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...read with interest your proposal concerning the use of social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities papers for the present freshman course, General Education Ahf...
First, to clear up some misunderstandings: the CRIMSON did not refer to English A papers but to papers in other courses when discussing the worth of papers in the old days. secondly, Drs. Rhinelander and Graubard confuse the CRIMSON's gripes about Gen. Ed. Ahf with its criticisms of the standard General Education courses. A B papers gained by five hours work has no place in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences courses. But if the Confidential Guide questionnaires are accurate, they do crop...
...true that English A had far more papers than Gen, Ed. Ahf. But the writers fall to mention that English A was a fourth course, open to exemptions, while AHF is a compulsory fifth course. And the three-course G.E. requirement forces Freshmen to take courses with more research papers than in the days when the requirement was smaller or non-existent...
...CRIMSON is in essential agreement with Drs. Rhinelander and Graubard on the aims of Gen. Ed. Ahf. But "a closer relation. . . between a student's writing and the subject matter of his general courses" can be better accomplished if Freshman writing is integrated, not divided. Originally, Gen. Ed. Ahf was to relate composition to the Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences courses, and to give writing criticism to the type of papers written in other courses. Insofar ad Ahf veers from this original purpose, it is weakened. Insofar as it can better adhere to it, it will be strengthened...
Implementing these ideas, and keeping a keen eye on Ahf's original purposes, the men behind this course can make it more effective as a guide to scholastic success in College...