Summer Session Kansan
Friday, June 21, 1963
51st Year, No.4
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
OUTDOOR STUDY—Mark McDowell, Prairie Village sophomore, surveys his work with oils on canvas. He is taking part in the Midwestern Music and Art Camp. The camp is starting its 26th year. The director of the camp is Russell Wiley. The camp officially ends July 28.
Engine School Chosen by Navy For ROTC Plan
The U.S. Navy has selected the University of Kansas as one of 10 schools in the nation where a program to train engineering officers will be started this fall.
The program, a modification of the regular Naval ROTC course, offers to men ready for the junior year in engineering or science, payment of many of their university expenses for the next two years, $50 a month, and a commission in the regular Navy. Previous naval training is not necessary.
THE DEADLINE for applications is Aug. 1.
KU was selected for the pilot program, according to Capt. Richard D. Gruber, head of the NROTC here, because of its wide range of engineering and science courses. Of 52 schools having NROTC units, KU ranks in the top 10 in numbers of courses approved by the Engineers Council for Professional Development.
This new Navy scholarship program is an effort to interest more professional engineers and scientists in naval careers, Captain Gruber said. Prospective applicants should direct queries to the Military Science Building.
This program is supplementary to the present NROTC program.
Increased Summer Activity Pushes Facilities to Capacity
The University of Kansas is much nearer "year around" use of its campus than most people realize, George B. Smith, vice chancellor for institutional planning, wrote in a Lawrence Journal-World column, "Opinions from the Hill."
Within eight days after the graduating seniors departed, more than 5.400 persons came to the campus, Smith noted, "to spend, in some
cases, one day, in others a week, and in still others an eight or ten-week summer session term of traditional academic study."
Still to come through August are up to 7,000 more, each for a program of an educational nature.
THE FIRST WEEK'S arrivals included, in addition to those enrolled for the summer session, more than
Flags from 85 Nations Attract Limber Thieves
By Linda Machin
The flags of 85 nations which line the Strong Hall rotunda are a familiar sight.
For those acquainted with the history of the flag display, the empty standard which is numbered 84 is a similar sight also.
UPON INQUIRY, a spokesman from Buildings and Grounds, the University department in charge of maintaining the flags, said that flag No. 84, the Yugoslavian flag, had been missing for approximately 30 days.
Flag stealing, according to Tom Yoe, KU news bureau director, used to be a popular KU sport. Before the University replaced the old woodenpoled flags with aluminum ones in new metal holders four years ago, flags were stolen frequently—particularly those of Communist bloc countries.
"Inevitably, the ones stolen were hammer and sickle flags—they seldom actually got the Russian flag itself," he said.
Prior to 1960, when office space blocked the hallway on the north side of the rotunda on the second floor, the Communist bloc flags were placed on that inaccessible side of the rotunda in attempt to discourage flag thieves.
"The buildings and grounds men used to have a difficult time themselves reaching the flags. They had
to crawl through my office windows to replace the flags." Yoe said.
Theorizing on causes of the thefts, Yoe attributed it to people who "felt it was unpatriotic to fly Communist bloc flags," or to persons who simply thought it was a daring prank.
However, this didn't seem to hinder the thieves.
"In those days, you had to be somewhat of an aerobat to steal a Russian flag," he said. In order to accomplish the feat the thieves had to crawl over the railing and walk along the inner ledge to reach the flags.
The flags were originally placed in the rotunda after World War II, to represent each country in the newly formed United Nations. Students attending KU from countries not represented by flags in the rotunda began presenting Chancellor Murphy with flags. In order to avoid any sort of discrimination, Yoe explained, those flags were added to the collection.
Thus, today the plaque on the wall reads "Flags of the Nations," rather than "Flags of the United Nations."
In case you are from Yugoslavia or otherwise partial to that country's missing flag, don't worry. The red, white and blue striped flag with a large red star in the middle is being replaced—at the cost of $15 to the University.
800 Boys Staters and counselors, about 400 persons for a bank management clinic, more than 300 for a Parents-Teachers workshop, and about 230 for workshops in elementary education, problems in mental retardation, financial institutions, and personnel management. Before they had left another 400 girls and counselors arrived for the annual Girls State.
"It is not generally known that the enrollment in the University of Kansas regular academic summer session usually averages about 35 per cent of the fall enrollment of the previous year. This has been true for many years." Smith wrote.
"It might be pointed out that this is a considerably higher percentage figure than that reported by colleges and universities which have publicized in recent years that they use their school plant the year round."
SMITH MENTIONED several factors that may cause summer session attendance to have significant growth in future years, but warned that attempts to force summer attendance by all regular year students would result in a denial of the campus to the thousands who now utilize it only in the summer.
"Some 6,200 persons who were here for noncredit work in the summer session of 1962, and probably close to 1,800 of the regular credit students, were on the University campus during the summer session.
"This is a total of 8,000 individuals who used the University only in the summer and were not on the campus during the fall or spring semesters."
Additionally there are several hundred research assistants, some not enrolled for formal courses, who continue their research not only through the summer session but without letup through August. Altogether the 1963 summer schedule lists 63 educational conferences in addition to the summer session.
Already the summer programs have grown to where it is no longer easy to accomplish the maintenance and repairs in preparation for the fall semester, Smith concluded.
System to Handle Needs of 1970
By Clint Richards
Work by the University of Kansas on the new telephone system has been completed and the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company has assured the University its part will be done by the scheduled August 4 deadline.
The new system should provide adequate service for the University's predicted growth through the 1970s and beyond, according to Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor of the University for finance.
"THE NEW SYSTEM will handle more than six times as many simultaneous calls," he said.
KU's new system will be a miniature version of Lawrence's Vlking system. Departments, offices, and staff members will have their own numbers that can be dialed directly without going through the university switchboard operator.
The exchange under the new system will be UNiversity 4. KU will have the only UNiversity 4 prefix in the nation. Since long distance callers, through use of the Lawrence area code, 913, will be able to dial direct to any KU number, the new system will tie KU numbers directly into the rapidly growing nationwide direct-dial telephone network.
THE CENTREX system — centralized telephone exchange—will offer several advantages to Lawrence. Offices and individuals at KU can be dialed directly from the outside without going through the University's operators, as is now done. Outgoing calls from the campus phones will be made with almost equal speed. All campus three-digit extension numbers will be given their own numbers, UNiversity 4, followed by a four-digit number. New numbers will be assigned later this year.
"If the caller does not know the number," said Nichols, "he will dial UN 4-2700, and ask the KU operator for the number. Then he will have to hang up and dial the new number."
The only difference in intracampus calls will be the use of the four-digit number rather than the current three-digit extensions.
Outgoing calls, both local and long distance, will be made as now.
Playground Movies Set for Friday Night
The outdoor "playground movies" to be shown tonight at 8:00 between Flint Hall and Robinson Gym will be:
THE LEGEND OF THE BIRDS- Views of New Zealand's unusual birds with the story of the Maori legends.
THE RIGHT MAN—Shows, music excitement, sound and fury of our political heritage from the torchlight parade era to the jet age. Shows well known stage personalities portraying some of the great political figures of history: Richard Boone as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Gabel as William Jennings Bryan, Art Carney as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and others.
At Least They Know Who Doesn't Have It
When a floor scrubbing machine disappeared from Murphy Hall last November, it was presumed that the machine's owner had picked it up.
That is, until recently. When the University Theatre received a bill for $200 from the Pur-O Zone Chemical Co., Jed Davis, director of the theater, reported the disappearance of the machine to the campus police.
It Sure Beats Studying Hard
Rub your palm on the tip of the nose of Hiram Lindley's statue if you want to pass that geography or geology test... thus goes the legend, according to Frank C. Foley, professor of geology.
"I have heard from students and instructors alike," said Pref. Foley, "that if this is done just before going into an examination, students think that Hiram Lindley will help them along."
Last spring the bronze bust of the former KU chancellor was placed outside the door of the geology department on the main door of the building named after him. Already the nose on the statue is bright and shiny, while the rest of the bust is dark-colored, Foley said.
Lindley had no formal connection with the geology or geography department.
Time Remains For Students To Enter Teams
A complete program of intramural activity has been planned by the KU physical education department for the summer session students.
"A person needn't have special talent or be an expert in any of the sports or games that are a part of the program. All that is necessary is a desire for activity and a willingness to play," stated assistant professor of physical education, Walter Mikols.
TENNIS, SOFTBALL, golf and handball are the activities offered. Only one of these already is under way—a tennis tournament. Contestants for this first round of action should check the bulletin board in Robinson Gym before Wednesday, July 3.
In the softball program there are approximately 130 persons participating. However, in the golf and handball programs there are only 6 and 4 entrants respectively.
The summer session intramurals are designed to provide fun and diversion from the routine of school work and anyone interested in the program is encouraged to participate. For further information go to 107 Robinson Gym.
Softball Schedule
Wednesday, June 19: Beta vs bye, Scrocs vs Firndock, Chem. vs. Sirikers.
Thursday, June 20: Eulers vs Firebirds, Function vs Haworth, Chem. Eng. vs Eng. Mech.
Tuesday, June 25: Beta vs Strikers, Scrocs vs Chem.
Thursday, June 27: Haworth vs Firebirds, Eulers vs Eng. Mech., Function vs Chem. Eng.
Monday, July 1: Firndock vs Chem, Beta vs Scrocs.
Tuesday, July 2: Eng. Mech. vs Firebirds, Haworth vs Chem. Eng., Eulers vs Function.
Tuesday, July 9: Strikers vs Scrocs, Firndock vs Beta.
Thursday, July 11: Chem. Eng. vs Firebirds, Eng. Mech. vs Function, Haworth vs Eulers.
Tuesday, July 16: Chem, vs Beta,
Strikers vs Firndock.
Thursday, July 18: Function vs Firebirds, Chem. Eng. vs Eulers, Eng.
Mech. vs Haworth.