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3.   DEXTER CITES SUCCESS OF HS JUNIORS PROGRAM

      Since 1963, 158 high schooners have participated in the high
school juniors program, earning average summer grades of 2.8, just
short of a B standing. The participants, mainly from the large
urban areas of the state, northern Kentucky and the Louisville
area, have had a high school academic average of 3.5, or B plus.
The most recent participants--the 31 last summer--earned the
highest overall grade point average so far--a 2.96. "And for the
first time in the six year history of the program, two students
obtained special permission to enter UK as full time students
this fall without completing their high school education," George
Dexter, assistant registrar and director of the program, said.
Dexter said the two students "had found college life so stimu-
lating that the return to high school might have interfered with
the learning process. Another factor was that the break from
home--once made--was hard to re-construct." The program currently
is taking applications for the summer enrollment. The students,
who can earn up to six hours of freshman college credit--between
their junior and senior year in high school--may apply if their
high school grades through the first term of their junior year
is a B or better. The only other prerequisite is that applicants
take the American College Test (ACT).

      Students live in University housing facilities and take part
in campus activities on the same basis as regular full time students
with high school diplomas. Of the 158 students, 80 per cent have
returned to continue their college careers, although'this is not
a requirement for participation. Twelve students have graduated
from UK and 52 still are pursuing degrees. While advantages of
participation are stressed, Mr. Dexter said among the problems
is that fellow high school students do not know how to react to
them when they return to their home towns--"they expect to see
great personality changes." Parental problems also emerge for the
student who has broken the tie to home by spending the summer at
UK, and the rigidity of structured high school classes often pre-
sents difficulties for a student who has learned to set his own
pace. Some scholarships will be available, Dexter said, for
students indicating an interest in pursuing biological sciences.
They will work in a lab and earn a salary in addition to being
exempt from enrollment fees.



4.   ALUMNI PROVIDE $3,000 FOR BAND SCHOLARSHIPS

      The Alumni Association will award $3,000 annually to the UK
Marching Band for six $500 scholarships "in recognition of the
growth of the band both in quality and quantity in its performances
during the last two years," according to E. J. Brumfield, director
of Alumni Affairs. "We are extremely pleased that the Alumni Asso-
ciation sees fit to recognize our program, The grant will help us
greatly in recruiting outstanding band members," William Harry
Clarke, director of the band, said. "This award also will help
maintain the momentum the band has gained during the last two years
and also will help us develop the band into one of the finest in
the nation," he added.