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...ARTICLE on "Education Toward Creative Design, in 1937," Gropius explained the preliminary course as"...a complete co-ordinated training of all handicrafts, technique, and form, with the object of team building." These first six months were then followed by one workshop of the student's own choice: anything from pottery to stage-design and photography. Set up in the Dewey tradition of learning-by-doing, a then radical idea of education, these workshops served as the core of the Bauhaus structure. The students familiarized themselves with their materials and with production processes, picking up practical experience uncommon for architecture students...
...problems went beyond the physical limits of the workshop. The students worked with the teaching staff in resolving the problems of the entire school. As Mrs. Gropius points out in the recent Jan.-Feb. edition of Architectural Forum, there were two student representatives on the faculty-council where all problems concerning the whole school were discussed openly. A radical aspect of these meetings, more so than letting students on the committee, was that "they never came to decisions by majority vote. Whenever irreconcilable viewpoints persisted among faculty members or with student representatives. Gropius did not try to blunt the issue...
Crumlin plans balanced menus for vegetarians and assists students with medical diet problems. She also developed the Nutrition Workshop for those trying to lose weight...
Instead of the expected ten members, Crumlin accepted 32 students to the workshop and has had to refuse others who wish to join. The workshop follows a diet prescribed by Crumlin...
...Everyone seems very satisfied with the workshop," said Crumlin. "President Bok asked me to send him a copy of the diet our nutrition group follows. I think he's worried about adding some weight since he had his accident...