Word: allowables
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...interested primarily in economics, there seems small reason in this day why men in any walk would not welcome a chance to investigate the mysteries of ism and ocracies. And since Economics A is the present prerequisite, there seems small reason why that requirement could not be altered to allow any student with a satisfactory background in Economics to undertake the course. That background could easily be acquired through even a brief study of some text of basic principles...
...date and committee for the dance, H. S. Wood '33 chairman of the house committees, stated that as yet no definite arrangements had been made; the early selection of committee and date for the affair is to enable the committee to work up all necessary details, and to allow members of the House, and their guests, ample time for their plans for this weekend, which comes the week which will he the one following the final Yale hockey game...
...purpose of reading period is to allow the student course time for working along his own interests and also to encourage the student to do original thinking and intelligent correlation on the basis of the information obtained, the present system of testing is certainly not desirable. An examination essay is too frequently an attempt by cataloguing of factual data, or by hasty outlining of books read to convince the examiner that the student has covered the material. The good student, almost invariably finding two hours inadequate for a satisfactory presentation of his answers to the questions covering the rest...
...society caused it to retire into a chastened hibernation for the better part of two years. Now, emerging once more, the watch and Ward has evidently determined to confine its efforts to easier game. And subscribers who have not visited the Old Howard since their undergraduate days will not allow sentimental remembrances to interferes with the moral aims of the Society...
...flexible in dealing with individual students' needs than courses. However, trying to tutor an apathetic student is a ghastly job. No one profits by it. So I am in favor of tutoring only those who want. it, as signified by being out for honors or otherwise. The temptation to allow tutoring to develop into cramming for divisionals is all too strong and should be stoutly resisted. This, however, requires the building up of a tutorial tradition rather than the perfecting of a system...