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Show EfimTflf . 46 SEECIAL userlnc or TEL BOAhD or nnGhNTo or rat UNIVERSITY or urns HELD accuses 19, 1925 linutes of e special meeting of the Board of Regents of the University of Utah, held October 19, 1925, at 7:30 p.m. at the "University. I There were present: Chairman Snow and Regents Christensen, Carlson, Wolfe, lcCarthy, Wade and Dr. Thomas. Chairman Snow stated that the object of the meeting was to consider the report of the Special Committee appointed to consider the communication of State Superintendent C. K. Jensen, in relstion to consolidation of the summer schools of the University and the 3-1.5.- s 1 Utah Agricultural College. rh Chairman Christensen of the Special Committee presented the =0». n b"?"n.J A 1 ‘ ~following report: 1. The University Summer School was opened first in 1893 a: a 'sort of private faculty affair, with few students and smell fees. Several members of the University faculty, seeing a need for summer . school work, joined together, gave the instruction, and divided the small income. As the need for such instruction_was demonstrated, the University formally took it over in 1894 and became responsible for its operation. The Summer School continued to grow in size and in- portsnce until a term of six seeks was found insufficient to meet the needs of the State. So in 1919 it has extended to 12 weeks and node an integral quarter of the academic year. This arrangement makes the University plant available during the entire year at a very small additional cost, as the overhead expenses hare to go on all summer in any case. For the students who must com- plete college at e mininum of time and expense, it makes available a fourvquarter system of three years instead of the customary four years of three quarters each. Of the 1039 students registered in the University Summer School in 1925, 294 were students taking advantage of the tour-qdarter plan. For the University now to return to the old idea of a six weeks |
