The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-08-17

AS heavy reduction in operating
funds allotted to the State college
at Bozeman have been made, sew
eral changes have been made at
the school as a means of cutting
down expenditures. One of these
is to be the dropping of all stu
dents who fail to make satisfac-
tory grades at the end of the au-
tumn quarter.
In meeting the need of reduced ex-
penditures the State college has re-
moved IL persons from its general
staff, has conducted no regular sum-
mer school, has lowered the work
ing funds for departments, stopped
practically all capital expenditures,
ceased farmers institute work under
the extension service, abandoned
many experiment station projects
and ordered a general trimming of
departmental budgets.
Every Chance Given
Every possible chance is to be
given the student at M. S. c., how
ever, despite the drastic rule which
has necessarily been put into effect
Each freshman that enrolls in Sep
TENDER will be assigned to some
member of the faculty. Each fac
ulty member will have about six stu
dents to supervise. During the first
three weeks of the fall quarter it
will be the duty of this faculty mem
Der to check up on the students as
signed to him, find out what they
are doing in their classes, learn why
if they are failing to make grades
in certain cases, observe the study
habits of the student, and be ready,
whenever the student gets down in
grades, to lend aid. When the stu
dents grades start slipping the
faculty member will warn the stu
dent, confer with him about means
of correcting the faults and generally
try to get grades back to normal. If
the second three weeks shows con-
tinued slipping" parents will be
notified and another attempt will be
made to get the student to correct
his study habits or in some way bring
grades back to normal. If, at the
end of IL weeks, the grades are not
up to the passing" requirements,
the student will be dropped from the
classes without further notice.
Right to Ask Returns
President Alfred Atkinson, of the
State college, has given the view that
under the reduced appropriation, the
state cannot afford to try to educate
failures.
''The state of Montana is invest
ing heavily in the higher education
of her youth" he says, tand has a J
right to ask returns on that invest |
ment. With our finances greatly re-
duced, we must cut off every pos
sible expenditure, and the cutting off
Of students who fail in one quarter
Is one way in which this will be done. |
We will have close supervision of |
The student for IL weeks; supervi- |
sion close enough that failure will |
mean refusal of the student to do |
adequate work, or it will mean in
ability of the student to master the |
course. In either case, we take the |
attitude that the state cannot longer
invest money in what is certain to
,e failure. Every possible chance
Ind help will be given the student,
,ut failure will mean stopping of
lass work for the failing one"
Make Good or Quit
This drastic reduction of operating L
expenses in all departments of the
has been necessitated by
he action of the state legislature in H
educing the appropriations for the
University of Montana institutions
nd by the action of the governor in
urther reducing appropriations to
neet incoming revenues. This heavy
eduction at the State college also
ollows two years of "retrenchment"
udgets at the institution.
The State college is one of the
our University of Montana institu-
ions which will hold this rule in II
orce the coming school year. The
Iontana boy or girl who goes to
igher educational institutions in H
his state must, in the future, make
God" from the very start or be dis
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