The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-08

I just dS Sitsl dS resources VIII per
| init three new instructors should be
! appointed to extend the work Of the
I departments Of engineering. history
/ philosophy and modern languages
+ Burdens of instruction too heavy. for
the best results are now being car
ried by the professors in these sub
1 jects.'
Course of Study.
As foreshadowed in my report of II
year age says the president. "the or
ganization of course of study has been
! quite changed by recent action of the
/ faculty. Prior to September of the
present year the prevailing principle
of organization was that of the SO
called group system. on entering the
university a student was obliged to
make choice of group i'm which to
carry on his studies. He found there
upon that all but a small proportion
of his work was definitely prescribed
The new plan now being administered
combines certain elements of group
elective. and major department sys-
TENS. student is not obliged to
make choice Of special field of
study until the beginning of his Junior
year. Until that choice is made his
selection of courses must receive the
approval of an appointed faculty adj
wiser. After such decision he Is un-
der the jurisdiction of major pro-
fessor. who Is then permitted within
certain limits to prescribe his course
For further definition of these inter-
esting and promising plans, which
seem to safeguard reasonable breadth
of education while encouraging and
even requiring special training in some
one field of knowledge. the following
statement of requirements and elc-
tives is quoted from the faculty regu-
iations:
For graduation n student must
complete l22 credit hours of work in
Guiding two credit hours for required
physical culture. One credit hour rep
resents three hours of time each week
throughout one semester. occupied in
Rotations or lectures and in prepara-
ton outside OF class room
Time given to laboratory work is
| credited on the same basis of valua-
ton, three hours for one
students i'm the professional schools
must complete the work required in
those schools. but calculated upon "A
basis of not less than a total of la2
, credit hours. Requirements beyond
English composition and physical Gull
ture do not apply to them. since pro-
fessional departments definitely pre-
scribe their work.
Required and elective WORK.
Required of ali.-Two courses i'm
English composition. four to six hours:
four courses in physical culture. (two
hours per week for two years. two
hours.
Restricted electives.-Two courses
In science, six to ten hours; four
courses in language. other than Eng
! lish. II tn 20 hours. two courses in
history economies, six To ten hours.
two courses in literature or p,liloso-
ply, six to ten hours.
Major department electives.-Not
later than the Junior year. every stu
dent must choose Il major department.
This department may command from
80 tn 40 hours of the students time.
including the hours in this department
taken In the restricted electives given
above. The major professors define
their prescriptions for each student
Free electives.-The rest of the Ice
required hours are entirely free cleo
tives. These will be from IS to 2s
hours according 10 whether the mini
mum or maximum number of hours
are taken i'm the required subjects. the
restricted electives and the ajor de-
partment.'
The report discusses at length the
requirements for admission to the
state university and urges that the
strictest supervision be maintained Of
the work performed by the accredit-
ed high schools in order that their
certificates may possess the value
which Is accorded to them.
New Courses.
The report deals ut length with the
establishment of new courses at the
university and contains suggestions
as To the extension of this work. The
section of the report bearing upon
these points Is as follows:
The appointment of DIR. j. T.. Kirk
wood as an additional professor i'm the
biological field. having botany ana
forestry as his special interest. has
made possible the offering of courses