Four Oread Students Still In High School
By Irvana Keagy
Not all KU students are college students. Four are Lawrence High School seniors.
Elizabeth Dellwig, Christopher Redmond, Louanna Howard and Sheila Reardon are enrolled as special students under a program established by the KU Admissions Office and Lawrence High School.
UNDER THE PROGRAM, Lawrence High Principal William Medley recommended capable students to James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions and records. Hitt then approved each student's application.
There are no specific requirements for the students enrolled in KU courses. Selections based on individual academic needs determine the students' acceptance.
"Students who request college courses generally have initiative and motivation," Max Stalcup, high school guidance counselor, said.
THE ADVANCED STUDY previews college life and familiarizes them with the procedure and intellectual atmosphere of a university.
"When they do formally enter college, they then make a relatively easy transition from high school to university," Stalcup said.
High school administrators, however, do not encourage students to use this program as a step toward early secondary graduation.
"Most students should complete their high school years before they enter college," Medley said.
"OFTEN STUDENTS LEAVE secondary programs before they can emotionally adapt to the demands of higher education.
"Of course, we never discourage a student who has the intellectual capacity and background to take advanced study," Medley said.
The high school students often pursue advanced instruction in courses given at the high school. This semester's students attend classes in foreign languages, mathematics and sociology.
To comply with conflicting high school hours, the students take 7:30 a.m. or late afternoon classes.
Fast legs and determination are
prerequisites for the punctual student who covers the five blocks between a KU German class and a high school gymnasium class in 10 minutes.
"SOMETIMES I'M late to class, but everyone at KU makes me feel at home. For me, it's really easier to have a college course with friendly strangers than to be a sophomore among high school seniors," Miss Dellwig, high school student enrolled in German 7, said.
Redmond, high school junior,
has French I at 7:30 a.m. "College professors cover material more rapidly than do high school instructors," he said. Staying awake and attentive at an early hour requires more will power than he normally exerts in class, he said.
The four students agree that KU classes are more stimulating and interesting than most secondary courses.
"In college, many professors have experience and extensive training in the subjects they teach. They challenge a student to learn." Miss Dellwig said.
LBJ Wants $55 Million For Rents. Teacher Corps
WASHINGTON — (UPI) President Johnson today asked Congress for $55.8 million in supplemental funds to activate the National Teachers Corps and the rent supplement program, and to meet the cost of increased draft calls.
Congress last year authorized the Teacher Corps and the rent supplement program, but did not provide funds to put them into action.
IN HIS request today for fiscal 1966, Johnson asked $12.6 million for the Selective Service system to meet the substantially increased cost of higher inductions due to the war in Viet Nam.
The President estimated that inductions for the fiscal year ending next June 30 would total about 260,000. When the 1966 appropriations request was submitted about a year ago, the number of estimated inductions for the fiscal year was 125,000.
The President, in a letter to Speaker John W. McCormack, said the Teacher Corps and rent supplement programs were "vital to our efforts to improve the quality of life in America."
THE TEACHER Corps would consist of 3,700 experienced teachers and teaching interns to serve in schools with concentrations of children from low-income families. They would be made available upon request by local school boards that are operating under the 1964 school aid bill in which they were given over $1 billion to improve education in poverty areas. The Teacher Corps would augment that program.
The rent supplement program would provide federal assistance for those in some areas of low-income housing. The government would make up the difference between the market rent for
Alumni Protect Credit On NDEA Student Loans
Predictions of financial disaster resulting from the liberal policies of the National Defense Student Loan program have missed badly—at least at KU, where alumni have protected their credit ratings.
Repayments of $199,038 have been received on 825 loans,and 96 loans totaling $48,915 have been repaid in full, often ahead of schedule.
Through last June 30, KU had made 3,128 of the loans totaling $2,881,785.
THESE FIGURES DO not loom large in the total KU operation, but the program has had its greatest growth recently and most borrowers are still in school.
School teachers have had $59,475 canceled on 316 loans under the provision whereby a repayment credit for each of five years of teaching can be earned.
There are black marks. Three loans totalling $1,505 have been classified "lost accounts." Fifteen loans as of June 30 had past due payments of $1,197, only 1.4 per cent of the amount due at that time.
National Defense loans at KU have averaged $550 a year with many borrowers obtaining funds several years. Loans are without interest until one year after the borrower leaves school. The interest begins at the rate of 3 per cent a year, with repayment to be at least 10 per cent a year.
modestly designed dwellings and 25 per cent of the occupant's income.
Daily Kansan 3
Monday, February 14, 1966
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