Thursday, May 13, 1965 University Daily Kansan
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New CRC Leader Desires Harmony
By Joan McCabe
Sims Stokes, Mobile, Ala., junior, will head the Civil Rights Council as president next year.
Others elected at last night's meeting were Mike Jennison, Wiesbaden, AB, Germany, sophomore and vice president-elect; Beth Cox, St. Louis, Mo., freshman and secretary-elect, and Margaret Hughes, Ottawa junior and treasurer-elect.
STOKES SAID he looks forward
SIMS STOKES New CRC President
to the functions of CRC next semester with "a great deal of enthusiasm."
"I am interested in letting the University and the state of Kansas know that our group is not a thorn in the side or a group of radicals," he explained.
Stokes continued, "I want to promote a harmonious relationship between the University, the people of Lawrence and the CRC. In comparison with other areas I feel that in the field of civil rights this community is definitely outstanding.
"I do have a great deal of confidence in the University administration. I feel that we will be given a great deal of cooperation and that our interests will be concurrent with those of the University itself."
The new officers will take over their respective positions next Wednesday at the last CRC meeting for this semester.
The CRC has been invited by the dean of women, Emily Taylor, to sit in while room assignments are made for freshman and upper-class women this summer.
ACCEPTING THIS invitation on behalf of the CRC will be Linda Cloud, Kansas City freshman, and Peggy Smith, Garden City junior; for freshman women, and Beth Cox, St. Louis, Mo., freshman; Carol Jones, Palms, Calif.; junior; Frances Burns, Houston, Texas, sophomore, and Pat Nalls, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore, for upperclass women.
Carol Klinknett, Lawrence housewife. will assist with the process on weekends if she is needed.
A majority of students polled were found to be against reducing the number of examinations, according to the results of an All Student Council opinion poll announced at the ASC meeting Tuesday night.
ASC Poll Approves Present Test System
From a sampling of 86 students chosen at random from a Statistical Service list, 70 expressed an unfavorable position, while 16 favored reducing examinations in college courses.
The telephone questionnaire consisted of 14 questions. The survey required more than a month to contact students involved.
Jack Kille, Ottawa senior and chairman of the ASC opinion poll committee, said this was the first time the poll had been used in the committee's two year history.
The other 13 questions and results are as follows:
"THE MAIN FUNCTION of the poll was to get ideas on student thinking." Kille said.
- Do you think the present grading system provides a just and adequate scale for measuring your performance? (55 yes, 31 no)
- Would a change to an honor-pass-or-fail system be an improvement? (36 yes, 50 no)
- SHOULD YOU be allowed to make the choice, without penalty, of attending or not attending classes on days when no examinations are scheduled? (60 yes. 26 no)
- Does the unannounced exam, in general, make a positive contribution to your learning process? (51 yes, 35 no)
- How many credit hours are you taking this semester? The average was 15.5 of the students interviewed.
- Do you believe frequent testing serves a useful purpose in lower level courses? (67 yes, 19 no)
- How many hours of outside preparation did you spend per week for the above load? The average came to about 30 hours.
- SHOULD MORE OR LESS emphasis be placed on the final examination as a grade determining factor? (10 for more, 76 for less)
- Would you be in favor of a stop-week? (78 ves. 8 no)
- Would you be in favor of a stop-week if you had to start school earlier or have vacations cut down?
(55 ves. 31 no)
- Would you favor a credit carrying comprehensive examination in your major field the final semester, as a requirement for graduation? (48 ves. 38 no)
- Is credit hour rating for a course an accurate measurement of the amount of work done in the course? (34 yes, 52 no)
Brokers' Advice
- Would you be in favor of a change to all four hour classes in order to reduce the total number of courses which a student must take each semester? (38 yes, 48 no)
Stock Risky for Wealth
The stock market is not the place to get rich fast, Ken Melchior, stock market account executive, said.
in Kansas City, spoke at a seminar last night in the Kansas Union.
Melchior and Bob Hobbs, account executives for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc., stock brokers
MELCHIOR SAID THERE is no set method for investment in the stock market. A person will generally increase his capital somewhat, he said, but it is certainly not the place to double or triple an investment. "The greatest investment in the world will mean nothing unless the law of supply and demand is setting right." Melchior said.
Marine Killed In Dominican
SANTO DOMINGO — (UPI) — Another U.S. Marine was killed Wednesday night by rebel small arms sniper fire, bringing to 18 the number of Americans killed since troops landed here two weeks ago.
Rebel sniping continued while representatives of the Organization of American States (OAS) tried to find a way to break the political stalemate which has threatened to erupt into civil war between rebel and loyalist juntas.
Paratroopers announced today they would pass out clothing donated by Fort Bragg, N.C., wives to needy Dominicans this afternoon.
Hobbs said people too often start in the stock market looking for something nobody else knows about, a fast rising stock. This is usually impossible. Those who find a fast rising stock usually find it a disadvantage in the long run because they keep expecting it all the time, he added.
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