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Western Michigan University Newsletter, July 1959

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July 1959 Vol. 4, No. 7 LETTER

MORE QUALIFIED TEACHERS NEEDED Changing Attitudes Aid Handicapped Children By Manley Ellis Professor of Education

Foremost among the factors in the At the beginning of the twentieth Classes for the deaf, blind, crip recent phenomenal increase in the century "orphans' asylums" were pled and other physically handicap education of handicapped children abolished, and dependent children ped children have been receiving is the change in attitude toward were placed in homes. State schools state aid in Michigan for about thir children in the last quarter of the for blind, deaf and mentally handi ty years. A dozen years ago the men nineteenth century and the first capped children were established, tally handicapped were added to the quarter of the twentieth. Dickens' and the first public school classes for list. The visiting teacher law was novels, particularly David Copper- handicapped children began to ap passed in 1944. The state now pays field and Oliver Twist, clearly indi pear. three-fourths of the cost of special cate the callous, even cruel attitude As the second, third and fourth education. In the case of visiting toward children in Victorian Eng decades of the century rolled around, teachers, teachers of the homebound land. One can sense much the same more and more state legislatures en and other consultant teachers, the view in this country in such books acted laws offering extra state aid state aid amounts to $4,750.00 for as Edward Eggleston's classic, The to local school districts for the estab each qualified teacher employed. Hoosicr Schoolmaster. Books on the lishment and maintenance of special The generosity of the Michigan Leg history of education, as, for example, classes for the handicapped. The islature in its state aid program has those of Cubberley give a more fac states also began to provide money greatly encouraged the growth of tual, if less dramatic account of the for rehabilitation of handicapped special education. pKght of children in this era. adults. The greatest impetus to special education in many a year was given it by the Legislature of 1955. That year a law was passed allowing counties to vote millage for special education and to establish county systems of special education. At least half the counties of Southern Michigan have either passed this millage and are in the process of organizing special classes or are con templating such a vote. A great deal of credit should be given County Superintendents and Boards of Edu cation for their foresight in taking- advantage of this law. Private or semi-private organiza tions such as the Michigan Associa tion for Retarded Children, the Michigan Society for Crippled Children and others have greatly encouraged special education through the years, not only with words and propaganda, but also with money. They have funds for research, scholarships and experi mental programs. Some more or less A check for $1,150 passes from the Michigan Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee to local organizations like the Kellogg Western Michigan University, providing scholarships for twenty-five students in advanced Foundation, the Kalamazoo Founda driver education from August 3 to 14. Dr. Russell H. Seibert, left, receives the check from Robert W. Weber, chairman of the state committee, at a luncheon meeting on the campus. tion and the Rackham Fund have helped local projects in special edu cation. For example, the Kalamazoo Seven Fellowships Foundation is providing money to TV Classes Not help in maintaining special classes One thousand dollar graduate fel of crippled, mentally handicapped lowships have been granted by the Complete Answer and speech defective children dur University to seven persons for the College classroom experience in ing the present summer. The Kal 1959-60 academic year. They in physics is preferable to TV courses, amazoo schools and Western Mich clude Jack D. Fox, Wade S. Jones, said 46 students who participated igan University cooperate in running Lyle R. McAuley and Richard D. in the first semester Continental the program. Murphy, WMU graduates; and Ben Classroom series under the direction A major bottleneck in newly- ton L. Ripperdan, Tarkio, Mo., Col of Dr. Stanley Derby, assistant pro established special education pro lege; Miss Margaret Lee, Taiwan fessor of physics. grams such as the new county sys Normal University, Taiwan; and Meeting on campus once each tems mentioned above is to find Shigenobu Sadoya, Waseda Univer two weeks, after having viewed 6 :30 qualified teachers. There are teach sity, Tokyo, Japan. a.m. courses five mornings each week er education curricula in the various over WOOD-TV, the students and areas of special education at East J. Thomas Dickinson, 3502 Devon instructor we're unanimous in their ern, Central and Western Michigan shire, Kalamazoo, and a June grad feelings. Universities, also at Michigan State uate of Kalamazoo Central high, has Dr. Derby states that TV does and Wayne State Universities. The been named the recipient of the $500 not provide as satisfactory a learn University of Michigan has cooper John E. and Edwin S. Fox scholar ing situation for beginning students ative curricula with Eastern Mich ship in physics at the university. as does the regular classroom. More igan University. In some areas of advanced students may gain equally the field it is possible for the teacher The objective of special educa from both mediums. to obtain temporary approval, and tion, which is prosecuted with almost The inability to ask on-the-spol later when he completes the require missionary zeal by everyone involved questions of the TV instructor is ments, full approval. This helps in any aspect of it, is : the education considered the greatest deficiency of greatly in supplying teachers for new of all the children of all the people. education TV by these Western programs. Nothing less will do. Michigan participants. Applications for '59 Admissions Continue Ahead All expectations are for a busy 1959-60 academic year on the Uni versity campus. Applications have continued ahead of a year ago, and with a noticeable trend upward in the quality of students applying for admission. A significant new feature this year will be the opening of a fresh man honors program for which 60 outstanding students have been se lected. Selection was based upon high school records, interest in the program, and through a personal interview with Dr. Robert M. Lim- pus, director of basic studies. During July a large number of freshmen students have visited the campus, completed the required testing program, counselled regard ing their studies,, and completed their enrollment for the fall. Undergraduate registration will take place Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 14 and 15, with classes begin Miss Alberta Brown, left, Upjohn Company librarian, and Dr. Katharine Stokes, director ning Wednesday, Sept. 16. Grad of the Western Michigan University Waldo Library, look over a part of the collection of uate registration will precede this on duplicate chemical patents being presented to the University. Saturday, Sept. 12. The housing situation will be somewhat eased, with the opening Duplicate Patent Collection Given By Upjohn of the new John C. Hoekje resi The Upjohn Company has pre be located through the use of dence for men, with rooms for 400. sented a set of duplicate patents in Chemical Abstracts by both number Also under construction is a new the field of chemistry to the library and subject headings. residence for women, adjacent to of Western Michigan University. This collection of patents will be Davis and Zimmerman halls, which This collection includes 7,500 Unit filed according to country and num will accommodate 300 and will be ed States patents and 2,000 foreign ber. Francis Allen, the technical ready sometime in 1960. Ready this patents with a total value of librarian, will attempt to have them fall will be 96 new apartments for $5,375. Most of the foreign patents ready for use as soon as possible. married students, north of the Uni are from Canada, Great Britain, They will be housed temporarily in versity Student Center. This brings and Australia with a small number the closed stacks. to 288 the rental units. from South Africa and European Construction work is continuing on the $165,000 addition to the countries. Three Earn Doctorates This gift is of great usefulness to Paper Industry Laboratories, made students of chemistry since a great Three new doctorates on the possible through a gift from the deal of information is included in WMU faculty are Dr. Edward T. Calder Foundation. them that is not covered by articles Callan, University of South Africa, With nearly 8,500 students ex in regular chemical journals. Every an assistant professor of English; pected this fall, and no increase in student of chemistry should have Lee O. Baker, Michigan State Uni classroom and laboratory accommo some grounding in the use of chem versity, an assistant professor of dations, Registrar Clayton J. Mans ical patents, and the addition of agriculture and biology; and Miss reports that they will be accommo this collection to the library makes Katharine Stokes, librarian, Univer dated by starting classes before 8 such training possible. Patents can sity of Michigan. a.m. and continuing them later. Alumni Role in Homecoming Greater Plan Help for

An increasing role for alumni in but also members of the team were: Chemical Library the annual fall homecoming cele Clifford Ball, Stanley Claffin, Gail The Library Committee of the brations of the University is plan Hambleton and Melvin Myers. Chemical Advisory Committee is ned by the student-faculty commit Major Saturday events for alum composed of chemists in industry tee working on the 1959 event. ni will be the noon parade, the 2 who are attempting to help Western build a first-rate chemical library. In the future the president of p.m. football game at Waldo Stad They are seeking help from those the WMU Alumni Association will ium, preceeded by the luncheon at who have scientific journals. Any automatically serve as the grand the student center, and in the even scientific periodicals in complete files marshall for the big pre-game par ing the University Student Center can be used by the University Li ade through Kalamazoo and to the will be turned over to alumni for brary either for their own collection stadium. their annual reception. In the ball or, where duplication occurs, on the Outstanding alumni leaders are room Bobby Davidson's orchestra Interlibrary Exchange. If you have also being selected to serve on the will play for dancing. journals available, send a card to the major committees preparing the Chemistry Department and arrange activities. Special Supplement ments will be made to pick up the Ray Bray, one of the Broncos all- As a special feature of the Octo journals or to have them sent by time great gridders and a longtime ber issue of the Western Michigan freight. star of the Chicago Bears, will be University News Letter there will The Library Committee is also the luncheon speaker for alumni be an insert listing all new faculty asking that memorials be given to preceding the game this year. appointed for the current year, and the Library. Books will be purchased Homecoming has been set for including their pictures and brief and a plate inserted with the name Saturday, October 17, with football biographical descriptions. The insert of the donor and the name of the opposition from Washington Uni is planned so that it may be remov individual in whose memory the gift versity of St. Louis. "Remember ed from the News Letter proper is given. Memorials may be sent When . . . ?" is the intriguing theme and saved. directly to the Library, and a card chosen by the central committee acknowledging the gift will be sent for the parade, house decorations to the family of the individual in and other events. 1959 Football whose memory it is given. Attending the pep rally October 16 will be members of the 1906 Sept. 19—at Central Michigan Sept. 26—Miami University Two Upjohn Company Merit football team, including Howard Oct. 3—Marshall College Scholars have indicated they will Doolittle, Lynn Deal, Delos Flower, Oct 10—at Bowling Green enroll at the University next fall. Jay Grover, Emery Howard, Char Oct 17—Washington University They are Miss Mary Gaskell, Albion, Oct 24—at Toledo les Johnson, Henry MacNaughton, elementary education, and Paul M. Howard Rice, Marion Sherwood Oct. 31—at Ohio Nov. 7—Kent State University Sivacek, South Haven, mathematics and Volny Stuck. Now deceased, Nov. 14—Universitv of Detroit and sciences.

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY A/ew$ ! LETTER

Entered as second class matter at the post office at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Nov. 16, 1955. Published eight times a year—October, December, January, March, April, June, July, September—by Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Michigan. Russell A. Strong, Editor