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STARTS TOMORROW A Pfobo She'sthe worlds most beautiful bank- ;tS robber! 'yx t i ' s ? ri gal- To nataliewiod "16061016" ianbannen dickshawi to sMcii'g peter alk jonathanwnteis Pan;ivi.skii .naMcinHiokir (Editor's note the following text of a proposal for the es tablishment of an experimen tal pass-fail grading system at the University was recent ly submitted by a Student Government committee to the Administration for study.) Strict systems of grading, class rank, and quality point averages, have long come un der fire for some of the prob lems they present to the Uni versity. One of the proposals currently being experimented with to alleviate the disad vantages from strict letter grading is the concept of "pass-fail." Currently in use, in one form or another, at over thir ty institutions of higher learn ing, including our "sister" in stitution, Duke University, the pass-fail idea is also being ex perimented with at six institu tions receiving money from the Ford Foundation for ex perimentation with this idea. Originating at Princeton, the publicity which the pass-fail concept has received, has ap peared everywhere from edu cational journals to Newsweek. The following proposal , was adopted by a grouD of stu dents desiring additional flex ibility in the education they are bing offered in Chapel Hill. We realize that pass-fail is no panacea. It will not revo lutionize our whole education al system, nor will it change any campus into an ideal edu cational community overnight. We do believe, however, that a pass-fail system can be of great benefit to the Univer sity in the following" ways: It would permit students to venture out of their maior field of study without fearing a lower grade point average, and hence, a lower class standing. It would force both stu dents and teachers to be more deeply interested in a mean ingful criterion of excellence in course work. It would reduce some of the intense pressures and an xieties of the current grade point system. It would allow individuals to do increased independent studv in areas only touched on by the courses normally of fered. We recommend that: Of the forty course units required for graduation, each undergraduate be allowed to designate six course units for a pass-fail grading. These six courses may be taken in the sophomore, jun ior, or senior year, provided that prior to taking any pass fail courses, the student shall UNC9 Oil (l SiHBUs MaxShuIman (By the author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!", "Dobie Gillis," etc.) IT'S A NORTH WIND THAT BLOWS NO GOOD Crushed between the twin millstones of January weather and final exams, you are saved from total des pair, poor devils, only by the knowledge that winter vaca tion will soon be here. Where will you go this year? Will it be Florida again, or are you tired of jails ? Then how about Puerto Rico? A most excellent notion, say I. A balmy and bounteous island with long white beaches and blue, blue skies and green, healing seas. And, most pleasant of all, the warm and gracious people of Puerto Rico! You don't even have to know Spanish to communicate with this friendly folk. Just learn three simple phrases and you'll get along splendidly '."Buenos dtas" which means "Good morning," "Gracias" which means "Thank you," and "Que serd sera" which means "Your llama is on my foot." In order to help you enjoy the fabled land of Puerto Rico it would be well for me to supply a bit of historical background. (It would also be well for me to say a few words about Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades be cause themakefs of Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades pay me to write this column and they are inclined to sulk if I omit to mention their product. Of course, they don't stay gloomy long, for they are kindly, cheery men fond of Morris dancing, spelling bees, and temperance punch fine, upright types, as true and gleaming and durable as the blades they make. And if you've tried r Personna's, you know how true and gleaming and durable that is! And tf you haven't tried Personna's, poor devil, you've cheated both your purse and face, for Personna's last and last, shave after luxury shave, close, clean, nick less, hackless, tugless, gougeless, scratchless, matchless. Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades come in Double Edge or Injector style and are made only by the makers of Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades.) But I digress. Back to the history of Puerto Rico. The island was discovered by that popular discoverer Chris topher Columbus. Incidentally, considering Columbus' popularity, it's odd we know so little about him. What do we really know? Only this: He was born in Genoa on August 25, 1451, the son of Ralph T. Columbus, a knee-cymbal vendor, and Eleanor (Swifty) Columbus, a low hurdler. He was an only child except for his five brothers and eight sisters. From early childhood he was an avid reader and spent all his waking hours immersed in a book. Unfortunately, there was only one book in Genoa at the time Care of the Horse by Aristotle and after 18 years of reading Care of the Horse, Columbus grew restless. When rumor reached him there was another book in Madrid, off he ran as fast as his little fat legs would carry him. Disappointment, alas, awaited him there. The only book in Madrid was Cuidar un Cdballo, which proved to be noth ing more than a Spanish translation of Care of the Horse. Then one day Columbus heard from a traveller that there were millions of books in India, and he was in stantly ablaze to set sail. Off he ran on his little fat legs to the court of Ferdinand and Isabella (Columbus, though more than six feet tall, was plagued with little fat legs all his life) and, as we all know, he persuaded the Span ish rulers to outfit him with three stout ships, the Flopsy, the Mopsy, and the Cottontail, and the rest is history ! have a major, and shall have a 2.0 grade point average. No pass-fail grading mav be used in a required course in the General College, or a course required by a depart ment for a major" in that de partment. No student be obligated to take any course for pass-fail. Students must pre-register as pass-fail members of a class; at the end of the drop add period, this status be comes permanent. This does not preclude, however, the stu dent dropping the course al together. All professors shall have made available to them the the names of students taking the course for pass-fail. The professor will then grade the work of these students in the course with a "pass" or "fail" (P or F), or some other variant of the grading system that he feels consonant with the pass-fail system. In order to set minimum standards for judging whether or not a stu dent should receive "pass" or "fail" in the course, a grade of "pass" shall roughly cor respond to a grade of "D" or above and "fail" shall rough ly correspond to a grade be low "D". At the" end of the semes ter, the professor shall re cord on . his grade sheet be side the name of each "pass fail" student a letter grade of "P" or "F". On the student's permanent transcript, the grade of "P" shall be starred bot- with an asterick, and a brief explanation of the meaning of the grade "P" for an under graduate shall be printed be- iae tne asterick at the torn' of the transcript. n th event that a stu dent wishes to maior in p field m which bp has nreviouslv re ceived a Dasss-faii crpdit. we recommend that thp credit re main on hi record as it is, h"t that he be allowed to take an additional course above the reauried number in his major, if he so chooses, for which hp vill receive. a standard letter grade. Consideration be given by th Phi Beta Kappa chapter to including not more than six hours of pass-fail credit in the seventv-five hours requir ed for consideration for mem bership at the end of seven semesters. Professors be encouraged to allow students to do inde pendent ?tudy for pass - fail credit in areas in which they teach eeneral courses when a studnt wishes to do concen trated studv. Fcr example, a student taking a course in the nolitics of Africa might be al lowed to receive pass-fail cre dit for that course for study ing AFrica in generaly only half of the semester, and concentrating on Ethiopia or Ghana the other half. At the end of two semes ters after the institution of the pass-fail program, the Chan cellor's Committee on Teach ing and Curriculum shall make an extensive evaluation of the program and shall make recommendations to ward the improvement of the program to the Chancellor. If students are to be freer to shape the education which they receive at the University, they must be allowed greater flexibility in the courses they choose and the subjects in which they do intensive study. They should not be penalized in their academic study for broadening themselves. Adoption of the pass-fail sys tem such as is outlined above, would allow the physics major to take a course in English ystem. literature without endangering his opportunities for grade standing. It would allow the political science major to take a course in music appreciation without hurting his chances for excellence in academic pursuits. It could free both students and teachers from the arduous task of arriving at an exact grade and allow them the free dom to put that energy where it belongs: in the pursuit of knowledge. This is a change which would, we feel, contri bute substantially to the excel lence of the academic com munity for Chapel Hill. I CUT OUT r r STUDENT SPECIAL TODAY and ALL THROUGH EXAMS SHALL PIZZA-OflE HID. 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