Manchester College - Aurora Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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Volume LXV1 Curriculum Forum May Produce Changes ,nJ R2D2: WAIN TED WOMEN FOR rms to .eturn to is the age of the clanking computer encouraging to know Manchesti This humming whirling, and it is We want qua 1 a familiar Curriculum Auditorium K Nearly 12 busy studen attended the Pastor Bob Kn Academic explained some and responded questions raised Thirty-seven d at the microphon thoughts concemia Comments indie? College students are quality than prefer a deeper, four classes quantitative program of five or mor classes. Students expressed appreciation fc the change to semester hours, since it easier to compare with other schools; b ' they added that the system could ' improved by expanding numbers meeting days in many areas so materi could be covered at a college level w depth and understanding. A report is being compiled which w list the good and bad points curriculum changes singled out at t forum. The written report will be sent members of the faculty a administration before exams. Other points expressed include : 1 ) tenseness of dorm life such as doors being constantly s! being afraid to other; 2) lack of time co-curricular, ext curricular (like fiel 3) lack of a reading and having regul: days immediately 1 without any kind o 4) same number of i least one more ex: to past years; 5) not enough time to community or frienc Dean Book concluded he is looking forward to constructive meeting early in t term of 1978. power , that Kjj J- ! p J vo n e yball Experience Prefered Call 982 -8075 JULIA Stud Cun Oak Leaves . are inviting ' A Book, Dean of Campus Pastor I heads and facult forum. The folic students to shov their opinions to W« ■ AM this sugge: ab outlook ica levees used v are ood Service Works To ' mprove ' ts Image % What does »• « thel °Srabout how I CIS I Us to diilereat elt alS ngs.-hereio Mea vnO I . v ook H ate more pi ' A ca o; -eds 9 4a $ y % 1 1 th. .1 hese ., Cennedy, Jerry Snyder, WinMCOverYo COLLEGE PEP SONG Manchester College. Hail to thee - Hail to the Black and Gold Hail, to victory - Rght for fier Colors Fight for honor, too - Hail to Manchester Hail to you! HBCC Action A black windbreaker is a new 2nd year College pa athletic award this year. Replacing the patch is rr traditional sweater, the windbreaker is the individi less costly to the athletic department and Th» in . We h made continued William the stoler Oaks, eve from the She said tl will be ch. . ; Since September, the food service has In add tperienced a crunch other than energy, asking fo imps which once lighted the tables in bowls, a he Oaks have vanished, and each week, knives, pi ' -» lose more. according to Nancy be brou •■ Pitchers Vanish Into Thin Air ■i lose more, according illiams, food director. condition

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A LOOK AT 1977 Numerous chan ges occured at Man- chester College in 1977, most of them for the good. Among these changes were major advancements in the new auditorium; new options for food ser- vice; a change in convocation require- ments plus a new name of Values, Ideas, and the Arts; the alternate visi- tation program was expanded by in- creasing the number of hours to noon to 1 1pm weekdays, and noon to 1 :30 am Fridays and Saturdays, it was also adopted by all dorms; the biggest change by far occured in the curricu- lum. Most of these changes were widely accepted and approved by all. But soon the problems began. The Union started missing many more than the usual amount of utensils; a lack of stu- dent participation was noted in many places because students could not keep up with their new work loads. Profs were asked to cut down on as- signments to help the students out. Be- cause of new scheduling students were taking anywhere from 5 to 8 classes in- stead of the customary 4. Classes met only 3 times per week yet professors were requiring the same amount of work to be done. The students found themselves under an unbearable load and many began to skip to catch up but that only managed to put them further behind. Finally a forum was set up for the people to voice their views; many came to talk, listen, and agree. The adminsitration agreed to study the problem further but this did not help the many who found the ends not worth the means so they transfered or dropped out not to re- turn.

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nts Invited to Discuss Effects of ' 77 culiun Revision Monday in Wampler Community Council mic Dean Howard i dents Stan Escott, Knechel, department Embers to attend this % editorial challenges ir strength and ■ - each night? Is it just a ca ' ipus-wide party, or what? I think it ' s the new curriculum blues. New curriculum has taken all students by surprise. Students don ' t know how to react r h — This helps them for they ' re behind again! Grades are droppi Studen ' - a day and then j new .piove think inslate i-tiadi- jspects voiable 8 where suppW; ,bs than Date. there aie ieaques as national sutvev. comp aiisons V check the surveys oi schools? First, ho0 ls, m done on « n a u cted bv • Mudina °f on Education CAMPUS PALS EW STUDENTS JUS Pals greeted a confused mob f an on September fourth with and, fortunately, many ■W iaCt0 u q h a °- : u ™,pd enougn- P S achievements. c ute to the 13 LTcourse grades topic counts s count. But also { creativity, P portar tive can be very imP it yo . bcell Systematical. teI ests and ta J tuni ties you analyse Graduate schoo AID AND RHINES faces all of us! The choice is ours. We can: (1) Hunk or drop out of college. 12) Have no social life at all (no extra ' lar activities). » pass and have a social life. • „ou.t what has made ' ■ir opinions and jige. jt ahead in the .■hat needs to be ties of number Sd out what the a e new curriculum? thfbe to compare the the present one. What Jrid, why does that particular such a difference? fert of the question choice ts this: do students voice their ' ftrafrfWf. so J. now a0 tnev voice k rHeart )ver the heart. Under the me of the sport in which :ttered. .. , .. . ar a»- he pizza globes specially cannot be replaced, ' ' she making a plea to have all of ibes brought back to the e ones which were taken ial dinners in the cafeteria. they are returned, nobody 1 for taking them. to the candles, Williams is : water pitchers, 200 salad iny other forks, spoons, cups, glasses and flasks to back under the same ' -eight Campus Pals, who -om a field of applicants , met their groups at the y night. Pals st - and a few games initia, mers th one years gs with these Asjions involved Assocand just plain Tucker and PoP not a Irvine et scheduled stude tne P ast ' n ' s -ourths of the «ch free time. ' °ss did not run ,i extra leisure, ide by R.A. ' s. ' •gram were nearly n felt that the fdk down class her girl said that •Jped her meet males from ..itroduction to nor plus in the [ 6 I OpetU Ut Crufland Library Use Up 10-12 Percent I used to be able to use the library and find a quiet spot in it . . . now I don ' t go because I can ' t find a place to study ... the nooks are taken up ... the only time I go is to use the Reader ' s Guide . . . complained one student at the recent discussion on curriculum changes. Library usage is up, according to head librarian Allen Willmert, by at least ten to 12 per cent. However, he noted that the library has traditionally had high attendance records from November 1 until Thanksgiving break. This is the period when students have term papers due-after Thanksgiving, you don ' t find too many people researching for a term paper, he said. READING DAY When asked about reading day attendance, Willmert affirmed Academic Dean Howard Book ' s statement (at the Curriculum Change Forum) that the library was used little on that day. But Willmert added that students may have been studying elsewhere. Willmert estimated that 40 per cent of the students get their studying done before the reading day, and spend their time resting for exams; another 20 per cent use the day for what it was meant to Ua ... ,-1 f.-. r nwA tka .jmnininn Aft rVI -AlK