i Aaaawe i Cite ts Bai iaexb enti Biche eaemer 2 ie ay Be ies aa uae sae Wine es ee : Aen na Tae pes ley ea ee sar me a aise er Fs SM Peacoat Sea ce aseentt, Shia 9 eAat epre ery RIGS ee eee COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS JANUARY PACULTY MEETING The college faculty will meet on Tuesday, January 18, at 4:30 in Fraser Theatere The Committee on Program and Curricula will make a report on progresses TEE ASTP Since this program is largely the responsi- bility of the College, the following infor- mation about it mav be interesting» As you know, these young men are housed in Lindley Hall, a building which provably gives our unit as fine accomuaodations as are to be found anywhere in this nine-- state corps areas There is practically unanimous agreement that these young men are being given unusually good foode The University is striving to give them the best of instruction, and the departments concerned are to be congratuleted on the quality of the teaching and particularly on the quality of their determination to do the best possible jobe As the program continues, the men in this program are being more carefully selecteds At any rate, the instructors feel that those who came this term were, on the - whole, better qualified for the work than were those who came last August. We are told that the men assigned to us on March 1 will be still more carefully selected.» On the whole, teachers of this program feel that the average quality of these men is very good, and the Army has consistently asked us to maintain high standards of scholarships The following are some figures on enrollment: Number of men in August term --780 Number of reserves discharged at request of parents ~=28 Number discharged for unsatisfactory scholar- ship during or at end of term =~ 136 Number discharged for other reasons meh These figures show thet 17 per cent of the above students who were here throughout the semester were discharged for academic de- ficiencye Number of men entering November term -~727 Number discharged for ungatisfactory scholarship to date —-104 January 15, 1944 These figures show that 14 per cent of this term's enrollees have been trans— ferred to other worke However, since the Army practically requires us to make final reports on each man at the end of eight weeks, nearly all who will be dis- charged this term for scholastic dc= ficiencies have already been dischargede With - the backing of the Army and the oo operation of the faculty, we ane very sure that this group of men are receiv— ing excellent training in preparation for the advanced work they will take elsewheree It seems to be the general feeling of 11 connected with the pro= gram that about all the "bugs" have beer worked out and that from here on, the work will go forward efficiently and with few complications. A GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON EDUCATION The educational system must be better integrated in the coming transition periode The colleges must set them- selves determincdly agains’ proposais to degencrate them either into retreats; for those who wish to oultivate a taste for graciourc living, or into mere train-~ ing schools for those who seek » short cut to success in vocational pursuitse Each of these objectives is imverfeot. We must provide practical education to meet practical needs, to enable men and women to earn a livelihood; we must pro- vide also an education that will enable them to build » life, full and usefule The colleges would do well, I think, to eliminate from their curricula courses thet are frivolous and valuelesse lLike-- wise, they should not intrude upon the specialized field of the trade schoolse Technical schools would do well to broaden their efforts so that their graduates will be better grounded in the languages and the social sciencese Thes institutions dedicated to training teschers for the common schools would profit some from dewemphasis on tech nique and more re-emphasis upon the subjects that their graduates will tench, The professional schools might profitably consider whether their trend- do not tend to divorce them from the current of public thoughts wWe~Ellis Arnold Governor of Georgia University of Kansas MEMORANDUM To....Dre Fe Ce Allen In Re: | Ra vert Isane ee My. Isaac went haywire a while ago and @ecidea to give up school in spite of the fact that he could graduate at the enéd of this semester. fter I had cone ferred with him and his father, the boy seemed to see the foolishness of his attitude, and now wants to try te complete his courses 3 ; I am willing for you to give Mr. Isaac the chance te do so, provided he has me more absences whatever. Please report any further absences on the day of the absences He knows he is being given his last chance. (Siena) V2 ak 63. ~ DrAN or THE COLLEGE or LiseRAL ARTS AND Pet. ee LAWRENCE..........- January 18. , 1984... 16-116 7-35—2500 es wy 227 %, i oft tat a ft oe fe fa ARSE. asennad le viiersvin J MUCVASONAM a age . x err ane ‘) GT a “Bane anf amet tt air, } BOAAAF ASL am COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS NO DECEMBER FACULTY MEETING Because of the holidays, the college faculty will not meet this month» REQUESTS The Committee on Program and Curricula is meeting on Friday afternoon each week to discuss the matters brought to our attention by Chancellor Malott, and other problems having to do with our future programe It seems to be the consensus of educators that the post-war years will make a very great demand on educational institutions, not only because of the large numbers who will come to our schools, but also because of the variety of new problems which we will face. This Committee is trying to face this situation and prepare the College for ite In this task, we desire and ask for the help of every member of the facultys We hope thet each member of the faculty will, without any hesitation whatever, give us any suggestions he may have, for if we are to meet the future needs of the College adequately we must have the best thinking of the entire facul- ty, and the plans and program decided upon must be those of the entire group of in= structors, So, if you have a suggestion, Please jot it down and send it to the College Office or to any member of the Committeee The Committee has already asked through the departmental chairmen, thet each department make a fresh study of its specific goals and send the Committee a statement of these goals, along with a description of the methods which the de~ partment employs or plans to employ to reach theme The Committee hopes that every member of the department will take an active vart in drawing up these dew partmental statementse Through this Communication, the Committee is asking the opinion of each member of the faculty on the following questions: le Are there any specifiq subjects, be=- sides English Compositton, which should be required of all students in the College? If so, what and why? 2, Are there any general or survey courses which we do not now have, which should be developed either in specific depart- ments or in a combination of depart-= ments? If so, what and why? Please send in your suggestions nowe December 14, 1943 WEDNESDAY IS THE DAY Midesemester reports are due in the office Wednesday, December 15. Pleasei OUR JOB The principle of freedom to express ideas is souhd now, in a period of emergency, as in normal timese But that freedom does not imply the desirability of a neutral attitude between what we feel is right and what is wronge It does not divest the leaders in a university com- munity from the responsibility for guiding the students and public opinion in the direction of what they believe to be rights During the past two decades our universities have suffered from a negative complex; our faculties have analyzed issues and balanced factors; they have exposed the follies and the vices of historical figures and move- ments; they have not emerged with a positive philosophy to which students and public might attach themselves. There is justice in the complaint of the undergraduate that his academic experi- ence had not provided him with a faithe Appreciation of values becomes most in- tense when they are in dangere It is likely that the present emergency will revive faith in our American way of life and enthusiasm for its preservation and development. The universities must take the lead in this resurgence of conviction. which alone can give to the nation a unifying forces w-=Prese Charles Seymour, Yale University CHRISTMAS m= 1943 May we use this Communication to wish everyone of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Yeare All of you are working harder than ever before. The problems of living are not easy, and the war adds its burdens to soul as well eas body. May we suggest, however, that this Christmas has in it more hope for all mankind than did last Christmas and that we may well be more determined and assured, This office is very grateful for the conscientious, willing, and faithful service of the facultye For this and for all your helpfulness, many, many thanks, Again, » Merry Christmas to youd COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE OF FACULTY MEETING The faculty of the College will meet at 4:30 on Tuesday, October 19, in Fraser Theatere All of us should be present to welcome the new members. of the staff who will be introduced at this meetings ATTENDING FACULTY MEETINGS The faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences makes up the heart and soul of the College, which in turn 4s at the very center of the work of the University of Kansase Consequently, the faculty not only determines both the policies of the Colleges but, to a very large degree, affects the policies, the standards, the trends, and the ideals of the whole Universitye Membership in this faculty, therefore, is not a thing to be taken lightlye We would like to suggest that the faculty member who wishes to count himself an effective member should attend its meet- ings regularly and participate activelye In these critical days, regular attendance is more important than evere May we count on your coming, not only to the first meeting, but to every meeting throughout the year? We will promise to have no more meetings than are necessary and to make each meeting as short and as snappy as possiblee CLASS CARDS All class cards which have not yet been returned should be sent to the office of the dean concerned immediately, as we wish to make up the grade sheets from theme NO MIDSEMESTER REPORTS Since this term is so short, we are not asking for any midsemester reportse How— ever, it would be well for instructors to report at once any student who is in serious difficulty in his worke These reports should be made on the deficiency cards, a supply of which have been sent to each departmental offices FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND GRADES Final examinations for the five-weeks' term will be held at the last regular class meeting of the classe Instructors October 18, 1943 will please not make any exceptions as to the time of the final,» Final grades should be in the Registrar's office not later than 24 hours after the examination, and red cards for all failures are due at the same time in the dean's offices FALL ENROLLMENT The enrollment in the College for this term is 10lle This is larger than we had expectede Most of these students will undoubtedly continue in the winter term, at which time we should have a few more freshmen entering the College along with a larger number of upper classmene Consi@éring all the uncertainties in- volved, our enrollment, both in the College and in the University as a whole, is very gratifyinge WE KNOW IT*S HARD WORK In the "good old days", during the en- tire summer we had an eight-weeks*' term, one enrollment, one group of students to be instructed, one final set of grades to be made out and recordéde By contrast, during the past summer we have enrolled for the following terms: In May, for a five-weeks' term and for a sixteen-weeks' term In June, for an eight-weeks' term In July, for a sixteen-weeks'’ term In August, for a twelve-weeks' term In September, for a five-weeks' term These make a total of six programs, six enrollments, six groups of students to teach, six sets of grades to be recordcde This has meant a great deal of hard work for everybodye May we congratulate the faculty and the office staffs, not cnly for their willingness to do this extra work, but for the uniformly fine spirit of cooperation they have showne Since we have now completely converted our resources to the war effort, the chances are that no new programs will now be initiateds And with the "bugs" pretty well worked out in the estab- lished programs, we have a right to be-= lieve we are over the "hump" and that while much hard work lies ahead, yet the tensions and difficulties caused by the newness of things will be materially easede Thanks, and good luck’ October 21, 1945. Dean Paul B. Lawson, College Office. Dear Dean Lawson: I was sorry that I missed the College faculty meeting jast Tuesday. I always have basketball practice on fues- day and Thursday at 4:50, which prohibits my attendance on Tuesday, but I wanted to explain my absence. I sount it a pert of my duty to be present if it were not for this very vital conflict. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. af LE. Fra BY Cl i - 10- s. JO- Dean Lawson = - -_ () | gy / 2 Last year when we were forced to take raw recruits in the form of students, some of whom were sophomores, for the teaching of conditioning courses, we naturally expected many flaws and errors a : : _ in the set-up. ‘le wereYdoing then a job that was near ee 7 Bat Gtr. Today we have ee and four chief specialists. There- fore, we think we have a pretty fine set-up and we are making no apologies for the administration of the same because we have weighed ; : -cavefully and tested our program, d, we believe’ ©. we are lenient . oo with the poorly mechanized academic boy. We make allowances for him and give him as much credit for attendance, ee ee SO forth, but on the proficiency tests many of them flunk ou < ON Eo age rh gem feny of these boys canrlot chin themselves once, and in’ the broad jump, push-ups and dips they are woefully lacking. I want you to. —e know thet we are human and we are Pe humane and intelligent methods in our work. When these, boys apply for officer candidate A ev as . . L: , school these physical proficiency rere, are a part of a battery <¢ of regular -tests executed by the Army and Navy. October Ls 1942. Prefesser A. J. Mix, — Botany Department. Dear Dr. Mixs ios adh nitila & ony of thn tab. tk Sapclians ot ow Physical Education Department regarding the war time emergency situation. I am alse enclosing a schedule of the conditioning classes. ‘i As I understand it, we have pretty well agreed that all ic ac cadiaenel Gasket suk? Ga a amomat ab os student from the University. We have further agreed that when three unexcused absences have been recerded that we shall notify the chairman of the Exemption Committes and that you or your office will notify the student of the peril that he is in. It is the plan that our department will print a statement made by your comsittee to the students so they will clearly under- stend these requirements. It is imperative that we have this ready te function on Menday morning, se if you will give us that state- ment Friday afternoon we will call Mr. Ryther and get it ready te put in every basket. Any past absences will not be counted against the students, ‘but beginning Monday morning each student who does net repert with his equipment will be marked absent. It is alse agreed that it is pessible for a student to re- ceive a failure in the course and not be withdraw from the Univer- sity. We had rather agreed that it would be possible for a student te make an “A” by missing one er two classes, and it is also possible for then Sa soles make a “B" by missing twe or three classes, and a "C" by missing three or four. ee ee a "D” would be the bes © aenls thah he oouka get and then it might be possible for him to receive an “F". Attitude, execution of skills, and = morale will be considered by the gendecusiaped jn compiling tas tke eck Wi ened sets ote es EL accepted by eur department which are signed by the head ef the hespital and health service, and by the exemption committee. Further, no student will be excused who brings an excuse from « lecal practic- ing physician. ee eee ee from our student health service. Trusting that this infermation is satisfactery and covers the points that you wished discussed, ZI om Very cordially ~ Pe November 16, 1942. ‘ueanin ene has in to grading for a CG, Hag , He: 5 $5233 aap ii : digaa 2 apai to the Chanellor of penalizing the or possible expulsion from the University for insubordimtion in not attending classes. possibiitty Then I believe we should eute, and the administrative comaittee the student one hour when he has six of this with ai on the administration for hastily planned scheme would be very helpful. disaus ? i believe riticisns Tf we gould have a tion being now, I ons and ‘oer © 2 ee : sugges ti. Diveotor of Physical Education, | Varsity Basketball Coach. Sincerely yours, January 22, 1943 Dear Dr. Allen: The following program has been planned for all conditioning classes. This program extends over the following nine weeks. At the end of that time a new program will be set up to include outdoor activities. Each section will spend three weeks in each of the following places, 101, 200, and Hoch. While there that section will follow the program for that place. At the end of three weeks each section will rotate to a new meeting place. In making section rotation each man will be able to participate in a larger number of vigorous ac- tivities which because of facilities, he would not get if he remained at one meeting place Each man is to be graded on his abilities to accomplish and perform the activities set up for each three week period. This should allow each instructor to give a more accurate grade at the end of the nine week period. This program will allow us to offer a variety of vigorous conditioning activities. I have gone over this program with Mr. Shenk. If you have any suggestion on content or organization will you make the necessary comment? It might be of interest to you to know that several men have been in wanting to take a conditioning class five times per week instead of three which should indicate a growing enthusiasm. Sincerely yours, Pe Gul > Reg siya Instructors: No program can accomplish results unless you follow the program. This program is set up as a guide for your teaching. Plan each session. Have a definite objective. Try to accomplish the ob- jective. Increase the vigor and tempo of all activities over that of last semester. Each man is to be graded on each of the activities set up in this program. At the end of this period you will have a fair estimate of a proper grade.