University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Part of the cast of The Kansas City Story, Dr. Charles Hunter m the control room at the right. L we 6,660 MIAAJAOIQ f The Radio Workshop of the University was started in the fall of 1944. Under the direction of Dr. Charles F. Hunter, assistant professor of Eng- lish Language and Literature and director of Radio, the Workshop included a course in the principles of radio. The radio students had ample opportunity to put into practice much of what they learned in class through the actual broadcasts the Workshop presented on local stations. The students wrote many of the scripts and were the source of talent. One ten-minute program, aired every Friday night, gave, in skit fonn, the latest campus news and gossip. It saluted special groups and organizations at the University, such as the returning veterans, the dental students and the University News. The scripts were written by committees from the class, aided by Dr. Hunter. Another series, presented the third Sunday of every month, was a fifteen-minute documentary salute to the various organizations of the Council of Social Agencies of Creater Kansas City. Several of those scripts were published and made available to social agencies throughout the country. The Workshop also ran a thirteen-week series, The Kansas City Story, dramatizing the work of the various departments of our city government. Still other programs were done from time to time. During October, five shows were done for the War Chest campaign. In class, radio students made recordings of their voices and heard transcriptions of some of their broadcasts. They also practiced using the micro- phone, Wrote scripts, and aided in the production of some of the programs. All this was in addition to study of the general field of radio broadcasting. The Workshop is housed on the third floor of the Administration building. Besides an office, it includes a newly installed studio and control room. The large studio was built by well qualified acous- tical engineers with advice frorn an expert radio technician. It is equipped with fine microphones, monitoring equipment, and playback turntables. With ample funds to back it up, the Radio Workshop is planning increased expansion with the possibility of an PM station after the war. New courses will be added and new programs developed.

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ke a semes- Rhymthics. +Wever, the i was aban- vvo weekly sports was ter, ca- EID- lis- en- lu- 1 s, C. he ill, W1 lr. Dr. This year the University had three visiting pro- fessors in addition to its regular faculty. Isidro Lemus-Dimas taught a course, first semester, titled The Historical Culture of Latin America. Cus W. Dyer lectured on The Future of Private Enter- prise during February. Andre Maurois, distin- guished French novelist, biographer, and historian, I i I , 5 M .IM came to the University in April to lecture on A Brief History of French Civilization. The University is justly proud of the collection of books in its library. The two most outstanding collections are The David Benjamin Collection, books on sociological studies, and The Snyder Memorial Collection, largely of tl.- West. Mrs. Grace Ford, assistant in the Business Office, Miss Muriel Coodloe, secretary to Dr. Decker, and Mrs. Winona Childers, secretary to Dean Mortvedt. The library staff: Dr. Leighton Brown, and his library assistants. F . !

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I D ROY J. RINEHART, Dean of the School of Dentistry. ,7lLe 3400! of lZ5enfi5lfry p For the second consecutive year, the dental stu- dents from the Kansas City-Western Dental Col- lege have attended classes on the University campus, as well as at Tenth and Troost. The School of Dentistry is ably led V by Dr. Roy Rinehart. . Some of the students are in the Navy V-12 program, while others are civilians. All civilians must have at least two years- college work. The Navy has made it possible for dental students to continue their training while members of the mili- tary service. The training is carried on while the men are on active duty in uniform, receiving pay and under general military discipline. Up to Sep- tember, the Army also provided such a program, but at that time, the Army dissolved its unit and gave those men their choice of going into the regular Army, continuing the training as civilians, or dropping out and being drafted. The students are required to study on our cam- pus two semesters, studying dental technology, dental anatomy, gross anatomy, bacteriology, his- tology, and physiology. Classes are held on the ground floor of the Geology-Physics building and the Biology-Chemistry building. Upon the successful completion of eight sixteen- week semesters, the dental student receives his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, and under the present military plan is commissioned Lieutenant Uunior GradeD in the Dental corps of the U. S. Naval reserve.