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.