University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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N K an abl Murphy and Company specialists in academic administration and student problems Left: Fred Ellsworth, ALUMNI SECRETARY, James K. Hitt, REGISTRARQ Franklin D. Murphy, CHANCELLORQ Joe Wilson, BUSINESS MANAGERQ Karl Klooz, BURSARQ and Raymond Nichols, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. Right: ' Irvin Youngherg, ENDOWMENTQ Margaret Habein, DEAN OF WOMENQ Martha Peterson, Assr. DEAN OF WOMEN, L. C. Woodruff, DEAN OF MEN, and Donald Alderson, ASST. DEAN OF MEN. page fourteen

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New Family Life in the Chancellor's Mansion all's not quiet now on Lilac Lane. of his mother who was a concert pianist, he is active in promoting musical culture in the mid- west, serving presently as the Vice-President for the Kansas City Philharmonic Association. ln 1948, a mere five years after his own graduation from medical school, he was tendered the deanship of the K. U. Medical School. From that time, Dr. Murphy became widely recog- nized as the author of the Kansas Plan. The Kansas Plan Being cognizant of the appalling fact that the rural doctor in Kansas was rapidly becoming extinct, Dr. Murphy conducted a survey of his seniors. To each of them he said, 64Why would you hesitate in accepting a rural practice? After compiling and analyzing the replies to his question, Dr. Murphy discovered that there were two main factors inhibiting medical graduates from practicing in small towns and rural areas. l-The initial outlay for medical equipment and quarters was far greater than the average graduate could afford. 2-The majority of the seniors expressed a fear of losing contact with the current advances that were made in the field of medicine. Because of his personal observations, Dr. Murphy added a third reason to the list. 3-There simply were not a sufficient number of doctors being graduated from medical school. With a realization of the gravity of the situation, Dr. Murphy vowed to stop the mass migration of the rural doctors. After a great deal of consideration and thought, Dr. Murphy pub- lished his three point Kansas Plan. l-The plan called for a physical expansion of the University of Kansas Medical School. This expansion was to include the faculty and the hospital itself. The school would then be page eleven

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plete the programf' states Dr. Murphy. He plans to finance the program by a combination of a state appropriation and a bond issue. Because of his interest in the dormi- tory expansion program, Dr. Murphy is definitely not opposed to fraternities and sororities. The existence of fraternal organizations on campuses throughout the country depends not on a group of chancellors but on the opinions of society as a whole. Fraternities and sororities must continue to prove their usefulness to educational institutions if they are to remain. ln connection with the expansion program, Dr. Murphy relates of the need for a music building and a permanent replacement for Sunnyside and Strong Annex areas. He believes, furthermore, that the university should also have facilities for persons attending conventions and other meetings sponsored by the university. uThe problem of adult education is an important one. Therefore, the university will attempt to extend education throughout the state by means of extension courses, radio, and tele- vision. ln an attempt to attract competent young men and women to the university, Dr. Mur- phy will try to extend and accelerate the faculty research. This research, he believes, will provide information for the world and bring honor and credit to our university. According to Dr. Murphy, athletics, in itself, is not the most nor the least important part of the university program. HThe University of'Kansas will be a champion of reason and logic in the Big Seven, but, however, once the conference rules have been established, K. U. will follow them and strive to winf' Dr. Murphy wants to create an in- terrelation between all departments of the uni- versity. This interrelationship will exist for the purpose of exposing every student to certain gen- eral and cultural knowledge that every college stu- dent should possess. With this plan in effect, Dr. Murphy asserts that all college graduates will incur a broader background. This wider background should be of definite help in living in this social world of ours. BOB GARRITY-Associate Editor Faculty Feast at Union murphy macle friends quickly anal easily. Set for the Big Job the likable surgeon in the front office.