VOL. II, NO. 7
JANUARY 13, 1961

Are You Ready To Admit Study Halls Waste Time?
What are study halls good for? Are they, or are they not a waste of students' time?

Class periods might be extended 15 minutes thus making them 60 minutes and study halls eliminated entirely. If a teacher did not want to spend the entire 60-minute period in discussion, she could give the extra time to the class for supervised study.

Many students complain that without any study halls there would be no time to go to the library, consult deans, and have conferences. The school schedule, however, might be worked out in such a manner so that each student would have some time during the day to do these extra things. The greatest difficulty would be working out the lunch periods.

Another complaint foreseen is that all homework would become over-burdensome. Teachers insist that students should devote at least 45 minutes (a class period) outside of class for each subject		 they are taking. With a short study period during the regular class time, the teacher, himself, would be there to answer questions or to give assistance.

Double period courses are now designed for one and one-half periods everyday or one and two periods alternating with the days of the week. These courses could not give much study time during class so students would have to study outside in this case.

This arrangement would work out perfectly if based on a college system-that is alternating different classes at different days of the week. For example, English on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and a minor, such as typing, on Tuesday and Thursday. A schedule to fit each student's needs would have to be worked out.

This system on the whole would provide the teacher with more time to instruct and provide the student with more time to learn.