University Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 20, 1955
200 Begin Rehearsals For Religious Drama
Grading Ideas Discussed At Conference
By MARION McCOY
To build up student confidence some teachers try to find something which can be praised in even the worst paper. This is an idea expressed by English teachers on the reading and grading of student compositions.
One teacher, in line with this idea, uses one margin for favorable comments and the other for unfavorable ones. Instead of writing long comments on a student's paper, some instructors recommend writing "see me." Thus the interested students do see him, while the ones who are not interested do not.
The instructors all believed in drawing upon student experiences and special interests for compositions. They thought the students should learn to observe closely and report on what they have seen, as seen by ad widening their interests. When asked to write their students to write, they found assignments which appeal to individual interests are the best.
Most instructors favored short compositions, while others felt that students want longer research papers to form themselves about something.
Teachers read and grade papers in various ways. Ideally, every theme should be analyzed and fully evaluated. This written comment should give as much of the result analysis as the instructor feels will help the student. The best students want the fullest comments.
The instructors agreed that the easiest part of careful grading is usually the marking of mechanical
More than 200 members of the University chorus, chorale, and orchestra met yesterday afternoon for the first rehearsal in Hoch auditorium of "The Passion," by Johann Sebastian Bach, according to St. John.
Directed by Clayton Krehbiel,
assistant professor of music education.
"The Passion" will oe presented at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in Hoch auditorium.
The events of Holy week are related through narrative from the gospel. William Wilcox, graduate school, will sing the part of the evangelist. Other narrative soloists will include Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice; Jerry Hart, fine arts junior; Andy Jacobson, fine arts freshman, and Judith Tate, education senior.
In the drama, portrayals of the mob which seized Jesus, the priests who testified against him, and the doctors and other medicals are included in the choruses.
Commentary on the action is provided in the chorales and arias. Elizabeth Townsley, instructor of voice, Linda Stormont, graduate school; James Wildeboro, education senior, and Prof. Schmidt will be aria soloists.
Poetry Hour to Be Held
Alexander MacGibbon, instructor of English, will read poems by Ralph Hodgson and Walter de la Mare at the Poetry hour at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Music room of the Student Union.
errors. Considering the development of thought in the paper is more difficult and time-consuming. They felt that some students do very poorly on their first papers, but quickly learn what is expected of them and improve rapidly. Others may continue to get bad grades, however, which usually indicates that they have written very little before coming to college.
The Inter - Fraternity Fledge council will sponsor a Greek dance on Friday, April 29, from 9 to 12 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom.
IFPs Set Date On Greek Dance
The dance is open to all fraternity and sorority members. Tickets are $10 per couple and on Sunday in Green Hall and available from IFPC members on Thursday.
Each fraternity pledge class in Greek houses will sponsor a freshman girl for the "Queen of the Freshman Class" title. Three finalists, chosen by IFPC members, will be voted on the night of the dance. Those attending the dance will vote.
Wayne Rolley, college freshman, is in charge of the dance.
Music for the dance will be provided by the Martinaireas, formerly named the "Five Scamps."
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