Word: class
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...even this sturdy son of Hard Tack would not have enjoyed crosscountry travel 25 years ago, when most thoroughbreds were shipped in boxcars attached to slow freight trains. Today horses travel in specially built, steam-heated horse cars attached to first-class passenger trains, have all the comforts of their home stables...
When asked whether a small class was particularly adaptable to the case system, as other schools with smaller classes than Harvard claim, Landis said that you could not generalize about this. "A large class does make people think before they speak," he said. "The resentment of the class against trivialities helps to keep discussion relevant. The problem is one of getting morale and evoking a variety of ideas...
...There is no such thing as a single Harvard Law system. We have a multitude of systems. We are not Bealian or Willistonian or Frankfurtian; we have no one brand of thought here. Our faculty disputes with each other in class and out. This fighting back and forth prevents the development of a straight-jacket method of teaching. You meet all sorts of philosophies, techniques, and approaches to law at Harvard and it is more desirable to have this variety of outlook than a definite school of thought...
...Small Class Not Essential...
...Dean added that in determining the best size for any class the abilities of the teacher must be considered. Some men can teach large classes better than seminars. He thought, however, that there was a maximum beyond which no size could be justified...