Show U OF U KEEPING UP HIGH STANDARDS A total of eighteen members of the tha faculty of 0 the university of utah will be absent during the coming year to raise their scholarship by study lm im other institutions or by research and investigation of this number eleven are of professors rank and six are instructors during the past year ten mem members berEr of the faculty were away dean james L gibson went to europe and obtained his doctors degree the others were in the larger educational institutions of the country six of those who were away last year will continue their studies one more year most 0 of them will at that time receive their doctors degrees it is the policy of the university to keep the entire faculty in direct touch with the best and most recent educational thought of the day it ie ft for this reason we grant faculty members leaves of absence to pursue their studies and sabbatical leaves when they have served here seven years said dr george thomas president of the university A years leave of absence not only increases the scholarship of the instructor tor but it serves to give him added inspiration through his contact with other institutions never before in the history of education in the state have so many of 0 the members been away tor for advanced work but it is one of the movements at the university to keep its standards as high as possible |