Photo by Ron Bishop
An early Arbor Day?
As part of the beautification plan for the campus, a building and grounds worker waters one of the trees he has just planted on the lawn south of Murphy Hall. This little tree does not look like much now, but in future years it may provide KU students with that much needed shade on a warm fall day for a place to study or daydream between classes.
Withdrawal discussed
SAIGON (UPI)—GI's and officials alike were speculating Tuesday on President Nixon's next troop withdrawal.
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Nixon might be hesitant to withdraw any more major combat units before there were clear indications of Communist plans for next spring, said one military source.
A proposal has been made to alter the present grading system at KU, dropping all D's and F's from the present scale.
CIB proposes grade system alterations
George Laughhead, College Intermediary Board (CIB) representative, said the proposal was drafted to change the system because it did not induce students to learn, but merely to take courses on the basis of their reputation as "easy" or "hard." He said that the change was needed.
The proposal stated that the present grading system was punitive or negative.
Laughead said that the program was designed to take the emphasis off the GPA and to put the emphasis back on learning.
Although it was stated that keeping the other three grades was not the best solution to the problem, he said this solution could solve the problem of graduate schools and certain businesses which demand the "silver star" type of education.
The proposal stated that the protection is needed only in the student's major area, and that the students should be authorized to take any or all of the courses outside their major on a credit-no credit basis.
This would mean that if a student failed a course, he would not receive any credit or a grade, and no notation would be made on his permanent record.
J. Eugene Fox, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said Tuesday that he thought the program was a good idea because it was an excellent compromise that removed the punitive effects of a D or an F grade while protecting the needs of medical schools or graduate schools and certain businesses.
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