FRIDAYMAY 17, 1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Flint enior Gollee rogram Nears Com PAGE THREE ple tion C.) (Continued frorn Page 1) Dean French estimates enrollment will be between 350 and 400 stu- dents. An upper division program offering third and fourth years only, the Flint college of the Uni- versity has a status similar to those on the Ann Arbor campus. "Our program now is entirel3 liberal arts, business administra- tion and education, all leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Dis- tribution requirements, b e c a u s e every program goes to a general BA degree, require a little more breadth than at Ann Arbor," Dean French said. Discussing the educational phil- osophy of the newly developing school, the Dean said "it doesn't seem feasible or necessary to be- come a carbon copy of Ann Arbor, offering a wide number of spe- cialized courses. Presents Broad Program "We look at our program as more of a middle size liberal arts college where students are en- couraged to get a broad program." Refering to'. the industrialized nature of automobile producing in Flint, he said "our plans are very flexible as far as services and courses of particular interest to the community." There are no t, 'S 0 y e .1 e i r t s . r ._ r -Daily-David Tarr OPEN STACKS-Students browse through the open stacks of the Flint Senior College collection. The books are still housed in a section of Flint Junior College library. The volumes were catalogued at the University General Library arid transported to Flint. I 'I limited," the Director of Student Affairs said. "Most of them find they have to study pretty hard and during this first year of school's existence, there has not been much~participa- tion in extra curricular activities," Prof. Plummer said. The student body falls into two groups, those coming directly from Flint Junior College and "the backlog of stu'dents who waited for an upper level college to open up so they could finish their de- grees," Prof. Plummer said. Age Shows About half of the students grad- uated high school before 1950 and the group includes a large number7 of veterans and a couple of grand- mothers. The effect of the older students3 is that the student body is "some-] what more sure of what they'reI preparing for and most of themI had some previous work experi- ence," Dean French pointed out. "Yet, the groups mix very well and even the grandmothers attend the social events," Prof. Plummer said. Student leaders agreed, estimat- ing that as yet only about 15 per cent of the students have taken a part in activities. "More important," Tom Malin '58 pointed out, "is that student faculty relations are very good." Knows Students In describing the school and itst students, Dean French and Prof. Plummer could both refer to most of their students by their first hame and knew" the backgrounds of nearly the entire enrollment. "During this first year, the stu- dents have come to us often with advice and suggestions, and the cooperation has been very hearten- ing," Dean French said. Besides the size of the Flint College, comparisons were made with the Ann Arbor campus in faculty and student quality. Describes Faculty A student who went to Ann Arbor for two years, Jim Callahan, '57, said "the faculty is very well balanced but student competition is not as keen." "There is a tremendous differ- ence between the Junior College, and some students have trouble adjusting their work loads," Don Youmans, '58, a Flint resident ob- served. Class sizes tend to be small, the students said. Callahan added that the professors having to teach all the courses in one department, were not specialists. Dean Surprised Of the 15 faculty memebers, 13 have PhD's and the other two are completing their work, D e a n French said. "We've been pleasantly surprised at the amount of interest 1st class scholars have shown in staff open- ings here. The people have to be interested in a new school and enjoy working things out and in- venting solutions," Dean French said. Because of the upper level of the Flint Sepior College program, which does not offer any fresh- man or sophomore courses, there is not much place for teaching fel- lows." He said that the faculty members have the same full rights as those appointed to Ann Arbor. Anticipates Growth "But what we have here and what we look for is a nucleus .. . key persone lwho are capable of growth. It is this type of person who wil lhelp Flint Senior College grow," Dean French said. Asked hew large the University's Flint Branch will become, Dean French estimated the immediate size goal as around 1,000 students. "But please don't refer to us as a branch . . . we're the Flint College of the University of Michigan," he declared. - - - - Car Carries First Books "The first batch of books for the Flint Senior College was placed in a cardboard box and transported from Ann Arbor to Flint in the back seat of my car," Dean David M. French recalled. The books will be housed in a two-story library section of the Senior College Building when it opens next fall. Eventually,, an all-campus li- brary, combining the volumes of both the Flint Junior College and the Flint Senior College will be built. CASH I N the I i 7 --Daily-David Tarr DEAN FRENCH checks building progress immediate plans for beginning an engineering school, he said, men- tioning that engineering courses have been offered for years by General Motors Institute. The program is being expanded in business administration and the school expects a good many stu- dents to take courses in the area, Dean French said. Students Married "In many ways we have a rather unusual student body," D e an French said. "About 45 percent of them are married and the average age runs about 24 years old. Prac- tically all of them live at home," mostly in Genessee and neighbor- ing counties," he added. "Student life is still somewhat ClUSTO HGestH prtble CUISTOM HIGH FIDELITY ENSIAN and RECORD you can take with you on your vacation with the New A " 1015 t r.in ae ~ n n m r t to the Iii! " " 1 MI!!/E!Q'!!l I9wiilii;!!! N M $16950 PORTABLE-CHAIRSIDE black table stand ... 7.85 HIGH FIDELITY PHONOGRAPH I 11