University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Severn! of rho arn'clvs on Chicago Education which. follow were u-WerH: by members of Hm administration and faculty of the schools. Karin Humor mu given complete editorial freedom. As a rcsul'! the mrinfm differ in both subject maner am! rreamrent. I: THE COLLEGE Author Robert. Streetcar became Dean of Ike Coffege lhis winter when Dean Ward joined the Ford Foundai tion. The new Dean reaches English in the College. By RmaI-rn'r STREI-z'rI-HL Dmn of 1M CnHPgP h HUME crenicrs 0f thc: highvr learning. thv Imdor- gmtluarlc i UFI'il'llllJlll has a lletw-y to slay put. in hv al slalimmry uml urnunmntul feature of lhe academic landscape, juhl like lht- flagpoh- and the slulm- 0f Mina Mult'r in frnnl of llm shult'nl union building. This is a grml mnvenicncc for whims of yearhnnkn. Una: they get in type a reasonably ac- curate elvmunl 0f n-hul lhv aluulmnic: program i5. 1ht'i1' annual vhnre of revision is not at all taxing: freshen up a metaphor here and HIPI'H. overhaul the syntax. and include mention of the new senior smninar de- signed to integrate the work in animal hushanrlry emcl philoaophy Hhe course ulrmdy popularly knmvn 0n campm as Ham Hf Hegr-IL This tag! course is: not available to the editors of CAP AND GUWN. The University of Chivago. from the lime of William Raincy Harper, the first presi- dent, haH maintained an awtivc interest in undergrad- uate education: the livelinms: of this mnvcrn has resulted in frequent. sometimes drastic. reshaping oi the currir-uhnn. The year we are :rhl'onicling hag heen no exception 10 this traditinn of inquiry. argument. and alteration in undergraduate education at Chicago. The Iasl time we looked. the B.A. was one place; since them it has moved a year or two farther along in the studenfs career. The itinerant scholar has been a Stock figure since the dawn of learning. hut at Chi- cago even the degrees are poripatetic. 2U

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The College program for the past tlei'a-ule ezln he. summed up in the relatively simple equation: AB. equals general edut'atinn. Most 0f the new prngrums which go into effect next autumn. and whit-h will aim be available to students now in lhe University. yield a somewhat more rmnplii'aled equation: AB. tor 5.3.. as the. case may hel equals general edut-ation plus specialized education. That is, students entering the University from now on will, in addition to re.- ceiving a substantial and integrated general etlueatinn in the College. have an opportunity to inelucle within their undergraduate enurRe slurly in history. 01' geolo- gyt 0r botany. or economics, 01' other speriul fields. It in expeeted that theqe joint huehelnrls programs. eomhining general and specialized education. van normally he completed in fan r years following grud- uatimi from high st'hrml. The basic equation mentioned earlier e A.B. equals general education e i5 nut to he diseartled in the new curriculum. For the student who wishes to devote ilir- undergraduate Clillt'ulilltl tu developing skills and acquiring perspective in the lilieral arts and sciences, the Ct'allege will offer its own luu'helur's degree. program. In this program, al'ler mmpleting the required general courses in the College. the stu- dent will enter a yearlong tutorial course in which he will pursue mm'e lhm'oughly am individual interest which he has discovered during his earlier years in the College. In individual Hllltlit'h' under the direction of his tutor, the student will take a limited number of courses pertinent to his special interest, will write a bachelor-s essay on a topic suggested hy llllh interest, and will have an unusual amount of freeilnm to make use of the resources of the University. The. College has long been interested in experimenting with dif- ferent methods of developing students, capacity for independent work; pi'eceptmtial courses and the hon- ors program represented earlier attach! on this proh- lem. The new tutorial program may provide an effective solution hy adding to the curriculum in gen- eral education a real opportunity for the student to work independently in a field that he. has ehcsen and, to some extent, defined. Top right: Smiling John Davey, Demi- of Students in the col- lege. Bottom right: fuseph Schwab, William Rainey Harper Professor of Natural Sciences. :