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Show TO DISCUSS REQUIRED COURSES College-Community Forums End "Required Courses: Are They Necessary?" will be subject for the concluding fall quarter College-Community Forum Monday evening, Dec. 12 at 8:00 In the CSU Library Lounge. The main Issues to be discussed discuss-ed are whether or not the pro-'gram pro-'gram of rigid requirements for graduation, with which all students stu-dents have to comply, are accomplishing ac-complishing their purpose and whether or not there is a better way of insuring that each graduate gradu-ate rains a broad general education edu-cation along with his specialized training. The discussion will deal mainly with college education, jbut high ivhool preparatory training as It relates to college i 'requirements 1 A debate featuring four members mem-bers of the CSU faculty will dem-onstrate dem-onstrate the basic clash of opinion opin-ion on the two sides of the question. ques-tion. Proposition for the debate will be "Resolved: That required courses at CSU should be abolished." abolish-ed." Defending the affirmative side of the proposition will be Professors Harry Plummer and Richard M. Rowley of the English department, with Professors Le-Ray Le-Ray McAllister and Gerald Hansen, Han-sen, of the Social Science and Business Departments, upholding uphold-ing the negative. Following the debate, open dls-cusslon dls-cusslon will be In order. Townspeople Towns-people and students are Invited to attend and participate In the forum discussion. |