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Mickey Mouse takes to water
The KU synchronized swimming club will present its annual water show at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Robinson Natatorium. The swimmers, complete with ears, are practicing for the program titled "A Splash of Disney."
Two profs guest speakers at speech, drama festival
Bobby R. Patton, associate professor of speech and drama, and Donn Parson, associate professor of speech and drama and KU debate coach, are among the guest speakers to be featured at
the annual Speech-Drama Symposium April 24 and.25.
The symposium will be held at South Dakota State College in Madison.
Findings of a major research project on the foreign language requirement were presented to the Educational Policies Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Tuesday morning.
Language research reveals problems
The Committee on Language Research began its first major project with the foreign language survey conducted during spring enrollment, said Robert (Tuck) Duncan, Wilmette, Ill., freshman and chairman of the committee.
According to those polls, both formal and informal, the foreign language area most needs improvement, he said.
The meeting yesterday consisted of solid, worthwhile discussion of the problems and possible solutions, Duncan said.
On an economic level, not enough support establishes the quality of courses necessary to develop a good understanding of the language and culture, Duncan said. Lectures by experts in certain fields and the incorporation of related fields into the class directly may be one solution to the problem, he said.
The student should be drawn
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into an area by the merits of the field, rather than being introduced to it by "a backdoor," Duncan said, referring to the language requirement.
Duncan said he didn't know how long it would be before the EPC revealed any action taken on the report.
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The last major review of language at KU was in 1959, through the efforts of Chancellor Murphy's committee on foreign language study.
Too much has happened since then to ignore the possibilities for reform and change, Duncan said.
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