_ given by Bryn Mawr professors. Copyright, 1922, by Tuz CotLece News SS TnsnAianniitian tmmieenaecacinieree oe ane 4 ns —~ @ ollege New ° VOLUME Lae cee a BRYN MAWR, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1923 a Price 10 Cents 2 ~o FRESHMAN SHOW—FIFI FINDS IT COURSES ON CITIZENSHIP « TO BE HELD HERE SOON Plan Originating with Miss Park Has Support of Local Clubs. Noted Speakers Scheduled HON. FLORENCE ALLEN TO TALK A conference for “studying and discuss- ing some of the political problems, that are facing the country” will be held at Bryn Mawr on the week-end of April-6 and 7. This conference, which was originally sug- gested by President Park, is being ar- ranged by the joint efforts of the College, the Women’s Clubs on the, Main Line, Three short courSes followed by. round- table discussions’“ and luncheons with speakers are the main items of the pro- gramme. Two of the courses will be The first, “Present Political Problems,” will be given by Dr. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of Political Science; and that on “Platforms and Policies of Political Parties,” by Dr. William Roy Smith, Professor of History. The third speaker is Professor William Rogers of Columbia University. Judge Florence Allen of Ohio, the only woman on any State Supreme’ Court, will speak at luncheon on Saturday in” the Gymnasium.. Among the other speakers are Mrs. F. Louis Sldde (Caroline McCor- mick, ’96), Chairman of the endowment drive and on the National Board of the League of Women Voters, and Mrs. Oliver Strachey, who is on the secretariat of the League of Nations, and who ran for par- liament as a candidate of the Independent Party. Mawr-in 1889; Graduates’ and Undergraduates to the number of fifty will be admitted to the course at half price, $1.50. These special student tickets must be purchased before 5 P. M. on’ Thursday, April 5, from Mrs. Chadwick Collins, Taylor Hall. Tickets for the luncheons on Friday and Saturday may be purchased by all students who wish to attend. These tickets are $1.50 each, thé ‘cost price of the luncheon,, and must} also be purchased before Friday, April 6, 5 P. M.,, from Mrs. Chadwick _ Collins. Tickets fo Eeiday evening, $.50, are pay- She did graduate. work in meee UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE ‘SUBMITS REPORT OF GENERAL STUDENT OPINION ON EXISTING SYSTEM Two Years Work in Department Chosen as Major Supplemented by Twenty Hours of Correlated Subjects'and Tested by Final Compre- hensive Examination to Replace Present Group System The Undergraduate Curriculum Commit- tee, in drawing up its. suggestions for. re- visions in. the present curriculum, has tried to embody—in so far as seemed possible— the opinion of the -majority-of-students.—It was impossible~to include all suggestions given to the committee, but an effort was made to find the general trend of student opinion, and to direct proposed changes along those lines. First, it is felt that the present group system is unsatisfactory in that there ap- pears to be no thoroughly consistent prin- ciple on which it is possible to base groups; and in that existing system of Majors gives the student knowledge, not of a msihiiorl not of a method, but rather of course! which are divided into and which lack the continuity and correla- fion that more advanced work should de- mand of its students. Secondly, it is felt that required. work should be cut to a minimum. Knowledge in certain subjects should be demanded of everyone, but the present number of hours devoted-to_required_courses is too great. Thirdly, there is’ a desire for greater elasticity in the existing schedule, and in the arrangement of hours for individuals’ work. Too often is a student forced, be- cause of some mechanical. reason, away from the subjects in which she: is inter- ested; into a course used to fill in. Comprghensive to Test Major Work v A: Since-the-present-group.system doesnot seem to satisfy the aim of major work, that is; the mastery, within certain lim- its, of some field of knowledge, giving the student habits of reflection and in- dependent thinking, we suggest the fol- lowing plan as a possible remedy : 1. A choice of one Major (covering twenty (20) hours’ or two (2) years’ 8 work in one subject) with which is to be correlated a minimum. of twenty (20) hours’ work in subjects advised by, the head of the depart- ment in which the student has elected -her major_work.. The advice of the semester pieces, | head of -the department should: take into account the student’s individual ability and interests’ as they bear on her elected Major. The first year of the Mapor. work (corresponding to the present Minor) shdtuld be covered more by the lecture system than the last, which should be spent in individ- ual and independent work with group discussions ‘taking the place’6f more fermal class-room work. In this last year should come,.the organization of material in pfeparation for the final comprehensive examination to “be given at the completion of the #4 oenior year, and covering the field of the student’s Major and correlated work.. This examination should be set by a committee formed from the different departments, and should be the only examination taken by the student at the end of her Senior year. If a student should so plan her work as.to be taking uncorrelated elective courses ‘in her ~Senior year, she should not be required to take a final examination in those elective subjects. 1. The committee feels that Compre- hensives for all students are more ‘advisable tha na system of honors because Comprehensives would ini- tiate for the college a new system of sttidy, which would necessitate from al students learning of a subject rath-_ er than. of courses; whereas an-hon- ors system would touch only a mi- nority of students, and leave . the bulk of the college. unfamiliar with this synthesizing type of work which is now. felt to be lacking. There would still he ample opportunity for the exceptional person to excel. The The poorer student would gain much under this system, through @ reports and work during the semes- ter; and even though she fell down somewhat in the Comprehensive, she CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FRESHMAN SHOW TAKES AUDIENCE. T0 “NEW FRANCE” By Limiting Scope Comes Near Perfection—Color ' Scheme Skillful and Delicate : WIGGIN T. HAS PURE CHARM. (Specially contributed by D. Meserve, ’23) Freshman are quite the most transient affairs in. the world. “One is created, for a short night we-see the-color of it and hear the music and then it van- ishes forever, like a city in the clouds which the wind blows away.: We may search the theatres of Europe and Asia, but it is prac- tically certain that we will never come shows across that particular Freshman show again. This is the very law of Freshman shows, a gracious law in general, but last Saturday most unkind. The Class of 1926 has given us some- thing which in its finish and charm came delightfully near perfection. They did not attempt to do too much, or to do what they did’ do, for too long a time, which was wise in them. The moment the curtains parted on that scene in the Café des En- fants, fulfilling the promise but lately made in the curtain-song—“‘We Will Bririg You New France,” the note of the show was struck. -It ‘was one of skill and delicacy and a happy art which does not overdo. To be more concrete in this deserved © praise, the first thing which was evident was the clever scenery. So well done as to appear simple. Simultaneous with an appreciation of the setting came an intense pleasure at the color scheme, which was rendered possible by the master hand, prob- ably hands, who conceived of and grouped the costimes. If the show had néver at- tempted anything more ‘than the. first sixty seconds, and if those actors and the ones who were. to come had done no more than wander dumb across the stage for the re- mainder of the evening, the pageantry of it would still have been sufficient charm. Exgellent Dancing, interspersed The action began, and it was soon as- gured that there was n@ plot, but then, there never is. The jokes ‘were intensely local and the real humor lay, not in such per- petrations as “My picture is called the soul ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE 2