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THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Tuesday, July 16, 1968
Humanism begins KU Child Research
By JANET MIGDOW Journalism Camp Reporter
KU's Bureau of Child Research originally started by Florence Sherbon, a concerned doctor who thought the people of Kansas should spend as much money on child research as they had been spending on animal research.
Due to her efforts, in the early 1920's a statute was passed allowing for a child research bureau at KU.
The bureau's headquarters in Bailey Hall are under the direction of Richard L. Schiefelbusch and his associate directors, Frederic Girardeau, Ross Copeland and Joseph Spradlin.
THE BUREAU'S initial project, working with mentally retarded children, established the first mental retardation laboratories at Parsons State Hospital in 1957.
A new building for continuation of this work will be completed this fall under the direction of Joseph Spradlin.
Besides the Parsons center, Bureau facilities are situated in Kansas City and at KU.
Kansas City has facilities in two locations. The first is a behavioral science lab at the KU Medical Center under the direction of Frederic Girardeau. Three new units for the study of mental retardation are now under construction.
THE SECOND location is Juniper Gardens, site of a children's project coordinated by R. Vance Hall.
KU has several different laboratories for bureau research. Varsity house contains an infant study laboratory operated in cooperation with the Speech Department, under the direction of H. John Michel. Also located at Varsity House is a voice science laboratory.
The bureau also helps to operate a nursery school in Lawrence and an animal study laboratory on campus. A new unit for study of mental retardation will be located in the Experimental Biological and Human Development Building now being constructed.
J-school hires four
Four new names will appear on the faculty in the William Allen White School of Journalism at KU in September.
The recent staff additions include:
Emma Auer of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, who will lead in research and graduate studies in the school's advertising sequence.
Joseph Collier, a veteran news-
paperman and college professor
from California, who will teach
reporting and editing courses.
George Richardson, a reporter-photographer for the Kansas City Star for almost five years, who will advise the University Daily Kansan and teach reporting.
Gary Mason, former photography instructor at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, who will teach photojournalism and serve as assistant director of university news photography.
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toward a master's degree in journalism at KU.
Collier will fill a one-year visiting lectureship in the school. He is completing a Ph.D. degree in American Studies at KU and is on leave from El Camino Junior College in Torrance, Calif., where he has taught in the English department for the past 11 years. Collier's newspaper experience includes work on the Tucson (Ariz). Daily Citizen and the Washington D.C. Times-Herald.
Miss Auer, who will be assistant professor, has spent more than 25 years in fashion merchandising, retailing, advertising and other marketing activities with Harper's Bazaar magazine, Carson Pirie Scott and Co. in Chicago, the Independent Retailers Syndicate in New York and Famous-Barr Co. and Boyd's both in St. Louis.
Mason, originally from Independence, taught photography for five years at Emporia, where he also worked in the library's department of special collections.
She also has taught at Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Illinois. In August she expects to complete her doctoral studies in communications, with a major in advertising, at the University of Illinois.
In every state except Hawaii, where the Lieutenant Governor acts as the secretary, the office of secretary of state is a distinct agency of state government.
In at least 48 states the secretary is responsible for the publication of a variety of state materials. Although one of his major functions is the keeping of clerical records, 43 states designate him as the chief elections administrator and 40 states make him responsible for the issuance of charters to domestic corporations.
The secretary of state's vast and diversified duties, which run the gamut from A (archives) to Z (zoning of legislative districts), often defy enumeration into definitive categories.
The secretary of state may also have to handle a multitude of licensing and registration tasks, such as the registration of parties and lobbyists. Some states make him the legal agent for the service of summons or process against non-residents. In a few states the secretary of state becomes Acting Governor if the Governor is unable to perform the functions of his office.
Richardson started with the Kansas City Star as a summer intern in 1963, then went to work full-time in 1964 while working on his undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. During the past two years, he has concentrated on feature writing, stories pertaining to race relations and anti-poverty programs and investigative reporting. In addition to advising the Kansan and teaching reporting, Richardson also will work
State official forgotten
He is usually a member of a large number of boards and commissions to which he has either been appointed or serves in an ex officio status. Although this is a time-consuming activity, it still serves as a useful way in which he can remain well-informed on problems confronting his state.
The secretary of state, though he may be constitutionally disassociated from the state legislature, often plays an important role in legislature policy making. This occurs through the secretary's informal and personal contacts, particularly if he holds an important position as many state secretaries do.
The long list of miscellaneous duties a state secretary of state
may be called upon to perform, from handling of pistol permit registrations to the administration of outdoor advertising laws, earns him the title of "jack of all trades."
Most state secretaries of state have had prior experience in public office and some have used the secretaryship as a springboard for higher political goals. Part of this success is due to the fact that state secretaries have shown themselves to be well-educated, gregarious and active in civic and social endeavors.
TRIPLE WINNER
Although some state secretaries are allegedly underpaid, most states have recognized the importance of his office by significantly increasing his salary and compensatory payments during recent years. Staff sizes also reflect the growing importance of the office. While nine states will have a staff of less than 10 assigned to the secretary, many other states are increasing the size of the secretary's staff.
MONTREAL — (UPI) Stan Mikita, center for the Chicago Black Hawks, is the only player in National Hockey League history to win three individual NHL trophies in any one season.
Theatre coupons need exchanging
Persons who bought season-ticket coupons to the four summer productions of the University of Kansas Theatre should exchange them immediately for actual tickets.
The coupons alone will not admit patrons to any of the Summer Repertory Company's "Cavalcade of Comedy." They must be exchanged for tickets to performances on specific evenings.
Special 2 p.m. matinee showings have been planned for "You Can't Take It with You" July 17 and for "Once Upon a Mattress" July 19.
Tickets for a number of performances already have sold out, diminishing the coupon holder's choice of evenings.
Tickets to "La Parisienne" and "A Thousand Clowns" are depleted for every performance except specials on July 15 and 22. Again, a few tickets are available at 7 p.m. that evening.
Professors Jed Davis, University Theatre director, and Tom Rea, assistant director, said they can't explain this summer's increased business over last summer' except that the comedy repertoire has such universal appeal.
KU Summer Theatre Rep. '68
presents
CAVALCADE OF COMEDY
University of Kansas-Murphy Hall
"YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU"
by Kaufman and Hart
July 17, 23
"In - The - Round" Main Stage
"ONCE UPON A MATTRESS"
Music by Mary Rodgers and
Book by Jay Thompson
July 19, 24
"In - The - Round" Main Stage
"LA PARISIENNE"
by Henri Becque
July 16, 20, 26
Experimental Theatre
"A THOUSAND CLOWNS"
by Herb Gardner
July 13, 18, 25, 27
Experimental Theatre
KU STUDENTS .75 PLUS CURRENT CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION