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By GIL LAWSON
Kernel Staff Writer

On the first day of class, Professor
Jon Shepard looked at his students in
the front row and said, “Don’t look
beh'nd you, became what you'll see
might scare you.”

“For some of you, this class is
bigger than the town you’re from,”
he elaborated. Several in the
audience of 900 nodded their hands
in agreement.

Shepard’s class, Sociology 101,
may be the biggest at the Univer-
sity. It meets in Memorial Hall on
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 am.

With such a large class, normal
actions become difficult. To sit next
to friends, students must plow
through long rows of seats with
people’s knees sticking out. Knowing
the professor personally is difficult,
and leaving the room quickly at the
bell nearly impossible.

Shepard says he uses wit to deal
with the situation. “What I try to do
is use material that is humorous to
illustrate the seious things I’m
trying to cover.

“I started a few years ago with
one hundred students and I’ve had a
chance to see if there was some point
at which. it didn’t work.” Shepard
has been teaching the class for three
years, and doesn’t think that point
has been reached.

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No educational goals have been
lost by the classes growth, he said.
“I feel I can do the same thing with
900 that I can do with 125."

He says the teaching approach
remains the same, no matter how
large the enrollment. “I teach an
introductory sociology class at night
with 50 students and I teach it the
same way The main difference is, of
course, in a small class I’m more
relaxed."

Student responses souond
unanimous on the professor’s
handling of the Sociology 101. “As
large as it was, I felt we were on an
individual basis,” said one. “He did
an excellent job of keeping the in-
terest of over all) students," said
another. “At first I thought it would
be really awful, but it was one of my
better classes."

With such a large number of
students, “objective” tests are
about the only practical way to
measure performance. The class is
given four tests with 50-70 multiple-
choice questions. On test days, more
people show and the seats go
quickly. The only problem giving
tests is that it takes a long time to
pass them out, Shepard said.

Four teaching assistants help
Shepard in the class. During tests,
all five roam the aisles to act as
proctors and to answer questions
about directions. Approximately 15

percent of thestudents got D's or E‘s
for their final grade last smester,
while about 9 percent rc- :ived A’s,
Shepard said.

“I really enjoy teachuig the class
and i think that it‘s an important
class," he said. “l'ni not advocating
large classes as luch, but with such
a large ntunhcr of students taking
Sociology '01 each year (ap-

A first-hand lesson in crowded living
shows that there’s strength in numbers

proximately 3,,000) the large class
has proven to be an effective
method."

Some might think a class of that
size would be an impossible
problem But, somehow it seems to
work own if it is a hassle to get a
seat. Maybe everybody has
Shepard‘s opinion. there can be
strength in numbers.

UK hospital director
resigns for new post

Ily RICHARD MCDONALD
Copy Editor

Judge T. Calton, director of the
University Hospital, has resigned to
take a similar post in Memphis,
Tenn. His resignation takes effect in
April.

Calton, 46, has been the director of
the UK hospital since 1971. He will
become the executive administrator
of Memphis‘ Methodist Hospital——
Central. Methodist Hospital, which
has 957 beds, is part of a three-
hospital consortium that will have
1306 beds when it is completed.
University Hospital has 468 beds.

No action has been taken on fin-
ding a replacement for Calton, who

KENTUCKY

notified the administration this week
that he would be leaving.

Calton, president- elect of the
Kentucky Hospital Association,
said, ‘It‘s not easy to leave
Lexington after 12 years here, but
the position in Memphis offers new
opportunities in my career in
hospital administration."

“Judge Calton has made immense
contributions to University
Hospital," said Dr. Peter Bosom-
worth, vice president for the
Medical Center. “Not only has the
hospital expanded in terms of
physical space, but also in terms of
providing health care for the pe0ple
of Kentucky.

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Finding seats in a class usually isn’t that much of a problem. But when
there are 900 people enrolled. students have to prowl the aisles loklng for
a vacant spot.

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Volume LXIX, Number 100 University of Kentucky

Thursday, February 16, 1978 Lexington. Kentucky

Steve saw
UK‘s Rick Robey takes this layup every inch of
the way to the basket in last night‘s game against
Tennessee. The Wildcats defeated the Volun-
teers 90-77 as Robey led the way with 18 points.

Hall's 'original’ Cats
defeat Tennessee

By BOB STAUBLE
Assistant Sports Editor

Kentucky coach Joe Hall returned to his
pro-slump starting five last night, and his
Wildcats added victory number 19 to their
twice—blemished slate by beating Tennessee
90-77.

The game, according to Hall, was an
important step in Kentucky’s recent struggle
to regain their early season form.

“We had a great practice yesterday
t’l‘uesdayt," Hall said. “We were really
alert, but we didn’t play that way tonight.

“We were tense and we did not execute
well. We were not reacting like we should,
but I feel this is not a permanent situation. A
win was important at this stage.”

Forwards Rick Robey and James Lee
provided the scoring punch for the Wildcats,
scoring 18 points and 17 points, respectively.
Guard Kyle Macy, reserve center Chuck
Aleksinas and guard Truman Claytor all
contributed well to UK’s offense.

Like any other UK-Tennessee match, the
game was not a blowout. The 13-point final
margin was typical of the score difference
for almost all of the second half.

“Tennessee has been playing good
basketball, losing on the road by four to
Alabama and two to Mississippi State,” Hall

added. “Hopefully, we’ll back at our best at
the end of the SEC race."

Opening the game in a sticky man- -to-man
defense Kentucky began immediately to
take the uppa hand.

Kyle Macy gave UK a 2-0 lead with a 20-
foot jimptr. Baskets by Givens, Aleksinas
and Robey fueled the Cats until Truman
Claytor hit a 12