SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1922 THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE 3
Speaking of "Pipe" Courses
(By George Sloan) cannot carry the work. Financial con- largest number of all "A" students are way.
DHave you ever wondered which sub- siderations are the explanation for always found in the freshman and Roughly speaking, the student pays
jects proved the most fatal, which many other absentees. Those who go senior classes. The good student in about one fourth of the cost of his
elsewhere to finish their education high school usually continues to make education in the form of fees. A lit
classes "flnked" withs the mot dis- Iand those entering the professions good grades during his freshman year or engineer costs the state in the
couraging regularity, which time of also serve to shorten the class-roll in college. Not being so well ac- neighborhood of $1500 for his four year
year was the most dangerous to stud- of the second year class. quainted, the new man has a tendency course, while to turn out a law or
tes, or why more students leave school Although "Spring fever" is popularly to stay in and study. medic costs the state of Michigan at
in June than in Feruary Have yo supposed to cause y requests for The senior akes the good grades least $2200. These are conservative
inJser tn in F mruary av yos u 'h withdrawal, the average grade of col- because he has found the work that ap- figures and do not include the cost of
ever wonderedhosemsch it costs thelegiate work is better, if anything, in peals to him most and is interested in the "overhead" necessary to the ad-
state of Michigan to turn out a lawyer the spring than in the fall. This may doing it well Another factor in the vancement of the institution, such as
or doctor? It was to answer these be explained by adjustment, better effort of the senior to make good the Union, Hill Auditorium, Alumni
questions that I journeyed over to the selection of courses. grades is his desire to "finish up well" Hall, the new Hospital, Ferry field,
office of Dr. Arthur G- Hall, registrar It is surprising but true that the even if he has "rested" a bit on the and the like.
of the University.
Strange as it may seem, neither the ,.. s' a
hard courses nor the "pipe" courses
flunk the most students. The brilliant ('Vq "
student places more time on his hard
course, allowing just enough effort
on his "pipes" to get by. The con-
scientious student works equally hard
oi both, and while he gets a lower
grade on his diflicult course, he evens
it up on his easy course. Then too,'
what may be hard for one may prove
easy for another. This is notably true
of History, Rhetoric, and Mathematics,
where one student may be a "A'
man without effort while his neighbor
har ly passes the course.
paeiod,;'i-do- over again
Taking the average for a ten year
period, which allows for unusual ,,
classes (such as were in evidence dur-
ing the war), the subjects found most
fatal to Freshmen have been history,
French, and Geology. The high mor-
tality in Geology is explained to some
extent by its popuarity. The enter- How often do you hear that? If people could
ing Freshman must choose one elect-
ive from group two. He can take sci-ot
ence or mathemaics Te man cos- only know at frst what they learn by experi-
ing a science, such as Physics, has
probably been quite snecessful i it ence they might not have occasion to say that
during his high school course and
wishes to continue it. The student so often.
electing nathematic' has probably hado
a leaning toward the subject also.
The great majority of entering stu-
dents, however, hesitate at taking the
sciences because of the laboratory
work involved, shy away from math1
on general principals, and take Geolo- Oftentimes people allow them- (tl,
gy because it sounds easy. As a re-
sult the academic mortality in ee- ' selves to buy a poor quality of
mentary Geology is high. \'clothes simply because they can
In Physics the freshmen outrank the I
sophomores, as the beginners choose get them cheap - or because they
it voluntarily and the sophomores are don't realize th difference -
those who find they need it as pre-
requisite to some other course. Dur- "tween clothes that are really tail-
ing the war German lost favor and ored and just ordinary clothes
French gained. Disturbed teaching
staffs left the student with a lack of which may hear a similar price
thorough preparation which made hism
University course much harder than ag.
it would otherwise ave been. How-
ever, this condition is rapidly ap- 4 It is the custom of well dressed
proaching normal.
It may seem surprising to note'that $'a ' men to place themselves in the
the best work is done in the highly
specialized groups, such as Latin or hands of responsible tailors. We
Greek- This is easily explained, how- invite you to make us responsible
ever, when one remembers that the
students specializing in such courses for your clothes.
have an sinterest and training which
is wholly lacking in the other sub-
jects.
More students are penalized for poor,
work in February, but more students
are sent home in June. There are sev-
eral reasons for this.
It is thus policy of this Univers ity to
warn or to place a student on proba-4 K a l M a c
tion before sending him home. By al-
lowing the new man to stay until 604 EAST LIBERTY STREET
June, he is given another chance to6
"make good." Another consideration
is the greater humiliation of sending Tuxedos and Full Dess for Hire
a boy or girl home in the middle of
the year. Also the use of the proba-
tion system makes the parents feel
that their children are being properly
warned of their dagger. (
The number who fail to return in
the fall, however, is far greater than
those who drop out in February. Many )4fis .,
drop out because they realize that they
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