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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 15, 1968
Photo by Buzz Gher
DON'T DROP HER
Paul Gilbert, Seneca freshman, hefts Kristin Kessinger, Junction City freshman, into the air during a dancing class. Elizabeth Sherbon, right, assistant professor of physical education, explains the procedure as Gail Law, Leavenworth junior, looks on.
Dance department understaffed?
By Carla Rupp Kansan Staff Reporter
KU's only dance instructor, Elizabeth Sherbon, assistant professor of physical education, complains that the dance department is underfinanced and under-staffed; that she is overworked; and that her dance classes are overcrowded.
Miss Sherbon said the University should allocate more funds to hire additional instructors in dance to create more sections, alleviating the overcrowded conditions under which she must work.
Henry Shenk, head of the physical education department, announced Wednesday that the "administration has promised five to six new faculty members for next year." Shenk said there would be at least one more faculty member next year in addition to Miss Sherbon.
"My dance studio in Robinson
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Gymnasium was designed for only 30 students," Miss Sherbon said. "I don't believe it is safe to have that many students in a dance class—much less 50-60 students, the number I am now teaching."
Miss Sherbon said that during her six years here, enrollment in dance has more than tripled.
"When the dance classes are as large as they are now, I find it impossible to give the proper amount of individual attention to the students," she said.
The dance instructor teaches 21 hours of class a week.
"Twelve hours is considered a full schedule," she said.
Miss Sherbon pointed out the importance of dance at a university. She defines dance as "using movements as a means of expression—thus probably the most personal of all the arts.
"I feel that of all the arts—music, dance, painting and theater—at KU dancing is the most slighted or neglected of all," she said.
Miss Sherbon cited examples of universities of sizes comparable to KU which are staffed with adequate dance faculties and offer a dance major.
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She mentioned the University of Colorado, which she said has eight dance instructors; Wichita State University with five instructors; the University of Arkansas with ten; and the University of Utah with 25.
Students in Miss Sherbon's classes recognize that overcrowded conditions exist.
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Judy Koch, Overland Park junior, said, "Students don't have enough room to fully express themselves with such large classes."
Kristin Kessinger, Junction City freshman, said she doesn't have enough freedom to leap and move with the large number of students in her dance class.
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