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Show ijjic Credits Of 'Refugees:' Accept Or Reject? ' By GLEN LEONARD Chronicle Staff Writer ten percent of the students registering at the University were "deserters" from other institutions. But transplanting L,iartSr wobably just a simple formality for most of them. transfer credits are accepted automatically, according ,? A Norton, University Registrar. 1 Questionable credits referred to the 14-man faculty committee ! its and admissions, however, are usually rejected. j y what makes credit unacceptable? Two long-standing policies ' c01Iimittee decisions, he said. First, credit of "D" grade is re- Second if no comparable class is taught at the University, the !i ril probably not be approved. "t only reason I can give for nonacceptance of "D" grade I Jlcomes from the feeling that a "D" is a charity grade," the Reg-tat Reg-tat said Some teachers define a "D" as a high "E" and other as a sr. fs inconsistent definition means transfer credit of "D" grade .rimaticallv set aside. r i - special examination. But neither extension nor correspondence credit cred-it from junior colleges will be allowed. al-lowed. Transfer students are drawn from almost everywhere and for many reasons. THIS STATUE of a Greek goddess god-dess can be seen as part of the Spotlight exhibit in the Union. Applications from 1,439 transfer students were accepted fall quarter, with 1,015 of this number completing com-pleting registration. About 260 were approved winter quarter. Of 1,015 signed up in October, 358 were graduate students. There were 254 sophomores, 186 juniors, 155 freshmen and 48 seniors. Men outnumbered women 728 to 287. 'n is however, an escape Cj for worthy students. The cre-i cre-i ; committee, headed by Dr. fuEWadsworth, head of the jllurgy Department, recognizes L-jhip cases. I AN AUTOMOBILE accident 1 :ier misfortune two weeks be-finals be-finals drops your grade to a k the committee would be in-hid in-hid lo accept this type of credit, Won said. .'J other credit from accredited L irsilies is welcomed if the sub-cutter sub-cutter is appropriate. For ex- !4t, the University doesn't take fit from Weltech College in Salt :e. Practical courses at the elec-s elec-s school do not parallel theories theo-ries offered by the engineer-ipartment engineer-ipartment here. 1 NORTON said general ed-fa ed-fa classes are acceptable where because of the tradit-Bl tradit-Bl subject matter taught. But fits for religion classes, requir- I it many church-supported :, are barred from state uni-ps uni-ps by law. The exception is of a non-sectarian nature, i philosophy department must and approve a transfer in world religions, and the w department does the same fitISS ln the Bible as literature, latment heads must, also en-R en-R extension credit. Correspon-Fmdit Correspon-Fmdit is honored only after |