Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Once again the American History Examinations have moved toward the realization of the dreams of President Conant and the men who are in charge of "selling" the extra-curricular study of our nation's history and culture to the undergraduate body. Yesterday the list of thirty candidates for the first examination was completed, and though thirty may not seem a large number out of an undergraduate group of over three thousand, the University should feel encouraged in finding thirty men who have enough initiative over and above that spent on their regular courses and examinations to submit to an extra...
Thirty men have registered their intentions of taking the extra-curricular American History examination for the William H. Bliss prize of $100, it was announced yesterday. The test will be held on November 15 at 2 o'clock...
Believing that "a course taken under compulsion" would not meet the need of offering a broad knowledge of the cultural history of the United States to undergraduates, President Conant appointed a committee headed by Howard M. Jones, professor of English, to prepare an extra-curricular reading list. This pamphlet has been widely hailed by the public with several thousand copies distributed...
...Council last night also voted to send a committee to consult with Howard M. Jones, professor of English, and chairman of the Committee on the Extra-Curricular Study of American History on the subject of a possible organization of undergraduates to take the examination on November 15. The committee named was composed of Oliver P. Bolton '39, Charles L. Burwell '39, Francis Keppel '38, and Richard O. Ulin...
...extra-curricular organizations are invested with opportunities equal to that of the Harvard Dramatic Club, and for this reason it is to be hopped that yesterday's turnout of theatrical aspirants will provide material for yet another successful year...