Show n ' March 19' 1948 THE STUDENT LIFE— 3 Improvement of College Teaching Methods Blue R"9AcWI Improvement of college teaching methods is presently receiving new emphasis at Utah State Students and faculty are collaborating in its furtherance Recently the: faculty voted to set up a committee to study devices through ' which student judgement could be used to help teachers do a better job of instruction Pres : F S Harris appointed Prof Theodore Emphasis at Utah Stole Each 10 a m class on the campus has been surveyed by means of questionaires which will rate teachers on everything from lecture organization to personal mannerisms What is your opinion of the quality of the text book material assigned? of the instructors’ knowledge ' of the course? of the feeling between instructors and students? of the grading done? Does the professor drift away from his subject? Is he lost without his notes Does he make a course “tough” to make a reputation? These are typical questions Faculty members have been invited to use a similar question-air- e in rating themselves Student impressions and faculty impressions will be correlated by Mr Oakes in an attempt to determine the areas of strength and weakness in college instruc- tion The survey is anonymous and no attempt will be made to rale individuals M Burton chemist as head of the committee which is now gathering information from 30 of the natipn’s universities Their purpose is to serve in ascertaining the - attempts being evalujnade in other colleges-tate teaching and to what ' extent students are participating Among Aggie students survey work to determine general areas ' of strength and weakness in college teaching is also getting inTIIEODORE M BURTON terest Keith Q’akes graduate education student has conducted dents to determine the effectivea' survey among faculty and stu- - ness of college teaching - ' Shak espeare's Julius Caesar' Scheduled for April 20 to 24 Key Underclass Award to Be Given 'White Rifle' Team Seen at Garland The annual Blue Key fraternity award to the outstanding underclassman will be revived this year follow ing five year’s absence from the campus according to Robert L Newey chapter president Buzzer Editor Says Book Almost Ready Most of the work on the 1948 Buzzer has been completed a: cording to Peggy Marble Flamm editor Monday of this week the first section of advertising in th yearbook was sent to the lithographers while the remainder will soon be ready for shipment Spring athletic pictures the another section of advertising is all that is still But it is expected unfipished that this will be completed well index and in advance of April 1 final deadline for all Buzzer material she stated - part of the book has alrun off the press and been ready sent to the bindery thus virtually assuring that Buzzer will be -- Also Activities of the USAC sponWilliam Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” will bp presentsors’ drill teams are not limited ready for distribution during ed by the Utah State theater April 20 to 24 according to to the spring quarter as scheduled campus word received this week from Dr Chester J Myers speech department head — Extension Aides Give Interior Decoration Talk Rhea Hurst and Amy Kearsley Of the Os AC Extension Service gave a lecture on Interor Decoration to the members of the Dances i chib - Wednesday Feb 25 They stressed the fact that color color harmony and individuality were the things to strive for in decorating your home Light refreshments were serv- ed after the program The next Dames Will be held Mar id Everyone is cordially invited to attend club-meetin- g Engineers Score High in Civil Service Exams ' The freshman “White Rifle” team presented their precision drill at Garland Wednesday evening The occasion was the dedication ceremonies of the Slate National Guard armory in that city In attendance were Gov Herbert B Maw and Brig Gen Wallace West The group was accompanied by Col E Wf Major Floyd E Roth Prof Harold I Hansen speech department wiU direct the play Cast in the production are Hazel Aland Portia Seth Allen Rex Bean Casca: Norval Bigler soothsayer Max Buehler Tilanius D H Campbell Popil-u- s Lenas Ben Canning Cinna Joe Christensen Lucius A Trobonius Paul Gardner Decius Harold Hansen and Capt W J Schlindler Brutus R C Lundgreen Cerbius Jean Mohr Calpfyurnia Bill McMur-diFlavius Dan Overlade Julius Caesar Calvin Quayle OctaH E D Redford vius Caesar Cassius Jed Richardson Metellus Cimber Lloyd Stevens second plebian Maurice Turner Senator Tom Wayman Mark An- Pin-dar- us De-metr- as Tim-berla- ke FrosJi Class Sweaters In Room engineers with the U S Bureau of Reclamation Of the 21 students who took the examination nine of them placed with a grade of 91 or higher One student registered a score of 101 Remainder of the scores were in the upper SO’s indicating creditable-showing on the part of the Aggie representatives Boy Scout Meet Set on Campus 7-- Commons vidual - tony- A special production of the is scheduled for April 23 for play school students attending high the poetry contest at USAC No college students will be admitted on this night Curtain lime will be 7 pm for the April 23 performance and 8:20 pm for the VI -- Formal applications will be called for at a later date set by! the awards committee i Record Concerts Set for Thursdays The Moore library will sponsor a record concert each Thursday evening at 7:30 pm All students and townspeople are invited to attend Last night’s program included Ov-ertur- WITH “Khovanchina-Introduction- $150 PURCHASE OF OF YOUR CH0ICEI Problems and progress of the United Nations com- Just imagine! 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AsK 1 about our new low down payment and the easy thrifty monthly terms 0 134-13- 8 e” I-i- Uv Letters of Walker Reveal Work ‘ ’ Erahms’ “Academic Festival and "Symphony - No C Minor” “Cappelia Ballet Suite” by Delibes “Iberia” by Ravel’s “Daphnes et DeBussy Chloe Suite” and Moussorgsky’s ’ O (I ' Prior to the war the Blue Key Underclassman award was her-- v aided as the outstanding award given freshmen and sophomores and was the most coveted prize available to the greenlings Bob Preston received the last award presented in 1943 Blue Key ac- -' livities were suspended during the war years Traditionally selected on the basis of school activities schol-- ’ arship citizenship and personality this year’s winner will be' chosen along similar lines e lacking in technical work and technically trained men He suggested the Siamese make some Approximately 300 Boy Seoul s varietal trials on some of the Itnd scout leaders of the Cache crops and mentioned that the Valley council will be at USAC only carrots he had seen were to participate in the institution’s in a small greenhouse' eleventh - annual Merit-Badg- e Dr Walker said that he had Pow Wow April 8 and 9 Thq found a copy of : a book by Dr ketivity is being held in connec- O W Israelsen : head of the tion with National Boy Scout USAG irrigation and drainage Week department in two libraries in Provisional troops of first class Siam He also found a book on Scouts from both Utah and Idaho irrigation by Dr John A Wids-to- e Will begin to check in for the former president of the colspecial instruction session Wed- lege id one library and one on nesday at 7 pm and Will stay dry farming in another library Cn the campus until Friday evening Prof H B Hunsaker head FOUNDER’S DAY GUARDS the USAC physical education £md recreation department and Forty advanced ROTC sponsors and Pow of the forty Pershing Rifle men will chairman general Wow said today that his com- serve as the honor guard during mittee was ready to occupy the Founder’s Day assembly today Scouts’ time for the full three They will participate in events before the assembly days - 10 Freshman class sweaters have arrived and may be picked up immediately by the owners Sweaters may be obtained in room 110 Commons Friday afternoon from 1 to 2 p m and Monday from 9 to 10 a ra Receipts must be shown before the sweaters may be received Senior Aggie engineers enrolled in agricultural and civil other three nights engineering scored remarkably high in a recent Civil Service examination according to J E Christensen dean of the school of engineering A test was given in connection With securing positions as junior 1 Blue Key a service organization which fosters projects for the betterment of the school will select the outstanding under- graduate male Aggie from applications submitted by each' indi- North 5Iain |