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requirements in English, History, Language, etc., would be those which are now
taken by the A. B. and B. S. students, and which, of course, must be offered
anyway.

For the sake of those students who, for economic or other reasons,
would drop out at the end of one or two years, typewriting, shorthand and bookkeeping
should constitute a part of the requirements in the freshman and sophemore
years. These students could go directly into offices as stenographers,
typists and bookkeepers, as is now true under the present organization of the work.
The State Department of Public Instruction would be glad to lend its assistance
in the preparation of the curriculum which would lead to the degree.

(3) Elimination of the Pre Medical Course.

There are only 11 students taking that work. The course in Public
Speaking, which meets three times per week, is offered only for Pre-Medical
students. An extra laboratory period is required in both Chemistry and Zoology
for those students who are taking the course. The Pre-Medical students and the
regular students meet together on these subjects, except for the extra laboratory
period. This gives rise to an instructional problem which would be difficult to
handle. Either the instruction must be adapted to the needs of the regular
college students, who have had from one third to one half the laboratory
work of the Pre-Medical students, or it must be fitted to the needs of the Pre-Medical
students. In any case, this heterogeneous grouping would not be conductive
to good instruction. Moreover, the characteristic feature of a pre-medical
course is the science. At the present time the North Carolina College
for Negroes is less equipped for science instruction than for any other work.
Finally, good Pre-Medical courses are offered at such private institutions as