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April 11, 1938

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The University Senate met in the Lecture Room of McVey Hall, Monday, April
11, 1938. President McVey presided.

The minutes of March 14 were read and approved.
Professor Trimble, Chairman of the Curriculum Committee, read to the Senate

the general policies to be observed by this committee in its work. The report
reads as follows:

"Before presenting the Committee's recommendations it
wants to express its appreciation to the deans and heads of
departments for their cooperation in responding to our requests
for information. In getting the work under way it has been
necessary for us to make these requests and we are grateful
for the help that has been given us.

"In performing its work the Committee has adopted certain
general rules of policy to serve as guides in its deliberations.
We felt that it was appropriate to read them to the Senate so
that the Senate members could get some idea of the method and
spirit with which we are attacking problems before us.

Ruleil
"Whenever the Committee makes any recommendations to the
Senate concerning which the Committee is divided it is recoge
nized that the minority has a right to present a minority report.

Rule 2

"Whenever the Committee decides to make an unfavorable
recommendation to the Senate concerning proposed new courses
or changes in courses or a recommendation involving the eliminae
tion of courses from the curriculum, the Dean of the College

concerned will be immediately notified of the recommendation to
be madeo

Rule,3

"When a course is being considered about which the committee
feels there may be some doubt or conflicting interest it will be
the purpose of the Committee to cousult members in other departs
monts who may be interested as well as the person proposing or
teaching the course.

Rule 4.

"Whenever any member of the Committee has a Special
interest in the decision to be made concerning a course such

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member should consider himself disqualified from participating
by vote in the decision of the Committee. Such member shall
be considered, however, as having a right to be heard on the
question»

Rule‘i

”In performing his duties as a member of the Committee
each member shall consider himself a representative of the
University as a whole rather than of any particular college
or department.

"It is believed that these principles are in harmony with
the original conception of the purpose of such a committee which
was to furnish one body representing all the University which would
give special consideration to such matters as new courses and
advise the Senate thereon.

"The Committee realizes, of course, that some of these
principles are stated in rather general language and that it will
be in interpreting and applying them that close and difficult
questions will arise. When those difficult questions do arise it should
be borne in mind that many if not most of the questions concerning
which the Committee will be making recommendations to the Senate will
be questions about which there will be plenty of room for differences
of opinion—equestions the decisions of which will depend upon one's
educational philosophy. Therefore, it is honed they will be
considered and decided on the high plane of principle and intellectual
discussion. There would seem to be no occasion for personalities to
enter in or for any.personal ill feeling to develOp. In spite
of a few pessimistic predictions about the outcome of the
Committee's work, the reSponses which the Committee has so far
received indicate a generous willingness to cooperate.

"The Committee does not desire the silent acceptance by this

body of its recommendations aid being familiar with the habits of
the Senate, the members of the Committee do not expect such

acceptance. We request only that you give our recommendations
critical and objective examination. The most important thing is
that the questions that will be raised be given thoughtful cone
sideration and that the decisions of the Senate be accepted. That
is the democratic way of doing things and if democracy can not
succeed in this body there must indeed be no hope for democracy."

Professor Trimble also informed the Senate as to the disposition made of two
courses referred to this committee by the Senate at its meeting of March 14.
These courses were Political Science 215, American Judicial Administration,
and Commerce 151 a Economics of Consumption. The report on these courses
reads as follows:

Minutes of the University Senate a Anril 11, 1938

withdrawn and the Committee has, with the approval of the
interested parties, deferred action on Commerce 151."

"The request for the political science course has been M
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The following new course, recommended to the Senate by the Curriculum Committee,
was approved for the Summer Session of 1938.

Music 123 n The Function of Music in Education. Three credits.

Primarily for Summer School. A nonntechnical course aiming to orientate

the educator and educational administrator on the place and function

of music in a comprehensive integrated system of education. The course

is designed for administrators, teachers, music supervisors, and stun

dents of music. The subject will be approached from the philosonhical

as well as the psychological, sociologiCal, and cultural angles. Those

eligible will be students who have an administrative background, who

have acted as teachers in the public school system, and all students

of music who have attained upper division classification. The course M
is aimed to give the students a general background which will enable /h
them to evaluate intelligently and supervise the music program as a

part of a general education system.

The following course change, recommended to the Senate by the Curriculum
Committee, was approved:

Physical Education 2Q. Rhythms, Calisthenics and Gymnastic Skills. 7
Four credits. Change in title and content to include Rhythms.

Professor Trimble also presented a recommendation from the Curriculum Committee 1
relative to inactive courses, which readSas follows:
"The Committee has taken up the matter of ”dead material”. By

this term we mean the courses which have been approved by the Senate

but have in many cases been dropped from the catalogue and not given

for several years. Instead they have been reposing in the archives ”

of the Registrar's office but may at any time be resurrected and given ‘1’

for credit. To get full information about the number of such courses

is quite a task since often the full history of a particular course

can be gotten only by going back through the card file and getting the

history of other courses. The Committee decided, as the best way to

handle the matter, to recommend to the Senate that it request the head ,

of each department, or deans in colleges having no departments, to send

to the Curriculum Committee a complete list of all authorized courses

that it wishes to retain; such a list to give the number and name of

each course and the last year in which each course had students enrolled
in it."

This recommendation was approved by the Senate.

Reports were made to the Senate by Professor W. L. Roberts on the meeting of ‘
the Association of American Law Schools; by Professor T. C. Sherwood on the M
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Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, and by Professor
Maurice Seey on the American Asuzcietion of School Administrators. All of
these reports were carefully prepared and contained information of much value
to the Senate.

Dean Wiest presented to the Senate a recommendation from the College of
Commerce. calling for changes in curricula as follows:
10 Drop Business English as a required course from the Secretarialm
Training Curriculum and add Commerce 145: Problems in Office
Management.

Add Commerce 107, Statistical Method, to the required list of
courses in the combined Commercenlew Coursee

On presentation of these recommendations, it was ruled by President McVey

that they should be referred to the Curriculum Committee. This ruling called
forth a discussion as to the extent of the authority of this committee,
particularly as to its power to determine the courses that are to be included

in the various programs of study leading to degrees. It was moved by

Professor Bureau that the Senate define the authority of the Committee as not
including the right to determine the courses that shall make up programs of study
leading to degrees. The motion was seconded and followed by further discussion
of the powers of the Curriculum Committee. Professor Shherago moved that

the motion by Professor Bureau be tabled. This motion was seconded and approved
by the Senate. By the tabling of the original motion, the above curriculum
changes were referred to the Curriculum Committee.

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