PAGE. SIX Students Alter History By MEL AXILBUND '. leach period were deiroted to dis-; changes in the method of cussion of the lecture, Mun - a yt said. A graduate student gu ided! teaching Modern European andithe discussion and answered' United States History , courses questions' on the material. (History 18-21), have came abouti At the end of the term the de as a result of studept opinion .andtpartment, and the Division of! ttie desire of the department tolAc.ademic Research' and Services! improve its system of instructing conducted a survey of student' large class sections of 1 students,lreaction to the manner in which Dr. Robert K. Murray; heacl;•of: the courses were taught. ,the Depar4ment of History, Said; Murray. said the results of the • yesterday. • - , survey, showed a large:majority CHM((ESnecessary,' WERE necessa, of students expiessed a prefer-, Murray said, to combat the detri-. •mental effects of a long lecturelence for the new ,system. Mel period and to obtain more in-:discussion sessions were especial-I terest /n the part of the students.ily well received. he 'aid, with _These feelings led to a new, B7 per cent of the students ,af-i instructional system te s t term, he.proving them. said. Under the- OTHER . plan, students' • I .RESULTS of the sur-I were assigned, in groups of about:vey were: ' television lectures; 25, to rooms equipped for tele-lwere accepted by 88 per cent of vision. For the first 50 minutes!the students as opposed to a live: of the neriod they listened to C 75 minute lecture; 98 per cent of? televised lecture. ;the students thought the visual? The remaining 25 minutes ofisections of the lectures beneficial. 'Prosecution' Play To Open Thursday Agatha Christie's "Witness for the -ProsecUtion, 4 a Penn State Players' production, opens for a three-day run beginning Thursday. Performances will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Schwab. The•mystery-drama features a cast of 30. In„the leading role is Warren Burils as Sir Wit-t frid Roharts. defense attorney corH old Weather--_ c Leonard Vole. Vole, an English- t man accused of murdering a rich (Continued from page one) elderly woman he had befriendeddtoday Were forecast to range from will be played by . :John White - below zero in northern sections of sell. the state to about 15 in the ex- BURNS, graduate student in i treme southeast. theater arts from Allentown, has; A new storm moving rapidly worked as both actor and direc-!southeastward from western Can tor for 14 years at the Allentown'ada may bring more snow to this Civic Theater. Burns is also co-!area late tomorrow. manager pf Five O'Clock Thea-' Clear and very . cold weather is ter, - !predicted for tonight, and a low Whitesell, senior ia theater arts'of five degrees. is expected.. from 'State College has playedj Tomorrow should be mostly in "Leave it to Jane" and histlcloudy and continue 'cold. Snow year's. production of "Romanoffimay, begin during the afternoon and Juliet." 'and continue tomorrow night. Joanne Beegle, graduate assis.H A high of 28 is predicted for tent in theatre arts fr o mitomorrow 'afternoon Mahoney City. %Y. ille_ortray Ro maine Vole, the - stk.rious for eign -born wife of the accused.. Mrs. Beegle playeil the female lead in the receptlPlayers' pro duction of "Can Can." BASIL AUGUSTINE. junior in i secondary education from Hazle ton. will appear as Myers, the prosecuting attorney, and) David Armbruster, 'junior in poli-, tkal seience front Pittsburgh,! will portray Mayhew, defense at- I , torney. Augustine played in last year's' "Summer and.Smok - e," and 'Arm 'bruster has appeared in "Can, Can" and "Paint Your Wagon.", The play is set in a' London', Court- and in the office of Vole's, lawyer. THE MYSTERY was first pre-' -sented in London .in 1953 and. opened in New York in 1954. Tickets for the performances will go on sale Monday at the lietzel Union desk. Prices are 75, cents foi the Thursday night per-, formance and 5i.2.5 for the Fri.: day and Saturday night shows. Ag Job Forms Available Undergraduate students in the' College - of Agriculture interested; in spring and/or summer term' employment with the Pennsyl-' Irani& Farm Bureau may obtain applications now in 211 Armsby.: Applications must be returned . ; by Feb. 15 so ,that interviews, may be scheduld for the week' of Feb. 19. THE DAMY-COIiEGIAN. . UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA to their understanding of the aut?- j Murray said the • most gratify ing reaction came to the question ; , "Do you think this system a good way to handle a course with! a large enrollment." Ninety-five per cent were for the system. direct result pf the survey is - a change in some of the col lateral•readings. Books of greater interest have been added, as 'a, result of student requests, Mut . - ray said. The addition of "Mein Kampf" is illustrative, he added. . . THE SYSTEM HAS had other ,results, Murray said, in addition ,to 'a rise in student interest and , widespread acceptance. • As a result of the closer at tention which the assistants coul4 !give .each student the percentake lof failures was :reduced from seven per cent to three per cent. No corresponding increase was found,, however, in the percentage +of students receiving A's or Bs, he said. • Seniors to Debate .Televised Match • Two seniors have been chospn to represent the University Men's Debate Team in its televised match with Kings College Feb. Ronald R. Nicosen. men's debate coach, said that William Stout, senior in engineering science from Pittsburgh, and David Goodhart, senior in secondary education from Rutherford, have been selected. The'cluo will appear on a pro gram called "Counterpoint, " : 1 a series of televised college debater over station KDKA-TV, Chann*il 2, in Pittsburgh. The program will be -broadcast in this area through the facilities of Centre Video 'at :10:30 p.m. Stout—and Goodhart will argue :the affirmative of the queslion, "Resolved, That the Federal Gov :ernment, Should Initiate and Fi ,nance a 'Fallout Shelter Program ,in the lijited States." New College Diner 00 , 4ntown Bftwcx n L . ciOguage For Study Students in any of the col leges are eligible for the Study Abroadi program provided they can .meet the language rettuiremexit, Dagobert de Levie, director o fthe program, said re cently. , .1 The langUage requirements in clude scheduling and passing 12 icredits in the language of. the ;country where the person wishes Ito study: I This requirmeent ,can be met by students in any college before lthe next Study Abroad . program !begins in -the spring term, 1963. "WE HOPE that a Study Abroad program. in a Spanish speaking country will be established before next year," de Levie said. Pro visional applications will be ac cepted for the Spanish program in the meantime, he added. Definite! plans for the Spanish program will" be announced in the near future. Applications for the 1963 pro gram , arel now available in 4 Sparks. i They must be returned by Feb.,lo, de Levie said. "We expect to notify persons selected for next fear's program before the end of . this 'term," 'he added. ' This year's Study Abroad pro- PONI HOP (POLLOCK & NITTANY COUNCILS) EVERY FRIDAY "MR. Z" POLLOCK REC ROOM 3:30-12:30 3(k ' 50c FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1962 Nee* Abioad gram will enable a group of 70 students to study in France and Germany next term. It was es tablished last year as a coopera tive plan with outstanding Euro pean. universities: de Levie said. THE COURSES, developectspe eifically for these students,' will give elective credit in the hu- manities and social sciences. Foreign. profesiots will. prob ably teach the classes in English. However, the students will have many -Opportunities for direct contact with the native people and 'their culture, he said. Most of them will live with families in the university area. Coed Orientation Planned fpr Spring • Women students new to - cam pus this spring Will participate in an informal orientation program, Mrs. Richard Vanderpool, assist ant to the dean of women, said recently. "Fewer large Meetings will, be held than in fall programs,". Mrs. ,Vanderpool saicr. "These sessions Ido notrappeal to the smaller num; I l ber of incoming students we have ifor the, winter and spring terms." Girls free 9:00
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