FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1935-
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.Business lanager
For This Issue,
News: Edwin J. Hamlin. Sports: E. T. Elliot
0 Committee On Instruction Proposes
1JR0M DEAN Hobbs' faculty committee on in-
struction Wednesday came the suggestion that
the Honors College program set up as an experi
ment by Dean Hibbard in 1928 be revived.
In brief, the plan proposed by the committee is :
(1) Students of exceptional ability would be
excused from all formal and mechanical re
quirements in their junior and senior years to
carry on, independent study in their chosen
fields of interest.
(2) These students would be subject neither
to grades nor examinations (except the senior
1 comprehensive) , and would be excused from all
course, credit and attendance requirements.
(3) Upon entering the Honors College in his
junior year, each student would elect the field
which he wishes to study. Each would be "as
signed a personal adviser, and would attend two
small seminars a week made up of Honors stu
dents with like interests. The rest of the time is
the student's f or reading, conferences, lab
work or "sitting in" any regular lecture courses
he wishes.
(4) After passing a comprehensive examina
tion in his senior year, the student would be
given a degree. ' '
Benefits of the plan, as pointed out by the com
mittee -on instruction and the records left by
' Dean Hibbard are: .
(1) Freedom from Herd Methods: The program,
offering each man the opportunity to progress as
rapidly in educational development as his abilities
permit, stimulates the student to make the fullest
use of his capacities. The incentive, as Dr. A. M.
Jordan would say, is for the student "to keep his
line taunt." '
(2) Self Education: The emphasis of the pro
gram is to place on the student a greater respon
sibility for his own education. Self -education,
Dean Hobbs points out, is the best education.
(3) Individualization: The program, affording
a "more personal relation between professor and
student" (Hibbard), brings into play the personal
influence of the teacher, the discovery of individ
ual needs and interests (what Dr. Trabue wants),
' and a chance for a mature person to care for the
whole personality development of the student. The .
plan also provides greater variation and freedom
to the student according to his individual needs
f and interests.
(4) Student Learns HOW: The program breaks
away from the professorial-lecture-dictation of
WHAT to learn, and shifts the emphasis to the
techniques of investigation, : HOW to think and
work for one's self. The soon-forgotten fact-cramming
process is de-emphasized; habits of growth,
(initiative, independence, self-reliance) are fos
tered. ; 'Y ' "'y. . ;
. (5) Mastery Stressed; In. place of traditional
accumulation of credits in various courses, the
program (through the comprehensive examina
tion) substitutes emphasis on mastery of a field
of study. Education is measured by actual accom
plishments, rather than by the. number of hours
consumed (in courses).
(6) Student and Professor Cooperate: Both
student and professor are working in a common
cause: the educational developmet of the student
and preparation to face a common ordeal the
comprehensive examination. The tutor, no longer
quizzer and lecturer, becomes guide and friend.
Instead of opponents in a game for grades, the
student and professor become teammates in ex
ploration. ' " (7) " Teaching Stimulated : Dean Spruill, well
acquainted with the tutorial scheme, points out
that the plan would tend to give intellectual stim-
- ulation to the teaching, staff.
i (8) An Educational Spearhead : The program
. would "set out and emphasize within the college a
division standing for the real objectives of a lib
eral arts program."; (Hibbard.)
4 T
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The conception of the prof essor's function as a
presenter of . information presupposes that stu
dents neither want an education nor possess the
intelligence and initiative to go after it. A system
that presupposes a given spirit will inevitably
secure it . . . . '
The' Honors College plan presumes that some
" students want and are capable of getting an
education themselves.
The committee on instruction, we suggest, is
barking up the right tree.
Our Educational Process
Information
rC- Desk
O. J. Coffin, head of the jour
nalism department, hit the jack
.pot on the slot machine in Sut
ton's drug store over the holi
days. Mr. Coffin held his hat
under the opening and collected
90 nickles. This helps to com
pensate him for the contribu
tion he made at the Knox rally.
It is a beautiful sight on a
misty-moisty morning to watch
J. George Clarence Courtney of
the Sigma Chi house stepping
gracefully over mud puddles. He
has learned his skill by leading
the band as drum major on its
sojourns around the gridiron
during intermissions.
The Carolina Consolidated Cider Mill, Inc., makers of the mediocre product and garbaged individuality.
University Docs Not Look After Jesse Owens
Of Intellectual World, Educator Jordan Says
The following is an article writ
ten at the request of the Daily
Tar Heel by Dr. A. M. Jordan,
professor of education, on "What
Can We Do for the Able Stu
dents?" Ed. Note.
By Dr. A. M. Jordan
A few students, in whom abil
ity and ambition are happily
joined, are so far ahead of the
rest in intellectual outlook and
attainment that they are bored
with the ordinary class. These
individuals can frequently see
the generalization in one illus
tration and are able to under
stand abstract principles. By the
time the instructor is well
launched in his explanation
such students see the point. No
wonder they are greatly bored
to have to sit and listen to a
minute description of a fact
which they already understand.
These Jesse Owens of the intel
lectual world aren't as well look
ed after as are our track stars.
Probably they already know
that extreme effort educates.
The real sin committed against
them is that they learn to get
through life too easily and con
sequently 1 never reach . those
high levels of attainment of
which they are capable. They
SAND AND
SALVE
By Stuart Rabb
THE GAY ROOSEVELTO
I am a gay Democrata
Returning from Rio de la Plata
They wined me and dined me
And almost they signed me
But just then I left them flata.
They spoke of the great League
of Nations
With which I am quite out of pa
. : tience
They wanted us in
What I said was a sin
Oh, it was the best of evasions.
I talked then President Junto
The children through flowers
with gusto
! Now we can eat
Patagonian meat j
Whenever we're hungry and
choose td.
So now fare-me well to Argen
tina" Where they still employ the
street cleaner
I'm on my way home
Where I'm better known
Even if the citizens are meaner.
never keep their traces taunt.
But it is one thing to diagnose
a disease and quite another to
know how to cure it.
Informal Work Needed
Two general lines of procedure
are open: in the one, the cour
ses of study as present consti
tuted are enriched; in the other,
new and different types of acti
vity are provided. I believe the
ordinary class discussions can be
raised to a much higher plane
than they usually are by taking
thought about them. If instruc
tors themselves read stimulat
ing books and introduce them to
the , class as supporting and
fundamental facts those inter
ested may build their knowledge
on the soundest available evi
dence. Lists of such books
might be mimeographed and fur
nished to classes with some
poignant remarks about each.
Wherever possible, too, the call
ing attention to life's situations
in which are found exemplified
the principles being studied in
helpful. If the instructor could
then meet a group of such inter
ested students for a couple of
hours of. informal discussion
there would be real gain. At
such meetings experiences could
be swapped in an atmosphere
where thought "flows around the
cups," as' Horace puts it, and
where books might really be
evaluated. I believe this would
be a stimulating experience
Special Classes for Gifted
The" second type of thing is
exemplified in special classes for
R A D LO
the gifted. These advanced sec
tions of regularly constituted in
dividuals would appear most fre
quently in those courses in lang
uages and sciences which depend
more upon the mastery of a se
quence of more and more compli
cated subject matter. These "fly
ing sections" are well known in
some of our courses already set
up. In these sections the ordi
nary classwork could soon be
mastered leaving students great
opportunity for original investi
gations and reports. I believe
these courses would not work
unless extra credit were allowed
for them. We already have in our
University reading for honors in
the various departments. The
danger of such courses is that
they may become too highly
specialized around some minor
point. They take an inordinate
amount of an instructor's time,
too, so that no large percentage
of students will ever be served
by them.
We heard, on the campus the
other day, two Carolina men dis
cussing the right of way. "If
you have the right of way," said
one, "and somebody pulls out in
front of you, just go ahead and
hit him."
' This brought to mind a little
gem of verse, the author of
which has been obscured by the
ravages of time," in other words
"Grist" Miller, about just such a
situation:
Here rests the body of Jonathan
Strong,
Who died defending his right of
way.
Np ,(dUDt he was right as the
. day, is long,
But he's just as dead as though
dead wrong.
Charley Wilkerson, Phi Kappa.
Sigma pledge, has been declared
the most observant of all Man
gum inmates. Last night Char
ley happened to kick the radia
tor in his room. He used quite
a few dramatic words, and end
ed, with, "Dam it; they're put
ting new things in these rooms
' Boss Hill, the gentleman who
is always seen walking around
with several pairs of pants on
.1 . his arm, has been wearing
a derby all summer and fall.
Last: week he changed over to
his winter straw.
By Bud Kornblite
WDNC 1500 KC.
6:30 B. C. Sports Review. -
7:30 Santa Claus.
, 8 :00 Around the Town.
8:30 Chesterfield Program (CBS).
9:00 WDNC Barn Dance.
10:00 Mark Warnow's Orch. (CBS).
10:30 News. N
10:45 Virginia Verrill (CBS).
11:00 Jimmy Lunceford's Orch. '
11:15 Hal Kemp's Orch. (CBS).
11:30 Eddy Duchin's Orch. (CBS).
12:00 Guy Lombardo's Orch. (CBS).
WPTF 680 KC. ;
. 6:35 Jackie Heller (NBC). -6:45
Ruhinoff.
7:00 Dinner Hour.
8:00 Jesica Dragonette (NBC).
9:00 Fred Waring's Show (NBC),
. 9:30 Twin Stars (NBC).
10:00 First Nighter (NBC).
10:30 NBC Service.
10 :45 Four Showman Quartet
(NBC).
WBT 1080 KC.
7:45 Boake Carter.
8 :00 Broadway Varieties.
8:30 Chesterfield Dance Time.
9:00 Hollywood Hotel.
11:15-12:30 Same as WDNC.
By Bill Hudson
: "London Assurance"
...... N
Presented by the Jitney Players on
the Student Entertainment Series
Wednesday Evening
"London Assurance" is one of
those happy little comedies of
manners put out as the next best
thing by playwrights who real
ize in time that they aren't
Shakespeares or Racines or Ib
sens comedies occupying in
drama the same refreshing place
as small talk in intelligent con
versation. In audiencing one of
these plays,' you respectfully
pack away in some dusty mental
nook catharsis and sad, pensive
humor and all the other imple
ments of heavy drama ; and then
have a carefree evening laugh
ing at a little masterpiece of ar
tificial wit and cleverness. You
feel better and more cheerful,
even -if you have to go home
and torture out a review Of the
show.
This "famous comedy drama"
by Dion Boucicault probably is
famous, in spite of the handbill
blurb to that effect, for it has
in abundance the good qualities
of its type swift, concentrated
dialogue packed with laugh
lines; a simple but interesting
plot providing ample frame
work; a lively variety of more
or less stock characters, funny
types which fit perfectly as con
veyors of the dialogue; enough
, . supporting action to prevent a
monotony of talk ; and so on. In
"London Assurance" there was
the added variety of clever little
; songs introduced, light-opera
fashion, into the regular dia
logue. This was a particularly
attractive feature.
"Vendi, Vidi, Vici!"
The acting, by the Jitney
Players; was not brilliant, but it
stayed welf above the danger
line throughout the perform
ance, and occasionally reached
. very respectable peaks of excel
lence, as in the scene where Sir
Harcourt. Courtley woos Lady
Gay Spanker so apparently suc
cessfully that, left alone, he can't
refrain from patting. himself on
the back with a pompous "Veni,
vidi, vici!" The players in this
scene, Douglas Rowland and
Marjorie Jarecki, gave the most
sustainedly good performances
of the evening.
As a foppish, stiff-jointed old
gentleman of fashion, irrevoca
bly urban and duped by his own
vanity of youthf ulness, Mr. Row
land was just about perfect and
dominated every scene in which
he appeared. Miss Jarecki was
attractively effective, because
she seemed to be having more
fun- than anybody else in the
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