professors will give addresses to department and round table discussions or serve as resource advisors.
Among them are:
Evelyn Swartz, history, intermediate grades; Jed Davis, classroom creativity, kindergartenfirst grade; Joie Stapleyon, physical education, second and third grades; Karl D. Edwards, common learnings; William M. Merrill and Clark E. Bricker, physical science; James G. Stachowiak, classroom discipline, second and third grades.
KU'S CONCERT Choir, directed by James S. Ralston, will present a concert for the Kansas Music Educators Association in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
David W. Martin, University of Southern California, will speak to several round table discussion groups on alienation and school youth.
Other speakers will address groups on problems facing Kansas institutions of higher learning.