Seminar Supported

Qualified support for a seminar program for gifted Freshmen has come from Walter J. Bate '39, professor of English and a member of the Committee on Educational Policy. Bate stressed the importance of "putting a student on his own as early in college as possible," and said, "it would be foolish not to try some program on a small scale."

The proposal for a three and a half-year seminar program, to begin in the freshman year, was made last month by Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology. Bruner recently called for active debate on his proposal, in order to "stir the pot." He also declared himself interested in any other proposals which might alleviate "the lack of intellectual excitement" in the present system.