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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-

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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

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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

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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
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