University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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R. B. House, Dean of Adjiixistration nORT4-l CflROLinfl-

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T, HE academic year 1935-36 marks the beginning in actual practice of revisions in courses of study with which faculty and students have been con- stantly occupied during the four college years of the Class of ' 36. For Freshmen and Sophomores the General College has been organized under Dean Spruill and a staff of advisers. It emphasizes English, Social Science, Natural Science, one foreign language. Mathematics, or, as a substi- tute for Mathematics, Greek or Latin, which, with one free elective, comprise the plan of study for these first two years as a general, but unified plan of study introductory to more specialized work in the Junior and Senior years. Exceptions to this general plan are made for students who desire more con- centrated work in Applied Science, Medicine, Pharmacy, and, in some cases. Music. Moreover, provision is made in the General College for more individual programs of study under counsel of the advisers. For Juniors and Seniors the College of Arts and Sciences, combining the old College of Liberal Arts, and the old School of Applied Science, offers pro- grams of study under three faculties — Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences; three schools — Commerce, Public Administration, and Library Science offer special courses. Moreover, provision is made for individual pro- grams for students under counsel of their deans, faculty chairmen of divisions, and department heads. It is the object of these revisions to give more unity and continuity to each student in his intellectual growth, to give him more vital knowledge of himself, of the past out of which he comes, and of the present in which he lives; to give him a general basis but effective insight in Language, Social Science, Natural Science, Mathematics, or the Classics, and a more thorough grounding and skill in the line of his dominant intellectual interests. ( ry ' - ' - i-- --

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THE GENERAL COLLEGE A. HE establishment of the General College in the fall of 1935 inaugurated new curricula and administrative facilities for the students dur- ing the freshman and sophomore years. The courses of study intended: ( I ) to offer a variety of basic subjects generally regarded as the foundations of a liberal education, (2) to supply opportunities for the discovery of in- tellectual interests and occupational aptitudes, and (3) to provide preparation for later col- legiate or professional training. The administrative facilities are devote d to the more effective adaptation of the Univer- sity ' s resources to each student ' s individual in- terests and needs. A faculty committee of seven advisers has direct responsibility for the orien- tation and guidance of all the members of the General College from the time of admission to the University until the time of transfer to one of the divisional programs in the junior year. Each member of this committee is the personal adviser of a definite group of students and attempts to help them make the best use of the several agencies which serve their physical, in- tellectual, and spiritual life. Thus through the adviser the University under- takes to establish with each student a human relationship directed toward the full development of his best qualities and abilities. C. P. SPRUILL, De 1 l:i, il-MA.N Au l-Ul; L O-MMITTEE gtaiuliiir,. Left to E ' ujht: H. R. Totten, H. K. Russell, M. A. Hill. Sitting, Left to Right: S. A. Emery, C. P. Spriill, Chairman, E. L. Mackie, W. L. Wiley. UniV-gRJIT? 24