One of many KU blood donors
Photo by Mike Rieke
Association to evaluate
The North Central Accrediting Association will make its centennial review of the University of Kansas next Monday through Wednesday, George Smith, vice-chancellor of institutional planning, said.
"It will evaluate the balance and quality of KU's education programs and make suggestions for improvements," he said, "and will get a complete look at the University.
"The Association will send a committee composed of professors and administrators from colleges and universities throughout the Midwest," Smith explained.
Smith aid the committee would meet and discuss with deans of schools, faculty members, students and University administrators.
"It will examine among other things, KU's class sizes, faculty teaching loads, course programs, the percentage of faculty with Ph.D. degrees, and will analyze the use the University makes of
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its classroom and laboratory space," he said.
Smith explained that the Association is responsible for investigating and making reports on Midwest high schools, junior colleges, colleges and universities, both public and private.
Schools accredited by the Association, he said, may transfer their credits to any other institution. KU accepts applicants from any accredited school without requiring an entrance examination.
"The North Central Association," Smith said, "will compile a report of the results of its investigation of KU.
will also show us how we can improve our operations in some areas.
"The report will recommend some of our operational methods to other institutions. It
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"We are as interested in the results as they are," Smith explained, "because it will be an opportunity to be looked at by people who come from institutions similar to our own, who can recommend solutions based on experiences much like ours."
KU students give 300 pints of blood
KU donors gave approximately 300 pints of blood this week in the annual blood drive by the Wichita Regional Red Cross Blood Center, Mrs. Elizabeth Womer, director of the campus drive, said.
The people who work for the Red Cross Blood Drive are careful to take all precautions against taking blood from persons with anemia and severe allergies, she said. The temperature, blood pressure, medical history and a hemoglobin test are taken from
Most of the blood is used for transfusions in surrounding hospitals, Mrs. Womer said. The blood can be kept for three weeks, stored at 4 to 6 degrees Centigrade, except the rare types—used maybe once in 250,000 times—which can be frozen until they are used.
Through their national policy to encourage blood donations, she said, Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities have helped tremendously.
the student to be sure the student can spare the blood,she said.
Dave Robertson, Overland Park sophomore, has donated blood at every drive since he's been at KU, but said it doesn't bother him. "You only feel a pin prick.
"I look at it as a kind of insurance policy," he said. "Most insurance policies don't cover you when you need blood. And for every pint of blood you give, you get a little card that will give you a pint of blood free when you need it."
Students who have someone specific in mind to whom they want to donate blood may request that their donation be sent to that person, Mrs. Womer said.
"It makes you feel good when you may have helped save someone's life," said a freshmen who was enjoying the cookies and orange juice donors are required to eat before they leave.
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