Students petition to keep instructor
A petition requesting reconsideration of the contract termination of Harold Riehm, assistant professor of political science, has been submitted to the political science department by a group of KU students, said Charlotte Trowbridge.
Leavenworth junior and spokesman for the student group.
Miss Trowbridge said the petition contained the names of about 200 students in Riehm's political science classes.
Herman Lujan, acting
chairman of the political science department, issued a statement Friday explaining why Riehm's contract would be terminated at the end of this semester.
Lujan said, "The ruling that is involved in Riehm's case was enacted by the political science department in December of 1964. The ruling stated that assistant professors would not be recommended for a third year of
teaching at KU unless they had their doctors degree in hand by November 15 of their second year at KU. As of January 1968, Riehm had not completed his degree.
"The reason the department enacted the rule was that we felt we needed to have the most qualified teaching staff we can get. These high standards make it necessary that all staff
members have their doctor's degree. The department felt that two years was a reasonable amount of time to finish one's degree requirements."
Benefit sponsored for improvement
Lujan said Riehm had been notified by the department a number of times that he would have to finish his degree in the allotted time if he were to be recommended for a third year at KU.
The World University Service (WUS) will sponsor a benefit banquet for Watkins Memorial Hospital at 6:30 p.m. April 8, in the Kansas Union Ballroom, according to Farouk Saad, WUS chairman.
Persons complaining about conditions at Watkins Memorial Hospital will have a chance to contribute to its change.
Saad said the purpose of the banquet is to raise funds for medical equipment, to help build a new extension for the
hospital and to bring foreign and American students together.
Saad said Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will speak after the banquet dinner. A short speech by Saad and an international program of song and dance will follow.
Saad said the service hopes to make a total of $3,000 from the banquet. Tickets are on sale in the dean of women's office, the WUS office in the Kansas Union, the Union information desk and among international organizations.
Book collection competition will close entries on April 21
The 1969 Elizabeth M. Snyder Book Collection Awards competition will close entries April 21.
The first place award is $100 and the second place award is $50. Competition is open to all regularly enrolled undergraduates on the Lawrence campus, excluding previous winners.
Frank Audelotte, reference desk,
Watson Library.
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts cloudy skies today with rain changing to snow, accumulating one to three inches, and ending this evening. Colder tonight. Partly cloudy skies and continued cool Tuesday. High today 36 to 42 Low tonight in the lower 20's. Precipitation probability 30 per cent tonight and near zero tomorrow.
Books to be entered in the competition must be owned by the student and have been collected by him. The collections may not include text books and the collections will be limited to 25-50 books.
Prospective contestants should see Barbara Backus, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, or
The winner of the KU Snyder Book Collection Award will be eligible to compete for the $100 Amy Loveman national award sponsored by the Book-of-the-Month Club, Saturday Review and the Women's National Book Association. To enter this competition, the collection must number at least 35 books.
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Each contestant must submit a bibliography of his collection and a statement of his purpose for making the collection by the April 21 deadline.
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