Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-12
Nothing Lowered at Recent Conference
Held by Faculty to Consider
Entrance Rules.
LATIN is DROPPED AS
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT
Instead Pupil Will Be Required to Take
Three Years of Latin in Order
To Graduate.
UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.


Eugene, Jan. 12.-Entrance require.
ments for the University of Oregon
distinctly raised by action of the Uni
versity faculty, and not lowered in any
manner at recent conference.
Latin, as requirement for admission
of high school graduates, was dropped,
but in its place University students will
hereafter be required to take three
years of Latin in order to graduate. In
the future no students will be admitted
with a condition. Previous to this ac.
tion, a condition in two hours was al
lowed.
The other radical elevation of re.
quirements for admission consisted Of
raising the minimum number of unit
hours required Of each student from 10
to Is, although the number Of specified
required units of high school work that
will be necessary in the future was
lowered from 91a to 9. This was eff
fected through dropping the last half
year Of algebra, except that that study
is still required of students majoring in
mathematics, physics or engineering in
the University.
Complete Revision Promised.
This revision of entrance REQUIRE.
ments upward was only step prelimin.
ary to a future complete revision of
University coures of study. The facul.
ty committee on revision Of course of
study, consisting of Professors Boynton,
Young, Howe, Cloran, McAlister and
DeCou proposed the canges adopted
yesterday, but this committee will sub.
NIT more far reaching report at the,
next regular meeting Of the faculty,
February 5.
This committee, although it has
reached no definite conclusion as to the
recommendation that it will offer, has
been considering several radical
changes. One involves the creation of
professional schools at the University
through establishing what are known
as junior and senior colleges This is
to be effected through including the
four high school years with the first
two years of the University work, then
allowing the student to specialize dur
ing his last two years in the University.
System Of Grouped Courses.
Another proposal that some mem
bers Of the committee favor, seeks to
abandon. the elective system entirely,
and in its stead inaugurate a system Of
grouped courses. These groups shall be
known as the mathematical, social sci
ences and laboratory science groups.
Should this be the final report Of the
committee, although one report EN-.
bodying this change has been made and
that report was referred back to the
committee, it is probable that there
will be a majority and minority report
for the members are divided as to the
number Of years the student should be
required to specialize in these groups
The idea back Of this innovation is that
each student should so arrange hi'
course as to obtain a solid foundation
for his future work, and at the same
time prevent an overlooking Of any one
subject or in any one department This
scheme is patterned after the educa
tional idea now prevalent in eastern
institutions, and used at present al
Reed College in Portland wherein eacl
student must come to the institution
with definite idea Of the course tha'
he desires to follow
Although it is highly improbable tina
the committee on revision Of course o
study will be able to unite on some def
inite report to be made in the future
action tending TO rehabilitate an'
modernize the courses as now offere,
; by the University will undoubtedly b
. taken by the faculty in the near future
The changes adopted by the facutl