Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...approval. Finally, we hold it nonsensical to attack those institutions which have made Yale what it is, however uneducational some may claim them to be. Hence, the traditional blast at the Senior Societies will not appear. The Junior Fraternition can expect our support. By and large we approve extra-curricular activities...
There is no extra-curricular activity at Harvard which prepares a man of the particular task of the Ivy Orator. In the Lampoon there is a chance to be funny on paper. In the Debating Council there is a chance to be oratorical in person but nowhores are the two combined...
...Merle Fainsod, instructor in government will give the second series of extra-curricular lectures sponsored by the Government Department starting December 4. These lectures, which will be on the subject "The Communist International," will be held on successive Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 o'clock in Harvard...
...evils of extra-curricular activities, long bewailed in these columns, would certainly be minimized under this plan of study. Less of the childish preparatory school attitude among undergraduates and faculty alike would prevail, and more genuine interest in things academic would arise. Conversely, this would bring about a more even balance between the present over-emphasis of the extra-curricular and the purely intellectual side of university life. The benefits of this plan can even be traced to their influence upon college entrance exams, allowing more latitude and freedom of preparation before coming to college...
This year Harvard will offer a series of extra-curricular lectures on present government by professors volunteering their services. These talks are intended to serve as a testing ground for opinion and theories developed in research, and to place greater responsibilities for creative thinking on students. Subjects to be discussed include the German State, fascism, communism, international law, and Japanese foreign policy...