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Faculty Sets Up Committee
To Evaluate Curriculum

By Tom Adams
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Last year the faculty of the
College of Arts and Sciences voted
to evaluate its curriculum.
Yesterday afternoon, at a meeting
of the faculty of the College, the
College Committee for the restudy
of the Curriculum was announced.

Lewis Hammond, chairman of
the department of philosophy, will
serve as the committee's chairman.
In addition to Mr. Hammond, nine
other members of the faculty were
chosen to serve on the committee.

Students On Committee

Four students and three
members of the administration will
serve on the committee. The
students will be full members, with
voting power. In addition to these
there are two ex officio members of
the committee, both members of
the administration, James L.
Riopel, Associate Dean of the
graduate school, and Fredson
Bowers, former chairman of the
English department currently
serving as Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences.

The faculty members serving on
the committee are: Howard L.
Hamilton of the biology
department, David C. Jordan from
the department of government and
foreign affairs, John W. Stewart of
the department of physics, Eugene
A. Lovelace of the psychology
department, David B. Harned of the
department of religious studies,
Jerry L. Johnson of the department
of romance languages, Alexander
Sedgwick of the history
department, Harold H. Kolb, Jr. of
the English department, and John
H. Moore of the department of
economics.

Three Administrators

Serving on the committee from
the administration will be Irby
Cauthen, Jr., Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences; Eugene C. Paige,
Jr., Assistant Provost of the
University; and Marcus B. Mallett,
Associate Dean of the College.

The four student members of
the committee are Lemuel E.
Lewis, a fourth-year man majoring
in economics; James R. Bean, a
third-year man in the English
honors program; James B. Hawes, a
second-year man; and Mikel G.
Petrakos, a third-year man majoring
in biology.

All Aspects

Mr. Hammond told The Cavalier
Daily yesterday that his committee
would study every aspect of the
College curriculum, including
required courses, requirements for
degrees, the honors programs,
interdepartmental programs,
general liberal arts studies, and the
possibility of instituting a pass-fail
system.

He said that the committee is
responsible to the Academic faculty
of the college and will make a
report to them sometime next year.
Mr. Hammond said that his
committee will probably work
closely with the Committee on
Educational Policy, which is
appointed by President Shannon.

Young Men

He pointed out that most of the
men on the committee are fairly
young, the majority of them are
under 40.

He said that students were
included on the committee because
"we want to establish lines of
communication to the students."

Mr. Hammond said that any
comments by students on
curriculum evaluation would be
welcomed. Students who wish to
make their views known to the
committee, he said, could do so by
either writing to him or by
contacting one of the four student
members of the committee.

As an example of what his
committee might do, he pointed
out that an evaluation of the ROTC
courses might be in order to
determine how they rank
individually and to perhaps see
whether they might be best taught
by civilian professors.

Lewis Hammond

Heads New Committee