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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1935
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In A Nut Shell
EN WE wrote Robert M. Hutchins, progres-
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sive president of the University of Chicago,
to get an explanation of the educational organi
zation there, we received this terse reply:
You have been misinformed about the
program of the University of Chicago. All
students beginning with the freshman year
are freed .from the requirement of attend
: ance at classes, and they may proceed as rap
idly as they can pass examinations.
Under such an educational set-up, each student,
freed from lock-step to advance at his own rate,
is given incentive to use his abilities to the full-'
est. '
With graduation requirements stated in terms
of educational attainments (measured by compre
hensives) and not the mere accumulation of
course-credits, emphasis is upon mastery of the
student'sfield.
And made responsible for his own progress, the
student is encouraged, to develop an independence
our traditional spoon-feeding academic systems
don't usually foster.
It Just Means Voting . ...
MEMBERS OF, the freshman class have been
writing a great many letters about class poli
tics. Some of these letters have been sardonically
bitter. Many have criticized the alleged "party
run" politics. A few have served notice that they
intend to "bust loose" with some organizing of
their own.
Today calls a showdown. We'll see whether
plans of freshman insurrectionists have been
well-laid.
But we should not lorget that the most im
portant qualification to consider when voting is
the man himself. The party is no better and no
worse than its candidates. S. W. R.
o I'll Give Ya Two Bits
A TRAMP collector offers you 15 cents for your
copy of Illiad; and with a disappointed shrug
you toss him the little book. In like manner you
give away three or four other volumes, momen
tarily useless to your hurried existence . . .
With the coming of the current student library
awards contest, a word of "fellow spare that old
book" might not be out of order. Second-hand
quotations are ridiculously low ; you'd almost be
getting a higher price if you didn't sell your used
pieces at all. Certainly their place in your library
is worth something.
Peculiarly as important is the fact that stu
dents can buy second hand for almost the same
ludicrous prices with which they are tempted to
sell; First editions aren't pre-requisites in the
awards contest. Nor should they be. An intelli
gently interesting, correlated collection of rebuilts
is of infinitely more value to the owner's develop
ment than any richly bound set of unreadables . . .
J. M. S.
Class attendance at the University of Chicago is vol
untary. Stndents do not work for course-credit but to
master divisions of work which they elect to study. Edu
cational attainment is tested in the senior year by four
comprehensive examinations: successful passing of these
general tests is the sole requirement for completion of the
college work.
In the article below Ed Skinner, formerly a Carolina
student (class of f37), tells what he thinks of the academic
set-np at the University of Chicago, where he is now fin
ishing his undergraduate work. Ed. Note.
. By ED SKINNER
The New Plan, as our present system is called,
is to my mind an outstanding achievement in
progressive education. In this plan Chicago Uni
versity is not confined to tradition, but is open to
new, original, and effective thought . . .'. There
is absolutely no compul
sion in the New Plan;
and by the willingness
of Chicago students: to
make education their
own responsibility, they
achieve an independence
and clarity of thought,
which to my mind, is un
paralleled in any other
school in the country. .
The College here is a
well rounded education
in itself, and I wouldn't
hesitate to place a stu
dent who had completed
the two year college
course here at the same level with a four year di
ploma from many of the schools of apparent high
standing in the country. I consider the two years
of college work, in which the Chicago student is
given a taste of all knowledge and a well rounded
education in all fields, is definitely something to be
desired by all progressive schools. An individual
in these two years has a chance to choose his fu
ture course with certainty and the last two years
of college are made much more profitably by a
definite sequence of courses ; and above all, a con
tinuity of thought is maintained by the fact that
the courses are so arranged to give one a compre
hensive view of the field of the major and minor
and are closely interrelated ....
Best System Anywhere
The advantages of a system such as the one
now in use at Chicago are apparent to anyone who
has made a study of the educational set-up
throughout the country as a whole, and from my
own experience I believe we are a step ahead, in
the right direction; a better system does not ex
ist anywhere as far as lam concerned. The main
thing that appalls me most in the system in use
at Carolina when I was there is the lack of co
ordination between the courses offered and the
artificial stimulant forced on the student in order
to make him study and attend classes. It seems
to me that a school has utterly failed in its pur
posethat of training young people to be inde
pendent thinkers when they require students to
attend courses which are poorly organized and
, meager in offering of intellectual stimulus.
In the first place, to get away from generalities,
I think it would be perhaps more logical for me
to make a rough outline of the good and bad
points as I see them in our system. ...
In Defense
(1.) Individual thought is encouraged.
(2.) The courses are well organized.
(3.) Opportunity is given the more capable stu
dents to forge ahead and progress more rapidly.
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(4.) No compulsion regarding class attendance
or assignments.
(5.) Quizzes are given only to give the student
an idea as to how he is progressing and are not
held above the students' heads as things to wor
ry about but rather to guide him in weeding out
the weak points. -
(6.) Final examinations are given at the end
of the year or at the end of a sequence and are
the only examinations that bear any weight. In
other words a student has to know the courses as
an organized whole instead of taking one course
and after taking a quarterly examination in it
promptly proceeding to forget it.
(7.) The reading periods which come, in the
middle of the quarters enable the student to get
a clearer view of the work which he has done pre
vious to the period and actually give the student
time to weigh all points carefully and finally ar
rive at his own interpretation of the course and
its contents. V
(8.) Reading lists or bibliography in connec
tion with the courses are carefully compiled in
. order to give the student all the views of the va
rious authorities on a particular subject, and fi
nally enable him to take a definite side as, the re
sult of individual work' and thought on the sub
ject under study. : ' ; r v
(9.) A standard Is maintained throughout the
school and a person passes or flunks according to
his own ability and effort . . .
(10.) The methods of grading examinations
are worthy of consideration also. A certain stand
ard is set and the papers are graded by the use
of numbers instead of the student's name. This
of course eliminates the chance of pushing some
one through just because he is a good fellow or a
star football player ....
(11.) The College being divided from the Di
visions enables the individual to get a broad out
look and a general cultural education before spe
cializing in one particular field.
(12.) As a recapitulation our system is a sys
tem for students who come to college in order to
learn something and who do not come for a spree
or just because it's the thing to do. It is definitely
a community of scholars and not a country club,
to quote Mr. Hutchins. The atmosphere is one of
intellect, and particularly intelligent type of per
sn is in the most part attracted here ....
In Opposition
(1.) The student upon entering college is given
the utmost freedom and this in itself is bad for
those students who are weaker than the rest and
tend to go astray.
(2.) The lack of stress and strain of class work
which is characteristic of our system is liable to
give the young student a false impression of the
requirements at the end of the year's work, and
in general may promote laziness in the less strong
and more susceptible element of the class.
(3.) The reading periods and extensive reading
list are apt to give the student too much time for
one subject say, and not enough time for others
which may not be as interesting as the firsthand
which should be mastered in order to complete the
requirements for a degree..
(4.) The final examinations may in some cases
afford opportunity to some individuals to get by
without taking a course. But this could just as
well be an advantage in the plan.
(5.) As a recapitulation the points for the plan
far outweigh the points against the plan, and to
my mind the negative aspect applies to the ma
jority in all cases ....
RADIO
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WDNC 1500 KC.
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The WHY
AndWHEREFORE
FOREIGN POLICY LEAGUE
The purpose of the Foreign
Policy league is to develop and
sustain student interest in in
ternational relations. Through
general discussion under the di
rection of informed leaders this
organization attempts to unrav
el the underlying currents of
foreign affairs for the purpose
of acquiring a broader and more
accurate knowledge of the con
temporary international scene.
Whenever possible the league
cooperates with other similar
organizations throughout the
nation.
Meetings are held every other
Thursday night and are open to
all who wish to attend.
George MacFarland.
Fletcher -Ferguson, sports
writer, and Jim Daniels, Caro--lina
Magazine editor, acted as
judges for a costumed baby
show held in Graham Memorial
recently.
Between Covers
The
Information
Desk
Robert "Congressman Bob'
Sumner, freshman from South
Carolina, had the floor at a re
cent bull session. His comments
on the coed question ran along
these lines:
Tear down the bars that hold
them out;
Give them an education.
For they will soon assume a role
As mothers of the nation.
Deprive them not another year!
By, "them" I mean the others
Who do not have the chance to
come
And study like their brothers.
Just think of all the female
minds
That could expand with knowl
edge, If only this, our U. N. C,
Were made a coed college.
Of you, the guardians of the
binds
We ask that they be broken.
We ask that you give heed to all
The pleas that have been spoken.
You would, if you could see the
' crowds
That cause so much congestion
Thirty boys ... a single girl,
And she with indigestion.
Bob Perkins of' Everett dorm
was waiting in the rain for a
ride to Durham Saturday night.
Along came a dark car with a
driver of the same hue. Bob
jumped in. Suddenly he realized
what manner of conveyance it
was a hearse. He looked fur
tively over his shoulder and saw
a black shape looming in the
back of the car. As they went
under a light he realized it was
just the reflection of the driver
on the glass partition. His fears
were somewhat calmed by the
driver who assured him there
was no body in back. The hearse
is used to make country trips by
a Negro funeral home in Dur
ham, and was of ancient vintage.
Janie Wilson, graduate stu
dent and the Daily Tar Heel's
own "Kate Smith," is now in re
.hearsal for her first amateur
contest.
SAND AND
SALVE
By Stuart Rabb
This is the second of a series
of special articles contributed by
Miss Nora Beust's library science
students in observance of Nation
al Book week, November 15-21. '
Books On Book Collecting
By Mary Sloan
Have you ever wanted to start
a book collection? Do you know
how to begin such a collection?
Do you know just how interest
ing and worth-while a hobby
like this can be? .
The answers, to these and
many other questions relating
to book collecting are answered
in the books in the book collec
tion exhibit in the library. Of
that group, three especially
good ones, , but by no means
more important than the rest,
are Barton Currie's "Fishers of
Books;" A. Edward Newton's
"End Papers," and Wintrich's
"Primer of Book Collecting," a
very good book for the begin
ner in book collecting.
"Fishers of Books" contains
odd bits of book history, anec
dotes about different .authors,
Zontiwued on last page)
DING-DONG, CLINK-CLING
Franklin Roosevelt and Ethel
DuPont are planning a quiet lit
tle wedding. That is, they hope
it will be quiet. Just a few hun
dred of their closest friends will
be there.
Newspapermen are hoping
that Franklin-the-Younger won't
go on any more of those camera
smashing sprees. Last year he
flew into a violent temper when
a newspaper cameraman snap
ped Ethel and Frank at a boxing
match. Franklin called the pho
tographer.worse names than his
papa called economic royalists
like the DuPonts.
It was a wise move to keep
the royal wedding quiet until
after the election. Republicans
might have started Father-in-lawing
the elder Mr. Roosevelt.
Young Franklin always had a
flair for the sensational. At
Harvard he had a cream-colored
Duesenberg, with FRANKLIN
DELANO ROOSEVELT, JR.,
embossed on the side.
We would wish Junior good
luck in his wedding but, as the
Old Ward Heeler said: "When
you're marrying that much
money, what the h difference
does luck make?"
J