Friday, May 7, 1965
University Daily Kansan
Page 9
Local Typists Benefit From Students' Assignments
Along with keeping house and watching over their children, a number of Lawrence women earn an additional income for their family by typing KU students' term papers, theses, and reports.
These typists often find themselves learning about strange topics as they work on these papers.
One such subject which Mrs. Marwin Brown encountered was a narrative on the dissection of a human skull.
"The skull dissection is something you don't think about much until you actually begin typing a paper on it," Mrs. Brown said.
MRS. BROWN and other typists said that requests for typing have been mounting as the semester ends. Mrs. Brown estimated she would probably type about 35 papers for students during this busy season.
She said her biggest papers are theses which run to about forty pages.
Mrs. Brown said her latest project is a large paper which is written in Spanish. She said she didn't really know what the paper is about but "my daughter can read some of it."
Mrs. Marlen. Higley was asked if things seemed to be picking up as students rushed to wind up the semester.
"Oh boy! It sure seems like this is
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SHE NOTED her largest thesis vet is the one she is currently working on which will probably contain from 450 to 500 pages. She said it must be complete within a week.
The history paper, although Mrs. Higley has been typing for about two years, is also the most interesting one she has ever typed. It is a biography of John J. Ingalls, former Kansas senator.
Mrs. Higley added, "I seldom read what I type, I find I can do a better job if I don't get too involved."
Mrs. Sue Fulcher said she used to take short notice typing but doesn't now. She related an incident when a boy brought his paper to her at 1:15 one afternoon, saying "it's due at 2:00." He then nervously stood behind her, she said, and waited for her to finish.
She also said that she does some short notice typing "if I'm not busy and if it is neat copy, I'd work late—but I don't like these late calls at midnight where they expect you to have it ready by 8 am, the next day.
Mrs. Fulcher also noted that her business is picking up and papers "are scheduled one after another."
Mrs. Higley was asked if she accepts many "night-before" papers. She replied that she has stayed up all night several times. If she is not busy, she will type a "fifteen or twenty page paper on short notice" such as the night before.
"During May, I probably do at least 100 pages a week," Mrs. Cook said.
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She said her longest paper was a 300 page education thesis which she typed two years ago. She said she received about $200 and it took her two weeks to type it up.
LIKE ALL the other typist ladies interviewed, Mrs. Cook said most of the papers she typed were for boys.
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She noted that May and January and the summer months are her busiest seasons.
A number of the papers which she types, Mrs. Cook said, are for students who are in the KU or Lawrence area working but are actually receiving degrees from other universities.
MRS. ROBERT COOK, who has been typing term papers for about eight years, said the longest thesis she ever typed was 600 pages.
MRS, BETH REYNOLDS, another professional typist, said she received a call from a boy Tuesday night about 9 p.m., asking her if she could type up his paper by 3 p.m. Wednesday.
"He said he hadn't written it yet, but I told him to bring it over when he finished," she explained.
She said she has yet to hear or see from the boy.
She explained that she typed the work this summer off and on for about two months. It was for a student at Vanderbilt University who was summer teaching at Baker University in Baldwin.
Like the other typists, Mrs. Reynolds said she has encountered a number of new subjects as she types even though she has only been typing student papers for the last month. She listed her most interesting topic as an anthropology study of some Indian bones.
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