The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 07, 1969, Page PAGE 3, Image 3
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1969 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 3 Many on faculty favor q uarler system By John Dvorak Nebraskan Staff Writer No exact statistics are available, but there appears to be considerable support for a quarter system among University faculty members. "I went to school under it, I have taught under it and I like it," said Trof. Lyle E. Young, assistant dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture. "It is mbre flexible. You can divide the material up into small pieces, which is desirable," he continued. The quarter system meshes with traditional vacation times also, Young pointed out. Students can leave for Christmas and spring vacation in a more relaxed atmosphere. THE QUARTER PLAN would divide up the school year into four nearly equal learning periods, all without major interruption. The calendar employed by the University of Minnesota for 1966-1967 is a typical example of the quarter plan: Fall: Sept. 26 to Dec. 16; The Backstage Club presents "IN WHITE AMERICA" A unlqiM, dMply-movIni dramatic ixptrltnc COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE March 8 and 9 Curtain :M p.m. Tlckttt (l.M; StiHlmti fl.aa TIT OUR ALL-AMERICAN! ruitt BEEF HAMBUtOH GOIDEN FRENCH FRIES OUUASHIONB) SHAKt Quality focal thrp through prepared mi fm4 with car. Our wrvk b fail . . net Mr prion ifl pitas yc. MdDonaldw 865 No. 27th St. 5305 "0"' St. Winter: Jan. 26 to March 17; Spring: March 27 to June 9; Summer: June 12 to Aug. 25. Many large schools such as the University of California, Michigan State and Iowa State use it. The Milford Vocational Technical School and the NU College of Medicine in Omaha utilize the quarter system. The Medical School is unofficially on the quarter system, commented Dr. Mary J. Henn, assistant dean of stu dent affairs on the Omaha campus. Grades are reported twice yearly, like a semester system, but course of study is divided into four unitsl BEGINNING NEXT school year, Dr. Henn commented, the College of Medicine will officially go to the quarter plan with the almost unanimous approval of the students and faculty. With the increasing amount of medical knowledge, the quarter plan is best for flexibility and scheduling, she said. A survey on faculty preference to the quarter system was taken last year by a University Senate Ad Hoc Committee. Thirty four staff members from the Medical School responded, and all favored the quarter plan. Fulltime faculty members in other colleges tended to be less enthusiastic about a quarter system however. For example, out of 186 respondents in the College of Arts and Sciences, 55 favored the quarter plan. A TOTAL OF 456 staff members at the University were polled on the question, and 192 favored a quarter plan while 88 listed it as their second choice. Faculty members gave a variety of reasons for favoring the quarter system. Dr. Samuel B. Treves, chairman of the geology department, opposes any break in the normal pattern of a course. Therefore, he favors the quarter system. "There are many sides to this question," he said. "But I feel the quarter plan allows a person to take a greater variety of subjects, which is desirable." THE BOBTAIL period after Christmas is both inefficient and in effective, according to Dr. James T. Horner, chairman of agricultural education. He favors a quarter system, even though most quarter plans allow about one week for final examinations. Horner would like to integrate finals right into the regular quarter period and forget the final test period. The quarter plan would work es pecially well with the chemical engineering department's cooperative programs, according to Dr. James H. Weber, chairman of that depart ment. Under these programs, he explain ed, engineering students take time off from school to work in industry. Under the quarter plan, they could spend three or possibly six months working and then return to school. "ONE HAS TO remember that the department of chemical engineering is relatively insignificant when com pared to the rest of the University," noted Weber. "What is good for us is not necessarily good for everyone else." Dr. Lawrence S. Poston, associate professor of English agreed, saying that faculty members sometimes think in terms of themselves only. He pointed out that teachers in the sciences seem to prefer the quarter system, while those in the humanities tend to back the semester plan. No one system will be good for everyone. There are nine colleges and 80 separate departments on the two Lin coln campuses. Naturally, all must be under the same system. ONE OF THE staunchest advocates of the quarter plan on campus is Dr. Dale K. Hayes, chairman of educa tional administration. He favors, however, a much more far-reaching proposal. Every school in Nebraska, from kindergarten through college, should be on the quarter system, he said. Transferring between schools is often a problem, and there are pro blems coordinating high school schedules with college schedules, he noted. In addition, parents with several children in different school systems would suffer less inconve nience if all schools fell under the same scheduling. Hayes acknowledged that problems would be encountered in changing to a quarter system. ALL HOURS of credit would have to be interpolated, he said. Each semester hour would equal two thirds of a quarter system credit hour. There are actually two types of credit hour structures in the quarter system sometimes called Plans A and B. Hayes favors Plan A. Classes would meet, as under the semester system, for 50 minutes a day three times a week. Present year long courses would remain unchanged and would cover three quarters. One semester classes would have to be altered so that the subject matter would fit Into a 10 or 11 week class schedule. Plan B means that one quarterj credit equals one semester credit. Under this idea, students would only average three classes instead of the Continued on page 4 Daily Nebraskan Classified Advertising Hours Monday thr FrMay 1 p.m. I p.m. 'Students unfriendly to most foreigners' Wanted: Female to model for evening drowlno clan. No experience necessary. hour plus traveling time. Cell collect to Art Dept. Doone College, Crete, Nebraska. For Rent: Attractive party house tor rant. First time offered. Outside city, can tana days, 488-0088 evenings. Miscellaneous: Expert typist. Reasonable rates fast, de pendable, call Pat owen, ta-iau. Electronic copying. Fast service. Term papers, theses, dissertations, tan 4M-3JW. For Sale: Late 1965 MGB. Navy Blue, many acces sories. 799-269. Continued from Page 1 for the foreign student to reach out and befriend Americans. Speakers mentioned positive pro grams in other schools to make foreign students part of the group. Atwal pointed out a scholarship pro gram for foreign students in Colorado which makes it possible for them to join fraternities and sororities. This does not exist at Nebraska, he said. "Granted : This place is not Utopia," an American student said. "But if you don't like it get out." "I'M INDIGENOUS to this coun try," a black student replied. "So why should I leave?" Another American student, Norman Adler, told why he felt students should want to talk with foreigners. He said the University fills the student's head with information from books, gives him a sheepskin and calls him educated. But he has no real knowledge of the world, Adler said. This is not so in other countries, he added. There, a person is not con sidered educated unless he has travelled and can communicate with people; then they consider calling him educated, Adler said. 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