Young Women's Christian Association.

The American Student Young Women's Christian Association consists of 450 student associations, with a total membership of 27,110, and with an enrollment of 16,349 in Bible classes during the year 1902-'03. In many institutions the enrolment has been doubled during the past year, and this has been true of our association.

What college organization offers a better training for the responsibilities of life than the Young Women's Christian Association? It is based upon the fundamental principles of Christianity, and seeks to create a sentiment for all that is pure and true and noble. It seeks to organize and unite all the Christian forces of the College for practical work. It is composed of the best young women in collegethose who are leaders in their studies. It is strongly supported by the members of the Faculty, Board of Regents, and by the students in general.

Some of the important features of the work in our College:

1. The fall compaign committee, who meet new girls at the train and assist them in getting located and started right in college.

2. The lookout committee, who care for those who may be ill or need special care.

3. Weekly devotional meetings, which are a source of inspiration to higher ideals.

4. Prayer circles, Bible study, and mission study classes, which broaden the view of Christian work.

5. Opportunity for social development through socials or receptions given each month by the social committee.

6. Opportunity for doing active Christian work among College girls.

7. A general secretary, the employed officer of the association, and the advisory committee, which consists of Faculty ladies and others especially interested in the work, sustain a general advisory relation to the officers of the association and assist them in the broadening and carrying out their plans of work.

8. A Young Women's Christian Association home is maintained, where all girls will be welcomed. Should no one meet you when you arrive in the city, come to the home, where some one will be ready to assist you.

All young women contemplating attending college are invited to write to the general secretary in regard to the association or for information concerning the College not found in the catalogue.

General Information.

Terms of Admission.

Persons over fourteen years of age will be admitted in any of the following ways:

1. Kansas teacher's certificate, provided no subject is below seventy per cent.

2. Diploma received on completion of a county course of study.

3. Certificate of passing the grammar grade or diploma from the high school of any city or county.

4. Pass a satisfactory examination in reading, spelling, writing, geography, arithmetic, United States history, English grammar, and physiology.

Persons over eighteen years of age will be admitted to the preparatory classes if unable to pass the common-school branches.

Full admission to the first year, in addition to the commonschool branches-reading, spelling, writing, geography, arithmetic, United States history, English grammar, and physiology-requires bookkeeping, advanced English grammar, English readings, English composition, algebra through progressions, physical geography, elementary botany, ancient and medieval history. (See Preparatory Department, page 90.)

It is quite possible for a good student who enters somewhat behind to make up his deficiency in a year or two and graduate in four years. All of the preparatory and first year studies are taught each term, and nearly all of the second year subjects are taught each term; so that a person may enter at the beginning of any term and find work suited to his advancement.

Examinations for admission are held at the beginning of each term. Applicants at other times during the school year have special examinations. These examinations are chiefly written, and a grade of seventy per cent., at least, must be obtained to pass a study.

On entrance, applications for advanced standing in the courses or for credit for certain studies in the courses may be made to the chairman of the committee on examinations. After entrance, such applications should be made to the professor in charge of the study. In any case the applicant will be required to pass such an examination as the professor in charge deems necessary.

Examinations.

Examinations for admission are held at the beginning of each term, as shown in the calendar of the college year. Applicants at other times during the school year have special examinations. These examinations are chiefly written, and a grade of seventy per cent., at least, must be obtained to pass a study.

Examinations in the courses are held twice each term, as announced in the calendar. The results of the examinations, marked on a scale of 100, are combined with the grades of the preceding daily exercises into a grade for the period. Grades reported to the Secretary for record are made up by giving the mid-term record a value of one-third and the record for the last half of the term a value of two-thirds. For passing a study, the mean grade so calculated, and also the grade for the last half of the term, must be at least seventy. Any student receiving less than a passing grade on two or more studies may be required to drop back or withdraw from the College. Any student may receive a certificate of standing, upon leaving College at the close of a term. Students deficient in entrance studies must make good such deficiencies before entering on the work of the second year. Students are not catalogued in the junior class unless all deficiencies of the preceding years are provided for. Candidates for graduation must make good all deficiencies before entering on the work of the spring term of the fourth year. No student is considered as a candidate for graduation who, after the opening of the fall term, is deficient more than three full studies in addition to regular work. Extra work is not allowed to any student who failed in any branch the preceding term, or whose average grade for all branches was less than eighty.

After entering college, students are allowed special examinations only upon recommendation of the professor in charge, and by permission of the committee on assignments. Permission for examination in studies not pursued with a class must be obtained at least two months before the examination is held. All such examinations are held under the immediate supervision of the professor in charge, and are thorough and exhaustive. Students desiring credit for work done elsewhere must bring certificates and catalogues to show that the work done is equivalent to ours. The right is reserved to cancel any credits if the work of the student in succeeding branches shows insufficient preparation.

Regulations in Regard to Substitutions.

With the five regular courses that the College now offers, most of the requirements of students are met. For one reason or another, however, some students find it necessary or desirable to substitute something else for the work that their respective courses would re

quire. To place such substitutions on a systematic basis, the following regulations have been adopted by the Faculty:

1. Substitutions shall, as far as practicable, give training similar to that of the work displaced.

2. No student shall be allowed a substitution for work in which he has failed.

3. Unless made necessary by the acts of the Board of Regents or of the Faculty, substitutions shall not be allowed: (a) To students who are below the third year; (b) to students who have failed in any study of the two terms' work immediately preceding; (c) unless arranged for in advance.

4. Students desiring to substitute other work for any requirement in their respective courses of study must present written requests to the committee on assignments.

5. When a request for substitution is made by any student, the committee on assignments shall consult with all of the professors whose work is touched by the proposed substitution, and if unable to agree with them the case shall be submitted to the Faculty.

6. All substitutions arranged by the committee on assignments shall be reported to the Faculty by posting on the Faculty bulletinboard, and if not objected to within one week shall be reported to the Secretary for record in the students' register.

General good conduct, such as becomes men and women anywhere, is expected of all. Every student is encouraged in the formation of sound character by both precept and example, and expected, "upon honor," to maintain a good repute. Failure to do so is met with prompt dismissal. No other rules of personal conduct are announced.

Classes are in session every week-day except Monday, and no student may be absent without excuse. Students cannot honorably leave the College before the close of a term, unless excused beforehand. A full and permanent record of attendance and scholarship shows to each. student his standing in the College.

Chapel exercises occupy fifteen minutes before the meeting of classes each morning, and absence from them is noted.

There are six prosperous literary societies, which meet weekly in rooms set apart for their use-the Alpha Beta and Franklin, open to both sexes, and the Ionian for young women. The Webster, the Hamilton and the Agricultural Association admit to membership young men only.

At various times during the year the College halls are opened for social and literary entertainments for the whole body of students, or