Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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the Rollins student is a true individual, for he may disagree openly to any statement if he has a basis for his argument. With these disagree- ments as an incentive, many students do extra research work to prove or disprove their points. No wonder the Rollins professor is apt to get his share of learning along with his pupil. The final touch is the individual conference held fre- quently and periodically between the student and teacher. It is during these conversations that the professor really discovers what the stu- dent is thinking, learning, and accomplishing. The Rollins Conference Plan is based, in a sense, upon the proposition that no person or institu- tion can educate totally; that it is in effect, the individual who also does the educating. All true education is self-education. Here, real learning values have been substituted for perfunctory task performances. Academic life has been put on a more personal basis by placing class attendance on a par with duties in an ordinary business establishment. Dee does some practice teaching in the Winter Park School Mainly, it can be said that the Rollins student is allowed to participate in his own education. Enroute to Convocation on Founders Day 13

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Another experiment near completion so that he can help them where they most need it. When there is such close contact and dis- cussion, there is not the need for a cramming period prevalent at other schools; for at Rollins the student must attend classes. There is no cut system. Perhaps the real success of the Plan lies in the fact that the members of the faculty have been chosen as much for their personality and teach- inq ability as for the training they have had in their particular field. This means a great deal, for if a student is to learn, he must be able to admire and like his instructor. At no other school is there the closeness and friendly spirit between the teacher and student as at Rollins. Many professors have informal discussions at their homes, and here in a friendly atmosphere, the conference plan is at its best. The faculty mem- ber is allowed to apply the Plan as it seems best to his subject . . . hence each class is a new experience to every Rollins student. In keep- ing with class formalities, students in many classes do not agree exactly with theories promulgated by the professor. At such times, in particular, Dr. Fort takes up a question in psychology 12

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Candidates for admission to the Upper Division are re- quired to submit three different papers to the Board of Admissions to the Upper Division. The first, a letter of application, should contain a formal request for admission, a detailed statement of the student ' s fulfillment of the Lower Division requirements, reasons for the choice of the major field, and any additional information the student may desire to furnish. The second paper to be sub- mitted to the Board must be a brief essay giving a full account of the use of all time not devoted to class and course work. The student should name with particular emphasis the activities, which in his opinion, have served most to develop the maturity requisite for admission to the Upper Division. The last paper is a plan of the Stu- dent ' s Upper Division work. This plan, if approved by the Board, becomes a contract in which the minimum Miss Treat checks her work and by that smile there are no mistakes. Wonders! amount of work required of the student in the Upper Division is set forth. The Board will not approve this plan until it is convinced that the program is adequate in scope, that the work in the major field is properly corre- lated and well out-lined, and that the plan expresses the direct intention of the student rather than his hopes. When all these papers have been satisfactorily com- pleted, the Board meets to decide if the student has ful- filled all Lower Division requirements including extra- curricular activities, if he has acquired sufficent maturity for specialization work, and if his plan of study when completed will be equivalent to a four year college course. Dick goes before the Upper Division Board : Left — Mr. Charrnbury, Dr. Hutchings, Mr. Mendel, Dr. France, Mr. Marvell, Chairman; Mr. Wein- burg, Miss Treat, Miss Packham.