Fee increases might affect students
Students show discontent in recent poll
By JOHN GOODRICK
Kansan Staff Writer
A recent survey shows that 43 per cent of the student body might be restricted from continuing their education at the University of Kansas because of recent fee increases recently approved by the Board of Regents for next year.
In the survey sent out by the University Planning Board, the board asked questions to learn student feelings on University matters to help in the board's construction of a ten year plan for the University.
The fee hike question referred to concerned the raising of fees for in-state students by $120 and a $250 hike for out-of-state students.
Of those students polled, approximately 41 per cent said they would need substantial financial assistance to continue here, and about two per cent said they will not be able to attend KU next year because of it.
Of the 493 persons who answered the survey, given to five per cent of the student body excluding the School of Law, 83 per cent were between 18 and 25, 60 per cent were juniors or higher, 72 per cent had a grade point average of 1.6 or higher, 60 per cent lived in either residence
halls or apartments, 52 per cent were subsisting on parental or family aid and 60 per cent had cars at KU.
On a question rating the present enrollment system, approximately 56 per cent rated it satisfactory and 38 per cent rated it very poor. Thirty per cent said they were not able to enroll in all the classes they wanted because they were closed. Approximately 41.5 per cent of those students polled said there was at least one class in their major in which they could not enroll. Fifty eight per cent of the students preferred a half computer-half manual enrollment where a student pre-enrolls by choosing courses, teachers, and times prior to the end of a semester and then during normal enrollment picks up the computerized schedules and works out conflicts.
One part of the poll consisted of asking how important and how satisfied students were with certain situations on the basis of a zero to 100 rating. The items that were rated the highest were the importance of having professors teach junior-senior courses in one's major with a rating of 85, the next highest was the importance of having pleasant living conditions with a rating of 81,
Electric analog computer used in geography classes
The process of solving a complex geographical problem simply by the use of an electric analog computer is now being used in geography classes at KU.
Small and compact, it turns electric current into almost anything the student wants it to represent in solving problems in modern geography.
Robert Nunley, professor of geography, attempted to find a machine that would bridge the gap between the geographer's lack of
This is the first semester that a commercially produced electric analog computer has been available for students in geography classes.
necessary mathematical knowledge for solving complex equations and the solutions to complex geographic problems. This led to the machine's development.
The machine was designed a year ago by George Dalke, a KU graduate student in electrical engineering, and partner in Interpretation Systems Incorporated, a Lawrence firm that works in the geo-science area and is designing the machine.
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It is a tool that will measure almost anything that concerns human geography. The geographer can use it to study the spatial relationships of human geography by being able to plot the areas of influence of cities, the growth and spread of towns, the importance of highways and population density.
provement of the quality and quantity of the physical facilities.
On a question concerning the crowded conditions of Watkins Hospital, 54 per cent of the students preferred the construction of a new health facility near the center of campus, accessible by automobiles and pedestrians.
ceiving a rating of 70. Students were least satisfied with the student health facilities, which received a rating of 39.
Approximately 84 per cent of the students said for their major it was more important to increase the quality and quantity of the instructional staff over the im-
and the third highest was the importance of the library facilities with a rating of 70. The lowest rating was the importance of the public transportation on campus. Students were most satisfied with the aesthetics of the campus, the living conditions and the number of professors teaching junior-senior courses in one's major, all re-