- :;::: ::;:;:;:::; -- ;:;:::=::::::: :;:::::::::;:::,:;:;:;:;:::;: ;:;:;:;:;;:;:::::: ::::::::::::;:;:;:; ::::::::;::::::::::;:;:;: ·:·:·:·:·:·::::;:;:;:::::::::;:;:;: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::·:·:·:·:·:·:·:· ·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:· ::;:;:;:::;:::::::::::::::::::::::: ·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:· ·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:·:· ·:·:·:· .;.;.;.;. Friday, April 26, 197 4 Vol. 97 No. 22 University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware . --- .: Winter Session Causes Doubts Chairmen Question Adequacy of Teaching, Preparation Time By KATHY THOMAS and SUSAN WESTOVER courses. A one-man course. like Shakespeare. could possibly be done:· Davison sa1d . Chairmen of two departments in the College of In another interview Dr. M.S. Burnaby Munson. Arts and Sciences expressed some doubts about acting chairman of the chemistry department the efficiency of the 1975 Winter Session plan showed signs of disillusionment with the new approved last February by university President Winter Session. "Both teachers and students are E.A.Trabant. not responding.·· said Munson. Dr. Richard Davison, associate chairman of the English department, said in a recent interview At this time the chemistry dcpartml'nt has that the "spirit of Winterim" will be kept in mind not made any definite course plans. "It's too earl~ when planning English courses for the Winter to tell just what direction we'll take ... Munson Session. The_ department will continue to run commented. Winterim style courses in addition to "standard, The probable direction which the chemistry staple courses," according to Davison. department Will follow is similar to the Summl·r Davison said that specific courses to be offered Session fonnat. "We'll probably offer a few and the way that they will be run have not been lower-level courses for both non-maJors and decided upon because the English department has maJors." Munson pomted out Upper level not been notified as to definite plans for the Winter students Will most likely work on mdependcnl Session. projects and Jn>Sibly special problems "I would be against teaching most English Labs will be held just as m summer school. three courses in a five-week period like the Winter hours a day. three days a week. according to Session," said Davison. "They don't go well in the Munson. summer, and the Winter Session is like a third Teachers are not enthusiastically respondmg to summer session." Davison feels that there is not·enough time to the new Winter Session because. sa1d Munson. teach a course in the Summer Session or the "they will not have that much time to prepare for teachmg a course... The only free t1me for Winter Session. Very few English courses should Stoff photos by ~vld Hoffman be offered in five weeks, according to Davison. researching a course top1c will be durmg the summer. which Munson felt. · ·•sn 't very long.·· A LITI'LE PEACE AND QUIET- Strollers fmd solace along the "You need an 'incubation period' for most Elk River in Maryland's Elk Neck State Park. ROTC leadership Provides Job Experience Edge There is also a tw<>-year program which allows By JONATHAN OATIS seeking a military career, according to Bailey. He feels that it's "ridiculous to talk about a military sophomores to start ROTC as juniors. The two years career while you're in college," mainly due to a lack lost are compressed mto a s1x-week session at This is the first of a two-part series on the Reserve of experience with the military. summer camp. Bailey called this "the hard way to do Officers Training Corps program at the university. "The very people who need it the most don't tend to it." come," Bailey said. Most of the cadets major in Juniors and seniors in the program receive $100 per ROTC is a way engineering and business, according to Bailey. month, tax-free, totalling $1,800 for the tw<>-year to buy time For the first two years of ROTC there is no program. 1bey receive $400 1taxable l for summer without losing it, obligation to the Army, unless one is attending college camp. On the day of graduation the cadet receives a according to U . on an ROTC scholarship program. At the beginning of reserve commission as a second lieutenant. Col. William the junior year, one decides whether or not to continue According to Bailey, one-fourth to one-th1rd of the Bailey, chief in the ROTC program. graduates can get a comm1ss1on ''the same as any executive If the student decides to continue, he signs a West Pomter gets" m the regular Army. Reserve officer of the Delaware Reserve Officers Training contract to the effect that he will serve as an officer officers wear the same uniform and get the same pay Corps (ROTC) detachment. for two years of active duty and four years of reserve as regular officers. This amounts to about $10,000, He feels that the "person who wants a broad liberal status. Between junior and senior year there is a increasing by about $2,000 with flight pay. education", or someone who has "not made up his six-week summer camp. There is a four-year active According to Bailey, the "payoff" comes after the mind or doesn't want to make up his mind until later" duty commitment if the student goes on the two years of active duty. At this point the officer has will gain the most from the program. ROTC adds up to scholarship program. three alternatives. He can stay in and pursue an Army 12 academic credits throughout the four years of Reserve status involves one weekend per month and career. 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IF PURCHASED SEPARATELY $359.85 Toke Chestnut Holl Rd (Rt 4) North from the campus to the Chestnut Holl Plaza .eril26. 1974 REVIEW, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware Page3 Unicyclist Free-Wheels a Path to Classes By STEVE WATSON "Last summer one kid from the Head Start While weaving your way to class on the program wanted to learn how to ride a crowded sidewalks of campus don't be surprised unicycle so I lent him mine. It turned out that if you spot David Fromm and his unicycle his grades improved because he would finish up weaving towards you. his studies so he could practice riding," he "I get a variety of reactions from people I pass remarked, adding, "His parents were so happy while riding the unicycle," explained Fromm. "A about his grades that they bought him one." few call me a showoff but most just burst out Going down steps or steep hills does not present laughing." much of a problem to Fromm but going up steps According to Fromm, people often stop and talk is difficult. "I have heard of one small college to him about the unicycle. "You can tell the that has a social requirement that everyone ride difference between the interested people and the unicycles. Some of those students are able to go people who just think it is neat." up as well as down steps." Fromm first learned about the unicycle in 1968 When looking for a unicycle Fromm explained from a "Popular Science" magazine. After that there are a few things the prospective buyer repeatedly expressing his interest in the must watch out for. "One thing that you must be one-wheeler, his parents finally bought him one. careful of is buying too cheap a cycle. Because "I used to hold onto our mailbox for support and there is so much weight on one set of bearings then ride it as far as I could," he said. "I got a lot they will wear out if they are not good." he of skinned knees." commented. After about two weeks of practicing Fromm Bad weather isn't often a problem for Fromm. was able to ride the unicycle fairly well. "At first He explained that when it rains he just carries an it was just a challenge," he said. "Once I learned umbrella in one hand. "One day I had my derby how to . ride it, I just let it go, when I came to on and was holding an umbrella to keep from school I got into it again." getting wet." he smiled. "Some guy on a bike Fromm explained that the unicycle has turned passed me and looking back asked me if I ~as for out to be a very good form of transportation on real." campus.