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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1948
Look Who Gets It Now!
By Daniel Bishop, St. Louis Star-Times
The Editorial Page-
Grade Point System
That old bugaboo, the grade point system, may soon be on its way out of the lives of many university students over the nation. A new grading system, inaugurated this year at Princeton university, is getting attention from American educators.
The new plan judges a student's over all ability instead of his individual class grades. A specific number of credits is no longer required for a degree. Under this system, a student will not have to repeat a course he has failed.
It isn't a "snap" system, however. The educational standard hasn't taken a nose dive at Princeton. Students who would have failed under the old plan will fail under this one also.
The students who will benefit are the borderline cases. They will not be forced to carry make-up courses in addition to their other courses. If their over all grades are high enough, they will be graduated even though they have been deficient in one or two subjects.
There will be opposition to this new grading system as well as acceptance of it by many of the country's educators. There will be those who say that borderline students have no place in college.
The plan may not be a step in the right direction, but is at least a step. There has been much talk, but very little action, on a revision of the grading system in American schools. It will be interesting to learn the degree of success of the Princeton plan.
The annual Student-Faculty conference at K.U. could well devote some time to its consideration. —John Riley.
- Letters To The Editor -
You say that the race problem is a "deeper sociological" problem and much more important than the parlay cards or financial statements. I agree, but isn't that a reason for attempting to solve it? Are you implying that we shouldn't try to solve great problems, such as war, because they are harder to solve than lesser problems?
The recent editorial on your, and hence the Daily Kansan's attitude, toward the race problem seems to require an answer.
How could these very welcome steps have been taken if somebody had not been willing to act on his principles rather than his fears? You fail to use the magic word "education" as a solution. Apparently you think that freedom for people to be judged on their merits instead of their choice of ancestors can be achieved totally without effort.
something. The examples you cite of progress in race relations are examples of people doing things; and nearly always antagonizing some people by doing them.
I agree with you that this is "an issue that is going to take years and generations to iron out." However, it is difficult for me to see how any progress can be made unless somebody actually does
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Your assumption that the Daily Kansan publicity on the theater problem "stirred up trouble" is simply incorrect. If by "near-riot" you mean the entirely peaceful, most un-riot-like C.O.R.E. demonstration a year ago last summer,
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Dear Editor:
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I assure you that (1) The demonstration did not arise on the spur of the moment from hot headed students excited by inflammatory editorials but was planned.
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and planned to be peaceful, to demonstrate constructively to the theater manager that students were actively concerned. I think it had that effect. (2) Daily Kansan editorials and publicity, mostly written after the event, did help to convince the manager of the sincere interest of students, and did help to achieve the present non-segregation in the Patte theater.
I fail to see that an editorial or two could do anything but good to the cause of race relations.
Elmer Rusco College sophomore
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