Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-11-19 | Page 2 | 'U' May Give Special Courses for Poor Students, Thomas Declares

U IT M May y Give Special Courses For Po Poor r Students Thomas Declares l I I C Adoption of tire Rutgers Rutgers' university university sity plan of ot dealing with scholarship scholarship scholarship scholar scholar- ship delinquencies will probably be made a at t the University of Ufah within the next ye year ll in n an attempt to salvage the 25 per er cent of the students who fall fail to pass pa-as at the midterm President George Thomas declared dr Saturday upon his re return return return re- re turn from Chicago where he lie at Vat att attended at- at t tended the annual convention of ot college presidents Tire plan involves the application application tion ion of special courses for the tho de de- delinquent students Successful work in these courses allows the students to continue with the school work during tho the yearA yearA year A half-day half was devoted to the questions of hazing and and fraternities ties but while the tho university was one of the first Institutions In the country t to abolish the hazing 4 tice it is ia still confronted CO with wIllI the I fraternity problem Dr Thomas said A considerable number of or trat fraternities have made an average grade prade of ot C a a. requirement ment for en en- en trance V Dr Thomas poInted out out that the thelo lo local al fraternities had not adopted such a ruling and in all Vail probability probability probability proba proba- tho the faculty would promote a no ruling to this effect in n the near future The Time question of penult penult- tug ting the students to use automobiles automobiles automo automo- biles bites was vas stressed but this question question ques ques- tion i ii for fu o- o othe the small college town and has not established Itself at atthe atthe atthe the university More cultural subjects for engineering engineering en en- schools sch were urged by hy many ninny of ot the presidents and such subjects will be added to the en engineering en- en curricula a. a within the next year car V u u