University Daily Kansan Tuesday. April 20,1965
Four Majors Are Nothing Minor to KU Men
By Jacke Thayer
Quadruple majors are no longer a rarity at KU.
Last year's Breon Mitchell, KU's 16th Rhodes Scholar, was the first to graduate with four majors. William Cibes, an Altamont senior, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year while carrying four majors.
This year three others have joined the ranks, complete with shiny new Phi Beta Kappa keys. They are Stephen Klemp, Lawrence junior; Henry Bisbee, Toledo, Ohio, junior; and Dan Davidson, Wichita senior.
Klemp and Bisbee were among the eight juniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa last week. Davidson's election was announced Monday.
DAVIDSON, WHO IS completing his quadruple major in three years, has also been awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship, and has been admitted to the Harvard graduate school.
His majors are Russian, Soviet and Slavic area studies, humanities and German.
Davidson's plans for next year are not definite.
"Tentatively, I am hoping to go to Germany on a 'Dankstipendium,' a type of Fulbright grant from the German government under the Institute for International Education," he said.
"HOWEVER," Davidson continued. "if that doesn't come through I have been accepted by the Harvard graduate school and would like to apply my Woodrow Wilson there—in Slavic areas with emphasis on comparative literature."
Eventually, Davidson said, he would like to go into college teaching.
Davidson decided on his four majors while still in high school.
"I was interested in German because originally I planned to go into science," he explained. "I got more interested in the humanities while in high school—reading and expressing oneself in different languages fascinated me. I read some of the great Russian novels and I consider them some of the finest in the world. And I thought how great it would be to read them in the original language."
AT KU HE attended the German and Russian summer language institutes. He has also been a freshman counselor, scholarship chairman and member of the Judiciary Council in Stephenson scholarship hall.
"For the past three years I have been a teacher and band instructor at a local music school," he said. "The students come from Lawrence High School and some of the intermediate schools.
Davidson said his extracurricular activities have been "half on campus and half off."
DAVIDSON FEELS his interest in humanities has been aided by this work and thinks it has "broadened his horizons."
"There's nothing more general than humanities," he said. "All of these activities, especially those dealing with music, have had a practical application in my humanities interests."
"I spend one night a week and all day Saturday there." Davidson said. "My specialty is keyboard and, in this case, mostly the accordion."
Davidson has also been a member of the German and Russian Clubs.
"IVE NEVER REALLY figured up how many hours I spend studying each week," Davidson said. "I'm afraid it's not as much as most people. What studying I do is intensive, but sporadic, and just whenever I can.
How much study time does it take to complete four majors in three years?
"Of course a lot of my time is spent in class," he continued, "in order to finish in three years. This semester I am taking 19 hours, last semester it was 22, and the semester before that it was 23."
Stephen Klemps' majors are French, international relations, Soviet and Slavic area studies and Russian. He is completing his majors in the standard four years and is a member of Kappa Sigma social fraternity.
PRESENTLY, KLEMP is "a little confused" as to his plans after graduation.
"Til probably do three things, though they are not necessarily in any order," he explained. "I'd like to get my master's degree in Russian, get my Army service out of the way—I'm in ROTC now—and then find a job, probably connected with one of the governmental agencies."
Klemp said his four majors were accumulated gradually.
"I have participated in what I was interested in," Klemp said. "In some cases this gives people a chance for leadership development. I never pursued it that far.
"First I had two—the French and Russian," he said. "The other two more or less broadened these and gave me a more concrete background for a job outside of school."
"The value in meeting and working with people has been the major contribution for me," he added.
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DURING HIS KU years Klemp has participated in the Model United Nations, intramural tennis, has been connected with the SUA Last Lecture Series, and is a member of Sachem (junior men's honorary). He is also a Summerfield scholar.
Klemp said he does "quite a bit" of studying each week.
Much of the rest of his time is devoted to reading, which is both a hobby and a form extended studying.
"I SPEND A COUPLE of week nights and maybe one night a weekend on course work," he said.
Henry Bisbee claims he is not working as hard as Klemp and Davidson, since he will be completing his majors in five years.
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"Chemistry was my original major." Bisbee said, "because it was the only thing I did really well in high school. And the psychology offered a slightly different viewpoint for the neuro-science."
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"WITH AN INTEREST in neuroscience, it was apparent that first zoology would be necessary," he explained. "Math, of course, is necessary for any scientific pursuit and it was easy for me—after the calculus 40 series!
Bisbee estimates his study time at nearly 50 hours per week, adding "but this is a bad semester.
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Bisbee, too, felt his majors came as logic developments from his interests.
At KU Bisbee participated in freshman track, has lived in Stephenson scholarship hall, and is now a member of Beta Theta Pi social fraternity.
slow start," he explained. "My freshman and sophomore years I worked 20 hours a week at the library, and as a waiter and washing dishes."
"My graduate work will be in the area of neuro-science." Bisbee said. "I would like to stay here an extra year and perhaps get a master's degree at KU."
BISBEE'S MAJORS are mathematics, chemistry, psychology and zoology.
After graduation he plans to attend graduate school, but is not yet sure where.
"IN MY 'SPARE TIME' I goof off as much as possible," he said. "I particularly enjoy gymnastics and running—sports in general."
His greatest discovery at KU, Bisbee said, "is the opportunity,
perhaps the necessity, for developing your mind.
"The general atmosphere of the place has contributed a lot." Bisbee said. "But I would say the greatest thing has been the quality of the professors I have been fortunate enough to have—without exception."
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Negroes Inspired By King's Speech
King, in Alabama for less than 24 hours to inspect the progress of the campaign, told a mass rally Monday night that public opinion across the nation "has shifted in favor of the boycott of Alabama tremendously."
SELMA, Ala. — (UPI) — Negro leaders, heartened by Dr. Martin Luther King's first visit to Alabama since the march on Montgomery, spread out through a three-county area today to press their voter registration drive.
After his 15-minute speech, King and his party returned to Atlanta for a meeting to discuss the proposed boycott.