Browning chief., 1942-05-01
EDUCATION BODY
POSTPONE JAP
STUDENT ACTION
fOUCHY MATTER WILL BE HELD
IN ABEYANCE UNTIL JULY
BOARD MEETING

Any action relating to adoption Of a
policy covering admission of Japanese
students to units Of the Greater Uni
versity Of Montana will be held in
allegiance until the July meeting. the
state board OF education has decided.
The board decided that in view OF
the lateness Of the school year, pre-
venting admission Of any new students,
board action would be deferred
The president Of the University Of
Washington recently wrote DR.. Ernest
o. Melby, president Of Montana State
university at Missoula. asking whether
students to be evacuated from Seattle
would be accepted.
The session was attended by Dr.
Ernest O. Melby. president Of Mon
tana State university, and Dean
Charles W. Leaphart, vice president:
DR.. A. L. Strand. president of the
State college at Bozeman. and DR..
Francis A. Thomson. president of the
School Of Mines at Butte.
Appointment Of Dr. Walter Ander-
son, 81, now at Northwestern univer-
sity as dean Of the college Of educa-
ton at the State university, was ap-
proved. DR.. Anderson, who will receive
$4,000 annually, will succeed Freeman
Daughters, who will go on a part-time
basis and retire next March l.
Retirements Approved
Other retirementS of State university
faculty members approved were for w.
E. Maddox, professor emeritus in edu-
cation; j. P. Rowe, professor emeritus
of geology: A. L. Stone, dean and pro-
fessor emeritus of journalism. and
Flora B. Weisberg, assistant professor
Of German.
Approval was given to retirement
from the State college faculty of Ed
mund Burke, consulting research
chemist and former chemist F. B. Lin
field, director emeritus of the expert
ment station, and w. F. Brewer, head
of the English department.
New appointments to the extension
service staff included Florence Schuer-
man, home demonstration agent in
Lewis and Clark county: Wietske
Bydeley, home demonstration agent in
Hill county, and Agricultural Agents
James K. McGibney, Valley county;
Henry NJ. Oefstos, Sweetgrass county;
Wilfred NJ. Rasmussen, Phillips coun-
ty, and Robert R. Hughes, Daniels
county.
Miss V. Jane McAllister was en-
ployed as instructor in applied art.
The board also authorized, subject
to approval of the board of examiners.
a $1,000 roof repair job for the college
main hall.
Approval was given recommendations
for degrees and diplomas as presented
by unit executives.
The board also voted to continue
Dorothy Green as acting executive
secretary. She has held the position
since the death of DR.. H. n. Swain
early last year.
A request by Dr. Melby that formal
recognition be given the university's
budget and policy committee was held
over until the July meeting.
Eliminate Special Fees
The board also approved elimination
of special fees paid by business ad-
mtnistrat.on students at the State uni
versity and adjusted summer school
fees to correspond with those In other
quarters.
Two federally-financed summer
nursing schools, one for Great Falls
and the other for Bozeman, have been
approved, DR.. Strand told the board.
He said the federal government will
pay tuition and maintenance for ap-
proximately 100 women who are high
school graduates.
sity executive council-composed Of
presidents Of the university units-was
adopted regarding Junior colleges.
1t defined Junior college as one
which offers two years of work beyond
the secondary level, adding that such
an institution may offer work in STAN
dard college curricula, terminal in
character of post-high school or COL
legiate grade and quality" or both
standard and terminal curricula.
Completion of four-year high
school course or its equivalent would
be required with students transferring
to university units required to comply
with entrance requirements of those
institutions.
Masters degrees or equivalent prep
aration would be required for in
structors.
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