The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-11
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of A.A.U W.
i'm Election

president of the Indianapolis branch
of the American Association OF
University Women at dinner meet
ing Tuesday evening at the Hoosier
Athletic Club. Mrs. James Rud-
dell was elected secretary and Mrs.
Marvin Curle, retiring president, and
DR.. KenoSha Sessions, directors.
DR.. John M. Gaus, professor of
political science at the University
of Wisconsin, SPOKE on Expert
ments in Teaching College Fresh
men,"
The indianapolis branch will be
hostess to the sixth annual meeting
of the State federation Of branches
of A. A. U. w. at the Lincoln May
and 5. Mrs. Curle appointed the
following committees to have
charge:
General Chairman-Mrs James Ruddell.
pitality-Mesdames John T. Whee-er.
mani Carl Fietoher avs " RichardSon
Lieber, R. Hartley Sherwood, Frank
Streightoh. C. B. Taylor. w. w. McBeth,
W. W. Thornton. 7. J. Wessenberg. Mere
dith Nicholson. J. w. Putnam and Kate
Miner Rabb. Misses Flora Drake, Amelia
W. Platter. May o. Mackenzie, Grace. L.
Brown, Miss Elizabeth Cotton, DR.. Ada
Schweitzer, Dr.. Kenosha Sessions.
PubIcity-Mesdames John Melett, chair
man; c. LIE Roy Austin, Wilbur Appel,
A. B. Garlic and Miss Elizabeth Mat
Resistration-M B. D. ,spradling.
Tea-Mesdames John Carr. chairman;
Albert Stump. John r. Townsend. John A.
Macdonald Malcolm Lucas. n. f. Pierson,
NruV SCuQ0er. Arthur Ilnkpn. B1OTn WIN
Misses Nette owens. Jessie Smith VIII
helmina Adams, Or. Jane Ketcham
Dinner-Mrs. Charles o. Mccormick.
Chairman MeSdames Er 0Sre Terry william
Bruner., L. E. ,Cosand, W D. Doane. and
James Cunningham, Misses Winona Wincey
Natalie Coffin. Minnie c. Dodson. Edna L.
Hamilton, Edna Mohr. Ida Heipinstine'
Luncheon"Mrs. Charles welliver. chair
man; MeSdames T. <. Mitchell. J. w
wisch. Ralph G; Morgan, Howard Benedict,
ana Lawrence Barrett; Misses Louise Ball,
Anna Claybaugh. Anna Ratteman. Mildred
Meid, Margaret Scott, Amy COlescott, Ruth
Milligan. Florence Morrison.
>, Iniiormati9 q, Margaret BFqner,
fsR 1sHfn9 Misses GLADYS BaneS Jgm9
Klorger. Miss Marjorie Incl, Jane Brook
bank Mildred Barns and Vera Morgan;
MesdameS Paul Tombaugh. NJ. S. Harding,
Pages~Miss Jacoueline Wilson. chair
man; Mrs RAYMOND Mead and Mrs W. II.
Maxwell Misses Mary r. Farmer. Sarah
Ruth Line Efhe Abraham. Nacny Todd.
Susan Perkins. EVELYN Shipman, Frances
Martin, Jessie Boswell. Marjorie Hendren.
chairman: Mesdames Paul Stokes. Hal
Keeling Keeling Harry Foreman, o. H. skinner,
and Georgia Alexander.
Indianapolis delegates will be:
Misses Flora Drake. Augusta Meriug and
Katherine Beeson; MeSdameS Marvin
Gurle. E. NJ. ,Gutheridge, B. D: Spreading,
Warren K. Mannon. J; w. Wedden: T,
Victor Keene. Jesse G. Moore. j. II. But
Ter. J. NJ. Williams. II. b. Pike. K c. Fal-
yy,ey; Ward Fowler. Aiternates- Mesdames
Hatfield and Miss Belle Schohed.
Several new experiments in teach
ing freshmen have been conducted in
American colleges in the past Is
years" DR.. Gaus said. having de-
veloped out of recognition by ed
ucators of the new situation which
exists in colleges in this country
However, at a time when the
curriculum was planless and chaotic
the older liberal education tradition
was invaded by claims of vocational
courses; and at the same time vast
numbers of students were entering
college without any family or COM
munity tradition to aid them in
approaching what the detectives and
implications of the university are.
Use InitiatOry Courses
I'm part to meet the situation, "to
stimulate intellectual interest and
accurate thinking. to suggest some
unity in the learning process and
content of liberal education
initiatory courses have been in
troduced. These are now numerous
They include courses which aim to
introduce the student to a general
field, such as the social or natural
sciences; to the work of a college,
as the Liberal Arts College; or to
the new problems of the college
community confronting the fresh
man. In method they vary widely
At the business meeting, preced-
ing the address, final reports were
made by the treasurer, Mrs. T.
Victor Keene; by Mrs. Wilbur Appel
for the legislative committee and
Miss Flora Drake. chairman of the
education committee. Mrs. Walter
Greenough reported on the common
sectional conference held in Chi
cago.