Council Approves P.T. Cut For Freshmen With Jobs

The Student Council last night recommended to Thomas D. Bolles, Director of Athletics, a reduction in freshmen physical training requirements for students engaged in term-time employment.

The recommendation would cut the required weekly credits from three to two and would apply to all freshmen working nine or more hours per week who had passed their swimming and step tests. The Council estimated that 306 students would be affected by the plan.

Prior to considering the motion, Council representatives had conferred with members of the administration, the Department of Athletics, the Financial Aid Office, and members of the student body.

In passing the measure, the Council officially expressed an opinion that physical condition of the student working nine hours or more per week would not suffer from the omission of one hour of exercise. The group also argued that legal reduction of PT would eliminate illegal cutting practices, and decrease the extra burden on students who must work.

Although students with excessive employment loads have been eligible for PT reduction as "hardship cases" upon petition to the administration and Department of Athletics, Council inquiry revealed "only two or three such cases" this year.

At the same meeting, the Student Council also passed a resolution requesting future Councils either to participate more actively in the National Students Association, or to withdraw from the group. The resolution also stated that the present Council favored increased activity.