In the early 1950s, there were English readings scheduled for the university and the general public, which I found to be pretty nifty. Nice little public outreach effort.
There seems to be the beginning of complaints here about not having enough teachers to adequately teach the amount of students for Comp classes, and not having the resources to pay for said teachers should they be acquired.
Issues in 1958 with budget cuts led to some friction about cutting graduate courses down. This seems fair, and rough, and something that I imagine the English Department has to deal with today.
