Radcliffe Will Institute Experimental Seminars

Radcliffe will offer seven experimental, non credit seminars next Spring primarily for students who do not receive tutorial in their departments of concentration.

The semmars will deal with selected areas of history, English, science, journalism, art, and education, and will be taught by Faculty members and Radcliffe graduate students. The groups will be limited to approximately 12 members each.

Run on a voluntary basis, the seminars "will presume active participation by their members," according the Patricia E. Gerald '61, chairman of the student committee which arranged the program. Most of the seminars will include reading assignments and possibly written work as well.

Although preference will be given to applicants unable to obtain tutorial experience in any other way, the seminars will be open to interested members of departmental tutorials.

To Meet This Month

Each seminar will hold one or two organizational meetings this month to allow students to determine the specific area of their study, within broad limits defined by the instructor. After a recess during reading and exam periods, they will continue to meet once a week or once every other week for the rest of the year.

The history seminar will concentrate on the development of the concept of the commonwealth through examination of 19th century British history. Another group will study the literature of Renaissance England, with special emphasis on an author or literary form of their own choosing.

Several Nieman Fellows have agreed to conduch a seminar on "The Role of the Newspaper in America Today." The course may include a study of problems of news reporting in the South and in the specialized fields of labor and science.