Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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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.

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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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Students often frequent professors ' homes, individually and collectively. Here Dr. Hamilton Holt ( Prexy to all) holds informal discussion on mar- riage, a favorite subject. Faculty mixes with students on athletic fields, this year ' s diamond ball forces (part of squad shown above) showing strongest aggregation on field. STUDENT-FACULTY MINGLE Dean Arthur D. Enyart ' s Money and Banking course wages discussion after steak fry. Note parents in foreground assembled in informal conference. One of the outstanding benefits of the Conference Plan in use at Rollins, is the interesting relation- ships which it inspires. The college student has a chance not only to meet his fellow-classmates on an intellectual, social, and athletic basis, but he finds a common plane of interest with his professors in each of these realms also. In Rollins the dramatic department is one of the most fully developed of the aesthetic divisions in the college, and it is here that many students, who have heretofore been slightly in awe of a man or woman who has been tagged professor, finds that they have many interests in common, and that the instructor is as anxious to gain knowledge from him as he is to seek guidance from them. The two-fold advantage of the confer- ences is that the professor gets a personal in- sight into the desires and interests of the student as an individual, and the student has a chance to know and to seek advice from an older person who has taken an interest which is personal, though impartial, in his accomplishments. Professors participate fully in the social and intellectual gatherings on campus, and contribute their support to any worthy projects. Their attitude is one of complete congeniality and cooperation, with none of the superior or patronizing reactions that typify the student-professor relations else- where in the country. In athletics the students find that their pedagogues are as enthusiastic as they, and therefore make it their duty to co-operate as fully as possible on all matters pertaining to sports and entertainment. Often the professor entertains groups of students in his home for an evening of noth- ing but simple exchange of ideas, construc- tive arguments, or merely conversation. A