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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1963
English Proficiency Often Senior's Waterloo
By Blaine King
There is a story of uncertain origin about a KU student who flunked the English Proficiency exam 18 times. He had completed all the other requirements for graduation. All he needed was a passing grade on the English Pro. That's all.
AND ABOUT 170 of the almost 840 students registered for the exam this semester won't make it either, at least not this time. Or that's what past figures indicate.
Supposedly, he never made it.
the exam will be given at 7:30 pm. Thursday.
The students that flunk this time shouldn't have quite as much trouble as the man who flunked 18 times, but there is on record the sad story of a man who tried five times before he finally got through, said James Seaver, professor or history and chairman of the exam.
THIS THING CALLED the English Pro is not new. It has been the nemesis and sometimes the Water-loo of students since 1938, when "the administration," whatever that is, decided the exam would provide needed emphasis on continued good usage of the English language, whatever that is.
The requirements for passing the exam are still about the same. You still flunk for faulty grammar or
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But a paper can be grammatically perfect and still flunk, if the content of the paper leaves something to be desired.
ONE ALTERNATIVE to writing an expository piece under the watchful eye of the proctor is to write your paper before you get to the test, and bring the test in concealed in the dictionary you almost have to have. Or, as some students have done, you can have your wife write your paper. But that's why proctors are scattered throughout the rooms, and if you get caught, you try again next time.
Another alternative is not graduate.
Other than that, you have no choice, unless you transfer into engineering. The school of Engineering doesn't require the exam.
AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF the English Proficiency requirement in 1938 said, students are encouraged to take the examination at the earliest possible time. Putting off the exam may cause unfortunate situations.
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Methodist Community Worship, 9:15 p.m., Wesley Foundation.
Tau Sigma, 7:00 p.m. Robinson Gym
Episcopal Enlightenment Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
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KU Nurses Club 7:00 p.m.. Fraser
Dunlop Room, Discuss trip to the Med.
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Math Club meeting. 7:30 p.m., 119 Strong Hall, Prof. Peter Wilker will speak. "The Human Side of Matheme" "Everyone welcome—fresh reflections."
Russian Club Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Pan American Room, Student Union, Prof. S. Anderson (Slave Language & Literature) for discussion and slides of his trips to Russia.
Kappa Phi, 7:00 p.m., Danforth Chapel,
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Le Corèle Français se reunira mercédiée au Musée d'Arthron de Bruxelles, la Fraser M. Recht parlent à L'Apollon de bellac 'par Giraudoux et d"Orphèe 'par françois, soph, cordelemente, inlasses.
Mathematics Colloquium, 4:30 p.m.
199 Hollow Hall (Coffee at 4:00 in 199 St.)
Technical Institute will speak "Power Characteristics of Kramer's Method of Analysis of Variants of a Two-Way Disproportionate x Sub-Class Numbers."
Catholic Masses, 7:00 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
s. Lawrence Catholic Chapel, 1910 Stratford
"Herbst und Liebsbedigichte," 7:30 p.m.
Student Union, 205B. ES, Bessen Ian C. Lorlan,
Henriette Mandl, Lothar K. Schweder.
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Allies Tired of U.S. Attitude Says Britain's Selwyn Lloyd
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Selwyn Lloyd, former British foreign secretary, declared today that "some of America's allies are getting increasingly tired of the feeling that they are being pushed about."
The conservative member of parliament criticized American policy and actions in a Saturday Evening Post article, answering an assertion by former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson that Britain's role in world affairs was just about "played out."
Claiming that the American influence had been less than beneficial in many areas of the world, Lloyd said:
"... Since 1945, the American obsession against colonialism has made the pace of constitutional advance too fast and has led to countries becoming independent before they had the skills and resources to look after themselves."
Americans, he charged, have supported "theoretical liberal principles" without taking responsibility for the destinies of nascent nations liberated by them.
"The supporters of any subversive or insurrectionary movement anywhere in the world were given freedom of the American press and platform," Lloyd said.
Lloyd bluntly rejected three concepts he attributed to Acheson:
- That the British Commonwealth is "powerless" and "the implication that it is useless."
- That British policy has been "weak" in recent years and the "implication that it has been disloyal to the United States."
- The suggestion that British influence in world affairs is just about "played out."
"We are doing our full share in keeping the peace," Lloyd asserted, "and in some areas we are doing it alone."
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