Daily Hansan
Wednesday, April 22, 1964
Lawrence, Kansas
61st Year, No.124
Professor James Sterritt
HOPE Award Given To James Sterritt
By Janet Chartier
James A. Sterritt, associate professor of architecture, was presented the HOPE award by the class of 1964 at a senior coffee this morning.
Sterritt was selected on the basis of his willingness to help students, success in challenging their minds, devotion to his profession contributions to university cultural life, and publications and creative work.
After receiving his BFA and MA at Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan, in 1951 and 1952, Prof. Sterritt taught art at New York State University in Brockpart until 1953. From 1953-55 he was an instructor of art at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Tex., when he was promoted to associate professor. Coming to KU as an instructor in architecture in 1956 he was made an assistant professor in 1957 and associate professor in 1964.
PROF. STERRITT is presently a member of the advisory board and the curriculum committee for the department of architecture, the planning committee for the National Bronze Casting Conference here at KU, graduate studies and research committee, and is the advisor for Scarab, student honorary architectural society.
In the past he has served on the abstract studies committee, physical plant committee, and the library committee.
He also belongs to such professional organizations as the American Association of University Professors, College Art Association, American Craftsmen's Council, and Scarab.
HIS ART is now displayed in collections in many museums, art centers, and architectural firms in the United States.
Prof. Sterritt's work has been appearing in national exhibitions since 1956. He has won such honors as the Dr. & Mrs. Meyer O. Cantor award in Detroit in 1959. At the 4th Annual Exhibition of Southwest American Art held at the Oklahoma Art center in Oklahoma City, he won a $600 purchase award for a sculpture of steel and copper called The Pole.
Prof. Sterritt was selected by a senior committee of representatives from each school after nominations were made by seniors. Since the class of 1959 established an endowment of $2,000, an award has been given, annually, to a dedicated educator. The award expresses the students' appreciation to dedicated educators through the Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator.
Senior committee members were D. T. Dutton, Wichita, journalism; James Carr, Carthage, Mo., engineering and architecture; Larry Gamble, Pittsburg, business; Carla Maness, Independence, Mo., fine arts; Paula Mausolf, Hoisington, pharmacy; Frank Thompson, Lawrence, college; Marilyn Murphy, Leawood, chairman and secretary; Bob Swan, Topeka, chairman and arrangements; Janie Lutton, Bartlesville, Okla., Kansan publicity; Mike Bush, in charge of ballots; and Phil Mohler, LuVerne, Minn., in charge of resources.
Linguistics Scholar Predicts More World Usage of English
Clayton Krehbiel, associate professor of music education and choral music first received the award in 1959. Oscar Haugh, professor of education, was the recipient of last year's award.
A linguistics scholar completed the 17th year of KU's Humanities Lectures last night by saying that there will be more speakers, world-wide, using the English language, either as a first or secondary language.
Albert H. Marckwardt, professor of linguistics at Princeton University, also emphasized that the vocabulary of the English language will creately increase by the year 2000.
ing of the "Alley Oop" comic strip travels, via a time machine, that there never seems to be a problem of communication," Prof. Marckwardt said.
Prof. Marekwardt developed "The Future of English" by tracing historical trends and projecting the dangers of extreme liberty or confinement in the use of the language.
"I AM ALWAYS amused in read-
"The question of dissimulation of English as a native, and as a secondary, language largely rests on the growth of English speaking persons in the United States. Before the American revolution English was in fifth place. In one century English rose to first place with 23 million speakers.
Elections Trial Tonight; ASC Seat To Be Decided
One of two trials for All Student Council members who were temporarily barred from the council will be this evening.
The trial concerns the election of an ASC representative from the large women's dorm, who won by a margin of 14 votes in the spring election.
The council seat for this district was won by Jean Borlaug, Sierra Guadarrama, Mexico, junior, who ran on a University Party ticket
MISS BORLAUG DEFATED the Vox candidate, Beverley Nicks, Detroit. Mich., junior, by a vote of 200-186.
Miss Nicks is contesting the election and charging "negligence on the part of the elections committee" for not passing out ballots to all voters from her district.
She claims that a significant number of people who might have made a difference in the outcome, were not given ballots for the large women's dorm district.
DICK KING, KANSAS CITY sophomore and elections committee chairman, has said that pollworkers were advised to be on the watchout for the addresses of voters from this district, and that he felt the situation was handled adequately.
Last week the Student Court is issued a temporary restraining order barring Miss Borlaug from the ASC until the trial, scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight.
TOMORROW NIGHT, a trial will be held to determine if Susan Lawrence, Bartlesville, Okla., sophomore, will be permitted to retain her seat as a representative from the School of Fine Arts.
If the court rules in favor of the plaintiff, Miss Nicks, a special election may have to be held to fill the seat on the council.
Miss Lawrence won, by lot, over
Norma Sharp, Arkansas City junior, after the vote ended in a 138-138 tie.
Miss Sharp is questioning the voiding of three ballots which she feels might have made a difference in the outcome.
THE DISPUTE over the representative from the large women's dorm began March 18. A petition, signed by 201 residents of the large women's residence district, to recall one of its ASC representatives, Peggy Connor, Sacramento, Calif., senior, was then presented to the ASC.
The petition was later voided by the Student Court because it did not give sufficient reason for the recall; but a new petition, presented the night before elections, was certified by the elections committee, and candidates from this district were placed on the ballots.
Ordinarily, the representatives from the living districts are elected in the fall, but the spring election for student body president, vicepresident and school representatives, was also a special election to fill the seat vacated by the recall petition.
The trials could make a significant change in the outcome of the election. UP, for the first time, gained a majority on the ASC, but only by two seats. If the plaintiffs are successful, both parties would have the same number of seats until special elections.
LAST WEEK, UP found it difficult to push through their election platform, as three of their planks were defeated by the outgoing council.
Undaunted UP members, anticipating the majority they would have when the new council members were sworn in, introduced their bills a second time.
"By 2350 it has been predicted that there will be a billion English speakers, but the real opportunity for future development of the language lies in its potentialities as a common international language."
"THEIEE-FIETTHS of the world's radio broadcasts are in English, and three-fourths of the world's mail is written in English. Although there is a saying that the optimist learns Russian and the pessimist learns Chinese, I would not sell English short."
Marcwardt gave numerous examples of English use as a workable compromise language in areas of several regional dialects such as Africa.
"Although English will never be a completely uniform language, which would take some of the flavor away, the development will greatly expand the size of the vocabulary.
"When Webster's seventh edition comes out in about 2060 it will contain approximately one million words. This is in comparison to 37,-000 words in the dictionary of Olde English."
"ALTHOUGH foreign borrowing will continue the great change will be in the manipulation and compounding of elements already present in the language. The addition of suffixes, derivatives, change in long vowels and in stress and inflection of syllables will produce the most variations in the language.
The dangers of the great future of the English language lie in the present social and cultural restrictions. Until speakers of the English language acquire assurance in the use it will not develop its fullest potentiality as a tool of communication."
Marekwardt spoke on the "Regionalism of American Speech" at the SUA Forum yesterday. He said that language classifies the speaker not only socially but regionally as well.
He said that linguistic atlases which study regional differences show the most marked variation to be related to size of vocabulary and in pronunciation.
"The atlases reflect settlement history, foreign migrations, educational influences and persistence of old local cultures.
"In a geographical mobile population such as the U.S. it is not surprising that regional cultures are becoming blurred but language still retains some distinctive characteristics."
Weather
Mild temperatures expected for tonight and Thursday, according to the Topeka weather bureau. Scattered thundershowers are possible for Thursday. Low tonight is expected to be in the 50's, high Thursday in the 70's.
Students Plan For Trips To Europe
By Bobbie Bartelt
With only six weeks of the spring semester remaining many KU students are weighing luggage, taking shots and saving money in preparation for a summer on the Continent.
The ways of reaching Europe are many, and vary from an ASC-sponsored jet trip to ocean liners.
SOME STUDENTS will go with a large group,some will go only with a friend.
Special groups will go to study and earn credit hours in a language, others will go merely for relaxation and sightseeing.
At the beginning of the semester, the All Student Council hoped there would be enough demand to charter a jet to Europe, but it was later
decided to charter only a block of seats.
Reuben McCornack, Abilene senior and former student body president, said last night about 30 students so far have made reservations for the ASC trip.
The group will meet in London for the return flight.
These tourists will leave New York June 3 and land in London the following day.
"TIMING IS THE best advantage of this trip," McCornack said. "We will leave right after school is out, when interest is highest, and will return in plenty of time for a trip
"Students are on their own while in Europe," McCornack said. "They will have eight and a half weeks in Europe."
to the World's Fair, or to prepare for fall classes."
Any student who has attended classes for the last six months, and who is regularly enrolled is eligible to go, McCornack said. The absolute deadline for reservations is midnight Monday. The cost is $330.
Some of the other students who embark on European travels this summer will be participating in summer language institutes.
Linda Nelson, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, will be attending the French language institute at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
"Our group will leave June 8 from Kennedy International Airport and will land in Brussels," Miss Nelson said.
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