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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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permitted to take part in any public exhibition, serve on the staff of any student publication, or hold or become a candidate for any undergraduate office. Sincerely yours,

C. M. MCCONN

Clerk of the Senate

On motion of Mrs. Evans, this recommendation was approved.

SUMMER READING ABOLISHED

(15) A recommendation of the University Senate that the requirement of summer reading in the College of Engineering be abolished.

On motion of Mrs. Evans this recommendation was approved.

C O M M I T T E E ON STUDENTS' USE OF ENGLISH

(16) A recommendation of the University Senate concerning a Committee on Students' English. June 27, 1918 Dr. Edmund J. James, President

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT:

The University Senate at its meeting of June 3, 1918, voted to make the following recommendations: (1) That the Senate provide for a committee on students' English to be appointed by the Council of Administration. This committee shall consist of five or more members and its chief function shall be the maintenance of uniformity in the tests to be applied to unsatisfactory English. (2) This committee shall have the services of a paid secretary, to be nominated by the Committee, whose duty it shall be to manage all the routine connected with the work of this committee, and to supervise the special instruction which may be necessary. (3) At the beginning of each semester the secretary of the committee shall isssue notices to all instructors, explaining the object of the committee and the manner in which the standard in the use of English is to be enforced. (4) At a stated time in each semester instructors, excepting those in English composition, shall be asked to make reports, on blanks provided for the purpose, on all students whose use of English, whether oral or written, is unsatisfactory. Each report shall be accompanied by the evidence on which it is based. Provision may also be made for reporting at other than the stated time. (5) The committee shall examine the evidence of the student's deficiency, and if, in its opinion the student is in need of further instruction, he shall be placed in the care of the secretary. (6) The secretary shall determine the kind of instruction suited to each particular case. He may prescribe work to the students individually or he may organize special classes which the students shall attend until their English is satisfactory. No credit is to be given for this additional work. The work in English set by the Committee shall be a requirement for graduation in all the colleges and schools of the University.