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A New Program for Augsburg Here We Go With 4-1-4 “Unity, be it political or educational, while encouraging creativity and power, need not. paradoxically, destroy indi- viduality and uniqueness.” The preceding comment was made by Dr. F. Mark Davis in reference to Augsburg's recent decision to adopt the 4-1-4 calendar starting September. 1972. The change will promote unity among the five private colleges in the Twin Cities area, in that each school will be on the 4-1-4 calendar, encouraging a greater reciprocity between the schools. Students will be able to take courses at any of the schools, which means to each school a more effective and efficient use of professors and resources avail- able, students will have a greater opportunity to explore and develop their own creativity, an extremely important value of a college education. As Davis said, this unity need not rob each college, nor each student, of their respective individuality and unique- ness. Each institution will have its own professors and stu- dents, in itself making the school unique and totally unlike any other college. Working together, the people here can use these new resources to help Augsburg continue as a first- rate college. By adopting the new calendar, the faculty hopes to achieve three goals, “greater cooperation with the St. Paul private colleges,” Davis explained greater opportunity for ed- ucational experimentation and adaptation, and greater pos- sibilities for institutional distinctiveness. What exactly is this new 4-1 -4 system? It consists of 15 weeks of four classes in the fall semester, one course for four weeks in January (interim), and four courses for fifteen weeks during spring semester. Classes will meet for cither three sixty-minute sessions, or two ninty- mrnute sessions each week. With the new system come new general education re- quirements. They are: 1. Three courses in religion. 2. Liberal Arts: a. A course from at least two of the following: literature: philosophy; art or music; speech or drama. b. A course from at least two of the following depart- 16
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A: That sometimes is a question in my own mind. I’m not sure: 1 was visited by a committee of regents looking lor a president this was over nine years ago I’m sure that they had some prerequisites in mind. They wanted some- body who understood the changes that were taking place at Augsburg in terms of its relationship to the church. They probably wanted somebody that had had some previous connection with the college. And I did at- tend here. I was conversant with the church and with the community and I had some exposure to academic problems, and so on. by virture of my associations in Moorhead. So I guess it was just a matter of the com- mittee deciding that I had had the sufficient experience and background and that my philosophy would fit the goals and objectives of the college and they asked me to come dow n. Q: Your academic background was St. Olaf. wasn’t it? A: I have a degree from St. Olaf. because I completed my college work down there, after two years here. My family came out of a Lutheran background that had St. Olaf as its college: one of its colleges. And my father had at- tended there and there was always kind of a desire to finish down there. It was partly because of depression circumstances that I wasn’t able to go away from home the first two years. I was very happy that I came here to Augsburg because I had some tremendous teachers and some fine contacts and a great experience here but I think when you go to two schools, you have that many more contacts. Q: Did you commute to Augsburg? A: Yes. I lived over in St. Anthony Park and took the long streetcar ride and transfer downtown, and sometimes transfer twice if you didn't catch the right car. then you always had to take another transfer. It was a long, la- borious ride. It took about an hour every day each way. You stayed here all the time and worked in the library and then did your college job. The job I had to help me through school had to be taken care of sometime during the school day, and so you had to go to school and do the job and go back to class. Q: What was your job at Augsburg? A: Well, I had two jobs. The first year I washed the walls in Old Main that was quite a job and this was under what was known as the National Youth Administration, which was he form of financial aid that was in effect during the depression. The government said the student can take a job on campus for 35 c an hour and then his time card can be turned into the federal agency and the agency will pay the college that amount of money. I never saw the money —it went directly to the treasurer’s office. That way we paid the tuition which was at that time 25 dollars a quarter. The other job I got the second year I was here was transcribing music for the choral director here. That was a very interesting job. lie had a lot of things he want- ed transcribed and that he wanted duplicated and so on. And I did a lot of work like that. It became a very in- teresting job. I wonder sometimes w here those things that I did are now filed, because the music director at that time was Henry Opscih. and I did a lot of work for him. and whenever I came back on campus years later, he’d always go to the file and pull those things out that I had done for him. And I often wonder w hat became of them. Q: Do you think maybe that they're still around? A: Could very very well be Sateren might know where they are. Q: Well. I think that does it. A: Do you think that does it? Q: I think that does it. A: Well. okay... 15
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1» U GUSTAFSON H.C.3950001 RADICALS.PAST «. PRES ' T ARR. 4 il VUPi r mcnts: biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, psychol- ogy- c. A course from one or two of the following depart- ments: economics, history, political science, sociology; and one or two courses from the Foreign Language Department to make a total of three courses in these five departments. 3. One urban emphasis course. 4. Two semesters of recreational activities or, one semester of recreational activities plus demonstrated proficiency in one or two sports. 5. A course in writing or demonstrated proficiency in writing. A student enrolled at Augsburg before fall, 1972, may stay under the former requirements or switch to the new ones under 4-1-4. A major in a specific field will consist of 8-10 classes, and a minor will be 5 courses in a department. Along with the general education requirement of 11 courses and the various classes in a specific major or minor a student is left to choose from six to eight electives. The change to 4-1-4 has prompted the expression of both advantages and disadvantages: Two important advantages are that 4-1-4 will make trans- fer to and from Augsburg easier, and that it will almost assuredly be an asset to the new student recruiting program since, according to Dr. Davis, “4-1-4 attracts more in- quiries and interest from potential students than any other calendar. One advantage commonly stated by students and faculty is the opportunity for students to concentrate on just one course during the interim. The schedule will be intensive, but the student can devote all of his time to just that course. Also, interim provides a change of pace, and an opportunity for the student to take a course of special interest to him. In addition to classes offered at the college, groups of stu- dents will be able to travel to Mexico to further their study of the Spanish language; or go to Florida to study marine biology. There will also be classes organized in the Minne- apolis area. For instance, students interested in elementary or secondary education may be able to sit in on a scries of classroom experiences; or journalism students could take their interim through various newspaper offices. Another advantage is ending the first semester at Christmas with carry-over after vacation. An important disadvantage is that some students may have difficulty Tn scheduling all their preferred classes in just two semesters each year, especially those who will be student leaching one full semester. This will be an important problem for those enrolled here before fall. 1972; the soph- omores and juniors in 1972. All in all, though, the switch to 4-1-4 should prove to be an exciting and beneficial change for Augsburg. I.F.FT: Dr. Davis and Mildred Joel discuss plans for the 4-1-4 program. 17
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