DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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In some a passive member, in some a partic- ipant, in others the sole performer, the matricu- lating DePauw student encounters a wide variety of classes Students in lecture classes are primarily passive, conFining their eHorts to translating the spoken into the written word, asking occasional questions, and mentally digesting Iectu re notes before periodic quizzes. Seminars are popular because they have out- grown examinations Meeting one ohernoon or evening a week, upper-closs members discuss a project or paper of one of their number. uring the afternoons onolytically-minded science devotees follow directed lines of research in the laboratories. Under less rigid supervision and allowing For greater Freedom and originality is the art lab. Here potential Van Gogh's and less talented crafts- men work side by side. Characteristic of classes in Bowman Gym- nasium are perspiration and sore muscles, particularly, as older male students lament, in 359, where potential soldiers get 0 whiFF 0F army discipline. And in 0 class all their own are those of Music School, where students cause the air to vibrate ceaselessly with the sound of voice 0nd of musical instruments in extended practice. 28

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At the Helm During Five Years of Progress: Dr. Clyde E. Wildmon thv