3 Friday. October 4. 1963 SCARLET AND BLACK Page Three WUS Solicits Gifts and Services as Plans for Carnival Continue by Lynn Denzler All students and faculty mem- bers who are interested in ofr fering gilts and serviccs to t auctioned of at the annual World University Service Carn ival are urged to contact either a member of the committee or to put the information in the WUS box in the Post Office be— fore Monday. Members of the WUS com- mittee for this year are Bruce Beckord, Sue Beuscher, Martha Montgomery, and Kunio Waki. will auction themselves off as dates for the lucky spenderl to the World Universlty Servlce, functioning on campus. schools throughout cal supplies, ing and construction projects a- round the world. All proceeds for this event go which is the only actual charity WUS, uses money li-om American col—l leges and universitics to finance} the world}. Money is used for books, medi—l buildings, and seho.l larsliip a well a for special teach.l Grillllell’s dream of a College Forum Continues to approach reality, as the main Theta Sig Adds , Three Members . The carnival will he» held on Saturday, October 12, in the l Women’s gym beginning at 3:30. Various game booths Support pillars are being poured by workmen. will be managed by student organizations, while faculty members will supply baked goods for the pastry booth. New on the format this year is the Dance Booth, where cou— ples can dance, by ticket only, throughout the evening. Music will be provided by the Ascots, who will be making their cam- pus debut that evening. This new instrumental group is un- der the direction of Orv Teising. For the benefit of stag attend- ance, freshmen girls will be available. as dance. partners at this booth. . The auction will beginn- bout 10 pm. and will be man- aged, as in the past, by a pro- fessional auctioneer. Along with student goods and faculty services, a Mr. and a Miss x Three pledges were initiated last Sunday into the Grinnell College chapter of Theta Sigma Phi national journalism sorority. The new members are Lenore Goldman, Ann Van Guilder and ,Lynn Denzler. l Special guests at the initia— tion ceremony, which was held at the home of chapter Adviser llll'st Ruth Prescott, were Su- san Aline Brown, national vice— presi'dent of student chapters, and Jana Bellman Preble, new , alumnae adviser. I At a meeting following the initiation, Ann VanGuildei- was installed as treasurer and Lynn lPreviously installed officers are Elliott. Vice-president. Denzler as secretary of the Club.l Judy Hand, president, and Kathy‘ By Wade Stevenson At the recommendation of the Council of House Presidents, Wednesday, the Senate adopted a resolution to the affect that the fourrday break over the weekend of November 1 be changed from Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday to Sunday. Monday, Tuesday. OtY—campus housing units were allotted their own social funds for both semesters of the 1963- S4 academic year; however, a local option amendment was passed which states: “The unit to have these funds allocated to proved the appointments of Nancy Cox and Signe Hansen to the Committee on Budgets, Nom— Satui~day,l will have the option of votingl the individual’s respective hall."l After attempts to take a se-l cret ballot and a roll call vote-discussionwith Stephen B. Wood,l inations, and Constitutions. The change in the Men’s House Rules was amended read: Any violation of the open dorms policy not specifically covered by any.other rule will be punishable by the Men’s ‘ Primary Court. Penalties for , a first oilense will be a maxi- l mum fine of ten dollars, Pen- l alty for a second oflense will be a fine or no more than twenty—five dollars and/or a recommendation of social pro- . bation. This change will be debated lat the next Senate meeting. Peter Cohon, CofHP president, announced that, as a result of a to were defeated, the Senate ap.,dean of men, a hall may have, no more than two refrigerators. lThe college is considering the lposslblilty of obtaining large rev Senate Approves Bree/r Change ,frigerators or ice machines. A1- ,so, there has been discussion of a service area which would have refrigerators and vending machines. ' Cohen explained that the c of HP is gathering Written in- formation lrom individuals who feel they are exceptions to the Car rule; open dorms will start October 11. Marie Martin, Aws Board ‘president, indicated that the board is investigating freshman and integrated dorms, with par- ticular attention being given to the value of the present system and the viable alternatives to the present system. Applications are now being laccepted for the position of Prosecutor of the Women's Pri- mary Court and for the position ‘of Quadrangle Music Chairman. Encampment Committee Reports on ILA, Curriculum . By Karen Adkinson ”it will be evident from (the outline of the discussions Lhat ,we did not solve any basic problems. It would be Pollyan— naish to think that we would. The problems are tough and the answers aren’t immediate. We did define and clarify problems, exchange ideas and information, and make a few tentative sug- gestions." This statement drom the re. port of the Encampment oom— mittee on the Junior Liberal Arts Exam land Curriculum sums up the results of the Encampa ment in general. But willat were the specific problems, ideas, in. formation and suggestions dis- cussed? The Committee on the AMA Exam and Curriculum, headed by Jack Spence, covered three main topics during its two days of meetings—the JLA Exam, the grading system. and the nu. manities and Historical Studies program. The rollowing arc cx- cerpts from a report issued by this committee outlining its dis. cussion. “We initiated this discussion by trying to achieve a clear description of the theoretical purposes and benefits of the exam. The theory underlying the idea of a Junior Liberal Arts Exam holds that if there is such a concept as a Liberal , Arts Education and this is a circumscribalile, finite thing, then there should be a testing instrument which can be used to Show if a student has achieved excellence in this education. “Assuming the theory is plau- sible, it clearly indicates that one 'pqupose of the exam is to measure a student’s mastery of a Liberal Arts Education. How» ever, we felt that this test and the preparation for it also should serve an educational function, It should give the stu— dent a chance to synthesize his knowledge, to recognize and know methods and theories which are useful in many disci- plines, and to find similarities and differences between discl- plines. 'T‘urther, it should give the student an opportunity to take the responsibility of independ— ently studying a broad topic. In the future when the exam bet comes a more reliable testingl instrument, it is hoped that itl Swill be able to indicate gridde- thme broad proposes and ambi- tious goals are lbeset with prob- fems “First we felt that there was a general misinterpretation of and their limits , . . ”Ilhese ideas lead to a mis— ,conceived lls the be all. and end alll of a ,ent in this false idea is the ,danger of students satisfied with superficial knowl. edge of cross disciplinary cone cepts . . . “If capturing the essence and the totality of a Liberal Arts Education is the ideal, all concerned with the exam should realize that this is im- possible. there are certain concepts and ,methods which a liberally edu- cated student should know and be tested on his ability to reason logically. “Another severe problem we Line: for changes in the cur-l riculum. But We concluded that; the possible goals of the exam; idea chat the exami Liberal Arts Educat/ion. Inher-' becoming , 0n the other hand, t be tested on. A student can ‘ ldiscussed is caused by the new. ‘ness of this exam concept. We felt the exam to be an isolated phenomenon which occurred for lthree Weeks tin the midst of the junior year. This exam concept needs to be institutionalized l l “A further problem involves the motivation of the students . , A more reliable testing instrument must be found tot make this exam a requirement for graduation. Students need to be convinced of the worth of the concept and the worth of studying and synthesizing in preparation forthe exam even while the whole concept is in the experimental stage. In the long run an atmosphere of ac- !ceptance needs to be establish- ed if the exam is to achieve its goals of education and independ» ent study. “of course, another problem involved the type of exann that should be given. Several different types were discuss- ed, including the following: a) A problem type exam which would require the stu- dcnt to analyze the validity of the reasoning and methodology used in establishing some theory . . . b) A take-home exam which would require ri— l gorous study oi specific read- . ings and provide more time to think out the broad an- sivers required by such an ex- , am. e) A split exam where part of the exam would be CAMPUS SAVE 25% ' ON 'ALL RECORD ALBUMS SEND 25c FOR COMPLETE CATALOG DISC CLUB P1). BOX 183, CORAL GABLES, FLA. 231-34 FOR. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ONLY taken at the end of the sopho- more year. This would allow the student to take at lighter course load in the junior year to prepare for the last part of the exam . . . d) An exam that would consist of a paper culminating a semester's inde- l pendent study of a broad area covering general concepts . . .. “The committee reached con.- sensus on a least one major pro- posal. The misconceptions about the exam should be cleared up in hhe short run by an imme— diate orientation of the junior class as to the purpose of title exam and what is to be expect- ed of it. in the long run, all in- coming students should have a 'thorough orientation about the lpurposes . . . and limitations of ithe exam . . . The Grading System “Our discussion , . . involved the question, ‘How does one manipulate the academic atmos- lphere of a college?’ . . . It was lfelt that there is a general va1ue system at Grinnell which puts working for a grade ahead of working to master the subject .Encdmpmen’r lcontinucd to page 6 FOOTBALL players' p_i C t u l‘ e 5 available. Call Ken Adeimzn 451, JOB OPPORTUNITIES for sen- iors‘. Executive training pro- gramsisales, Management,, Re- search. Interviewing January, nebruary and March. See Die rector of Placement, Carnegie 102. WOULD YOU like to earn $400 in 20 hours by Christmas? 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