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...with Phil 1; Stephen Gilman, professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, together with Hum 7; and McGeorge Bundy, professor of Government, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who will direct a group of from five to eight freshmen in study related to Gov 185. Walter J. Bate, professor of English, "will conduct a tutorial program for two or three freshmen with exceptional ability and interest in English literature," and William Alfred, assistant professor of English, plans an informal seminar in literature and writing for eight to ten interested freshmen...
...peak with an excellent production of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, a powerful and almost successful attempt at a new kind of poetic realism in the field of tragedy. Robert J. Lurtsema brought first-rate dynamism and nobility to the leading role of Eddie Carbone. Dana Bate was fine as his older cousin Marco. And Dean Gitter '56 played the lawyer Alfieri with intelligence...
...Dana Bate is excellent as Marco, the older cousin, making the most of what could be a very colorless part. Francesca Solana has her moments as the niece, but she is frequently shrill and overly intense. She is at her best in her quieter moments. Margery Ziskind is unconvincing as the wife, Frank Langella also has his moments, but generally his characterizations is overdrawn...
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...
Prior to the meeting, two CEP members showed conflicting attitudes towards proposals that tutorials or seminars be given in the Freshman year. Walter J. Bate '39, professor of English, viewed the proposals with skepticism. Citing the "gigantic cost" of House tutorials, he called the suggested Freshman innovations "largely academic." The present work overload on the staffs of popular departments such as English, he claimed, would also make extension of tutorial to Freshmen very difficult...