February 18, 1946 Dr. Paul B, Lawson Dean of College of Liberal Arts & Science University of Kensas Dear Dean Lawson’ ; I acknowledge vesiies of your letter of recent date. concerning the alleged failure of gymnasium classes for two — full houfs all week to fill the sida eons of the — threeshour weekly schedule. We do not have such an prrencenent in the mens! department and never have had during or since the war. Equitation and perhaps corecreative activities, prfor to the war," may have had this arrangement, but we have none of it now with the aes As head of the dike’, I took this up with Miss Hoover and asked her to take it up directly with you. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCAsMF ue , cts Varsity Basketball Coach. — THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN February 9, 1946 Dr. Fe Ce Allen Department of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas My dear Dr. Allen: A number of students have told me that the gym classes which are scheduled for two full hours per week do not actually hold the students for the full houre Dean Ulmer tells me that he has been given this same report from a goodly number of students. Our faculty has approved Physical Education for credit with the understanding that the classes meet three hours a week, and the move of the Department of Physical Education to reduce certain class meetings to two times a week has not been ap= proved by our faculty. Since we have been told that students taking the twice a week program would actually be held longer each day and so would get in about as much actual time in the class per week as the classes which meet three times a week, T had not felt that it would be necessary to get this shift to twice a week approved by the faculty. Now I am troubled because several students have told me that, as far as actual work is concerned, they put in only about thirty minutes per day in these classes which are supposed to last a full hour. It is too late to do anything about it now for this Spring semester except to ask that the students be held in these twice a week classes to something nearer forty~five to fifty minutes in the class exercises. As for next year I feel that all classes should go back to the three times a week program as far as the College students are concerned, since I am not at present satisfied with the twice a week arrangement. Sincerely yours, Paul B. Lawson, Dean L/t copy:Miss Hoover February 15, 1946, Mr, Paul B, Lawson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, : Dear Dean Lawson; In reply to your letter concerning the physical education classes meeting two periods a week, it seems hardly fair to condemn faculty members or a department upon the report of students, without giving that department a right to an explanation first, Some students consider only that they take physical education twice a week and do not think of the longer period, I have this to report about the two period @ week physical education classes, I shall use the ' 10:30 Tuesday-Thursday class as an example, This class reported dressed for work at 10330 and was dismissed at 11:20 when the whistle blew, This constituted two work- ing periods of 50 minutes each or a total of 100 working minutes, The 10:50 Monday-Wednesday-Friday class report~ ed dressed for work at 10:37 and was dismissed at 11:10, This constituted a working period of 33 minutes or a weekly total of 99 minutes, Some students did have a class immediately following their physical education class, Otherwise their schedule could not be arranged to take the activity which they wanted, We discouraged this, but if their mxt class was in a building close by and they prefered to rush for that class they were allowed to contime in the physical education class, They were not allowed to cut the physical edueation period short. | gy hope this will help clear up our position on the matter, and if you have specific cases to the contrary, I would be glad to check them with you, | Sincerely, Ruth I, Hoover — % Spee Nee. Pipe Rear eee ne erie Sa ie a a aa tees 2 Re NS ee age ee Pe a ce a ak ee oe ats Pr Be gg RN es ie Ei ees ee eg ee te a eae ee rage ca | A aia capes eee Oe ee ee eee ee ae aa rea Pe Se ee ae sore Be ag eet oy RS Pie’ Pee eee July 31, 1945 a Director, Physical Education - Varsity Basketball Coach i 4 ee 3 : Forrest Ce Allen After some study I hope to submit a different plan for | | 1 | i THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES To Dr» Fe Ce Allen We are sending you a class card for William R. Jackson, who failed to enroll in Physical Conditioning for this terme He should be required to make up at least part of the time he has missede . 4 Dow. GILBERT ULMER, Assistant Dean (Pers Meme ee Oe se Lawrence........... ARorst..3,.. 1848... 19-1984 12-41—1250 Sets ones Mereh 31, 19465. Mr. Gilbert Ulmer, Assistant Dean of College, ‘University of Kansas. Dear | Dean Ulmer s The foXhanting students mentioned in your memo of March 238 are now regularly —s Physical Condition- ing classes: — Mardikes, Michael Stites, John Arnapiger, Larry Lindly, Rebert Piolds Each of these boys have talked to their inutrusters, and are making up all of the work they missed at the beginning of the semester. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES The following students who should be taking © Physical Conditioning failed to enroll in it for this term. They have been called to this office and en- rolled at the time shown. Mardikes, Michael 3:30 MWF ~ Stites, John 3:30 MWF — The following student was exempted from Condition-— ing because of a physical defect but he has now asked to be permitted to enroll in it. We have a note from Dre Canuteson recommending that his request be granted, although stating that there will be some activities in which he Gannot engage. Arnspiger, Larry 3:30 MYF \ The following student, exempted because he is a veteran, is being enrolled for Conditioning: Lindly, Robert Bields 10:30 MWF All of these students are being enrolled for one hour of credit and regular class cards are being sent to youe These men should be required to make ~ up at least a part of the time they have missed. \ Sincerely yours, GILBERT ULMER, Assistant Dean Per...........me Lawrence...... March 28,...1945 ee ee 19-1984 12-41—1250 Sets THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SERVICE WATKINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LAWRENCE, KANSAS Mareh 27, 1945 Deen Gilbert Ulmer College Office Dear Dean. Ulmer, I have approved Larry Arnspiger for gym at his request. There will be some things he cannot do because of physical disability, and the instructor will have to take that into consideration. ee Sincerely, Ralph I. Canuteson, i.D. Director RICrk COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS FEBRUARY FACULTY MEETING The February meeting of the faculty will be held at 4:30 Tuesday, February 20, in the auditorium of Frank Strong Hall. One of the questions before the faculty has to do with the possibility of offer- ing short courses for returning veterans, and the possibility of offering some sort of recognition, perhaps at the end of the sophomore year, to students who do good work but drop out of school without meet- ing the requirements for a degreee There will be opportunity in the meeting for the offering of suggestions by members of the faculty, FINAL EXAMINATIONS The final examination veriod is from Feb-= ruary 21 to 24 inclusive. Instructors should be careful to hold their examin- ations according to the printed examin-~ ation schedule as approved by the Univer- sity Senate. No department or instructor is authorized to change the time of any examination. Occasionally, in the past when instructors have taken it upon them- sleves to change the examination schedule, they have not only been guiltv of violat- ing regular vrocedures, but have made it more difficult for some students by put- ting too many examinations on one day or by taking the time which a student needs for preparation for the examinations of the following day. DISHONESTY IN EXAMINATIONS We continue to hear from students that some instructors do not give adequate supervision during the examination period. Even if present, they read a book or a newspaper and don't see the dishonesty which is obvious to manys tudents in the Classroom. Such supervision is not ade= quate and honest students resent it. Wijl you please be sure to give your fi- ‘nal examinations adequate supervision, regardless of the size or personnel of the classe : In addition, all special or make-up exam- dinat mus thoroughly supervised o 1 tain our standards and reputations February 19, 1945 FINAL GRADES It will be a great help to the College Office and the Registrar if all final grades are turned in just as soon as pos= sible after the final examination is giv- ene In addition, please report all faile ures and incompletes on the red and blue cards not later than 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, February 27+ Red cards should be made out also for those who withdrew with feilures during the semestere CORRECT GRADE The correct grade for a student who with- drew during the semester with a failure is not a "WD", but an "F". Only students who withdrew with an homoreble withdrawal should — be reported as "WD" on the final grade sheet ADVISING It is very obvious that this semester's students, especially the Freshmen and Soph- omores, have had much more contact with their advisers than formerly. The pre-e enrollment advising period of last week brought large numbers of students to their advisers anc many problems which are nore mally left for enrollment day have already been disposed ofs Both gtudents and adyisers of freshmen and sovhomores feel that the reporting of un- satisfactory grades in the case of freshe men and sophomores at the end of the first four weeks of the semester has shown the wisdom of the plane We are very sure that many students were materially helped by the early check-up with their advisers. Freshmen end sophomores with any unsatis-= factory revorts at the end of four weeks were asked to confer with their adviserse Nearly all of the students reported for conferencese The few who failed to go were called to the office for an interviews Then, after mid-semester reports were re= ceived, all freshmen and sophomores were instructed to report to their advisers for conferences. At this time all but 34% of the girls revorted, while 15% of the men failed to appears Again those students who failed to report for con- ferences were called to the office for interviews. COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS MIDWSEMESTER GRADES Midesemester reports on the work of all students whose work is unsatisfactory (D, Ince, or F) are due in the College Office on Mondav, January 8&8. Full midesemester_reports on the work of veterans should be made on the special veterans’ revort cards which will be sent you for each veterane Please note that there are two cards for each veteran, one of which is to be returned to Mr. Axe and the other to the Dean's office. ABSENCES For a good many vears the College has followed a middle path with regard to absence reports. On the one hand, we do not ask for daily or weekly reports of all absences; on the other hand, we do not ignore absences. The middle path we have been following calls upon ine structors to revort the absences of any student when these have amounted to a total of more than a week's work, except in those cases where the instructor is sure that the student's absences have been due to a confining illness. When this office receives such absence reports (on the excessive absence cards provided for them), we immediately call for the student, warn him against further absences, and in the greet majority of Cases nothing more needs to be donee only a féw cases each year, the student does not “play bell", so on receivt of an additional excessive absence revort, the only college rule on absences is invoked. This rule is as follows: "Students have ing excessive absences may be withdrawn from the course by the Dean, with failure." rh On the whole, we believe this plan works very well since most students who tend to become careless about class attendance are saved from failure through a prompt check- une The plan breaks down when instruc- tors do not report absences as promptly as they should. For example, there isn't much we can do to helo a student who has been absent from class three or four weeks except to withdraw him with a faile ure. The same student, if reported after a week's absence, can usually get back into class, make up the work, and be saved from receiving a failing grade. When a student has had over one week's absence, PLEASE report it promptly. January 4, 1945 COMMITTEE ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION In accordance with recent faculty action, the following committee will be in charge of the program on Western Civilization: Sandelius, chairman, Beth, Davis, Mabel Elliott, Gibson, Howey, Osborne, and R, H. Wheelere The committee is plan- ning to have the reading outlines ready before school closes this svring.e The Committee to coordinate the work in Western Civilization, English, and Speech, consists of Sandelius, Margaret Anderson, and Virtuee THE EDUCATION VETERANS NEED o « « « « “The danger is that the already large number of uneducated technicians in the country will be increased by the G.I. Bill of Rightse And since the oversupply of technicians is certain to be great, disappointment awaits those who for voca= tional reasons pursue a technical educa= tion. "What the country needs is a good liberal educations. And then it needs to have everybody have ite The obstacle to every- body‘s having it has hitherto been financial. Now this obstacle is to be re- moved as far as the returning veteran is concernede The temptation to give him what he thinks he wants is likely to be so compelling that the opportunity to give him the liberal education he ought to have may be thrown awaye From the standpoint of the country this will be a calamity. Although it is important that the re- turning veteran fit into the economic system and be able to support himself, it is far more important that he be able as a Citizen to contribute to the solution of the great problems which the country will face in the next generation. This is the object of liberal education." --Pres. Robert Me Hutchins University of Chicago 1945 May the New Year bring you: The greatest advancement in your field of studye highest degree of skill in the classroom you have ever achieved. greatest respect and friendship of your studentse happiest relations with your colleagues. deepest joy in your family circle. The The The The And may 1945 bring to all the world--PEACE) UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS College Office November 28, 1944 To the College Faculty: May we call your attention to the three following things: le 26 It has seemed desirable to shift the time of the special faculty meeting from December 4 to Tuesday, December 12. The report of the Curriculum Committee will come up for aotion at this meeting which will be held at 4:30 o'clock in Frank Strong Auditorium. Dean W. B. Donham, former Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, is to address a faculty assembly at 4 o'clock on Tuesday, December 5, in Fraser Theater (not Decem- ber 15, as you may have béen previously informed). Every faculty member who is interested in our curricular protlems should be present. Please be sure to have grades for the first four weeks in this office by Monday, December 4- The last issue of the College Communications tells specifically just what grades are desired. Paul B. Lawson, Dean Mr« Henry Shenk Physical Education Res