Allen Grade Point Index: FreSoph - 2.00 COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS January 3, 1939 GRADES FCR 1937-'38 TABLE I cmp ee ane Table I shows the grade point index, or the number of grade points ver hour of sredit, for each department. Students from other sshools of the University, though enrolled in Coilege classes, are not included ia this steady. In other words, both tables deal oniy with Coilege students. The first column of figures shows the reiative ranking of all departments Civing College work in 1937--'38; the second column gives the ranking in 1936<'37, The figures in parentheses to the right of the departmental raaes show the relative ranking for 1937-'38 of the Coliege departments ALone, It seems that abcut 1,34 for Freshman+Sophomore work and about 1,74 for Junior=Senior work were the median College departmental indices for 1937-."38, 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, Below is a comparison of the perdentages of grades shown in the last four studies for the College as a whole: A B c D I E 1934-35 16.6 33.5 33,7 9,2 cas 4.7 1935=+'36 16,8 33,2 34.7 8.8 1.8 4.7 1936—'37 14.6 33,0 36,9 9.4 Ze 5.9 1937-'38 15.0 34.3 34.4 9.9 1e® 4,8 Note the rather general agreement in all the percentages of all four years. Many people, both students and instructors, might be surprised to note that 49 per cent of the grades given last year were Ats and B*s. In 1929~'30 when the last previous grade study was made, 44.3 per cent of the grades were A*s and B*s while 8.2 per cent were F's, Evidently in recent years we are grading more liberally or students are doing better work or both, 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, Rank ee 138 i * 2 10 11 12 13 #14 15 16 16 18 19 20 ra 22 23 24 25 25 "27 28 29 Rank r36- rs ak 29 10 aa 9 a2 Lo 8 23 ad 22 ii 37 20 19 14 26 24 20 a7 <> 27 28 TABLE I GRADE POINT INDEX FOR FALL *37 -— SPRING '38 Freshman-Sophomore Courses Department Music (Applied) Design Musical Theory Physical Education Drawing and Painting Religion Philosophy { Speech & Dr, Art ( Psychology Home Economics French Botany piel, agama allt O° gla Sai German Sociology Physics & Astron, Latin & Greek Military Science Entomology ( Spanish Zoology English Journalism Economics Physiology Geology History Pol. Sodience Comte ome) upd Seale aps labia an ee nm Mathematics Nm Chemistry ( * Courses not open to freshmen, NX oO oO a w nN eS ee ee a PP FP PF HP PP Pb ~u 2 & 2s 2 & Oo @ oo @ nm (a -) a8 ~~ nd ~~ See? _— ~~ wa wee — See? ~~ eS ie. Index 2.34 2.06 1,91 1.63 1.60 1,60 sant 1,56 Junior=—Senior Courses Rank Rank Department index ‘3)= | 366 a8. 1 9 Mathematics (1) 2.23 2 5 Botany 2) 2435 2 2 German (2) 2,34 4 3 French (4) 2.07 5 1 Latin & Greek (5) 2.05 6 13 Spanish (6) 1.96 7 6 Zoology (7) 1490 8 1 Musical Theory 1,84 9 gS Philosophy (8) 1.83 10 11 English (9) 1.79 43 4 Home Economics (10) 1.78 12 10 Psychology (13) 1,74 i2 21 Speech & Dr, Art(11)1.74 14 a5 Education hata 15 21 Entomology (a3) 1x70 16 23 Physiology (14) 1.68 17 17 Religion 1, 66 18 26 Physics & Astr.(15) 1.63 19 16 Military Science 1.62 20 26 Business i461 Zi 19 Journalism (16) 1,59 22 25 Pol. Science (17) 2488 23 14 History (18) 1/53 23 19 Bacteriology (18) 1.53 25 26 Chemistry (20) 1.52 26 24 Sociology (21) 1349 27 17 Geology (22) 1.47 28 29 E¢onomics (23) 1,36 29 30 Biochemistry 81 TABLE IT THE DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Anatomy Bacteriology Biochemistry Botany Chemistry Design Drawing and Painting Heonomics English Entomology French Geology German History Home Economics Journalism Latin and Greek Mathematics Military Science St Jr=Sr Jr-Sr Jr=—Sr Fr-Soph Jregr Fr=Soph Jr=Sr Fr=Soph Fres gph Jr=—Sr Fr-Soph Jr=-Sr Fre§ oph Jr=Sr FPreSoph Jr=$r FreSoph Jresr Fr-Soph Jr=-Sr FreSoph Jr-Sr FreSoph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Jresr FreSoph JreSr Fr=Soph Jr=Sr FreSoph JreSr FreSoph JreSr FOR PALL Number of udent Marks 281 39 281 82 354 269 ek ad 9 1467 295 2258 588 232 147 486 4l oer 64 478 20 Cie 460 350 269 213 A74 97 65 806 53 177 34 "37 —- SPRING A% B% 14;3 71,4 10,7 43.8 25.6 18.9 28.8 30,5 52.5 i743 254 15,2 42.4 19,3 57.4 ay 18,2 13.7 24, 15.2 23,9 16.6 31,2 21.6 “1,9 19.8 34,5 18.4 34,7 24,1 20,2 36.6 36,6 6.3 25, Ay? 45.3 25,1 eo.1 40, 30. 5.2 24.8 4174 32,4 9,4 43,7 1,3 59,1 10.8 28,6 16,6: 46,9 23,6 23,7 35,4 38.5 18.5 20. 39,6 41,5 9, 33,9 11.8 47 ‘2c Seu 7 oye aiyS 2746 15g 43.5 32.4 D% 35.7 LO. 17, 8.6 I% a . s On ® “i eve d Pas) Music Applied Theory Philosophy Physical Education Physics and Astronomy Physiology Political Science Psychology Religion School of Business Sahoo of Rducation School of Engineering Social Science Survey Sociology Spanish Speech and Dramatic Art Zoology Student Marks All FreSoph Jr-Sr Fr-Soph Ji Sr Fr-Soph Jr=Sr FreSoph Jr-Sr FreSoph JreSr Fr-Soph Jr=Sr Fr=Soph JreSr Fr-Soph JreSr Jr=Sr Jr-Sr FreSoph JreSr FreSoph FreSoph JreSr FreSoph Jr=Sr FreSoph Jr=Sr Fr=Soph Jr=Sr FreshmaneSophomore JunioreSenior Total Number Marks Number of 181 77 39 234 124 558 2 eee 66 can va 403 294 441 525 89 156 44 644 12 40 346 696 620 59 306 207 250 369 12,374 6,562 18,936 A% 49.2 29,5 2.2 tae 26.6 8,2 Ls, 21.2 10,2 16.4 6.2 15.6 12,9 14,6 L8, eas 13.8 1647 14,3 his 34.9 26. 41,1 Zset Ble 36,3 38,3 36, 40,4 25. 46.4 16,7 28.6 45. 40,1 29.8 42,4 39.¢ 46.9 32,4 45,5 30.6 40.4 34. Lead 23,4 30.8 eGe 21.8 Shel 100. 3554 28. 8 38,6 38.4 44.4 40.5 42.8 30.7 40.5 , 89 29.5 3342 S363 256 39.6 38,8 3354 206? 40.2 34.3 2542 Zope 35,6 S2ae 34.4 fo tw on I s s s MH Hw ane @o nm > pa es * 2 a! N © U1 IO an W U1 2 © OO 13 45 46,7 THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS i Oe caw COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS « : % te AND SCIENCES A Pot OFFICE OF THE DEAN LAWRENCE 4 a October 13, 1938 Dr. F. C. Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: = We appreciate very much your co-operation in enforcing the College regulation prohibiting students on probation from engaging in extra-curricular activities. Both Dean Lawson and I believe, however, that those students engaging in intramural sports who are on te fall under the operation of the rule. Will you please, Thevelere, ask Mr, Elbel to check the list we sent you for students _ of this type? Those who are working individually are not, of course, affected. — = ee Very sincerely yours, JHN:EPL October |7, 1935S Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach, ° THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ig COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE DEAN October 5, 1938 Prof. F. C. Allen Department of Physical Education University of Kansas Dear Mr. Allen: We are sending you here a list of the College students who are on probation this semester. One of our College regulations prescribes that no student on probation may engage in extra- ourrioular activities of any sort; and we hope that you will not allow anyone named on this list to take part in athletic activities this semester, Very truly yours, JHN: EPL [Eee Ree ARP : a COLLEGE PROBATION LIST aw FALL 1930 Walker, oar" hegton Wallace, tari Robert Wedd, corbert Dean Paul 3» Las, Cdenetiy Of menees . Dear Dean Lawson: SS 6 SANE Cheatin eg Gt Se Rees eres eee i oe : P le Tieeo hours credite First sancstere A course for majors in tiie ee Oo Se te oe wali tevaee foote ajoring i Yhysieal Mducxtion. A i of tho hdotory of tho Gano it intlumce a / @ clyilizatio tet tts csoe ta curriculune Research toples are assiged Theory in amlysis of the types of dancing ani their relation to munis "thrwo hours lecture por wed Dunkele Athletios Is ‘Two hours oredite First soucstere Required of wonen cara oll eqartee temis, hockey, soccer, volley belle tee ene Se » Two hours credits Sune wanitente Required of wanen tic a rn ae ee & eee ee Sete oe ae gan om Pa Septenber 21, 1958. I ecutributed thie chapter on "Physical Education and Athletics" in 1929, and some of it is so at the pres- emt time that I fecl you would be interested in reading it. Same of the suggestions here are decidedly similar present set-up, particularly regarding the relationship | Director of Physical Education, FCA sAlt | Varsity Basketball Coach. COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS WELCOME} Wherever you have summered, whether in desert or by clear lake, atop mountain or lowly plain, 'mongst crowds or in lonely spots, in worope or in Topeka; whether you have been too hot or too cold, ener= getic or filled with lassitudes; regard= less of what youtve done or haven't done, we hope your return to K.U. will give you the thrill that we experience in your re- turn. And you who come to us for the first time are also welcomed with the hope that you will find in your colleagues the Better Teacher fellowship which means so much to those of uc who have been here longer. And, the words of the Irish maid: "May the good Lord himself wonder at the good luck that will be yours," in COLLEGE FACULTY If you know all the members of the fac» ulty of the College of Liberal Arts and Scisness, you know 149 voting members and 93 non—voting members. Here's a good chance to get acquainted with some fine peovle, COMMITTEES For your information we give the person-= ned. OF sh committees of our faculty for this year. In each case the first person named is the chairman, STANDING COMMITTEES: Administr: rative: Dean and Associate Dean, ex officio, Clark, Davis, Sandelius, Guy Smith, Stranathan, Treece,. Reinstatement: Dean and Associate Dean, ex officio, Brewster, Laird, Posey. dents:Davidson, Laird, Realey, specia suiess Nelson, Chubb, Storer, Enrollment: Guy Smith, Black, Posey, Stanton, Treece, acher's a iploma: Schwegler, M. Gardner, Johnson, Larson, Russell, Turney. English Profi- Cliency Exam: Virtue, Eldridge, Lynn, Tart, General Committee on Honors: Mitchell, Clark, “Jobnson, Lane, Osborne, Divisional September 17, 1936 Honors: FPrepa ations New Social Rels tions | s Course: 3. New Regulations, Please.read Division I Johnson, Flint Shoemaker, Springer, Lane, Davidson, Mitchell, Moore, Clark, Davis, Gaglia ardo, Osborne, Division If Duviston Tit SPECIAL COMMITTEES: Nelson, Baboock, Clark, Davidson, May Gardner, Clark, Canuteson, Meguiar, Sherbon, Sherwood, Twente, Werner. New Hygiene Courses: Stoland, Elbel, Hoover, Sherwood, Woodruff, FOR YOUR INFORMATION 1. Class Cards, Be sure you have a class rnoemenrarties | ne sctmmnrer. 5 card for every student, Those without them should be sent to the dean's office to obtain them. Without the class card the student is simply not enrolled in your course, Prerequisites. be sure to announce the prerequisites of your courses to your classes, Students who have not met prerequisite requirements must be withdrawn, The prerequisites apply, of course, to all students in your classes regardless of which school of the University carries their enroll» ment, the en= closed “Rules of the Faculty" carc« fully. The following newer reguloe tions are important: 29, 30d, 31, OS, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 48d, 66, * *® * * * * * ae 33b, I wonder if Kipling's description of the spirit of the old pioneers as they crossed geographical frontiers may not the spirit of the true teacher: describe Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated==so:; "Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges—= Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you, Go!" duly 27, 1938. May 25, 1988. At @ meeting af the monbers of our department yesterday afternoon someone mentioned the nimeographed sheets sent out ty the College Office occeasiomliy diwing the school year. I have seen one or two of Director of Physical | Varsity Basketball Coachs BETTER PUBLIC CONTACTS To this end may we suggest the following: 1. Definite ond persistent departmental effort to make contacts with prospective employers and to place graduates with them, 2. Contacts with high school teachers, It would be to the advantage of the University if the staff of each College department would become as thoroughly acquainted as possible with high school teachers in the same field. This might be done through personal correspondence, attendance at the meetings of and member- ship in the Kansas State Teachers Association, and through conferences held at the University. 3. A number of College departments could do a very fine thing, not only in estab- lishing better contacts with high school teachers and students, but in giving educational leadcrship to the high schools in the field of their subject matter, by conducting short conferences at the University, to which high school teachers and interested students could be invited. Such a conference was tried by the Chemistry Department on April 30. this were invited the high school chemistry teachers and from one to four of their outstanding students, It was felt that an attendance of a hundred would have been very gratifying, but to our surprise, well over 200 people came in from all over the state, and they seemed to enjoy the day thoroughly. We are sure that similar conferences would be very worthwhile. To 4. As long as we have a radio station, it is our feeling that many more of the College departments could make a very fine use of it. So far it has been used much more by the departments in Division I, namely, the languages and literatures, than by the others, We are very sure that intensely interesting and at the same time instructive programs could be given over the radio by the departments in the social science and physical science divisions. TEN THOUSAND HOURS "Never, I suppose, since Cain and Abel went to school at their mother's knee-=or across it--have so many people had so much to say on the subject of education,,.We are possessed with a passion for educa- tional reconstruction--for ripping up pavement which has just been laid, for wrecking, nailing, riveting, planning new schemes and courses to replace others which have not had time to prove their worth, Naturally, this agitation is disturbing to an honest teacher who knows how to do his work and only wishes to get at it... "Now I make no claim to knowledge of what is generally understood today by Education. Much that I have overheard in discussions of the subject seemed obvious or not helpful to me in the practice of my craft,..I have entered upon each of the ten thousand or so hours I have taught with the bright hope that,..1 should in this hour reach my high to date in breaking down the barriers between the student and the abounding store of humanism with which English literature is charged...Such experience in its modest way comes near to being creative...For the teacher is, or should be, the artist, whatever subject he teaches, however 'factual't it may be. His material is an immature human being, plastic, with possibilities of being wrought into something more human, most human... "Our first constant is the student. A group of young men appears before me for the first time to be instructed, I look them over=—with more inward concern and excitement than they could ever suspect.,.I must conceive these students as living souls, among whom I can explore for that which is exceptional in its own way, for that which unawares is waiting for reinforee— ment and training..,that I may try to fashion out of it a work of the teacher's art--a sensitive, useful, reliable, enlightened agent of humanism ' to the generation in which he is to live.,."-=Professor Charles G. Osgood, Princeton, AU REVOIR! find again all of us in the College Office thank all of you for all your help and for the privilege of working with you through another school year, May your summer vacation te the best ever ! COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS NOTICE OF FACULTY MEETING The College Faculty will meet on Tuesday, May 14, 1938 WE SALUTE THEM! We regret to announce that at the May 18, at 4:30, in Frank Strong Auditorium,close of the present semester, the We hope all members will be present for this last meeting of the year at which we take up regular matters of business. RED AND BLUE CARDS These cards for early reports on failures and incompletes may be obtained from the departmental offices, Please send in red cards 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 in as soon as possible, but in all cases not later than Saturday, June 4, 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 te 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 either last fall or this spring. Please use a separate card for each student recommended. Cards for your nominations may be obtained at the departmental offices, FINAL EXAMINATIONS Your cooperation is urgently requested in following the final examination echedule strictiy, Shifts in the schedule usually result in giving some member of the class too many examina= tions in 4 Qny Gr cise datiee conflicts or other confusion, SUMMER ADDRESSES Enclosed is a sheet asking for your summer address. Please be sure to send this in before leaving town, We will try not to disturb your summer vacation, but an emergency may make it necessary for us to get in touch with you, following members of the College Faculty will retire from full-time service: Professor E, A. White, of the Departe ment of Chemistry, who has been a member of the staff since 1918, and Professor E, F, Stimpson, of the Depart- ment of Physics, who has been a member of the staff since 1901, All of us, we are sure, wish to express our appreciation for the fine and loyal service of these two colleagues, and the hope that the giving up of a part of their work may result in restoration and preservation of health sufficient to enable them to continue to give us for many years to come both their fellowship and counsel, BETTER STUDENT CONTACTS There is a feeling that the College departments as a whole are not as successful in maintaining contacts with their major students, as is the case in the professional schools, Probably the size of the College has hindered us somewhat in this matter. Because of the importance of such contacts, it is suggested that each department study the question as to how it may better know its major students and keep in touch with them while they are at the University and after they leave. The following possibilities are suggested: 1. Group meetings of major students, along with members of the faculty, either in social groups or in depart} mental clubs. 2. Complete and up=toedate records in the departmental office on the departmental work of all major students, along with pertinent personal data and student's home address, 3. Keeping in touch with graduates through personal correspondence after graduation. May 2_, 2000 | Nebresin, driving i, wile tae Gee tees ohay te ts 4 Se | tmthanation ON ieo Suaty eAternoon ot 2480 to wut with ‘the Deocubive Camitteds, ; : 1% wid not bo pooosble fer no to got ‘ ‘ together with tho cowclaizaan, r, Jibs Tau i, previous | ee ce e POA shit 08 to Jin taaghay UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE DIVISION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND April 15, 1938.6 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Dre Fe Ce Allen, Department of Physical Education, University of Kansase Dear Dr. Allen: The Women's Physical Education department has this suggestion for three hours activity classes in Physical Education: A student would select any activity which she desired for two days a week meeting those classes on Monday and Wednesday, or Tuesday and Thursdaye The third hour would meet on Friday and be the same for each group, whether the Monday-Wednesday group, or the Tuesday-Thursday groupe The general outline of the work for the Friday classes is as follows « 1. Health conferences (discussing the medical examination) 2. Posture picture 3e Discussion and exercises on relaxation 4. Discussion and exercise for correct posture 5e Discussion and exercise for good feet 6. Diseussion of points te consider in shoes 7. Diet 8. Dysmenorrhea 9. Constipation 10. Personal cleanliness and Personal charm ll. Sex hygiene ~ marriage 12. Mental hygiene 13. Discussion of questions turned in by students A progression would be worked out for a two-year series meeting once a weeke Sincerely yours, Ruth Hoovere THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS eer OFFICE OF THE DEAN Dr. Forrest C. Allen COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE April 28, 1936 Department of Physical Education University of Kansas My dear Dr. Allen: At the regular meeting of the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on. April 19, 1938, it was voted to approve the following requests of the Department of Physical Education: 1. That Health Instruction be dropped as a part of the freshman physical activity requirement, and that freshman physical activity work consist of three periods per week, similar to that offered for sophomore physical activity credit. 2. That the following new courses be added to the curriculum for freshman-sophomore credit: 444. 44c. 45a. 45c. 46a. 46c. 42d. LES Elementary Social Dancing Advanced Social Dancing Elementary Badminton Advanced Badminton Elementary Archery Advanced Archery Sabre Sincerely yours, On Oban Paul B, Lawson, Dean Fe He ep tpene fe el Fa. The Department of Physical Education respectfully asks eee SF ae Sees eee ant © the alttlden of aintneh Sududante as the tango, habanera, continental and ranchero.s : Renews mamas Tho funtenental strokes of badaintone cilia, GecGNA eeecke aah eanntes Gubeny COMNAARNLe > es ee ee ee at eae May Sp 1938. Upon receipt of this letter from Dean Lawson Miss Hoover had a conference with him (April 28) and explained that the third hour period was not to be wholly composed of lectures on health and hygiene, but that it was to be a period of “corrective exercise". Dean Lawson had misunderstood the suggested plan, but after this exe - planation it met with his approval, and he suggested that the freshman and sophomore gym requirement might be listed as 2 hours activity and 1 hour corrective exercisee Miss Hoover feels there should be a meeting of the departmental staff very soon to work our this plan, end also to re-number the activity courses for freshmen and sophomores so that the schedules can be made out. meh} OFFICE OF THE DEAN THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES LAWRENCE ‘April 25, 1938 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas My dear Doctor Allen: In reply to your letter of April 15 in which you suggested making one day a week essentially a period of Health Instruction in both freshmen and sophomore gym, I feel I should say that in my opinion this would not be advisable at the present time. At its last meeting our Faculty voted to put freshmen gym on the same basis as sophomore gym, intending, I am sure, this would mean that each year's work would consist of three hours a week of exercise. In addition, I believe it is going to take a little while for all of the departments which are interested in the general matter of personal and community health to get together in order to organize a mutually satisfactory program. The departments especially interested at the present time, in addition to your own, in such a program are the Student Health Service and the Departments of Physiology and Bacteriology, as well as the.School of Edu-= cation. It occurs to me that perhaps the best solution of the problem would be to have a cooperative course, but whatever our final decision, it would be well to spend most of the time between now and next spring in getting together on the whole matter and in making a real effort to get a program which would be satisfactory to all concerned, After thinking the matter over, I believe we can call a conference of interested departments next fall to work the matter out. Sincerely yours, (nf fourm Lawson, Dean PBL: LIR ‘May 16, 1938. Bean Paul Be Lawson, College of Liberal Arte and Seiemes, University of Kansage tie an en ne eT eae radio progran which was ee T thought , Program. "your Inay day to collaborate with use Nth boot wishosy I am 7 Very sincerely yours, Biseotor of Fgwienl Sputaticmy Varsity Basketball Coaches