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

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Director of Admissions Charles D. UConnell Uiglm spends most of the On'cntation Boardplans. executesorien- academic year traveling about the country recruiting future Chicagoans, folu ration twice a year, in between events lows up on his work during orientation week. dascusscs academlc problems In relanon to students. O-Week whirls new students into life Chicago-style, Studem tourists take the grand excursion around Chicago during fall orienta- tion on Student Governmenbsponsored bus tours. Native Chicagoan Rochelle Dubnow Hch points out the new Sun-Time: press plant Uer and the Vv'rigley Building kcnteD during the trip through Chicagds Loop. 20

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The College would retain a four-year bachelorls pro- gram, directed toward both liberal and specialized edu- cation. Within this framework the Committee would use its extraordinary powers to create 3 Curriculum consonant with the College philosophy, yet palatable to the demands for specialized education. As outlined, the Committees report included specific recommenda- tions for: l. Splitting the four year residence requirement into two years of general, liberal education, one year of llguided electives, a terminal year of specialization, The present College faculty is to be charged with the responsibility of revising the current curriculum to fit two years. 2. Creation of an hundergtaduate facultyllwith jun's- diction over the entire undergraduate program. The Chancellor expressed the hope that many members of this faculty will hold joint appointments in the Divi- sions, ensuring a sort of cultural interchange between Divisional specialists and the College faculty. 3. Retention of the early entrant, placement test, and comprehensive examination systems, probably with some revision of the placements. College Dean Robert E. Streeter ex- plained the current College curriculum to new students during Orientation Week, using historical, sometimes hys- terical illustrations to describe the seri- ous purposes of education. 'The College is dead! Long live the College? Harold Haydon, College dean of stu- dents, was a track star during his Col- lege days at UC, last year showed some of his paintings at a faculty exhibition in the Goodspeed Hall galleries. I9

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But the main function of orientation week is academic-not only do placements tests measure endurance and give experience in Col- lege exam-taking; they give some measure of the studenw knowl- edge and abiiiry. guide advisers in planning programs tailored to the individuaPs competence and interests. sandwiches parties, picnics, tours, between exams At the semi-formal ChancelloHs Reception old students ngo through the line to see how my name will come out this year, new students shake hands with night to lefD Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton and Mrs. Kimpton, Dean of Students john P. Netherton and M rs. Netherton, College Dean of Students Harold Haydon and Mrs. Hay- don, and College Assistant Dean of Students Stephen E. Wood. Picnicking on the green with O-Boarduslaonsored hot dogs provides a plcasant fall activity for ncar-exhausted novices. FI'M HP; ; . '1 'ch 21