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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1902
Biology Program Approach Altered
With attention centered on education and teaching methods in schools in the United States, steps are being taken at all levels to streamline and improve curriculums and teaching methods.
An example of these changes can be seen in the biology program at the University of Kansas under the joint guidance of the Biological Sciences Committee, and Kenneth B. Armitage, assistant professor of zoology.
With consideration for the nonbiology majors taking the biology course to fulfill the science requirement, a new and more basic approach has been set in motion. It was first introduced last semester.
ACCORDING TO Prof. Armitage, the new approach started with a pamphlet published in 1957 by the National Academy of Sciences aimed at improving biology teaching at the college level. Since then the American Institute of Biological Sciences has undertaken a vigorous program to improve high school biology courses.
"The principle advantage of the new method," Prof. Armitage said. "is that it presents biology more dynamically and shows that it is not a static field, but a growing one."
THE TWO PRINCIPAL PROBLEMS confronting the department are the planning and coordinating of the new methods and materials and the
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A Russell senior who was "just out chasing girls" was fined $20 in Lawrence Police Court this morning for displaying a red light on top of a vehicle.
Michael Holland entered a plea of guilty, but asked the court to consider the fact he was using a small flashlight, and was just girl-chasing.
In another case, Clyde Harold Cox,
Overland Park junior, pleaded guilty
and was fined $10 for running a stop sign and $15 for driving in the
wrong lane.
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large number of students, 1,200 this school year, taking the course.
Further complicating the problem of approach is the varied educational background of the students. Some high schools have excellent biological science departments while others barely meet the minimum requirements.
Prof. Armitage said there are high hopes for adding discussion groups to the course in addition to the presently used laboratory sessions. This would permit more individual attention to students with more comprehensive study of difficult sections. It would also afford time for showing of movies which is nearly impossible under the present system.
"All concerned have voiced approval of the discussion idea and all that is stopping it is a matter of some $10,000. We hope it can be appropriated in the near future," said Prof. Armitage.
What does this change mean to non-biology majors? Prof. Armitage hopes "that it will carry over into other fields. Through scientific study the student should learn to examine data from any source and be able to draw valid conclusions. The ability to examine and interpret information is an essential attribute of an educated person."
J-School Names 8 to Honor Roll
Five juniors and three seniors made the William Allen White School of Journalism scholastic honor roll for the Fall semester, it was announced today by Dean Burton W. Marvin. Dennis D. Farney, junior from Wilson, was at the top with 2.83 grade point average (straight A is 3 grade points).
The others are Allen F. Brauninger of Raytown, Mo, Susanne K. Eilermeier of Norton, and Robert K. Hoyt of Lakin, all seniors; and Jack P. Cannon of Merriam, Martin S. Dick of Brooklyn, N.Y., Daniel B. Marshall of Lincoln, and Sandra Lynn Shroud of Leawood, all juniors.
The eight students listed comprised the top 10 per cent of students enrolled in the School of Journalism in the Fall semester.
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TOKYO — (UPI) — Thousands of cheering Japanese students gave Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy a rousing reception at Waseda University today, but Communist students heckled his speech and apparently sabotaged his public address system.
Bob Kennedys in Tokyo
One of the hecklers, 21-year-old Yuzo Tachiya, practically took over the meeting before he was hustled struggling from the stage by school officials. Someone slapped him on the side of the head when he was forced behind the curtains.
Nearly 10,000 students were on hand when the 36-year-old Attorney General and his wife, Ethel, arrived on the Waseda campus. A roar of "Welcome, Mr. Kennedy" went up and the couple practically had to fight their way through the enthusiastic students pushing in close to try for a handshake.
Only a fraction of the student body could crowd into the 1,200-seat auditorium and here the hecklers could make themselves heard.
As he mounted the stage the hecklers started shouting but the rest of the students burst into applause, drowning them out. Kennedy waited for quiet and then started.
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you will disagree with what I have to say, but under a democracy, it's the right for some to disagree," he said.
The youth started demanding that United States return Okinawa to Japan, withdraw military forces from Japan and end American "interference" in Cuba.
There was a disturbance in the front row as some of the students tried to quiet down Tachiya, who appeared to be the ringleader of the hecklers.
Kennedy finally invited Tachiya to come up on the stage and ask a question. Several students started for the stage but only Tachiya made it.
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