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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1960)
MAIL TKIBUNI, Mdfd, Or. Tunity, May 12, I960 .3 'Vast Range' ol Standards Noted For Colleges Fluiaiieiphia-iScience Serv-lce)-A "conspiracy of silence" covers the fact that college degrees granted in the United Stales are based on a "vast range" of standards, Dr. James Bryant C o n a n t, president emeritus of Harvard Univer sity, told the American Philo sophical Society meeting here. He said this difference in standards was a "consequence of the American doctrine of equality of status" and that he did not condemn or dis credit it. However, Dr. Conant emphasized, the existence of j laugc vi aianaaras lor col lege degrees makes sugges tions to raise entrance re quirements over the entirt na tion "ridiculous." Examinations Urged Although the U.S. has never had the equivalent of Euro pean state examinations for determining university study ability and probably never will have. Dr. Conant urged that professional schools of law and medicine and gradu ate schools of arts and science require their candidates to pass a set of examinations. These examinations should demonstrate that applicants have a "good reading, writing, and speaking knowledge of at least one modern foreign language; a knowledge of mathematics through the cal culus; a knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology at the freshman college level; the ability to write a competent essay; a knowledge of Ameri can history and political in stitutions at a sophisticated level; and a knowledge of English and American litera ture at a corresponding level. Dr. Hayward Keniston, Uni versity of Pittsburg language professor, charged that the I greatest danger facing U.S. higher education may be the wasting of available human resources. Among superior students, he said, are the cre ative minds who lead the next generation, and the intellec tual life of the future may well depend on them. Therefore, he urged that the faculties in th liberal arts and the professions unite on standards as they prepare their students for the tasks of life. Both undergraduate and graduate institutions must pre pare a new generation of lib erlly educated young men and women who are also trained in some specialized field to meet the needs of society. Sunspot Activity Expected in 1968 London (Science Service) -The next peak In the sun's 1 1-year cycle of sunspot ac tivity, expected in 1968, will not be bs high as that reached in 1958. Calculations reported here by Dr. C. M. Minnis of the Radio Research station, Slough, Bucks, show that con ditions for world-wide com munications during the 1964 1974 solar cycle will be roughly like those during the 1934 through 1944 and the 1944 through 1954 solar cycles. The chances are only one in three that the 1968 peak will be higher than the 1958 one, he has found. The 1958 high, which occur red during the Initernational Geophysical Year, hit a record not previously exceeded since accurate observations of sun spot activity started more than 200 years ago. Solar ac tivity rises and falls in an 11 year cycle, reaching a peak quite soon after the beginning of a cycle, then gradually dropping to its low. Shaving Cuts Can Cause Skin Cancer Mexico City, (Science Serv ice) - A single razor cut may result in skin cancer within a month, Dr. Edmund F. Fin norty Jr. of Tufts University Medical school told the Pan American Medical association meeting here. "We have been able to iso late cases of carcinoma of the skin that were caused by a single razor cut. In each case the carcinoma appeared at the exact site of the cut that did not heal but crusted over re peatedly," he said. Dr. Finnerty said skin can cer is now about 10 times more common than lung can cer. 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