Letter from M.A. Harris, Dean, Elmira College, to Alfred E. Stearns, March 15, 1927
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Letter from M.A. Harris, Dean, Elmira College, to Alfred E. Stearns, March 15, 1927
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Letter from M.A. Harris, Dean, Elmira College, to Alfred E. Stearns, March 15, 1927
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ELMIRA COLLEGE OFFICE OF THE DEAN ELMIRA, NEW YORK
March 15, 1927
OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS:
The Faculty has recently taken the following action and we wish every parent to understand what we are trying to do for the students. The results of the January examinations seem to us to indicate that too much time is being spent in social life and that the necessary attention to the classroom subjects may on this account be lessened. We need your cooperation in our effort to gain the attention that should be given to these subjects. Under the conditions of probation and disqualification, should such occur, we trust that your influence may be added to ours to prevent the distraction from required work which now occurs. I enclose a copy of the items in which we hope to enlist your interest, and am
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Harris, Dean
Four times a year a complete survey is made of every student’s work.
It is based upon the instructor’s reports handed in in the middle of each semester (i.e., November 10th and April 1st) and at the end of each semester. The midsemester reports indicate only whether a student’s work is satisfactory or not satisfactory. The final semester reports give the grades in the usual form.
Either a Dear’s Warning or an Official Warning will lead to general classroom probation and to disqualification. A "not satisfactory" Notice leads to classroom probation in the subject concerned.
Classroom probation prohibits any absence from any classroom exercises. To break classroom probation means deduction of a half-hour of "degree credit" for each absence not excused by the Committee on Students. Disqualification prohibits the student from taking part in extra-curricula activities, as, for instance, athletic, musical, dramatic or other activities. It also prohibits week-end absences and such social functions as dances, balls, and absences after campus hours. In the case of illness or other emergency, disqualification may be modified in certain items by the action of the Committee on Students.
A "not satisfactory" Notice is sent to the student. Notification of a Dean’s Warning or of an Official Warning is sent to the student and to her parents.
All the above to go into immediate effect.
* NB: After the mid-semester report a Dean’s Warning is sent to the students reported as "not satisfactory" in more than one subject and a Notice is sent to a student whose work in one subject is "not satisfactory". Official Warnings are sent as heretofore.
March 15, 1927
OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS:
The Faculty has recently taken the following action and we wish every parent to understand what we are trying to do for the students. The results of the January examinations seem to us to indicate that too much time is being spent in social life and that the necessary attention to the classroom subjects may on this account be lessened. We need your cooperation in our effort to gain the attention that should be given to these subjects. Under the conditions of probation and disqualification, should such occur, we trust that your influence may be added to ours to prevent the distraction from required work which now occurs. I enclose a copy of the items in which we hope to enlist your interest, and am
Very sincerely yours,
M. A. Harris, Dean
Four times a year a complete survey is made of every student’s work.
It is based upon the instructor’s reports handed in in the middle of each semester (i.e., November 10th and April 1st) and at the end of each semester. The midsemester reports indicate only whether a student’s work is satisfactory or not satisfactory. The final semester reports give the grades in the usual form.
Either a Dear’s Warning or an Official Warning will lead to general classroom probation and to disqualification. A "not satisfactory" Notice leads to classroom probation in the subject concerned.
Classroom probation prohibits any absence from any classroom exercises. To break classroom probation means deduction of a half-hour of "degree credit" for each absence not excused by the Committee on Students. Disqualification prohibits the student from taking part in extra-curricula activities, as, for instance, athletic, musical, dramatic or other activities. It also prohibits week-end absences and such social functions as dances, balls, and absences after campus hours. In the case of illness or other emergency, disqualification may be modified in certain items by the action of the Committee on Students.
A "not satisfactory" Notice is sent to the student. Notification of a Dean’s Warning or of an Official Warning is sent to the student and to her parents.
All the above to go into immediate effect.
* NB: After the mid-semester report a Dean’s Warning is sent to the students reported as "not satisfactory" in more than one subject and a Notice is sent to a student whose work in one subject is "not satisfactory". Official Warnings are sent as heretofore.
Creator
M.A. Harris
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
March 15, 1927
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence