I THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY. MARCH 1,1964 + s + v + a avvz F NFERENCE ON 'U': Group Suggests Experiments DITOR'S NOTE: These are the t in a series of 16 articles on the aference on the University, held b. 21-22. Teaching hie Conference on the Univer- discussion group on "Effective ching: Internal" Feb. 21 and :ame up with several sugges- s to explore/ and experiment L. oremost among these were municating more available op- unities to students and en- 'aging departments to experi- t present in some departments e are directed reading courses. these one student will read ks, directed by one faculty nber, and meet with him ap- cimately once every three ks to discuss these books. orkshop participants agreed t these courses are open to ents not in honors and such tents should be made aware hem. Also this type of course ild be encouraged in more de- ments. rother opportunity of which -Honors students are not re is that Honors courses often open to non-Honors students hey are willing to face the lemic .competition. Informing ne method suggested to inform tents of their opportunities is mprove academic counseling. )ok Lecturer o Give View n Economics ['wo Agricultures and Eco- tic Growth" will be discussed Prof. Theodore W. Schultz, ag- [tural economist of the Uni- ity of- Chicago, in the annual k Lecture series which will be t April 13-16. These lectures examine: "A World Picture of iculture"; "Where the Price Economic Growth from Agri- ure Is High"; "Modernizing :litional Agriculture Efficient- and "Mi'ng {Efficiency and fare in Modern Agriculture." rof. Schultz has .been on the versity of Chicago faculty in department of economics since . He has served on many bed States government and UN mittees and has written sev books and technical policy ers on agricultural economics. At present even some counselors aren't aware of some of the aca- demic opportunities for students. The workshop also found that many students considered the dif- ference between Honors and non- Honors courses to be the differ- ence between active and passive learning. The discussion group suggested dispelling this idea' and at the same time investigate the possibilities of it being true. The group also recommended the possibility of interdisciplinary majors-students majoring in two or more fields at once. This was objected to on the grounds that in the future courses in the Uni- versity will probably become more and more specialized; fulfilling enough requirements for two ma- jors would be almost impossible. Summer Jobs Another possibility for advanc- ing education discussed in the workshop was the possibility of non-science majors getting sum- mer jobs with professors on cam- pus. Science majors have a chance to get jobs as research assistants with science professors; the idea was to. parallel this in other de- partments. As far as encouraging experi- mentation in courses in different' departments, this is presently dis- couraged by the distribution re- quirements. The group suggested changing the distribution require- ments so that students have to take "X" hours of experimental courses. This', they, said, should encourage experimentation in the departments which would benefit both students and the department at the same time. Another suggestion was to let the departments have more flexi- bility in determining the credit given for classes. Decision-Making By JAMES PETERSON Top - level professors s h o u l d teach undergraduates more often, a Conference on the University workshop last weekend declared. Chaired by Alan Grass, '64, and Prof. Robert Isaacson of the psy- chology department, the discussion of University policy-making also agreed that television could not take' the place of present methods where the importance of discus- sion between professors and stu- dents is recognized. "Video cuts down the exposure of the professor to the student without helping the professor or the student," Grass explained. Grass was surprised to learn that faculty members desired a broadening of the honors pro- gram. Prof. Louis Orlin of the Near Eastern Studies department felt that independent study such as that in the honors program was absolutely necessary. Honors Program "I think the broadening of the honors program is ideal but not realistic," Grass said. A number of suggestions were made concerning distribution re- quirements. Grass recommended generalized courses of study in areas outside the specific major. The student would get a broad understanding of the subject mat- ter and would not be competing with majors in another field of' study. "The conference was a success, if only because it encouraged stu- dents ard faculty to get together," Grass said. ORGANIZATION NOTICES Congregational Disciples, E&RL, EUB Student Guild, Sunday Seminar: "The Early Church," March 1, 7 to 8 p.m., Guild House, 802 Monroe. La Sociedad Hispanica, March 2, 3-5 p.m., 3050 ,Frieze Bldg. Newman Center, "International" Cof- fee Hour, Sun., March 1, All Interna- national and U.S. students and faculty are invited to spend a relaxing "so- cial "hour" in the upper lounge at the eNwman Center, 331 Thompson St., from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Unitarian Student Group, Meeting, 'Bible Study," March 1, 7:30 p.m., Uni- tarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw. Young Democrats Club, Executive Board Meeting, March 3, 7 p.m., 3511 SAB. Not So Hot The difficulty with the pas- sionate kissing in the lounges of Alice Lloyd has cooled down a bit. Acording to girls in the dorm, couples had been carrying on in the lounges to an extent that it was embarrassing to other residents and shocking to par- ents and visitors. "Through corridor bulletins and compulsory meetings the girls were told to act in a more mannerly way," one resident said. Housemothers came to the lounges and told couples to keep their feet on the floor. When it began to look as if the lounge might have to be closed down following the nu- merous complaints, a "lounge patrol" was formed, apparent- ly voluntarily, by several Lloyd residents. These girls donned badges for identification and strolled about the area with an eye out for over-emphatic shows of affection between other resi- dents and their dates. The shows of affection have not stopped, but it is now done more discreetly. Rather than using the main lounge, the stu- dents are now going to the smaller lounges, another resi- dent noted. T