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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1969)
Student-Faculty Council De-emphasis on grades proposed at meeting By WALTER RICE Of the Emerald Elimination of grades for the freshman year, a consequent ex pansion of the pass-no pass grading option and elimination of grades of D, F and no pass from a student’s transcript were a 11 discussed in Wednesday’s Student-Faculty Council meet ing. These three issues comprise the basis of a proposal for a de-emphasis on grades present ed to the council by ASUO Vice President Dan Allison, a mem ber of the council. No direct action was taken for instigating the changes pro posed by Allison. Instead, the council asked Al lison to check with University Registrar Clifford Constance on the use of the pass-no-pass option this year and last. The council also requested Allison to send "Proposal 3,” the call for not recording fail ing grades on t h e student’s transcript, to the Academic Re quirements Committee to see if any new light could be shed on the proposal. Under Allison's plan a D would not be a passing grade. The implementation of “Pro posal 3” would be something of a revolutionary movement in higher education, since, accord ing to the ASUO vice president, no college or university in the country does not now record failing marks. Allison's arguments for the abolition of freshman grades mentioned the California Insti tute of Technology uses this sys tem. According to the dean of freshman there, it reduces anxi ety and raises performance and involvement. Council members were more receptive to the third proposal than either of the first two. Not recording failing work is “more in line with reinforce ment psychology” than just an expansion of the pass-no pass option, said Richard Schmuck, professor of educational psy chology. The only council member present who expressed discon tent with the proposal was Chairman Horace Robinson, di rector of the University The ater. An indication of failure, he said, is as meaningful to the student and others as a record of success. Robinson was also opposed to Allison's other two proposals dealing with expansion of the pass-no pass option, particularly for freshman. Robinson, as well as econom ics professor Marshall Wattles and business professor Law rence Ross, felt the success of the present 36-hour pass-no pass Science III up for review A review of plans for Science III, scheduled to begin construc tion this summer, will be pre sented to the Building and Grounds committee at 1 p.m. Friday. The regular Thursday meeting was postponed until Friday. Architects for the new Ad ministrative Services building will also present their pre-pre F1RST STUDENT TOURS to AUSTRALIA & SOUTH PACIFIC 3 Tours • 9 Departures • lune&luly From $1195 • 37 Days • all inclusive For Folders and Reservations... UNIVERSE TRAVEL, INC. 3611 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, ^ Calif, 90807 (213) 424-8504 y liminaries. Pre-pre liminary presentations by the architects for the Behavioral Sciences and School of Education complex are also on the agenda. A subcommittee appointed at the last meeting will begin an investigation of parking regula tions next term. Three commit tee members, Leland Lorange of the Physical Plant, student David Clarke, and Donald Thompson of the Graduate School will review all parking rules except for fee schedules. KWAX schedule Thursday, March 13 6:00—Music of the Forty’s 6:30—Commentary ’69 with Jim Rathbon 6:40—Sound of the University 7:30—Magazine of the Air 7:45—KWAX News 7:55—KWAX Sports with Dave Max well 8:00—KWAX Controversy 9:00—Night at the Opera: Verdi: La Traviata with host Bob Smits 11:00—KWAX Nieht Sounds u /^24/cO^o (2#// JOIN TO MAKE THESE OUR FINEST c= Dc/btLO*d'/ZMSewjft&l See the very last syllable in ring fashion; the rings that will be the talk of tomorrow, brought to you now in all their exciting beauty. 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