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This uniform commitment to progress makes things difficult for the independent Councillors. They are not devoid of ideas or desirable civic improvements, particularly items of largely neighborhood importance which the CCA could overlook. But if CCA Councillors do not offer their support, the independents must form temporary alliances, often by trading votes with their fellows. There are always more or less permanent alliances within this group, but these are sometimes unreliable. Not infrequently the independent Councillor must choose between the CCA's plan for progress, or no plan...
Whether accomplished through seminars or Gen Ed sections, the teaching of prose exposition must include as much individual consultation between teacher and students as possible. Present sections often fail in this respect. While it may never be possible to institute individual conferences instead of sections (Harold Martin, Director of Gen Ed A, stresses that the number of personnel that can be recruited is limited) there is need for more individual consultation than now exists. Perhaps experiments in decreasing the number of sections per term in order increase time for student-instructor conferences would help strengthen teaching...
...poetry, he felt, the meaning of the words is often insignificant. Using an anonymous poem entitled "The Maidens Came" as an example, he also indicated that the ideas in a poem often seem unrelated. The poet's message, then, is carried by the other factors of the poem, such as the structure of its lines and the rhythm of its words...
...international scene NSA provides scholarships through the World University Service for student leaders from other countries and organizes exchange visits. Perhaps even more significant than these activities is the role NSA assumes in the International Student Conference (ISC). The future leaders of especially the underdeveloped nations are often active in their student associations, and these associations are often active in politics. NSA has a unique chance to communicate with these students and through its resolutions of policy demonstrate that Americans are aware of their problems and sympathetic to their aspirations...
...still studying with scores, at the piano, or `by ear. There is no real set pattern of advanced study for a musician, and as a conductor I must build up my repertory." To help accomplish this, and, more important, to provide more interest at the HRO's rehearsals, Senturia often conducts the Orchestra in pieces not meant specifically for concerts, a new practice this year. "This gives us all more variety and wider acquaintance with musical literature...