Friday, April 16.1965 University Daily Kansan
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Family Life Conference Opens Today
High school teachers and students converged on KU today for the spring conference on contemporary family life.
"Family Life in New Perspective" will be this year's topic and keynote speaker will be Mrs. Elizabeth Force, director of family life education for the American Social Health Association.
The conference is sponsored by the Family Life Department in cooperation with the institutes and conferences division of the extension office.
"THIS IS A new version of the conference held for the past four or five years," Muriel Johnson, associate professor of family life, said.
"This is the first time we have had high school students and teachers together for the same conference," Miss Johnson continued. "We used to have a high school day, and then—for the past four or five years—a fall teachers' conference."
No estimate has been made of the number to attend the conference, according to Miss Johnson, because there is no required pre-registration.
"In the past we have usually had about 50 teachers attend, however,' Miss Johnson explained.
SPEAKERS AND THEIR TOPICS
SPEAKERS AND THEIR TOPICS scheduled for the afternoon include Dr. Raymond Schwegler of Watkins Hospital, the physician's perspective of contemporary family life; Dr. Esther Prevey, director of family life education for the Kansas City, Mo, public schools, the administrator's view of the teaching of family life courses; the Rev. Paul Davis, Plymouth Congregational Church, family life problems today as viewed by the minister-counselor; Dr. Frances Horowitz, acting chairman of the Department of Family Life, research findings on the working mother and her family.
A panel discussion with Mrs. Force will close the conference.
The afternoon session is for teachers only and the high school students will be dismissed to visit the Engineering Exposition and Kansas Relays, Miss Johnson said.
In addition to the morning speech of Mrs. Force, the students and teachers will hear a discussion of
family life in Luxemburg at 11:30. Speaker will be Margaret Cooper, instructor of family life.
Miss Johnson said past conferences dealt with clothing and textiles, food. child development and related topics.
Medical Interns Get Top Choices
The 1965 KU seniors in medicine did exceptionally well in obtaining acceptance by the hospitals being their first choice for internships.
A year ago the percentages were 70 for first choice, 84 percent for second.
Dr. John E. Chapman, assistant dean of the School of Medicine, said this year's results indicate a high regard for KU graduates in hospitals where the competition for internships is keen.
Eighty-three percent of the 101 seniors were accepted by the hospitals of their first choice; 92 percent will intern in a hospital of their first two choices.
"The CONFERENCE was originated," she said, "because there was an expressed need by teachers in Kansas and the western part of Missouri to be brought up-to-date in various teaching areas.
"Those who have attended in past years have remarked that they found the conference very useful for teaching and were quite enthusiastic about it."
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