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Bates College SCARAB The aB tes Student Archives and Special Collections 2-28-1940 The aB tes Student - volume 67 number 23 - February 28, 1940 Bates College Follow this and additional works at: http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student Recommended Citation Bates College, "The aB tes Student - volume 67 number 23 - February 28, 1940" (1940). The Bates Student. 742. http://scarab.bates.edu/bates_student/742 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Special Collections at SCARAB. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aB tes Student by an authorized administrator of SCARAB. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Faculty Group Studies Comprehensive Exams With Sophomore prize debaters value from a Liberal Arts College. But arguing for and against the adoption even with 30 hours of study in a ma- tnhmt of Comprehensive Exams at Bates, jor and related minor, it is felt that a Z 264 considerable interest has been evi- further knitting together of knowl- PRICE I 10 CENTS VOL. LXVlfrO. 23. BATES COIXEGR^lEwiSTOS, MAECE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 88, 18*) denced among the students as to the edge is needed. results of such a move. Rumors have The specific plan of the Comprehen- spread about campus, but real knowl- sive program is a "reading beyond edge of the situation has not been and between courses", reading which available. The actual situat'on is this: would be done during the Junior and P. A. Reorganizes, Offers New Program no definite plans for the adoption of Senior years for the purpose of re- Comprehenslves have yet been ac- taining information permanently with cepted by the administration. A spe- the knowledge of the Comprehensive cial Faculty Committee on Education- Exams kept in mind. Dr. Lawrance al Policy is making a thorough study emphasizes that the principal ob of the plans as used in other col- jective is to be able to think in terms leges, and a possible program is in of the subject—to gain a genuine preparation for presentation to the "feel" for the work which is being faculty for study. studied. The reading would be under Letter Forgery Stirs Prof. Angelo Bertocci, Prof. Car- the suprevision of a faculty membei, roll, Dr. Fisher, Prof. Gould, Dr. Law- who would also lead a weekly confer rance, Mr. McDonald, Dr. Wright, and ence period, to elaborate on various Presv Gray as chairman, make up the phases of the work be;ng covered and special investigating committee. Prof. to encourage active participation o Carroll and Dr. Lawiance present a each student in the discussion. brief summary of the results of this The number of courses to be re- Campus Resentment "exhausting, it not exhaustive" study. quired by Juniors and Seniors has With the appearance of a now admittedly forged letter in a not yet been decided. Portland paper Sunday acting as an anti-climax to a weekend Comprehensive Exam Wou.d Replace Board's Revisions SIGNATURES REVEAL NOTE FRAUD Movement 15 Tears Old which saw what might have been a harmless news story become Finals, Thesis .. giiac* The movement for Comprehensive Promise Active a contributing factor in the postponement of a track meet; the sub- The actual Comprehensive Exam .. so, o. ine fanatical ...n. ■'»»'■ Exams goes back about 15 year3 in .... -je on J>at*» nwc couia veil b« st«nt In a tittle rese~- sequent activities of students and administration members alike to ination would be given about ten days Publication Control nearer none In the ilild of "^ckiteur" standings. American colleges. The seeming "in- before Final Exams of the Senior £Tbe history of the Maine Amateur correct the misunderstanding; and the eventual completely satis- tellectual maturity" chaiaeteiistic of By IRA NAHIKIAN '40 ithletio Union hue be^n on* ol~olokering and a^riie. In this it ji-ar. and would replace the Finals in owrelj follow*, it* national parent body ".hoseTchlldieh struggles factory solution of the difficulty—campus sentiment is deeply European students in contrast to that The Publishing Association last the major field. The written exam and ratty dl?ier«noee tare opened the eyes of tfej sporting • aroused against the forger who took this opportunity to vent his of American students is apparently a week brought to a culmination a re- public to the real nature of the small ollque"fs]J fee* MMJIV» would be not less than six hours, and •JSH* feelings at a time when it would be interpreted to represent the organization program designed to se- a conotlj on las activities of the alaon pures. This partial result of the European colle- jv0uId be of an entirely different na- organisation has contributed absolutely nothing to Kaine athletics. giate system. Whereas the American cure better faculty-student relation- The ver;- sUi.d-rde end rules it Is built upon are false and whole student body. ture from any test now given at one or tB0 of it8 ofl ca 8 college student usually graduates ship in regard to publications and Illogical, it has succeeded In giving l l Events Stunned Bates. The student would be tested, a Vast ataz* of lcsortanoe; h»8 sent then to long-winded with a patchwork of unrelated facts also a more effective means of con- Anxious Student Body no* for any factual knowledge, but on conferences and hoa built up euoh a grip that ralne. Colby and more or less drummed into his head, trol over the Bates STUDENT, the B^i«3 are .videntlj powerless before it; but,for the sportsman, Events happened so quickly—the his ability to handle the material .v (,» >;0»i:* ^-iiolhint but a oode oi hampering regulations. "Garnet'1, the "Mirror", the Telegram, Stu-G Ad story, the postponement, et al—that the European is supposed to have a available to him. In addition, a short H^wdoln'-snoulc be able to find other fields for her altruism. correlated, usable knowledge of prac- "Buffoon", and any other future stu- "*ln« hockey te-.ms are right. It la the campus Is Just getting over its oral report may be required, to check hliih tiae the llaine A.A.U. or the "Bowdoin A.A.U.,as it la dent publication. BringPrompt Action first stunned reaction. tical information. This situation has en the good student and safeguard the ten-ed in scae Vi*.ars,ne driven out of Maine athletios. Its day During the past few years the Pub- of reckoning la long overdue. arisen through the American empha- poorer. The telegram below was sent Sat- The local newspapers have been lishing Association has suffered In its sis on exams and credits in individual The present requirement of a Sen- urday morning to the UP and AP by vindicated of any rumor that the "Ef* supervision of student publications courses, a wrong emphasis which ior thesis would be done away with. fc&'tt-ft—y 'ft the Department of Public Relations; flgy Burning" was imaginary, and the should be partially corrected by the Honors candidates may be chosen on for two reasons: the ad was inserted in Saturday eve- story that a "Campus rally was stag- (1) The constitution under which it Comprehensive Exam system. the basis of three factors: the quality ning's paper by the Student Council. ed" was completely refuted by Asso- The present Bates policy of con- has been working has been inade- ciated Press dispatches released Sun- p< int ratio, the work done on the Associated Press dispatch from centrations in major and minor fields quate. day. Comprehensive Examination, and the Lewiston published this morning is a step toward a greater practical (2) There has been no clear delimi- lUoaunuad OB riMW Food about cancellation Bowdoin-Bates The letter, an attack on what the tation of the powers of the Associa- << track meet wholly misleading in tone author supposed were the connections tion. between Bowdoin and the AAU, was The first of these shortcomings has In an attempt to prove the so-called above The handwriting immediately' and false in stating that student rally under the letter was compared with' was held on Bates campus Thursday mailed to the Portland paper and also Coed Athletes Receive Announce Speakers been eliminated. A committee which "O'Shaughnessy" letter a glaring for- has been studying past constitutions gery, the STUDENT obtained from Tom O ShaugLssy Mi's 'signatures night and Bowdoin AAU effigy burned ^X^lSZi^SSZ Contest For April there Stop No college rally held or1, written, but signed in Ink with the Honors At WAA Banquet and records for several months has the Portland Sunday Telegram a copy (to the right) and no possible com- even considered that evening Stop Re- | i An important event coming up revised the constitution and brought of the original letter. Postmarked parison could be found. O'Shaugh- Last evening Fiske Dining Hall was in April is the Ba.es Oratorical lations between Bates and Bowdoin Investigation by the STUDENT has it up to date. There has been an at- Lewiston, and typed except for the nessy usually writes his signature the scene of the annual" WAA ban- Contest. This contest which of- student bodies extremely cordial definitely established it as a forgery tempt to make the organization more hand-printed signature, part of the anyway, and there is decided discrep- quet. Elizabeth MacGiegor '40 served fers prizes of $43, $25, and $15, Stop No quote long smouldering feud —a fact that a quick glance at the truly representative of the student malicious attempt to smear an inno- ancy with fJie sample of his printing as chairman of the committee.