The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-21
THE NEW GARFIELD.

| The Syllabus Of Courses il the College
! Of Arts ana other Announcements for
/ 1854" of the Garfield university is pub
/ lished. The modest little brochure eX.
! hibits. on behalf of the present admins
tration, a deal Of practical good sense, a
sound and vigorous policy. a mastery
| grasp OF modern educational tendencies
and talent for organization and adapta-
tion to surrounding conditions and needs.
Among many strong and unique feat
ures, the following are worthy of special
notice and consideration: The standard
of requirements for admission, while
| fully equivalent to those of lead
! ing universities, are at the
same time peculiarly adaptable to
| the literally elective system of the college
| courses. la the college of arts the only
! prescribed subjects are one year Of Eng
! lish mathematics, through trigonometry,
/ one term course in elocutiOn or voice cul-
/ ture and two term courses in physical
/ culture. Outside of these, under certain
| restrictions requiring the student to elect
/ some speciality as his major subject
! throughout the course, one IS free to
choose any subject offered III the uniVers-
! ity. In this respect the Garfield occupies
medium ground between the extreme
freedom of the Leland Stanford, Jr., which
prescribes but one years work III English,
and the somewhat more conservative Chi
cago, which offers the student Il choice OF
one out of six groups of subjects.
The minimum requirement for a degree
/ is 220 credits, a term course of ten weeks
/ or fifty hours, emitting to five credits.
. Fgr ~.
! hours more than required in schools hay
| ing "A thirtysiX weeks session allowing
! fifteen hours per week, and requiring four
! years. The peculiar feature of the Gar
/ field plan is, that it bases the requirement
for graduation, not on a fixed time Of resi-
dence, but on an equivalent of work salts
| factorily done. The session being of forty
weeks, possible 240 credits (2,400 hours
can be made in the four years, doing fiji
teen hours class or laboratory work per
week. Hence, student may complete his
course in about thirteen weeks less than
the four years; and, by another provision,
he may graduate lat the end of any term
during which the requirements for the de-
gree become fulfilled" formal, old
fashioned Commencement, with its at
tendant fuss and feathers. being thus di-
vided up into quarterly doses. But,
absences from class, examinations, etc,
may deduct a certain number of credits
from the students record, thus prolonging
his stay. a.. All courses lead TO the one
degree, A B. %. Uunder certain restric-
tions, and for the completion of definite
courses only, work done il other depart
ments or schools outside the College Of
Arts, as in the Music, the Fine Arts, the
Commercial departments, etc, Is entitled
TO credit at one-fourth 10 One-rhird rate
toward the attainment of the Bachelors
degree (6) The courses in the depart
ment for the professional training of
teachers, which is equivalent to that Of
the best State Normal schools, IS accepted
as a full equivalent for any courses Of
equal value in the College OF Arts.
The completion of the work OF this de-
partment, sixty credits, plus an additional
sixty credits in the college Of arts, entities
to the degree OF licenuate of instruction
degree recognized for similar attachments
in the Superior Normal School of France,
and III few of those Of higher rank in
this country. \ Iicentiate who ob1ai rs
10 additional credits in the college. be-
comes entitled To the bachelors degree
The courses in the college of arts are tull
aud strong, and the syllabus" in its en-
tire makeup would do credit to any lusti-
tuition. There IS an unpretentiousness
and an air OF business straig htforward
ness abous it, that it is refreshing to OBJ
serve Only such courses are offered IS
the university Is fully prepared 90 carry
out. President Griffin, who is enthusias-
tic over the new plans, states that the
university proposes 20 maintain a high
standard in what it undertakes 10 60, the
policy being TO do some things well rather
than many things poorly.