Arizona republican., 1920-04-05
News of the Past Week at
 University of Arizona

1 University of Arizona, Tucson, April ,. l "There are four piers upon which the University organization rests" said Df. yon KleinSmid in assembly Tuesday
 morning. the faculty on the grounds, l the administration on the grounds and l in the field, the faculty in the field and l the resident student body. These four piers hold up the superstructure which we call the University Of Arizona l weakness in any one Of the four will cause the superstructure to crack, sway and eventually come down 1 The president then said that we have l the reputation of having one Of the strongest. aii-around. hand picked fa- culties in the country, men of good sense, human interests and Droauness- 1 Expressions of admiration of our facul- 1 ty. have come through the extension { workers of the state. We have not Q very large faculty. The University of l California is much larger and has a reason for being so. It stands in the
 west. as does Columbia in the east, at 1 the gateway of incoming foreigners and has different problems and purposes l Dr. von KleinSmid who is president 1 of the League Of the Southwest. lett ] Wednesday, accompanied by Mrs. yon
 Klein Smid. to attend the meeting in Los Angeles. Dean Working will be the other representative of the University present.
 One of the University debating teams composed Of Seaman and Pickett de- bated the University of Texas at Aus tin Saturday night. They had the af- firmative side of the question, Re solved: That teachers should affiliate with the American Federation of La bor and were defeated by a 3 to 0 vote. Texas had four teams working on the same question from both sides, so that the Longhorns had had the opportunity 1,o 1x.fr Fl
 regular debate. The University of Tex as has one of the strongest schools of oratory in the United States. with four i instructors on the teaching staff. Since the University of Arizona has not Vet a department of public speaking, tns' outcome of the debate was almost un-
 avoidabie.
 The debate schedule has just begun The Texas debate was the first or the series. There will be three more de bates with California universities. one
 of them to take place on the home
 ground on the teachers question during University Week
 Plans are being formulated and de- veioped for the summer school at Bis bee. pr. Foster. head of the depart ment of Education at the University has announced several new courses Of special interest. Among them are a course in the Georgraphy of the South west. Olle III fIle 1>ftuFc Stuu. oI itlt
 Southwest. and probably one in Gen erai Psychology. 4 course in Conyer sational Spanish may also De orrered- significant change has been made
 Heretofore, each practical teacher has
 received q monthly payment of twenty
 five dollars. From now on. this amount
 will be in the form of scholarships and
 will be given only to those who show themselves deserving of it.
 It fig interesting to note that from n
 to 50 per cent of the honor students Of
 the University, but not more than 21z
 per cent of the delinquent students. are
 taking work in the department of ed
 ucation. The curve has run this way
 for several years. Thus it seems that
 the students who take courses in this
 department are also those who get bet
 ter grades in other classes
 Mark Skidmore. professor in the de-
 partment of Romance Languages, spoke
 in assembly Monday morning about the
 movement on foot in America to build monuAnent on the site of the battle Of the ATarne to the memory of those who gave their all there. Professor Skid more spent some time in France during