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Dramatics, Deanery ‘
Discussed in Council



Big May Day“in 1936, Smoking
in Deanery, Greek Play
: Are Debated



QUIZZES TO BE LIMITED



Deanery, Feb. 20—The most ° im-
portant discussion in the February
College Council concerned dramatics
(Big May. Day and the Greek play)
and the use of the Deanery.°*

Tentative plans“Wive been made to
hold a mass. meeting for the discussion
of Big May Day, Tuesday, March 5,
After the meeting a vote will be taken
in the halls to determine how many
students will support and how many
students will participate in Big May
Day next year, and then the under-
graduates can arrange, in consultation
with Miss Park and the Faculty, a
system of ‘rehearsals that will not in-
terfere with academic work. Big May
Day will not’be given this spring’, but
the decision against its being done this
year in no way eliminates its .presen-
tation in 1936. It will not, however,
have any connection with the Alum-
nae Drive in 1936.

The National Committee is- backing
the Greek play that is planned for this
spring, and arrangements are being
made to run a special train from New
York on the Saturday preceding Com-
mencement. This means, that the dress
rehearsal will probably have to be held
on the Friday or Saturday preceding
examinations so that one performance
can be held on the Saturday after-
noon after examinations, and another
on Garden Party afternoon.

Mention at the meeting. was made

‘of the misuse.of the Deanery. Smok-
ingeat~the larger lectures cannot be
allowed in future because there ‘is
yractically no way of disposing of
MH nted cigarettes.

The Council meeting ended with
a Slight discussion -of -the: use of’ re-
serve books and of the plan to reduce
the. number of quizzes.. The difficul-
ties of checking on reserve books, and
particularly the books on reserve in
the Art Sem, have become so annoying
to librarians and students alike, that
an undergraduate library committee
to work with the librarians is being
planned. As to quizzes, the policy of
the administration has always been
to put them.in as short a time as_pos-
sible, and to‘permit professors to give
or not give quizzes in second year
courses. As it is, the objections of
faculty members and undergraduates
and the fact that it is impossible to
schedule all important lectures out-
side of the quiz period have reduced
the midsemester schedule to three and
a half weeks. A further reduction,
such as has been proposed by the Un-
dergraduate Curriculum Committee,
would seem highly advisable. .



Bugs at Bryn Mawr

An interesting campus phenomenon
has occurred :°
.. Merion has literally gone bughouse.
One of our inveterate nature lovers
brought home a cocoon last fall and is
now the proud possessor of two hun-
dred praying mantises, which she is
at present keeping in Dixie Cups and
plans to transfer later to a wire cage
for display purposes. The insects are
in fine condition and, fortunately, for
the collector, very few were killed or
lost, strayed or stolen in the trap-
ping. If the small mantises are prop-
erly fed and eared for, they will prob-





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most fearsome insects in- captivity.
Other plans are afoot in Merion
among the ‘hobbyists. Among the
other interesting hobbies thgt~° are
starting ‘is insecticide-collecting.



Mrs. Manning Speaks
On Senate Warnings

Marks System Has Advantages
Since it Permits Accuracy

In . Grading
RECORD, JIS, EMPHASIZED

Goodhart, Feb. 21.—Dean Manning,
speaking in Chapel on the system of
marks and Senate warnings, said that
the object of any system of marking
is to give the student an estimate of
her success, and to show her. in ‘the
clearest and fairest way possible just
how she measures: up to‘standards. If

a student is definitely below the col-

lege requirements, the Senate, a_body
consisting of the full professors and
those of the faculty who have taught

| for a long time, may send her a warn-
ing, and impose upon her any penal-

ties up to exclusion that it sees fit.

The college system of marking has
some obvious advantages, particularly
because it allows great accuracy on
the part of those who give the marks.
When the plan of marks on the, High-

Ter some general system.



general ‘rather than numerical marks,
and Dean Manning herself would pre-
The cel-
lege system of marks assumes that
perfection and absolute ignorance are
possible and estimates each student’s
place between zero and .100:~ What-
ever system of marks we might advo-
cate it should be based on the sort of
subjective tests which are now being
given. These examinations. are much
fairer than the objective, yes-or-no
tests, because they determine what one
knows, and how one can “put it
across”. In “such examinations organi-
zation is the most important factor.
If a. student’s* work is unsatisfac-
tory, shg will receive a warning from
the Senate telling her how and why
she -is deficient and what her future
course should be. A student must re-
ceive more than 60 in half her work,
and should be well above 70 in the
first two years of her major subject.
The second year is especially import-
ant, and if a student does well then,
she may pull up poor first year marks.
Although this policy is hard to. work
out, the college tries to give all stu-
derits a chance and will sometimes let
those who had first picked the wrong
major and then changed to another,
finish in five years instead of in the
regular four, A student. should pick
her major by: the end of her Sopho-
more year, but if she makes a mistake,
the college does not want to make her
drop out without a second chance, In

Credit, Credit, Merit, and Pass basis |-the case of a failing student the Sen-

was tried, the faculty objected because
it did not. give them a chance to show
variations and shades of difference in
their grades. It is important to re-
member that marks are the judgment
of one person only, and that conse-
quently too much attention may be
paid to them. It is probably better,

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ate feels that she should either go. to

|a different sort of college, or else stay

here and be given every opportunity to
keep up. If, therefore, the Senate
puts a student on probation, it is giv-
ing her the opportunity to improve her
weaknesses, and it, expects her to take
advantage of thfs. Its emphasis is
record

on the student’s permanent





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rather than on the passing off of con-
ditions. :



Plot, Dancing Make
Good Freshman Show



Continued from Page One

original costumes’ throughout

show.

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Ethel Mann produced excellent re-
sults as the dance director. The num-
ber done by Pru and her aides was
clever and the Blue Rhapsody number,
which was both ambitious and artistic,
presented an effective. whole. The
dancing of Miss Mann herself in the
Blue Rhapsody was splendid, although
the chorus was a bit uncertain, They
had every excuse for being so, how-
ever, for the dance was extremely dif-
ficult. The tango by Miss Whalen and
Miss Pittroff in the last scene was
very smoothly executed.

The songs, written by Helen Shep-
ard and Eleanor Shaw were not espe-
cially distinguished. Both campaign
song's were catchy and amusing, and
the love-song at. the end was notable
for its lyrie qualities. *

National Recovery Act was a good
show, thoroughly enjoyed by all. We
liked the idea, and we are especially
pleased with the. implication. that. the
Fountain of Youth enables one to be
clairvoyant and to know the popular
songs of three years in the future. We
liked the .way Miss Lovelace kissed
her- hands to her admiring friends;
we liked the small episode of Dr.
Bushman and Mrs. Whistlebury, the
Blue Rhapsody dance, and a_ great
number of the lines. In fact, we. liked
almost everything about National Re-
covery Act, including the amoeba,
which: entered to the tune of “Pop
Goes The Weasel.”

—A. M.



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