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THE MONTANA Educator Tells Friday Club Montana State University, Missoula, Montana Curriculum is Too Narrow By ANNE THOMAS Volume LiVill Z 400 Wouldn’t it be advisable to initiate a foreign language re­ quirement for education majors rather than take up so much (lood Drive Holds time with courses such as eight which are offered in library |.bove Quota; SAE methods and two in drivers’ training, was one question raised after^a talk at Friday Club last night by Dr. Vernon Sletten on ;ads With 53 Pints the trends in education since the turn of the 19th century. Sigma Alpha Epsilon squeezed Dr. fjBKjfijSletten said he 11believed_____ __ another 20 pints of blood yes- foreign language was unnecessary as they are related to and inter­ bday to retain first place in the for a student graduating with a act with other events. |d Cross campus blood drive. In degree in education because 20 or John Dewey past two days they have con­ 25 hours of a language would The main text of Dr. Sletten’s fu te d 53 pints. hardly mhke him proficient speech covered John Dewey and JSU living groups contributed enough to teach it. The question his instrumentalism. fcotal of 176 pints of blood, top- was then raised whether a person “Many hold that Dewey was jig their quota for the day by was competent enough after 20 or more of a spokesman for the 20th A quota of 165 pints a day for 25 hours of history to teach.it. century education than an origi­ |ree days was established as the It was pointed out that one of nator. No doubt the roots o f his al, according to Nancy Trask, the big failures of our Montana thinking are found in the intellec­ |5U unit chairman. As of yes- education is that the curricula is tual development through the cen­ pday they were 26 pints over not broad enough and confines turies,” he said. “But he was the quota. the student to a career in Mon­ first to grasp the significance of Delta Gamma and Brantly hall tana although the University cata­ the relationship between rela­ tied with 25 each for first logue clearly states that a teaching tivism and the educational ma­ career knows no geographical chinery of a society.” bcfe in the women’s living groups, bounds. aig hall is holding on to second ’ H the roots mentioned have with a grand total of 39. Latin Suggested validity as components of a con­ Dr. Sletten said he believed that The' blood drawing will con- —Kaimin Photo by Larry David ceptual structure on the relation­ QUESTIONABLE WOMAN—Arlene Jennings, kneeling, is cast as even if a student had the oppor­ ship between education and all of through today at the Lodge, tunity to teach abroad he probably [idents wishing to donate blood Candida in the Bernard Shaw play of the same name, which opens . life, then certain curricular de­ at 8:15 in the University Theater. The wife of a British clergyman, could not have chosen beforehand velopments were logical. The sign up in their living groups the proper language for his need. | stop by the drawing center. Candida has caused debate wherever the play has been staged. With specialized areas of study had to her here is Skip Rognlien as her husband. It was then suggested that per­ be given some unity, the child had free ticket to the Fox theater haps a sound background in Latin ll be given to each donor, to be given an opportunity to in­ would be advisable since it is the tegrate his knowledge, the process ckets will be good for any per- basis for most western languages. Imance this week or ftext. had to be democratic, fine arts Masquers Open ^Candida’ Run Another flaw which was pointed and vocational trainnig had to be out was the lack of emphasis extended, and the development of Tonight at University Theater sometimes on a major field of the “whole child” was imperative, associated Press study. It was pointed out that Dr. Sletten said. “Candida,” Bernard Shaw’s bril­ department is designer and tech­ often a student gets C’s and D’s “We are aware that education in \onors Haugland liant three-act conflict of religious nical director. in his survey courses but with an the public schools is under serious era Haugland, 1931 graduate and moral ideas, will begin its Shaw’s play has caused continu­ education degree, he is set up as examination,” he said. “It seems ;he MSU School of Journalism, campus run tonight at 8:15 in the ing controversy over the charac­ an expert in his field as soon as strange that little attention has |eived special commendation in University Theater. The play will ter of Candida—she has been de­ he begins to teach in a high school. been focused on the reasons lying Associated Press Log this go on state tour during spring va­ scribed as both a common har­ In his speech, Dr. Sletten re­ back of curriculum developments ;k for his outstanding report- cation. lot and a benevolent lady, who ferred briefly to the character­ in the elementary and secondary- of the launching of the first Performances will also be given perhaps showed too much affec­ istics of the public school at the schools, And strangely enough the satellite, Friday and Saturday evenings. tion for the young Marchbanks. turn of the century. It was con­ colleges and universities seem to laugland’s story of the Jupiter Cast in the title role is Arlene More important than this, how­ sidered. an instrument to pass on be relatively immune to this cur­ ■ocket, the AP log said, was “so Jennings, a junior in drama who ever, is the conflict of ideas—re­ the cultural heritage of the time, rent examination—schools of edu­ ished a job that the New York will join the Masquer Summer ligious ideas, moral ideas, concern­ the philosophical outlook was that cation excepted.” ieral desk advised editors it Theater this year. Skip Rognlien ing human strength and human of perennialism, there was a wide­ uld stand untouched” until plays Candida’s husband, The weakness. spread belief that unity of rd came whether the satellite Rev. James Morell. Rognlien is a knowledge would take place auto­ Shavian Wit matically if the student were made Schuster to Speak s in orbit. drama senior who will also appear But Shavian wit and humor The 1,900-word story was bril- in the summer theater. acquainted with the compartments Tonight on Locke balance the debate of ideas. As in of specialized knowledge, he said. it, colorful and dramatic, bear- Corbin Elliott is Marchbanks, other Shaw plays, situations are Dr. Cynthia A. Schuster of the evidence of broad knowledge Dr. Sletten briefly discussed the the youthful poet who gains Can­ turned "upside-down” to show beginning of the idea of field philosophy department will lec­ i experience in skilled deline- dida’s affection and consequently that conventionality is not neces­ ture this evening on John Locke >n of differences from other sarily valid. theory or the theory of relativity. comes into conflict with her clergy­ That is, the child learns of events, at 7:10 in LA104. nchings,” the Associated Press man husband. Elliott is a senior Jefferson, Washington a n d jlication said. After its three-night run here, not as isolated events, but events in business administration. the play will go on state tour Paine, the authors of our constitu­ Dolores Vaage, as Morell’s sec­ March 24 to 31. The company tion, were most directly influ­ •nold Reported Resting, retary Prossy, another senior in will take the entire set on tour, Bowling Tourney enced by Locke’s ideas, Dr. Schu­ drama, is Masquers president and and stops will include the School ster said. iking Normal Recovery will join the Masquer Theater of Mines, Northern Montana Col­ Scheduled Sunday “They read his epoch-making tden F. Arnold, professor of art, this summer. lege and Montana State College. ‘Essay Concerning the Human resting well and making a nor- Bill Kearns as Lexy, another At Hellgate Alleys Understanding* as contemporary 1 recovery from the heart con- clergyman, is a junior in English. statesmen read mysteries and ion that caused him- to be hos- Ed Brodniak, Candida’s father Thursday Hour To Hear Three trophies and $115 in cash westerns. From Locke’s ‘Letter ilized last week, according to Burgess, is .a junior in political Lincoln Reading Today awards will be offered as prizes on Toleration’ and his other politi­ Iter Hook, chairman of the art science. in the bowling tournament sched­ cal writings, the founding fathers >artment. Brown Directing Dr. Ralph McGinnis, chairman uled for MSU’s Hellgate Alleys adopted that which is the basis of look said that Professor Arnold Directing the- play is Firman H.