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