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Page Two THE

COLLEGE NEWS



Wednesday, December 10, 1952





THE COLLEGE NEWS

FOUNDED IN 1914



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Speech Course

In answer to the Curriculum Committee’s inquiry into
the purpose and advantages of a speech course the Editorial
Board would like to emphasize a few aims and ideas which it
feels are paramount.

Any speech course is an aid to make an individual cap-
able of speaking intelligibly and forcefully before an audi-
ence, There are many times when getting a point across be-
comes of vital importance, not only after college in a job or
in the community, but also in class discussions, in oral re-
ports, or in almost any position of responsibility on campus.
The only way to control nervousness, to learn to prepare an
organized speech, and to correct speech defects that are not
physical or regional is by practice, coupled with a certain
amount of instruction.

Unfortunately the present freshman course at Bryn
Mawr does not succeed in fulfilling these aims. In the first
place the course is not long enough. Students assume they
will be excused after giving one speech and so do not plan to
put any time or effort in preparation. Secondly, the one re-
quired presentation is not enough practice to insure compos-
ure for future speeches. There should be some form of dis-
cussion, perhaps more formal speeches and extemporaneous
talks on material from a reading assignment.

One idea that has been advanced is to use Roberts’ Rules
in the speech class so that students would get accustomed to
parliamentary procedure. Another suggestion is to incorpor-
ate the speech course with Freshman Composition in so far
as the speech class could be assigned reading in conjunction
with Freshman Comp. The grades for the two courses, how-
ever, should be separate. The lack of grades is another ma-
jor fault in the present system as it encourages students to
expend a minimum of energy in order to pass the course and
so complete the requirement. The speeches should be graded
not only on presentation, but also on content and organiza-
tion. .

_ The speech course should without question be taken in
the freshman year and it should be required. If a student
has already had such a course in school or seems to have mas-
basic aamg technique, she | re excused from the second

vf the course ao that it may become

Current Events

Mr. Berry Airs Facts

~ Qn Financial Aid |
For Science

The problem of financial support
for the natural sciences in Amer-
ican colleges and universities was
the central topic of Mr. L. Joe
Berry’s talk at Current Events on
Monday, December 8, in the Com-
mon Room. Speaking on “Science:

| Who Pays?”, Mr. Berry pointed

out two aspects of the problem.
The first was that the cost of giv-
ing a student a scientific education
is higher than that in any other
field of education, posing a finan-
cial problem for the average col-
lege. The second, was the difficul-
ties in financing scientific research
on the part of faculty members
when so much has already been
spent on the science departments.

Bryn Mawr’s financial situation
is a typical example. That sci-
ence, besides requiring approxi-
mately the same expenditure for
books as do any of the other de-
partments, requires laboratory
equipment and supplies has caused
the amount to be spent by the four
departments of natural science to
equal that spent by all of the other
departments put together. In-
cluded in this expense in science
is the cost of an instrument mak-
er’s shop at the college, costing
approximately $10,000 a year, and
a departmental appropriation from
college funds,

Therefore, there are insufficient
funds for research. This situation
holds true in most colleges. Mr.
Berry stated that, although that
a man shows greatness in research
does not necessarily mean that he
is a good teacher, it is the most
satisfactory way in which an insti-
tution can judge the teaching abil-
ities of its faculty. But research
is expensive; the natural sciences
at Bryn Mawr in the last five
years have spent $26,000, from 21
different grants, on research.

The problem of who is to fin-
ance such research has changed
since the war. In the pre-war per-
iod, scientific research in educa-
tional institutions was almost to-
tally privately endowed, mainly by
industry and scientific foundations.
The northwestern area of the
country received from 65% to 80%
of the funds. Industry spent its
money where it would get the
maximum returns, in the East,
where the greatest opportunities

| for development were offered. Only

the government could attempt to
raise the standard of education all
over the nation. The National
Scientific Foundation was set up,
which now distributes funds on a
geographical basis. At the pres-
ent, the government of the United
States is spending over $300 mil-
lion in grants to educational insti-
tutions for scientific research. . ~

Mrs. R. Cole Lists

‘Aids tor Interview

“wwnowing whac to expect in an
interview gives you seit-contidence
which in turn makes an excellent
impression of your poise,’ expiai-
ed Mrs. Kobert A. Cole, New York
admissions counselor for'the Kath-
arine Gibbs School, at tne vVoca-
tuonal Committee ‘lea vecember 8.

4n preparing to seek tor a job

there are three necessary steps:
analyzing yourself, choosing the
job interesting to you, and learning
vo interview successfully.

Your self-analysis must be ab-
solutely honest in listing your as-
sets, aptitudes, courses passed, en-
joyed or Joathed, and relationships
with people. Personal appearance
counts heavily with a possible
employer, particularly in metro-
politan areas where the ideal of
the “efficient young business wom-
an” is an accepted fact.

In choosing the company, it is
necessary to take into considera-
tion the facts brought to light in
your self-analysis and not even
consider work that calls for un-
mastered or personally uninterest-
ing skills. Spot checking the want-
ads every Sunday will give the job-
hunter an idea of the type of po-
sitions available, where they are,

what they pay, and the qualifica-

tions demanded. The job editor of
Glamour Magazine has a complete
file on such data.

(Most important is to make sure
that the company considered has
good employment policies. Are the
workers happy to be there? Do
they find challenge, opportunities
for advancement, and the kind of
hard work that makes the individ-
ual grow? less it does all these things.

Your first contact with the com-
pany is by your letter of applica-
tion in answer to an advertisement
(unless a friend offers to introduce
you personally). Employment ag-
encies are very fine so long as they
are highly recommended ones.
Above all, use the college place-
ment services because the people
there know you as your friends
and parents do not.

Remember that the letter of ap-

plication should be as business-like
as possible ... two to three para-
graphs in length on business sta-
tionery and handwritten unless you
type expertly. Accompanying it
(or going with you to the inter-
view) should be a resume of your
qualifications and activities, begin-
ning with the most recent.
. ‘When you are given a date to
phone the company for an appoint-
ment, it is to test your “telephone
technique.” Therefore it is a good
idea to organize your thoughts
beforehand .. . . first giving your
mame and where you come from
and ‘next stating your business.

On the day before the interview,
arm yourself with questions and
answers, consider the salary you
wish in order to cover transporta-
tion, lunches, living expenses, and
clothes (though you must not men-



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| sorship or, in the second semester, even crucial campus prob-

‘Letter

Curriculum Committee
Discusses Speech
Requirement

To the Editors:

The student curriculum commit-
tee has recently been discussing
the present speech requirement.
We must have some student opin-
ion on the subject before we can
go any farther. What we would
like to know is:

1) What do you think is the
purpose of a speech requirement ?

2) Does the present freshman
speech course fulfill this purpose?

3) If not, why not?

4) Should the course be required
or optional?

5) In what year do you think the
students would profit most from a
speech course?

6) Any other suggestions.

We urge you to give us your
ideas. Speak to any member of
the Curriculum Committee or send
a note by camgus mail. to Ann
Blaisdell in Denbigh.

Sincerely,
The Curriculum Committee

Expert Considers
UN Developments

The International Relations Club
convened in the Common Room,
Goodhart, on Tuesday evening,
December 9.

The first half of the program
was devoted to a film, “On Larger
Freedom”, presenting the work of
various agencies of the United Na-
tions in their attempts to combat
hunger, illiteracy and disease as
obstacles to world peace.

Mr. Robert. W.-.Sayer climaxed
the evening with an informal talk
about the problem that. the U.N.
was formed not to make peace but
to enforce a peace already well
established, and the split between
Communist and non-Communist
nations. Although the UN has
been unable to solve these two
problems, it has established a pre-
cedent by taking steps against
aggression, a precedent which may
avert future aggression.

Two other problems await UN
discussion and decision in the com-
ing months. In the Union of South
Africa, many Indians share with
African natives the injustices of
segregation. In Morocco and Tuni-
sia, growing movements exist for
independence from France and re-
forms of the present administra-
tion. France and the Union of
South Africa say that the UN can
do “Nothing’’, because of the clause
in the Charter which states that
the United Nations shall not in-
terfere with the domestic concerns
of a nation . There is an exception
to this clause, however: if the
domestic crisis is such as to en-
danger world peace, the UN may
take action.

Festive Feeling Emerges
As Males Invade Campus

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glitter, the fresh greens, this was
at once all that a Winter Whirl
should be. The delightful combi-
nation of Christmas coming and
winter wonderland, sparkle, glit-
ter and glamour, plus The P. and
S. Bards and our Octangle —all
these whirled together to make a
many-colored bubble of laughter
and fun.

Then, on to Denbigh Open House,
and on Sunday, Rock, for hot cider
and cookies. And the long way
’round to the station, for the last
regretful minutes of a splendifer-





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