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The Michigan Creed ALEXANDER GRANT RUTHVEN President UNDER the title One Part of the Michigan Creed . President Alexan- der Grant Ruthven this year pre- pared a statement of the relation which should and must exist between the alumni and the University. To the Michiganensian this partial statement of the Michigan Creed represents a relationship which we believe should be the ideal toward which every Michigan man should strive. The student should so direct his life here that when he joins the ranks of the alumni, his attitude toward the University will reflect the ideal which President Ruthven has inculcated in this statement. We believe that the student should be trained as an Alumnus from matriculation; he enrolls in the University for life and for better or worse he will always remain an integral part of the institution. We believe that the relations between the alumnus and his University should be bene- ficial to both, and that the mutual assistance provided by the graduates and by the insti- tution should be limited only by their powers for service. We believe that to the person who has obtained what he should from his alma mater, Michigan is the actual expression of a practical idealism government, religion and state supported education being insepa- rable : and We believe that to the University the alumnus is a member of a brotherhood bound by the spiritual tie of faith in the ideals of education. New Educational Developments IX his annual report to the Regents. Presi- dent Ruthven outlined the progress which the past year has witnessed in the advance- ment of administrative efficiency in the Uni- versity. In spite of the problems which the depression has presented, many steps have been taken toward reorganization and cre- ation of activities and facilities having as their ultimate goal the development of char- acter in University students. As the presi- dent stated at the beginning of his report: The year has been remarkable principally
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SHIRLEY W. SMITH Vice President CLARENCE S. YOAKUM Vice President for the progress made in the study of Uni- versity activities, in revising the organiza- tion, and in the laying of the groundwork for expanding the activities of the University as a character-building organization. President Ruthven makes it plain that it is not the policy of the administration to stand still. Constant research and study are essential to maintain the growth of the Uni- versity in harmony with the most advanced trends in educational development. And so the administration is directing the University today with an eye to the greater institution of tomorrow. The application made of this principle in the past year is illustrated by the following statement in President Ruth- ven ' s report: For each unit to do its work well is not sufficient; there must be con- tinuing effort to centralize information about the departments, to study and evaluate methods which are proving successful in other institutions, and to coordinate the activities of departments if the University is to perform its several functions with reason- able efficiency. With the aid of the Facul- ties, material progress has been made this year in these fields, without any tendency to produce a stereotyped institution. One phase of this development is evi- denced by a plan instituted this year to equalize teaching loads and place the de- termination of salaries upon a sounder basis. According to this plan staff members will each year receive two information blanks upon which they will record the distribution of their time. With the aid of this informa- tion, it is hoped that inequalities may be ironed out and the work of the Faculty placed upon a more efficient and satisfactory basis than ever before. It has been previously stated that the administration is now taking steps toward greater emphasis upon character develop- ment. Although the greatest force in this direction must inevitably be the classroom relationship between student and teacher, President Ruthven states in his report that it would seem that the large institution at least could enrich its contribution to the spiritual growth of the student by bringing to his attention the formal courses in religion and philosophy in the curriculum, by offer- ing him practical experience in human rela- tions, and by providing a counselor to assist him in developing his philosophy of life. He continues that the first of these objectives is easily achieved. Michigan has experienced reasonable success with the second. The Page Two
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