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Catalog, 1956-1957 - Hoover Library

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Western Mmyland College 1955<br />

report, the placement tests, and the individual's objectives.<br />

The counselors are members of the faculty who have had<br />

special training or experience in advising students in regard to<br />

academic problems. Assignment of counselors is made largely on<br />

the basis of the student's academic objective. Normally the indio<br />

vidual retains the same adviser until the fourth semester, at which<br />

time a representative of the major department becomes his adviser;<br />

if the student expects to leach in high school, the Department<br />

of Education directs him in a program planned cooperatively<br />

with his major department.<br />

In many cases, the selection of a major department should<br />

be made prior to the fourth semester. A major in Music or in<br />

Home Economics, for instance, should be indicated at entrance,<br />

so that courses in these departments may be taken during the<br />

freshman year. If one expects to major in any of the sciences,<br />

mathematics should be taken in the first year. It is advisable<br />

to have a fairly definite plan for specialization by the end of the<br />

freshman year.<br />

For those who desire expert assistance in coming to a decision<br />

regarding the choice of a vocation, the College offers a special<br />

vocational guidance service. This consists of a series of tests,<br />

questionnaires, personal interviews, and help in interpreting the<br />

data thus obtained. The tests measure mental, physical, and<br />

emotional aptitudes, vocational interests, personality traits, etc.<br />

(A fee of $10.00 is charged for this service.)<br />

As an additional aid to the proper orientation of freshmen,<br />

specially trained upperclass students serve as personal advisers,<br />

particularly in such areas as the nature of a liberal education,<br />

the techniques of study, the proper budgeting of time and money,<br />

the choice of a vocation, the development of personality, and the<br />

building oEa philosophy of life.<br />

grades and Reports<br />

The instructor determines the progress of the individual<br />

and the group by means of con~erences,class work! tests measuring<br />

the cumulative knowledge ill the course and In the field.of<br />

study, special assignments or papers, and other procedures which<br />

may prove valuable.<br />

The scholastic standing of students is indicated by a system<br />

of grades, designated by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and I.<br />

A, B, C, and D are passing grades, A indi.c~tingwork of the highest<br />

rank, D of the lowest. Students recervmg the grade of E are<br />

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