we need facts-facts about living, philosophies of the past and present,
economics, history, and business enterprise, about biology, disease, and
health; facts about our fellow men, here and elsewhere; facts about chemistry,
physics, mathematics, and engineering. Alone, a fact lacks significance and
has little meaning; combined toward definite objectives, it takes on meaning
and Lecomes of value. The more related facts we can bring together from
various fields, the better we can understand our role as citizens.
 The College attempts to introduce the student to the great areas of human
 thought and achievement, under the assumption that facts and ideas are still
 basic and desirable in the education and growth of the individual.
 5. Does General Education Have Other Objectives?
 Yes. The record the country over shows that two-thirds of beginning
freshmen do not enter the professions or vocations they have chosen on
Registration Day. Thus it follows that considerable exploration, testing of
one's abilities, and subsequent adjustment or change at a minimum of loss of
time to the student is in order. All this can be accomplished in a division of
the University setup with this type of work as one of its major objectives.
 The University of Florida, as a state university, fully accepts its responsi-
bility to provide adequate vocational and professional training. This is primary
in the Upper Division schools and colleges. It also recognizes as of equal
importance the fact that citizenship training at the college level is needed by
the individual and by the state, if what we think of as desirable in American
civilization is to be preserved. It provides for just as much as, or more than
traditional programs, and it gives a broad base for the development of an
understanding of proper meaning and significance.
6. How Does General Education Differ From Other Concepts of Liberal
Education?
 General education differs from other concepts of liberal education, not
only in emphasis, but also in subject matter, techniques, and objectives. The
college student of the early 20th Century was a highly selected individual
and the emphasis then, almost solely, was concerned with "training the leaders
of tomorrow".
7. Are There Provisions for Counseling and Guidance?
 The College provides an adequate well-trained staff of counselors who are
ever willing to discuss and help you with your problems. They are not the
"ivory tower" type of professors, but possessed of great humility and under-
standing. However, the final test of your education will be the development
of your independence and your intellectual self-reliance. The counselors will
help you achieve these objectives through personal counseling, student con-
ferences, or by referral to experts especially trained and experienced in
problems of personal growth and adjustment.
8. May I Choose An Elective During My Freshman Year?
 Yes, depending upon your planned vocational goal and your preparatory
background. Your counselor will be glad to discuss your program with you.
9. Is Acceleration Provided for The Superior Student?
 Yes, but consult Dean Little, Room 204 Administration Building, for details.
10. In General Terms What Are the Basic Objectives of the Comprehensive
Courses?
 The six general education courses are a guide to help a student lay a
concrete foundation for future education. The University of Florida does not
want its new students to make a hasty choice of their educational major.
Rather than that, the student is given an "apprentice period" in the general
education field where he can not only decide on a life's work, but can knit his
intelligence into suitable coordination for advanced study.
11. Briefly, What Do the Comprehensive Courses Comprise?
 Each of the courses in the University College is designated by a Compre-
hensive Course title. The courses are shortened in cataloging to read C-1 for
the first subject, American Institutions, and so on.
 C-1, American Institutions: A complete and up-to-date study in the history
and functions of our social, political and economic heritage. The underlying
theme is the reconciliation of older and simpler concepts or democracy and
equality of opportunity with an increasingly complex modern society. This is