College Rules May Change
(Continued from Page 1.) ematics 2a, 2c, or 2d) as the next course.
Laboratory Science -- The new requirements would require one five-hour or two three-hour laboratory science courses chosen from a list of "principal" courses under the heading Natural Sciences and Mathematics. This course or courses could not be applied towards the distribution requirement.
"A 'principal' course is one essential to an understanding of the conceptions and techniques underlying the respective subject and is ordinarily prerequisite to subsequent work in that subject," Dean Heller said.
"This emphasis on common principles is in line with a trend that has been under way for some time. By and large we have moved away from a segregation of students by vocational aims," he said.
Foreign Language - The foreign language requirement would require a first college course in a foreign language or equivalent placement or two years of high school credit in one language.
Distribution requirement - The distribution requirement would require the student to complete at least 14 hours of principal courses in the freshman-sophomore years. The student would have to have three hours in each of three areas: the Humanities, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the Social Sciences.
The second stage of the program was the adoption of an initial list of principal courses. The faculty adopted a tentative list of 55 principal courses in May, 1958.
"A call went out to all departments inviting them to nominate principal courses. The administrative committee made a scrutiny of these nominations and forwarded a list to the faculty for approval," Dean Heller said.
A. B. Minor Emphasized
The requirements would be:
The third step of the program involves the consideration and adoption of a set of common requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
A major of at least 20 hours, of which at least 12 hours must be in junior-senior courses. An average grade of C must be maintained in all major courses.
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A minor of at least 15 hours in a department other than that of the major. At least six of these hours must be in junior-senior courses. An average of C would be required.
Dean Heller said many students now carry double majors. A double major would satisfy the minor requirement.
"This we don't think of as any more than recognizing an existing fact that most students have a minor. The obvious trend is in that
direction." Dean Heller said.
Distribution — In addition to the principal courses offered in fulfillment of the common underclass requirements, the student would have to take one additional principal course or a course that has a principal course as a prerequisite or a required course in each of four departments. Two of the four courses must be in each of the two areas outside the area containing the student's major.
"The quantitative requirement has been reduced but the qualitative requirement is increased," Dean Heller said.
Mathematics — The mathematics requirement would require the graduate to have completed course 2a, 2c, or 2d and to be eligible to take calculus or statistics.
The new mathematics requirements would go into effect four years after the other requirements, or at the earliest. 1963.
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"This would give the high schools time to adjust to the change," Dean Heller said.
Foreign language — The foreign language requirement would require the student to reach proficiency in one language.
"Proficiency is interpreted to mean a command of the language sufficient to enable a person to live in a foreign environment without suffering unduly from a language handicap, or comparable ability to
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Proficiency in a language would be determined by an examination. A student will be excused from the examination upon completion of 16 semester hours or the equivalent of college level work in a foreign language.
"However, we are concerned primarily with the requirements for the A.B. degree," Dean Heller said.
There would be no changes in the number of hours or credits required for an A.B. degree. The student would still be required to take the English proficiency examination and the Western Civilization examination.
absorb and associate concepts and ideas in one of the classical languages," Dean Heller explained.
No Credit Changes
The College faculty will also discuss the adoption of a set of common requirements for the several B.S. degrees.
He said a vote on the third step would probably come at the second or even third meeting of the faculty.
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"The faculty will now act on the third stage of the proposals and, if it approves it, then consider the entire package," Dean Heller said.
He emphasized that only if the faculty accepts the entire plan will it become part of the rules of the College.
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If the faculty approves the entire package it would be the administrative committee's proposal to apply the new rules to students now on the campus at their option, Dean Heller explained.
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Men took advantage of a good cause to keep their dates out past the closing hour time limit.
The Associated Women Students has collected $406.85 to date in their Pennies for a Purpose program. More will come in from houses which have not reported.
Closing hours were extended until 1:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights so the escorts pitched in a penny a minute for the amount of time they kept their dates out past 1 a.m.
"We were very well satisfied. We felt that the response to the program was above what we expected it to be," said Sarah Carnahan, Topeka junior, head of the committee in charge of the program.
Last year AWS collected over $500 in a similar program.
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