Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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EDWARD LEYBURN MORELANII Dean of Engineering SAMUEL CATE PRESCOTT Dean of Science . . . TACKLE WAR COLIINCS o,. siii'x-Cyiiilrg eziinpj :ind in Courses where suinnier work is not required, to re- quire siudenis io work in war industries, To legive the sophomore year as gg present. During the suninier following the sophomore year, to require students to work in Warin- dustries, or to take special military, R.O.T,C,, UI. defense rr-giiiiiiig prograuns as may be ap- proved by the lizieulty. To leave the junior year ns at present. To begin the senior yenr in .june immediately fol. lowing the junior year, with graduationin 'lzinu ziry. To nuke ll special effort during the einer. genes' to gieeoinmodgite freshmen beyond the present limitation of about six hundred, to the extent that tliere are increased numbers ofap- NN .Nl.'I'I'Ill IKUY Xlu1'lI0IlNACK llvun of ,xl'f'lliil'Cllll'0 l22 the ance tory jects As bein g the I tion April must, the cl l s

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.TIVE if its techno, nent and in, on of tomor. inology' and le institution try and gov. the solution vroblems and en. Through l specialized ust have in- future needs must have a ed not alone ny a homo- cooperative, ng a body of i it to new 'ON OFFICERS ..... problems. And finally, it must have a student body of the highest possible caliber-graduate students of distinction and undergraduates of honors caliber and treated as honor students. In idealized terms this is the type of in- stitution toward which We should aspire. At the January meeting of the Corporation consideration was given to adjustments in the lnstitute's educational program in the light of war conditions. A statement of policy, formu- lated by the administration, and approved by the faculty at a special meeting on the previous day, proposed that the soundest program for the Institute would be, To leave the freshman year as at present. During the summer follow- ing the freshman year, to schedule summer school for all courses which now require sum- mer study in this or the following summer Cthese summer courses are mainly laboratory JARIES RHYNE KILLIAN, JR. Executive Assistant to the President DELBERT LEON RHIND NATHANIEL McLEAN SAGE Bursar Director D.I.C., Placement Officer 21

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WAR ,llxl in Courses qtlirt-tix I O rg- ltlustrit-5. . ,IS LII Present. llt' sophomore ark in war in. try, R.Q.T,C 'u S may bg Hp If present. To nediatelv fol- Y ,raduation in ffl! the emer- 1 beyond the ndred. to the tmbers of ap- IK PROBLEMS .... plicants of superior qualifications, and within the limitations consistent with good perform- ance as imposed by available staff and labora- tory space. To continue the present practice of per- mitting qualified students to anticipate sub- jects or to take advanced standing examinations in subjects in which they have not been en- rolled, thus expediting their completion of graduation requirements. ' ' As TECHNIQUE goes to press, this program is being Worked out by the governing bodies of the Institute. ln the meantime, the Corpora- tion prepared to change its june meeting to April 27 in order that it might confer, as it must, the degrees to be awarded that day to the class of 1942. HAROLD EDWARD LOBDELL Dean of Studen ts JOHN WYMOND BUNKER ROBERT GRANVILLE CALDWELL Dean of Graduate School Dean of Humanities f23