University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Foragers Into Knowledge DR. HERMAN WEIL, frofmor «f |Mulio|agy, is ihc chair-man of the Honor Committee-College of letters and Science. The Honors Program is a plan whereby ihc student with above average intelligence, an inquisitive mind, and an insatiable desire for knowledge can work with other students with the same qualifications at an accelerated rate of study. Honors courses, through their increased reading assignments ami extra projects, give the student a chance to develop an understanding of the material beyond that usually attained. Because the classes are small, the students receive more individual attention and ate able to engage in more meaningful group discussions. Initial requirements for enrollment in an Honors Course are the attainment of a superior high school scholastic record and high scoics in pre-enrollment testing. In order to continue enrollment in Honors Courses, a student must maintain a .S.fl average. At the conclusion of a student's sophomore year, he may be eligible for sophomore Honors and, later, may graduate with a B.S. (Honors) or a B.A. (Honors) degree. If an Honors student prefers to elect a major, he may lake Honors courses only in his major and receive Honors in the Major. I here arc many Honors Courses from which to choose, and the program i being expanded. Honors courses arc a uniepic experience and offer a challenge to students — a challenge which all too often has been neglected in present day education. It is dcsirt'd that the students taking Honors Courses should acquire a workable understanding ol the subject and an interest in pursuing the information they arc studying into broader areas. Those who undertake the challenge offered by such course arc those whose contributions will perpetuate the name of our University in its task of preparing future leaders to face the world. 28 ROGER WONG anil Gerald Nelc rn have a question for Hr. Robert CftMello during an Honors tloiom tab period.

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Another series of tests also administered by this office determines a student’s reading ability and indicates in which phase of reading — vocabulary, speed, or comprehension — he has difficulties. A college reading course for the improvement of these aspects of reading is offered by the Counseling Department: it also provides the student with pointers on how to study well. The counseling office maintains a Vocational Library which offers pamphlets, leaflets, hooks and circulars concerning various fields of study. Those arc of great value to the student who is undecided as to his career choice or who desires more information on the field of study he has already chosen. The library also includes a collection of bulletins from colleges throughout the United States which are available to students considering transfer to another university. In addition, volumes of professional books and reference materials arc available to the counseling staff memlxTv MARILYN JAHN of the counseling staff administer guidance and placement tests to incoming freshmen. PRK5IDF.NT OF the UW-M International Club, Leritebo Semie from Addis Ababa, Fthiopia points out his American home to Foreign Student Counselor, Miss Marie Meriet. 27

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LOIS STICHM. Jerome llalchcn . Ronald Seder. John Schiraanxky, ami Allen Stheverwr listen intently during their Honor Spanish class. DAVID WARNER peers anxiously at a slide of xylrrn and phloem cells in his Honors IV.fanv rlass CAROL SALMON, Rosetnarir Kopp, and Edward Ja d cvrxki ponder oser the intri racirs of Honors Experimental Psychology.