KU frosh rank high nationally
University of Kansas freshmen rank higher than the national average in academic qualities, ambitions and activities, according to a questionnaire given by the American Council on Education.
The survey was based on questionnaires given in 41 universities and 229 other junior and four-year colleges.
The questionnaire showed more KU freshmen made A's and B's in high school; fewer made C's and D's. Nearly 9 per cent ranked in the top 1 per cent of their high school class, compared to a national norm of 7 per cent.
More KU freshmen were elected president of a student organization, received a high rating in a state or regional speech contest, had a major part in a play, received an award in an art competition and edited the school paper.
More than the national average were aiming at careers as artists or performers, doctors and other health professions. Their parents were generally better educated than those of the national average freshmen.
The freshmen's objectives in life were to develop a philosophy in life (89 per cent), raise a family (75 per cent), have friends different from themselves (75 per cent), help others in difficulty (66 per cent), be an authority in their field (65 per cent), have an active social life (62 per cent), and keep up with political affairs (60 per cent). All those cited were above the national averages.
Hix submits resolution
Freshman class president Steve Hix, Overland Park, will submit a resolution to the Student Senate tonight to make freshman senators members of the Student Senate.
A petition signed by 1,000 students supporting the resolution will be presented with it.
The resolution asks that freshmen be placed in the Senate during the 1970-71 school year, with the representatives to be elected in the fall semester.
Hix said freshman senators now had only a title with no responsibility given them. He said freshman senators were like any other student who came to watch the student governing body.
The revised calendar for the 1970-71 academic year has been announced by the Student Senate Calendar Committee.
Committee announces new calendar
Martha Fankhauser, Lyons sophomore and representative of the committee, said all state schools were changing to the same calendar so transferring students could begin the new semester without conflicts.
Orientation for the 1970 summer session will be held June 4. Registration and enrollment will be June 5 and 6 and classes will resume June 8. The last days of classes will be July 31 and Aug. 1. Finals will also be given these last two days.
Orientation for the fall semester will be Aug. 24. Registration
and enrollment will be Aug. 26, 27 and 28. Classwork will begin in all departments Aug. 31. Holidays include Labor Day, Sept. 7, and Thanksgiving gives, Nov. 24-29. Classes will resume Nov. 30 until Dec. 12. Finals will then begin Dec. 14 for two weeks until Dec. 24 followed by approximately four weeks of vacation.
One of the advantages to this new calendar is having finals before Christmas. Students will not only be free from worry about finals during the recess, but will also enjoy a vacation which is twice as long as what they have had in the past.
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1970
Orientation for the 1971 spring semester will be Jan. 11 and registration and enrollment will be
Visitor enthusiastic about KU program
An enthusiastic South American is on campus this week—Senora Juan Carlos Lorenzo from Montevideo, Uruguay. Senora Lorenzo is an executive in the Institute for Children, a division of the Organization of American States, which is concerned with the rehabilitation of handicapped children. Since her arrival last Wednesday, she has been jamming every minute with information and ideas to take back to her country.
Senora Lorenzo has spent most of her time observing in KU's New Haworth Hall where the Bureau of Child Research is located. In one week she has decided that she likes the program, but has one reservation about it.
"The faculty has a unique attitude," said Senora Lorenzo. "They bring the best people from each field together for better quality in studies of mental retardation. They're creative and don't hesitate to try and get away from formal thinking."
Senora Lorenzo has a reservation about the facilities. She said that when professionals from a less developed country see what the United States has in equipment, they become discouraged. She said that they returned to their country knowing they didn't have appropriate equipment and thinking their mental retardation programs would become a disaster.
The University of Kansas will not be the only place observed by Senora Lorenzo. She will spend time at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Parsons State Hospital and Training Center.
As an executive in the Organization of American States, Senora Lorenzo hopes to promote an exchange program of professionals between countries beginning with the University of Kansas. She said that she hoped such a program would be directed at training people to be professionals in their own environments, rather than importing a lot of professionals to treat retarded people.
Debate teams take honors
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The University of Kansas debate teams won top places in two debate tournaments on Jan. 23 and 24.
At the Kansas State College at Pittsburg, the debate teams won second place out of a field of 56 schools with 20 wins and four losses.
In the Junior division, two freshmen, Bill Russell, Omaha, and John Masterson, Falls
HOOKS WRITING
Church, Va., took third place among 76 teams.
HOLLYWOOD (UPI)—Robert Hooks, co-starring in "Blood Kin," is writing a book on Ira Aldrich, a turn-of-the-century actor and first Negro to play Shakespeare in the United States.
In the Senior division, David Jeans, Independence, Mo., senior, and Robert McCulloch, Overland Park senior, took fourth place from among 66 teams.
The KU debate teams also placed in a tournament at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
Senior Phyllis Culham, Junction City senior, and Deana Bartelli, Pittsburg sophomore, took fourth place from among 48 teams.
The KU team, coached by Donn W. Parson, associate professor of speech and drama, will move to Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill., for a tournament there this weekend.
Jan. 13, 14 and 15. Classes will begin in all departments Jan. 18.
Spring vacation will be March 6-14. May 4 will be the last day of classes before the final examination period begins and finals will end May 14. Commencement will be held May 16 and 17.
the summer session will have a two-week break, before it heats.
Students who plan to attend
The 1971 summer session's orientation period will take place June 2 and registration and enrollment will be June 4. Classwork will begin in all departments June 7 and will end July 31.
Help us shatter our corporate image
Until recently—Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company. Now, Libbey-Owens-Ford Company.
Perhaps, you'll help us become famous for . . . what is it you want to get your teeth into? As a creative engineer or scientist at our technical center? In manufacturing? In marketing? This may be the opportunity you are seeking! Take a crack at it. See our representative.
Until recently we were known as producers of glass for cars and buildings. Now, we're into many things in addition to glass. New combinations of materials. space age processes as well as products.
FEBRUARY 11, 1970
LIBBEY-OWENS-FORD CO
TOLEDO, OHIO 43624
Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics announces a new series of classes designed for you:
Three Choices; Mon., Feb. 9, 9:30 - 10:20 a.m.
(MWF for 7 weeks)
Mon., Feb. 9, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
(Once a week for 7 weeks)
Wed., Feb. 11, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
(Twice a week—Wed. night and Sat. morning 10:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.—for 4 weeks)
The Regular Course:
The Freshman Course:
This course is especially designed for freshmen, accenting study skills and incorporating first-year course material.
Tues., Feb. 10, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
(Once a week for 7 weeks)
The Vietnam Reading Course:
In this unique course you read and discuss Vietnam in depth while at least tripling your reading efficiency.
Thurs., Feb. 12, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.
(One a week for 7 weeks)
ONE KU students are THOU satisfied Evelyn Wood SAND Reading Dynamics Students.
Phone VI 3-6424 now class space is limited