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7.  FRESHMEN LAST YEAR FROM 107 COUNTIES

     The freshman class of 1970-71 came to the Lexington campus
from all but 13 of the state's 120 counties. Ten high schools,
all in Louisville and Lexington, contributed over a fourth of
them, or 893, and only 447 of the freshmen were from other states,
but they came from 33 different states. The number of freshmen
last year was 3101. A report, "Freshman Profile," published by
the Office of Admissions and Registrar, also provides such sta-
tistical information as:

     --More than 70 members of the class were National Merit
finalists, simi-finalists or commended students. Eight has a
4.0 or perfect grade-point standing for their first semester
here, and 41 had better than a 3.0 average.

     --Students who receive credit for a particular course on the
basis of Advanced Placement Test results may use this credit just
as if they had taken the course at the University. In 1970, the
University received 83 such AP exams for 11 different disciplines,
and better than half of these students received some college place-
ment or credit.

     The distribution by Kentucky high schools reveals that five
Jefferson county schools sent 336 of their graduates as freshmen,
although 784 of the students listed Jefferson as their home: West-
port, 100; Waggener, 77; St. Xavier, 59; Sacred Heart, 55, and
Atherton, 45. Fayette county was listed as the home of 542 of the
new students, with 457 of them graduates of five Fayette high
schools: Lafayette, 170; Tates Creek, 158; Henry Clay, 93; Bryan
Station, 85, and Lexington Catholic, 51. Other Kentucky counties
with more than 50 students in the class were Kenton, with 100,
Campbell, 72, and Daviess, 79. Hardin had 47, Hopkins, 30, Clark,
32, and Franklin, 40. Counties with only one member each enrolled
in the class were Clinton, Edmonson, Knott, Leslie, McCreary, Mon-
roe, Nicholas, Robertson, Rowan and Todd. Most out-of-state
freshmen came from near-by states: Ohio, 154; Tennessee, 19; Vir-
ginia, 16; West Virginia, 23; Illinois, 52, and Indiana, 22.
Pennsylvania contributed 28, New Jersey, 29, and New York, 28.
Five were from foreign countries: Switzerland, two, Thailand, two,
and Indonesia, one. The two latter countries have hosted University
training facilities. Dean Elbert Ockerman said that while the
statistics were for the 1970-71 freshman class, they were not ex-
pected to vary significantly for the 1971 freshman class.



8.  SCHOLARSHIP MEMORALIZES MRS. GLADDEN

     A memorial scholarship worth $500 a year has been established
at the University in honor of the late Cynthia Hales Gladden, a
University alumna and wife of Dr. James W. Gladden, sociology pro-
fessor. About $2000 has been secured toward the $10,000 projected
goal, which will be deposited with the University as part of its
permanent endowment. The investment proceeds will furnish the
scholarship for a deserving girl from a low-income family who could
not otherwise obtain a college education. Selection of the first
scholarship recipient is scheduled for the 1972-73 academic year.