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Show I MUST STUDY I UR LDSE OUT University Head Speaks to Rotary on Higher School Standards An Insight into what lias been go-intr go-intr on in 1ho pnst in tlie University of Utah and the lusher standard required re-quired of .ill students la the Instltu-'.on Instltu-'.on nt present, was the subject of an address delivered at the notary club lueheon at the Weber club today at noon. Dr. Gcoree Thomas, president of the University of L'tah md member of the Salt Lake Ilctary club, was the ' speaTcera Miss Mnrgerle Mullen played a j.dar.o solo and also accompanied Mr?. C. J. Bolstad, Who sang "'Till I'm Called By My Master Above." President Ifenry Anderson announced an-nounced that hereafter all Rotarlans lliat bring guosts to the luncheons would feat themselves and their guests at table No. 1, according to the arrangement i Ralph Roberts, chairman of Mm tioo.i Fellowship committee. Other Rotarians would make it a habit, he said. .i not getting together In the same group ai the same table but would make it their buclness to circulate among the membership mem-bership taking u seat at n different table at each luncheon and thereby Letting better acquainted, Dr. Thoina plunged directly into his subject by outlining bi.s address to those present aud stating that hereafter here-after students must be qualified foi college work before they would be allowed to enter the university; 1 re told of how the work of the students that were allowed, without the necessary qualifications to enter, holding baek those that .were qualified quali-fied to carry college work and how It eventually worked pul by the i tchr era doing their utmost for a few months with the backward students and then Increasing the pace with the result that the backward Students finally were forced to give up the light. This, he said, did not work out tor the benefit of either the qualified students nor those unqualified. He pointed out that in this day and ago college education was entirely too expensive to have such students using Up the time of the teachers and also holding back those capable of going ahead, He contended that any Institution worthy of the name of a slate university uni-versity should be put on a college basis that would be equal to that of any such institution in the country arid added that after the subject had been presented to the board of regents tins had been done. The entrance requirements at the Unlversit ybf l'tah lie said, were now much higher than heretofore and he intimated that the standard would continue to be raised if that were lound necessary. Xo student may enter the institution institu-tion at present lie said, excepting he had the full i 5 units of preparatory Work, Ho also pointed out that no college credits would be allowed for high school work in excess vf the required re-quired number of units because it had been found by experience that other colleges ttould not accept such work as equal to college work. The rule relative to mature students beyond the ag o." 21 years, ho Bald,, was slightu different, im.i; c LASS R LPPEO. He touched upon tiiti class of stu-l dents that como from the famtlii - Ol wealthy parents and thai idle away their time in the university. To look after that class, he said, a committee had been appointed last year With the. result that it the close of the year one cut of every 10 stu-l dents attending the university had been dropped from the 1 oursi This proceedure, he sold, had resulted result-ed in a much higher grade of class' work being done by the Btudents that! were able to pass their examinations,! all o; which he said was for the di- I rect benefit of not only the student.-', but the standing of the institution as' well. |