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Academic Standards May Be Raised
Standing Of 2.0 Would Be Required
Chanpcs In the University's probation rules
ahlch would require students to maintain an average of C (3 0) are expected to be discussed at a special mectirg of the Arts and Sciences faculty Monday.
Thirty-- ? even per cent of the University's
students failed to make a 2.0 standing last
semester, according to a recent report from the
registrar's ttfice. If the proposals had been in effect
then, 2.053 students would have been dropped from
school or pced on probation.
The recommended changes were drawn up by a
five-ma- n
committee on entrance requirements
lieaded by Dr. Shelby T. McCloy of the History Department. They would apply to all undergraduate
under-Kradua-

students.

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The committee's report recommends that students be required to have an average of 2.0 in at
least two cf their first three semesters and an over-n- il
average cf 2.0 after four semesters or be dropped
from schotJ. The present rule requires an overall

Group Wants Tighter
English Requirements

of 1.4 for the first two, semesters and 1.6 for the
next two.
The new plan would also place on probation all
upper-divisio- n
students who fall below an overall
of 2.0. Those who failed to regain that level in the
next semester would be dropped from the UniverA general tightening up of ICuglisli requirements in tin Co!- sity. At present, a student must keep his standing
above 1.79 to stay in school.
lege of Arts and Sciences could be tin result of a special faculty
Dr. McCloy said a similar list of proposals submitted at the February faculty meeting was de- meeting in that college Monday.
feated by one vote. The new recommendations are
The recommendations, some of which could go into effect
moderations of the original proposals, he said.

If the Arts and Sciences faculty approves the
changes Monday they would then go to the University faculty for further action. Dr. McCloy added.
He said he thought any requirement changes would
have to be printed In the University catalog before
they could become effective, but said he was not
certain about that point. The catalog will not be
printed again until May. 1959.
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immediately, have !cen drawn up

Reading and Composition.
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The committee s seven-pag- e
port includes these recommenda- tions:
1. That Incoming freshmen and
transfer students who rank below
the 75th percentile on the Knglish
entrance testa be required to take

fraternities and
sororities will compete in the sixth
annual Lambda Chi Pushcart
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University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., Friday, April 18, 19.'8

Vol. XLIX

Derby and parade tomorrow afternoon.
The parade will start at noon on
fraternity icw and continue down
Rose Street to Euclid Avenue, then
down South Limestone and on to
the campus stopping in front of
the Admipiirrration Building. The
pushcart races will follow immediately.
Derby
Jim Ileil said
the men wi-- 1 race around the circle
in front tf the Administration
Building. Girls will race over a
shorter course, starting on South
limestone and ending in front of
the Admjrj'tration Building.
Each pm heart will have one
rider ard rushers will change four
times in each heat. The winners
of several heats will compete in
the final r?.ce for the championship trcphy. The pushcarts are
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FILE FOR DEGREES
Seniors and graduate students
to complete their rewho exj-rc- t
quirements for graduation May
26 must file for degrees by Monday, April 28.
Applications should be made In
the office cf the dean of the college in wbich the student expects
to receive his degree. All students who have not previously
filed an application must do so.
No student will be considered for
graduation who has not filed an
application.

Taft Named
To Speak At
Honors Day
A member of one of the nation's
most prominent families will be the
speaker for UK Honors Day exercises at 9 a.m. April 30 in Memorial

Coliseum.

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Shown above are the candidates for the Lambda
Chi Pushcart Derby candidates. From left to right
they are: (front row) Tan Neel, Triangle; Margaret

Mallard, Delta Tau Delta; Caroline Thornton. Alpha Sigma Phi; Brenda Light, Kappa Sigma; Cynthia Beadell, Phi Gamma Delta, and Mary Louise
Huffman, Alpha Delta Pi. (Back row) Lynne
Bryant, Alpha Tau Omega; Mary Jo Taylor, Phi

Career consultations to aid high school students in shaping
their college lives are to be ofFeied at the Arts and Sciences Ex
position which opens tonight.
Dean M. M. White of the College of Arts and Sciences stated
that the purpose of the exposition

Kappa Tau; Margaret Futrell. Delta Delta Delta;
Joanie U'eissinger, Alpha Xi Delta; Pat Nallinger,
Alpha Gamma Delta; Carol Russman, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Zee Faulkner, Kappa Alpha. Theta;
Winnie Humphreys, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sue
Schuler, Alpha Gamma Rho; Sandra Lucey, Kappa
Delta, and Ann Woodward, Chi Omega.

Dr. Webb Injured
Dr. William S. Webb, distinguished professor of physics, lost
three fingers of his right hand
accident at his
in a power-sahome last week.
He was taken to Central Baptist Hospital for treatment.
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In taking a little better advantage
of the oppcrtunities of getting an
education .in both high school and
college."

Charles P. Taft. son of the late
President William Howard Taft
and brother of the late Senator
Robert A. Taft. will speak at the
ceremonies. Approximately 1G UK
.students, ranking in the upper
three per cent of their respective
classes, will be honored.
Taft is a prominent tax and trial
lawyer, and is also a labor consultant and housing expert. He
was admitted to the Ohio bar in
1922. He was mayor of Cincinand has been a
nati from 1955-5(Continued on Page 7)

Pushcart Queens

A&S Exposition Opens
For High School Students
Is, "to open more windows for the
student: to let him perceive a little
more clearly the vast fields of
knowledge. It is hoped that such
views will itimulate him to persist

on English

a course "concerned with the basis
rules and mechanical aspects of
language."
2. That students
ho make no
better than D in the first EnglUU
course be required to take addi
tional Instruction until they can
pass the final exam in that coursa
with a C or better.
3. That four units of high school
English be required for admission
to the University, of which one-ha- lf
unit may be In Journalism.
4. That penalisation for errors la
English usage "be made an accepted and regular practice In all
departments of the college.' and
that all departments "require the
rewriting of papers not meeting
acceptable standards of English."
The committee says In its report
that "many students are bein
graduated without sufficient training or discipline in the proper use
of language." and that there are
"Janitors on the campus who speak
much better English than many of
our students."
The report deplores the fart that
"too many of our studrnts enter
the t'nlversity with little or no
knowledge of grammar and punctuation, having been onlv barely introduced to the discipline of language," but it places the initial
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Pushcart
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Saturday

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7.

UK Med School Opening
To Be Delayed Until 1960
The UK College of Medicine, which had been tentatively
scheduled to open in the fall of 19.i9, will not open until September, 19G0. Dr. William Willard, Medical Center vice president, said the change was made "because of many, complex
factors associated with the creation
and activation of a teaching medical center."
Dr. Willard said the original
plan to accept students in 1959 was
made with the realization that it
presented an extremely tight schedule. He added that, at best, a class
admitted in 1959 would have been
very small, approximately 30 stucost, benches on campus, and backs dents. The 19GQ aim for Jhe College of Medicine Is to approach as
for the student seats in the
closely as possible a full class of
75 students.
Dr. Willard pointed out that "It
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has now become apparent that
even a small class would have, to
face makeshift arrangements and
compromises in program which
cannot be Justified."
"By deferring the activation date
until 19G0. we exM'ct to be able to
:
admit a larger class of students
.....
who will be able to work In buildings which have been completed
and with faculty who have had
adequate- - time for the careful
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preparation of all aspects of the
....
-teaching program." Dr. Willard,
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said.
He added that all persons wh
have made inquiries about admission have been mailed a letter tell
Ing them of the date change
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Perlman, Strache Nominated
For Top Seats In SGA Election

Last year's exposition, the first
Pete Perlman and Fred Strache dents Party Convention Wednes- of its kind on this campus, was were nominated for president and day night. Both candidates are
attended by an estimated 1,000 stuice president pf SGA at the Stu
unopposed thus far for the SGA
dents.
election April 30.
' Directcries containing maps and
Perlman defeated Dan Millott,
lists of departments will be given
175 to G7. The
to visitors. Pershing Rifle reprerace was closer, with Strache resentatives will be posted at points
ceiving 136 votes to 100 for his opon the campus to help persons reponent, Wayne Priest". The conquesting information or directions.
vention moved to accept both
candidates by acclamation.
The exposition will be open from
C to 11 tcniht and from 8 a.m. to
In conceding the presidential
1 p.m. tomorrow.
nomination, Millott said his job as
Tours will be conducted through
had
Student Purty a Chairman tire"grown long and
little bit
the Biological Sciences Building,
some." He stepped down from the
Fine Arts Building, Physics Buildchairmanship to devote mote time
ing, the Radio Arts Department
.to. his major Interest. Journalism,
and the School of Journalism.
he said. A replacement will be
elected Monday.
"The Gclden Key," a film about
The convention adopted a new
the University of Kentucky, will be
platform which included providing
shown continuously from 7 to 9:30
living quarters for commuters, a
tonight in Room 111, McVey Hall
trailer park for married students,
and from 8 to 11 ajn. tomorrow
PETE FERLMA.V
student insuranct policy at low
in Memorial Hall.
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600 High Schoolers Compete
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Cummins, Towcry Win SX
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Delta, nnd Km Towery, Kappa Memorial Hall.
Chosen second by the judces
JSitima. won the Slpma Chi Best
were Delta Zeta's Ann Smith nnd
Don Cress of Triangle.
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Seventy-fiv- e
dollars in gift certificates, donated by downtown
clothing retailers, went to Miss
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Cummins. Towery's and .Miss
Smith's awards were worth $15
each in clothing and Cress certifi- cales totaled $30 in value.
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The sorority winner, n junior In
che- Education, wore a semi-fitte- d
miv with a loose back and puff
sleeves. The dress had a white
background with a large orange
print. She wore orange gloves and
satin orange shoes, and carried a
white purse.
Towery wore an Ivy ut, black
olive, wool and dacron suit. His tie
was black and olive silk with a rust
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He wore a white broadcloth Brit- kh tab collar shirt with barrel
cuffs, nis hat was cocoanut straw,
his hatband Madras cloth with the
same color scheme as the tie. His
shoes were soft black kid low cut
Italian loafers with a high tongue.
Sue Schuler, Alpha Delta Pi. and
Mikell Gorman. Chi Omega, were
the other finalists in the sorority
division. Tom App3edorn, Phi
Wanda Cummins, Alpha Gamma Gamma Delta: John Meyer, Phi
Dflla, and Kenneth Towery, Delta Theta. and A.v W. Simmons,
Kappa Sigma, congratulate each Sigma Alpha Epsilon, were other
other after winning first place in fraternity finalists.
the Sigma Chi
Judges Mrs. John B. Floyd Jr.,
Contest held last Friday night.
Mrs. Virginia Thomas and Joe
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Debates were held Monday and
Tuesday. Semi-finaand finals
were held Tuesday in the music
room of the SUIW
In the public speaking contest,
a S50 first prize was won by Deno
Curris of Grant County. Howes
Johnson of Paintsville won $..0 and
Marvin Henderson of Lafayette
High School was awarded a $20
cash prize.
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and presentation in addition to
their ensembles.
Wayne Smith was chairman of
the 12th annual Sigma Chi contest.

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Middlesboro Hiph School won speech and drama at University
first place trophy in the debate High School: Mrs. R. R. Craft,
contest. A second place trophy Winchester Public Schools: Mrs.
was won by Frankfort High School. Elizabeth Taylor. UK instructor la
Eleven students who ranked su- radio arts; Keller Dunn, director
perior in the discussion group were of evening programs and workawarded $10 each. Pins were given shops, and Dr. Carl Cone, UK proto those rating excellent and su- fessor of history.
Speech events were held on
perior.
The program was sponsored by Tuesday and Wednesday. These
the Kentucky Interscholastic events included discussion, poetry,
League. Chloe Gifford, UK Di- monologues, dramatic readings and
vision of Extended Programs, was expository prose.
Judges for speech were Dr. Gifcoordinator of the event.
ford Blyton, professor of speech:
Debate Judges were Dr. Herbert Dr. J. Reid Sterrett. associate proDrennon, UK associate professor of fessor of speech: Wallace N. Briggs,
political science: Clyde Lassiter, director of the Guignol Theater
principal of Henry. Clay High
Lolo Robinson, assistant
School; Glen Johnson, Georgetown and Mrs. of English.
professor
College: Dr. Paul Street, director
of the UK Bureau of School ServSpeeding was blamed for 13.200
ice; EmmetUBurkeen, director of deaths on U.S. highways in 1957.

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More than COO Kentucky lush
school students competed for prizes
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Foreign Language Meet
To Open Here Thursday
One Of the Iarue.st foreicn Ian
guage conferences in the United
States will be held on the UK
campus beginning next Thursday.
This is the eleventh year the conference, has been here.
Approximately 600 people representing 37 states, 10 foreign coun- -

"Israel and a World In Crisis"
will be the topic of an address by
Dr. Ellis Rivkin to be given at 8:00
p.m., Thursday, in Memorial Hall.
Presented by the Jewish community of Lexington in commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary
Celebration of the State of Israel.
Dr. Rivkin's talk will be a part of
A native of Baltimore, Md., the
rpeaker received his B.A. and Ph.D.
degrees from Johns Hopkins University and holds a BILL, from
Baltimore Hebrew College. He has
served as instructor in history at
Johns Hopkins University and
Gratz College, and is at present
professor of Jewish History at
Hebrew Union College.
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A member of the American Historical Association, American
Academy for Political Science, Phi
Beta Kappa, Medieval Society of
America, Society for Biblical
Literature and Exegesis, and Jewish Historical Society of Israel. Dr.
Rivkin Is the author of "Leon da
Modena and the Kol Sakhal." as
well as numerous articles and reviews. He is at present engaged in
completing a full length biography
of Leon da Modena.

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Schmahtier. Dr. Thomas Walker,
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The theme of the conference is
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The three-da- y
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Thursday evening when Dr. Ellis
Rivkin, Hebrew Union College, will
speak on ' Israel and a World in
Crisis." John Esten Keller, University of North Carolina, will discuss "The Canticles of King Alfonso X." illustrated with colored
slides and music.
There wili be a general session
Friday morning and special sessions on diffecrnt phases of foreign languages Friday afternoon.
President and Mrs. Fran'i (;.
Dickey will honor the members of
the conference with a reception,
Friday, 4:30 p.m., at Maxwell Place.
All foreign students on the campus
are invited to attend.
There will bo luncheons for the
conference members Friday and
Saturday. A sightseeing trip to a
horse farm will conclude the
Saturday afternoon.

the Foreign Language Conference
at the University.

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haste. If net. then they should
complain to the city authorities.
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ago there was one hole about four
feet by two feet wide and from one
foot to 18 inches deep. Cars had to
swerve suddenly to miss the hole
at night. If a car went Into it a
broken axle would surely result.
The only work done on it some two
or three weerfs later has been the
deposit of some loose gravel in the
hole.
Nor is Huguelet the only instance
of disrepair. Shawneetown and
the extension of Hilltop are both
burdened with a series of holes in
which one to exaggerate a little
might lose his car.
On rainy days it seems appropriate in the.e areas to have a life
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ANN SMITH, News Editor
DAVE ALTEMUEHLE, Managing Editor
ED FORD, Sports Editor
JOHN EGERTON. Makeup Editor
FRANK C. STRUNK, Associate Editor
Andy Epperson, Makeup Assistant
Tracy Walden, Society Editor
Jim Hampton and Norma Shelton, Feature Editors
Bill Tully, Assistant Sports Editor
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Charlotte Bailey, Exchange Editor
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From various sources around the country there have been
reminders that academic standards of colleges and universities
were to become more rigid. And at many schools they indeed

It would appear that students aren't the only ones who eould use
some extra work at spelling. This sign stands on the parking lot just
off Clifton Avenue and behind Donovan Hall. It might be wise for
M & O to check their signs before posting them.

have.
Until this past week there wasn't even a rumor of any such
thing being considered at this University. The first signs of
n
committee in the Colany such move came when a
lege of Arts and Sciences brought forth suggestions for several
changes in the standards of grades for remaining in school.
If approved by the College of Arts and Sciences faculty,
the recommendations will go before the University faculty for
consideration. At present, prospects don't lools too good for
acceptance beyond the A & S college.
It has been recommended that if a student fails to make a
2.0 standing in either the first or second semester of school he
be dropped. If he makes a 2.0 in one semester, but not in the
other, he must make it in the third semester or be dropped. If
after four semesters a student's standing is less than 2.0, he
until
would be dropped. A student could not be
after two semesters if dropped for any of the above reasons.
If these recommendations had been in force last semester
it would have meant that 2,053 students would have been
dropped or would have to make a 2.0 this semester to remain
in school.
That figure is quite astounding. Several will suggest that
if enforcement of these changes meant that many students being in such a position, it shouldn't be enforced or even con-

Backs Comments
About Tests

five-ma-

To the Editor:

Your editorial relative to revamping testing procedure at the
University was a sensible approach
to a definite problem, and I would
hope that professors and deans
would seriously consider its con-

tent.

The editors of the Kernel in the

past have written on the same

sub-

ject, to no avail. Let us hope education is more than parroting back
what a certain instructor believes.
Unfortunately that is the present
qualification for a "magna cum
laude."
Jerry Ringo
(ED. NOTE: And here is home
additional support, this from the
field of education.)
"I have kept track for some ten
years of the effects of such tests
(with prefabricated answers) on
the upper half of each class. The
best men go down one grade and
the next best go up.
It is not hard to see why. The
second-rat- e
do well in school and
in life because of their ability to
grasp what is accepted and conventional
men are rarer and
But first-rat- e
equally indispensable
To them,
question is an oba ready-mad- e
stacle. It paralyzes thought by
cutting off all connections but one.
Or else it sets them to thinking
and doubting whether 'in that
form' any of the possible answers
really fit. Their minds have finer
adjustments, more imagination,
which the test deliberately penalizes as encumbrances."
Jacques Barzun
"Teacher In America"

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sidered.
Quite the contrary. The scholastic standards of UK. as a
whole aren't particularly stringent. Compared to some state
universities they are rather low. If a student can t meet the
above requirements, he has no business being in college. Either he is the playboy type who regards college as a country club
at which he can have a good time, is just not mentally capable
of doing the work, or is here merely to pass time or because
his parents put him here.
These individuals are filling places in an already
university which should go to more capable individuals who haven't been able to attend. The state spends
about $1,000 per year per student to give the student a chance
at a college education. If the student can't or won't produce,
then he should get out and another should be allowed in.
The time is far past when the University should liave liad
a general housecleaning, but it isn't too late to start. The University should sweep out those who aren't interested or capable and set a high standard for entrance and continuation.
Then, and only then, can the University serve its function. Anil
only through such action is it likely to ever become a "great"

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over-crowd- ed

Kernels
What we have to do is to be forever curiously testing new opinions
and courting new impressions.
There is no sin except stupidity.
The only way to get rid of a
temptation is to yield to it. Experience is the name everyone gives
to his mistakes. Oscar Wilde.

university,

Problem Of English

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set of recommendations will be
brought forth by a Committee on English Heading and Composition.
The committee proposes, among other things, that tests
and papers throughout the Arts and Sciences College be
graded witli points being taken off for errors in English usage
and spelling. Also, it was recommended that all departments
"require the rewriting of papers not meeting acceptable standards of English."
Certainly, this shouldn't be necessary in an institution of
higher learning. If such steps are baddly needed for the College of Arts and Sciences one can well imagine how badly
some of the other colleges need it.
But this problem goes back to the fact that many students
at the University aren't qualified to do the work required and
have no business being here. The spelling is atrocious and
some of the grammar is of a lower quality than that produced
by children in elementary schools.
Regardless of the field into which a student is going, there
is still the necessity of writing clearly and comprehensively.
Perhaps it isn't necessary that one have the style of a William
Faulkner, but certainly everyone' with a college degree should
be able to apply the basic rules and write in such a manner
that he can express his thoughts to fellow human beings.
Chances are that these reconimeiidationswilM)e voted
down somewhere along the way for fear of antagonizing some
of the students' parents. They shouldn't be. The recommendations strike at the heart of one of the sorest spots in education
today. If the changes are accepted, then a start will have been
made toward correcting this shameful deficiency.
Another

far-reachi-

Someday someone is going to create a stir by proposing a
radical new tool for the study of people. It will be callechhe"
e
technique. It will be based on the premise that
people often do what they do for the reasons they think they
do. The use of this technique would lead to many pitfalls, for
it is undeniably true that people do not always act logically or
say what they mean. But I wonder if it would produce findings any more unscientific than the opposite course. William
IL Whytc Jr., in "The Organization Man"
face-valu-

UNIVERSITY SOAPBOX

Russian Teachers And Higher Education Discussed
8.

TEACHER TRAINING

Until recently, there were three levels of teachers colleges. Persons with only seven years of schools had four
years, those from the
school had two years, and
a fe,w took what we call graduate work. The first type
is now beiiJK eliminacedY Though the rapid expansion of
schools created a seemingly insatiable demand for
teachers, the supply suffices to produce a lower pupil-teach- er
ratio than here. Practice teaching occupies a
large part of the course, though strictly pedagogical
courses seem to receive a little less attention than we
give them.
Secondary teachers normally have a higher education.
Above the 4th grade a teacher deals only with the one
subject in which she is trained. On the other hand, the
less "able college graduates are directed into teaching.
About half the humanities graduates teach as contrasted
with a fifth of the science graduates. There are more of
the latter and industry requisitions more of them.
The top five percent of pedagogical graduates go
directly to graduate work. Others must teach three years
before they can continue their schooling. Education research U centralized in a central "academy,"
Russian teachers, like those elsewhere in the world,
have relatively low salaries compared to persons of equal
training. However, those teaching In remote areas receive a bonus that may run to half the basic salary. On
the other hand, overtime pay Is given for heavy loads of
paper grading, examinations, etc Though the government assumes that teaching does not require the best
brains, it constantly exhorts the population with prop
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aganda on the importance of the teachers' work. Students must show teachers great formal respect.
9. TYPES OF HiGHERTDUCATION
Russian colleges are highly specialized. Of the nearly
750 higher schools, only 35 are regular universities where
teaching-cvei's- a broad range of topics. .The specialized
schools are of five types: agricultural, engineering, educa(mainly law), and health. (Prospection,
tive Olympic athletes and physical education teachers
are also trained in separate schools.) There are a few
theological schools for Orthodox clergy. Party schools
train the higher party officials, officers for the secret
police, etc., and there are higher military schools. There
are innumerable correspondence schools, most of whose
students are teachers seeking better certificates. (Correspondence students who are employed receive a vacation with pay at exam time.)
Reports of the vast number of higher schools in Russia
(though still less than half the number we havel must
be Interpreted in the light of this specialization. Instead
of an engineering school In a university or even an engineering college, there will be one for heavy industry of
Mme particular sort; there will be a separate department
or even school for copper metallurgy alone.
In this country much of our research is carried out
by private business; in Russia it will be located in a
higher institute. These colleges are financed and supervised by the specific industr