Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-04-02
THE SUMMER SESSION.

A handsome illustrated bulletin will
be issued in April.
DIR. Collins, who acts as director this
year, has completed certain arrange
ments which will be new. Among these
are the following:
In place of courses in the German
Language and Literature which have
hitherto been given, a German School
will be conducted by Prof. Lillian l..
Stroebe, of Vassar College. Miss
Stroebe will be aided by a staff of
German assistants. The idea of the
German School, as it has been success
fully developed by Professor Stroebe,
is to provide intensive training in Ger
man for all students desiring to pursue
the study of that language. The Gus
tomary plan of work provides only for
recitations in classes covering but an
hour or so a day; under the new
arrangements, students will take up
residence in a Deutsches Haus and live
and work in an atmosphere as dis
tinctively German as if they were
travelling or studying in Germany.
German is spoken exclusively; German
pictures, periodicals and newspapers
are provided; a separate dining room
dents; excursions will be made under
the guidance of German teachers; Sun
day services will be held in German;
and it is expected hat as much ability
to think and speak German viii be
gained by six weeks thus spent in the
intensive pursuit of the language as by
a whole summer of desultory study
spent in foreign travel.
By presenting such an opportunity in
a year when foreign travel has become
impossible, the Summer Session hopes
to render a genuine service to the cause
of modern language teaching. A special
circular has been prepared which will
be mailed to anyone interested in the
German School. Advance registration
indicates that there will be a large
patronage of this feature of the Sum-
mer Session.
Plans have been made for a success
full continuation of courses in French.
SO far as possible students wishing to
study French will be assigned residence
in Hillside Cottage. The French courses
will be in charge of Mile. Meylan, an
author, editor, and teacher of European
birth and training and wide American
experience.
The growing interest in school plays,
has led to the presentation of two
courses in the Art of Reading and ORA
matte Interpretation. These courses
will be under the direction of Miss
Gladys Lott, a graduate of the Leland
Powers School, and a former pupil of
Mrs. Rachel Noah France. Miss Lott
has devoted herself to the perfection of
her art, and her work with Mrs. France
(who was at one time leading lady with
Joseph jefferson, Edmund Booth and
Mary Anderson) gives her a rich ac-
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practical features necessary for the
successful staging of plays, and the
prompt books of old English and modern
classic drama. Arrangements may be
made for individual instruction by those
desiring it, in addition to the class work.
Both of Miss Lofts courses will be based
upon the High School courses in Eng
fish. She will aim to make her work of
the greatest practical value to teachers
who wish to coach their students in
expressive reading and in the presenta-
ton of plays.
The work in Home Economics will
again be under the direction of Miss
Hatch of Simmons College, whose work
in previous years has made her favor
ably known to students of the Summer
Session. In addition to the courses in
food study, both elementary and adj
vanced, which are offered by Miss
Hatch, other courses will be added in
sewing and practical dressmaking. 1t
is expected that these will be given by
Miss Schaumberg of Simmons College.
The teaching of Domestic Science in
High Schools nearly always involves
the giving of some work in SEWN v it
is the purpose to make these courses of
especial value to former graduates of
Middlebury who did not have in college
an opportunity to take such courses.
DR.. Collier, whose course last year
created great interest, will return next
summer and present three extremely
timely courses in history, n of which,
The Europe of Today, will give an
insight into the international conditions
which led to the present war. Another
course, entitled International Concilia-
ton, is given at the special request of
the Carnegie Endowment for Inter