COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS MID-SEMESTERS AGAIN Mid-semester grades are due in the office on Tuesday, March 22, Please plan your work and examinations to enable you to make these reports promptly. Your help in making full reports will also be greatly appreciated, as the reasons given for the poor grades are very helpful to us in talking with students and their parents, MARCH FACULTY MEETING The next meeting of the College Faculty Will be held at 4:30, Mareh 15, in the Frank Strong auditoriun. Important matters are to be considered. NEW COURSES AND CHANGES IN COURSES According to a recent University Senate regulation, no new courses may be offered next fall which are not approved by the Faculty by the April meeting. We are, therefore, asking that all requests for new courses and also for course changes te presented now, This will allow us to present the necessary requests at the March faculty meeting and the Administra tive Committee could then present its recommendations for agtion at the April meeting. : May we ask all staff members to examine critically the catalog descriptions of their courses and suggest desirable changes. Prerequisites should be care- fully studied and requests for changes made where necessary, so that catalog statements can be regularly followed. It is hoped that all changes may receive Faculty or Administrative Committee approval this spring instead of being left for the fall when we are always hurried to get the copy to the printer, EXCESSIVE ABSENCES We are finding some cases of neglect in the reporting of excessive absences. All instructors of College students are expected to check class attendance reg- ularly and to report on the deficiency cards any student who, aside from reasons of known illness, has one more absence from class than the number of hours of credit ¢iven in the course, FPrompt reports prevent some student failures and enable us to give the parents the informetion they expect of us in this matter, ‘Board Maron ii, 19358 PRESIDENT HUTCHINS SAYS; "Education is serious business for serious people. It involves hard work, and hard work is sometimes disagreeable, But there is no short cut to intelli- gence. The Board of Education of the oity of Chicago is at present engaged in trying to determine what a general education is. Its intention is laudable, But when we learn that it plans to make mathematics an elective because it is ‘toc nard!' for mest high-school stvdents, we realize that the Chicago of Education has confused educa— tion with recreation, It is Toliowing the dubious precept of a group of Progressive Educators who believe that the task of the teacher is to discover what the student likes to learn and to encourage him to learn it," “The question will be asked: ‘What about those who can't learn?' I suse pect that the number of children who ‘are actually ineducable is far smaller than we have supposed. We may be guilty of accusing children of intel-. lectual deficiency as an excuse for our failure to educate them properly. It is easier for a teacher to say of a boy, ‘He's no good,* than to say of himself, 'I don't know how to teach, '" "The charge that the teachers corrupt the youth of a country is not a new one. The battle for academic freedom in the teaching of the natural sciences and religion was won less than a century agoe Most of us remember when evolu- tion and the historical interpretation of the New Testament were condemned as ‘atheism.’ Today the battleground is the social sciences. ‘Radicalism’ has taken the place of ‘atheism,'" "If education is to educate, it must shift its emphasis from the popular to the important, Life is not a party, even if spasms of material prosperity anesthetize us temporarily. Our prob- lems are serious. Our people must think, and think for themselves, or they will find someone they don't like doing their thinking for them, letting George do our thinking for us is more prevalent in America than some of us realize. When a proposal is advanced these days, we hear everyone ask, ‘Whos for it7?7™ om *Who'ts against iti* Few people ask, *What does it mean?*" PE ASS AEROS OR eae Beles Sen ae EE Seay Dean Paul B, Lawson, : College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas. Dear Dean Lawsons Re eles of Mahesh, Steen sayeete Ts Te SNS ere be open to College students: stballe . Three hours credite First semester. A course for majors in Physical SL One ‘A complete study in the theoretical aspects of the fundamantels of foot- = balle Study of defensive and offensive tactics for each position. Required of all men majoring in Physical Bducations 3 Conger. ears TP cE caked Goma cal tas Ceectghen praeeates of eae college physical educations Elbel. = ee Side, Te bont andide First semoster. Elective for students majoring in wounds, hemorrhage, burns and poisonings Gnphasis placed on the technique of artifi- eial respiration and emergency bandagings Allene OT, of the Dance. Three hours credit. First semester. Elective for wanen | t Physical Education, A stuiy of the history of the dance; its influence ay GEIEAIGAAIE and Bho panne 20. the eitieh quanteniions Research topics are assigned and discussed. Theory in analysis of the types of dancing and their relation to musics Three hours lecture per weeke | ‘Dunkel, ole 65~ Basketball. ‘wo hours credit. First semesters Theory of basketball including methods of teaching fundamentela; individual and teem offense and defenses various styles of play and methods of coachinge Required of O22 sue sujeeting 2 TeaSens ‘ eNe is 3 teaching swimming, diving, life saving and pool Hoovere » Officiating hour credit. First semester. A study of the rules and rirnsisles of officiating the following sports: hockey, volley ball, darts, deck temis, table termmis, and basketball. Hoover'e ~ Ile One hour credit, Second semester. A study of the rules and imiaton, handball and baseball. — | Hoovers ‘The Tests ond Measurements in Physteal Bducation. ‘Two hours credite First semester. : course use of elementary techniques of . Course ° measurements as applied to tests in Physical Educatione A study of the more common types of tests in the field. : Hoover's 754 Track and “Ome hour credit. ‘Second semester, Course required for men of track and field athletics. Hargisse Two hours credit. First semestere Required of Prerequisite, course 50. Theory in treatment of with Anatomy 50. Theynyend practice of examining the body for faulty postural conditions, scoliosis, weak feet, and other physical defects. Also instruction in of therapeutic gywmstics as a moans of correcting theme Studies in the methods of taking and the values of physical measurenents are includeds Dunkel. 856 ve ‘Two hours credit. First semester. Required of all students major~ ing ir Education. Prerequisite, Human Anatomy 50, A study of the mechanics of muscular movement and of the action of the muscles in various physical activities. Lappe Soe ANS es One hour credit. First semester, Prerequisite, 31M and ° practical of advanced gymmstics including methods of Allphine One hour credit. First semester. A consideration - a March 15, 1938. Dean Paul Bs. Lewson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansase Deax’ Dean Lawson: I am wondering if it is at all possible for the University to have required work in Physical Education and Hygiene for one years If we could separate the Physical Education and Hygiene and look to each department for the grades from the respective departments, I believe this would be handled in a very satisfactory mamer. And I am sure it would result in much benefit to the students themselves. The thing that prompted this letter ws a commumica~ tion I received from Professor Robert J. Francis, of the University of Wisconsin. I am sending you a copy of the same. I am also sending you a copy of my letter to him. Previous to the abolition of the requirement of Physical Education, the University of Kansas had built up quite a reputation for the work with handicapped students. You can easily see that since this requirement for physical education has been abolished these students who need the do not of themselves volunteer to come in for such correct~ ive I will be happy to have your reactions Very cordially yours, Director of Physical Education, PCAsAH Varsity Basketball Coachs February 28, 1958. Dean Paul B. Lawson, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas. Dear Ps Bet Thanks for the explanation. This clears up every~ things I am glad I have found out chet it was a 25 cent cigar, a twoebitter. You bit the cigar, then bit the dust, but make Mre Wagstaff pey for parading under big shot colorse — Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Edueation, FCAsAH Varsity Basketbali Coache THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE February 26, 1938 OFFICE OF THE DEAN Dr. Forrest C. Allen Department of Physical Education University of Kansas My dear Phog: The big smoke which produced the big fire came from a cigar which was supposed to have cost Wagstaff one dollar, and which I attempted to smoke as a result of the promise a year ago that I would smoke such a cigar. Yesterday I found out that the cigar cost only twenty- five cents, so that Mr. Wagstaff hasn't heard the last of the proposition. Sincerely yours, Paul Be. Lawson, Dean PBL: BB February 24, 1958. Dean P. Be Lawgon, College of Liberal arts and Sciences, ‘University of Kansese Dear Pe Bet T wae dom tom on Massachusetts Street this after- noon, end some fellow said te me, “Where there is so mich smoke there must be a big fire". ‘nd I paid, “what do you mean?" le said, "You ask Pe Be Lansone He will tell yous” Wii you Bladeo elustaste, because this statanent hes me worryinge Sincerely yours, Director of Physical FUAs Ail Varsity Basketball Coaches Yesterday Dean Lawson called a conference with Mr. Allphin, Miss Dunkel, Dr. Canuteson - and as a result an understanding was reached in regard to averaging the three gradese The grades of those students who received F in Health Instruction (with one exception) have been averaged and changed on the records. Bill McKinley has received his new gradee February 22, 19386 Dean Paul Be Lawson, College of Liberal Arte and Sciences, University of Kansas. Dear Dean Lawson: Miss Dunkel and iM. Allphin have reported to me in regard to the conference held at your request to Glam the aetied of sveynging the grades for Presiuas Emerolses Z greatly apprecdute your teereet tn thin matter, and assure you that we want to cooperate in every way possible to give the students a fair grade for their Sincerely yours, Director of fF Education, Varsity Coashe THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN February 16, 1938 Dr. F. C, Allen Department of Physical Education University of Kansas My dear Dr, Allen: Confirming our telephone conversation the other day, I thought it might be well to put down in black and white my understanding of the situation governing the grades in Freshman Exercise. As I understand it, the grades for Health Instruction and the two half-semester activities are all turned in to some member of your staff, who then averages them and reports to this office the average grade which is then applied to all three parts of the course, As I remember it, the method of averaging these three has never been voted upon by the College Faculty, nor has any definite suggestion been made from this office. Personally, If feel it is a matter for the Department to decide, and I am perfectly willing to have the Department decide just how the averaging should be done. I think I might go further to express my opinion to the fact that a failure in one of the three parts of the course does not necessarily mean that a failure should be reported for the entire course, However, if a student has deliberately cut one of the three parts of the course, or has deliberately, though attending, tried to do nothing with it, then I believe that a failure in all three parts might be in order. If, however, a student has a failure in one of the three parts, in spite of conscientious effort and regular attendance, then I do not think it necessarily follows that he should be failed in the entire course, : but rather that his grade in the other two parts should be pulled down and a lower grade reported for the entire course, : I am further perfectly willing that a re-evaluation may be made of this last semester's grades, provided every student's grades, no matter whether high or low, are re-evaluated on the same basis. Obviously fairness would require this. rae yours, Paul B. Lawson, Dean PBL: LES February 17, 1938. _ I talked to Mie Elbel and Miss Dunkel about the matter, end they reported that 1% was the opinion of Miss Lear that if a student failed in one-third of the work he should be given a failure Director of Physical Educatione February 17, 1958. Dean Paul Be Lawson, College of liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansase ‘Dear Dean Lawson: I am enclosing a list of boys in the College who receiving passing grades in their gyumesiwm work for the past semester and who received a grade of “failure” in the Health instruwstion coursGe The grade for the semester, in the case of each of these boys, was turned in as “F*. I em writing at this time to urge that the three grades be averaged = the grade for the first half and the second half of the samester in physical activity, and: the grade in lealth Instruction, and that this grade be recarded for the semester. m physical vity is udoubtedly being eut dow because of the situstion ac it exists. Some of the boys on this list are naturally anxious ee » prohibits that. I shall be very glad to have your early consideration of this mattere Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Educations January 225 19586 Deen Paul Be Lawson, College of Libegzal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansase Dear Dean Lawsons I aw returning herewith the withdrawal notice cards for Frank Re Frinks “When he was injured, each day it was thought that he would return to his Classese That was just before the elementary basketball had been finishede For the imtermediate casketball we still felt that he might make up the elementary basket~ en i regret our neglect. Thank you for ealling our attention to ite FCAsAH ‘Davector of Physical Educations THE COLLEGE BULLETIN Jannary 20,. 1936 The Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will meet in the Central Administration Auditorium at 4:30 on Tuesday, January el. The report of the Committee on Revision of the Group System will be a special order of business, a a ae The following were the enrollment figures of the University on November 1, 1935. Men Women Total College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 1493 67. 2364 School of Engineering and Architecture 585 2 o07 School of Medicine 294 102 396 School of Fine Arts 72 192 264 Graduate School 164 84 248 School of Business 168 22 190 School of Law 141 2 144 School of Pharmacy 70 14 84 School of Education 17 50 G7 Net Registration (Excluding Combined Registrations) 2919 1327 4246 ieee ees The College enrollment is made up as follows: Men Women Total Seniors 219 167 406 Juniors 190 130 320 Sophomores 265 Lo? 402 Freshmen 850 241 791 Unclassed 253 164 417 Specials 16 Le 28 Totals 1493 871 2364 Included in the total are the following combined degree candidates: College and Medicine 42 College and Law 38 College and Nursing a Total 82 College Bulletin - 2 Unclassed students are advanced=standing students who have either just entered the College or who have not yet done a year's satisfactory work here, The number of Special students continues to remain quite low. The changed regulations regarding specials have evidently not opened the doors to a lot of inferior students, The ratio of men to women is about 5 to 3, The freshman class is about twice the size of any of the others, The enrollment in the College on November 1 for the last ten years follows: 1926 = 2487 1931 - 2202 1927 = 2380 1932 « 1947 1928 4 2324 19383 = 1968 1929 « 2433 1934 = 2242 1930 =. 2423 1935 «= 2364 This year's enrollment is the highest in five years; however, it has been exceeded four times, * * * * * * * "There is a great danger that at times of crisis like the present we shall disappear under a welter of words used in a perfectly meaning-— less manner: psychology, integration, relativity, complexes, vitamins, service=myou have all heard them, Certainly they appeal to the ignorant, but the really educated should be proof against them. The acid test is whether you yourself indulge in them, If you call everyone who stands to the right of you a Bourbon and everyone who stands to the left a Communist, you are contributing your bit to the gonfusion and deserve no better fate than to be yourself played upon by those who parade all manner of slogans and catehwords," -— President Conant, Harvard University, 2 ¢ = ts & SS PoUR COLLEGE OFFICE BEATITUDES Blessed are the instructors who have so generously helped us during the preenrollment period, for they shall not be forgotten, Blessed are the instructors who report final grades promptly. Verily they are the friends of this office, Blessed are ye who do not wish to change grades once Yeported, Ye shall have our profound thanks. Blessed are all instructors who are careful not to give "Incompletes,” except in accordance with the regulations, Truly, they help maintain g8od standards of scholarship, THE COLLEGE BULLETIN March 14, 1936. NOTICE OF FACULTY MEETING The Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will meet on Tuesday, March 17, in Central Administration Auditorium at 4:30 p.m, It is hoped we can complete consideration of the report of the Committee on Group Revision. MID-SEMESTER REPORTS Mid-semester reports are due on Tuesday, March 24, These reports enable us to make a complete list of all students who are in danger of excessive failure. From them, also, reports are sent to the parerts of those students who are now failing. and both advisers and this office use them in student conferences. We believe this mid-semester check-up prevents more student failures than anything we do. Therefore, we @re anxious to do a thorough and complete job of it, “Will you please help us by sending in your mid-semester reports promptly, and by giving us as complete information as possible as to the reasons for each student's difficulties. Reports are to be made only on those students whose work is incomplete or of Dor F grade. Green cards are to be used for freshmen and sophomores; white cards for all others. These cards may be obtained at the departmental office. Please use the usual blue cards to indicate that you have reported on each of your classes. ABSENCE REPORTS Rightly or wrongly, we find thet parents expect this office to know whether or not their children are attending classes, We feel we should, therefore, be kept informed of those absences which indicate that a student doesn't plan to attend a class any longer. Accordingly, will you please report absences of over a week (unless caused by known biinase} on the “Deficiency Cards, * A student dropping out of a course without withdrawing and reported severnl weeks latcr can receive only an "F" in the course. Prompt reports of continuous absences frequently prevent such failures, for then we can often get students back into their classes before it is too late. WITHDRAWALS Please remember that no student is withdrawn from 2 course until you have received a withdrawal notice from this office, DEFICIENCY CARDS Please use these cards at any time during the semester to report students who are failing in or neglecting their work, Mid-semestcr reports, however, may take their place at this time of the semester, THE COLLEGE BULLETIN May 23, 1936. PINAL EXAMINATIONS Reports have come to us that in a number of College classes instructors are either not giving final examinations at all or are giving them before the regular examination period. May we call your attention to the regula— tion that an examination is to be given in all College classes during the examination week and that the examination schedule should be very strictly followed, ; . RED AND BLUE CARDS These cards for early reports on Failures and Incompletes may be obtained from the departmental office. Please send in a red card for all students who have withdrawn with failure during the semester and for those who fail at the end of the semester. Since we must copy these failures on the transcripts before the Summer Session starts, they should be sent in as soon as possible, but in all cases not later than Saturday, June 6. HONOR ROLLS We are asking the faculty to nominate students for the Honor Roll of this year's Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior classes. This roll usually lists from five to ten per cent of the membership of each class and has, we believe, proved an incentive to good scholarship to many students, Nominations should be made for students who were in your classes last fall or this spring. Please use a separate card for each student recommended, Cards for your nominations may be obtained at the departmental office. FALL ENROLLMENT The fall semester starts on September 14, Because of the changes in our regulations we feel we must ask all who aid in enrollment to be sure to be present at advisers' meetings to be held on the afternoon of the fourteenth. The meeting of the Freshman-Sophomore advisers will be held at 3:30 in 103 East Ad.; the meeting of the Junior-Senior advisers will be at 4:30 in 103 East Ad, Advisers who fail to attend these meetings will find themselves seriously handicapped in their enrollment work on September 15 and 16, and their advisees are also liable to be in trouble. We trust, therefore, that we may have a 100 per cent attendance, So, PLEASE, put this on your calendar NOW! SUMMER ADDRESSES You are being sent a sheet asking for your summer address. Please be sure to send this in before leaving town. "Badgering, bridling, and blindfolding the universities is cheap and popular, although the community hurts itself in the end more than it does the college, A professor with blinders on can see no farther than his feed=bag." -~ Professor S. E, Morison, Harvard. This office wishes to thank you for your cooperation through the year, and may you have a pleasant summer !? THE COLLEGE BULLETIN October 16, 1936, FACULTY MEETING The College Faculty will meet at 4:30 Tuesday, October 20, in the Central Administration Auditorium, We urge a full attendance to welcome the new members who will be introduced at that time, CONCERNING ABSENCES AND DEFICIENCIES Last spring a prominent resident of Kansas, and one who has much to do with the legislative welfare of the University, compZained to the Chancellor that, although his boy had not attended his classes for over a month, yet no word had been sent him about the absences Investigation showed that not one of the four teachers concerned had repcrted his excessive absences to this office. Their negligence prevented both the father and us from doing anything for or with this boy in time to save even a part of the semester's work, This is one illustration among many showing that, rightly or wrongly, the parents of our students expect us to let them know if their children are not attending their classes at least fairly regularly. For this reason, and also because a prompt report of excessive absences will prevent the failure of many students, we are asking all instructors of College students to check class attendance regularly and to report promptly on the deficiency cards any student who, aside from known illness, has one more absence from a class than the number of hours of credit given in the course, These deficiency cards are also intended to enable us to get prompt reports as soon as it is known a student is failing, An early report frequently prevents a failure. We earnestly request your cooperation in these reports, WITHDRAWALS No student should be considered withdrawn from your classes until you have received a withdrawal card from this office, And if you don't get such a card promptly, the student has not withdrawn, for we send out all withdrawal cards within 24 hours of the student's withdrawal. AUDITORS No instructor should admit auditors to his classes except on receipt of an auditor's class card, You are requested to observe this all-University regulation strictly. ENROLLMENT Judging from comments heard, we believe both students and faculty felt that our enrollment this fall went off quite smoothly, We congratulate Professor Smith's committee on its good work, The committee again asks for suggestions for further improvement, STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1936—'37 The following standing committees have been appointed by the dean in accordance with the Faculty regulations: Committee on Special Students: Davidson, Chairman, Laird, Realey, Reinstatement Committee: Lawson, Chairman ex officio, Nelson, ex officio, Dains, Laird, Posey. Committee on Rules: Nelson, Chairman, Chubb, Mitchell, Committee on Enrollment: Smith, Chairman, Black, NeuenSchwander, Posey, Treece, Joint Committee on University Zgecher’s Diploma: May Gardner, Johnson, Lawson, THE COLLEGE BULLETIN November 2, 1936. MID-SEMESTER REPORTS Mid-semester reports on the work of all College students whose work is unsatis= factory (i.-es of D, F, or I grade) are due on Tuesday, November 10. Cards for these reports may be obtained from your departmental office. Green cards are to be used for freshmen and sophomores; white cards for all others. A blue card for each class, including classes in which there may be no unsatis= factory grades, should also be sent to the office, We are very anxious that these midesemester reports include all the information you can give us as to the student's attitude, attendance, ability, and other factors which seem to be responsible for his unsatisfactory work, Parents very frequently ask for such information, and we also need it very much if we are to have worthwhile conferences with the students concerned, Through these reports and the subsequent conferences we are sure that a great many students are faced for the first time with their exact scholastic situation, and a large number are saved from failure. We will be very grateful for complete and prompt reports. COMMITTEE ON SUPERIOR STUDENTS The Committee, authorized by the Faculty at its last meeting, to study possible differential treatment of supezior students consists of the following: Lane, Chairman, Johnson, Brown, Guy Smith, May Gardner, Crawford, Brewster, Sandelius, The Committee is very anxious to receive suggestions, We hope any member of the faculty who has definite ideas about the matter will communicate with some member of the Committee. ENROLLMENT, FALL 1936 The Registrar's office gives us the following enrollment figures for November lst; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 1537 980 2527 School of Engineering and Architecture 625 4 629 School of Medicine 295 +07 402 School of Fine Arts 98 222 320 Graduate School 214 96 310 School of business 206 <5 eee Sehool of Law 166 3 169 School of Pharmacy 7” 18 95 School of Education a7 ee. ee oe Net Registration (Excluding duplicates ) 3142 1487 4631 The College registration includes the following who are taking combined courses: College and Medicine 38 College and Law 32 College and Nursing 8 ect meaner erent are 78 COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE OF FACULTY MEETING The College Faculty will meet on Tues- day, December 15, at 4:30, in the Central Administration Auditorium, The meeting promises to be short--so we know you will want to come, HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? We refer to the title, which suggests the idea that this sheet is to be used for communicating information of importance and interest regarding our work and life as members of the College Faculty, All members of the Faculty are cordially in- vited to becomé joint editors by using this paper to “communicate” their ideas or suggestions to their colleagues, And how @o you like the “columns” used in this number? WE FEEL HAPPY Because last Tuesday this happened: An upperclassman who had attended three other colleges told us that this was the first college where he had found the faculty interested in his personal prog-+ ress. And on Thursday, another lad, who had also been to three other colleges, volunteered an almost identical statement. In each case the colleges previously attended were smaller than K.U. Perhaps these students felt this way because of such things as ROOM 211, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Where from 3:30—5:30 daily the Mathe- matics Department furnishes additional help to all comers who are struggling with Mathematics, The dean stepped into this interesting room hast Thursday at 4:30 and found 18 students working with each other, assisted by two graduate students. While there, a “hard-boiled” professor also dropped in to see what he could do to help the 18<-and that was after 4:30, This is an example, among others, of what we would like to think is the typical attitude of our Faculty. Might your department be able to help its students more? And this isn't softness-—several mathe matics students will receive 's" in January. December 12, 1936. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION The new regulations regarding foreign languages became operative this fall, All freshmen entering College for the first time are now required to take cither ten hours of a new language, or five»hours in continuation of two or more units of a high school language, or else pass a pro= ficiency examination in the reading of simple prose in the high school language. The results of the proficiency examina- tion, given for the first time this fall, are as follows: No, Taking Exam. No. Passed Latin 19 4. German 3 z French 11 3 Spanish 10 1 Totals 43 9 SUPERIOR STUDENTS Have you given your ideas regarding spee cial treatment of superior students to th: committee appointed to study the problem? Dr. H, H. Lane is chairman, THE NEXT ISSUE We know you'll all be interested in our next issué, which you will receive after the holidays, for it will be a study of the grades given in 1935-'36, The College average and departmental averages will be printed and the average of each instructor will be mailed to him, PROPAGANDA "Propaganda, even though it is for the ends that we believe good, is never the whole truth, The rising generation must be pre sented with the truth from all sides, and left free to follow its own convictions—— otherwise it will be no better than its ancestors," =-— Augustus Thomas, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR We cordially extend to every one of our colleagues the season's greetings. May 1937 bring you all of the following: 1, A cooler summer, 2. More money--you deserve it and you'll need it, 3. A peamse of growing interest in your study and in your teaching, 4. A sense of growing happiness in your work and associations, 5. hess bother from the dean, COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS January 8, 1937. GRADES FOR 1935-'36 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 the departments for 1935-—'36; the second column, with figures in parentheses, shows the ranking in 1934-'35, The figures in parentheses to the right of the depart— mental names show the relative ranking for 1935~'36 of the College departments. 29 departments are listed in 1935-'36 in the Freshman-Sophomore list as against 28 in 1934-'35, because we separated the grades for Applied and Theory courses in Music, 31 departments are listed in the Junior-Senior list for 1935-'36 as against 32 in 1934-'35, Departments in which enroll- ment of College students was less than 10, as in Anatomy and Engineering, are not included in Table I, but are included in Table II. Obviously such limited enrollments cannot give a fair estimate of a department's grading. It seems that about 1.4 for Freshman-Sophomore work and about 1.7 for Junior- Senior work were the median departmental indices for 1935~'36. 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 If Table II is, we believe, self-explanatory. Note that the first 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 three studies for the College as a whole: A B c D ‘ Fr 1929—' 30 15.3 29,0 34.0 10.2 3,3 Ba2 1934-135 16.6 33.5 33.7 9,2 2,3 ‘3 1935~-'36 16,8 33,2 34.7 8,8 +8 4.7 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 eretes were A's and B's, Note the rather general agreement in all the percentages of the last two years. The continued reduction in the percentage of I's is gratifying, This means that more students are developing the good habit of completing their work at the right time, and that fewer instructors will be bothered about getting to this office the bothersome Incomplete make-up cards, sail GRADE POINT INDEX FOR FALL Freshman-Sophomore Courses TABLE I Rank Rank ‘356 34. "36 *35 Department 1 (6) Music (Applied) ‘2°=" (2) Physical Education +3 (1) Religion *4 (11) Sp, and Dr, Art (3) #5 (4) Design 6 (8) Home Economics (2) *7 (12) Psychology (3) 8 (6) Musical Theory 9 (14) French (4) 10 (7) Latin and Greek (5) 1l (10) Entomology (6) 12 (8) Chemistry (7) 13. (13) German (8) 13 (16) Spanish (8) 15 (16) English (10) 16 (22) Zoology (11) *17. (24) =Sociology (12) 18 (18) Botany (13) #19 (21) Journalism (14) 19 (25) History (14) 21 (28) Drawing and Ptg, 22 (14) Geology (16) #23 (20) Pol. Science (17) 23 (19) Physics and Astr.(17) #25 (5) Philosophy (19) 26 (3) Military Seience 26 (27) Economics (20) 28 (26) Mathematics (21) 29 (23) Physiology (22) * Index 2,38 2,00 aa 7Z Courses not open to freshmen, *35 — SPRING "36 Junior-Senior Courses Rank Rank Soo ~ * See *36 *35 Department 1 (8) Music (Applied) 2 {1) German (1) 3 (5) Botany (2) 4 (2) Spanish (3) 5 (4) French (4) 6 (8) Musical Theory 7 (3) Zoology (5) @ (11) Mathematics (6) 9 (17) Latin and Greek (7) 10 (10) Physical Educ, 11 (9) English (8) 12 (6) Physics and Astr, (9) 13 (14) Psychology (10) 14 (6) Home Economics (11) 15 (28) Geology (12) 16 (12) Philosophy (13) 17. (20) History (14) 18 (13) Entomology (15) 19 (18) Bacteriology (16) 19 (22) Education 19 (19) Sy, and Dey Ave (16) 22 (21) Jovrnalism (18) 22 (15) Religion 24 (16) Military Science 25 (24) Sociology (19) 26 (26) Chemistry (20) 27. (27) Physielogy (21) 28 (25) Poel. Science (22) 29 (29) Ecenomics (23) 30 ©(30) Business 31 (32) Biochemistry Index TABLE II * 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 Mathematics Military Science Music Applied Theory Jr~Sr Jr-sr Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Soph FreSoph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph JreSr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr 'Fr-Soph Jresr FPr-Soph JreSr Fr-Soph Jr-5r Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-sr Fr-Soph Jr-sSr Fr-Soph Jr-sr Bit Fr-Soph JraSr FOR FALL Number of Student Marks 235 42 220 we. 433 ord 27 11 i255 293 £3Ge 631 199 a2 451 58 423 87 503 25 481 507 382 176 226 503 187 43 902 58 147 47 95 63 '35 ~ SP A% 50.0 25,4 2663 36.44 cee? 19.9 RING B% 50,0 2 ee | 1is9 47.7 Zin? 3649 48.1 14,3 23.6 16.6 19,7 13» d 3749 8.7 aoe? 21.1 44,0 12.3 20,9 a2 13,6 11.9 Loe? 22,5 2556 18.9 37.9 5.4 a7 ¢0 48.4 16.3 25.4 36.4 50.0 23,5 19,1 32.5 44.4 27,6 a2e9 32,8 3769 30,5 31.0 ai 40,0 mis? 37.3 42.4 52.8 27.8 41.9 ales 46.5 20,49 31,0 18.4 38,3 42,1 33,8 S752 +36 of 33.42 52.4 30,5 4346 2259 22.9 44,4 54.5 a3e3 38,8 47.8 24.1 40.1 D% N Oy s Mm N ° Ww W A aon w Ol ul Ul he be OD * e@ Oy Ww 1% F% et 9 9,6 243 10.9 558 12,5 ae 8.5 Sa7 Ls 8.9 «3 54 249 6.4 35D ag os 4,5 24) 1,9 9 3a 5 +e 76 3.5 1,4 Lye 8,0 a3 4.9 240 204 tak ig3 2,ys «4 6,6 eau ao 6.9 “7 Lae? 3,4 Zeer Zeck 133 Philosophy Physical Education Physics and Astronomy Physiology Political Science Psychology Religion School of Business School of Education School of Engineering Sociology Spanish Speech and Dramatic Art Zoology Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Soph Jr-Sr Soph Jr-Sr Soph Jr-sr Jr=Sr Jr-+Sr Jr=Sr Soph Jr=Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Soph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jr-Sr Total Number Marks Freshman-Sophomore Junior-Senior Number of Student Marks 355 86 567 64 261 67 234 91 341 3a7 624 413 ae? 261 38 650 325 624 545 oo 306 191 302 325 13,798 12,306 6,412 TABLE II Mo 10,1 24,4 coe? 18.7 12.6 a Pe 1349 15,4 dled tect 15.4 2e:9 19.7 12.6 18.4 (Continued) B% C% 25,8 41,1 36,1 . 26.7 $2.0 - 13.9 S0,0 --3i.3 26,3 747.3 32.0 235.4 23.9 #2 ac,.¢ 374 24,6 . 44,6 33,5 #4,2 $4.6 4142 40.9 :29,1 62.5 30,7 45.2 36,4 7,9 ° 86,0 27,40 : £2, 50,0 27,1 2 34,6. 45,2 29,4 31,4 60.0 o,1 25,8 33,0 46,6 .36,.2 19,5 32,6 46.5 2059 33.2. 34,7? 30,3 34,3 oo.7 33,5 5.5 ~ oO e 3 i e Or T% her e * wn ow & 2s « uo Pe Ke @ Ps OH OT GQ) Oy “a & e yy “! a) ~