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Arts and Sciences Alternative to foreign language Alternatives to the foreign' language requirement are being considered by the Arts and Sciences Advisory Board. Arts and Sciences Dean Robert L. Hough said the three advisory board students who also serve on the College Cur riculum Committee have been studying the requirement for two years. The committee itself only began consideration last fall, he said. Advisory board member Don Stenberg said a proposal from the Curriculum Committee will be presented to the Faculty Senate in April. The proposal calls for changing the present pass-fail limit from 12 to 24 hours. The proposed revision would also allow sophomores to take pass-fail courses as well as juniors and seniors, Stenberg said. If passed it would allow colleges to count pass-fail courses toward group re quirements. 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"As another modification, we will probably recommend that there be seperate sections o f language courses for majors and non-majors." Hough said several alternatives are being con sidered by the study groups. These might include such pro grams as allowing a student to fill his requirement by living in a language house for a summer or a semester, he added. "The advisory board has been considering changes in the methods of language place ment, also," Hough said. "This would "probably involve a University placement test of some kind." The dean explained that ra tionalle for the requirement stems from two sources. One of the reasons for the requirement stems from the old liberal arts tradition, he said. The study, of languages is meant to broaden a student's U t Am4 WtttwJi Sh rlt Cut Hum 10-f :OQMm.-M. 10-4:00 LINCOLN! 1 1ll "C StoMt Mwt 4)1 3)54 t 30-i M TUM..W- iL-Sah horizons by the study of other cultures. Hough added that many language courses miss their mark by not considering enough of foreign cultures. "I would personally like to see beginning language courses be more than grammar courses" he said. Another reason for the study of language is that educated men should know more than one language in order to com municate better, he added. This became one of the principal reasons for language study after World War II when Americans realized they were not nearly as well educated in language as Europeans, Hough said. Dean of Faculties C. Peter Magrath commented that there is a need to examine all group requirements, not just language. , "The language requirement exists because a judgment was made sometime in the past that it should exist," he said. "This judgment was made In the context of all requirements." Towne Club elects officers Towne Club, a sorority for girls from Lincoln, has select ed Amy Zimmerman as presi dent. Other officers include: Pam McGlinn, vice president; Lin da Shrader, secretary; and Bette Free, treasurer. mi Engagements: Alice Bogle, junior in business teachers education from Crete to Bill Manion, sophomore in business ad ministration from Alliance. Connie Skalak, Delta Delta REMODELING SALE CLEARANC OF emTQ n cpnDTPn arc uui i u fi"J ui uu i uun i o ., 10'S t 19'S m4 Many other sale items m a i i 70t!i and 1 f 4. -4 Delta senior In human development from Plattsmouth to Dennis Keil, NU alum in technical agriculture from Plattsmouth. Peggy Meyerkorth, Delta Delta Delta junior in elemen tary education from Rock Port, Missouri to Jim Carpenter, senior in banking and finance, University of Missouri at Col umbia, from Rock Port. Gail Martin, Alpha Omlcron Pi junior In journalism from Scottsbluff to John Herstead, junior in pre-law from Scottsbluff. Ginger Swearinger, junior In speech and hearing pathology from Kimball to Pete An- j A :",, ' ! v V -' . i II II i i inston 's Vice i "ess?-- - derson, junior In business ad ministration from Kimball. Sherry Galvanl, junior In elementary education from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Gary Bills, senior in business ad ministration from Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sue Glenn, freshman In home economics from Lincoln to Steve Whyman, freshman In elementary education from Lincoln. Linda Aernl, Junior in human development and the family from Columbus to Bill Charbonneau, senior in music education from Falls City. Pamela Butterfleld, sophomore in elementary education from Mission, Kansas to Gerald Zajicek, junior in agronomy and mechanical agriculture from Crete. i Plnnlngs: Jan Smayda,, Delta Gamma sophomore in elementary education from Lincoln to Steve Rose, Chi Phi sophomore in teachers college from Bellevue. stamps iBiiilf PAGE 6 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN WEDNESDAY, AMRCH 25, 1970