Catalog, 1956-1957 - Hoover Library

Western Mmyland College 1955
report, the placement tests, and the individual's objectives.
The counselors are members of the faculty who have had
special training or experience in advising students in regard to
academic problems. Assignment of counselors is made largely on
the basis of the student's academic objective. Normally the indio
vidual retains the same adviser until the fourth semester, at which
time a representative of the major department becomes his adviser;
if the student expects to leach in high school, the Department
of Education directs him in a program planned cooperatively
with his major department.
In many cases, the selection of a major department should
be made prior to the fourth semester. A major in Music or in
Home Economics, for instance, should be indicated at entrance,
so that courses in these departments may be taken during the
freshman year. If one expects to major in any of the sciences,
mathematics should be taken in the first year. It is advisable
to have a fairly definite plan for specialization by the end of the
freshman year.
For those who desire expert assistance in coming to a decision
regarding the choice of a vocation, the College offers a special
vocational guidance service. This consists of a series of tests,
questionnaires, personal interviews, and help in interpreting the
data thus obtained. The tests measure mental, physical, and
emotional aptitudes, vocational interests, personality traits, etc.
(A fee of $10.00 is charged for this service.)
As an additional aid to the proper orientation of freshmen,
specially trained upperclass students serve as personal advisers,
particularly in such areas as the nature of a liberal education,
the techniques of study, the proper budgeting of time and money,
the choice of a vocation, the development of personality, and the
building oEa philosophy of life.
grades and Reports
The instructor determines the progress of the individual
and the group by means of con~erences,class work! tests measuring
the cumulative knowledge ill the course and In the field.of
study, special assignments or papers, and other procedures which
may prove valuable.
The scholastic standing of students is indicated by a system
of grades, designated by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and I.
A, B, C, and D are passing grades, A indi.c~tingwork of the highest
rank, D of the lowest. Students recervmg the grade of E are
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