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REGULAR MEETING OF THE FACULTY February 4, 1959
In the absence of President Wilson, the meeting was called to order by Dean Jones. The minutes of the meeting of January 14, 1959 were read and approved.
NAME AND FUNCTION OF THE COMMITI'EE ON COURSES. Mr. P. B. Simpson, chairman of the Advisory Council, moved on behalf of the Council:
"That the functions of the Committee on Courses be broadened to include the following: "(1) Participation, on behalf of the University faculty, in planning the development and improvement of the instructional program of the institution, in consultation with the President and other administrative o£ficials of the University.
"(2) The continuing study and review of existing courses and curricula, and the presentation of recommendations for revision to deans, department heads, and minor faculties.
"(3) Advice and assistance to schools and departments in the planning of new programs, with special attention to the relation of such programs to general curricular and academic policies of the University and to overall plans for the development of its instructional program. "And, in view of these broadened functions, that the name of the Committee on Courses be changed to the Committee on the CurriculU11l.1t
The motion was seconded. Mr. W. C. Ballaine1~---'secretary of the Faculty Senate, reported that the Senate recommended its proval. After discussion the motion was put to a vote and carried. WEN'lWOR'm MEMORIAL. Mr. P. R. Washke presented the following memorial:
"Lois Rosamond Wentworth, associate professor in the School of Health and Physical Education at the University of Oregon, died in Eugene, Oregon, on January 5, 1959. In this resume of her service, we pay tribute to a master teacher devoted to her profession.
"Rosamond 'Wentworth was born in Chelan, Washington. She received her public school education in Seattle, Washington, and in 1931 was granted the Bachelor of Arts degree by the University of Washington. She did graduate study at the University of Wisconsin and subsequently studied dance composition and choreography with Martha Graham. In 1938, she received the Master of Science degree from the University of Washington. She had further work in the dance at the Bennington School of the Dance at Mills College in 1940.
"Her professional career began in the Henry Ford Elementary School in _ Renton, Washington. Following her teaching in public schools, Miss Wentworth served as instructor and assistant professor in physical education at Central Washington College at Ellensburg, Washington, from 1935 to 1940, where she was instrumental in developing the major in health and physical education. In 1940, Rosamond Wentworth went to the University of Colorado" where she directed the dance program in the Department of Physical Education for Women. She joined the faculty of the School of Health and Physical Education at the Uni versi ty of Oregon in 1944 and held theposi tion as head of the Dance Di vision of the Department of Physical Education for Women until the time of her death.
"In her twenty-three years of service in higher education, she held the esteem of her students and her colleagues for the superb quality of her teaching and for her creative and inspirational work with students in contemporary dance. As a dance educator, Miss Wentworth's abilities and interests were not confined to anyone area. Her deep interest in the art of movement was expressed with as much artistry in the American and European folk area as in the contemporary dance. Miss Wentworth developed and copyrighted a Folk Dance Manual, and her dance materials have contributed largely t.o the _teaching guides for the secondary schools in Ore_gon.
'~iss Wentworth served as chairman of the Dance Section of the Northwest. Dist.rict Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and provided lecture-demonstrations and excerpts from dance concerts at numerous state and northwest district conventions. University of Oregon students under her direction were selected for a concert demonstration at the National Convention of the American Association for Health, PhysicaJ. Education and Recreation in 1947.
''Miss Wentworth, generous in time and in talent, rendered noteworthy service in the public schools throughout the state by her services in regional meetings , institutes, and workshops. "Fellow teachers and students of Miss Wentworth know that her greatest satisfaction came about through her delight in creative teaching, and we feel t.hat. recognit.ion for her sincere artistry as a teacher is the deepest. t.ribut.e to her memory."
Mr. Washke then moved that the faculty of the Universit.y of Oregon accept the above memorial, in tribute to Lois Rosamond Wentwort.h, with instructions that a copy be incorporated in the minutes and that another copy be transmitted to her family. The motion was seconded, put to a vote, and carried unanimously.
LOYALTY OATH IN NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT. Mr. R. D. Clark, on behalf of himself' and Mr. C. T. Duncan, gave noticeV that he would move, at the March 1959 meeting of the faculty, the adoption of the fOllowing resolution:
Whereas the National Defense Education ,Act of 1958 provides in Section 1001 (f) (1) and (2) that: "No part of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for expenditure under authority of this Act shall be used to make payments or loans to any individual unless such individual (1) has executed and filed with the Commissioner an affidavit that he does not believe in, and is not a member of and does not support any organization that believes in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States Govermnent. by force or violence or by any illegal or unconsti tutionaJ. methods, and (2) has taken and subscribed to an oath or affirmation in the following form: 'I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Uni t.ed States of America and will support and defend the Consti tutlon and laws of the United States against all its enemies, foreign and domestic.'"
But, Whereas Section 1001 (f) (1) sets aside as a special group and discriminates by a I disclaimer oath' against students who apply for loans or fellowships;
And, Whereas Section 1001 (f) (2) gives proper assurances of loyalty to the govermnent through a nondiscriminatory oath or affirmation;
Be It Resolved that the faculty of the University of Oregon supports the American Council on Education's Committee on Relationships of Higher Education to the Federal Government in its efforts to secure the eliminiation of Section 1001 (f) (1) of the National Defense Education Act.
Be It Resolved, further, that, if' the act is not amended to remove the discriminatory clause in Section 1001 (f) (l), the faculty consult with the President on the advisability of the acceptance of the funds by the University of Oregon.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
George N. Belknap Secretary of the Faculty

REGULAR MEETING OF '!'HE FACULTY
March 4, 195'9
The meeting was called to order by President Wilson. the meeting of February 4, 1959 were read and. approved.
The minutes of
POSTPONEMENT OF .APRIL AND MAY FACULTY MEETINGS. President Wilson announced that the April 1959 meeting or the faculty would be postponed to April 8 and the May meeting to May 13..
LOYALTY OATH IN NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT. Mr. R. D.Clark moved, on behalf of himself and Mr. C. T. Duncan, the adoption of the following resolution: "Whereas the National Defense EdUcation Act of 195'8 provides in Section 1001 (f) (1) and (2) that: 'No part of any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for expenditureunder authority of this Act shall be used to make payments or loans to any individual unless such individual (1) has executed and filed with the Commissioner an affidavit that he . does not believe in, and is not a member of and does not support. any organization that believes in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States Government by force or violence or by any illegal or unconsti tutional methods, and (2) has taken and subscribed to an oath or aff'imation in the fOllowing form: "I do solemnly swear (or af.firm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all its enemies, foreign and domestic.'"
"But, Whereas Section 1001 (f) (1) sets aside as a special group and discriminates by a 'disclaimer oath'; against students who apply for loans or fellowships.
"And, Whereas Section 1001 (f) (2) gives proper assurances of loyalty to the government through a non-discriminatory oath or af£irmation; "Be It Resolved that the faculty of the University of Oregon supports the American Council on Education's Committee on Relationships of Higher Education to the Federal Government in its efforts to secure the elimination of Section 1001 (f) (1) of the National Defense Education Act.
"Be It Resolved, further, that if the act is not amended in the current session of Congress to remove the discriminatory clause in Section 1001. (f) (1) the faculty consult with the President on the advisability of the acceptance of'the funds by the University of Oregon."
The motion having been seconded, Mr. L. W. Staples, acting secretary of the Faculty Senate, reported that the Senate recommended its approval. The motion was then put to a vote and carried unanimously.
KILLGALLON UEMORIAL. Mr. K. S. Wood presented the following memorial:
Pat A. Killgallon, professor of edUcation and director of the Reading Clinic in the School of Education at the University of Oregon, died at the age of 5'5 in Eugene, Oregon on February 14, 1959. His untimely death interrupted nearly seventeen years of active and faithful service to the university and to the people of the state. He was a creative and productive scholar whose contributions to the teaching profession were recognized nationally as well as here in Oregon. Pat Killgallon was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on November 15, 1903. He completed his public school education in Sykesville, Pennsylvania in 1917, after which he attended business college for one year. He obtained his higher education. at Pennsylvania State College where he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1926, the Master of Education degree in 1932, and the Doctor of EdUcation degree in 1942. During the periods that elapsed' between his college degrees he served as high-school teacher, school psychologist, high-school principal, school superintendent, and supervisor of the Reading Clinic at Pennsylvania State College.

He was a visiting lecturer at the University of Wyoming during two summer sessions. He had a deep interest in music, having studied violin for more than ten years and having directed a small orchestra. Pat Killgallon came to the University of Oregon in 1942 as associate professor of education, and was appointed professor of education and director of the Reading Cli1:Iic in 1943. While at the University of Oregon he was a member of the Executive Board of the International Society for Improvement in Reading, state chaiman of the International Conference for Reading Improvement, a member of the Bou:d of Directors of the International Council for Improvement in Reading Instruction, and a member of the Governing Board for the International Council for Exceptional Children. He took an active part as a committee member in preparing state legislation for mentally retarded and ,for gifted children. He was a member of the Oregon Psychological Association and was very active in a number of local organizations having to do with remedial and special e~c"ion. .
Believing that more attention should be given to the teaching of spelling in the public schools, he published in 1953 a Language Arts Spelling Series for the first eight grades. He made numerous contributions to books and periodicals in the field of special education, and at the time of his death was writing a chapter for a book on exceptional children.
Pat Killgallon made many addresses to parents, teachers, and professional organizations on such topics as reading, vision, educating the retarded and the gifted child, and language arts. He was continually involved with workshops and conferences during the summers as well as the regular sessions. In addition, he served often as consultant to various school systems throughout the state in connection with the development of reading programs and the advancement of education.
He maintained a close personal relationship with all his students, and he spent most of his time with his students. There was between lWn and them the deepest kind of mutual respect. His students admired hiIn for his constant :treshness in his teaching methods, and it was often said. among them that in his beloved Irish-ness he never did anything twice in the same way. Long atter his students le:tt the University they still called on hiIn for help with their teaching problems and frequently with their personal problems.
Pat Killgallon was a modest, unpretentious teacher who applied his knowledge and his skills realistically. His fine sense of humor prevented his ever taking himself tqo seriously, and he never hesitated to point out to his students and colleagues his own shortcomings. He understood himself as well as he understood others.
All those who had the privilege of knowing and working with Professor Killgallon will remember him as a sincere and generous teacher who by word and example held to the highest standards of American education. Mr. Wood then moved that, as a tribute to Pat A. Killgallon, this memorial be accepted by the faculty of the University of Oregon and incorporated in the minutes of this meeting; and further moved that an appropriate copy of the memorial be transmitted to his family.
The motion was seconded, put to a vote, and carried unanimously.
VAC,ANCY ON FACULTY SENATE. President Wilson called the faculty's attention to the fact that Mr. Killgallon was a member of the Faculty Senate, through election by the general Uni versi ty faculty for a term ending in June of this year. Under faculty legislation, a successor could be elected through a nominating ballot cast at this meeting and an electing ballot cast at the April faculty meeting. However, since a successor would serve for only a little over a month, the President suggested that, as an honor to Mr. Killgallon, the position be left vacant during this period. There being no objection, he ruled that a special election would not be held.

STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY. President Wilson read to the i'acultya dra.ft oi'a letter expressing his opposition to the clause in the National Defense Education Act which requires discriminatory loyalty oaths of all who receive funds under the act, and urging the repeal of this clause. He stated that he proposed to send copies of this letter to members of the Oregon Congressional delegation, to members of Congress who are sponsoring bills for the repeal (Si' the oath requirement, and to the American Council on Education. A copy of the letter is filed in the office of the secretary of the faculty as a part of these minutes.
The President also explained to the i'acul ty the revised athleticaid policies recently adopted by the University administration. He stated that, with the breakup of the Pacific C'oast COnference, leaving the University and other Northwest institutions in independent status at least i'or the years :iln:mediately ahead, the administration believed that it was necessary to tie its aid policies to some objective standard which it would share with competing institutions. In this situation, it appeared wisest to follow as closely as possible the regulations oi' the National Collegiate AthJ.eticAssociation. . He pointed out that the new policy does away.with the discrimination, underP.C.C. regulations, in the wage scale i'or campus work done by athletes and other students.
The President invited questions i'rom the floor, and the faculty devoted some time to discussion oi' the University's athletic program and policies.
Mr. P. B. Jacobson moved that the meeting be adjourned. was seconded, put to a vote, and carried.
The motion
George N. Belknap Secretary oi' the Faculty
REGULAR HEEl'ING OF THE FACULTY
.April 8, 1959
The meeting was called to order by President Wilson. The minutes oi' the meeting of March 4, 1959 were read and approved.
ADVISORY COUNCIL NOMINATING BALLOT. A ballot was cast for the nomination oi' candidates i'or election to the Advisory Council. Mr. C. L. Constance and Mr. A. L. Roecker served as tellers. The following candidates were nominated:
w. C. Ballaine Paul Ci v1n R. D. Clark F. A. Cuthbert E. A. Cykler S. N. Dicken R. T. Ellickson
K. S. Ghent O. J. Hollis J. L. Hulteng P. L. Kleinsorge C. W. Macy W. T. Martin E. G.Moll
Carlisle Moore A. F. Moursund Earl Pomeroy J. L. Powell M. C. Romney Leona E. Tyler
FACULTY SENATE NOMINATING BALLOT. A ballot was cast for the nomination of candidates i'or election to the Faculty Senate. Mr. Constance and Mr. Roecker again served as tellers. The following candidates were nominated:
Liberal Arts
Professional, Unaffiliated
Harry Alpert J. V. Berreman Paul Oi vin R.D. Clark Hennan Cohen Bernd Crasemann H.. E. Dean R. T. Ellickson
P. L. Ia.einsorge C. W. Macy E. G. Moll Carlisle Moore D. G. Starlin Leona E. Tyler E. S. Wengert
W. C. T. O. G. N. F. A. E. A. C. T. A. A. A. C.
Ballaine Ballinger Bellmap Cuthbert Cykler Duncan Esslinger Hearn
O. W.Hintz O. J. Hollis C. E. Johnson W. J. Robert M. C. Romney Martin Schmitt P. O. Sigerseth


STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY. President Wilson commented briefly on the present state of the higher education budget in the Legislature. There being noffurther business, the meeting was adjourned.
George N. Belknap Secretary of the Faculty
REGULAR MEETING OF THE FACULTY
May 13, 1959
The meeting was called to order by President Wilson.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ELECTION. Ballots were cast for the election of the Advisory Council for 1959-60. Mr. J. S. Carlson, Mr. A. M.Singer,Mr. P. J. Powers, Mr. V. H.Dykstra, and Mr. vP. D. Morrison served as tellers. The i'ollowing persons were elected:
W. C. Ballaine F. A.Cuthbert E. A. Cykler
C. W. Maey E. G.Moll Earl Pomeroy
FACULTY ,SENATE ELECTION. Ballots were cast for the election of members oi' the Faculty Senate for two-year terms. Mr. C. L.vvQonstance, Mr. Robert Campbell, Mr. J. R. Shepherd, Mr. D. A. Watson, and Mr. A. L. Soderwall served as tellers. The following persons were elected:
Liberal Arts
Professional
Harry Alpert Bernd Crasemann H. E. Dean C. W. Macy E. G. Moll D. G. Starlin Leona E. Tyler
W. C. Ballaine T. O. ,Ballinger F. A. Cuthbert E. A. Cyfder C. T. Duncan O. J. Hollis Martin Schmitt
MINUTES OF THE APRIL FACULTY MEETING. of April 8, 1959 were read and approved.
The minutes of the meeting
. ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT. The spring-term report of the Advisory Council was presented by Mr. P. B. Simpson, chairman of vthe Council. This report is i'iled in the office of the secretary of the i'aculty as a part of these minutes.
ATHLETIC POLICY. As a part of the report of the Advisory Council, Mr. Simpson stated that "In considerationo£ the ilnpending break-up o£ the Pacific Coast Coni'erence on June 30, 1959, marking the end of ,longestablished policies and traditions concerning intercollegiate athletics at the University of Oregon, the Advisory Council has asked the President, and he has agreed, to appoint an ad hoc conunittee oi' faculty members nominated by the Advisory Council to study questions of athletic policy at the University, including the question of the i'aculty's role in such policy, and ,to report its recommendations to the President.1I
NOTICE OF MOTION ON HONORS COLLEGE. Mr. R. D. Clark gave notice that, at the June 1959 meeting of the University faculty, he would present a motion, on behalf of the minor i'aculty of the College of Liberal Arts, recommending the establishment of the Honors College of the University of Oregon,. with the following provisions: (1) Purpose. Its pUl'pose shall be to provide the best possible liberal education, both general and specialized, for a community of, superior students within the larger University community who shall be privileged, through more flexible and indep'endent academic arrangements, to meet higher standards of performance than other university students.

By closer articulation with the high schools and the Graduate School, it shall provide both enrichment and acceleration. To these ends it shall offer a four-year program leading to the degree of B.A. (Honors College), superseding andcOltlbining features of the present sophOltlore-honors and upper-division departmental honors programs, for students who shall meet higheradiniss:t.orlreq1rl.rementi:vin,::a~tity, achievement, and subject-matter preparation than other entering freshmen.
(2) Administration. The administration of the Honors College shall be by a director (who shall be an assistant dean or the College of Liberal Arts) and by the faculty of the Honors College. They shall establish such committees as may be necessary. The faculty shall prescribe arrangements for advising the director on the appointment of committees and shall determine policies on admission, curriculum, and academic requirements.
(3) Faculty. The faculty of the Honors College shall consist of the instructors of Honors College courses, the director, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and his assistants or associates, members or the standing committees, and six additional members of the faculty of the College or Liberal Arts nominated by the dean and director. Prior to the opening of the College the faculty shall include all instructors in the sophomore-honors and upper-division honors programs of the COllege of Liberal Arts. '
(4) Admission. The faculty of the Honors College is authorized to determine standards for the admission to the Honors College of students within the upper 20 per cent of entering freshmen, taking into account scholastic aptitude, prior academic achievement, skills (as in the use of English), and subject-matter preparation; and, at the discretion of the faculty or its designated committee, to selected transfer students and students not admitted as freshmen. Preprofessional and professional students may enter the Honors College on the same basis as 8tudents pursuing programs in the College of Liberal Arts. At the end of the sophomore year they may transfer to the professional schools and, in pursuance of suitable arrangements that may be developed between the Honors College and the professional schools, they may qualify for degrees to be conferred jointly -by the Honors College and by the professional schools; or they may participate in honors programs in the professional schools 1JIlder the jurisdiction of the University Honors C01JIlcil.
(5) Requirements. To be eligible for a degree from the Honors College, students must have met the requirements of one of the major departments or curricula of the College of Liberal Arts or of one of the professional schools and University-wide requirements, in addition to Honors College requirements. The faculty and committees of the Honors College shall develop requirements designed to fulfill the purpose of the Honors College and to achieve in general education goals equivalent to or exceeding the six-course group requirements of the College of Liberal Arts, and including initially the present sophomore-honors and upperdivision honors programs. They shall set standards by which students may continue in the Honors College or be separated from it. They shall invite departments to develop Honors College courses, from which College students shall draw a substantial part of their programs and which in general shall take the shape of small classes, shall emphasize written work when f'easible, and shall bring students into closer contact with instructors. (On the invitation of the appropriate committee of the Honors COllege, departments or other bodies that customarily originate proposals for new courses may propose new Honors College courses to the faculty of the Honors College, which if it approves them shall submit them to the general faculty through the appropriate minor faculty.) They shall encourage departments to reduce class meetings, introduce reading periods, and otherwise facilitate independent and informal learning for Honors College students. The director of the Honors College, with the concurrence of the appropriate head of a department or dean of a professional school, shall certify candidates for completion of requirements of the Honors College for the degree of B.A. (Honors College). (6) Flexibility in program. The Honors College shall be authorized, through the director and appropriate committee, to encourage students of demonstrated competence to satisfy general-education (group) requirements through work at more advanced levels than the elementary courses ordinarily available to them; and to encourage students (with the concurrence of the departments or schools concerned and of the Graduate School) to ' move into advanced and graduate work on the basis of competence rather than of units completed. (Substitutions within a departmental major program shall require approval, also, of the department head.) The College shall develop a system of credit by examination for quali1'ied students who may wish further to accelerate their college programs.
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(7) Physical arrangements. The College shall develop, as soon as practicable, physical facilities designed to give students fuller and more informal opportunities for intellectual growth.
- (8) Opening of the Honors College. The establishment of the College shall become effective upon the approval of this resolution by the University faculty, the President, and the State Board of Higher Education. The College shall open in September 1960, and at that time shall assume control of the present sophomore-honors, general-honors, and departmental-honors programs of the College of Liberal Arts, which as separate programs shall terminate (except for students completing programs begun prior to 1960) in June 1962. The dean and appropriate committees shall develop plans to encourage freshmen entering the University in 1959 to plan their programs to qualify for admission to the Honors College as sophomores in 1960.
The Honors Council shall continue its present functions in entirety until the opening of the Honors College in 1960. Thereupon, it shall continue to act in a consultative capacity in the development of the Honors College, while supervising until their graduation those students who have enrolled in departmental and general-honors programs before June 1960, and students enrolled in separate professional-school honors programs .
(9) ort to the faculty. Following an experimental period of three years 1 0- 9 3 , the faculty and administration of the Honors College shall. report in detail to the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and to the general faculty, requesting their further approval.
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY. President Wilson invited questions from .the floor concerning the state of the.University. There were questions and discussion concerning the faculty salary budget approved by the 1959 Oregon Legislature, the State System building program, the transfer of jurisdiction over the Oregon Technical Institute to the State Board of Higher Education, the research appropriation approved by the Legislature, progress toward removing the negative loyalty oath requirement from the Federal Defense Education Act, and the visit to South America which President Wilson will make next spring, with a group of university presidents.
Several members of the faculty questioned the reported decision of the Chancellor to maintain the general research fund approved by the Legislature under the direct administration of his office. President Wilson stated that he would request Dean Alpert to appoint a special committee to study the plan for administration of the research fund and faculty views. on the matter, and that he would bring to the attention of the Chancellor any suggestions for modification that may result from this study.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
George N. Belknap Secretary of the Faculty


REGULAR MEETING OF THE FACULTY
June 3, 1959
The meeting was called to order by President Wilson. the meeting of May 13, 1959 were read and approved. ADVISORY COUNCIL OFFICERS. The, secretary reported that the Advisory Council, at an organization meeting on May 21, elected the following officers for the coming year: C. W. Macy, chairman; W. C. Ballaine, secretary.
The minutes of
SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION. The secretary reported that Mr. Jack Wilkinson has been elected a member of the Faculty Senate b.r the minor faculty of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts; to fill the unexpired portion of the term of Mr. A. M. Vincent. Mr. Vincent will be on sabbatical leave during 1959-60.
FIRST FALL FACULTY MEETING. President Wilson stated that he would not be on the campus on October 7, 1959, the regularly scheduled date of the October faculty meeting, and that he believed that it would be unwise to postpone this meeting to October 14. He suggested that the meeting be held, instead, during the last week of September. Mr. P. R. Washke moved that the first faculty meeting of the fall term be held on Wednesday, September 30. The motion was seconded, put to a vote, and carried.
CCMMITl'EE ON ATHLETIC POLICY. President Wilson announced the appointment of the following special Committee on Athletic Policy: C. T. Duncan, chairman; R. T. Ellickson, Herman Cohen, J. L. Powell, V. S. Sprague.
REPORT OF RESEARCH COMMITTEE. Mr. Harry Alpert, chairman of the Research Committee, read a letter from his committee to President Wilson, dated May 27, 1959, questioning the wisdom of the decision of the Chancellor to retain, for direct allocation to proposed projects, funds appropriated by the 1959 Oregon Legislature for general research and for the exploratory phases of directed research, and recommending the allocation of these funds, in the future, to the institutions for institutional administration. A copy of this letter is on file in the office of the secretary of the faculty.
REPORT OF ACADEMIC REQUIREMEr'<TTS COMMITTEE. Mr. M. D. Ross, chairman of the Academic Requirements Committee, presented the annual report of the committee. The report is filed in the office of the secretary of the faculty. MOTION ON HONORS COLLEGE. Mr. R. D. Clark moved, on behalf ot the minor faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, that the University of Oregon establish an Honors College, with the following provisions:
(1) Purpose. Its purpose shall be to provide the best possible liberal education, both general and specialized, for a community of superior students within the larger University community who shall be privileged, through more flexible and independent academic arrangements, to meet higher standards of performance than other University students. By closer articulation with the high schools and the Graduate School, it shall provide both enrichment and acceleration. To these ends it shall offer a four-year program leading to the degree of B.A. (Honors Coll,ege), combining features of the present sophomore-honors and upperdivision departmental honors programs, for students who shall meet higher admission requirements in ability, achievement, and subject-matter preparation than other entering freshmen.
(2) Administration. The administration of the Honors College shall be by a director .(who shall be an assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts) and by the faculty of the Honors College. They shall establish such committees as may be necessary. The faculty shall prescribe arrangements for advising the director on the appointment of committees and shall determine policies on admission, curriculum, and academic requirements. The director shall, in conjunction with the appropriate department head or professional school dean, select the faculty for general education (group satisfying) courses in the Honors College.
(3) Faculty. The faculty of the Honors College shall consist ef the instructOrs ef Honers College ceurses, the director, the dean of the Cellege of Liberal Arts and his assistants or asseciates, members 0.1' the Cellege of Liberal Arts neminated by the dean and director. Prier to. the epening 0.1' the College the faculty shall include all instructers in the sophomore-heners and upper-divisien heners pregrams ef the Cellege ef Liberal Arts.
(4) Admissien. The faculty 0.1' the Honers Cellege is autherized to. determine standards for the admission to the Henors College 0.1' students within the upper 20 per cent o.f entering freslunen, taking into. account scho.lastic aptitude, prier academic achievement, skills (as in the use of English), and subject-matter preparation; and, at the discretion cf the faculty or its designated committee, 0.1' selected transfer students and students net admitted as freshmen. Preprefessional and prefessienal students may enter the Honers College cn the same basis as students pursuing programs in the Cellege ef Liberal Arts. At the end of the sophemere year they may transfer to. the prefessienal scheels and, in pursuance ef suitable arrangements that may be developed between the Heners Cellege and the prefessienal sCheels, they may qualify fer degrees to be:cenferred jeintly by the Heners Cellege and by the professienal schoels under the jurisdictien ef the University Honers Ceuncil.
(5) Requirements. To be eligible fer a degree frem the Honers Cellege, students must have met the requirements ef ene ef the majer departments or curricula of the Cellege ef Liberal Arts er ef ene ef the prefessional schoels and University-wide requirements, in additio.n to Honers Cellege requirements. The faculty and collllllittees ef the Heners Cellege shall develop requirements designed to fulfill the purpese ef the Honors Cellege and to. achieve in general education geals equivalent to er exceeding the six-ceurse group requirements efthe College ef Liberal Arts, and including initially the present sophemere-henors and upper-divisien henors pregrams. They shall set standards by which students may continue in the Honers Cellege or be separated from it. They shall invite departments to. develep Heners Cellege co.urses,from which Cellege students shall draw a substantial part 0.1' their programs and which in general shall take the shape of small classes, shall emphasize written werk when feasible, and shall bring students into. cleser centact with instructers. (On the invitation ef the appropriate cemmittee ef the Heners. Cellege, departments er ether be dies that customarily originate proposals for new ceurses may prepese new Henors College ceurses to. the faculty ef the Heners Cellege, which if it appreves them shall submit them to. the general faculty threugh the appropria.te miner faculty.) They shall enceurage departments to. reduce class meetings, intreduce reading perio.ds, and etherwise facilitate independent and in:fonnal learning fer Heners Cellege students. The director ef the Honors Cellege, with the concurrence ef the appropriate head of a department or dean of a professional schoel, shall certify candidates fer completion of requirements of the Henors Cellege fer the degree ef B.A." (Heners College). (6) Flexibility in program. The Heners Cellege shall be autherized, through the director and appropriate cemmittee, to. enceurage students ef demenstrated competence to satisfy gene1!al-educatien (group) requirements threugh work at more advanced levels than the elementary courses erdinarily available to. them; to certify to the Registrar that Henors Cellege students who. make such and other substitutiens have thereby satisfied greup requirements; and to encourage students (with the cencurrence ef the departments er scheols concerned and ef the Graduate Scheol) to. move into. advanced and graduate work en the basis ef competence rather than ef unita cempleted. (Substitutiona within a departmental major program shall require appreval, also., ef the department head.) The College shall develop a system ef credit by examination for qualified students who. may wish further to accelerate their College programs.
(7) Physical arrangements. The C"ollege shall develop, as seen as practicable, physical facilities designed to. give students fuller and mere informal opportunities for intellectual growth.
(8) Opening ef the Honors College. The establishment ef the College shall become effective upon the approval ef this resolutien by the University faculty, the President, and the State Board of Higher Educatien.

The College shall open in September 1960, and at that time shan assume control of the present sophomore..honors, genevral-honors, and departmentalhonors programs of the College of Liberal Arts, which as separate programs shall terminate (except for students completing programs begun prior to 1960) in June 1962. The dean and appropriate committees shall develop plans to encourage . freshmen entering the University in 1959 to plan their programs to qualify for admission to the Honors College as sophomores in 1960.
v The Honors Council shall continuei ts present functions in entirety until the opening of the Honors College in 1960. Thereupon, it shall continue to act in a consultative capacity in the development of the Honors College, while supervising until their graduation those students who have enrolled in departmental and general-honors programs before June 1960, and students enrolled in separate professional-school honors programs.
(9) ~ort to the faculty. Following an experimental period of three years1960.,.l963), the faculty and administration of the Honors College shan report in detail to the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and to the general faculty, requesting their further approval.
The motion having been seconded, Mr. W. C. Ballaine, secretary of the Faculty Senate, reported that the Senate recommended its approval. President Wilson read the following letter from Gary Gregory, president of the Associated Students, addressed to the faculty of the University of Oregon:
. "It is a personally enjoyable duty to inform you that the ASUO Sena,te, meeting on May 28, 1959, enthusiastically passed a motion recommending that you, the University faculty, accept the proposal to establish an Honors College at the University of Oregon.
"It is necessary to add that this action, a demonstration of student interest and ini tiati ve, is intended as an endorsement of the principle of an Honors College; we Wish to reserve jUdgment on specific questions and on the solutions to a number of problems which must be dealt With in this proposed experiment, until a later date when more detailed plans are developed.
"We hope that our interest Will be encouraged; that our questions, suggestions, even our (sometimes uninformed) criticisms will be not only heard but invited; that our attempts to be informed and our desire to participate will not only be recognized but will meet with your approval and support."
Mr. P. B. Jacobson read the f'ollowing statement from the minor faculty of' the School of Education and requested that it be inaorporated in the minutes:
"The faculty of the School of Education approves the development of a University Honors College. We think, however, that the design should be broadly conceived so that all eligible students may participate if they Wish tov do so, and that the requirements should be sufficiently flexible to meet individual needs and to enable students to graduate from the Honors College.
"Our particular concern is for our majors in elementary teacher education. At present approximately one-third of these students are eligible for the sophomore-honors program. The education of elementary teachers should include a broad general education, study of child development, and methods of teaching children. Such education necessitates a more rigidly prescribed program than most students are expected to follow.
liThe proposal that all students in the Honors College must take an A.B. degree, under present University rulings, will require majors in elementary education to add 27 hours of required courses. While it is not impossible for an elementary-education major to take these extra courses, it is adding a heavy required load which may make the Honors College less attractive to them. The alternate choice might be that they prefer the Honors Collegt> to preparation for elementary teaching. In either case, society will be the loser.
"Consequently, the School of Education urges flexibility and concern for individual interests and vocational aspirations in developing requirements and courses for the Honors College.'1 Mr. Herman Rubin moved to amend the principal motion to provide that students who are not members of the Honors College be permitted to enroll in Honors College courses. The motion to amend was seconded. Mr. Rubin indicated that it was the intent of his amendment to permit enrollment in Honors College courses both by students generally qualified for admission to the COllege who do not choose to enroll for the total program and by students who have special qualifications for enrollment in certain courses. v
After discussion, the motion to amend was put to a vote and defeated. The principal motion was then put to a vote and carried.
APPROVAL OF DEGREES. The secretary read the following statement from Mr. C. L. Constance, University Registrar: "The 19590fi'icial degree list of the UniverSity of Oregon will be compiled and printed shortly af'ter COIIDIlencement. I certify that this list will include all and only those degree candidates who have met all reqUirements for their respective degrees before Commencement."
Mr. P. R. Washke moved that the faculty of the University of Oregon recommend that the Oregon State Board of Higher Education confer upon the students whose names are included in the official 1959 degree list compiled by the University Registrar the degrees for which they have satisfied all req11irements. The motion was seconded, put to a vote, and carried.
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY. President Wilson commented on the Honors College proposal approved by the faculty, with special reference to questions raised in the courseof the debate. He pointed out that the Honors College will be an experimental program for the education of a select and identified body of superior students, and expressed the belief that the results of this experiment may have important values for the improvement of Uni versi ty instruction as a whole, and may lead to broader experiments in the education of students with superior competence in special fields. He emphasized the fact, that the Honors College will have no monopoly on instruction for superior students, and that shcools and departments will still have responsibility for special instruction to meet the special needs of their best students, outside the framework of the Honors College.
The President also reviewed two recent documents which promise to ti,ave a great impact on curricular developments in colleges and universities throughout the country: (1) a February 27, 1959 letter of Governor Furcolo of Massachusetts to President Eisenhower, proposing a restudy of the prevailing opinion that there is a high correlation between low student-teacher ratios and effective college and university instruction; and (2) Beardsley Ruml' s "Memo to Trustees," urging curricular reform and economies, including higher student-teacher ratios, as a means of making greatly increased faculty salary scales financially possible. In conclusion, the President pointed out that the broadened responsibilities assigned to the Committee on the Curriculum by the faculty this spring, and a program for more rigorous curricular study and review recently draf'ted by the committee and approved by the administration, provide the University with procedures through which it can and will work toward curricular economies on its own initiative.
There being no further business, the meeting was a,djourned.
George N. Belknap Secretary of the Faculty