University of Denver - Kynewisbok Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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CURRICULAR ADMINISTRATION 23 EXPANSION . . . has been the definite ambition of Dean Turner B. Messick for the School of Fine Arts. With the growth of this department of the University, it has become almost demandatory to find , larger quarters. 1-PQ the student is not quite that opportunistic, or perhaps it is because perennial sophomores do not like to be reminded how many years they have actually attended the University, but whatever the reason may be, it is quite patent that the greatest cause for complaint on the part of the students is the system, or perhaps the lack of one, in the registration at the open- ing of each quarter. Cards, cards, cards-there's the Dean of Women's card, the Dean of Men's card, the Adviser's card, the Registrar's card, and the Business OEce's card. Each, when filled out, if the student is consistent, is but a repetition of the other. y an BODY BY FISHER the most beautiful distance between two points, seems to be the motto of this life class at Chappell School of Fine Art. . . . A straight line is not'

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22 I 1935 KYNEWISBOK prodigious number of blanks waiting his an- swers, the Freshman, nevertheless, painstak- ingly attempts to accurately and legibly give the required information. How different is this picture of the laboriously conscientious yearling from that of the student who has gone through this process time and time again, only to have 960,360,430 TIMES 8,360,432 . . . The statistics laboratory and the Bureau of Business and Social Research have achieved national recognition for their intensive statistical studies. Their particular work includes an analyzation of business' and social condi- I NEVER SATISFIED . . . but continually seeking new knowledge-is Dean Warfield of the , School of Commerce. A businesslike l efficiency as well as a congenial per- . sonality have aided Dean Warfield in his efforts towards a bigger and better Main School. the cards mutely ask at the beginning of the next quarter the same questions, requiring, for the most part, the same answers. Could it be that the Registrar's Oihce in this era of rapid change, expects the birth-date, place of birth, high school attended, and like information to vary with current events? Perhaps it is because tions in and around the city of Denver.

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24 1935 KYNEWISBOK ' Wouldn't it be better to have one card list- ing information which could be filled out the first year and then placed in a permanent file to which all the offices might have access? An- other card might be used at the beginning of each year to note the changing information, which also could be placed in a master file. Of course, it would be necessary to have a card to list the courses of the student each quarter-to QUIZZICALLY DEAN WYER .' . . wonders if you're sure that you want to be a librarian. Expert book handlers have been graduated from this school of the University, I whose jobs have taken them to all parts of the country. be kept in the Registrar's office. In the final analysis it seems that this would be as time sav- ing for the administration as for the student. At least it would save the latter some forty hours of unnecessary labor. This idea will probably be called Himpracticable and vision- ary. Nevertheless, it presents at least one solu- tion to a decidedly obvious problem. TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF . . . seems to be the aim of Library School. Here book lore is practiced and taught.