Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Older students, Lighter course loads Summer school offers a different pace than the regular academic year. Students returning to campus after the 1979 spring semester found coed residence halls, middle-aged suitemates and nightly homework assignments. Living on campus this summer wasn't anything like living here during a regular session, said Greg Graber sophomore. One major difference was in living arrangements. Both single men and women were housed in Centennial Hall during the summer, while married couples were placed in other halls on campus. There are no coed residence halls during the academic year. It is not unusual to see middle-aged students on campus during the summer. The average age of a student in the fall semester of 1978 was 21.7, while the average age during the 1979 summer session was 26.8, said David Rector, director of data processing. The range of student ages during the summer was from 16 to 71. There tends to be more graduate students in the summer because there is a large variety of graduate courses offered during the summer, Rector said. Around 11 percent of the students on campus during the academic year are graduate students, compared to 41 percent of the summer school students. But, Summer school is changing, Rector said. It used to be just teachers coming back for master's programs. It's now shifting to younger students in accelerated programs. Because summer sessions only last six weeks, classes are fewer in number and more concentrated. Many classes meet every day, which means homework every night. I had classes, and I worked every day, said Denise Dorrell, junior. I had planned to go out to the lake a few times, but I never had time. The typical summer student carries 5.6 hours, while the typical student during the academic year carries 15.1 hours. Rector said, We usually figure one hour per week of class during the session. Though there may be more frequent homework for summer school students, time spent in class may be more personal. I'd rather teach one compacted class than five regular classes, said Leslie Schultz, home economics instructor. I see so many different faces during the summer. It's easier to remember just a few students at a time. Sophomore Kris Bruun-Olsen said summer school is really an ideal way to get those classes out of the way in a hurry. She thought the atmosphere was more personal, too. I had a science class with a science teacher, and he told me the ins and outs of teaching. He talked to me as a friend instead of talking down to me like a teacher. 13 Summer

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r Eventful Summer days Movies, intramural volleyball, fire damage, and visits from a magician, a Taiwanese leader and a Ku Klux Klansman: and they say nothing ever happens in Kirksville during the summer! Fires rage In June and July, of 1979, two separate fires destroyed part of the post office on Jefferson Street and all of Esterline Motors on Franklin and Illinois Streets. Operations at the post office were not greatly affected, post office officials said, but box patrons were somewhat inconvenienced. Repairs were underway when fall students returned. In the Esterline fire, arson was suspected but never proven. Business was conducted from house trailers parked on the sales lots after the showroom building burned. KKK visit The grand titan of the Kirksville area Ku Klux Klan caused quite a controversy on campus when he accepted an offer to speak to students in Harold Eastman's Intergroup IN BEFORE AND AFTER shots, a truck is crushed under the tremendous weight of a fallen brick wall during the Esterline Motors fire in July. Firefighters arrived on the scene about a half an hour after the blaze began, but their efforts proved unsuccessful — the building was destroyed. The company continued to conduct business on outdoor lots afterward. Relations class on July 2. Eastman, professor of sociology, monitored the questions asked of KKK leader Joe Shatlo to avoid disruptions in learning about Klan procedures. To argue with his feelings about Jews and blacks would have been a fruitless waste of time, Eastman said. A special Fourth of July concert was put on by the Fine Arts Division. The concert was modeled after the traditional one given at the River Charles by the Boston Pops Orchestra. A number of students worked with professional actors in presenting six plays at the Hannibal Ice House Theatre. The annual summer theater is jointly sponsored by NMSU, the Hannibal Foundation and the Hannibal Chamber of Commerce with assistance from the Missouri Council on the Arts. A POST OFFICE BOX PATRON goes aboul her normal business while the aftermath of the fire looms above her — a bizzare contrast of the preserved and destroyed. DURING HIS CONTROVERSIAL summer visit, Ku Klux Klansman Joe Shatto fields questions from the audience. His speech on campus produced some hostile reactions. V 12 Summer

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summer clays Pay raise The pocketbooks of University-employed students were affected in August when the Board of Regents finally raised the institutional wage from $1.96 per hour to $2.60. The wage had been $1.96 since 1977, when it was raised from $1.87. The summer also brought a visit from Madam Teh-Ming Pao, president of the Ming Chuan College in Taiwan. NMSU formalized a student WHILE THEIR PARENTS arc in classes, four-year-old Teri Burniski and two-year-old Sammy Reichard play basketball near Fair Apart- ments. Their parents are working toward their masters degrees. exchange agreement with the business college, which educates 10,000 women yearly, on Oct. 23, 1978. Curator retires Helen Rieger, curator of the E. M. Violette Museum in the basement of Kirk Memorial, retired July 1 after 21 years in that position. No replacement was immediately named. Special recognition for outstanding work was given to Professor Emeritus William Unger June 9 when he was decorated with the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art. Unger, born in Austria, continues work as the University's first artist-in-residence. Gas crunch While the country as a whole experienced an even greater rate of inflation, gasoline prices in Kirksville rose to a high of 97.9 cents per gallon. The Energy Conservation workshop enlightened students on Energy and International Relations when a former social science faculty member lectured on campus. Dennis J. O'Brien, now a senior analysis foreign affairs officer with the U.S. Department of Energy, explained how the declining world oil supply affects the United States. New Personnel Other leadership changes made this summer were on the Board of Regents, in a dean's office and in the A TANNING 8LANKET and lotion help freshman Nancy Bollow and sophomore Teresa Craigmyle get even tans. Centennial and Natator- ium sundecks were semi-private sun-bathing spots. A SMILING PRESIDENT greets citizens during his week-long ferry trip down the Mississippi River in August. In Hannibal, Mo., NMSU students and faculty also wel- comed Carter. 14 Summer