COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS WELCOME 3 We welcome you, old and new, to K.U. and to the school year 1937-1938, We hope the summer was kind to you and that this year will bring you deep satisfaction through your work and your associations with both students and colleagues, SUGGESTED RESOLUTIONS Resolved to: 1. Inform ourselves about the affairs of the University and particularly the Rules and Regulations of the College Faculty as printed in the 1937-1938 Regulations Regerding Enrollment. 2. Attend all Faculty meetings. We prom- ise to have no more meetings than are necessary and to make them just as short as possible without being too hard on the members who like to talk. People who attend these meetings regularly are usuai- ly well informed about the affairs of the College; and the converse is usually true. 3. Visit the College Office at least once a semester--not on business, but simply for a visit. All of us in the office would like to know all of you better. 4. Remember that the dean is simply try- ing to execute the orders and wishes of the Faculty. He doesn't have a single speck of authority that the Faculty has not delegated to him. If, therefore, you feel he is exercising ungranted authority, call him down. If he is enforcing regula- tions you do not like, get the Faculty to change the regulations. CHANGED SCHEDULES The blue schedules are for Freshmen and Sophomores and not just for Freshmen, as in the past. These schedules show the new group arrangement and are to be used for all students presenting the new form of the transcript, The white schedules are for Juniors and Seniors and show the old group arrangement, They are to be used for all students having the old transcript form. September 10, 1937 GROUP MAJORS FOR TEACHERS Please note in the schedule the notices regarding the new Group Majors for prospective teachers in the Physi--. cal, Biological, and Social Sciences. SOCIAL SCIENCE SURVEY CORRECTION The Social Science Survey courses should be listed in the blue schedule under Division III, Field B. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY | In the 1937-1938 Regulations Regarding Enrollment the following sections are new in whole or in part. Every member of the Faculty should read them care= Fuliys Section I, 4,6,9,10,11,12,13. Section II, 4,9. Section III, 4. HERE AND THERE "Unless a man undertakes more than he can possibly do, he will never do all that he can do."“--Henry Drummond. "The man who halted on third base to congratulate himself failed to make a home run," "The highest service of the educated man to our democratic society demands of him breadth of interest as well as depth of technical research, It requires unquench- ed ardor for the best things, spontaneous delight in the play of mind and character, a many—-sided responsiveness that shall keep a man from hardening into a mere high-geared machine, It is these quali- ties that perfect a liberal education and complete a man's usefulness. to his generation, Taken by themselves, they fit him primarily for living, rather than for getting a living,"--Bliss Perry. COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE OF FACULTY MEETING The October meeting of the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be held on Tuesday, October 19, at 4:30 in the Central Administration Building auditorium, The meeting will be important and short, STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1937—'38 For your information we list below the membership of the Standing Committees of the Faculty for this year, In each case the first person named is the chairman, Administrative: Dean and Associate Dean, May Gardner, Guy Smith, Sherwood, Stranathan Dean and Associate Dean, Reinstatement: ex officio, Brewster, Laird, Posey Special Students:Davidson, laird, Realey Rules: Nelson, Chubb, Storer Enrollment: Smith, Black, Posey, Stanton, Treece Joint Committee on on University — Teacher's Diploma: Schwegler, May Gardner, Johnson, Lawson, Russell, Turney English Proficiency Examination: Virtue, Lildridge, Lynn, Taft Howie, General Committee on Honors: Lane, Osborne Divisions! Honors: Johnson, Springer, May Gardner, Lawrence Division 1: Divibion ff: Moore Division III: Clark, Davis, Gagliardo, Osborne MID-SEMESTER REPORTS Please be sure to plan your examinations so that your mid=-semester reports on all students whose work is unsatisfactory are in this office by November 9, Blessings on all who report promptly: Verily they are our friends. ex officio, Clark, Davis, Mitchell, Clark, Johnson, Lane, Davidson, Mitchell, Ooteber 16, 1937 STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION On November 5 and 6 several thousand teachers of Kansas will be the guests of the University at the annual mecting of the State Teachers' Association, We trust every member of the staff will strive in some definite way to welcome some of these teachers, And particularly do we urge you to join this Association because 1, Through the publication of the Association, The Kansas Teacher, which goes to members ten times a year, we can keep informed on the current trends . in the schools of the state, as regards the larger problem of education and also in particular fields of study. 2. We need to know the teachers in the Kansas high schools much better than we do, As a matter of fact, with the exception of a few departments, we are not acquainted with the high school teachers even in our own fields. Surely a wider personal acquaintance with high school teachers is likely to result in more favorable publicity for the University and in more definite recommendations to students to come to the University. Membership cards may be obtained in the College Office and in the Office of the School of Education, Annual membership fee, $2. ABOUT REPORTING ABSENCES Whether we like it or not, parents expect us to Keep some track of the class attendance of our students and demand that we report to them cases of continued absence, Will you, therefore, please report to this office promptly by means of the "deficiency cards" all cases of absence in which the student has been absent more times than the number of credit hours allowed in the course, And will you please be particularly careful to report all cases of consecutive absence for over a week, unless you are sure the absence is caused by illness.., Prompt reports will help prevent student failures, for students who drop courses without the dean's consent are assessed failures in accordance with the rules of the Faculty. COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS January 14, 1938 GRADES FOR 1936-'37 TABLE I Table I shows the grade point index, 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 only with College students, The first column of figures shows the relative ranking of all departments giving College work in 1936~—'37; the seoond column gives the ranking in 1935-'36, The figures in parentheses to the right of the departmental names show the relative ranking for 1936-'37 of the College departments alone, It seems that about 1,3 for Freshman-Sophomore work and about 1.7 for Junior-Senior work were the median departmental indices for 1936-'37, 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, How much should individual and departmental grades differ from the median grades in either direction? TABLE ITI Table II is, we believe, self-explanatory, Note that the firs+* column of figures shows the enrollments of College students in the several departments. Below is a comparison of the percentages of grades shown in the last four studies for the College as a whole: A B c D I E 1929—' 30 15-0 29.0 34,0 iD, 2 a 8,2 1934-' 35 46,6 23.5 he oe Zed 4.7 1935-—'36 16,8 33,2 34.7 8,8 a0 4.7 1936-'37 14.6 33,0 36.0 9.4 2409 569 Note the rather general agreement in all the percentages of the last three years, In 1929-~'30, 44.3 per cent of the grades were A's and B's. In 1934-'35, 50.1 per cent of the grades were A's and B's, In 1935~*36, 50,0 per cent of the grades were A's and B's, In 1936-'37, 47.6 per cent of the grades were A's and B*s, To those who feel that we are giving too many A's and B's and not enough Cts, last year's grades are a slight improvement over those of 1935-'36, As our grades are defined, a greater increase in C grades at the expense of A's and Bts would still seem desirable to many instructors, We still wish there were fewer “I's,” for a goodly number are still given, in violation of. the Senate regulation, in cases where through neglect the student did not complete his work, or where because of a poor record the student did not earn a satisfactory grade. TABLE TI GRADE POINT INDEX FOR FALL '36 ~- SPRING *37 Freshman-Sophomore Courses Junior-—Senior Courses Rank Rank Department index Rank Rank Department Index 1 36— 135 T36—- 1 35- Ee oid woe oles _36 1 1 Music (Applied) 2,28 4 8 Latin and Greek (1) 2.33 < 2 Physical Education 1.99 2 1 German (2) 2.26 +3 3 Religion 1,64 3 4 French 3} - 2,04 «4 4 Speech & Dr, Agt (1) 1.58 4 13. Home Economics (+4) 2.01 «5 5 Design Ls 52 § 2 Botany (s) 63,96 25 7 Psychology (2) 2,51 6 6 Zoolody (6) 1.95 7 8 Musical Theory ~ 1.47 7 9 Physical Education 1,92 #8 17. Sociology (3) 1,46 8 15 Philosophy (7) 1.89 9 9 French (4) 1.44 9 7 Mathematics (i) 4,87 +10 25 Philosophy {5} 1,45 10 12 Psychology (3). 4.88 44 11 Entomology 6) 1,41 11 10 English (10): «1,83 Re 10 Latin and Greek (6) 1.41 L2 5 Musical Theory 1.79 13 18 Botany (8) 1.40 13 3 Spanish bik? = 76 14 19 Journalism ) 1.33 14 16 History tse? 3473 15 13. German (10) 1,32 15 18 Education 1.70 15 6 Home Economics (10) 1.32 16 23 Military Science 1.65 17 19 History (12) 1.29 17 14 Geology (43; 1.64 17 13. Spanish (12) 1.29 17 21 Religion 1.64 19 15 English (14) 1,28 19 18 Bacteriology (14) 1.63 20 22 Geology (46). 4,27 19 21 Journalism (44). 1,63 20 16 Zoology (35) 1,27 21 17 Entomology 46) 1,48 22 26 Military Science Lee 21 18 Speech & Dr.Art(16) 1.58 23 23. Physica & Astron.(17) 1.19 23 26 Physiology (i6) 3,47 24 29 Physiology (18) 1,18 24 24 Sooiology (19) 1.46 #25 2g Pol. Science (19) 1.17 25 27 Political Science(20)1.42 26 26 Economics (20). 1.45 26 29 Business +.36 27 28 Mathematics (21) 1,00 26 25 Chemistry (21): 4236 28 12 Chemistry (22) 593 26 id Fhysice & Aut.-{21) 1,36 29 21 Drawing and 79 29 28 Economics ‘oo: i. 8? Painting 30 30 Biochemistry 297 «* Courses not open to freshmen. TABLE IT THE DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Anatomy Bacteriology Biochemistry Botany Chemistry Design Drawing and Painting Economics English Entomology French Geology German History Home Economics Journalism Latin and Greek NVathematics Military Science Music Applied Theory FOR FALL Number of Student Marks Jr-Sr Jr=-Sr JreSr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr=-Sr Soph 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 Fr-Soph Jr-Sr FPr-Soph Jr-Sr Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr FPr-Soph Jr-Sr FPr-Soph Jr=-Sr All Fr=-Soph Jr=-Sr 10 244 25 aan 2? 423 306 30 ao 1445 398 2539 645 226 109 oe 39 508 80 534 556 S22 403 187 227 613 154 46 880 se 169 52 aoe 40 "36 -— SPRING A% B% 40.0 16,6 34,4 32,0 36,6 . 26.9 10.5 . 55,6 118° . 25,3 16,0 . 35.6 53.4 26.7 22,2 16,4 -. 23,9 12,8 «19,4 33,0. 31,3 20.7 . 45.6 3.1. 35,4 4,7 « M450 17,0. 33,0 73,1. 61,5 o.9 . 27.2 0S «26,2 46.7. 33,3 45,5 « 39,1 31,3 . 26.6 26,4 ° . 33,7 4.0 . 36,7 20,3 - 53,5 14.6. .7,7 17,0 . 40,4 25,6 . 24,6 $0.6 . 26,2 16.1 . 20.6 Ay.2 . 22.6 7,3. 2 18.4. . 38.5 47,3. 36,7 21,4 « 23,2 17,5 . 46,0 ‘oe Seek 36.9 2ie5 ” 9% 20,0 6.6 U1 OV ss Ol OV ~ . Ww SIO 11.6 bat OH e s . ouu % OF WN e OOW F% «4 i oOo N Ul e os OVO kK O1 es ° Ww Ol Philosophy Physical Education Physics and Astronomy Physiology Political Science Psychology Religion school of Business School of Bducation School of Engineering Social Science survey Sociology Spanish Speech and Dramatic Art Zoology Student Marks Soph Jr-sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jv-Sr Soph Jr-Sr Soph Jr-sSr Soph Jr=sr Jr-Sr Jr=-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Soph Jr-Sr Fr=Soph Jr