Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...University has become gradually aware of President Conant's interest in American civilization and aware, too, that there exists such a civilization. The Reading List for both students and general public, the Bliss prize for undergraduates not in the American field, and last month the establishment of an Extra-curricular Counselor for Freshmen; these have nursed along the Plan to the point where Harvard men are self-conscious about American culture. Soon, one gathers from the restless anticipation of certain faculty members, the Plan will attack the Houses on a new front, when next fall a Counselor in each House...
...serious gap in the House Plan is its utter disregard for the extra-curricular but still intellectual side of undergraduate life; intramural athletics are strenuously cultivated and social events benignly encouraged, but the task of stimulating thought and discussion in the Houses has been left to very occasional common room orators. As a partial remedy to this oversight, the Debating Council's plan to organize House Debating teams is worth serious consideration...
...elected, their residences, and one of their extra-curricular activities...
...honors man, who must now take eight courses in Chemistry or related fields, most of which require long laboratory hours. The very slight lowering in the standards of the field would be an investment yielding more than equivalent returns in the opportunity to enter athletics and other extra-curricular activities, and in a widely enlarged sphere for his pursuits...
Plans for the demonstration were made known after a meeting, at which officially or unofficially the various groups were represented. A call will be sent out to all student extra-curricular organizations, including Freshman, to join the movement and send delegates to the council of directors...