Wednesday, May 8, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Latin educators study KU's needs
By Jerry Bean Kansan Staff Reporter
A need for more adequate student hospital facilities, a need for more interdepartmental coordination and interdisciplinary social science research and a need for a University planning policy with fixed standards and criteria were recommendations given by Latin American educators Tuesday.
The Latin Americans have inspected and dissected the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during the eight-day Ninth Seminar of Higher Education in the Americas. This was the sixth year KU has hosted the seminar and the second year a report of observations and recommendations was published.
Seminar participants studied the College while divided into three committees, student affairs and administration, academic and faculty affairs and finance, budget and planning. For some of these committee members it was their first look at the United States, George Waggoner, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said.
The committees digested studies of University processes, documents and interviews and presented a report of their findings and conclusions Tuesday afternoon. The report recorded observations, comments and recommendations as the conclusion to their scrutiny. They made their own guidelines and brought their own consultant from the North Central Accrediting Association for Colleges and Universities.
"The report has an element of freshness about it because they (the Latin American participants) have no vested interests as to professional or institutional ties of their own in the United States," Mrs. George Waggoner, assistant director of the seminar said.
"It forces us to look at some of our institutional patterns to see how well they express our values." Mrs. Waggoner said.
The Latin educators began their report with a study of the Registrar's office. They observed the office was doing a good job of providing information to high school seniors because it allows an academic control of a student's status and also because it allows the University to solve long in
advance problems caused by growth of the University population. No recommendation was made for the Registrar's office.
The committee studying student affairs reported that little was being done to avoid the isolationist phenomenon among foreign students. They recommended that the Office of the Dean of Foreign Students should attempt to foster more meaningful social relationships between foreign students and nationals through extracurricular and academic programs. They also suggested programs exclusively for foreign students, other than those of learning the English language should be avoided.
Residence Hall housing was seen as adequate and no housing recommendations were made in their part.
The student hospital does not meet present demands, the report said. The report urged University fund collection and a similar fund raising campaign from the Medical Association and national organizations concerned with health problems.
The Guidance Bureau was seen as providing the same kind of consultations as take place at the office of the Dean of Student Affairs. They saw no clear-cut direct and coordinated relationship between both services. They recommended better coordination of these services.
The educators concluded their report with attention to the budget and planning at KU. The recommendations said the budget should be prepared by programs and not simply by activities, so an adequate coordination may be achieved.
Two Kansas University graduate students were cited as outstanding students in social work.
Outstanding grads in social work awarded Monday
The students, Glendale Norris, Larned, and Mrs. Donna Hock, Hartford, were honored at a dinner Monday night at the Hotel Eldridge. The dinner was a part of the annual Social Work Day activities at KU.
Norris was awarded the citation from the Topeka chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.
The five criteria were used in selecting the two students: scholastic merit, creativity, involvement in learning situations, student participation and professional and community participation.
Sachem Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa has elected 28 undergraduate students and two faculty members to membership. They will be initiated May 12.
Sachem elects 28
Sachem, the local chapter of the senior men's honorary organization, selects its members on the basis of "character and meritorious attainments in all-around leadership in University life," said Lawrence Peterson, Newton senior and Sachem president.
The two faculty members, Franklyn C. Nelick, professor of English, and Calder M. Pickett, professor of journalism, were elected honorary members.
Seniors elected to Sachem are James W. McCalla, Lawrence, and William R. Sampson, Topeka.
Juniors elected to Sachem are Robert C. Colwell, Neodesha; Clifton F. Conrad, Bismarck, N.D.;
John F. Coyle, Coffeyville; Kyle T. Craig, Joplin, Mo.; Steven B. Davis, Lyons; Joe W. Goering II, Moundridge; Richard H. Grote, Alton, Ill.; Everold N. Hosein, California, Trinidad.
J. Frank Hummer, Topeka;
Frank D. Joyce, Shawnee Mission;
Michael C. Kirk, Kansas City,
Mo.; G. Charles Jr, Riley; Richard C. Lucas Jr, Lakin; Douglas A. Mackey, Hutchinson;
Gary H. McClelland, Topeka; John R. Michael, Hutchinson; David L. Morgan, Wauwatosa, Wis;
Jeffrey E. Rockwell, Wichita;
Jack D. Rowe, Kansas City, Mo.
James R. Ryun, Wichita; Christopher Saricks, Lawrence; William Rene (Ron) Sutton, Goodland; Clyde W. Toland, Iola; Kyle D. Vann, Coffeyville; K. Brent Waldron, Denison, Iowa; Peter L. Woodsmall, Shawnee Mission.
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