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University Daily Kansan Friday, March 2. 1962
250 Take English Pro Exam; Now the Long Wait Begins
By Steve Clark
While not a propagandist's scare phrase, "English Proficiency Exam" excites fears and dread among many KU students.
Last night, students took the examination. For the next few weeks, they will wait impatiently until the grading committee finishes scoring the papers.
Students who have completed four semesters of English are eligible to take the examination. Students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Schools of Business, Education, Fine Arts, and Journalism, and the departments of nursing, architecture and architectural engineering must pass the examination before they can graduate.
THE EXAM is merely a two hour test that requires no immediate preparation and consists of two or three short pieces of simple exposition.
Students' big fear is coping with the proper formal-styled English language instead of the common, colloquial Americanese spoken in the United States.
Students' fears are justifiable. Approximately one-third of those who take the examination fail. A failure, however, does not mean the end. A student retakes the examination until he is able to pass it.
The examination was devised in 1938, and members of the class of 1940 were the first required to take the examination to graduate.
THE COMPOSITION originally was suggested for graduate students, as it was felt that some graduate students were incapable of composing a well-organized, intelligent piece of writing.
It was hoped that the examination would be an incentive to students to continue writing after they had passed their freshman rhetoric courses.
The grading committee judged the papers on clarity of expression and effectiveness of organization, and correctness in diction and in construction and punctuation.
An end to the English Proficiency examination was rumored during the spring semester of 1958. However, the rumors turned out to be just that—rumors.
THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY examination always has interesting side effects. In spring of 1960 the Kansas Union Book Store reported a brisk leap in book sales. The primary sales commodity was dust-laden, retired Perrin-Smith English handbooks.
Fortunately, however, the examination has brought no kamikazi dives off the campanile, no loss of sleep, and most important no studying. Students enter the examination not with hopes of relying on their vast storehouse of knowledge but on "pot luck."
The examination grades are announced in the Daily Kansan several weeks after the test is taken. A not uncommon sight about Flint Hall is a confused, lost architectural engineer who gropes about the halls looking for the Kansan newsroom.
Although time passes slowly to the student waiting for his examination grade, he experiences one of life's most joyous and ecstatic moments when he looks at the passing list and sees his name.
But the unfortunate ones must wait at least another semester to experience the relief of having English Proficiency behind them.
Flags Flying from Fraser Hall Stay in Memories of Alumni
By Dennis Farney
Ask any alumni member to name some KU landmarks and chances are he'll remember the two flags which fly from the twin towers of Fraser Hall.
Ask him to estimate the cost of maintaining this minor landmark and he'll probably underestimate the actual figure — $600 a year.
The flags deteriorate rapidly because of the unique combination of violent gales, bright sunlight and torrential rains that makes up Kansas weather.
Both Old Glory and the KU flag must be replaced at least three times a year, according to Harry M. Buchholz, superintendent of buildings and grounds. Each new flag costs about $100.
Although the flags are never flown during rainy weather, a sudden spring shower may drench them before they can be taken down.
The flags fade when exposed to the bright Kansas sunlight. And the strong winds which cause the flags to snap and pop can reduce them to shreds in a matter of days.
Although Fraser Hall itself is 89 years old, the practice of flying the
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two flags used today dates back only to 1932.
That year, the design of the first official University flag was submitted by the president of KuKu. KU men's pep club.
The first KU flag featured a belligerent-looking Jayhawk perched atop a pile of limestone rocks — a true "Rock Chalk Jayhawk."
The flag was used until 1939, when a contest was held to find a new design. Over 250 entries were submitted, with the present design — a blue field trimmed in red, with KU in large red letters placed in the center — winning out.
Kansas Conference of AAUP
The first annual meeting of the Kansas Conference of the American Association of University Professors will be held Saturday in the Kansas Union.
Donald Cowgill, chairman of the department of sociology at the University of Wichita will discuss the problem of academic freedom at Wichita at 1:15 in the Kansas Room.
Following this there will be two group discussions. One is on retirement led by Harold Krogh, professor of business administration. The other is on teaching loads in Kansas colleges led by Ellis G. Shields, professor of English at Pittsburg State Teachers College. Reservations for the lunch (12:15, Kansas Room) should be made with Howard Stettler, professor of business administration.
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Official Bulletin
Foreign Students: The Cosmopolitan Club of the University of Kansas City has invited the KU foreign students to its International Night, Saturday, September 18th at the University Center. Interested students should RSVP by Monday to the Cosmopolitan Club.
Teacher Interviews;
March 6 — Gilbert Robinson, Pers. Dir.
(Elem. & Sec.), Oklahoma City, Okla.
March 5 - Richard Ryan. (See only.)
Master's preferred. Anaheim, Calif.
TODAY
Hilill Services: 7:30 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive.
Baptist Student Union: 7:30 p.m. Baptist Student Act, Building. 1212 Oread. Rev McBain, pastor of 1st Southern Bapint City, will speak on "Reality of Prayer."
International Club: 7:30 p.m. Big 8 Room, Kansas Union, Dean Marvin of How Journalism Looks 7,000 Miles from Home." Coffee and dancing follow.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship:
Cottonwood Room, Kansas Union. Bible study.
Picture for the Jayhawker will be taken.
SUNDAY
Lutheran Church Services: 8:30 & 11 a.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 17th & Vermont. 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Danforth Chapel
Catholic Mass: 9 & 11 a.m., Fraser Hall (Newman, Club).
Oread Friends Worship Meeting: 10:30 a.m. Danforth Chapel.
MONDAY
Episcopal Holy Communion & Lunch:
12 noon, Centerbury House.
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Episcopal Evening Prayer: 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
K.C.Star Pleads to Keep Fraser Name
An editorial in the Kansas City Star recently urged the Board of Regents to retain the name of Fraser for the 90-year-old building's replacement.
The editorial said: "The regents could recognize tradition, we believe, if the successor to Fraser were to bear the name of the university's early-day chancellor, John Fraser."
The editorial began, "Generations of former students of the University of Kansas must have had nostalgic memories, tinged with regret when they learned that Old Fraser Hall will be razed to make way for modern classrooms."
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Student Union Body Approves New Budget
One
The Student Union Executive Activity Board has approved the 1962-63 budget forecast which includes more than $90,000 in student benefits.
The money will be put into programs or areas involving student benefits either directly or indirectly. Such items as cash rebates, vending machines, SUA programs, and athletic concession payments come under the benefits.
Members of the board are Emily Taylor, dean of women; Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students; Keith L. Nitcher, University comprtroller; Jim Devall, Overland Park junior and SUA president, and Frank Burge, Union Director.
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