Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Bob Chism puls the finishing touches on o cost iron project which he has made as part of his graduate work. Much dose cooperation and endless checking becomes essentiaf as the finishing touches are put on o master thesis. Graduate Study In Knowledge Three advanced degrees are offered in the College ' s rapidly growing graduate di- vision. More than 200 are currently enrolled in either the five or six-year program leading to Master of Arts, Master of Science or Specialist In Education degrees. This study will lead to better teaching performance and higher salary schedules. Preporing charts for fcta is one of the many requirements these graduate students face in preparing a master thesis in botany. 28

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Radio programs which are written and pro- duced by the radio classes are taped for use on radio stations in west- ern Kansas. Radio Students at Fort Hays State write and pro- duce their own radio programs which are used on stations around the state. In addition to ra- dio programs f students receive training In radio news announcing and writing, ’ Folic Tales of the Prairie, was the fifth se- ries produced by the radio department and was carried for 20 weeks over KAYS radio In Hays. Department Also, a 15-minute program entitled Coaches Corner, is heard each week over KAYS and KKAN in Philllpsburg. Students of the advanced radio announcing class do Interviews with coaches of high schools and colleges in this area. Jack R. Heather, head of the radio and tele- vision department, supervises all class produc- tions. As in all reporting dosses, students in the radio news writing class must use a typewriter and quick thinking in writing news stories. Jock Heather supervises as Mary Lynn Scott learns to operate the controls for a radio program

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Develops Students and Research Dr. Ralph Coder is Dean of the Graduate Division, with a graduate faculty of 37, who teach courses in ! ! fields of study. Encouragement is given to students to develop understanding, accurate judgment, facility in independent thinking, superior knowledge of the study field and a desire to do creative research. Examining grosses which ore no! common in their native countrie s proves to be inter- esting to these students from India and Korea who are work- ing for degrees in baton . Graduate students spend uncounted hours each day in the library doing research which is a necessity in ony field.