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Summer Session Kansan
Tuesday, July 24, 1962
State Universities-
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poration's Education Committee awarded the University English department $1,000 to be used to support research and other departmental activities. Gulf does not generally make gifts to public institutions.
The University of Texas reports that about one-third of its 1962 Senior Class volunteered to be "salesmen" for the University in the first door-to-door fund solicitation of alumni living in Austin. The idea of having alumni-to-be call on alumni originated with the students themselves, who combined efforts with those of University alumni solicitors, and designated money raised as the 1962 Senior Class Heritage.
Teaching Methods
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A University of Kansas experiment to lighten teacher load showed that the "mass lecture" approach may be used in beginning speech instruction without diminishing student learning.
An experimental group was given one mass lecture a week, plus two weekly classes of instruction analysis and criticism. A control group, taught by the customary method, had three weekly sessions of instructor analysis. All classes contained approximately the same number of students—279 in all—and all students were given the same written and oral tests at the end of the course. Both groups made significant advances in speech theory and speaking skill, a report said, and "measureable results of the two methods compared were almost identical."
At the University of Nevada, however, an experiment indicated that independent reading could not successfully substitute for class lectures, except, perhaps, for superior students. Again, an experimental and a control group were used. The experimental group met only once a week with an instructor and was required to read two books in addition to the basic psychology text book.
The control group students read only the basic text and met with an instructor three times a week. Both groups—194 students—were given the same bi-weekly examinations and the same comprehensive examination at the end of the semester. The experiment concluded that independent reading cannot replace the instructor, especially for average and borderline students. "Better learning and retention seem to be clearly related to frequent instructor contacts," the study concluded.
SUA Holds Dinner, Film
The Summer SUA Board will hold their second dinner with a faculty member at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the alcoves of the Kansas Union cafeteria.
The guest faculty member is Oswald Backus, professor of history. Backus took a leave of absence during the 1957-58 school year to accept a Fulbright research fellowship in Finland where he investigated Baltic and Russian history of the medieval era.
Backus will speak shortly and then there will be a question-answer session.
Students wishing to attend the dinner should sign up at the information desk in the Union. There will be no charge for the program. Students will go through the cafeteria line and eat in the alcoves.
The Board will also sponsor a Soviet film, "The White Poodle" at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Forum Room of the Union.
The film tells of the adventures a half-century ago of an aged grandfather who is a wandering organ-grinder, a young boy who is a talented juggler and acrobat and their white poodle who knows many tricks of his own.
The film will conclude the SUA forum programs for the summer.
equipment, the room is situated adjoining the basement of Malott Hall It is apart from the building proper and it lies under 24 feet of dirt for protection from radiation exposure.
New Accelerator-
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Dr. Krone explained that although use of the machine is generally not highly dangerous, some precautions against radiation exposure must be provided. Some experiments, particularly those involving deuterons, are dangerous if persons are exposed for long periods of time. Revisions to the laboratory designed by KU professor of architecture George M. Beal will provide maximum safety features.
INCLUDED IN Prof. Beal's plans will be a ten-inch elevation of the floor under the new accelerator to compensate for differences in height of auxiliary equipment. The laboratory also will be air conditioned, which is necessary for the efficient operation of the machine in both summer and winter.
The new Van de Graaff accelerator will arrive Dec. 15, and will be in operation Feb. 1. Meanwhile, the old accelerator will be dismantled, and any parts which cannot be salvaged for future use will be destroyed.
The new accelerator will be able to deliver particles having an energy of three million electron volts, and will be capable of producing a beam of 200 microamperes. Prior to delivery of the machine, Dr. Krone will spend a week in Massachusetts learning its operation.
"THE ACCELERATOR is an essential piece of equipment in a physics laboratory. You cannot really teach nuclear physics without the experimental equipment we have here—without some kind of accelerator." said Dr. Krone.
Although one cannot measure the uses of the machine in terms of immediate practical results, all uses of nuclear energy have derived from this kind of basic research. Dr. Prosser added.
Fishy Odds In This Game LONDON — (UPI) — Kippers soon may be sold from slot machines, according to a report from the herring industry board.
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Dinner
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Series
Dr. Oswald Backus will speak on "The Soviet Mind: A New Outlook"
Alcoves of the Kansas Union 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 25
Participants may take advantage of Cafeteria food service. Make your reservations at the Information Desk at the Kansas Union.