The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-24
UNIVERSITY Will TRY
nOURlQUARTER SYSTEM
Faculty Decides to Expert
ment With Continuous
Session Plan.
STATE COLLEGE, TOO
Chancellor Elliott Announces
Decision After Two
Conferences.

War has abolished the summer va
cation period at the two principal
branches Of the University OF Mon
tana-the State University at Mis-
soula, and the State College of Agri.
culture and Mechanic Arts at Boze-
man.
Chancellor F.. c. Elliott yesterday
announced that a four quarter system,
calling for continuous instruction
through IL months Of the year, will be
tried out in the two institutions, be.
ginning October !.
The chancellor's announcement fol.
lowed approval of the plan by the fac.
ulty of the State University. The
state College faculty voted favorably
on the suggestion last Friday.
Four Quarters in Year.
Under the new plan the year will be
divided into four quarters of three
months each. Hitherto the academic
year of nine months has embodied two
semesters. with special summer ses.
sion occupying the three-months in
terval. The change Is being made in
order to make the educational institu-
ions continuously useful and to turn
out trained men and women for
emergency service In as short a time
rs possible.
Salary Claim Waived.
In approving the plan the State Uni
versity faculty voted to waive leaves
II absence and the adjustment Of SAL
aries to the new order for a year. In
,ase the experiment Is successful and
the four quarter system becomes
permanent policy the faculty will ask
that salaries and leaves of absence
IN pay be adjusted with three quarters
regarded as full years work
The New Schedule.
The new schedule for the year will
re as follows:
Registration. September 2s to 49,
First quarter. October l to Decem-
Der 81.
Second quarter. January to March
I22.
Third quarter. March 25 to June a..
Fourth quarter, June II to August
les.
The fourth quarter will be divided
INTO two parts. the first to conclude on
July rs. Commencement will be held
in June for all graduates Of the uni
versity.
To Help Earning Students.
The new system is expected to be
II great help to students who are
working their way through school, In
case that any work presents itself the
student can leave school at the end of
any quarter without losing credits and
can enter again at the beginning of
any quarter.
Another advantage lies in the fact
that any student wishing to attend the
four quarters can get degree in
three years instead Of four. as has been
the custom. The four quarter sys-
tenn also causes the ends of the semes-
ters to break in accordance with the
Christmas vacations. In previous
years the holiday season came during
the middle of the first semester.
Tentative Schedule Drawn.
The committee in recommending the
four quarter system outlined n sched-
ule for the course OF study and sub
mitted it to the faculty The sched-
ule changes the number of hours Of
credits to be obtained by adding one
hour to all Of the various courses.
The five hour courses to continue
throughout the year.
Il am inclined to believe that the
change to the four-quarter system Is
one Of the wisest moves that have
been made" said Chancellor Elliott,
last night. 1T solves the economic
problem for the student by allowing
him to leave school at almost any
time without losing credits and it en-
ables him also to work later in the
fall before coming back to college.
The system is being adopted all over
the country and believe that It will
work successfully here"