f 9 PAGE FOUR THE MTCHITGAN DAILY SATURDAY, MARCh 6, 1926 ulAiliied etvrv inurning except Monday l ngihe ti, - pity year by the )hoard in errol " o, W'= ste CJnlr'e Eiat ions. -Atn-s..rir atIA to ta l're'ss is exclusively en- ;-:,~ u repuiblicatison of all newsII 'Ied to it or nbt terw'se )n t paper and the local Uews pub-, Licv.red at the postoffice at Ann Arbor, ucim, e, te only other possibleannoy- ( mc from the jeers and hoots he curious crowd. the pranks of n children, and the incessant v ' ? of reporters' pencils and 110, ijn of their cameras. U idirossing were the outside fac- tor,.h,wever, that the officers dis- d the displeasure by knocking down women and children in an at- tempt to disrierse the crowd by chas- fin *beo in motorcycles, and success- WISDOM VS. KNOWLEDGE The current controversy in your columns as to methods of teaching is an interesting and, I think, a profit- able one. It is a very wholesome symnptom when college students begin to take an interest in the educational process instead of opening their mouths and shutting their eyes and trusting to luck. The old saying is a true one that to teach John Latin one must know John as well as Latin; and we cannot know John very well unless he will let himself and his wishes be known.! But certain misconceptions seems to have crept into the controversy which should be cleared away lest they hinder further progress. The one I particularly wish to hammer just now is the notion that examina- tions and oth1er fixed tests are de- signed to test "memory." A good memory is a very useful thing, but the proper place to test it is in the psy- chological laboratory and not in the examination room. What we are trying to test is not the tensile strength of the student's memory but his mastery of a certain field of needed fact, the content or subject matter of a course. The old idea that the chief aim of an educa- tion is "mental discipline" seems to be discounted by modern psychology. The value of a subject must therefore be sought largely within the field of the subject. Now, in some subjects stimulation or inspiration is more important than information. A man can acquire love for poetry and ability to write it even if he thinks that Wordsworth was born before Milton and that Swin- burne wrote "Hiawatha." But no one, under modern conditions, can con- tribute to tlie advancement of chem- istry if he thinks that silicon is an acid and that balloons are inflated with iodine. Half way between literature and the exact sciences come the group of social sciences: history, politics, economics and so on. The ability to think is here more important than the ability to remember; but if the facts with which you start are incorrect your generalizations based on them are more apt to be startling than sound. I have a number of heresies, with which I will not burden your columns at present, but on the issue of fact questions and examinations I am or- thodox to the verge of Fundamental- ism, and every year's experience makes me more so. No amount of training in "historical method" can, I think, compensate for ignorance of the main facts of history. Unless, for example, a student knows quite clear- lv what is meant by the "parliamen- tary form of government" his views on British political life and British influence in the world are worth rather less than nothing. But beyond the irreducible mini- mum of necessary fact, examinations Ql iIlo f a ncn nfar,, nnc- hln Placed in the Sun ' * * * -~ THIS ANIJTWAI It's just forty-five minutes till eight o'clock; We arise and get dressed with a sigh; We'll light up a fag As we cross the "diag" And learn as the hours fly by. It's just forty-five minutes till dinner time, To shave and call up for a date. No use, she's not there. Well, what do we care? So we'll sit up and study till late. II (a la Free Press) It's just forty-five minutes till ten o'clock, We were up late the evening before, We'll turn over and snooze, For we've nothing to lose, If we slumber another hour more. Just forty-five minutes from Ecorse, With a pavement all of the way. We'll come rolling in With a barrel of gin, And drink till the break of day. -N. Ane. * * *. WHY MARRY? Following in proper succession the next two plays in the Mimes theatre (Honorary Men's Dramatic Society) come "Engaged" and then the next week "Why Marry?" by Jesse Lynch Williams. Following that we are told, Miss Bonstelle will do "Why Not?" in Detroit. Rather neat sequence. As we said before, it is rather well suited to this campus. The number of af- faires d'amore that are going on at once here is simply shocking, and this ought to bring them to head. Here in the two plays to be given all love sick students of both sexes may see presented before them the whole course of such affairs. It sud- denly struck us that there seems to be another rather neat significance in the fact that "Why Marry?" is being done by Masques, women's dramatic society, in Mimes, men's dramatic so- ciety theatre. Not only that, but Mimes has at last brought one of the fairer sex upon their boards in one of their own productions, and Masques is casting men in the coming produc- tion. Indeed, "Why Marry?" and "Why Not?" it would seem that they are now more or less "Engaged." Somnth I:g about "love and mar- riage, etc., etc." Sir Toby Tiffin. is there. In the course of experience I our techniaue will improve and. uite added in the shape of a Hamlet Svengali companion who is to lose his substantial income when the young man marries and who is him- self in love with one of the objects of his inconstant affection. "There is an endless amount of hilarious situations and even what the Broadway stage knows as 'nifties' to the Gilbert text. 'Engaged' is de- cidedly a, production that deserves the hearty support of all theatregoers interested in civilized amusement." ' s s The famous Mr. Mansfield in his! turn wrote a criticism of the per- formance early this fall that ran as follows: "As advertised in the handbills 'Engaged' was performed 'exactly as presented (with great applause) in 1877.' The footlamp lighter of the early stage was present, and although his taper served only to light his way to the modern electrical appliances which he forwith turned into their sockets, his part served well to put the audience in a frame of mind cal- culated to give the play a good re- ception. "There is no need to discuss the play itself. Advertised as a bur- lesque, it most emphatically meets the requirements of that type of play. The comedy is excellent, the lines clever-the plot-frothy, to be sure, but none the less interesting in suspense. "Neal Nyland as Cheviot Hill, the hero of the piece, did splendid work. So also did Thomas Denton as Mr. Symperson, Cheviot's uncle. The cast was selected with noteworthy care, and the result highly desirable. "In reviving 'Engaged' the Mimes have given the campus a very literal treat. Traditions of the earlier stage were shown through careful adher- ence on the part of the director to those traditions. The effect of per- sons entering from a distance and out of doors by bringing them in, throuagh the audience was one of the most conspicuous and successful of these tricks." Because of its first popularity, the Mimes are reviving 'this farce on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week in the Mimes theatre. It is one of the list, which has included all things from Paul Whiteman, Will Rogers, Mrs. Richard Mansfield and "The Admirable Bashville" to "Great Catherine" and "Beggarman," that the Music and Drama column has un- qualifiedly recommended. 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