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University Senate (Faculty Senate) records Minutes (Records) Universities and colleges -- Faculty University of Kentucky University Senate (Faculty Senate) meeting minutes, September 21, 1942 text University of Kentucky University Senate (Faculty Senate) meeting minutes, September 21, 1942 1942 1942-09-21 2020 true xt74tm71zf90 section xt74tm71zf90 98 .-.'.-.~;~.-vv*- -1 ---------- Minutes of the Faculty of the University - September 12, 1942 2000 of the best high school graduates in Kentucky fail each year to enter any institution of higher learning. and pointed out the need for more aggressiveness in encouraging superior students to enter the Uni- 6gb versity. President DonOVan indicated that a bulletin would be prepared, to go regularly to each member of a group known as "Friends of the Uni: versity." He stated. too, that there are approximately 18,000 public school teachers in the state, many of whom might well continue their studies during the spring quarter after their schools have closed. He indicated that an effort is being made to interest such teachers by the use of an ad each month on the back cover of the K. E. A. Journal. The first issue to appear soon will deal with the Annual Educational Cone ference. Subsequently. each college in the University will be featured in an issue. President Donovan also reported on the recent meeting in Washington, attended by educators from throughout the country. The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing war problems and their relationin education. 'N Great emphasis was placed at the meeting on the importance of education as ' a background for the military program. It was pointed out that 63 per cent of the army personnel needs some form of specializad training. One speaker suggested that the emergency is so great that there is really no time for anything except preainduction education. The importance of mathematics. science, American history, and the ability to write was emphasized. It was suggested that intercollegiate football would probably have to be abandoned before next fall. primarily because of the transporn tation problem. President Donovan outlined briefly the plans of the University to furnish instruction for some 800 or more soldiers in certain technical fields. He outlined the preparations that are being made and indicated that the Animal Pathology Building is being rushed to completion and would be used for this purpose. Reference was again made to the problem faced by the coaching staff of the University in its efforts to compete with other schools in the , Southeastern Conference. The problem had been outlined by Coach Kirwan $ at the meeting of the Faculty on July 17. .There appeared to be a desire on the part of the Faculty to lend some assistance in this connection, if proper means could be found. MINUTES OF THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY September 21, 1942 The Faculty of the Uhiversity met in the President's Office f Monday, September 21, 1942. President Donovan presided. Members present were Paul P. Boyd, Alvin E. Evans. W. D, Funkhouser, J. H. Graham, ton, Led an. as bly rm aff ant 99 Minutes of the Faculty of the University - September 21, 1942 W. S. Taylor. Edward Wiest, and Leo M. Chamberlain. Jesse E. Adams, Louis Clifton, and L. J. Horlacher also attended the meeting. The minutes of September 12 were read and approved. The following statement, prepared as a result of the discussion in the meeting of September 12, was presented to the Faculty for considera- tion: "In view of the problems presented to the Faculty by Coach Kirwan at a recent meeting, it is the judgment of that body that the following plan might be tried experimentally: The Faculty of the University will consider recommendations for special consideration in the admission of certain students designated by the Department of Athletics. Each case will be individually studied and action.relative to the admission of the student taken on the basis of all factors involved. The following policies would govern: 1. Requests for special consideration during any one year would not involve more than 10 students. 2. Before requests for special consideration are made, each student's application will be handled in the regular way in all respects, including the requirement of the classification examina- tion where necessary. 3. Should the student fail to gain admission under regularly established rules, he may be recommended to the Faculty of the University by the Faculty Representative of the Southeastern Con- ference for special consideration. Each student will be a graduate of a fully accredited high school and will present a minimum of 15 units as defined by the admission requirements of the University. 4. If admitted by the Faculty of the University, the ad- mission would be provisional for one quarter, with the future status of the student to be left to the Dean of the College and the Committee on Scholarship and Attendance. The proposal was approved. The application for admission of Robert Drury was considered in terms of the above policy and approved. President Donovan presented to the Faculty of the University the question as to whether or not it would be desirable to cancel the annual Educational Conference and the meeting of the Kentucky Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, planned for the last week in October. It appeared not improbable that gas rationing would be in effect by that time and that the attendance would therefore be limited to teachers and others from this immediate area. It appeared also that in cancelling the meeting the University would be contributing more to the war effort than could be accomplished by holding the conference as usual, OVCn though the program had been planned to contribute to the observance of the Ken- tucky Sesquicentennial. The Faculty voted to cancel the meeting, but in 100 Minutes of the Faculty of the university a September 21, 1942 doing so, recommended that papers, committee reports, etc., which had been prepared in anticipation of this meeting, be assembled and pub-s % lished as usual. Dean Taylor and Dean Boyd were asked to assume respona fâ sibility for giving notice of cancellation of the meeting and for assema bling materials for publication. Dean Taylor reviewed for the Faculty of the University the work that had been done in certain problems courses in Harlan, Jackson, and Pike Counties during the past summer, and called attention to the fact that requests had come from groups of interested persons in Louisville â and in Jackson for similar courses. The question was raised as to the ; proper procedure to be followed in offering such courses in view of a feeling on the part of Professor Clifton that offecampus work should be administered by the Department of University Extension as extension courses. The desire of certain students for graduate credit complicates the problem, since the present rules of the University do not permit graduate credit by extension. After an extended discussion of the various aspects of this problem of offecampus courses. involving some (gag graduate students, the matter was, on motion and second, referred to a " committee composed of Dean Taylor, Dean Funkhouser. and Professor Clifton. ( President Donovan presented to the Faculty a request from the authorities at Keeneland to have the University Band appear at the ceremonies attending the opening of the fall racing meeting on Tuesday. October 13. Members of the Band were given permission to be absent from classes on Tuesday afternoon, October 13. for the purpose of assisting with this program. On recommendation of Dean Boyd, the petition of Mary Rion was approved. Miss Rion asked that she be allowed to take by correspondence â the last 12 quarter hours of work required for graduation. MINUTES OF THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY October 21, 1942 The Faculty of the University met in the President's Office \ Wednesday. October 21, 1942. President Donovan precided. Members present were Paul P. Boyd. Thomas P. Cooper, Alvin E. Evans. W. D. Funkhouser, J. H. Graham, Frank D. Peterson, William S. Taylor, Edward Wiest, and Leo M. Chamberlain. The minutes of September 21 were read and approved. 1 The Faculty discussed the policies that might govern during the I 1943 summer quarter, in anticipation of an early request for the summer 3