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3.     7,000 IN SUMMER SESSION

       Approximately 7,000 students--a 10 per cent increase over last
year--participated in the summer session. Dr. Elbert W. Ockerman,
dean of admissions and registrar, said more than 85 per cent of the
students who enrolled for both sessions had pre-registered. Next
year he plans to make advance registration available to all students
who wish to attend during the summer terms. Of the 1,417 students
who registered for the four-week intersession, Dean Ockerman said
1,410 registered in advance.



4.     HEALTH CAREERS ORIENTATION IN THIRD YEAR

       A summer program for 24 Kentucky students interested in health
careers is being conducted at the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center.
The orientation and on-the-job training in health careers program
now is in its third year. In the past two years, 52 students re-
ceived training in the "summer in medical sciences" seminar developed
by the Lexington-based chapter of the Student American Medical Asso-
ciation. The program is aimed specifically at high school juniors,
seniors, and freshmen or sophomore college students from financially
deprived homes and/or racial minority backgrounds, according to Jon
Joseph, SAMA summer program director. A third year medical student
from Louisville, Joseph is assisted by Dewey Ballard, a second year
student, also of Louisville. The eight week project offers health
care exposure in the fields of psychiatry, physical therapy, pharma-
cology and occupational therapy, as well as medicine, dentistry and
nursing. Students assist in Medical Center labs and clinics. Funds
to support the career experience this year are provided by the office
of the vice president, the E. 0. Robinson Mountain Fund and by some
county divisions of the Neighborhood Youth Corps of the U.S.
Department of Labor.



5.     $10,000 BEQUEST SET FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

       A $10,000 bequest from the estate of the late Dr. Mary Agnes
Gordon to the University will be used to establish a scholarship
fund for girls from the state of Kentucky, with preference going to
those students who plan to major in psychology. The bequest was
noted in Dr. Gordon's will which recently was probated in Clark
County Court and which directed how the gift was to be used. Dr.
Gordon received her BA degree here in 1925, and her MA degree in
1927. In 1929, she earned a Ph.D degree from Columbia University
after serving as an assistant in psychology at the institution. She
later worked at Mills College in California and for TVA before
becoming associated with the U.S. Air Force,