Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 25 | Cambridge is to Widen Curriculum

iiiE is" to WIDENGURRICIILUM University Is Planning to Provide Broader Basis for Liberal Education. INTENTIONS SET OUT Change in Language Requirements Re-quirements One of Principal Prin-cipal Innovations. CAMHKILMJU:. KiisKm'l. !. 2. (Cor-rcspomi.'iuo (Cor-rcspomi.'iuo oi" the Associate! Proas.) rtcspoinliiiR to the stimulus Imparted ty the war, Oa in bruise university is contemplating contem-plating chunKfa which may affect tlie whole scheme of modern tralntiiK in En-elish-spealiing ini eraities and provide a broader bus is for liberal ediuntlon. The fir.st of these Is designed to hrlns tlie examination which candidates must pass either boi'ure or after entering Carn-bridj;e Carn-bridj;e more into line with tn reMulre-meu reMulre-meu ts if i fie modern world. To aceom -pli.sti this it has been proposed to abolish the. compulsion of candidates to study two c!jsu-iil lanstiascs. This applies only to tho "ordinary" course?, as distinguished distin-guished from the "honor" sources which hitter nre tor tlie abler hi mien t. W hi!e t!:eie is no cntra n.-e exa mlna-tiou mlna-tiou at Cdinhridge. all eandidate.- are required re-quired to pass t he so-called "prev iou? e a nil nat ions" in whu-h, at present, th-eek and Latin are both compulsoi y. Important Propasal . j It now ha; been proposed that, instead of O'-impp'hii; the candidates to tnke two classical lanpuat.es. two foreiun lan sua pes should be required in the "previous ex-aminatioiis." ex-aminatioiis." of whieh I-atin yhnll be one; and t'nat the candidal shall have the option of of f'erimr as his second fcreipn lancuace either tlreek or Kreneh or German. Ger-man. It is felt that the ejisienco of classical entra nee scholarships will ef fectually piomote the studv of Oivek at thp i:nirsuy by manv of the abler men. It is n"t proposed to make the "previous "pre-vious cxn mi pa t:nis ' easier, but to open the avenue to 3 decree, to those who hae been edti'-Rt-M at universities whore two e!; ssieal Uns liases a re nl compulsory. hen once tiie "previous cxaminat itn"' is pasd the "ordinary ' student usually proceeds to tike oi:e or more special examinations. ex-aminations. It is suggested to Increase t!ie number of thso Hnd pnernlly to widen The curriculum. New suhtvts may be intro-Mjeed and re-?roup!np will probably prob-ably follow. A committee has recently heen appointed appoint-ed "to consider the means of promoting coHa boratton with the universities of the empire and the foreign universities.' Has Wide Influence. This committee with its wide influence will doubt lest- deal w ith sur h questions ?s tlie interr-bansre of professor, and what facilit'ea an he afforded to youpp pradu-ats pradu-ats from non -British univrsit ies for proceeding tu postgraduate courses and decree?. Carrbridce lias no Ttf.odes echolars, but hf has numerous students froni tlie United States, and a welcome is now I bemc extended to the soldier-students already al-ready in Europe who cannot spend their short leaves in America. There are already al-ready over ."000 American university- men, students and graduates, engaped in active ac-tive war wor in France, and it is expected ex-pected that 1n a short time there may be m o r e t r a t 1 10 . 0"i n . University authorltW hope that next year groups of these students will visit 1 amhndpe and spend a few days in its ancient rollezes. It is alreadv known that all the colleges are wilhnp most cordially to co-ote.rate in this movement and as far as is possible every hospitality will he extended to the guests from across the seas.