The Calumet news., 1912-06-01
SCHOOL OFFICERS
HEAR DIR. WFNLEY
U. OF N. PROFESSOR EXPLAINS
NEW REQUIREMENTS OF Ap-
MISSION TO THE UNI
VERsITY.

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school board OF District No. 10 IN,
Copper Country School Officers asso-
citation maintaining high schools. Dr
Robert NJ wcnley. head Of the depart
ment of philosophy Of the Univcrsity
OF Michigan, tho guest of honor. al
dressed the members on the new re-
Gurements for admission TO the liter
arS department of the university. The
literary department is the largest. The
enrolment OF the L. - NJ is 1855 and
ot these $500 are taxing the literary
courses
Or. Wenley gave comprehensive
talk. and clearly impressed upon his
auditors the necessity of the require
mentS recently adopted by a commit
tee ot nine of the faculty and which
are expected 10 be passed bN- the re-
gents at their meeting this month. Al
The conclusion OF his remarks, which
were mtersperSed with witticisms he
answered many questions put 10 hin,
by school superintendents and vari-
aus school officers Dr. Wenley clear
ed up many questions that had sug-
-ested themselves To- his interrogators
during the course OF the address.
AT the outset DR. Wenley stated that
new conditions OF the day made
changes ia the entrance requirements
necessary. ana that ig dealing with
the subject the high school and unlver-
sltN We're treated as parts of the same
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item more closely than ever before and
make the high school conform more 10
present day demands cducationally.
For two years the faculty committee
appointed for the purpose considered
the matter before It could arrive at a
satisfactory list OF subjects suitable 10
the needs Of students in both large and
small high schools. those who desire
to 60 To college upon completion OF
their high school work, those who in
tend entering at a later time and those
who purpose engaging H. business. Be-
cause II was essential that the subject
be approached from so many different
angled it proved most intricate. 1t was
necessary, too. TO make the list Of
studies required elastic OF flexible
enough so ii would not have TO be
changed frequently, although II was
appa, ent thar at some time in the flu
ture il would have to undergo revision
to keep pace with the new conditions
OF that DAY.
1t was finally decided that applicants
for admission TO the university as un
dergraduates must be credited with at
least fifteen units, a unit meaning the
equiv alent of FIVE recitations a week in
one branch OF study for one year,
in the aggregate tc not less
than one hundred twenty six hours.
Two 10 three hours of laboratory.
or shopwork will be counted
as equivalent 10 one Of recitation. The
fifteen units must include three units
of Enslish composition and literature,
two units Of a foreign language, one
and one unit of one of the sciences,
Physics, Chemistry, botany and Zoo
logy. They may, If desired include |
three vocational units, and the addi-
tional units required may be selected
from a list OF studies provided. The
list must embrace two academic sub
iects OF three units each.
The studies selected by the faculty
suit the requirements OF
both the largo and small high schools |
In case OF the latter the new reg1ila-
lions are protective i'm that the schools |
VIII have a definite list OF subjects to
teach. so drawn that il admits of
vide range of combinations. This will
prevent the schools from attempting too
many things and doing none of them
very well.
The list of academic subjects is as
follows:
English Composition and Literature
on 3 units; Greek. 3 or 2 units;
Latin I. 3. or units; French, 4. or
units: German. 4. 3. or . units,
Spanish, 4. 8 or units; History or 2
units or / unit; Algebra, or | Y units,
or ! unit; Geometry. l1s or I units.
y unit: Physich, unit
Chemistry, unit. Botany, l or y unit:
Zoology, l or y unit. Physiology, u
unit, Gcologs. = unit: Physiography. |
1 or y unit.
Three units OF science may be Of
fered as a three subject.
Two units of mathematics and one
unit of physics may be offered as a
three-unit subject, in which case a