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LV, No. 109

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Scholarship Award

The University
Club recently presented a $50 scholarship to
Gail Mayer (right), home economics freshman from McCracken
County. Presenting the check here Is Patricia Hager, Larue County,
Club. Gail was state champion In the
president of the UK
automotive project In 1962.

Academic Freedom
Is Greater In Europe
By DAVID COOVERT
Kernel Feature Writer

Students in European universities have more academic
freedom and are more independent of their schools than
American students, Dr. Eugene K. Grotegut, associate professor of German, said in an interview yesterday.
"Academic freedom for stu
dents there Is almost absolute,"
he said. "They choose their own
write
courses. Some students
their own books. There is less
emphasis placed on classwork.
Much study is done independently in a library."
Some students may take only
one examination in their whole
college career, he said. This exam
proximately the same a the
for a
linary examination
In the United States.
said that students in
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French, German, and Scandinavian universities have no one to
tell them what to do or what
courses to take. They are forced
as a
to be more independent
result.
"Sometimes they have help
from students who have been
around for a while," he said.
"These students may print manuals which will help undergraduates, but other than this they
are almost completely on their
own."
He said this Independence has
caused the growth of student
governments In European universities.
"The student government here
t the University," he said, "is
mostly a mollycoddled operation.
European students have actual
tudrnt corps rations, some subsidized by the national government." .
He said the European student
in
aid students
governments
areas where they have no help
from their schools. For instance,
there are no dormitories In many
European universities. The student government would help students find housing space.
He said student publications
there have no advisory boards as
the Kernel does. They are completely Independent of the universities.
"In fact, some of the most exciting writing and some of the
most effective critclsm has been
done in student magazines." lie
said.
Since the Nai government was
destroyed, be said, censorship of

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student publications has been
the exception rather than the
rule. If a student wanted to
write an article in favor of free
love or some other unpopular
Ide, he would not be stopped.
"The marked contrast between
their schools and ours," he said,
"is that a major portion of a
student's education comes from
student interaction and a free
exchange of opinion."
social life, is
The student's
kept separate from the school, he
said. There are no sororities, and
the fraternities are marked by a
"militaristic spirit."
"The fraternities represent the
shadier side of their universities," he said. "Students who go
to a university to take part in
parties and dueling
may Join them. In some of them,
a scar down the cheek may be
a sign of membership."
The greater Independence European students have does not
necessarily make their system
more effective than the American one, he said.
"The student determines for
himself how much time he puts
Into his work," he said. "As a result, different students take different amounts of time to finish.
This is somewhat Inefficient."
Movements are underway now
to establish new Institutions to
counteract this inefficiency and
the crowdedness of some schools,
he said.
The new institutions will Impose restrictions on the students.
He said there Is a tendency away
from the freedom that they have
now.
"This is regrettable in a sense,",
he said. "There la a question as
to whether quality will be sacrificed for these solutions. It's good
that there Is an attempt to solve
the problem, but it's bad that
the students have to be restricted."
Some of the greatest achievements in science and the arts
were made under the old system,
he said.

KY.( FRIDAY,

21, 1961

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Three Days Of Activities
Planned For Inauguration)
Three days of activities will
surround the inauguration of
Dr. John W. Oswald as the
University's sixth president.

President and Mrs. Oswald will
be the honored guests at a luncheon in the Faculty Club Sunday.
A faculty social hour will begin
at noon dunday and the luncheon
will be at 12:30 p.m.
Dr. J. W. Patterson, president
of the Faculty Club, will preside.
Dr. Arthur Cooke, chairman of
the inaugural committee will
discuss the Inauguration itself.
Also attending the luncheon
will be Dr. and Mrs. Oswald's

Classes Dismissed
classes and University offices will be closed from noon
on Tuesday for the President's
Inauguration. Members of the
faculty are invited to march
in the inaugural
procession
which will form in front of the
Fine Arts Building at 2 p.m.
All students and the general
public are invited to attend the
cermony at 2:30.
All

the association will present a
show on the horse Industry.
The official inaugural luncheon
will be held at the Student Center at 11:30 Tuesday morning.
The inaugural processional will
form up in front of the Fine Arts
Building at 2 p.m. with the actual inauguration scheduled to begin at 2:30 in Memorial Coliseum.
the Inauguration,
Following
President and Mrs. Oswald will
receive the public in the Student
Center.
Tuesday
evening the
Board of Trustees will honor the
President and Mrs. Oswald and
visiting university and college
presidents at a dinner at Spin-dletHall.
Of the 505 delegates who will
attend, 67 are university and college presidents and 37 will represent learned societies.
Plans are being made for a
crowd of about 8,000 to attend
the inaugural ceremonies and
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three children,

Mrs. Oswald's
and niece,
sister, brother-in-laand her parents.
The luncheon
arrangements
Fawere made by a nine-ma- n
culty Club committee headed by
Dean of Women Doris Seward.
Registration of the 505' official
delegates to the inauguration will
be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday and
from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the Keene-lan- d
Association is hosting a
breakfast at Keeneland for the
officials
and other
delegates
guests. Following the breakfast,

Dr. JOHN W. OSWALD

(channel 27 In Lexington) will televise the entire
ceremony live.
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Parking Lots Closed
The large number of delegates and guest expected for
has caused
the Inauguration
University officials to close
1. 2, 20, and C
parking areas
(immediately behind the Coliseum) all day Tuesday. Faculty and students who normally
park in these areas are asked
to park in other parts or off
campus that day.

Glee Clubs

To Perform
Joint Concert
The University Men's and
Women's Glee Clubs will pre
sent a joint spring concert at
3:30 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Hall.
The Women's Glee Club, under
the direction of Sara Holroyd,
will sing "Adoramus Te Christe,"
a selection from "Stabat Mater,"
O Lord,"
"Hear
Our Prayer,
L o v e," "Kedron,"
"Wondrous
"Warrenton," and selections from
"Mv Fair Lady."
The Men's Glee Club, under
the direction of Dr. Donald Ivey,
will sing "The Testament of Freedom," "Ready When He Comes."
Chanson
da
"Mood Indigo,"
Route," and "Wanderin."
The concert is free and open to
the public.

Opinions Requested From Seniors

UK Student Achievement Hearing
To Be Wednesday In Faculty Club
The final open hearing on
student achievement will he
held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in
the Faculty Club Lounge on
the third floor of the Student Center.
Students and faculty members
are Invited to attend.
Dr. J. W. Patterson, chairman
of the Special Faculty Committee on Student Achievement, said
that the committee would especially like to hear from graduating seniors so that their opinbefore
ions may be recorded
they leave the University.
This meeting will be last in a
series of five, designed to define
the intellectual climate at the.
University.
The same Ave topics will be
dealt with as were discussed In
the previous four meetings. They
are:
1. The gap between faculty and
students. This Includes a study
of the channels of communication between students and faculty members, faculty attitude
toward student activities and expectations, and teaching techniques and methods.
2. The existing intellectual and

cultural activities at the University.
3. The extracurricular
and
social activities.
4. The physical facilities.
5.
The administrative
practices.
Special invitations have been
sent to several seniors. These Include the retiring presidents of
Student Congress, Associated
Panhellenic
Womens Students.
and Interfraternlty
Council,
Council, presidents of the scholastic honorarles, senior Oml-cro- n
Delta Kappa members, and
senior Phi Beta Kappa members.
Following this meeting, a report will be submitted to the
Faculty Council which will be
based on the findings from all
the meeting held during the year.
The first two meetings, held
last fall, were designed to obtain
student Ideas. The first of these
was an open hearing and the
second was a discussion of the
findings of a group of students
who polled the residence halls
and fraterity houses concerning the five topics.
The last two meetings were designed to obtain faculty Idras.
The first of these was an open
hearing. The second was a discussion of the ideas of several

selected faculty members front
all areas of the University.
Members of the committee, in
addition to Dr. Patterson, are Dr.
Ernest
McDaniel, professor ol
Dr. Lawrence S.
education;
Thompson, director of libraries;
Dr. Doris M. Seward, dean ot
women; Dr. Michael Adelstein,
assistant professor of English;
Dr. William T. Carse, associate
in counceling
and
professor
guidance.
John Hill, associate professor
of architecture; John E. Reeves,
associate professor of political
science; and Dr. 8tanley ZyznN
ewskl, assistant profe&aor of his
tory. The student members ara
William B. Drescher, a Junior in
arts and sciences, and Sallle T.
Dunn, a sophomore in arts and
sciences.

Student Publication;
Hoard
Applications for the Student
Board of Publications are now
available in the Dean of Men
or Dean of Women's Offices.
may
Any Interested student
apply. The applications are due
by 5 p.m. Wedneday.
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