Robert Louis Stevenson School - Circus Yearbook (New York, NY)

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aria pofdn Another new addition to Stevenson this term was Mrs. Pollin - AND - the functional technique in latin. She was a student at Hunter High and Hunter Col- lege. She taught Latin at Hunter High School and then did tutoring and private testing. Mrs. Pollin says she's interested in private school education because it allows for close contact between teacher and pupil. She feels that education should be a life experience, with people doing things -- active classrooms. There should be less stress on formal teaching technique. Small classes and field trips are important, she says, things outside the classroom should be related to subject matter. To carry out this idea, Mrs. Pollin has taken the Latin classes to Greek restaurants, on shopping tours for thin s for the S latin room, and to museums to see exhibits related to their subject. But Latin is not all that Mrs. Pollin teaches. She's also in charge of T.C. 1'l'echnical Compositionj. When asked: Isn't that a rather dry subject, and sort of old-fashioned? - Mrs. Pollin replied - There are still certain fundamentals essential to everybody and T.C. is not really gotten in Elementa 'Y Schools. AND - don't ever say Latin is a dead language! 6hzaLefA lynn N Where have I lived? Mostly in Oklahoma City Hollywood, and New York City. , Why did I decide to study dramatics? I had been a dancer in Hollywood. I hoped to write . . . But I got pushed into acting. After acting around with- out knowing what I was doing, I decided to find out or else give it up. Do you prefer the theatre to the stage? Yes, I do prefer the legitimate theatre to the movies. I like the element of chance, and the presence of the audi- ence. Do I find more satisfaction in acting than in teaching? When I succeed in stimulating a pupils imagination and in opening the door of his own cteativeness to him, the satisfaction is the same that l find when as an actress I manage to create a living character. What quality do you dislike in actors? Ignorance. Who is the most interesting person you've met? Albert Einstein. Simple as a child with a wonderful laugh. Where would you like to live? In China, for a while, to get the feel of time they seem to have, as a people. Then in Russia, where theater is not a com- mercial gamble, but art. Finally in America . . . where this has yet to be achieved.