Friday, June 28, 1968
THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
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For more luxury
Dorm fees hiked $100
By Sid Spelts Journalism Camp Reporter
Residence hall fees for the 69-70 school year were raised $100 per year by the Board of Regents, Monday.
The Housing Office, which is completely self-supported, recommended the increase so they may improve the dormitory facilities and increase the salaries of the
Foreigners learn fast in English
By Linda Ehrlich Journalism Camp Reporter
"Teaching the foreign student the art of the English language is the purpose of the Intensified English Center." Edward T. Erazmus, director of this five-year-old program, said.
These non-credit courses serve as many as 95 foreign and KU students during the summer and regular school semesters.
Beginning, intermediate and advanced classes in grammar, pattern practice, pronunciation, composition, reading, language laboratory and American society fill the students' schedules. Graduate students working on their degrees act as the half-time instructors.
IN HIS CONTINUALLY expressionless voice, this thin, weary-looking man pointed out only 25 percent of the Center students actually remain at KU. The rest attend other U.S. colleges.
"Our intention is not to attract students to this University," Erazmus said. "We merely orientate them to full-time academic work in a college setting."
He listed the main problems of the Center:
- Keeping the students from using their native languages.
- Assimilating them into our culture and
- Motivating the students to stay with the program.
"The repetition we use may seem childish to the student at first," instructor Charles Sauer admitted. "However we're trying to get them to produce ideas without always thinking of the rules."
KU's Intensive English Center is modeled after the University of Michigan's, which originated this program. Formulated by Erazmus, it is an expansion of a previous remedial program in the English department.
Juco dash man signs with Hawks
California junior college 100-yard dash champion, Mickey Mathews of Oakland, has signed a national letter of intent to accept a Kansas athletic scholarship, Jayhawk track coach Bob Timmons announced Wednesday.
Mathews competed for Laney Junior College of Oakland the past two seasons and logged legal times of 9.4 for the 100 both years. He won the junior college 100 at the recent West Coast Relays with a wind-aided time of 9.3.
AT LAST WEEK'S AAU championships Mathews ran the 100 meters in 10.1, matching the national junior college record set earlier this year at the Kansas Relays by Mel Gray of Fort Scott. Mathew's best time for the 220 is 21.1.
"Mickey is the first California junior college sprint champion we've signed," Timmons said. "He could develop into the best sprinter we've ever had at KU for a long time."
Timmons is counting on Mathews to fill the spot in his sprinting corps left vacant by the graduation of Ben Olison.
employees who maintain the dormitories.
Although the state does not give the Housing Office any tax money to support the dormitories it does put restrictions on their budget which makes it necessary to go to the Board of Regents for approval.
J. J. WILSON, Director of Housing, said that the cost of supplies and labor are increasing which makes it necessary for the rates to go up.
He said the dormitories accommodate the average American. This is not a luxury operation but not a poverty program either. We are trying to offer the students some improvements which can be initiated with more money which has to come from the dormitory fees.
One of the improvements that is expected to go into effect in the next few years is the carpeting of the corridors in all of the dormitories. This eliminates noise so that students may walk without disturbing other people on his and other floors.
CARPETING WILL be laid in Joseph R. Pearson, Lewis and Templin halls this year. If the carpet is proved successful the following year carpet will be put in Hashinger and Ellsworth and the next year in McCollum and Oliver.
Another of the improvements is the increase of salaries for both student and outside help. The students work in the cafeteria and at the switchboard. Starting Sept. 1, of this year student employees will receive $1.30 an hour which will be increased to $1.45 an hour Sept. 1, 1969.
The increase in salaries will benefit self-supporting students
who live in the halls. Each student will be given the opportunity to work. In 1969 when the rates increase, a student will have to work 621 hours to pay his entire fee.
WILSON EMPHASIZED the fact that they have been short of labor in the past, and that it would only take two hours and 20 minutes of work a day for a student to pay his room and board.
Another of the planned improvements is more and better food. This year dormitories had a steak night once a month. In the future there will also be a fish night when shrimp will be served. Wilson stated that these special nights increase the percentage of people at the meals and also increase the morale of the students. "People just naturally feel better after eating a good meal," he said.
The atmosphere of the dormitories will also be changed. New and better lighting systems will be installed to alleviate the glare caused by the lights presently used.
"SOME PEOPLE will say you don't need all of these improvements, well of course we don't have to have these things but we feel that this is what the students want." Wilson said.
The rate increase was announced this year to avoid confusion and to help students who plan on attending KU in the future realize the change.
Dr. Andrew F. Debicki, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, will come to KU in September with the rare publication record of three books in three different nations.
Tri-country publisher here
Released this month by Editorial Gredos in Madrid, Spain, was
Debicki's book, "Estudios Sobre Poesía Espanola Contemporanea," an analysis of Spanish poetry in the 1920's and 1930's. It was written during 1966-67 when he was on leave to accept a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies.
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