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

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may have. auluirml in the EJLlthlii of spwiai intvrusth in muaic. 01' art. or literature. or Sl il'llt't .'. and a tradi- tion of comprehensive examitmtiom whit-h nwasure the studentss rate of progress through hie Qitltiit??? imlc- pendentiy 0f 11121.45 attendance and lilt' mhjec-tivc opin- ions of his instrmtors. Third clasu'oum materialis itllti twhnitlucs through which the student is- im-ited nnt to nhsm'h precligestwcl utTrJullts of what has happenmi in the arts or in society or in the scivnmbsi nm- to iicten to an imtntvtnr? moun- Ingue mi :1 favorite suhje-c-t; hut rather to immmw himself in nriginui thwnments and art works! nmi under a skiihzti inr-trurtmk guirlamre t0 ham to dis- cuss them in a mature funhitm with hi; feihm's. These t'iEi'TNuIHS aw cvntl'ul tn the mmlutrl of gen- eral education at Chirugn. They are present under the m-w dispvnsalinn. us: lht-y were under the old. They will IW malh'lttlinmi anti Sll'PllgIhEIlPd. This is not to Rely. nf r t.:L1:'.-w, that mmlifit'ations will never occur. It Ilow mean that. if aml when modift'ations take phure. they will not hr the resuit of a citi'f'nds, an inviaihie drift like that rnf thr: lemmings tnwat'ti the mini walt-I's 0f thr- Nr'rrwngian fifII'Ii-ii they Will spring. i'zllhmx mit 0f t-IhIt-ulintml debate and dew iiheratiml. A Fab experiment in in. Sci. F1 .x- E $- 6 W; H .2-

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As a result of the eunienlar Changes of the paint yea 1,, then. the Chicago student will hate to :leeitle for l11111selfwhat he wants l'Ilr- haehelorie degree to lltl'lllLll? and to mean. He may ehuose t0 det'ole his years Of undergraduate study 111 general education in the Col- lege. with the year of added tutorial work. If he is; accepted for graduate unrk in lam business. mt lihrary science. 01' if he enteru' the Social Scieneen Division. he ltiay, 1111011 r-uwessi'nl eu111pletion of at year Of atl- Vanced study. FH't-thtf the new College BA. Ur he may wish to ClJI'Illtlllt general educaticm with spe- cialized we-rk in the lJiviAions 0f the l'hnnunitiee. Biological Sciener-s. nr Physical Seienees. Whichever tlerisjun llll' etudent makes. he will have eonsicleruhh: n-xperieltee with the unusual eur- rieulum which College students ltttt't' known during the past ten years. Although the amount of College work varies- somewhat from program to program. all the new pathway; to the hnehelorie degree were ere- aletl in the light til the lfnivrsrnity's mntinning mn Vietimt that at thoughllttlly-planned ancl vigornusly taught general ultn'zttinn lH essential In any serious undergraduate progrmn. Urc'linal'ily. tum the work in general erlurralinn will he heavily mntrmitrntetl i Iltt' early years of the c-111'1'ir.-11l11111 m that the utntlent who is lltttlez'irh-Il allmut hi.- lnlure t'ltlll'r-t' will have 21 chance in reflw-I. to investigate. and In 1111111111119 helht't- making 1111 hin 1111111l. Ix; 't-S. Above: ttThe Lonely Cmn-rlf' Dm-r'd Riesnmn and Rene! Denney. ca-authars of Left: Cobb Lerture Hall. Although the development of the curricula out- lined ahmre was spurred by the desire to achieve. more effective artienlation of general and speeialized edu- cation for the student who comes to Chicago after finishing high selinol. the University will continue to welemne qualified entrants who have mmpleted the sophomore or junior year of high sehonl. In the case of high :ehnnl sophomores these programs uill 11019- mallV 191111ire a total of five. team of study. palt or all of the additional new being dext'oted to studies flom Wllltll qualified high- school g1 dtluates are ex- empted hy plaeement test 01' hecanse of the nature of their haehelmiis programs. The high-sehool sopho- more thus saves at leaet a full year. Thm. the event; of the past year have produced a Te-tiefinitinn and relocation of the Chicago bach- elm q degree. ac well as a new and closer relation between the College and the reset of the Universitv. The new titrettigmnents do not clisplaee 9 instead. they inempntate 9 the hest elements of the Univer- sitfs work in general education. which 111ight he enumerated as ft'tllows: First. 1111 integrated program of liberal studies, l01'11111h1tetl and taught hy a College Faculty whose major intereats annl energies are devoted to this task. Seemnl, 11 traulilion of placement tests which take acemmt not only of the entering student's formal schooling hut ulm of knowledge and emupetence he

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Ex 2? MARK ASHIN .kxblum PI'HIt'M-nr ml Engiihh EDWARD BXSTIKK .Muialanl Prufussur :If Humanitits IR; MAI RICE B. KRAMER Prufrp-ur uml lllmirman Hi Illnnanhic; JOHN R. DAVEY 'Xsmlciatzr mersaur Dean nil Htmicnli oi llHl'llClTlilil'n' Hmfl itfsi i 1e. : ALBERT 3L II 8 YES Aasociatc Professnr KNOX tI IIILL Abt-iirlalll Prnl'ersa'nr nf Englixh uf Humanities RillH-Hin I.. LEVIN Anwlanl Prnh-saur ml Endish 3: I 1,,- Al GI'STI'S F. B:H'SCII .-'sz.-'l:'-1am Prnfremmr rJf Mallwmmivg EIL-xRIJ-IS C. RICH. :Uwiutanl Profumr rlf Humanities REI'EL N DENNEY Ahairriate PIan-mr IRVING T. DIAMOND -hai-alant Prnirnnr ml Siincial Sviuncee nf Natural Sciz-nm-s STANLEY P. Ill'ClHRT Ham Pfllft'FFl'T MEYER W. ISENBERG .Xsbislunl Prulesn-nr nf llallwmativs OI Humaniiies tJIIRISTHN W. M M IRA l 'l-IR .IK-Hn'iuh- PrUfIH-r-ur VIOLA MANDERFELD . issuciatv Prnlrssur uml ilhuirman nl nf IIiSmry Cr'rmam SIaH .7 f 0 2. MANl'EL BILSKY Assislant Prnfcesur nf Elwlish WILMA R, EBBITT KSHMHIII Prnfrswr and Chairman Hf English StaH - . V. ILLIAM KARI SH shenuiulr Pruft-ssm nE Mallu'matirs v; 1 - av aid JOHN ti. JHYHELD Asmslam I'rnfrrgmr nl Nallrrul Sc-icncvs Uta 6allcye