Show GLASSES CLASSES AT uON u II ON SATURDAYS IS POSSIBIliTY I Lack of Floor Space Found to be Considerable Considerable Considerable Consider Consider- able Stumbling ing Block in Progress of Semester System In tho the event went of ot a slight InCrease in increase increase in- in crease in size of the student bod body or the adoption of the seme semester er system Saturday classes a al the University b beginning next October will be the only alternative This statement tatern nt was m made de by Prot Professor sor William L. L chairman of the sub committee on floor space a n. unit of the body which is Js gathering gathering gath gath- ering fac facts r relative to the proposed adoption of ot the seme semester ter system All other sub committees appointed appointed ap ap- ap pointed d to investigate the desirability desira desira- of changing tram the present present present pres pres- ent quarter system to the tho semester system are engaged collecting facts and figures to bring bring- before the main committee of ot deans and department deportment de tie- heads and the president who will decide on this question Inasmuch as preliminary work vork on next years year's catalogue should now be in progress decision will be made as soon eoon as as' as possible and at latest b by May 1 I according to Professor ProCessor Every available a class room on the campus is now o occupied cupl durIng during during dur dur- ing the hours of or 8 30 and 9 30 and nd but one room loom is vacant at 1 o'clock Under the tho semester system tem tern the majority of ot the present hour five courses would be three- three hour semester cour courses and thus require a greater number of class classroom rooms room It is probable Professor ler says that next year English I and II will be combined into a continuous three-hour three semester course running throughout tho the year with one s se section meeting on Monday Monda Wednesday and Friday and the other on Tuesday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day and Saturday In the o opinion of or professor the semester system with its three hour courses replacing the present hour five courses will wm willbe willbe be favorable fl to the advanced student student student stu stu- dent who is required to to do doa a great deal or of outside reading but will willbe willbo be bo unfavorable to th the progress atthe of at the elementary student who re reQuires requires requires re- re quires a greater reater continuity of class recitation to do efficient work I The committee on curricula of at which Director Joseph P. P Merrill I Is Is s chairman h has s obtained from rosa department de- de deI I I heads copies copie of present courses together with parallel courso suitable for the semester system This report has hns been mimeographed and copies turned o or over r to the committees on housing and on finance who will in turn make their calculations and amI estimates est esti mates on that hat t basis From what he has learned of oC ho tho state slate of or student opinion as asto asto to 10 the merits mert o of the qu quarter and semester systems Dr H. H 1 J 1 Marshall Mar tar shall shaH chairman of th the committeeS committee on on transportation declares that there thero seems to be a pronounced opposition on the part of the student student student stu stu- dent body to tho the semester r plan Regular Rc classes will begin at atS atS S 8 o'clock If the semester system Is adopted |