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A SALUTARY INFLUENCE the College. Frequently invited to deliver high school and academy commencement addresses, he accepted, in part at least, because his effort might help in recruiting students. In addition, he spent considerable time off campus attending meetings of church, educational, and state agencies. In the fall of 1913 his not being on the road was campus news. "Dr. Granville is again at home for a little while," commented the Gettysburgian for October 22. "He spoke in Y.M.C.A. on Sunday." In that year the board of trustees finally and formally recognized the changed responsibilities of the presidency by removing from the office the professorship attached to it since 1832 and assigning it to the chair of philosophy.89 Some of the early changes in the Granville administration resulted from initiatives started but not completed during the Hefelbower years. Beginning in the fall of 1911, the entrance requirements were brought into line with the recommendations of the College Entrance Examination Board and the curriculum underwent a major reorganization as the classical and scientific courses gave way to what was called the group system. The latter was in turn replaced by a system of majors, minors, and distribution requirements in the fall of 1922. Student government became a reality in the fall of 1910 and some of the students began operating under an honor system two years later. In response to Granville's request, the board of trustees authorized new programs in civil and municipal engineering for the fall of 1911 and in mechanical and electrical engineering for the fall of 1913. Four other new departments were instituted during his presidency: economics and political science (1914), military science and tactics (1917), education (1921), and history (1923). The first summer session was conducted in 1912.90 In December 1910 Granville informed the trustees that he would continue the policy of his predecessor by recommending to them for appointment to professorships only university-trained persons and, further, that those without previous teaching experience would be given a period of time to prove themselves before qualifying for more permanent appointment. Although he tried to secure for these positions persons with the Ph.D. degree, he was not always successful.91 While the "Although undoubtedly the wives of the earlier presidents played important roles as campus first ladies, Ida Irvin Granville (1869-1947) made the first recorded efforts to substitute on occasion for her husband when he was away on College business. President Hefelbower gave up teaching responsibilities after his first year in office. According to the 1911 catalogue, Granville offered a course of lectures on the history of mathematics. It was not listed in 1912, but he did some teaching during the illness and after the death of Professor Henry B. Nixon. 90There were classes during the summer under some earlier calendars. This summer session was separate from the regular academic year. 47