University of North Carolina Charlotte - Rogues n Rascals or SiSi Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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GlENlElPlAlL COlLlLlEGlE DEAN C. P. SPRUILL The General College began the year 1937-38 with 1,412 students, 720 freshmen and 692 sophomores. For the first time during the life of this college the ori- entation of freshmen was completely planned and admin- istered by fifty upper-classmen under the joint chairman- ship of the President of the Student Body and the Presi- dent of the Senior Class. By careful preparation and organized work, this group helped the entering class to PAGE 2 4 make the adjustments required by life in Chapel Hill. The culminating event of the orientation period was an un- usually clear and impressive interpretation of the oppor- tunities and obligations of student government. President Graham was the speaker. Immediately after his address the freshmen met with small groups of upper-classmen for discussion and voluntary, individual pledges of support of responsible student self-government. The programs of study continue to serve the needs of different groups of students. The small proportion of an entering class that pushes on to graduation is a serious reminder that continuous improvement of the content and the circumstances of our offerings must be attempted. The purposes of these offerings during the nrst two years are: QU to promote a constructive experience in the broad learn- ing and critical understanding which contribute to personal achievement and civic responsibility, QQ to enable each student to test his aptitudes and develop his interests, and Q31 to start preparation for specialized training in col-

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Mathematics, 16g English, 64g Physics, 33 French, 14, Psy- chology, 6, Dramatic Art, 22, Geology, 43 Fine Arts, 43 Music, 8, Philosophy, jg Comparative Literature, 13 Rural Economics, 2g Botany, 35 Latin, 2g unclassified, about 200. Among the unclassihed are several special students, candi- dates for no degree, Pre-Medical, Pre-Law, and Pre-Dental, not expecting to take any degree, students who have not yet decided upon a major. The numbers in the different majors and in the differ- ent degree curriculums change from year to year, and all Departments have a great many students who take courses as electives. It appears that more and more students, ex- pecting to enter Professional Schools, take a regular four year program and receive the A.B. degree with an appro- priate major, Zoology or Chemistry for Medicine, His- tory, Political Science, or English for Law, and so on. This is no doubt due to the tightening up of standards with the Professional Schools. Properly, the College of Arts and Sciences is the under- graduate non-professional part of the University. It is a collection of men who are seeking to expand knowledge in the several subjects and to introduce students to the search for truth. The result is far from satisfactory for a number of reasons. American students spend more time trying to avoid learning than they do in trying to get it, which introduces the peculiarities common to all colleges and universities in the country, namely the excessive extra- curricular activity. Most students get the notion that these activities are actually of permanent value, beyond anything else they get from college, due to the fact that they do not get that which the colleges are operated for. Not knowing what it is all about, they seize upon other things from which they do get something definite, though it is not at all what the faculty is collected for, nor for which the expensive equipment is bought. On the other hand, there are enough students who do get some real education, and enough Professors who turn out valuable research, to justify a large number of educational institutions. In a Democracy we have to be content with a constant state of mediocrity, but we hope, an improving one. We prefer this to the more clipped and furbished civilizations based upon autocracy. Our goal is to bring about a condition under which all young people will have the proper train- ing and environment to induce them to live intelligently and happily on a high plane. I l W. M. DEY, Hzmzanilies R. E. COKER, Natural Sciences A. R. NEWSOM, Social Sciencei PAGE 23

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lege and professional schools. With these purposes in view the University Administration tries systematically and vigorously to discover, encourage, and advance good teach- ing. Undismayed by the difficulty of defining this process, the Administration intends to carry on the deliberate ef- fort to multiply in Chapel Hill the teachers who quicken the intelligence, elevate the imagination, and fill the mem- ories of undergraduates. Of the effects of this undertak- ing seniors will be the best judges now and in the years to come. The active administration of the General College is the responsibility of a staff of ten faculty advisers. Each ad- viser serves as the dean of his group of students. From the time of admission until his junior year, each student is associated with one adviser who attempts to make avail- able and to consider with the student all relevant informa- tion in helping him to make academic and personal de- cisions. Through this association, the adviser helps to in- dividualize and humanize the student's participation in the life of the university. FRESHMAN ADVISORS Firrl Row, Lefz to Rigbl-SANDERS, Baruzerr, SPRUILL, JOHNSON. Second Row, Left Io Right-HILL, HUDDLE, PHILLIPS. Third Row, Left to Right-MAMQHAM, PERRY, WELLS. PAGE 25