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