Friday, September 23, 1949
Thursday, September 15, 1949
FY bud A to 2L Ws Klelbirastsa AB anndl
Bi-igcst and best arc adjectives
that Dean C. H. Oldfather agrees
well describe the College of Arts
and Sciences. In an interview
Dean Oldfather cited facts and
figures to bear out his views.
The claim of biggest can well
be proved by a glance at the en
rollment. Last year over 22 per
cent of the students were enrolled
in the College of Aits and Sci
ences. However, Dean Oldfather
says this doesn't indicate the true
teaching job of the College. Ac
cording to a survey made by
the Dean, well over 52 percent of
all the credit hours on the Lin
coln camplses arc taught in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Freshman English.
Dean Oldfather stated that all
students on the campus have
taken classes in the College, cit
ing freshman English as an ex
ample of a course all take. Stu
dents in Teachers college take his
tory in the Aits college and en-
Faculty Ratings by Students
Released at Kansas State
By Dick Axtell.
K-State faculty members op
ened their mail cautiously this
week after the announcement
that faculty ratings made by stu
dents during the Spring semester
had been released.
But the results of the ratings
indicate that instructors at the
College rated high in nearly every
item and in comparison with the
same test given during the sum
mer of 1947. Some fields show
marked improvement, according
to A. L. Pugslcy, dean of ad
ministration. Rank Order Given
The rank order of items ac
cording to degree to excelence in
performance is given in the table
below. Students rated the fac
ulty highest on those items at
the top of the scale and pro
gressed to the lowest at the bot
tom. 1. Enthusiasm for subject.
2. Willingness to help.
3. Mastery of subject taught.
4. Speech and ennuneiation.
5. Recognition of own limita
tions. 6. Mannerisms.
7. Instructor-!! iane of inlet -ests.
8. Grading.
9. Organization of course.
10. Assignments.
11. Presentation of subject
matter.
12. General estimate of teach
ing effectiveness.
13. Objer.ives clarified by instructor.
Agricultural College Faculty
To Hold Fall Party October 1
The College of Agriculture fac
ulty will hold their fall party for
Ag students Saturday, Oct. 1. This
was announced Thursday by Miss
Evelyn Metzger, assistant profes
sor of home economics, head of
publicity for the faculty commit
tee. The party will be at 8:30 p.m.
in the College Activities building
on Ag.
A formal reception line is
planned. The list of persons in
the reception line is incomplete at
this time, but it will include Dean
T. J. Thompson, Dean Marjone
M. Johnston, Dean C. W. Borg
mann, Mrs. W. V. Lambert, wife
of the dean of the Ag College,
H. G. Gould, associate director of
extension, and the Board of Re
gents and their wives, according
to Dr. Ephriam Hixson. chairmen
of the reception committee.
Dave Sander, chairman of the
entertainment committee, stated
that there will be dancing and
games at the party. Dave Haun
will furnish music for the danc
ing. Refreshments will be served
in the auditorium.
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14. Testing of learning.
15. Ability to arouse interest.
16. Ability to stimulate think
ing and independent work.
Use of Ratings.
The ratings will not be used
administratively for purposes of
promotion or demotion, however,
Dean Pugsley stressed. All rat
ings are confidential and were re
vealed only to the instructor and
the depaitmcnt heads.
"The ratings are intended to
provide a means for the individ
ual instructor to compare his
rating with that of his collea
gues," he said. "As a rule, stu
dents were conscientious in using
the ratings as a guide toward
self-improvement," he added.
Faculty ratings were intro
duced at Kansas State as a re
sult of a recommendation made
by the faculty advisory council
and the student planning confer
ence. After the 1947 rating, $1,
400 was appropriated to apply
the system during a regular sem
ester. Approvimatcly 650 instructors,
teaching 2,500 classes were given
the tests. More than 53,000 papers
were graded by the Counselling
bureau in compiling the results.
All S" Club members, sell
ers incl ded. meet at the
northeast corner of the foot
ball field. 1:45 p.m. Saturday,
for the "Spirit Line."
Alice Mathauser, director of the
Ag Union, has announced that the
'Dell" will remain ojx-n for the
entire evening.
Dr. P. A. Downes, professor of
dairy husbandry, is chairman of
the faculty committee in charge
of the reception.
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physics.
Not only is the College biggest
of the twelve colleges in the Uni
versity, but also, it was the first.
Called the College of Literature,
Science and the Arts, it was the
only course offered when the
University opened in 1871. It
was renamed in the early 1900's.
Many Buildings.
For many years the Arts col
lego occupied University hall,
but it has expanded so that Brace
lab, the Geography building,
Avery lab, and Beasey hall are
soley used for courses in the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences. Many
other buildings have some courses
from the Arts College.
Classes offered have also ex
panded through the years. Origin
ally, the University offered a
course in Greek history and one
in the history of civilization. Now
in the Arts and Sciences catalog,
there arc four pages of history
Prof Retires
As Sponsor of
Ag Honorary
At the initial meeting of the
Block and Bridle Club, Wednes
day, Professor M. A. Alexander,
Animal Husbandry, announced
his retirement as sponsor of that
organization. Alexander having
served many years in this ca
pacity, club members expressed
deep regret in losing "the old
standby."
Club members voted in favor of
holding all Ag. departmental club
meetings on the same night of the
week. This is to prevent inactive
members from belonging to all
three clubs, it is said; thus, to
allow a more active membership
in the club of their preference.
Proposal Dropped
It was decided to drop the pro
posed idea of holding the annual
Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben this fall in con
junction with Organized Agricul
ture. The decision was based on
the fact that too many conflicting
activities were to take place at the
same time. Two are: Col-Agri-Fun
and a home football game.
Possibility of holding the An
nual Founder's Day banquet in
conjunction with Organized Agri-
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courses. The catalog, beginning
with "anthropology, general" and
ending with "zoology, graduate
thesis," describes courses from
"sky study" to "minerlogy"
"micropaleontology" to "fish and
game," "calculus" to "marriage
and home relationships," and
from "old Icelandic" to Russian."
Most in English.
Of all the courses in the Arts
college, more students take Eng
lish than any other. Dean Old
father's statistics show that last
year the English department gave
22,010 credit hours. Chemistry
was next with 15,406, followed
by math, modern languages, po
litical science, history and on
down through the courses with
the classes at the bottom of the
list.
To teach all these classes, the
College of Arts and Sciences has
a faculty of over 320 members.
Dean Oldfather stated that in a
report he received, rating Arts
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culture was discussed but no ac
tion was taken.
Ball to be Discussed
' On the agenda for the October
meeting are the discussion of a
new sponsor and the formula
tion of plans for the Block and
Bridle Ball. Appointment of Mas
ter of Ceremonies, Ringmaster and
numerous committees for the ap
proaching Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben will
also be in order.
"I think Mrs. J. is a very pretty
woman," said Mrs. B.
"I think her niece is very
pretty, too," said Mr. B.
"You men are all alike," said
Mrs. B. "Besides it is 'Knees ARE
pretty, not IS prettv' " said
Mrs. B.
As one hen said to another: "I
want to rest but he keeps egging
me on."
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a C(D)llg
colleges as to qualifications of
faculty, Nebraska ranked among
the best colleges of liberal arts
in the area.
"We can't say we're the best,
but we know we're in the ninty
fourth to ninty-fifth percentile,"
Dean Oldfather said.
Season Opens . .
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Don Minnick is on the doubtful
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Referee: Ronald othhs (St. Thoma.
Cal.f ). Umpire: Dick Pulliam (Orand Is
land). Field JudFe: Bennie Beekerman
(lowal .
Headlineaman: Stuart Reresford. Colorado.
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Lincoln Address.
Timbers Tumble
As NU Expands
The walls are tumbling down!
Workmen have been tearing
down University-owned houses
on. both the east and north sides
of the Union since the summer
months.
Houses between the Union and
International house have now
disappeared. Four buildings be
tween R and S streets are now
being demolished.
Space left vacant by the houses
will reportedly be used for an ad
dition to the Union and a pro
posed State Historical society
building.