Plan of Credit For Draftees Discontinued

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences on a motion by Dean Leighton yesterday abolished the "cumulative credit" system which had allowed students called to service aften ten weeks of a term to receive full credit for that semester. The program will be inoperative as of this Spring Term.

At its meeting, the Faculty also granted the Administrative Board of the College authority to waive General Examinations for students who have fulfilled all course requirements at the end of the Fall Term, but who are drafted before they can take the Examinations.

The Administrative Board said that the present "liberal" policy of draft boards in granting student deferments made the need for the old system unnecessary.

Past Exemptions

By the "cumulative credit" plan adopted in 1950, students drafted before the end of a term could be graded on the results of hour tests, or in any other way their instructors saw fit. Dean Bundy said that the action taken yesterday will reduce the number of students who pass up a deferment to avoid taking a final examination.

The Administrative Board said that it has actually been exempting qualified draftees from General Examinations for the past three years, but it asked to have the procedure formally regularized.

Summer School Requirements

The Faculty did make the stipulations, however, that students who will complete their course requirements in Summer School must take the General Examinations in the preceding Spring Term unless there are exceptional circumstances. The Board was also forbidden to waive Generals if a student has failed or cut one previously.