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Summer Session Kansan
Tuesday, July 7, 1964
Machine Instructs College Students
OKLAHOMA CITY—(UPI) —The student steps into his private, glass-walled study booth, arranges his notes and paper and dials a number.
The electronic device responds with a lecture in history, speech or zoology.
The student is a pioneer in a new concept of electronic learning soon to be tried on a broad scale at Oklahoma Christian College.
THE PRIVATE study booth concept, utilizing tape-recorded lectures, will be tested on 150 students next fall.
It will be used on a wider scale later when the college completes its
$600,000 learning center, with a private, electronically-equipped study booth for each student.
Dr. Stafford North, dean of instruction and professor of speech, will try the taped instruction method on speech students this fall.
HE WILL COMPARE its effectiveness with conventional methods in a research project financed by a $5,475 grant from the U.S. Office of Education.
Use of sound-tape instruction devices is not new. But this will be the first controlled and analyzed use of the technique on such a large scale.
tested simultaneously each semester. One will receive the conventional "in-person" instruction only. The other will use tapes and workbook materials solely during every third class meeting.
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THE GROUPS will be carefully matched according to ability.
Examination scores from both groups will be compared at the beginning and end of the semester and will be judged by a three-member faculty panel.
The taped lectures were prepared by Dr. North last summer along with Dr. Waldo Braden, speech department chairman at Louisiana State University, who is past president of the Speech Association of America.
Summer Finds KU Coaches Preparing for Coming Year
By Dale Schroeder
Although athletic competition reaches its peak during the winter months, a lot still goes on in the summer.
At Allen Field House, various coaches work to strengthen the different teams for competition during the school term. Don Pierce, sports publicity director, said this about what happens at the field house in the summer:
"All the different coaches have to finish their respective recruiting jobs. Football and basketball coaches have to see about all the prospects, both signed and unsigned."
PIERCE ALSO mentioned that some track coaches travel to the various summer meets across the
country. For instance, head track Coach Bill Easton is going to different meets and eventually will go to the Olympics in Tokyo.
Fierce personally is responsible for putting together football and basketball brochures. He also is finishing track work and is in charge of publicizing the coming football and basketball schedules.
THE FRONT office is in charge of the processing and mailing of football ticket orders for the fall schedule. KU plays a tough schedule and, as a result, there is a great demand for tickets.
Water Safety Measures Will Prevent Accidents
As for the athletes themselves, the department supplies them with jobs for the summer that will help them with conditioning.
CHICAGO — (UPI)— The theme of a summer tragedy: man, woman or child takes a refreshing dip in pool, lake or ocean. Something happens.
Man. woman or child drowns.
The tragedy, according to estimates, will happen to 6.000 Americans this summer—unless all who go near the water bone up on water safety.
The American Medical Association (AMA) cautions that the basic rules of water safety should be well known to everyone old enough to read.
THE RULES are repeated each season by health and safety organizations. Yet most drownings occur when someone has violated one of the safety rules.
Fundamentals cited by the AMA:
—Don't swim just after eating or when overly-tired.
—Don't overestimate your ability and endurance.
-Swim at protected pools or beaches under the supervision of a trained lifeguard.
—If your boat overturns, stay with
it and don't try to swim a long distance to shore.
—Never dive into unknown waters.
THE AMA also said everyone ought to know about artificial respiration and how to apply it. The mouth-to-mouth method is not difficult.
"Start immediately," the AMA said. "The victim can survive without oxygen to the brain for only a few minutes.
"Put the victim on his back, pull the chin well up, make certain the windpipe is clear. Put your mouth over the victim's mouth, pinch shut his nose, and blow hard. Repeat 12 to 15 times per minute. Keep it up until medical help arrives."
On another subject, skin diving and scuba diving, the AMA observed:
"BOTH ARE fine sports, drawing more enthusiasts each season. Both require special training and knowledge and good physical condition.
"If you plan to be a diver, take a course in underwater survival. And get yourself into good physical training for strong swimming."
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