Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN : Prcfented at the Blackfriers by the Kings Maiefties fcrvants, with great applaufe : Written by the memorable Worthitt of their time; ?M r . John Fletcher, and?G ent M . MBumSbdkfteareS Printed at LenJexby TA»,C«f«,for Itfin W ' lerffti: ind are to be fold at tbe fignc of the Crime iu r» li Ckurch-yam. 1 34. VENTURED TO SET HIM FREE FIGHT BRAVELY COUSIN TAKE HER. In majority of colleges, Shakespeare is taught as poetry rather than drama. Prof. Charles Steel ' s debut to Rollins College this year, fresh from Harvard University tutorship, marked a new step in teaching of Shakespeare. A Rollins professor is King in the classroom, Steel was able to retain Harvard ' s Prof. Kittredge ' s line- by-line technique and employ two days per week in actual production of an Elizabethean play. In Strong Hall patio the architect has inadvertently drawn a nearly authentic Shakespearean theatre. Without properties or settings, the class gave the first American showing of Shakespeare ' s Two Noble Kinsmen, May 17, almost exactly as at the Blackfriars in the XVI Ith century. (Pictures on this page show rehearsal.)

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Urgent need, first on the list of proposed new buildings in Rollins building program, is a new library. Present library, housed in Administration Building, is not even large enough to store books. Pictured above is part of present library. CONFERENCE PLAN (Continued) One purpose of the Conference Plan is to humanize education as far as possible by bringing the student and professor in closer contact. During the conference period, the time is spent in study, personal conference with the professor, small group discussion, writing class papers, preparing out- lines, and in studying matters incident to the mastery of the subject. The college, by having, as far as possible, personal interviews with all the incoming students, scruti- nizes very carefully the individual himself, and collects valuable biographical material that is of im- portanc e to the major professor and advisor. Each student, in addition to having a professor of the subject he plans to major in to be his scholastic guide, is assigned a faculty advisor who, in coopera- tion with him, plans his courses and is in close contact with his accomplishments and desires concern- ing his work. The four class ratings of freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior are virtually abolished at Rollins, and instead a Lower Division and Upper Division are established. In the Lower Division the emphasis is placed on generalization, and in the Upper Division on specialization, although the gradual transi- tion makes for speedy progress. The Integrated Course plan was instituted this year after lengthy consideration by the Committee on Educational Survey, a group made up of students and members of the faculty alike. The pur- pose of this system is the all-important process of relating information. Accordingly three new

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CONFERENCE PLAN (Continued) courses were added to the curriculum. They are Science, Human Affairs, and Humani- ties. The Science course, which lasts a year, the Human Affairs course, and Humani- ties which would last for four terms involve the balance of four essential steps. First a correlation of material presented, secondly, the development therefore of clear think- ing, third, the ability to become integrated to an interrelated whole, and fourth to achieve a clear and valuable philosophy of life. The new integrated courses are a natural continuation of the Conference Plan meth- ods, in that they fulfill the requirements for the Lower Division, and aid students whose choice of a major field is not definite. A student entering Rollins College may satisfy these requirements by taking the integrated courses, with a course in Founda- tion English (a basic course which is offered for two years), or he may choose the Achievement Plan which has been in operation since 1931. The final purpose of the Rollins plan is to open new fields of study to the student, and leave the ultimate choice of course to him. There is no Spoon-fed quality about the instruction offered. The contact of the student with his professors is mutually stimulating and mutually gratifying.