Sandspur, Vol. 73 No. 01, September 30, 1966

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The Rollins Sandspur. 1282. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-sandspur/1282 ROLLIN PUR 73rd Year No. 1 THE ROLLINS SANDSPUR, WINTER PARK, FLORIDA September 30, 1966 Rollins College Leads Nation With New Type Curriculum Plan Returning students have no lessor of education, became in stained glass and would be a ticed that there is an air of ex volved in the final stages. They well-qualified guide for re citement on the campus of Rol approved so strongly they have search in this esoteric specialty. lins College these days. The drawn a special message for the One Rollins professor, Dr. faculty and the students are incoming freshmen, expressing Jack Lane, is an expert on war putting a new curriculum into regret that they are leaving as — its causes and effects on hu effect. It is a new concept for a the innovation begins. manity. While this fits into no liberal arts college, designed to "This institution," says this standard liberal arts course, it achieve an aim expressed by message, "has been carrying on is a fascinating possibility for one enthusiastic professor: research concerning radical new study in the new plan. "No student will be allowed departures in the area of cur Another faculty member, Dr. to leave Rollins without a solid riculum. You have been accept Herbert Hellwege, a chemist, groundwork of general knowl ed in the most dynamic program has a seminar on energy, pur edge." that a college student may ex suing this subject through bio To make this possible the perience anywhere in the world. logy, botany, physics, astronomy faculty has overwhelmingly ap "You will find it stimulating and other fields in which it is a proved the "hourglass" cur because it is based entirely on prime factor. riculum. Its most important the individual and his unlimited * * * feature is that specialization will potential. THE THINKING behind this occur in the sophomore and jun "We are all seniors but we new concept is simple. The body Faculty advisor Dr. Herrick and freshman Bill Wise discuss plans ior years and seniors will return wish we were coming back to of knowledge is so vast these during College Preparation Week. to a broad perspective of study study under this new plan and days that no one can really ab in all the disciplines and will we envy you." sorb it. Discovery comes so fast supplement this with independ * * * much that will be taught a ent studies resembling graduate THIS IS a rare tribute but the decade from now still awaits New Orientation work. faculty shares the enthusiasm. the researcher and experiment The freshmen will receive a President Hugh F. McKean sees er. * * * year of solid grounding in the it as an opportunity for the total THE NEW curriculum, while humanities, social sciences and development of student po Prepares Frosh the direct result of two years' About 400 freshmen and trans seemed organized after the fran natural sciences, through team tential and total use of faculty study, is actually the culmina teaching and independent study, resources. fers arrived on campus Sunday, tic rush of meetings during the tion of thinking of many per Sept. 18, to begin College Pre week, about 400 freshmen and before selecting their majors. The professors no longer will sons over many years. It carries * * * be confined to narrow special paration Week. This new ori counselors departed Rollins for out Rollins' concept that the entation program is a combina the day on Sept. 24 and head MORE THAN two years have ties but may explore interdis private liberal arts college has gone into the planning by a fa ciplinary fields and pursue in tion of last year's How to Study ed for Cape Kennedy and later a special mission to stimulate Week and Orientation Week. the pelican and the beach. culty committee headed by Dr. teresting side interests. and pioneer, to avoid education College Preparation Week, di We were shown many of the Donald W. Hill, Dean of Admin President McKean, a former that, in Dr. McKean's words, is rected by Dr. Fletcher, Dr. Her administration buildings and istrative Affairs. art professor, would welcome a "standardized, mass produced, rick, and an eight-member training areas, and looked at the A group of seniors counseled student interested in the field of efficient and cold." by Dr. Kenneth Griswold, a pro- steering committee, lasted until training capsule and Agena Sept. 26. target used by the astronouts in Dr. Donald Hill Appointed Steering committee members practice and simulated flights. were seniors Bob Gustafson and From this building we toured the Entering Class, Dutchy Bodenheimer, juniors space museum, viewing many of Dan Pincetich and Susan Pro- the rockets and missiles used in To Post As College Dean basco, and sophomores Jack the earlier years of space ex Transfer Losses Dr. Donald W. Hill, former ter Park and Patrick Air Force Myers and Josie Bidgood. ploration. Later in the tour we Dean of Administrative Affairs, Base. In the past spring term President Hugh F. McKean were ushered into the largest has been appointed Dean of the these four divisions altogether greeted the parents in Annie building in the world, the Verti Alter Enrollment College, the top academic posi enrolled 4,427 students. Russell Theatre after dinner cal Assembly Building. A total of 1044 students, 39 tion on campus. Dr. Hill re During the past two years, with faculty advisers. He also The wish of getting to the less than last year's record en places Dean Edwin S. Burdell, Dr. Hill led a faculty commit addressed the newcomers in a beach finally came true. The rollment, began classes last who retired on July 31. The ap tee in the creation of a unique meeting Sunday evening. Rollins class of 1970 descended Monday, according to a state pointed was made on the plan for undergraduate study, Monday and Tuesday, new on the Pelican and quickly de ment made by Spencer Lane, recommendation of the faculty the "hourglass curriculum" students registered, filled out voured all the food in sight. Dean of Admissions. An un advisory committee and with ap which is now in effect. Prior to check lists and tried to prove Some of the more brave souls precedented number of drop proval of the trustees. that, he worked with Dr. Charles their swimming abilities. A plunged into the surf. Others A. Welsh in forming the Crum outs and transfers among the mixer Monday evening gave the discovered the sand a dryer and ranks of sophomores, juniors, mer School of Finance and Busi more enjoyable place. At one ness Administration. new students a chance to get and seniors during the summer acquainted. time or another, however, Dr. Hill first came to Rollins is responsible for the decrease, Throughout the week the stu everyone enjoyed the tremen since the total number of new in 1958 and, except for a three dous sounds of The Moonrakers. year leave to earn his doctorate dents, advisors and faculty were students has increased slightly. involved in discussions of aca The music could be heard for The freshmen class totals 363. at the American University, quite a distance down the beach taught economics until last demic and social problems en Another interesting note in and even enhanced some of the year, when he became the first countered in the transition from the enrollment is a breakdown neighbors to come and observe by sex, showing 569 men (214 of to assume the new position of secondary schools to college. Dean of Administrative Affairs. Also discussed were the new the gaiety. Evidently the New them new here) and 475 women Symerna Police heard the music (including 190 new women). In the business world, he foundation courses, required helped develop the first market summer reading and lectures on too, but after the amplifiers Lane also stressed that this were turned down a little, the year's freshman class has shown ing research group in the Long- such topics as how to take notes, Lines Department of American carry on research and write policemen enjoyed the music by its scores on the College En Dean Hill also. trance Examination Board Telephone and Telegraph, New papers. tests that it is one of the best As Dean, Dr. Hill guides all York City. In 1964, he was Friday was devoted to a tour By 10:00 almost everyone was prepared classes in the school's academic matters of the 1,100- awarded a Ford Foundation fel of the library, a reading per ready to go back to Rollins. history. The mean SAT score student campus college, its cur lowship for a continuing re formance of "A Song for Rol After a few blasts on a whistle for the entering class was ap riculum, faculty, admissions, search project at Duke Univer lins" and a talk on deffered rush by Mr. Dick Stabell, the buses proximately 559, nearly 20 registration and student deans. sity in macro economic theory, rules. were loaded and on their way points above that of last year's Also, he leads three other divis and in the summer of 1965, held After a long week of lectures, back to school.

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