THEUniversity RecordOF*Ztyt Wlnibmity of ChicagoFOUNDED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERPUBLISHED MONTHLY BY AUTHORITYCONFIDENTIAL NUMBER, MAY, 1903REPORT OF ACTIONS OF UNIVERSITY RULING BODIESFOR MA Y, 1903.The Reports of Committees of the Faculties and Boards of theUniversity referred to in this schedule of the transactionsare on file, and open to inspection in theRecorder's Office.The University Council iMay r6. — Voted to suspend for this occasiononly the rule forbidding athletic games on Memorial Day, and to allow the University Track Teamto participate in the Meet of the IntercollegiateConference Athletic Association Saturday, May30.The United Faculties of Arts, Literature, and Science :May 16. — Acceptance of the following reportof the Committee of the United Faculties on theRecommendations of the Faculty of the Schoolof Education on Degrees.Your Committee to which was referred certain recommendations of the Faculty of the School of Education concerning degrees, respectfully report as follows :1. The committee regards the. first recommendation submitted to it, namely,"That students doing work both in the School of Education and in the Senior Colleges shall be registered in both,and that students preparing to teach in the secondary schoolsand desiring to take a' diploma in the School of Educationmust be registered in that school not less than four Quartersbefore graduation. In case the candidate enters the Uni versity with twenty-seven or more Majors of credit the periodof registration in the School of Education need not exceedthree Quarters,"as a purely administrative matter, not involving Facultyaction. It sees, however, no objection to the recommendation.2. Concerning the second recommendation, namely,"That the Bachelor's degree be conferred on studentscompleting the curriculum adopted by the School of Education in preparation for teaching in secondary schools,"the committee unanimously recommends that the appropriateBachelor's degree be given to students completing the curriculum of the School of Education, provided the requirements for the Bachelor's degree at the University have beenmet. In determining whether the requirements for aBachelor's degree have been met, it is understood that thework in the School of Education shall be regarded as professional work, and that nine Majors of professional workmay count toward a Bachelor's degree, as in the case ofLaw, Medicine, etc.3. Concerning the third recommendation,"That students completing the General Course .in theSchool of Education be given a Bachelor's degree,"the committee recommends that the request be granted, if therequirements of the University for a Bachelor's degree havebeen met. This Faculty concurs in the recommendationthat the student completing the General Course in the Schoolof Education be given the degree of Bachelor of Education (B.E.).In this case, as in the preceding, 9 Majors of professionalwork — that is, one year of work in the School of Education— shall be allowed to count toward the Bachelor's degree.Mr. Salisbury,Mr. Judson,Mr. Hale,Mr. Dewey,Mr. Vincent,Committee.2 UNIVERSITY RECORDThe Faculty of the Junior Colleges :May 2. — Adoption of the following reportupon the recommendation of the CurriculumCommittee :report of the council committee on the transferof students from junior to senior college.The committee appointed in the spring of 1902 to consider the conditions under which a student may be receivedinto the Senior Colleges, make the following recommendations :The difficulty with the present system is that after thestudent has completed twenty-one Majors, there is no furtherpressure brought to bear by the system, as such, upon thestudent to complete the work of the Junior Colleges. Henceit happens every Quarter that several students become candidates for the Bachelor's degree who have either never beenregistered at all by the Dean of tbe Senior Colleges, or havebeen in residence in the Senior Colleges but one or twoQuarters. Two possible ways of meeting the difficulty presentthemselves.1. To bring some additional pressure to bear upon thestudent in the way of limiting his eleclives in the JuniorColleges. The difficulty with this method is that as so manystudents enter the Junior Colleges with advance^ standing, itwould be difficult to administer any system of restrictionthat would apply to all cases. Hence the committee haveagreed upon the following plan :2. (a) Each student will receive the title of Associatewhen he has completed eighteen Majors, provided he hasno entrance conditions ; but students in the Junior Collegeswill be allowed to take only six Majors in the SeniorColleges, and those students who enter the Junior Collegeswith one year advanced standing will be allowed to takeonly three Majois in the Senior Colleges. Exemption fromexamination in the Quarter during which he is a candidatefor this title will be granted only in case fifteen of theeighteen Majors are required in the student's curriculum.(b) The Senior Colleges will receive students to whom thetitle of Associate has been granted as above, but unfulfilled requirements will be treated as conditions and theDean is authorized to limit students' registration in anyQuarter to two Majors of Senior College work until suchrequirements are completed. Secondly, the Senior Collegeswill receive students from other institutions with fifteenor more Majors advanced standing upon letters of honorable dismissal. It is understood that "unfulfilled requirements, except as provided for by the rules of substitution,will constitute conditions as in the preceding case. It isunderstood further that entrance conditions will not operateto prevent the student's entrance into the Senior Collegeexcept in so far as they would reduce his credit below the eighteen or fifteen Majors mentioned ; that is, a conditionof one unit would diminish the student's credit by twoMajors.The reasons for admitting students to the Senior Collegewith fifteen Majors when duly recommended by other institutions are as follows : (a) With the increasing separation to bemade between Junior and Senior Colleges, it would seemthat no good puipose would be served by placing the student for merely three months in the Junior College, if all therest of his work is to be in the Senior College. He shouldbe from the beginning under the care of the Dean whois responsible for his work as a whole. Students who present as many as fifteen Majors are presumably students whohave already spent two years at another college, (b) Suchaction is strictly analogous to the practice of the Junior Colleges in receiving students from secondary schools with oneor more units of condition, provided such students arerecommended by the principals of schools from which theycome.Mr. Vincent, Chairman.The Faculty of the Divinity School:May 16. — Voted that the action of the Facultyrecommending that the degree of D.D. be conferred upon Professor George Adam Smith berenewed and approved.Voted that this faculty approves a system ofstrict quarterly examinations for regular courses.The Faculty of the Law School:May g. — Recommended the establishment offive departments, namely, Common Law, Equity,Commercial Law, Public Law, and Remedial Law.Voted that the Board of Trustees be requestedto establish ten scholarships for the year 1903-4.Voted to recommend to the Board of Librariesthe adoption of the following rule : "For the pur^pose of ordering and receiving books regular accessions to reports and statutes are treated likeperiodicals. Immediately upon the receipt ofeach volume the Law Librarian gives the generalLibrarian the information necessary to enable theAccession Department to make the proper entries."Voted to amend the regulation regarding degrees to read as follows :"The University grants the degree of A.B., Ph.B.UNIVERSITY RECORD 3or S.B. to Law students who have successfullycompleted the first year of the professional curriculum of the Law School. "Voted an amendment of the regulations regarding requirements for admission by the additionof the following paragraph :"Students who are candidates for the Bachelor's degree and who are not entitled to admissionto the Graduate Schools conform to the generalrules and regulations applicable to Senior students."The Board of Student Organizations:May 23. — Voted approval of the House Rulesof the Sigma Alpha Epsilon ; of the organizationof the Fellows Club; of the organization of the Kalailu, a Freshman girls' club ; and of the Girls'Mandolin Club.Permission given to the Delta Upsilon Fraternity to give a house party Thursday, June 4.The Board of the Senior Colleges :May 23. — Voted to recommend to the UnitedFaculties of Arts, Literature and Science, theFaculty of the College of Commerce and Administration, and the Faculty of the College of Education, that no Bachelor's degree be granted saveto such students as have been registered in theSenior Colleges for at least one quarter, and thatno applications for advanced standing be receivedlater than the first meeting of the Quarter inwhich the student expects to receive his degree.