University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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HV?1 SMAl.l. miNDKS l)IS I SSION liKOl fS AKK SIKKSSKl) JOSEPH COHEN, on leave from CU, is the IHrector of the ICSS. HOWARD H. QUINT is the cap- able associate director of ICSS. HONORS STUDENTS FOCUS ATTENTION ON MR. QUINT icss inter-university committee on the superior student In June, 1957. an important conference which was attended by leading educators from 30 universities was held at CU. Financed by a Rockefeller Founda- tion grant to the University honors program, this conference germinated the idea for an Inter-Univer- sity Committee on the Superior Student. Created by still another grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the ICSS opened its offices in Hellems in February of 1958. The ICSS seeks to encourage the development of honors programs in colleges and universities throughout the country. One of its principal func- tions is the operation of the University Honors Infor- mation Service, where data on programs for the superior student are collected and distributed. ICSS also publishes a regular newsletter, The Superior Student. Director of the committee is Joseph Cohen, who is on leave of absence from his position as professor of philosophy and director of honors at the Univer- sity. 29

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honors A IN THE HONORS LIBRARY, A STUDENT FINDS INSPIRATION THROUGH INDEPENDENT STUDY WITH FORESIGHT, Honors Director Weir guides students. ENGROSSED WITH ADVISING A STUDENT, genial As- sistant Honors Director Marc Ratner assumes a familiar pose. colloquium now offered to freshmen and sophomores The honors program at the University has been in existence longer than any other program of its type and extent in any other school in the country. For the first time this year a colloquium was offered to freshman and sophomore students. The juniors and seniors have long had the advantages of these informal discussion groups in which approximately 12 members of their respective classes participate. Under the direction of Walter Weir and his as- sistant, Marc Ratner, the honors program has under- gone several other changes this year. More inde- p endent honors study has been undertaken than at any time in the past. The honors program of the College of Arts and Sciences is established to determine which students should receive their bachelor ' s degree with honors at graduation. The honors program also strives to develop scholarship in capable students. Small, in- formal cla.s.ses, special colloquia, and independent projects help honors students to gain a well-balanced liberal education and to stimulate them toward a higher quality of work. 28

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A STRESS PROBLEM IN THE MATERIALS TESTING LAB PROSPECTIVE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS IN THE POWER LAB CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS SURVEYING THE CAMPUS 30