'Cliffies Show Varied Reactions To Education at Three Colleges

Several Radcliffe students, who spent last week at Sarah Lawrence, Swarth-more, or the University of Massachusetts on an exchange program, yesterday expressed a variety of opinions on the educational opportunities at these colleges.

After visiting Sarah Lawrence, two 'Cliffies returned with different attitudes toward the college, which is "dedicated to a progressive education that seems almost subversive," one girl said.

She added that the small classes typical of Sarah Lawrence were "good in theory, but students spent too little time listening to their professors, and too much time expressing their own opinions."

An opposing view was stated by Alice J. Hendrickson '60. Noting that small classes have the "obvious advantages of closer student-faculty contact and opportunity for student self-expression," Miss Hendrickson pointed out that controlled discussions often provided valuable educational experience.

"There is a definite lack of advanced courses," Miss Hendrickson asserted, commenting, "At Sarah Lawrence, if you want to take something esoteric, you can't because the curriculum doesn't offer such courses."

Education at Swarthmore is "very sincere," according to Suzanne E. Schell '60, who described the college as "more worldly than Radcliffe, despite the fact that students seem to spend more time on studies there than here."

Although Miss Schell praised the concentrated honors program under which Swarthmore students participate in small seminar classes, she criticized the college for a "lack of organized creative courses."

"Opportunities for the interested student at the University of Massachusetts are excellent," Jo A. Warren '60, commented. Nevertheless, she noted that "the values of the college do not reinforce intellectual orientation."

Ann P. Knowles '61, who also visited the University of Massachusetts, described the college as "academically not comparable to Radcliffe." The college emphasizes the importance of fraternities and sororities, to which 50 per cent of the students belong, Miss Knowles explained.