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THE COLLEGE NEWS





Mid - Year Beams
Abolished at Vassar



_ Measures Are Adopted to Give

Greater Continuity to Year,
To Lessen Strain



CONFERENCES APPROVED
—

Poughkéepsie, N. Y.—Sigh of re-
lief can be heard in any corner of
sar College campus. Mid-
year examinations have been abolished
in order to give greater continuity
to the academic schedule. A state-
ment concerning the changes says:
“In order to develop the academic
year as a whole, with the breaks oc-
curring normally at the two vacations,

- and to lessen the pressure of work

‘upon both the faculty and students,

from the completion of semester pa-
pers and semester examinations at
one time the following measures are
adopted:

“1. At the end of the first svianates
such examinations as may be required
by departments will be held in the
regular scheduled hours of each.
course, and need not come at the final
sessions of the terms. The last two
Saturdays of the first semester may
be used by departments for scheduled
examinations in courses of the 100
grade.

“2. Departments shall have the
right to excuse from the final exami-

* nation in courses ending at the first

semester students who continue in
semester courses in the same depart-
ments. For: such students questions
of a comprehensive nature will be
added in the final examination at the
end of the second semester.

“3. There will be no break between
the first and second semesters. The
term will be continuous from Christ-.
mas vacation to Spring vacation.
Reading periods (periods without the
requirement of a class attendance for
anytime up to two weeks) may be
arranged in any course at any time
according to the needs of the course.

“4, Marks for courses ending at

—===the-first-semester_for-students leaving



year courses at the end of the -first
semester may be reported at any time
up to March 1. é

“5. Provisional marks for
freshmen shall be reported to the re-
corder and transmitted to students a
week before Christmas vacation. and
a week before Spring vacation. .

“6,

be made known béth to the recorder
and the student herself by the instruc-
tor prior to March 1 following the
end of the first semester.

“7, ‘For students above the fresh-
man year, probation is abolished, The
faculty affirms as a general principle
the desirability of conferences be-
tween teacher and students:

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Colgate Starts Dictator Course
Hamilton, N. Y.—How dictators
establish themselves and retain power
over subjects is going to be studied
next fall in a new course, “Dictators
and Dictatorships,” at Colgate Uni-
versity. In announcing the new sub-
ject, Dr. Rodney L., Mott, director of
the university’s School of Social Sci-
ences, explains that “an attempt will
be made to show that dictatorships
have come from writings of intellec-
tuals who influence public opinion
from economic factors or from psy-
chological. post-war attitudes and mili-
tary factors.

“In the later stages of the course
the students will take up the factual
operations of a government under a
dictator with such subjects as the new
constitution in dictator-controlled na-
tions, the relation of the state and
industry, religign, civil liberties and
propaganda considered as points for
study. “Dictators are here to stay,
for a while at least,” concluded Dr.
Mott, “and the students might just
as well’ know how they work. It will
‘be a part of their education.”— (ACP)

The Maids and Porters
Put on. Mystery Play



Continued from Page One

from first to last a never-failing
source of spontaneous humor, and his
uncertain proposal in the. last act,
with the cat-maniac expected at any
moment, was gne of the high spots of
the play.

Though not entirely untainted by
such faults as are common in ama-
teur performances, most noticeably a
slight: .super-abundance of arm- and
footwork and occasional disaccord be-
tween the action of switching on a
light and the actual electric effect,
The Cat and The Canary was a live-
ly and appealing performance, reflect-
ing very favorably both the _ well-
planned direction and the good-will,
talent and energy,.of the performers.
Eleanor Taft, ’89, assisted - Pe
directing.

Haverford, Bryn Mawr
Lead German Evening



Temple, Penn and « Swarthmore
Contribute to Program



Roberts Hall, Haverford , College,
May 8.—Universitaét von Pennsylvan-
ien, Tempel-Universitaét, Haverford,
Swarthmore, und Bryn Mawr (col-
leges) celebrated Deutscher Abend to-
night. -Certain parts of the program
were warmly applauded by the audi-
ence, and the evening, although it did
not meet the expéctations of some,
was on the whole a success.

The Haverford College string Quar-
tett in Es-dur by Schumann began
the program. It featured H. H. Krue-
ner, an excellent pianist, T. A. Wer-
time, H. Mason, and S. L:; Bortgn, Jr.
Following this. were recitations—-
Gedichten—presented by Swarthmore
College. Pennsylvania Glee Club mem-
bers later sang, hindered, perhaps,
by their lack of familiarity with the
Haverford Auditorium, The latter
half of Swarthmore’s contribution to
the program was distinguished by
Marie Osland-Hills’ recitation of
Goethe’s' Prometheus.

Gemeinsames : Singen preceded an

versity presented the Hans Sachs play,
Der Bés Rauch. The program began
to be decidedly more interesting at
this point, and the little three-char-
acter sketch was well-received by an
audience fully appreciative of the
imaginary scenery and the Baum rep-
resented by a _hat-tree.

The University of Pennsylvania was
then represented by Fraulein Mildred
Harlow whose solo, Die Lotosblume, by
Schuman, was the best of their part
in the program. The ‘real climax
of. the evening followed: the Haver-
ford and Bryn Mawr play, Die Klein-
en Verwandten. Mary Lee Powell, ’37,
shared laurels with Ruth Lilienthal,
40, and Wiliam H. Clark, Jr., Henry
B. Cox, de Lancey Cowl, ’39, and
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Graduate Club Gives Dance
~Common Room, May 1.—About 45)

Dance which was preceded by a tea
for the hostesses and their guests on
Radnor green. The hall was deco-
rated with spring flowers«and an
excellent orchestra furnished the mu-
sic. Miss Lillie Ross Taylor was the
patroness and Vivian Ryan served as
chairman of arrangements:



dialectical glibness was convincingly
German, and whose excellent acting
brought forth bursts of laughter at
the proper moments—a triumph, since
many of the audience did not under-
stand the language.

Especial credit for the success of
the play should be given to the back-
stage cast, T. C. Tatman, E. H. Morse,
P. P. Rodman and W. E. Prindle,
whose scenery and staging were essen-
tial features. Ruth Lilientlal’s hair
(gold medal to M. Lee Powell), the
two &8fd-fashioned pictures, and the
very well-chosen costumes high-light-
ed the performance.

The general singing which con-
cluded the program was at first a bit
too formal, with the audience accord-
ingly unresponsive. When Haverford
and Bryn Mawr took the lead, how-
ever, songs became lively and the
evening was ended with fitting Ger-

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CHAPEL TO BE HELD
IN DEANERY GARDEN



contributed by Jean

Cluett, ’37)

(Especially

The last. chapel service of the cur-
rent year will:be held in the Deanery
garden next Sunday evening, at 7.30
p.- m. Everyone’ will be warmly wel-
comed. The garden is particularly at-
tractive in the evening, as those who
have: been to former outdoor Sg
will remember. It will be even more\” \
informal than usual, and the commit-
tee recommends. bringing cushions!

The service will be conducted by Dr,

John W. Suter, a well-known figure on
the campus.



Judges. of Concours Announced

The: judges of the Concours Ora-
toiré, to be held in the Common Room
on Thursday, May 18, at 4.30, are:
M. Mauyee Faivre d’Arcior, French
vice-consul in Philadelphia, Mrs. J.
Stogdell Stokes and Professor Edwin
C. Byam of the University of Dela-
ware.

The candidates selected by the
French Department at’a-preliminary.
concours, are: Margaret Houck ’37,
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