'Blackboard jungles' extending far beyond inner-cities
By KELLY SCOTT
Kansan Staff Reporter
The present climate of violence in the country has
been intensified by the fact that extends far
beyond imperial charity schools.
However, Carl Knox, superintendent of the Lawrence Unified School District, said Thursday that physical law in Lawrence schools was scaused because that he was reluctant to categorize it as a problem.
Nevertheless, Jerry Hall, president of the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA), said violence in public schools had been on the rise for six years in school systems throughout Kansas.
Hall cited statistics released by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare that showed a marked increase in school violence in a 12 state region which included Kansas.
Assaults by students on teachers have increased 52 per cent for the period 1970-73. Assaults on students by students are up 20 per cent and rape and attempted rape have increased 40 per cent.
Vandalism has also risen 19 per cent. In Topika,
vandalism was on a grave edge alone for the 1973-74
school year was $260,000.
Violence in public schools has spread to affluent suburban as well as rural school systems, according to Joseph I. Grealey, president of the National Association of School Security Directors.
A recent U.S. Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency reported that there were 100 murders in public schools each year. Vandalism costs the taxpayer about $600 million a year, the report said.
Physical injury is the worst aspect of violence in
the workplace because of injuries because of
oil equipment is also unfortunate.
"It cannot be measured in dollars and cents alone," Grealey said. "The loss of use of facilities and equipment places a great strain on teachers who must function without them."
What is the cause of such nightmarish behavior? teachers, administrators and parents point to a number of reasons.
According to a Gallup poll, parents have iden- tified their discipline as the number one problem in schools (2015).
While Lawrence schools haven't been violent, Knox said, there is a prevalent attitude of disrespect and discourtesy in schools that is related to the problem of school violence.
They lack respect for teachers, administrators and parents, he said.
Students are extremely concerned about individual rights, Knox said, but they lack an understanding of the balance between rights and the responsibility that goes along with them.
"Students seem in respect to matters of right and wrong." Knox said recently.
Knox said recent court decisions and legislation had brought the issue of individual rights into a school setting but students seemed unable to strike a balance between individual rights and the responsibility necessary to preserve a harmonious relationship for successful school functioning.
Often, Knox said, administrators and teachers are so careful about appearing repressive and giving the student due process of law that discipline is relaxed.
On the national scale, the number of lawsuits against educators has risen sharply. Georgia currently has 12 lawsuits pending against teachers accused of raining-up students.
Some administrators believe that compulsory education laws also contribute to the pressure on teachers.
Schools required by law to keep all students under a certain age in school have discipline trouble from the students who may be better off out of the schools and those with special educational circumstances and vocational training could be valuable.
In the meantime, tightened security is the way most administrators are handling their violence
There is legislation now before Congress called the Safe Schools Act, which would make available $200 million in government aid to schools for security equipment.
Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh and New York are all investing heavily in sophisticated electronic equipment and increased manpower to curb school violence.
The use of this electronic equipment has caused complaints that schools are being turned into armed camps. Teachers and parents alike say it is long overdue.
New legislation in North Carolina makes it a crime to "disrupt, disturb or interfere with the operation of a police officer."
educational institution." San Francisco school districts have passed ordinances providing for automatic suspension of any student caught carrying a weapon.
Beyond these stopgap measures, the problem of violence in schools is one deeply embedded in our society.
"Scolds mirror total society" Knox said. Anything said about the situation in schools today was an understatement, he said.
"Teachers in general are blamed for poor student behavior and school violence," Hall said, "when it comes to bullying."
Bradford Tate, principal of Lawrence High School, said violence in Lawrence was not a problem in comparison with other schools in the nation, yet he criticized the governor's conference to study the problem.
"Too often we education as the panacea of all our social problems and expect teachers to do for us what might very well be done better in church, at home or elsewhere."
"As an administrator, I'm concerned," Fate said. "I've read the violence and I want to know more."
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
KAIN
Monday, June 16, 1975
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
KU artist profiled
No.145
See page 3.
Security voids parking tickets
Parking tickets issued Saturday morning in Zone UL, adjacent to the Kansas Union, were voided later in the day at the request of officers; vice chancellor for business affairs.
Nichler made the request after he was called Saturday by Donald K. Alderson,
Alderson was participating in a freshman orientation session when he observed a person writing tickets for cars parked in Zone UL.
Alderson said yesterday that he called the Security and Parking dispatcher.
"I was concerned with the Saturday
gathering," he said. "My security."
Alderson said, one told ticket clerk
Nitcher said that he was aware of the number of orientation visitors on campus Saturday, so he called the dispatcher and noted that tickets not be issued in the area of the union.
"Normally the University has a patrolman at the traffic control booth to handle arrangements for such activities." Nitcher said. "But apparently there wasn't one, so I suggested that no tickets be issued there."
Security and Parking Capt. B. L. Ellison said that, to the best of his knowledge, special parking permits for Daisy Hill zones and persons planning to camp to orientation.
Ellison, who wasn't on duty Saturday, said, "Alderson had a legitimate concern in one sense that the University shouldn't make an unfavorable impression on prospective students and their parents. However, it is my belief that these people are not as likely to permit them to come to the campus, and that these permits didn't include the lot, near the Union."
James Sellacek, Security and Parking dispatcher, received the call from Nitcher and informed Sgt. Ivan Hobbs, the officer in charge Saturday.
Hobbs was unavailable for comment.
Rurr returns
Lance Burr, former candidate for Kansas attorney general, moved a volley in an early round of the Parks and Recreation
Staff photo by DON PIERCE
City Tennis Tournament. Burt finished second in the men's singles competition and teamed with Van Thompson to win the women's doubles title.
Regents to decide facultypav.operating costs
By JACK McNEELY
Vancouver Staff Donnister
The University of Kanaa's fiscal year 1977
annual budget in the hands of the
Kanaa Band of Boomers.
Dykes can make only informed guesses at how the Regents will treat KU's requests, but he thinks a 10 per cent increase in money earmarked for faculty salaries and a 12 per cent increase in other operating expenses will receive top priority.
"The Regents are strongly committed to bringing the financial resources of the University up to the level of our peer institutions," Dykes said. The key elements include providing other operating expenses, such as supplies, equipment, travel and utilities, he said.
How the Regents will cut or approve the requests in the budget will depend largely on how they think the public will respond to them. And, as the architect of the cellar Arch R. Dkves said yesterday.
Dykes said the Regents had traditionally honored requests for more money because of increased enrollment, so he expected that part of KU's budget to be approved.
The Lawrence campus expects full-time equivalent enrollments of 19,345 for next fall and 20,678 for next year. Full-time equivalent enrollment figures are a way of neutralizing for funding purposes the effect of part-time students on full-time enrollment. The Lawrence campus, the full-time equivalent enrolment is expected to be 19,345. The head course enrolment—the number of students who enroll—will be larger than that, but some of the students will be part-
Because funding for the state schools is
tied to the number of credit hours taken rather than to the number of students who enroll, the head count figures are multiplied by a factor of about .85 to obtain what would be an equivalent enrollment if all the students were full-time.
The KU Medical Center is requesting 12 new classified and $2.5 new unclassified positions to handle its expected enrollment in the Medical Center. In 1976, 1,542 in fall 1975 to 1,570 in fall 1976. Some of the $2.5 new unclassified positions for the Med Center reflect a planned gradual increase in the Med Center's staff to handle events when hospital additions are finished.
increase of 255 in the full-time equivalent enrollment means the Lawrence campus may receive 5.7 new classified positions, 17 new unclassified positions at $15,000 each and an increase of $81,200 in other operating positions are for Customer Service workers; unclassified positions are for all other employees, such as teachers and most administrators.
KU's fiscal 1977 budget, along with budgets from the five other state schools, will be submitted to Topics. The Regents will study the budget until June 30, when they will tell the schools which items in the budgets may be required of the governor and the Kansas legislature.
The six state schools are KU, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Kansas State College at Pittsburg, Emporia State College and College Fort Hays State College.
The Regents granted $23,000 of a $30,000
request by KU which will help get a $24,000
RU will add $34,000 to the Regents' $26,000. The resulting $60,000 will be matched 80-20 by $240,000 from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and
Science.
The entire work will be used to remodel buildings so physically handicapped people can use them. Such conditions as narrow windows and low ceilings, carpets and lack of elevators will be corrected.
federal grant to make the Lawrence campground possible to physically accommodate people.
The Regents also approved a plan to let the highest ranking student officer of each of the six state schools attend Regents meetings. The six officers, called the Student's Advisory Committee, will attend board and committee meetings but won't vote.
Stroup replaced Emily Taylor, former dean of women, in January. Taylor is now ACE director of Women in Higher Education in Washington, D.C. Stroup said last week, however, that she wouldn't be working with Taylor.
The Regents decision to let the students attend their meetings came after pressure from the Associated Students of Kansas (ASK), a student lobbying organization of which all the state schools except KU are members.
Kala Mays Stroup, dean of women, is one of 11 women recently named to the American Council on Education (ACE) internship program for the 1975-76 academic year. She is the first University of California administrator to be awarded the fellowship.
Stroup receives fellowship
"Up until the last two or three years, few women have won internships," Group said. "Not because they weren't capable, but because their institutions didn't nominate
During her leave, Stroup will remain at the University of Kansas, working closely with Chancellor Archie R. Dykes. Stroup said she was grateful to the university would go "practically everywhere with
Caryl Smith, associate dean of women, who will become acting dean of women for the 1975-78 academic year, will take over Stougn's toch in August.
"At the same time, some of my own administrative skills will be evaluated and used."
him," attending meetings and helping with decisions and problem solving.
"I will return to the Dean of Women's office." Stroup said. "Hopefully, I'll be more effective in my job. A better understanding of higher education in general can't help but provide a better understanding of the administrative process."
Stroup said her studies would include coordination of higher education in Kansas, the University of Alabama, administration and government. There is a substantial reading list, projects and papers, as well as seminars in St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colo., she said.
StudEx reviews health insurance
By TONI DIXON
Kansas Staff Reporter
Some members said the inclusion of birth control prescriptions in the coverage might be a concern.
Prescription coverage that had been removed from student Blue Cross-Blue Shield policies is being reconsidered by StudEx.
Some StudEx members weren't aware that prescriptions for birth control pills were formerly covered by the Blue Cross-Blue Shield drug-rider.
"I did not know birth control pills were included, Ed Rollins' student body prescribes," he said.
The Student Senate had removed the rider from Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurance contracts that covered the cost of prescription drugs.
StudEx members agreed that students on a tight budget might not get to Walkins for the medical aid they needed because they are unable to pay for prescriptions out of their own nocks.
Rolfs said the drug-rider would increase the cost of the polley by 25 per cent.
In other action, Rolfs told StudEx that the Board of Regents had authorized the purchase of a site formerly known as Linwood School and nine unused acres for the location of the Continuing Education Center.
Rofs expressed concern that the new purchase might eventually cause the creation of a new campus separate from the present campus.
"Charlotte Dykes has just given birth to a bouncing baby campus," Rhs said. Vrfos vetoes a bill that would allow for sexual discrimination in certain cases, such
as in decisions pertaining to Women's Athletics.
"My personal feeling is that it would leave us open to possible legal action and make it difficult to define areas that are sensitive to certain people." Rolfs said.
The bill will be sent back to the Student Senate for another discussion and vote.
StudieX also approved a Work Force 76 program to provide a teletype printout of student resumes that would be made available to the nation and in 80 foreign countries.
The cost to the student will be $20.
Eighteen dollars will go to American Personnel Systems, which will provide the services. and $2 will go for operation costs.
This new service is supposed to provide more effective assistance to alumni and current students. A list of major companies in the four-state area that use this system will be made available to students interested in using the printout service and to the printout service will also be available.
StudEx also approved a Regents' ruling to
allow the University to accept an integral part of the University.
StudEx is under a time contract for the services and will pay $17.50 a computer per hour.
This action came about as a result of a Supreme Court ruling involving the crash of a plane carrying the Wichita State University football team several years ago. The courts said the university was liable for the KUAC will come under the same regulations as other corporations within the University.
Former intern to return
BY STANSTENBURG
Kansas St. Reporter
By STAN STENERSEN
When James B. Appleberry assumes his new position as director of institutional planning at the University of Kansas on Wednesday, he will give evidence in planning the University's future.
Appleberry, who is currently the head of the department of administration and higher education at Oklahoma State University, spent part of the 1973-74 school year observing Chancellor Archie R. Dykes, who was honored by the American Council on Education.
"The chancellor would present issues the University was confronting and ask me to think through them," Appleberry said. "It's something expected of mentors for all ACE interns, and I wasn't unique in that respect. But I became involved in thinking about the university, and I am pleased that I can contribute to the University in this new position."
Appleberry said yesterday that his study under Dykes of KU's future influenced his decision to apply for the newly created position.
Appleberry's new position may be confusing for those who are used to walking down the first-floor corridor of Strong Hall and seeing the signs marked "Institutional Research" and "Planning" over two of the doors. Dykes said that Appleberry's office had no direct ties with the present office of Institutional Research and Planning.
"Mr. Appleberry will be attached to the chancellor's office and will report directly to me." Dykes said. "His job will be future-oriented. He will attempt to identify major trends and issues as they confront the University and develop ways to meet
Appleberry said that his job was different
"In part, it 's a think-kill' operation," he said. "Many institutions are now developing programs to draw back from the day-to-day operations of a university and look into the future to see what can be done about issues that confront the university in many business areas."
Part of Appleberry's job will be to set up the mechanics of long-range planning. He will be chairman of a University-wide planning council and will develop approaches to the study of KU's future. Once the mechanics of his office are established, Appleberry will identify key issues and trends, determine their impact on the University and develop options for administrators to use in determining the University's response.
Appleberry said his office would advise other offices and administrators and wouldn't implement changes itself. Any future plans, he said, depend on the decisions of the chancellor and other administrators.
Appleberry, 37, was a teacher and an elementary and junior high school principal before he went to Oklahoma State. He received his doctorate in education from OSU in 1960, and he became head of the administration and higher education in 1973.
Dykes said that Appleberry was selected from a field of about 100 candidates.