Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-10
BULLETINS SPECIAL YALE LETTER
Student Council Considers High Average Exemptions From
Observation-Disclosures at University Smoker-Oficers
Arrive Train Baeries-Average Cost of 1915 Class
for Four Years.

New Haven, March e-The question |
of advocating exemption from exam
inatien for students who maintain
sufficiently high average in certain |
courses was the most important sub
ject discussed at the March meeting |
of the Student Council of tho college
held last Wednesday evening. This
matter was gone into in detail but the
council thought best to withhold any
formal resolution on the subject until
more definite information as to how
the exemption system has WORKED out ,
in other colleges could be obtained.
The council appointed committee OF
undergraduates to Investigate The
question more fully. The committee
will look into the conditions of schol-
arship at the various colleges which
have recently adopted exemption TO
see whether the claim that such
system raises scholarship is justified,
and will report to the Student Council
at the next monthly meeting. II in
formation leading to a definite con-
clusion is obtained before that time
q special meeting will be called to dis
cuss the question further. No res
olution recommending or disappearing
exemption from examinations viii be
made to the college until after this
committee reports. The council also
took up the matter of the placing or
posters on the college elns and in 9TH
er conspicuous places about the cam
pus. Resolutions were passed and will
be sent to the management of every
student organization stating that no
posters may be placed on the elTns
more than q week before the adver-
tised event takes lace unless special
permission is obtained from the Stu
dent Council. The question of setting
aside q preparatory school alumni day
also received attention. The proposed
| idea is that all preparatory schools
sending men to Yale set aside a GER
| tain day on which no important athle-
| tic events or university engagements
| will be held, so as to make 1t possible
for Yale men to attend the alumni re-
unions at their various schools. \
| committee was appointed to investi
| gate the possibilities of securing the
| corporation by head-waters of the
various preparatory schools and of the
| university authorities in arranging a
| day of this sort.
The third of the series OF University
smokers which have been arranged by
| the New York Yale Club was held last
! Wednesday evening. The general topic
Of the evenings discussion was the
Scientific School. The speakers were
Director Chittenden and Professors
| breckenridge and Weld. Director
Chittenden spoke on Scientific EduCa-
tion and Industrial Progress. He said
that the Scientific School has aimed
to teach pra ctical science, to get away
from mere theory and to apply her
| scientific research and study to mod
ern needs. He deplored the Indifferent
| attitude that is taken toward gradu-
ate work and urged further interest in
this branch of study. He pointed to
the aims of the Scientific School and
said that the greatest ambitions OF
the school would not be realized until
her science had become practical and
until every student had gained a rud-
imentary knowledge of the field COW
: ! q nd oe
relation of their subject mater to the
natural phenomena in the affairs OF
everyday life. Director Chittender
said that science must be made tC
apply to the individual and that thus
an incentive could be given to his
work. Professor breckenridge spoke
; on the recent engineering development
in the Sheffield Scientific School, en-
: phasizing the necessity of laboratory
| work in engineering instruction. The
progress of engineering in the Scien-
tific School has been very satisfa Glory
| of late. There has been q general re-
organization of the courses and g
greater corporation has been obtained
| between the different departments
Especially gratifying is the success OF
the fourth and fifth year courses
| Twenty five men are now engaged In
, this work and q. keen interest has
been aroused Industrial fellowships
have been established and a spirit OF
| SO-ODSI dl4OI1 - CIIS]i StS ttI-St4C Oh lI1ls
department. Professor Weld spoke or
} University Education for Business. II
! reference to the recently organized
= course in business he said that Yale il
. merely falling in line with other IN.
, iversities in the development of {
! course in business. The new depart.
ment Of business administration il
, the Sheffield Scientific School present!
[ a group of courses comprising ont
s year of graduate work. The inaugu
I ration Of such a course is the begin
, ming Of new thought in that direction
but it will take some time to develop
full efficiency.