Friday, May 1, mm ) Clotfelter Continued from page i partment or major field coma mittee may speciry. “Ill. College (statement as in catalog). “And that the faculty im» mediately undertake modification of the advising system to make it appropriate for its new importance. "Proposal B: That the credit- iail option be extended to all students with the provision that two courses may be taken each semester on this basis, but with credltrfall not allowed in the major field except in such special cases as have been previously approved." According to Mr, Clotl'elter there is a very good reason for doing something about the present requirements. “It is most difficult for a student to eXr periment with courses in enough areas early in his career so that he can try out subjects in which he might want to major,” said Clotfelter. Mr, Clotfelter also listed three reasons why he thought his proposal would be a good step for the College to take. First, the rationale - for requiring certain courses was to be sure that all students had an introduction to many different Residence current areas of learning. Clotielter pointed out that most Students now come from high school with a good introduction to most of the arcas in which Courses are presently required, The proposed change would likely improve the attitude of students toward their courses, because they would be taking courses they felt they ought to take rather tllan courses they had to take. it would be the task of the advisor to persuade his advisees to take this or that course Finally, the advising system would be improved. Advisor and student would have to carefully work out the program of study for each individual student; hence, there would be more Contact be tween advisor and advisee. The proposal was reierred by the Executive Council to the Ed- ucational Policy Committees of the three Divisions. Their recom- mendations were to be discussed and acted upon by the Divisions. According to Mr. Worley, Philosophy. the Social Studies Division agrees overwhelmingly that the Clotielter proposal would not damage any- or the depart ments in the Division if it were enacted. Mr, Worley believes that most oi the departments in the division favor a reduction in the requirements, although the question was not put at the The Longhorn Will PresentL The Live Music of Raeuh Buckmashr And Fnends May 6th and 13th 10-] Summer '70 llllllillilflillilfillllflll Undergraduate and graduate courses for men and women SCARLET AND BLACK meeting There is a consensus that if such a proposal is enacted, laculty members will have to do a much better job oi advising students than they are doing at the present time. Worley felt that the proposal is not likely to go through this year, partly because the staff has already been hired ior next year based upon an expected demand ior courses, and partly because many questions still remain. in Worley’s opinion, “the key question is: What are the re quirements for a good education?” The science Division has decided not to consider the Clot» felter proposal this year, ac- cording to Mr. Delong, Biology. DeLong also said that it would be Very difficult to estimate the effect that the abolishment of re- quircments would have on the Biology Department. He did say that many students who would not have taken the course if it had not been required have neverthe- less said they felt it was a worth- while course. Mr. Clotfelter said that he believed there would be little ctlec't on the total enrollr ment in the science division. He said that certain changes could be made in the present Science ff course (for instance, two sections could be offered, one with lab and one without) to make the courses more attractive to students and to conserve faculty time. Stur dents could be persuaded to take a broad program or studies both by their advisors and by a series or lectures given early each year to entering students, outlining the For School or Typewriter Supplies > Grinnell Office Supply GIDNNELL IOWA Across tram the Port Ofliu Two Five-Week Sessions in the Arts and Sciences ARTS. SCIENCES, AND MASTER or ARTS IN TEACHING Two sessions.- June is -July is July 20-Augustzo MUSIC PROGRAM . June 29»August7 . MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM June 22mluly 31 For 1970 Summer Session brochure write to: Director or Admissions, Manhattarwllle College / Purcnase, New York l0577 / (SM) WH‘lie Plains essoo Day and evening courses open to degree, non-degree. and qualitieu high school students, teacher certltlcaiion courses residence Iacillties air conditioned classrooms recreational facilities Speclal lectures. concerts, films PREREGlsTRATloN Ev MAIL reasons for trying to get a broad education. Said Clotfelter, ”I believe that most Grinnell students are mature enough that thcy would want to take difficult courses, even in subjects outside the area of their immediate ins tercst.” Mr. Foster, English, believes that the Humanities Division is overwhelmingly opposcd to the proposal as it now stands. He ielt that the language departments and perhaps some oi the fine arts dopartments would be decreased in size. The EPC did recommend a compromise proposal by Miss Noble, Spanish, which would re- quire a certain distribution of courses. According to Foster, the Division is now considering two questions: 1. whether or not to recommend the Noble proposal to the Executive Council and 2. whether to defer the decision on this matter until next year, when the Divisions can more caretully consider all the alternatives. The proposal offered by Miss Noble would set the following re- quireinents: ”1. Completion of 124 credits with an overall cumulative grade point average of 2.0. “2. Completion of at least 32 but not more than 48 credits in a major field. “3. Completion of a distribution requirement oi at least 28 credits in courses in departments or Special Programs in the Group in which the student‘s major does not fall. No more than 12 hours in any one department may count toward the fulfillment of this re quirement. ”Group 1: American Studies, Art, Classical Languages, Com- munications, 'English, French, German, Music, Philosophy. Religious Studies, Russian. “Group II: Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Education, History, Mathematics, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology. Page Seven courses listed in more than one department shall be considered to be in the Group determined by the departments involved to be the most appropriate to mull the requirement," In addition, a physical education requirement has been added to the proposal, but Mr. Wall was out or town and so the S&Bcould notobtaln a copy oi the proposcd requirement, } Amendment Continued from page 1 absolutely necessary to enter a student‘s room, Unless restrictions are placed on this procedure in the Constitution, students will have no protection at all from illegal entrances. In answer to the third point, they said that the main thrust of the proposal was to provide “cone sistellcy and coordination" between hall judicial councils. Previously, these councils had never been officially defined campusewide. The iitth point is a common objection to student government proposals; but Bill Thomas pointed out that because the trustees have declared that the president has the final say in all college affairs, students have no say in the matter. Finally, Bill and Greg stated that the ap- parent inconsistency in section A- SH does not exist upon close examination. As for sloppiness and redundancy in the proposal, each student will have to decide for himself how valid and how important that criticism is. WW The play “The Death of Faust," a drama based on Mar lowe‘s ”The Tragedy or Dr. Faust” and Ghelderode's “The Death of Faust,” will be presented in Herrick Chapel on Tuesday evening, May 5, at 8:00 pm. STRAND THEATRE TUEs. z. WED.. 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