Divinity Students Propose Changes; Sperry Approves

A group of Divinity School students has drawn up a set of resolutions aimed at improving the school. Donald R. Stout 2Dv, announced yesterday.

The resolutions were scheduled to be brought before the Divinity School Student Association this week, but action has been postponed until the end of the term, Stout said.

The men who drew up the proposals felt that the students had no voice in the running of the School and that there were many deficiencies both in the curriculum and in the administration which should be corrected. They also cited the lack of spirit among the students themselves, Stout added.

He said that Willard L. Sperry, Dean of the Divinity School, has already voiced his approval of the students' action and has commended some of the proposed resolutions.

Ethics Course Needed

The plan calls for the innovation of courses in the systematic study of the roles of institutions, particularly the church, and a course in Ethics to be given at the school.

"There are opportunities for some study in the Yard," Stout commented, "but we want to have courses given at the school itself, courses dealing directly with subjects bearing on ministerial work."

The group also requested more emphasis on pastoral counselling, the creation of effective worship services, and organizational and reading techniques for practical parish work.

Faculty, Admissions Changes

The other resolutions included requests for a revitalized admissions program, an increased faculty, and the retention of the School's non-denominational approach to religion.

"We brought the resolutions to Dean Sperry," Stout said, "and he suggested that we hold them off for a while. He said there were to be several changes in the school, and we decided to wait until we know in what direction these changes are moving."