University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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18 1935 KYNEWISBOK Y it H- Hi. ns- at-at, left for the preamble of the Constitution of the United States. A more eflicient means of delv- inginto student minds was adopted this year when Dean Walters issued questionnaires to 150 prominent undergraduates asking for their opinions. on professors, curriculum, and educa- tional policy. The answers gave the lowdown on what was wrong with the Way professors were con- ducting their classes, quizzes and methods of instruction. These revelations were received by the faculty in two ways. Some ped 2gOg'l1CS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS REHASHED . . . The International Relations Seminar con- venes for a weekly dinner meeting, at which every- thing from soup to nuts in world affairs is dis- cussed. believed the students had no right to question the method they were being taught. Others thought -the suggestions were quite valuable and made attempts at their adoption. Dean Walters also supported a new and more liberal curricular plan which redivided all courses into certain fields of study, so that a student might specialize a little more and avoid certain subjects which probably would do the student no earthly good. The plan was adopted by the faculty. Future collegians can thank HR. I. for the new curriculariliberality. -.av-2 un-.y3k:'i v,'.f, L .qua , . 1 ,..v. 11. 'fi-a--is ,ip-1 .' T wr, nw .c ,-via' , -ying is W '5 K.-xwa. - 22 JUST MENTION HOUSE PARTY . . . if you want to see that smile disappear. Dean Gladys Bell has disproved the tradi- tional theory that all deans of women are unpopular. She now has the dual 'task of pointing the way for both Commerce and Arts coeds.

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HAVE YOU TAKEN GYM? asks Registrar Pete Nelson as he ' marks sophomore next to your name. CURRICULAR ADMINISTRATION 17 ,, ,119-Pl! iw '--:av ,. .rn A Engle s glory let it be said that these suppliants are usually successful. N 'mls oflice of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, one of the most conscientious ECONOMIC HEADSCRATCHING accompanied the attempt of the economic seminar to understand the situation in Germany ,lf men in the entire organization holds sway. He is Rolland I. Walters, whose main desire is to make Denver a pioneer in the field of educa- tion. Here it must be said that the Dean does not spend all his time signing slips which ask you to call at your earliest con- VCITL1CI1CC.,, Every two weeks, Dean Walters gathers a group of leaders and attempts to scrape together their hastily formed opinions on the doings of those in charge of the curriculum. The Leader's Council, awed by the superiority of the Dean's knowledge to their own mea- ger information, generally sits quietly while he makes known his aims and ideals. The sum total of constructive ideas that this group has offered and that the Dean has not already sug- gested to them could be written in the margin of this page and there would still be ample room

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CURRICULAR ADMINISTRATION 19 Fearing that shrubbery would be torn up, classes disrupted, and someone hurt in the hearty free-for-all fights over the wearing of the dinky,'l .the Dean forbade the use of violence in enforcing the freshman rules. As a result the D Club was unable to police the greenies, no fights occurred and the green caps were not worn. The advisability of this policy reached its way into many discussions. Editorials were written condemning the action. In defense of the Dean it might be recalled that this method ., 4 , -,M . -.gy , .V .. ,.-. ,..,,-'I ,I - , fully been forcibly imposed. To be observed and really significant, they must develop by evolutionary growth. URING THE year the duties of Dean Gladys C. Bell were extended to include the policing of Commerce coeds as well as the cam- pus coeds. Dean Bell's rules concerning dances and the hours during which dormitory resi- dents may enjoy social life naturally provide a source of irritation to many undergraduates. A ' ' HIS FIRST LOVE . . . teaching, caused Dean D.- Shaw Duncan to relinquish his position as'Dean of the Graduate School of enforcing the rules has resulted in classes be- ing disrupted, someone has been hurt, and enforcement has only been partially successful. Would it not be much more likely that the Freshmen would observe the customs and tra- ditions of the University if their obedience to these regulations was put in a voluntary and accepted way? Traditions have never success- Likewise, the ban on house parties following an investigation which would have done credit to the police third degree concerning the last Press Club party served as a source of student criti- cisrn. Nevertheless, she has retained an amount of popularity of which many are envious. Her personal charm, togetherwith the knowledge that her work is a vital 'factor in the well-being