German and Italian
You can still
start a language
this term
First Year German
GL 053
First Year Italian
RL 073
By KATHLEEN GLANVILLE
Of the Emerald
Are you kicking yourself now because you didn’t
enroll in a language course fall term and now you’ll have
to wait until next year to start a language sequence?
Well you’re in luck if either Italian or German catches
your fancy.
The Romance Language Department is offering
“hurry-up Italian” beginning winter term. This course
covers the same material in two terms that the regular
course covers in three. The class. RL 073, (TLN 2898)
meets five days a week and it is a six credit course.
The German Department offers much the same
deal, a course covering a year’s work in two terms GL
053 (TLN 2051). According to the German Department,
in previous years they have always had a large
enrollment in this course. However, they emphasized
that the increased workload requires time. No student
should go into it unless his schedule allows him time to
keep up with the work.
The compact courses have the advantage of offering
an intensive study of the language. However, keep in
mind that material usually covered in three terms will
be covered in two.
History
Industry
‘browns ’
American
history
Browning of America
HST 199
By TORRIE McALLISTER
Of the Emerald
“The Browning of America”
will look at the responses of
various groups in America to the
rapid industrialization taking
place from the mid-19th century
to 1950.
The course, taught by Allan
Wilcox, a graduate teaching
fellow, is a satellite coloquium of
the 200 level United States history
survey. Enrollment is limited to
20 persons and the format will be
reading and discussion in order to
provide lower division students
an opportunity to take a more
personal in depth look at the rise
of industry.
“Discussion will focus on the
impact of industrialization on the
farmers and the rise of the
populist movement, on small
businessmen and on in
dustrialists, Wilcox said.
“We’ll meet once a week in
the evening and have five books
to start with. Anyone with a
special interest can take off from
there.
“The success of the course
will depend largely on those who
enroll. Hopefully they will be
students who are interested in
going into the problems, willing
to do the readings and who will
participate in a group effort,”
Wilcox said.
A deeper understanding
of Western civilization
Crises in Western Civilization
HST 199
By TRISH WEISMAN
Of the Emerald
Many students complain that survey courses like the Western
Civilization sequence are too big and impersonal. The history
department is trying to respond to that criticism by offering “satellite
colloquia” which provide more depth with a smaller class. These
courses will also offer teaching assistants the opportunity to teach
autonomously.
This term* Roberta Retz will teach a two-credit course called
“Crises in Western Civilization.” “It’s designed for students now in
Western Civilization classes, or students who’ve had it before and
who want to deepen their understanding of certain issues by extra
readings and discussion in a small intimate circle,” Retz said. “It
represents the history department’s attempt to allow students to
become more involved with the subject matter in these big impersonal
courses.”
Instead of trying to parallel the parent course by trying to cover a
large time period, Retz nas decided to concentrate eacn term on one
significant time in history. This term she will offer an in-depth study of
the Renaissance.
“It’s a real problematical topic,” she said, because “it’s a tran
sition period.” It is short, its specific time period is disputed and it has
elements of medieval, ancient and modem cultures in it.
However, Retz believes it is very significant and interesting.
“We’ll be trying to see how people in the Renaissance lived and how
they thought about the way they lived,” she said.
Areas covered, Retz said, will include war and violence, sexual
morality, love, the position of women, philosophy and “alchemy,
astrology and magic as modes of relating to nature.”
The texts are The Waning of the Middle Ages, The Renaissance.
Civilization or the Renaissance and The Renaissance Philosophy of
Man.
Problems of change
Culture and society in Japan
Japan Past and Present
HST 292
By GEORGE BUDDY
Of the Emerald
Offered as a “first introduction to Japan,’’
Ralph Falconeri’s “Japan Past and Present”
course will present a survey of the language,
literature, art, history and architecture — among
other things — which make up the culture of the
island nation.
Falconeri, a history professor, plans a two
prong approach to this general study of Japan. One
approach emphasizes the historical perspective,
both past and present, to demonstrate change in the
Japanese society. Another thrust, termed the
“problem approach” by Falconeri, will look at
basic cultural and societal questions in Japan. Also
included will be a look at the traditional town and
village life in Japan.
Falconeri will start the course with an
examination fo the life cycle of Japanese life —
school, work, retirement — and end up with our
conceptions — and possible misconceptions — of
Japan.
In between, the professor plans to make ex
tensive use of films, slides and art work in
dramatizing the visual side of Japanese life. “I try
to use as much visual aids as possible,” Falconed
says.
Also on the bill will be “many guest speakers”
and a possible talk by the consul-general of the
Japanese consulate in Portland. Falconed hopes to
bring in a couple of Japanese students attending the
University to discuss their homeland and answer
questions.
Falconed says he tries to find out what the
interests of the students are before he locks in any
program of instruction for the course. Since the
class is a basic introduction to Japan and will cover
a myriad of areas including politics, economics,
history and culture, all in one term, the professor
will be willing to pursue paths of student interest.
“My schedule is flexible,” he says.
The course grading is also open to student in
fluence. The first time the class was offered,
Falconeri says, a conventional pattern of tests and
papers was employed, but the second year saw a
series of quizzes as the basis for grades, ‘"Hie
students will decide how they are to be graded,” he
says.
In addition to the quizzes (or tests if students so
desire), a graded map exercise will be given during
the first week of classes. ITiis will consist of filling
in a blank map of Japan with the location of Tokyo,
the Pacific Ocean and other well-known points of
geogrphy. This is intended as a physical orientation
to Japan, Falconeri says, and students will have a
week to complete the assignment.
Falconeri will be aided during the term by a
teaching assistant who will lead one of two
discussion groups once every two weeks. Although
the class size will be about 80 students if last year’s
enrollment is any clue, Falconeri encourages
questions during class.
The text book for Japan Past and Present is
Twelve Doors to Japan, by Hall and Beardsley. Hiis
excellent book is the product of the Japanese studies
program at the University of Michigan and em
phasizes a multi-faceted approach to the study of
Japan. Falconeri will also have hand-outs during
the term.
HST 292, “Japan Past and Present,” will be
offered during winter term only. Classes will be
held in 332 Commonwealth at 11:30 a m. on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.