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— Griffin Daily News Thursday, February 12,1976
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By PATRICIA MCCORMACK
UPI Education Editor
Tom Gormley, a college
student from Grand Junction,
Colo., in the second half of his
sophomore year will study
political analysis, micro
economics, accounting, zoology,
German, public finance, and
computers.
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Keynote breakthrough in undergraduate education
listen to this:
Gormley will study the
subjects one at a time — each
for three-and-a-half-weeks.
Then, after mastering a sub
ject, he’ll get a half a week off
to ski or engage in other non
academic pursuits around The
Colorado College in Colorado
Springs.
When he’s spending that free
time, Gormley won’t worry
about papers due or tests
around the corner.
If, for example, he spent
three-and-a-half weeks studying
zoology, that will be the end of
zoology — reports, tests,
projects. Period. End.
This unusual kind of program
has been going on at The
Colorado College in Colorado
Springs since 1970. It is called
the block plan.
It’s still being de-bugged but
no longer experimental. The
Colorado College Block Plan is
one of a kind.
Dr. Paul Heist, professor of
higher education at the Univer
sity of California, Berkeley,
calls it — “One of the keynote
breakthroughs in undergradu
ate education.”
Talks with several students,
an educator who helped devise
the plan and some others show
the block plan is one experi
ment that really works —
making it unique among
innovations in higher education.
Prof. Heist is in charge of a
long-range evaluative study of
the Colorado College Plan.
Dr. Glenn Brooks, professor
of political science at Colorado,
and an architect of the block
plan, is enthusiastic about how
the block plan’s caught on.
Most students give it
“thumbs up.” Only five faculty
members out of 136 last year
voted against it. The rest want
to keep the block plan
indefinitely.
But Dr. Brooks cautions, “I
would be hard-pressed to see
how this could be applied to a
large university.”
Under the Colorado College
Plan the academic year is
divided into nine three-and-one
half-week periods known as
blocks. During each block,
students take and faculty
members teach only one
course.
“Right now I’m on block
break,” Gormley, pre-med,
said.
“This is a nice time to relax
and get your head together and
get ready for the next course.
I’ve just come off zoology.
“The biggest complaint, if it’s
even a complaint, is you don’t
get to know people in class. The
subject’s over so fast.
“During the three-and-a-half
weeks we had zoology 45 to 50
hours a week. We had class
from 9:30 a.m. until 11 or noon
and lab 1 to 5 two to three
afternoons a week. We went
through a big zoology text in
class and two others outside.
“You’re forced to go it with all
you have from day one and
work your tail off. But in pre
med, at least, we know it works
— this way of tackling the
subjects.”
Last year two out of three
Colorado College pre-med stu
dents who applied were accept
ed by medical school. This
compares to about one out of
three on the average nationally.
Mrs. Judy Fogle, 35, a senior
and mother of four, is majoring
in music. She went to school on
a regular semester and quarter
plan at Chaffeey College in Alta
Loma, Calif., before going to
school at Colorado.
As opposed to regular col
leges, where there’s “pressure
from five or six points,” at the
Colorado school, “the pressure
is from one source. It is a lot of
pressure, but it seems easier to
handle because it is from one
source.”
There are 1,850 students at
the unusual liberal arts college.
Tuition, room and board, come
to $4,300.
“A building block may be
strung together in a variety of
ways,” Dr. Brooks said. Some
courses cover two block peri
ods. Some, three.
“Within a course there is no
class schedule. It’s entirely up
to the professor to work out
time.
“It may mean intensive
classroom work on a daily
basis. It may mean spending
time in the field.
“The upper limit is 25
students to one teacher. The
average is 15.
“By and large, freshmen and
sophomores meet five days a
week — classtime plus reading
time adds up to the require
ments of a one semester
course.
“Generally there is more
discussion and active participa
tion on the part of the student
— when compared to the
regular semester.”
The flunk-out rates at Colora
do College have dropped by
three-quarters in the past four
years. College officials think
the block plan is the reason.
A first year law student said
the plan had helped her a great
deal in her ability to concen
trate, to analyze and to write
well. It had not helped her in
taking “do or die” tests.
This fits with one point made
in early evaluations, that the
block plan produces no dramat
ic improvement in retention of
facts but enhances the ability to
analyze material and think
critically.
One product of the system
went to graduate school,
majored in English and came
out tops in his class.
The block plan, he found,
helped him to keep moving.
You can’t put things off in
graduate school. If you do,
you’re sunk — the same way
you’d be sunk under the block
plan.
“I learned at Colorado not to
be sunk.”
Documentary
films named
for Oscars
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) - The
Motion Picture Academy an
nounced Wednesday the 10
Oscar nominees for best docu
mentary film of 1975.
Nominations in other catego
ries will be announced Tuesday
and winners will receive their
Oscars March 29 in the annual
Academy Awards televised
show at the Dorothy Chandler
Pavilion in Los Angeles.
The documentary committee
nominated the following:
— “The California Reich,”
Yasny Talking Pictures, pro
duced Walter Parkes and Keith
Critchlow.
— “Fighting for Our Lives,”
a farm worker film, produced
by Glen Pearcy.
— “The Incredible Machine,”
the National Geographic Socie
ty and Wolper Productions,
produced by Irwin Rosten.
I “The Man Who Skied down
Everest,” Crawley Films, pro
duced by F. R. Crawley, James
Hager and Dale Hartleben.
— “The Other Half of the
Sky: A China Memoir,” Ma
cLaine Productions, produced
by Shirley MacLaine.
— “Arthur and Lillie,”
Stanford University’s Depart
ment of Communication, pro
duced by Jon Else, Steven
Kovacs and Kristine Samuel
son.
— “The End of the Game,”
Opus Films Ltd., produced by
Claire Wilbur and Robin
Lehman.
— “Millions of Years ahead
of Man,” BASF, produced by
Manfred Baier.
— “Probes in Space,” Graph
ic Films, produced by George
Casey.
— “Whistling Smith,” Nation
al Film Board of Canada,
produced by Barrie Howells
and Michael Scott.
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Academy honor lists
Griffin Academy announced
its Headmaster’s List and
Honor Rolls as follows:
HEADMASTER’S LIST
(3rd. six wks.)
Teddy Bethune, Lisa Cooper,
Angela Culbreth, Rob Hockett,
Nathan Morgan, Andrew Blake,
Otis Blake, Elizabeth Colvin,
Susan Segars, John Willis, Billy
Lewis, Stephanie Moore,Karen
Black, Ginny Dunaway,
Caroline Harris.
Anna Tatum, Mark Smith,
Sheri Hinson, Matt Crossfield,
Katrina Dixon.
Semester
Teddy Bethune, Lisa Cooper,
Angela Culbreth, Tara Devine,
Rob Hockett, Nathan Morgan,
Andrew Blake, Otis Blake,
Elizabeth Colvin, Susan Segars,
John Willis.
Billy Lewis, Von Cato, Beth
Cumming, Caroline Harris,
Ginny Dunaway, Edie Lindsey,
Alex Tatum, Tina Tingle,
Katrina Dixon.
HONOR ROLL
3RD. SIX WKS.
Tim David, Tara Devine,
Keith Gilstrap, Kim Hodges,
Doug Hollberg, Cary McKinley,
Tim Owen, Jimmy Willis,
Emily Harris, Danny Lewis,
Mandy Milam, Vann Pelt,
Leslie Ridgeway, Davey Smith,
Greer Smith, Tracy Walker.
Trent Bailey, Allan Hockett,
Landy Ponder, Andrea Brown,
Elisa Brown, Von Cato, Beth
Cumming, Ty Ty Payne, Teresa
Shapard, Carol Laseter,
Katherine Cooper, Stan Smith,
Louise Blake, Melisa Hewitt,
Avril Moore, Bradley Hooks,
Tina Tingle, Edie Lindsey,
Dena Luttxell, Alex Tatum.
Mike Worley, Lucian Tatum,
William Wilson, Bob Landham.
SEMESTER
Preston Capel, Vic Cato, Liz
Coggins, Tim Davis, Keith
Gilstrap, Kim Hodges, Doug
Hollberg, Carey McKinley, Tim
Owen, Jimmy Willis.
Tammy Early, Emily Harris,
Pam Lawrence, Danny Lewis,
Mandy Milam, Vann Pelt,
Leslie Ridgeway, Davey Smith,
Greer Smith, Tracy Walker.
Lany Ponder, Elisa Brown,
Stephanie Moore, Ty Ty Payne,
Teresa Shapard, Karen Black,
Catherine Cooper, Linda Lut-
Thomaston
mills win
The Thomaston and Griffin
Divisions of Thomaston Mills
have won top honors in the 1975
Safety Contest sponsored by the
Georgia Textile Manufacturers
Association.
The Thomaston Division has
won the first place award for
Group E, plants having 1,000 or
more employees. Griffin
captured the first place award
in Group D, plants having 750 to
999 employees.
In compiling the ' award
winning records, Thomastbn
Division accumulated 1,905,405
manhours worked with one lost
time accident. Griffin’s record
was two lost time accidents and
a total of 1,518,420 manhours
worked.
trell, Stan Smith.
Louise Blake, Melisa Hewitt,
Averil Moore, Anna Tatum,
Vivian Milling, Bradley Hooks,
Jan McKneely, Mark Smith,
Lori Wilson, Sheri Hinson, Tina (
Tingle, Beth Vaughn, Sherrie'
Watkins, William Wilson, Matt
Crossfield.
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Deaths
| Funerals |
Mr. Spoone
Mr. John Floyd Spoone, Sr., of
the Fayetteville road, died
Wednesday night at St. Joseph’s
Infirmary in Atlanta.
Mr. Spoone was a native of
Alabama, and had lived in
Griffin for most of his life. He
was a member of the Baptist
Tabernacle Church and a
veteran of World War Two,
serving in the U.S. Army. Mr.
Spoone was a retired employe of
Gaubert Industries of Hampton.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Daisy lone Spoone; a son,
John Floyd Spoone, Jr., of
Jonesboro; four sisters, Mrs.
Geneva Morgan, Mrs. Elsie
Kierbow, Miss Eula Spoone and
Mrs. Reba Goodman, all of
Griffin; two brothers, Leon
Spoone of Griffin and Oscar
Spoone of Villa Rica; three
grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by McDonald Chapel.
Mr. Mitchell
Mrs. Mitchell
Mr. Willie Henry Mitchell and
his wife, Mrs. Annie Mae Milner
Mitchell, both of Homestead,
Fla., formerly of Pike County,
died Monday at their residence
in Homestead.
Mr. Mitchell’s survivors
include his brother, J. W.
Mitchell of Molena.
Mrs. Mitchell is survived by a
sister, Mrs. Nellie Mahone of
Homestead; three brothers,
Claude Junior Milner, Moses
Milner, both of Molena and
Charlie James Milner of
Woodbury.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by Union Society
Funeral Home pending the
arrival of the bodies.
Mrs. Holland
Mrs. Rebecca Holland of 1457
Boyd Row died at her residence
this morning after a lengthy
illness.
Mrs. Holland was a lifelong
resident of Spalding County and
a member of the Mt. Hope
Baptist Church in Zebulon.
Her survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Annie
Katherine Johnson of Griffin
and Mrs. Molly Frances Palmer
of Flint, Mich.
Funeral plans will be an
nounced by McDowell United
Funeral Home.