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University of Kentucky
LEXINGTON, KY., THURSDAY, FEB. 4, I960

Vol. LI

hfC

No. 59

000 UK Students
Fail To Preclassify
9

By BOB ANDERSON

Machine Puts
Army Colonel
In Air Force

Managing Editor

The chaotic prereglstration sys- tern has had repercussions in al- most every University department,
and now it appears to have be- come involved In the current naLate Registration
tional rivalry between the Army,
The Administration Building was crowded Wednesday with students Air Force, and Navy.
who were either registering, adding courses, or dropping courses.
One Army ROTC cadet was surprised to find an IBM card
showed he was officially registered
in an Air Force ROTC section.
The cadet was Col. Frank A.
Schollett, commanding officer of
the entire Army ROTC drill
brigade.
Col. Schollett said yesterday he
plans to drop the Air Forte course
students, and the Dean of Men and try to get back in
Thr" 'tudrrts who sold p
the Army.
"tests" have been indefi- and Dean of Women.
Dickey said he could not disclose
nitely ;u'pei)dfd from the Unia number of others, the number of students receiving
versity and
piven failing grades. President failing grades at the present time,
Frank G. Dickey announced Tues- because the investigation was incomplete.
day.
Dean Martin said that the pubreceiving failing
The students
lic relations release was "suffigrades In the course Psychology
The University hopes to launch
I were al'O placed on academic cient" and no other comment was
necessary.
into the "Soaring Sixties" with a
probation until October of next
The new policy authorizing the 12 million dollar building program
year, he added.
public relations department to entailing five construction projects.
InL'nhenJty authorities were
make an official announcement of
All projects, as now proposed,
formed of the scheme by a stua precedent for UK.
an oppor- the action ispolicy, one common to wolud begin during 1960, accorddent who was offered
The former
O. Dickey,
tunity to boy the questions. Dickey most colleges and universities, has ing to President Frank by a comand would be headed
said. Actually, the incident In- been one of nondisclosure or lim- pletely new physics-chemistvolved the circulation of "study ited comment.
Building expected to cost
materia?." which were used "irregPresident Dickey indicated that
ularly" In preparation for the final the new policy will be continued.
Construction depends on the
examination, he added.
He felt that the public announceKentucky Department of Finance
The president said the matter ment of discipline for dishonesty approving a 12 million dollar bond
was investigated and considered is "the right move."
issue for the University's long-ranby a grtup including the deans
Dickey said that previously some
building program, Dr. Dickey
of the colleges involved, three campus factions opposed the idea pointed out.
members of the Psychology De- of disclosing information about
Other projects call for a
partment itaff, four advisers to cheating.
addition to Margaret I.
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King Library, a $1,500,000 building

UK Expels Three

For Stealing Tests

One of the biggest problems encountered in the new
program is approximately 2,000 students who were
enrolled in the University last fall but failed to preclassify.
Dean of Admissions and Registrar Charles F. Elton said
yesterday afternoon that the rush
of those students attempting to tiion saia. wnen asicea wny ne aia

register accounted for the great
number of students who Jammed
the basement of the(Administration
Building yesterday.
Students entering the University
for the first time this semester
were eenerallv handled writ. Dr.
Elton said, but additional problems
created hv
students
who were reentering after being
out of school for a semester or
more.
These students were not familiar
with preclassification procedures
and tended to become confused, he
continued.
A student who attended UK last
fall was trying to enioll in classes
for the first time yesterday, Dr.
BOO-8-

Five Big Projects
Planned For 1960

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KPA Honors

Journalism
Professors

Two UK Journalism professors
received heners at the annual midwinter meeting of the Kentucky
Press Association, held in Louisville last week.
Dr. L. Nkl Plummer. director
of the School of Journalism, was
awarded the "most valuable member" cup. This is the first year
the award, a silver cup. has been
given.
Dr. riunimer's activities in a
series of seminars on "The Legal
Mde of the News" held around the
state last year were cited by KPA
XV. C. Caywood,
past
itor of the Winchester Sun.
Vlctcr Portmann, associate

ed-

pro-

fessor of Journalism, was reelected
to the post of secretary-managof the KPA. He was first elected
to the post in 1942 and Is now
beginning his 19th term of office.
The principal address was given
by Arthur II. Motley, president
and publisher of Parade magazine.
He spoke n the "information gap"
which exists in the nation.
He listed six areas In which the
public most urgently needs more
information, including "the missile
gap," ' the true nature of the race
of communism against capitalism
in production as well as politics,"
and "the growth we must have in
education."
er

to house the College of Commerce, a $1,800,000 addition to the
Student Union ' Building, and a
$1,300,000 girls' dormitory that will
include a central kitchen and

cafeteria.

Post-196- 0
plans call for other
buildings, including an engineering addition, agriculture buildings,
and an education addition. Still
further in the future would be a
new Administration Building, another classroom building, an addition to the College of Engineering and the Mineral Industries
Building, and more dormitories.
y
Plans for the
building are nearly complete and
the University hopes to advertise
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not preclassify, the student said he
did not know about Preclassifica
tion.
Other problems were caused by
students who did not pay their fees
during the regularly scheduled
times Monday and Tuesday, or
fai,,d to Pick uu lheir Pmit-to-wer- e
enroU
cards wh,,e registering.
These students also jammed the
Administration Building yesterday
attempting to complete their registration.
Students'

handwriting caused
some problems, too. as registration
employees sometimes could not
read class cards and had to guess
what classes students wanted
sometimes placing them in the
wrong ones.
Not all preclassification problems
were caused by student's mistakes.
Dr. Elton noted. He attributed
many errors to his own department.
Inexperience in
handling the
program caused some mistakes and
led many students to be given a
"run around" by various depart-men- ts
in the Administration Building, Dr. Elton stated.
Station 3 in the Coliseum was a
major bottleneck, the registrar
cards were
said. Permit-to-enro- ll
not completely alphabetized, causing delay at the five tables set up
to distribute them.
They were sorted by using the
first two letters and the last two
letters of students' names to cut
down the number of "sorts" needed to arrange them. The cards will
be fully alphabetized next time,
regardless of the number of "sorts"
that will have to be made, Dr.
Elton stated.
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Symphony Orchestra Presents Concert
By HENRY HUBERT
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Paray, appeared at Memorial Coliseum Tus-da- y
evening as the seventh attraction of the Central Kentucky
Concert and Lecture Series.
Mr. Paray. in his nine years with
the orchestra, has produced a
ensemble worthy of inclusion among the top 10 American
orchestras.
The program opened with Beethoven's "Prometheus" Overture,
the only item remaining in the
concert repertoire from the ballet
score Beethoven wrote in 1800. The
performance was thoroughly delightful and featured the Detroit
string section prominently.
This was followed by the BeeViolin
thoven
with
Concerto
Mischa Mischakoff as soloist. On
the whole, the performance was
disappointing.
Mr. Mischakoff is an intelligent
violinist and he gave a good account of himself in the Concerto,
but he had some intonation difficulties, particularly in the first
movement, and he exhibited certain aberrations in his technique.
Mr. Paray led the orchestra in
a correct but uninspired accompaniment. The result was an adequate interpretation, but one which
lacked spirit.
Mr. Paray left the stage after the
first movement of the Concerto to
see about a change in the stage
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lighting and the audience took this
opportunity to show its lack of sophistication by applauding.
If they do not know the work,
one would think they could count
up to three and account for each
of the movements before they bestow their approval.
The third number on the program was a contemporary work,
Walter Piston's "New England
Sketches." Mr. Piston is one of
America's most noted composers
and the work was an interesting,
evocative composition which amply

exhibited Mr. Piston's craftsmanship.
The last item on the program
was Schumann's Symphony 'No. 4
in D Minor. Mr. Paray and the
Detroit Symphony have recorded
Schumann and on the basis of
their recordings the audience expected a vibrant performance full
of excitment and virtuosity.
They were not disappointed the
performance was magnificant. Mr.
Paray obviously understands Schumann and his understanding has
been communicated to the mem

bers of the orchestra.
The audience response to the
program brought Mr. Paray back
to the podium for an encore. The
work he chose was Leonard Bernstein's Overture to the recent
Broadway musical "Candide."
All

the test and satirical thrusts

of Voltaire have been incorporated
by Mr. Bernstein in his overture
and Mr. Paray and the Detroit
players caught these qualities In
their performance of it which
brought the evening to a delightful
close.