‘ THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
AND SCIENCES

LAWRENCE
November 12, 1940

OFFICE OF THE DEAN

To the Heads and Chairmen of Departments:

we are sending you the usual blanks for the spring semester schedule,
You will remember that you were asked this semester to schedule forty
per cent of the regular classes of your department in the afternoon
or for classes which meet on Saturday morning, This request was made
in order to start the movement for the release of a number of class—
rooms so that a number of denartments might have better office hous-
ing. In addition, this request had in mind the desirability of
decreasing the present student emphasis on week~end activities and on
week ends away from the campus.

Some departments of the University made a very serious attempt to
measure up to this forty per cent requirement while others did not try
so hard, At a recent cabinet meeting it was the opinion of all present
that the movement to have more afternoon work and more Saturday morning
work should be carried even further, and it was the feeling that if
this were done, in a reasonably short time everyone would be accustomed
to the new situation and would find it to the best interests of the
University. After thorough discussion the cabinet took the following

action:

   

"Tt was voted that for the seoond semester of the year 1940-41
class—hour schedules throughout the University should require
forty per cent of the offerings of each department to be in
afternoon sessions or sessions requiring a regular Saturday
morning attendance and that of this forty per cent, one-fourth
(ten per cent of the departmental offerings) should be sessions
meeting at 3:30 p.m. or later or having a Saturday morning
session."
Will you please make out your schedule as strictly as possible in con
formity with this action, especially in view of the fact that this of~
fice is expected to report to the cabinet how well each of the College
departments meets this requirement,

It is realized that a number of departments will say that their room
situation is satisfactory and that these late afternoon classes or
Saturday morning classes are therefore unnecessary for them, It is
our feeling that in matters like this we must take an all-University
point of view, 12, therefore, it seems desirable for the whole Uni-
versity to go in this direction, it must have the dooperation of every
department. ‘fe hope you will ask for exceptions to this requirement
only because of very unusual reasons,

Very truly yours,

Cc Fh Sree

Paul B. Lawson, Dean
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P.S. Please have schedules in the office b