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Experiment Encourages Independent Study Dean Considers Aim of 3-3 Program The 3-3 program, which was in troduced at Mundelein in October, is strictly experimental, ex plained Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M., academic dean, in a re cent interview. While no official changes will take place in the structure of the program until one year is completed, the system is under constant study and evalua tion. Sister pointed out that the Aca demic Board is evaluating every course in the basic study program. Commenting on the problems en countered by students who were faced with three courses in their major field during the first term, Sister said that this arrangement is particularly beneficial to seniors, who should experience concentrated study in one field before they en roll in graduate school. However, she acknowledged the difficulty of such a set up for juniors who are just beginning their major field of study. When questioned about the stu dents' confusion over the theory of independent study, the dean, in an attempt to clarify it, pointed out that a semester's material is now being covered in an 11-week period. Under the former system, there were 48 class meetings a semester. Now there are 44. There fore, under the 3-3 system, each subject is four class periods short of its allotted time under the se mester system, and these hours must be made up independently by each student. The manner in which this inde pendent study is effected may vary with the nature of the course and the subject matter. So, Sister as certained, student responsibility should have risen. To clarify further, Sister ex plained that under the semester program a student might have car ried six courses which met three times a week for a total of 18 hours in class. Two hours of preparation were theoretically re quired for each hour of class, there fore the student had 36 hours of study outside of class. This totaled 54 hours a week. Under the 3-3 system, a student carries three or four courses which are allotted a minimum of 200 minutes a week, a total of 10 to 13 hours. Again, with two hours of preparation for each hour in class, the stu dent spends 20 to 26 hours per week in prepa ration. The to tal, then, under the new pro gram is 30 to 39 hours a week. This leaves the student 15 to 24 hours a week for independent study when she devotes the same Sister Mary Ignatia, B.V.M. amount of time to her studies as she did under the semester system. Also, with the scheduling of classes under the new program, a student, in many cases, is free from classes one or two days a week to afford her uninterrupted study. So, as Sister explained, under the 3-3 system, the student has more time ... at her own disposal for study. As Sister once again emphasized, the 3-3 is an experiment which, if after careful study and evaluation is found to have failed, will be dropped. The program affords a great op portunity for student and faculty growth and it must provide a bet ter education for the Mundelein student, Sister concluded. J n Vol. XXXVI Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Jan. 19, 1966 No. 7 'Secular City' Author, Harvey Cox Discusses 'New Book' on Campus The controversies of secularism vs. sociology will spread to Mun delein when Harvey Cox, author of Secular City, speaks in McCor mick Lounge, Feb. 16, 2:30 p.m., at the invitation of the theology and sociology departments. Recently proclaimed the new book on campus for this year by the anonymous author of Sky scrapings, Secular City is being studied in all Development of Christian Thought classes, a junior theology course, Contemporary Is sues in Theology, the theology adult seminar, and is suggested reading for Introductory Sociology classes. Sister Mary Anne David, B.V.M., acting chairman, theology depart ment, said that the book is being used in the classes because it raises questions about how Chris tianity will develop in the future, what attitudes the Church will take toward the world. Cox, who is presently associate professor of Church and Society at Harvard Divinity School, and chair man of the Board of Directors of the Boston Industrial Mission, has introduced a sociological aspect to his theology which has elicited criti cism from students in both fields. Speaking about the theology of the book, Sister Mary Anne David said that Cox shows that God is at work in human progress, wherever men are liberated, wherever men are becoming more human. The book is more than a re-em phasis of the social gospel, Sis ter continued, it proposes a new acceptance by the Church of what the world is saying and doing. Although most people accept what Cox says, Sister commented, many find it an inadequate state ment because it fails to raise the question of the solitary man, the individual's search for God. In emphasizing politics and social structures, other fields of human endeavor, for example art and lit erature, are ignored as a possible context for God's activity in the world. While debate on Cox's book ori ginally centered around this con- Government Offers Assistance To Students in Financial Need Authorized by a section of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the federal government is making funds available to exceptionally needy students for the 1966-67 academic year. Any student may apply, but only those students who would be una ble to attend college without the financial benefit of the grant will be selected. The amount of the grant is determined by the college and may not exceed 800 per year. If a student was in the upper half of her class the preceding year, she is eligible for an additional 200. This does not apply to incoming freshmen. The college must estimate be forehand the percentage of excep tionally needy students, the amount of the average grant and the total approximate amount. Estimating ten per cent of Mundelein's stu dent body as needy, for instance, at an average grant of 400, the total approximate amount would be 48,000. Paul H. Crafton, Mundelein's di rector of financial aid, reported that the original estimation of 12 to 20 per cent of students eligible for the grant is too high. Judging from the personal records of stu dents, he now estimates that five to ten per cent are eligible. Crafton indicated that the need of applicants would be determined by the Parents' Confidential State ment or by a similar form. He added that the maximum amount of aid would total one-half of the student's financial need. cept of religion, Reverend Andrew Greeley, sociologist at the Univer sity of Chicago, has added a new dimension to the discussion. He charged Secular City as sociologi cally inadequate. ... If theolo gians are to make use of sociology in their speculations, then let it be the most recent and most factual and the most sophisticated soci ology and not the popularized, ro manticized, sentimentalized soci ology of the college sophomore, Greeley stated in Commonweal, Nov. 12. Dr. Russell Barta, acting chair man, sociology department, disa greed. I think that Father Gree ley had completely misread the Secular City, said Dr. Barta. He continued, What Cox was doing was taking the opposite position Father Greeley was attributing to him. Dr. Barta said the book is hard to classify it is not completely sociology, nor theology, but kind of a mixture of the two, but that the most creative potential lies in cross-fertilization between these two. Calling Cox's book one of the most significant books in the last ten years in the field of sociology of religion, Dr. Barta gave as his reason Cox's ability to bring to gether and catch new forms of thinking about religion, about God in history, about religion in the city. Cox interprets the loose organi zational structure of urban life to mean that urban life has freed the individual from too close depend ence of social ties. He also criti cizes, Dr. Barta continued the ob session of developing I-thou rela tionships. What is new about ur ban life is that it has brought what Cox calls the I-you relationship, a cross between the I-thou and I-it relationships, explained Dr. Barta. Dr. Barta thought that sociologi cally, the book was understandable. I have a lot of problems, with its theology, he said, hardly any with its sociology. Revue Auditions Begin As Competition Soars In Your Spare Time Read is the theme of the seventh annual Mundelein College Revue, spon sored by the MSC. The variety show will consist of class acts and other solo and group performances. Classes Compete Competing for a trophy, each class will present an act based on one classification of books, such as westerns, histories or mysteries. Chosen to direct and write each class skit are Tina Stretch, senior; Pat Malcolm, junior; Barb Dahlder and Donna Small, sophomores; and Rosemary Sokolik, freshman. These writers will pick the specific book classification for their skits. Each act must have a minimum cast of ten girls and not exceed ten min utes in length. Auditions for the other variety acts began last night and will con tinue tonight. Eileen Teasdale, '65 director, and junior Barbara Danielson, producer, are judging the students to see what talent we have to work with, Barbara explained. Students may audition with an act that fits into the theme by displaying talent and allowing the producer and director to assign them a topic. Rehearsals for the show will be gin Jan. 31. Producers Assist Working with Miss Teasdale and Barbara are assistant producers, Mary Ellen Burke, Maureen Sulli- County Offers Social Seminar Seniors interested in careers with the Cook County Department of Public Aid will be interviewed by E. T. Foster, chief recruitment of ficer, in the inner social room throughout the day, Jan. 20. The career opportunity is of particu lar interest to sociology majors but open to anyone. Mr. Foster will talk in the same room at 1:30 p.m. on the career opportunities and summer trainee program offered by his department. The summer plan which extends for eight weeks from June to Au gust involves working with a pro fessional caseworker and spending one afternoon a week in a seminar with about 100 fellow trainees. The purpose of the summer semi nar is to interest college students in social work and is available through application and examina tion. van, treasurer, and Kathleen Har rington, secretary. The entire pro duction is under the supervision of Sister Mary Assisium, B.V.M., dean of students. The junior class will handle the publicity for the show. A com mittee of sophomores under the chairmanship of Nancy Allegretti will be in charge of tickets, and the freshman class will provide ushers- The B.V.M. scholastics were asked to perform in the Revue as they did last year. Invitations were also sent to Loyola men to participate in the show, but they are not allowed to be in the class acts. According to Barbara Danielson, letters have been sent to prominent drama critics, disc jockeys and other persons involved in profes sional entertainment asking them to act as judges. These judges will join the director and producer to evaluate the class acts. The deci sion on the trophy winner will be announced before the finale at the performance, March 5. Juniors Win The class of '66 won the trophy for their act last year. They based their skit on the religious section of Time magazine, last year's theme. Commenting on sec tions of the Bible, they parodied the song, It Ain't Necessarily So. Tickets will go on sale for 1.25 in mid-February. Admission at the door on the nights of the per formances will be 1.50. Proceeds will go to MSC. Review Staff Sets Deadline Deadline for contributions for the spring issue of the Review, Mundelein's literary magazine, is March 4. Original poetiy, essays on subjects of general interest, poetry translations, reviews of cur rent noteworthy books and short stories may be submitted to the Review office, Northland, 110. All contributions should be typed and contain the author's name, class and locker number. Also, any student, especially freshmen and sophomores, inter ested in joining the magazine staff should contact Bonnie Rochetto, the editor or Mrs. Jeffrey Spencer, ad visor, in 1018. Meetings are Wednesday at 2 in Northland 110 unless there is an assembly sched uled during that period.
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1966-01-19 (1)
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