Page Six SCARLET AND BLACK ay, October 17. INT W ) CURRICULUM (Continued from Page 1) faculty members involved in the changes, the Committee formu- lated the recommendations and the Report. It would not be in error to Itate that the Committee, soon after it began its work, formed the judgment that the educa- Iional program of the College was not in any fundamental lense drastically outdated or out oi joint; that. in general, stu- flents were being educated at the College and that in many cases students were being edu- cated rather well. On the other hand, the Com- mittee judged there to be a number of serious problems can- !ronting the College. These prob- lems notwithstanding, the Com- mittee decided not to construct I new curriculum from scratch. This decision was reinforced by the constant remainder that the portion of the operating bud- get devoted to educational pur- poses inevitably conflicts with other expenditures, both capital and current, in the process of assigning priorities. The Com- mittee also came to understand the hard reality that the cen- Iury of history and tradition of this institution create major in- flexibilities which constrain lioth administrative experimen- tation with the operating budget and laculty experimentation .with the curriculum. For these reasons then the MEMO: FABULTY FINERY ,l TO: All faculty members SUBJECT: Proper Dress ior Convocation Weekend, October '7 - 29 Last year there was some Imbarrassment in elements of [he college about professors’ dress during Grinneii Weekend. This year the following rules are strongly emphasized. 1. Dress shirts are correct at- tire. 2. Ties should be straight and untwisted, carefully tacked ii tacks are used. .White socks are not ac- ceptable. Dark socks which will stay up are highly recommended. '4. Hardsuled shoes are cor- rect with dark sucks. NO hush puppies, please! ' Thank you for your coopera- tion, in these matters. We ap- preciate the effort involved. i MEMORANDUM To: The Faculty and Admin- lstrative Officers From: Jim Avison It has come to my attention Iflday that a notice has been distributed to the faculty (un- Iigned) indicating what faculty Ihouid or shouldn’t wear during lhe coming weekend. So far as we can tell, this notice originated with three in- maie students. it did not come horn this oiilce or any other administrative office. I presume that this is part of the “game" some atudento an now playing. Committee Report, while re commending major overhauia in some areas and the develop ment oi new programs in other areas, only pushes at the mar- gins and suggests minor adjust. merits in a number of areas. in this sense, the Report recog- nizes that really new curricula are developed only at really new institutions. While it would be difficult to isolate the most important changes recommended in the Report (tor, indeed, many of them are interlocking). it is possible to make a number of generalizations which will cap- ture the style of education and faculty and student academic life which are implied by the curri- cular recommendations. I will do this by listing a number or propositions which taken in toto characterize the new directions implied by the complex at Coma mittee recommendations: Proposition 1. There is need for a new and more straightfor- ward system by which the Fa- cuity will administer the edu- cational programs of the College to encourage experimentation in educational policy and pro- vide for its regular review; to place responsibility for the op- eration and supervision of the underciass General Education programs on the three di sions of the College through their Edu~ catinnal Policy Committees; to encourage divisional concern for programs which heretoiore have been considered strictly departmental; to insure the de veiopment of uniform standards and practices oi Comprehensive Examinations and independent Study. Proposition 2. The College, and especially the staff, should re- new, update, and increase its commitment to the general edu- cation of its students. This new commitment should be re- ilected in a reorganization of general education requirements centered about the divisional rtruoture of the College, a new effort to insure that the courses included in the general educa- tion program are designed for the general student and not the prospective specialist, is con- scious effort by the administra- tion to base both hiring and other personnel decisions on the need to establish excellence in these programs, and an exten- sion or general education into the upperclass years. Proposition 3. The changing abilities and tastes of those students attending the College necessitate the provision of in- creased opportunities tor inde< pendent library. laboratory, or studio work, for oii-campuri study, for indepth study of a single subject matter during any particular semester. and for the interdisciplinary sludy of subject matters of contem- porary relevance. Basic to this proposition is the judgment that students, as they progress through the Col- lege, should assume increasing responsihilicy for their own education. Proposition 4. To compete with other institutions of higher learning in the maintenance of a highly competent staff. the College must provide an im< provement in working condi- tions for the Faculty, Modifi- cation in the course load is es‘ sential if the Faculty is to ei- fectively carry out its growing non-instructional responsibilities both to the College and to the respective proiessions. Proposition 5. The College has been and is confronted with a growing departmental and dies ciplinary orientation of both its faculty and its students. This ll reflected in both the depart- mental curricula and the course programs. it the College is to remain true to its liberal tradh tion this shitt in emphasis should be retarded if not re versed. Proposition 8. The curriculum or the College currently con- tains too many courses. 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