Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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submit his qualifications again to a Sen- ior Committee, who, after thoroughly looking over the student ' s record and conferring with the student, decide whether he is eligible to graduate. During four years at Rollins, the stu- dent becomes well acquainted with the faculty by means of small classes and individual conferences held every two weeks. In this way, personalized educa- tion is the keynote of this progressive system. Considering the student ' s per- sonality and temperament, Rollins makes its family partially responsible for its own education by the most pleasant means possible. The Senior Bored? A typical conference 15

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THE CONFERENCE PLAN Putting Socrates on an eight hour day, or brii.ginj purpose of the Conference Plan of Study originatec strived to show to us and to the world that character must not be learnini to live but life itself. Individualized Education r, student and teach( r closer together is the underlying by Dr. Holt. During the past twenty years, Dr. Holt has is the goal of all intellectual endeavor and that education When the student first arrives at Rollins, he is given a series of aptitude tests to help him judge his capacities and deficiencies. Guided by an advisor of his own choos- ing, he then works out a plan of study for the Lower Division, which will include subjects in the arts, the sciences, and the humanities, and give the student a broad base for the specialization to follow. At the end of his sophomore year, he is expected to liave completed his Lower Division contract and to be ready for advanced work in his major field. After pre- senting his qualifications, the student then is admitted to the Upper Division, and works out another contract for work in his major field, upon the completion of which he is leady for graduation. Immediately preceding graduation, the applicant must 14

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DEPARTMENT DF MODERN LANGUAGES Under the capable guidance of Mrs. A. G. Lamb, the Rollins Language Department has again completed a successful year. Recently made a full professor, Mrs. Lamb received her A.B., A.M. at Indiana University. Assisting Mrs. Lamb in the Spanish Department are Mrs. Angela Campbell, A.M., Wellesley College, and Direc- tor of the Casa Iberia. Purchased last year, the Casa has become an increasingly important fac- tor in furthering Pan-American relations, spon- soring lectures, films, exhibits about the life and habits of our southern neighbors. A newcomer to the Spanish Department is Dr. Ainslie B. Minor, Ph.D., Princeton University. In addition to L ower Division courses in gram- mar. Dr. Minor has offered for the first time sev- eral Upper Division courses in Spanish literature. During the absence of Rudolph Tischer, the German classes have been capably instructed by Madame Charlotte Haussmann, Universite de Lausonne, Switzerland. Campbell, Minor, Lamb. The Patio of the Casa Iberia 16 Mrs. Lamb, licad of the department.