University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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in particular by Dr. John H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School, wherein most foreign students are placed. not all scholars But foreign students are not all scholars. For the normal entrants, the foreign student committee acts as an advisory group for undergraduate ad- mission. The foreign student commit- tee, however, plays an even greater part in caring for the interests of the foreign students and assisting them to make adjustments to the University and life in America. Dean Alderson is chairman of the foreign student committee and sits around the committee table with Dr. Burzle, Mr. Butler, Clayton Crosier, assistant professor of civil engineering; Miss Maude Elliott, assistant professor of Romance languages; Miss Mary Peg Hardman, assistant dean of women; Oscar M. Haugh, associate professor of education; James K. Hitt, registrar, and Franklyn C. Nelick, assistant pro- fessor of English. Where there is a production com- mittee there is always a stage manager and in Room 228 Strong hall a visitor will always find the doors leading into the office of Mr. Alderson and Mr. Butler left open in friendly welcome. Mr. Alderson has been foreign stu- dent adviser since 1948 and this year received a new appointment as dean of men. Mr. Alderson, who has never stepped outside America ' s shores, has not only been interested with the im- pressions which foreign students give him of their own countries but also with the impressions they have of the United States. He hopes to travel himself some day. Mr. Butler was appointed assistant dean of men this September, and his experience in the department of hu- man relations and Navy service in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philip- pines have helped him in the friendly understanding which he offers all for- eign students. I have introduced the backstage management. The play is now the thing. Throughout the summer foreign students have arrived in the United States from far other worlds, far oth- er seas. Some attended one of the twelve orientation centers in the Unit- ed States to acquaint themselves with the English language and the Ameri- can way of life. dual role At KU a foreign student lives and learns a dual role in University life —as a foreign student and a Kansas Man. Our clothes, our accents, our experience, our backgrounds; in short, our individu alities demand that we should remain markedly different. If we did not remain so our stay would be valueless. The foreign student pro- gram is a two-way affair. We wish to teach you about our ways of life: we wish to learn about yours. The International Club is an inter- national centre. Cyrus Samii from Iran is our president and Ramesh Premgi, India, and Miss Olga Zilboorg, Mexi- co, serve on the committee. Our ac- tivities include dances, lectures, and banquets. Our keywords are friendship and international understanding. Last year as many American students at- tended as foreign students—this year we welcome you all. tallyho, soccer! On the intramural football fields many have been surprised to see a round instead of an oval ball. Already we have formed a soccer team and hope to arrange matches against for- eign students on other campuses. Our team will be international — our na- tionalities will be as varied as our sporting dress. The foreign student speedily falls into the campus routine and becomes a Kansas Man. Mrs. Brand, well- known to foreign students for the friendly and patient manner in which she cares for our mail in the foreign student adviser ' s office, said to me one day that all too soon the foreign students settle down and forget to visit her. This is significant and yet not sur- prising in view of the friendship and assistance which we receive. Above all, the generosity of the organized houses —some 30 of which now fully or par- tially support foreign students—have helped us to settle into the American way of life. We are most grateful to share your community life. I wish now to introduce individual foreign students as representatives from every continent of the world. On the far side of the globe in the foothills of Pakistan close to the bor- der of Kasmir, Imtiaz Khan was born. Educated in India at Bihar and in Pakistan at the Forman Christian Col- lege in Lahore and the University of AUTHOR SCOTT of England dis- cusses the foreign student pro- gram with Mrs. Catherine Brand, Dean Alderson, Mr. W. R. Butler, and Dr. J. A. Burzle.

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PERU FINLAND CZECHOSLOVAKIA SOUTH AFRICA PAKISTAN JAPAN NEW ZEALAND From Four Corners., by DEREK SCOTT 11 the world ' s a stage. Upon this stage every student plays an important part. But my script is lim- ited—I have to stage one particular international scene. The foreign stu- dent steals the footlights with the lead- ing part. The location is Lawrence, Kansas. The setting is the University of Kansas. Even the year is academic 1953-54. Already the curtain is up. But first I must go backstage awhile. For if there were no selectors, there would be no players. If there were no pro- ducers, there would be no scene. The selectors: the foreign student scholarship committee. I wish to in- troduce the chairman, Dr. J. A. Burzle, a person more international than many of the students themselves. In Europe he studied at Munich, Dijon, and Paris, and a period of teaching at the University of Manitoba in Canada preceded his arrival at KU in 1945. His year is full of foreign student activities—whether the student is ar- riving at KU, in transit through KU, or is going as a foreign student from KU. For in the spring each year he is chairman of the foreign student schol- arship committee, in the summer he is director of the orientation course for foreign students held at KU, and dur- ing the autumn he is Fulbright ad- viser. No interview with Dr. Burzle can leave any doubt as to the great assist- ance which is afforded him by the other members of the committee and 15

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KU ' S FOREIGN STUDENTS Front Row: Alain Jacob, France; Arif Alamuddin, Lebanon; Panaveli Varuqhese, India; K aas Kaat, Holland; Tapsi Zutsh, India; Padmini Ramaseshan, India; Cheng Liang, China; Maria Bozzoli, Costa Rica; Sif EIghammar, Sweden; Lennart Kullerstrand, Sweden. Second Row: Osamu Kanetsuki, Japan; Sachiko Sugawa, Japan; Greg Srabian, anon; Giuseppe Traldi, Italy; Marianne Meyer, Switzerland; Hans Meyer, Switzerland; Ricardo Fernandez, Peru; Walter Siqueira, Brazil; Andrew Nichelakis, Greece; Ang Dinh Dang, Viet-Nam. Third Row: Derek Scott, England; Rene Bottler, Switzerland; Ryoji Kumagawa, Japan; Miguel Gonzalez, Venezuela; Jorge Troncone, Venezuela; Carlos Perret, Venezuela; Mary Downes, Ireland; Gisela Selzer, Ger- many; Olga Zilboorg, Mexico; Sirpa Tomari, Finland. Fourth Row: Minoru Akimoto, Japan; Karel Cibulka, Czechoslovakia; Edmee tens, Belgium; Claudine Effront, Switzerland; Norman Chapman, ada; Teddy Ayllon, Bolivia; Masai lkebata, Ryukus Islands; Eila strom, Finland; Jalal Besharat, Iran; Imtiaz Khan, Pakistan. Fifth Row: Marie-Suzanne Wahl, France; Adolf Af Jochnick, Sweden; Jurg helin, Switzerland; L. Nee akantan, India; Elaine Sin, China; Joseph McCaughey, America; Robert Hunt, Canada; Hong-Chin Yuan, China; Joyce De Vos, South Africa; Heinz Grissle, Saar; Ernst Schnorf, Switzerland. Sixth Row: Franchois D ' Hirer, France; Robert Schaeffer, Luxembourg; Wilhelm Breitfuss, Austria, Heinz Ferlemann, Germany; Otto Suhling, Germany; Alfred Genser, Austria; Hildegard mann, Germany; Urlich Diesing, Germany; Helmut Sauer, Germany; Rolf Deppeler, Germany; Robert Knudsen, Norway. ICE-BREAKER is the Westminster Foundation ice cream social given in honor of KU foreign students. Front Row: Ken Reid, Dick Radley, Hugo Zee, Holland; Harold Swanson, Einar Kullstedt, Sweden; Bill Behrmann, Karlheinz Zangerle, Germany. Back Row: Sam Sebesta, Don Kay, Gary Patterson, Bruce Talmadge, Bill Hirsch, KUWF Moderator Maurice Hamm, Jim Ragan. 17 •