Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seems "a hopeless task to provide a complete and finished liberal education suitable to this century by four years of college work." In other words, he believes that "the only worth-while liberal education today is one which is a continuing process throughout life." Accordingly, by this "extra- curricular study" the university at Cambridge will instill that educational virus which alone retains its potency in three score years and ten -- "the virus of self-perpetuating liberal education...
...night President Conant reviewed the work of the past year and proposed to create a new method "of inoculating our student body with that educational virus which alone maintains its potency throughout life". He would do this by creating a non-departmental and non-credit, in a sense "extra-curricular", scheme of study in American History...
...latest report to the Board of Overseers-a statement which surveys the Tercentenary, the Conference of scholars held in connection with it, the University Professorships, the National Scholarships, and the Teacher's Oath, among many other vital matters-is a novel and pertinent suggestion, the organization of the extra-curricular study of American history. The purpose, foreshadowed in the Tercentenary address, is to "find the principle that is needed to unify our liberal arts tradition and mold it to suit our age", "the common denominator among educated men which would enable them to face the future" with real breadth...
...from the Group Theatre to House Dramatics, but from one point of view they are the paramount social activity in the House system. Unlike many extra-curricular interests they require relatively little time. A prominent official has said that such presentations number among the most valuable activities in the University, because of their tendency to bring House members into close contact with each other and because of their informality...
...application for scholarships which promise to result in a more equitable distribution of available funds. He has composed an application blank which is at once simpler and more comprehensive than the old-one. In particular, the revised blank requires the names of two instructors and of directors of extra-curricular activities who know the applicant, rather than the single name of the man's tutor. Information from these persons and from personal interviews with Mr. Sharpe, which are a new feature this year, will afford the scholarship committee a broader and more intimate knowledge of every applicant than was previously...