Athens State College - Columns Yearbook (Athens, AL)

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School Experiments With January Term Hard At Work Ro{4f;r U;jrv f-ll recently went lo IVIis.sissij)pi to stijfjy tlif; works of WiDiiirn I ' ' ;julkrifr, fScc Slory) Harwell Researched Faulkner y-dU: way, kiml U liou :r Harwf-lj I ' roparation for UmiiiU: treatment has led to the (Jis ' overy of ori(;Jrial riiijnuvripl.s of rioveli. ' .t Williarn Faulkner in f ' aulkner ' s anf e ' .tral home, Jt jv an ()h r.:., and ' lr l ' :iire of the find was made at the same time flarwell wa--, li ' iiiii!, re:- ;arf;fi on the aothr r in Oxf ' rd, Mi. , ' ,if ,ippi, where the hour .- is now part ( f ti ' M: Ole Mi.-,H ' arnpu- ' i ' I7ij. ' , war, Harwell •, projeet durin;; the ••nrif hrnenl t rrrn at Athens f jlle; ' ,e llarwelJ made the trip in ' rder t j vi ,)t pl f esi of intereftt fonrernins; Faulkner in ,Vli. ' . i.v ippi, iTj do inltrrviews with) : )f) f: who knew him tf.T )Uh y , and to meet Faulkner r holarx in thi ; area. ' ITie manu.v.Tipt find waA a pla». Altl-iout;h the rrianu.v.Tifjtji — ti-K- Ifz-.t orifiinals f f ' I- ' ylwi, ITie IJn vanquished. and An I l y t yin; ' ,, as well a. ' , a play ' utiiri ; and various ft K:iiHi are not read) for public iriif ,- tion, Hiirwell wa;-, abk tf,! examine a fe . ' .rf iPie more ttian 2.Wj pa}(eri tliat fia ' . U n f ' nind in a eardfx. ard I ' jx under a ilairway In addition, Harwell met with In. .lame:. Wchh, fhair rian of the l-,n( ' ,li;ih di ' p;ii tinent at ()le Miss, ! noti-d authority on the laiii ;U ' . ,iiiuii)i vnOb per. ' .onaily fondin b-rl Il.iiwell on a .ii[ii III the Mi.S!ii;,.M[)pi l!o()iii of tfic library, wh -ri- I- aulknci r, Nobel pn .e and many personal arlifiictf, are on ilr.play, iijfludirij ' . a portrait by hi ' , fiKjther Haiwell (in ' l, too, with Mai K ' ' • ' !, Ifi H ' .i yeai old phar inai l;,t at O ' .foirl who V. r a p fj e (1 I ' ;i ii I k n M ' i, iiianu:. ' dpi!, foi . ' thippinf, AiiiirdMif, u ■ UiirwfU, Heed .aid Ifiat when Faulkner bioiJI ' .ht him his la. ' ,t liianu.vil|;t, il wa:. the only tim - fie rememhi-red heeini; Ifie writ T I airly known lo ;,mile actually laui ' .b Faiilknei ;,nick ic(| anil ;,aid, I mij.t (juit Ihr, fooli ;tiiM ' , ' i ' ., ' ■ That final manuwript wan ' f7i - It»-iver«. ilarwellK rt m-.hnUi-.h UuJ hirri Ui ' ,i-v. Albany, Faulkner ' H Ijif hplar e, and ti) I ' ipley , wlierc hiji j ' .randlatfier , Col Faulkn , fiad built a fjank. fjke many lA Faulkner ' ' ; relative:, and acquaintanr ef,, the (,ol. turned up in hi. ' -, wn . uv .. Mff.l ' jKi, Jlarv ell examined f ver 2,f|fiO phof , t;rapfi:; taken l. y f;ol. Colefield, Faulkner ' .s f erv.irial phol ' . i;raphK:r. In March, he will pre-r- ' ent hi;, finding,-, f oi e a meeting; of •Sit ma ' fa ' I :lta, IFk; national Kniilish fraternity, at Athen.-i By Bob Goodman A new and unitsual concept In curriculum liat, fieeii adopted by Alheii.s College with the change over to a4-l-4 academ- ic calendar, providing an oppor- tunity for the faculty and .stu- deiit.s to experiment with cur- riculum enrichment courses. The change was made In the form of a January term. This time perlo l will be used by students to study in areas of particular Interest which are not ollered here at Athens. The basic preriii.V! is that the un- usual, perhaps unstructured, r4ue. ' it for courses may be Initiated In a manner determin- ed by the need, desire or op- portunity presented without t e- Ing uniJuly fettered by the tra- ditional regulations governing a wen as siuueni imuaieu in- vestigations. Tlie student will be encouraged to propose in- vestigations pertinent to his major course of study but in an area or in a depth not now possible within our current cat- alog described curricula. En- richment is the key Ut evalua- tion. This year we are experi- menting — therefore a leberaJ view will be necessary in con- sidering subject inve.stigations. It is hoped that everyone will enter Into the spirit and appre- ciate the opportujiity possible so that this can Ix; truly a rich learning experience for all con- cerned. The program will be divided Into five steps; First, mem- bers of the faculty propose a course, or a student proposes a course; Second, faculty- stuiient ronsultatlon resulting ill proljlem statement, scope of investigation and means ol evaluation ol aicoinpllshmeiit are estaljlished; Third, Submit one page summary of step twi. results to the division head, Fourth, academic council con- sideration aiifl approval iiulud- liig credit hours and ii, n:,v number assigninent, and Filth the student registers for a|j- [Hoved course (iJecember 1 thru 20 . Course offerings and iiidlvl- duaJ course investigations when approved will l e compiled and published. Novemfjer i:.t is tlM! target date for tlie publication ol this compilation. Time will be taken in clas;;- rooms Monday, Tue.silay and Wednesday ol this week to ex- plain further ttie composition of the Lnrichment Term. The intention ol the program is to broaden the scope (;f learn- ing of ttie student, by allowing the stu(Jent to make individual study in the area ol his Inter- est. Although tfiere will be a lew classroom courses offer- ed, it Is hfjped that most of the student will be made on an indepernJent basis by the stu- dent at home. This program is not designed for allowing stu- dents to take independent stuiJ- ies of required coiJr.ses but rattier allow tfie student to re- place electlves and electlves in his rnajor with self de:.igned course to better suit his future needs; The cost for tlie January term will t e the same as the regular summer part-time cost. It has been tentatively arranged for those students desiring to re- main to take classroom cour- ses to stay In tlie dorrnatory at no co.st. This is nr.it official but is tenative. However, the cafeteria will be closed. Should this program be successful, possibly it will be offered again in tlie summer.

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