St Francis College - Franciscan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A NIGHT AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA. Over the year. Box 28 on Thursdays was reserved for St. Francis College. Brother Camillus, De¬ partment Chairman, plans to continue the reservation in view of its success as a complement to the Fine Arts course. Above, students see Rosalind Elias as Suzuki perform in Madame Butterfly. 21

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' m d ' •on L rm v d i- H ■« ► J| §y ; 1) fl [ [ti n 1’ vHh 7i. 9 I ’ fls fll Mil s 1 I 9 AN A TO ME. English Department’s new personal interview system for the term paper course provides for learning composition by direct student participation anti individualized instruction. experiment and additions in humanities HPhe Humanities Division enlisted the aid of latest equipment and new techniques, to advance the cause of liberal education in language, literature, and the arts. The English Department was foremost in experi¬ mentation. English composition lectures were cut to a minimum as a system of personal interviews worked toward solving the individualized problems of writing. Further, education in methods and materials of research improved through a faculty- project led by Brother Giles, the Department Chair¬ man. In sum, the library was brought to the students replacing mass troop movements to the library in often futile attempts to learn the use of major reference materials. The device employed consisted of 150 excellent photographic slides taken by a master technical photographer, Charles Haas. In other directions, linguistic records enlivened all language courses and speech classes extensively employed tape recorders. In the Fine Arts course, opera buffs enjoyed the convenience of a private box at the Metropolitan Opera House, secured for the first time this year in the name of Saint Francis College for performances on even numbered Thursdays. Student response to this innovation by Brother Camillus, Chairman of Humanities, guaranteed repetition of the reservation for next season. Additional excursions to the Brook- 20

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M HUMANITIES CONTINUED lyn Academy of Music gave students the opportunity of hearing the Boston Symphony Orchestra on sev¬ eral occasions. Unforgettable was the performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony on the night of Feb¬ ruary 9th. Additions to the curriculum were various. The English Department added a course in Criticism of the Western World and stepped up its offerings of World Literature courses to one a semester rather than one a year. The Classics Department added a new faculty member in Mr. Thomas Glynn to teach Vergil; a course in the Patristic Fathers of the Church complemented that of the Medieval Fathers; in Greek, a study of Plato and Aristotle was added to that of Homer, and the New Testament studies of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Department of Modern Languages caught the fever of Latin Ameri¬ can Studies afoot in the College (joining the Social 00