THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES OFFICE OF THE DEAN LAWRENCE February 10, 1941 Dr. Forrest C, Allen Department of Physical Education Dear Dr. Allen: I am returning to your office five cards making changes of grade, because they are not fully made out. In each case, the names of the courses involved ought to be placed on the cards, Otherwise, we have to look them up ourselves and put them on, The only reason I am returning them is not that we object to the extra work, but in order to call the attention of your staff to the correct way of making out such cards in order to avoid future mistakes. Sincerely yours, CA On Paul B. Lawson, Dean PBL/b1k Ene, January 25, 1941 Dean Paul Be Lawson Collece of Liberal Arts & Scientes Mhiversity of Kansas Dear Dean Inwsons I have arranged with Mre BeBe DeGroot to assist me in matters of the curriculum so that we may . promptly and more efficiently handle the details cone» cerning such problemse Tam mentioning this fact because I have suge gested to ur. DeGroot that he feel perfectly free to work with your office in ironing out some of the matters concerning the elimination of disemmtinued courses and the more clear wording regarding otherse I trust. this will be satisfactory to yous Sincerely yourt, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Yarsity Basketball Coach FPCAsig Dean Paul Be Lawson College of Liberal Arts & Sciences University of Kansas It is agreeable with me that James Co Hale be enrolled in my Intermediate Basketball Clees for _ the second half of the first semester, this class meet= ing at 11250 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridayse Mire Hale advises me that he played tasketbell in high school at Protection, Kansas, and I feel sure that Er, Hale is eligible for the class Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Reereation Varsity Basketball Coach | FeAsig Dean Paul Be Lawson College of Liberal Arts & Sciences University of Kansas Dear Dean Lawsons It is agreeable with me thet Wayne Ulrickson enter my Intermediate Basketball Class for the second half of the first semester, meeting at 11:50 on meres Wednesdays and Fridayse Mite ULrickson advises me that he played on the Varsity team for two years at Kansas Wesleyan College, Salime In view of this fact, I feel sure that Mre Ulrickson is eligible for the class. Sincerely yours, thvetter of Physical Edue&tion and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach POAsig October 6, 1940 Dre Jee Nelson Associate Dean of the College University of Kansas I am very happy to hase She. peubakan i4eh I assure you that we will be very happy indeed to conform tothe rules of the College regarding the students in extra curricular activities. I am passing on the additional list that I asked you to send me to Dr. Elber, and am instructing him to see that no one on this list participates on an intramural teams I am also taking the matter up with Warren Isracl, who reported for basketball, and tell him it will not be possible for him to come out for practice until he erases from his record the Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation Varsity Basketball Coach FCAsig Please note, check your name, and pass One Please return to L.Gerstenberger. Hoover a THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE October 4, 1940 OFFICE OF THE DEAN Dre Fe. C. Allen Department of Physical Education Dear Dr. Allen: We are sending you here a list of the College students who are on pro- bation this semester. One of our College regulations prescribes that no student on probation may engage in extracurricular activities of any Sort; and we hope that you will not allow anyone named on this list to become a member of an intramural team or of a minor sports team this semester. Yt Lo Uke yours, . ° hve Be sedate! oi Dean JBN sMJW ENC. PROBATION LIST FALL 1940 _ *Aingsworth, William Louis #Atleins, Dudley - enagrowski, Benedict *Ratty, James Recker , Albert Beers, denne Senne: Harold Boyd, cathersne Brady, Leo Broderick, Robert Burdge » Robert Ee Burgess, Sharlane — Burgner, Williem We ‘Burton, John Mercel Campbell, Delbert Lee ‘Canatsey, Cerald Werder Je Philip Carpenter, John Ce Wasebier, Merilyn Chesky, Joseph Clark, Laureine Conkling, John Cook, Arthur Cox, James Dabbs, Mar jorie Reever, Donald Dooley, Foch ‘Dryden, James Duncan, Warren Dunien, Betty Mary Ege, Charles RilMott, Steve “iwing, Allen. Warley mben ‘Farris, Wilma Jean Fischer » Am Frost, Roy Gengler, Frederick Gerkin, Merrill Golub, Alex Goss, Kobert Harry Greene, Betty Virginia fall, Janos he Tarmon, Lois Harris, James Raymond tastings, Donald ‘Hines, Lindley Houk, Jack Howland, Paul “unter, Matt C, Israel, Warren “ . Jewett, Ee De & Johnson, Gerald Lee Johnston, Charlotte Keene, George Hupp *Keplinger, Robert Lewis Lee, James Robert Lieberman, Charles - Marekley, Wilbur Ry MoTatesh, William Pora 3 Yellen, Joseph "leek, Stanton Montgouery, Louellen Moore, Virginia Sue Nagle, Franklin ‘Jei2, Arnold James’ “leleon, Robert Dean. “MILO, Ray Page, Elizabeth Shirley Pelnar, Joseph Pleree, James Be Plerson, Lueille Reed, Alfred Reed, Marian Reese, Orville Renber ger , thery Willian Riggs, Rae Roberts, Donald Ruebheusen, Verilla Sherman, James Sees, John Silk, Barrett Simons, Dalton Small, Robert Smith, Devonia Smith, William Edward *St, Clair, James Steffens, Gene Stevens, Fred wstolant, Lawrence Stout, Rdward ‘Tanner, Mary _ Taylor, Joan We Thoms, Jerry We Thornton, Leslie Tomsend, Rilla Ann Yan Slyck, Rarold esis sain Walker, William Frank Wallace, Carl Whiles, Trene- “ihitson, cect Janes Winternonte, Bill *Tinzer , Ted Me rightman, Fred Yoamans Deli W, *Young, Joe Amna COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE OF FACULTY MEETING The June meeting of the College Faculty will be held on Saturday, June 8, at 3:00 in the auditorium of Frank Strong Hall. INCOMPLETE AND FAILURE CARDS Blue and red cards, to report Incompletes and Failures respectively, may be obtain- ed at the departmental offices. Please send these to the College office just as soon as possible after each final exam-= ination. Failure cards should be sent in for those students also who withdrew with a failure earlier in the semester. Care- ful attention to these cards will be greatly appreciated. In no case should any of these cards reach us later than Saturday noon, June 8. SUMMER ADDRESSES Kindly write your summer address on the enclosed sheet and return it to the of~ fice before leaving town. We do not plan to disturb your summer vacation, but may need your address in case of emergency. FACULTY CHANGES The steady changing of the College Fac- ulty is illustrated by the shifts in the chairmanships of four departments at the end of this year. We are sorry to lose Dr. and Mrs. Otto Springes to the University of Pennsyl- vania after four years at K.U. Our best wishes accompany them to their new work. We are glad to know that the University will still have, however, the teaching services of the other three members of our staff who are retiring from the work of the chairmanship. Pro-= fessor W. S» Johnson will yield the ad- ministrative work of the English Depart= ment to Professor John W. Ashton of the University of Iowa, but will continue with his class work. Dr. H. P. Cady will relinguish the chairmanship of the Chemistry Department to Dr. Re. @ Brew= ster, but will continue his teaching and research. Dr. A. Te Walker will retire from the chairmanship of the Latin and Greek Department but will keep on teaching in the department. Taken individually and collectively these men have done work of unusually high and fine quality for which the University will always be indebted to them. May the best days of life and work still be theirs? June 3, 1940 CURRICULAR CHANGES The June graduates from the College of Lib= eral Arts and Sciences will have met two — new requirements for graduation. First, they will all have passed the proficiency examination in English composition. That this is a real test of ability to use the mother tongue is attested by the fact that. quite a few students have been unable to pass the test and will not graduate tiii later, Some have given up the idea of graduating because of inability to pass the test and a few have transferred to other schools where no such test is re- ; quired. Presumably, therefore, this year's graduates have better training in English composition than any class hitherto grad— uated. In the second place, all of this June's graduates will have met the new distribu- tion requirements which undoubtedly assure a wider distribution of studies than has been met by any previous graduating class. No longer may a student, for example, graduate with a minimum exposure of five hours of work to the whole field of math- ematics and the natural sciences. Nor may he graduate with a minimum exposure of five hours of work to the whole field of the social sciences, including philosophy and psychology. In each of these areas the 1940 graduate has passed at least twenty hours of work, as he has also in the field of literature and language. We believe this broad distributional require— ment will be more generally appreciated in the years to come. HERE AND THERE “anything that saps the sense of individual responsibility will rot the American char= acter, With rare exceptions your individ-= ual future is in your own hands, and any- one who tells you that you are the creature of circumstances is doing you no favor, The greatest curse that has come upon us is a theory that we are all victims of something or other. A long-faced economist tells you that you are a victim of a system and that you are doomed to failure and misery unless the system is changed. His colleague tells you that we must take all the risks out of life and see that somebody else is going to help care for you in old age or in any sort of trouble; your security, he says, must be a social and not a personal responsibility. Another reminds you that the one thing that you must keep in mind is that you are always entitled to a subsidy for living, "Profanity is stupid and offensive, but I confess I feel a strong temptation to swear when I read. the various long catalogues of reasons why young men cannot succeed in these times." - Pres. Dixon R.Fox,Union College. th 4 Luraday They | April 23, 1940 To the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Your special committee appointed to consider ways and means of improving the training of teachers in the College desires to submit its report at this time. Since our appointment over a year ago we have met a number of times, and have held discussions both with Miss Louie Lesslie, Secretary of the State Board of Education, and with a committee from the School of Education consisting of Dean Schwegler, Professor Chandler, and Professor Turney. All the matters presented in our report have been brought forward at our joint meetings with the teachers of Education; and in the large the recommendations made here are approved by them. It was obvious to begin with that most members of the College Faculty know little about the public school system of Kansas-~a situation to be deplored. As teachers of the University of Kansas, no less than as citizens of the state, we should be familiar with all classes of public schools, especially the high schools, and know how they are organized, what kind of teachers they employ, what textbooks they utilize, how their work is conducted, and what training their teachers need. Your committee wishes, therefore, to emphasize its opinion that members of this Faculty, especially those who serve as advisers, should seek to inform themselves on the whole state educational system. Fortunately several means by which the desired information may be gained are readily at hand. There are, first of all, the Kansas Educational Directory and a meaty bulletin issued by the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction entitled A Handbook on Organization and Practices for the Secondary Schools of Kansas. Other information about schools and school prob- lems will be supplied by Miss Lesslie provided one is interested enough to write her. Another useful source of information exists on our campus, namely, the Curriculum Library in Room 119, Fraser Hall. Available in this library are sample copies of all textbooks currently used in the schools of the state. Hence faculty members who teach, say, mathematics or foreign language will be able to examine the material being placed before the high school students whom they will presently teach in their classes. Finally, we should like to call attention to the usefulness of Professor Chandler's annual reports on the Teacher Placement Service. A study of the material compiled by Professor Chandler will show what combinations of preparation for teaching are likely to be found most useful in securing positions in the public schools. We strongly urge that members of the College Faculty make use of all these means of inform- ation. In addition to our general suggestions just made, we wish to offer five specific recommendations. commenti 1. We recommend that those College departments concerned with subject.matter 2. 3. We recommend that the Administrative Committee be requested to study the : ted ee ea sia most widely taught in the high schools (Chemist English, History, Home E : Mat] phe Mees G00) = Ll? ; 1 departments) be requested to consider their offering of courses from the standpoins of determining whether the specific content and method of in- struction serve as a sound preparation for high school teaching in the respective fields. (We have in mind the advisability of asking the depart- ments just named to hold special meetings, at which, we think, the chairman should have available copies of the Handbook on Organization and Practices for the Secondary Schools of Kansas, as well as copies of the reports from Mr. Chandler's office. As a means of covering the ground adequately we suggest the following questions for discussion by each department. (1) Are we satisfactorily preparing the present day high school teacher for his job in our field? (2) If not, is it practicable to attempt to provide the kind of training we feel desirable? (3) What other subjects should he logically be prepared to teach along with the one we represent? (4) Are we doing all we can to keep in touch with our graduating majors who are teachers and to encourage association with school officials who may be interested in our majors? (5) Are we making full use of our opportunity to send out one or more issues of the K. U. Newsletter to high school teachers? (6) Could we with profit issue a bibliographical pamphlet for the use of our majors? (7) Would it be well to have a departmental committee appointed to look into these matters?) We recommend th h ulty reque he D to appoint a committee to onsider the advisability of organizi natural science group major to t of o re hys ien d biological science group majors. (This proposal is made because the physical and biological group majors do not serve the purpose for which they were designed. Few high school teachers in Kanses are allowed to instruct in one field of the natural sciences alone. Ordinarily science teachers are employed to conduct elementary classes in both the physical and the biological sciences. What we propose is to take into account a condition which we are in no position to alter.) LL: i . (We have in mind not courses concerned with methods of teaching, of course, but courses the subject matter of which will need to be presented differently from the way at present if prospective high school teachers are to be satisfactorily trained. For example, it might be wise to offer additional subject matter preparation for high school teachers in the fields of home economics and journalism as well as in the (with us) unrecognized field of general science.) We me 2 beginning in the fa for use on the enrollment floor a lea, flet giving information about the training of teachers done in the College. (The purpose of this leaflet. De would be to combat the common view that those who wish to prepare %o teach in this state cannot receive this preparation by remaining in the College. The leaflet should point out the relationships existing between the College and the School of Education and make clear that College students are eligible to enroll in all courses required by the State Board of Education and to receive the University Teacher's Diploma.) in the College be placed in the hands of a standing committee, and that this committee work with representatives of the School of Education in dealing with the problems common to the two divisions. (In offering this proposal we are mindful of the danger of having too many committees, but we feel that unless some group is charged with the responsibility of keeping the question of the training of teachers alive, it will drop back into the obscurity from which it has temporarily emerged. ) Respectfully submitted, WEALTHY BABCOCK CARROLL D. CLARK A. W. DAVIDSON MAY GARDNER J. H. NELSON Jamnry 17, 1940. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Varsity Basketball Coaches Me on mn Su. COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS ‘January 24, 1940 GRADES FOR 1938~—'39 TABLE I Table I shows the grade point indices, or the number of grade points per hour of credit, for each department. Students from other schools of the University, though enrolled in College classes, are not included in this study. In other words, both tables deal with College students only. The first column of figures shows the relative rankins of all departments giving College work in 1938-'39; the second column gives the ranking in 1937~—'38. The figures in parentheses to the right of the departmental names show the relative ranking for 1938-'39 of the College departments alone, It seems that about 1)37 for Freshman-Sophomore work and about 1.73 for Junior-Senior work were the median College departmental indices for i938." 39, _..__We_are enclosing your own grade point index, It might be interesting to compare it with your departmental index and also with the College index. TABLE IT Table II is, we believe, self-explanatory, Note that the first column of figures shows the number of enrollments of College students in the several departments. Obviously the small number of grades considered in some departments detracts from the significance of the several percentages shown. Below is a comparison of the percentages of grades shown in the last five studies for the College as a whole: A B c D i P 1934='35 6.6 93255 «©9359 ee 4,3 4a? 1935-'36 4.8 83,2 «WF 8.8 1.8 4.7 1936='37 144.6 33.0 36.0 9.4 2.0 540 1937-'38 risG. 2440 3454 9.9 6. 458 1938-39 2 93,0 352 (2855 1.5 4.7 Note the rather general agreement in all the percentages of all five years. Many people, both students and instructors, might be surprised to note that 48.1 per cent of the grades given last year were A's ard B's, According to our catalogue definitions of the several grades, it would seem that there should be an increase in the percentage of C grades at the expense of the A's and B's, TABLE I GRADE POINT INDICES FOR FALL Freshman-Sophomore Courses Rank Rank Department Index 138~ ae: 139 13 1 1 Music (Applied) 2,28 2 4 Physical Education 1.90 * 3 5 Religion 10s 4 2 Design 2,67 5 a Musical Theory La? 5 16 Latin & Greek th) 1.59 ‘6 9 Psychology (3) 4,69 5 7 Philosophy (1) 1,59 * 9 8 Speech & Dr. art (4) 1,53 10 11. French iS? 4462 11 24 Physiology (6) 1.47 #12 14 Sociology (9) 1,46 13 20 Zoology (s) 1,43 +14 22 Journalism (9) 1,38 15 10 Home Economics (30) 3,37 15 13. German (30) 1437 17 18 Entomology (12) 12396 18 16 Military Science 1526 19 12 Boteny (43) 1,24 20 23. Economics 14) 1,23 21 19 Spanish (35) kee? 22 21 Buglicsh 46) 4417 23 25 Geology ‘473 4,35 24 35) -Phyeice G Ast. (28) 1.11 24 28 Mathematics ite) 4,13 26 25 History (70) 1410 27 27 Pol. Science (23; 1468 28 29 Chemistry (227). 497 29 5 Draw. & Ftg, gon * Courses not open to freshmen. '36 = SPRING '39 Junior=-Senior Courses Rank Rank Department 138. . '37< 2 6 1 4 French (i) 2 1 Mathematics (2) 3 6 Spanish (3) 4 5 Latin & Greek (4) 5 19 Military Science 5 7 Yoolegy (5) ? 2 German (6) 8 2 Botany (7) 9 2 Psychology (8) 10 9 Philosophy (9) 11 12 Speech (10) 12 14 Education 13 10. English (11) 13 15 Entomology (11) 35 18 Physics & Ast.(13) 16 22 Pol. Science (14) 17 23 «History (15) 18 7 Religion 19 11 Home Economics (16) 20 21 Journalism (a7) 21 23 Bacteriology (18) 22 16 Physiology (19) 23 26 Sociology (20) 24 8 Musical Theory 25 2S Chemistry (21) 26 2? §«Geolosy (22) 27 28 Economics (23) 28 20 Business 29 29 Biochemistry Index TABLE II THE DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES "38 — SPRING Anat omy Bacteriology Biochemistry Botany Chemistry Design Drawing and Painting Economics English Entomology French Geology German History Home Economics Journalism Latin and Greek Mathematics Military Science Music (Applied) FOR FALL Number of Student Marks Jr-Sr Jr=W-Sr Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-sr Fr-Soph Jr-sr Fr-Soph or=-sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr=sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-sr All 14 293 41 295 81 395 254 24 1207 322 2258 540 152 106 442 37 536 Le 443 34 572 461 372 230 265 389 58 693 44 235 44 49 AG a7 4146 24.1 29.2 19,3 36.4 a 38,7 $39 rh ‘ame W eI Nm W e 6s eo. & £& oO CAO 30,8 16.4 14.9 oOo nN oe; mM NO re s . F% WW © ee SH me oO NN Music (Theory) Philosophy Physical Education Physics and Astronomy Physiology Political Science Psychology Religion School of Business School of Education School of Engineering Social Science Survey wi Sociology Spanish Speech °~ Zoology Student Marks Fr-Soph Jr=-Sr Fr=-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-sSr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Jr-Sr Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr=-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr=So ph Jr-Sr Fr-Sep Jr-Sr PreSoph Jr-Sr Freshman-Sophomore Junior-Senior Total, Marks Number of 54 ao 164 144 509 34 252 54 188 73 138 13 402 470 68 165 282 200 269 284 11,548 6,360 17,908 A% 18,5 ted 18,3 34,0 12,¢6 11,0 12.9 33,3 1104 16.0 22.7 80,6 TOTALS 13,0 17,2 15.2 29.8 38.7 33.0 37,9 33,3 $647 36,2 41.2 38.6 3755 39,3 ETs6 42,9 3345 29.0 22.5 35.8 34.1 35.2 Pe} Ann ote 7 8s 8 NINA THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN January 11, 1940 Professor Fe Ce Allen Department of Physical Education My dear Professor Allens I am sending you here a copy of the College enrollment schedule for the spring semester. We are very eager to have this schedule absolutely correct, and we should appreciate it if you would look over the section devoted to the courses offered by your department to see if any correc- tions are to be made. If any are found, please report them to us as soon as possible so that we may call the corrections to the attention of major advisers during the meeting to be held next Monday afternoon. Very truly yours, reo Je He Nelson Associate Dean JHN:bjb THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE January 2, 1940 OFFICE OF THE DEAN Dr. F. C. Allen Department of Physical Education My dear Dr. Allen: ‘ At its meeting on December 19, 1939, the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences approved your request to reduce the pre requisites for 200 Theory and Practice of Athletic Training from 20 hours of Physical Education and one 5 hour course in Anatomy or Physiology to 10 hours of Physical Education and one 5 hour course in Anatomy or Physiology. It also approved the request to reduce the prerequisites for 202 Administration of Physical Education from 20 hours of Physical Education to 10 hours of Physical Education, Sincerely yours, ok... Paul B. Lawson, Dean fb THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE December 29, 1939 OFFICE OF THE DEAN Dr. F. C. Allen Department of Physical Education My dear Dr. Allen: At its meeting on November 21, 1939, the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences approved your request to offer the following three half-hour courses to count as a part of the 4 hours of Exercise allowed College students toward a degree: 47a Elementary Equitation 47b Intermediate Equitation 47c Advanced Equitation Sincerely yours, ‘C. Fase Paul B. Lawson, Dean fb COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE OF FACULTY MEETING The December meeting of the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be held Tuesday, December 19, at 4:30 in Frank Strong Auditorium. FOR YOUR INFORMATION The Registrar's report of enrollments in the various schools is as follows: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences,..21956 School of Engineering & Architecture. 684 School of Medicinesrerccreoesancerereee 439 Graduate SChoOle ss cceceesevecvsceeve 370 School of Fine Arts.sreceversvrccvrese 369 School of PusinesS.cocseevevservereboe 318 School of Educationse car scecesssecverrns Lie School Of BAWkis tester sect vvewev geese ee 223 School of PharMacy.cercersrrvoceneevess 84 ‘The College enrollment by classes is as follows: Class Men Women Total Seniors 232 205 417 Juniors 237 gar 474 Sophomores 298 194 492 Fres hmen 480 289 769 Unclassed 13 ize 2> Specials 6 -o 19 1246 950 2196 Of the above approximately 2,200 students, 512 are freshmen directly from high school and 253 are new Advanced Standing students. It is interesting to note, therefore, that about 35 percent of our enrollment consists of students new to the College this fall. You will note also that the proportion of men to women in the College is approximate~ ly 4 to 3, giving the College a high pro= portion of women compared with the rest of the University. LARGER MAJOR DEPARTMENTS The following departments have 25 or more majors this fall: English 94 Home Economics Si Sociology 79 History 50 Journalism 70 Medicine 39 Bacteriology 56 Political Science 34 Chemistry oo Law 323 Economics 5D Psychology 33 Zoology os Social Science 25 The students majoring in medicine and law are, of course, combined degree students substituting the first year of the profes~ sional school for the fourth year of Col- lege. December 18, 1939 GROUP MAJORS The College offers three group majors for prospective teachers. This fall the enroll. ment in these majors is as follows: Social Science, 25; Biological Science, 5; Physica Science, 0, Evidently the first of these is meeting a real need, It has been suggested that perhaps the second two would be more useful if combined into a single general science major. ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION To date the examination has been offered 5 times, and 745 students have taken it. Of these, 667 have passed. Several other schools of the University are considering making this examination a re- quirement for graduation, THE NEWSLETTER The Weekly University of Kansas Newsletter is being made into a house organ permitting the several schools and departments of the University to give out information concern= ing their work to the general public or to particular groups of the public. Your at- tention is called to the Newsletter of De= cember 9, issued by the Department of Eng- lish and sent to all teachers of English in the state. We urge members of the faculty to read this Newsletter, a copy of which me: be obtained at the College Office. We are very sure that other departments will want to publish similar issues. Those desiring to do so should get in touch with Mr, Ray Heady of the Department of Journalism. * * ok * * * * * * “He who knows only his own generation remains always a child.” * a. 2: eS ee. US “Your battle is against the most insidious and tireless of foes. Let me name them. They are these: the easy way, the wishful thought, the tempting short-cut, the shal- low assumption, the clever expedient, tue evasion of responsibility, the specious solution, the self-saving ingenuity, the surrender of independence and integrity of mind. ' =-m=Harlow H. Curtice President, Buick Motors, GOOD=BYE 1939 The year, now drawing to a close, has brought us varied experiences, among the chief of which have been the evident kind- ness and good will of our colleagues, These will not be forgotten. We bring you best wishes for a Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years. *& Dean Paul By College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iniversity of Kansas. Dear Deen Lowsen: _ The Department of Physical Education is proposing to change certain prerequisites for courses approved for graduate credit. I am sulmitting these changes to you | so that your administrative committee my take whatever action is necessary for courses which carry College eredit. These changes provide that we apply the general rule of 10 hours prerequisite in physical education for ali graduate courses numbered below 300, and 15 hours for ei greduate courses numbered 300 or above, the present wrerequisites for course Now 100-Principles of Communi ty Recreation, te remain as they aro. | This will mean the following changes in present prerequisites: | "Qe 200-Theory and Practice of Athletic Training, reduced from 20 to 10 hours. Noe 20leAdvanced Basketball, reduced from ‘15 to 10 hourse ae Noe 202—/\diinistration of Physieal Education, re- duced from 20 to 10 hourse ~ ; Noe 500-Special Problems in Physical Education, rew , duced fron 20 to 15 hourse Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Reereation, Varsity Basketball Coach.