The Harrison times., 1916-06-03
LACK Of FUNDS
HAND|CAPS j. Of A.
PRESIDENT FUTRALL GIVES De
TAILS OF WORK DURING LAST
COLLEGE YEAR.
Bl4 STUDENTS ENROLLED
Claims Small Appropriation Provided
Has Been Great Hinderance In Work
Determined, However, Expendl-
tures Should Exceed Amount.
Fayetteville

Fayetteville
The report of John c. Futrall,
president of the University oil Arkan-
sas, for the college year of 1856
has Just been submitted to the Board
Of Trustees of the University. The re-
port treats in detail of such matters
as registration for the year, changes
In the course of study, conditions
among the student body, scholarship,
financial affairs, etc.
Educational Policies.
Under the head Of Educational
Policies" the report says
"The new entrance requirements do
not vary greatly from the old except
In that they are little more flexible.
They are so arranged tLat the COM
bined high school and college course
will form an educational unit In the
course of study leading to the degree,
important changes have been made
The only study absolutely required ror
the Bachelor of Arts degree VIII IN
future be one year of English The
equivalent of ten college hours in
so-1e one foreign language will also
be required. Only lnree hours OF this'
however, must of necessity be done
In the University. The balance may
be satisfied by offering foreign Ian
guage as an entrance requirement.
"The various studies taught in the
College of Arts and Sciences are d.
vided into groups ano there are re-
Quirements that a student must offer
certain minimum number OF hours
from each group and that he is not al
lowed to offer more than a certain
number from each group.
'The central idea Of the new course
is to allow the student as great liber-
ty of selection as possible; to require
him to select a major subject upon
which he will concentrate; and to re-
uuire such a distribution of his sub
jects as will give him general view
of the educational field
Grading.
The report gives an account of the
new system Of grading recently adopt
ed by the University Senate. Under
the new rule, there will be six grades,
Alb, C, d, f and F. the last two OF
which represent failure. A student
who receives an E may remove the
failure by a re-examination, but a
student making a grade of F must re-
peat the course IN class in order to
receive credit.
1t is the understanding that, in the
long run, grade marks shall be dis
tributed about as follows Ten per
cent or less Of the students shall re-
ceive the A grade, approximately 20
per cent the B grade, 40 to so per
cent the C grade, approximately 20
per cent the d grade, and 10 per cent
or less the e and F grades combined.
1t is understood that this scale cannot
be applied to small classes.
The principal upon which the new
system rests is that the mental char
acteristics Of human beings vary
about as physical characteristics, and
the grading in the University will
hereafter be done on a scientific basis
rather than in accordance with the
whim of the individual instructor,
Scholarship.
The following statement is made
with regard to scholarship:
1.-THE University is gradually raising
the standard of It's scholarship re-
Cuirements. There has for some
years been rule that In order to be
allowed to remain in the University, a
student must pass on at least nine
hours OF work per week. The normal
number OF hours taken by the average
student is sixteen. In years past the
rule has been enforced with consider
able laxity. This year the Deans and
Scholarship Committees have made
very great efforts to keep IN close
touch with all students in their col
leges and to find out beforehand what
students were likely to fail and to give
them warning. In the case OF those
students who fell little below the
ninehour requirement, leniency has
been exercised, and only those who
failed to pass on as much as six hours
we're actually sent home. In most
cases the students who went home for
failure In scholarship passed on moth
ing. The total number who have been
dropped In the course Of the year for
failure In scholarship is 10. Seven of
these afterwards entered the Univer'
sity High School In order to prepare
themselves to enter the freshmen
class next year.
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