THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence

October 12, 1939

TO HEADS OF DEPAR@MENTS:

We are making a slight change this year in the summer session
budget procedure. Conferences are planned at this time only for the
departments which had relatively high credit~hour costs in 1939. It is
believed in these cases that a thorough discussion of various combinations
of courses will prove of value to the chairman in making out a better
program for his department. Chairmen are requested to bring to the con-
ferences any suggestions for changes in the program, rather than a schedule
of proposed courses and staff, which can better be worked out after this
conference,

The conference sq@Bedule is as follows:

Qctober 17 October 16
11:30 -~ Bacteriology 11:00 -- Chemistry
2:00 -- Mathematics 11:30 -- Music
2330 -—— Zoology 2300 -~ Physical Education
3:00 -~ Engineering 2330 -- Latin
3330 -- Physics 3300 -~ Romance Languages

Conferences will be held in Mr, Nichols! office.

Will the chairmen of those departments not included in the
above schedule send to Mr. Nichols’ office not later than October 21
a copy of their proposed program for the 1940 summer session? It is
expected that the program will follow the lines of last year, but the
committee will welcome any suggestions that departments may have as
to change either in types of offerings or size of staff. The suggested
program will then be studied by the committee, and a conference will be
necessary only in case of question on some point. Copies of the report
form are enclosed.

I hope that the new procedure will make possible the preparation
of the summer session program with somewhat fewer conferences than in recent
years.

The summer session budget committee consists of the central
committee, the dean of the division in whieh the department is budgeted,
the head of the department, and all deans interested in the work of the
department. The members of the central committee are Dean E. B. Stouffer
(chairman), Dean Paul B. Lawson, Dean F. T. Stockton, Dean R, A. Schwegler,
Professor H. E. Chandler, and Raymond Nichols (secretary).

I shall appreciate your help in working out our summer session
program in line with the foregoing suggestions..

Sincerely yours,

DEANY-W. MALOTT
Chancellor .