Word: bate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Graduated in 1939 with a summa cum laude, he obtained his Ph.D. three years later. But it was not until 1946 that the period he characterizes as "the years of struggle" came to an end. With his appointment as Assistant Professor of English, Bate could begin to forget his seventy-hour-a-week, twelve-cents-an-hour summers...
When Associate Professor W. J. Bate came to Harvard in 1935, he faced two very pressing problems: how to get through his freshman year without any money, and how to attend classes while working his way through college. Since the country was still in the Depression, Bate had to balance what is now considered a full work week with his desire to get the best education he could at Harvard...
...lecturing in the spring term of English 10, Bate, together with Professor Baker, has done much of the organizational work for that basic course. His unusual speaking style, punctuated by rapid gestures and witticisms, is delivered while he stalks about his platform. Aside from English 10, Bate's primary teaching interest is literary criticism, which he attempts to relate to basic human interests, and also the field of eighteenth century literature...
...this experiment. If the present system is scrapped, we may still have discovered something valuable which can be assimilated. And in the limitations that disclose themselves--and there are limitations in every system or method--we shall also have learned effectively what not to do. Sincerely yours, W. J. Bate, Associate Professor of English Herschel Baker...
...CRIMSON to ague that "there isn't enough space for complete coverage" does not change the fact that this article presented a one-sided, and incomplete account of the forum. In disposing of Professors Bate, Quine, and Richards, the reporter skillfully avoided what Mr. Bate called "the real labour, the labour of thinking." Of Messrs, Quine and Richards it was said that they "also discussed integration and departmentalization in the ideal University." That covers everything, if it is true. Now what did they say? Or were they merely talking? The audience thought not; the audience applauded them warmly, more...