University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Housing units such as the Men ' s Residence Halls were hi. hly praised in the report. The committee recommend- ed the construction of more of them. With an eye to increasing faculty-student reladonships the report asks for establishment of one or more faculty-student Commons Rooms. The committee also suggcst.s that in the projected new wing of Bascoin Hall, and possibly in other much-used recitation buildings as well, space be provided for an attractively furnished lounge, possibly with a dairy bar. There, the report points out, students could adjourn with a teacher to follow up ideas started in the classroom or get to know one another better in their leisure time. Formation of Faculty Dinner Clubs which would include students and in- creasing the size of the Union were other suggestions made bv the report. The report found varied housing conililions under which students were living. Private rooming houses tor more than five students, even though they had university approval, were poor while those without university approval were definite- ly poor. Private housing for not more than five students ranged in the committee ' s estimation from excellent to unsatisfactory, most of them being reasonably good. More than hall of the apartments and housekeeping rooms must be rated poor or unsatisfactory , according to the committee ' s standards.

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The University Grows In the Men ' s Residence Halls and some ot the traternm houses the institution of the Housefcllow is used. His ad- vice to younger students and his jiiana eri.il ahiht help to make the life of the student much happier. Even though physical facilities at the university are not adequate, the committee hopefully adds that the last four years have seen a definite improvement in equipment and a start on a building program. The university has a good record in obtaining faculty mem- bers who are both able and enthusiastic teachers with the keenest interest both in their subject and in their students, and with a sympathetic understanding of fields other than their own — but there are some reservations made by the committee. The report describes the problem as due partly because of the intellectual stimulus of advanced work, and partly because of the force of numbers, many senior members of the staff have far greater contact with and hence more interest in theii graduate students than their imdergraduatcs. Tlie pressure of students once a week. their own graduate work on members of the junior staff sometimes limits, unfortunately, the time devoted by them to students. More should he done in the development of teach- ing interest and competency among teaching assistants. The relations of faculty and administration with students is both fiiendly and courteous, the committee found, but it is not always one of complete understanding. The important question with respect to student representation on more com- mittees, the report points out, is which faculty committees can function more effectively with student members. The report suggests as the solution that faculty committees that directly involve student affairs should include a liberal representation of students. Faculty committees that involve students only in- directly should have some students on them only if the present committee believes thev can function more effectivelv with them. The report .suggested that a milk li.ir iiiiglu In- set up in Hascom Hall to facilitate better student-faculty relations. One might be in- sialleil in such a place as the siivkin ' .; room in Hascom Hall below. . s a result ot the rapid expansion of the Uni ersity after the war many Temporary Buildings were constructed. It is the hope of the University that such buildings will not have to remain on the campus.

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IWtWMIBMmil lHBWWPWIW«l«JJMIWMlU. llimMM - and changes - The Housemother also is an important factor in housing. All of the sororities and many of the fraternities enjoy the services of the housemother. The report put its whole-hearted approval on such housing as the university residence halls which pro- vide excellent accommodations and good food and cooperative houses for women. It also praised the community life in projects such as Badger Village and the Trailer Camps as a real inspiration to the imiversity. Fraternity and sorority accommodations are mostly good from a physical point of view. Long-time remedies the report recommended in- cluded more residence halls, increased emphasis for inen students on the desirability of living in approved houses. TTie report also suggested that greater em- phasis should be placed by houscfellows in the resi- dence halls on stimulating academic work and other intellectual activities, adding that the need for this is even greater in the case of fraternities and sororities. An overabundance of students in the College of Letters and Science is causing shortcomings in the .idvising system. The number of advisees per staff member in some departments is beyond reason be- cause of the concentration of a large number of stu- dents in certain courses or majors. It is difficult for faculty members to use every opportunity to help students that need advising and still avoid meddling with another student ' s business under the present system. On the whole the advising system is not nearly as good as it should be; the information necessary to making advising effective should be more readily available; and, concluded the re[X)rt, the advisor is one of the favorite scapegoats for inadequacy in advising when a student is neglectful of his respon- sibilities. A larger senior staff would help, says the report, but also advising shoiiUl Ix- moved as far as possible trom the details of registration ,uui s)irc,id out over the entire semester, and fuller, more useful, and more clearly stated information concerning registration and other .ulniinisir.uixe procedures would help. ' I ' witc .1 (-.ir nru lit r(i( 1iii;,l;(sI ' ih)( ».ii .v to .i Iiil: nlUgc cotiu-s about. No one enjoys waiting in the long registration lines. 12 BT ' 3n?TBr ofc. oo VM. ' tV3J.nii i uxVJtV i 4H il VKA)J03[KKU. aa VWV ' W J V ' .» l. S- T « T IM