College News, 1923-03-27, Vol. 09, No. 20

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FRESHMAN   SHOW�FIFI   FINDS  IT
COURSES ON CITIZENSHIP
TO BE HELD HERE SOON
Plan   Originating   with Miss Park
Has Support of Local Clubs.
Noted Speakers Scheduled
HON. FLORENCE ALLEN TO TALK
A conference for "studying and discuss-
ing some of the political problems that arc
facing the country" will lie held at Bryn
Mawr on the week-end of April 6 and 7.
This conference, which-was originally sug-
gested by President Park, is being ar-
ranged by the joint efforts of the College,
the Women's Clubs on the. Main Line,
Three short courScs followed by round-
table discussions and luncheons with
speakers are the main items of the pro-
gramme. Two of the courses will be
given by Bryn Mawr professors. The first,
"Present Political Problems," will be given
by Dr. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of
Political Science; and that on ''Platforms
and Policies of Political Parties," by Dr.
William Roy Smith, Professor of History.
The third speaker is Professor William
Rogers of Columbia University.
Judge Florence Allen of Ohio, the only
woman on any State Supreme Court, will
speak at luncheon on Saturday in the
Gymnasium. Among the other speakers
are Mrs. F. Louis Sla*de (Caroline McCor-
mick, '96), Chairman of the endowment
drive and on the National Board of the
League of Women Voters, and Mrs. Oliver
Strachey, who is on the secretariat of the
League of Nations, and who ran for par-
liament as a candidate of the Independent
Party. She did graduate work in ^ryn
Mawr in 1889.    �
Graduates and Undergraduates to the
number of fifty will be admitted to the
course at half price, $1.50. These special
student tickets must be purchased before
5 P. M. on Thursday. April 5, from Mrs.
Chadwick Collins, Taylor Hall. Tickets
for the luncheons on Friday and Saturday
may be purchased by all students who wish
to attend. These tickets are $1.50 each,
the cost price of the luncheon,, and must
also be purchased before Friday,' April 6,
5 P. M., from Mrs. Chad wick _ Collins.
Tickets foV Friday evening, $.50, are pay-
able .at the'door.
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UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT
OF GENERAL STUDENT OPINION ON EXISTING SYSTEM
Two Years Work in Department Chosen  as Major Supplemented by
Twenty Hours of Correlated Subjects and Tested by Final Compre-
hensive Examination to Replace Present Group System
The Undergraduate Curriculum Commit-
tee, in drawing up its- suggestions for re-
visions in the present curriculum, has tried
to enrbody�in so far as seemed possible�
the opinion of the majority of students. It
was impossible to include all suggestions
given to the committee, but an effort was
made to find the general trend of student
opinion,' and to direct proposed changes
along those lines.
First, it is felt that the present group
system is unsatisfactory in that there ap-
pears to be no thoroughly consistent prin-
ciple on which il is possible to base groups;
and in tha> existing system of Majors gives
the student knowledge, not of a subjecL
not of a method, but rather of course�
which arc divided into semester pieces,
and which lack the continuity and correla-
tion that more advanced work should de-
mand  of its   students.
Secondly, it is felt that required, work
should be cut to a minimum. Knowledge
in certain subjects should be demanded of
everyone, but the present number of hours
devoted to required courses is too great.
Thirdly, there is a desire for greater
elasticity in the existing schedule, and in
the arrangement of hours for individuals'
work. Too often is a student forced, be-
cause of some mechanical reason, away
from the subjects in which she is inter-
ested, into a course used to fill in.
Comprehensive  to  Test  Major  Work ��
A. Since the present group system does iw^t
seem to satisfy the aim of major work,
that is, the mastery, within certain lim-
its, of some field of knowledge, giving
the student habits of reflection and in-
dependent thinking, we suggest the fol-
,   lowing plan as a possible remedy:
1. A   choice   of   one   Major   (covering
twenty (20) hours' or two (2) years'
�       work in one subject)   with which is
to   be   correlated    a    minimum   of
twenty (20) hours' work in subjects
advised by. the head of the depart-
ment in which the student has elected
her major work.   The advice of the
FRESHMAN SHOW TAKES
AUDIENCE TO "NEW FRANCE"
By   Limiting  Scope  Comes   Near
Perfection�Color   Scheme
Skillful and Delicate
WIGGIN T. HAS PURE CHARM.
(Specially contributed by D, Meserve, '23)
Freshman shows arc quite the most
transient affairs in the world. One is
created, for a short night we sec the color
of it and hear the music and then it van-
ishes forever, like a city in the clouds which
the wind blows away. We may search the
theatres of Europe and Asia, but it is prac-
tically certain that wc will never come
across that particular Freshman show
again. This is the very law of Freshman
shows, a gracious laV in general, but last
Saturday most unkind.
The Class of 1926 has given us some-
thing which in its finish and charm came
delightfully near perfection. They did not
attempt to do too much, or to do what they
did do, for too long a time, which was
wise in them. The moment the curtains
parted on that scene in the Cafe des Fn-
fants, fulfilling the promise but lately made
in the curtain-song�"We Will Bring You
New France," the note of the show was
struck. It was one of skill and delicacy
and a happy art which docs not overdo,
To be more concrete in this deserved
praise, the first thing which was evident
was the clever scenery. So well done as
to appear simple. Simultaneous with an
appreciation of the setting came an intense
pleasure at the color scheme, which was
rendered possible by the master hand, prob-
ably hands, who conceived of and grouped
the costumes. If the show had never at-
tempted anything more than the first sixty
seconds, and if those actors and the ones
who were to come had done no more than
wander dumb across the stage for the re-
mainder of the evening, the pageantry of
it would still have lieen sufficient charm.
Excellent Dancing Interspersed
The action l>cgan, and it was soon as-
sured that there was n<* plot, but then, there
never is. The jokes were intensely local
and the real humor lay, not in such per-
petrations as "My picture is called the soul
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