JANUARY 12, 1922 THE MICHICA4 DAILY Engagement Announced I cently made at Marshall by Miss Ab- Announcement of the engagement of bott's parents. Miss Abbott met Senor Elsie Abbott, '19, former resident of } Colon last year while teaching in Ann Arbor, to Senor Carmello Jose Porto Rico. Her fiance is known in Colon, of Aribo, Porto Rico, was re- Porto Rico as the 'sugar king." L: For your - Sunday Evening Lunch Try 709 N. UNIVERSITY AVE. OPEN SUNDAYS s-it P. M. I NNTS DISCUSSION GRUPS Faculty Member Advocates Informal Meetings Between Students and Teachers. To the Editor of The Michigan Daily: On a recent visit to the University of Toronto, it was my good fortune to see a number of the activities in connection with their "Union," and to have a discussion with the War- den, Mr. J. Burgon Bickersteth, con- cerning the purposes of their Union. Among other activities, there is one of which, Mr. Bickersteth, who by the way, is a graduate of Oxford, told me. which I beieve could be very profitably adopted by the Michigan Union. This is the bringing together of the undergraduate, the graduate, and the faculty in a close personal relationship. This idea is patterned after the English University system of having the student meet his tutor. At Tor- onto they are not carrying it to quite that extreme, instead the instructor meets the students in small discussion groups of fewer than a dozen. Personal Contact Valuable It has seemed to me in the few years that I have been at the Uni- versity of Michigan that this is one phase of our colege life which has been sadly neglected and that there is need for suchaa practice here. I do not believe that the average stu- dent here appreciates the value of the nersonal contact with the men who have attained distinction in their va- ous fields, for the reason that too few, if any, have had that privilege. During my own undergraduate days In a Western university, about a third the size of this one, I was for- tunate enough to come in contact with at least three groups of students and faculty. As I look back at those days, I believe that I received more inspiration from those meetings than from some of the formal courses that I took under some of the same men who happened to be in the groups. I qt least found out that a faculty man is human and that his experience along various lines in his own field of work and in his travels can be a source of enjoyment and value. I mis these meetings very much here at Michigan. and I believe that the student who leaves this University without having had such an oppor- tunity misses one of the most im- nortant things which could happen to him in his college life. Union Could He As to the way that the Union could function in solving this problem, I would suggest that certain men on he faculty announce informal dis- I ussion groups to met at regular periods and that the topics for dis- cussion be of a general enough nature so that not only the advanced. but even some of the beginning students who were interested in that partic- ,lar field could get something out of t. I believe that many students would be interested in groups which dis- ,mssed politics, history, philosophy, iterature, archaelogy, science, art and m'any other things. I believe that if the right individuals started is custom that they would attract many students to these groups who were not specializing in that partic- ular field but who believed that n educated man should know something about a great many subjects. I am sure that it would stimulate many ,md that they would find as much enjoyment and much more profit than they do at the present in spending ther leisure hours at movies and pool halls. Students Favor Plan From conferences which I have had with students, I am convinced that many need such an intellectual stim- ulus, and that many would welcome such an opportunity. Cannot some of the purely social activities and vari- ous organizations which are taking up the club rooms at the Union be limited if there is not sufficient room at the Union at present-and this latter be substituted? Cannot some of the Universitysclass rooms be thrown open for such groups! Can- not the members of the faculty throw open their homes for such meetings? 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