Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...editorial, some time ago, you brought once again to the attention of your readers the sad state of the curricular treatment of the drama here at Harvard. This is so deplorably true that much more should be said about...
...group concerned with the practical business of complete production of plays which are new and with-out production precedent. Its fine work in the past and bright outlook for the future are gratifying in so indifferent a university. Nevertheless, it is handicapped by its very nature, as an extra-curricular activity, for it doubtless should be complementary to an adequate treatment of the theory, if not the practice, in the college curriculum...
...forces beyond the control of editorial boards have been closing in too rapidly on the Lampoon. Advertisers, finding themselves in financial trouble, have been unable to lend their support. Through the sobering influence of the depression and the scholarly atmosphere of the House Plan, undergraduates are turning from extra-curricular activities; interest in Lampoon competitions, hitherto large, has this fall definitely slackened...
...chosen a most unfortunate time to venture into a world where finance are, in the last analysis, the indicator of success and failure. If has chosen a time when the tendency is for students to be more and more preoccupied by their studies, and ever less interested in extra-curricular activities. Under intelligent and responsible direction which fully realizes the magnitude of the task which it is undertaking, there is, however, a good chance that the magazine will make itself a lasting part of the Harvard scene. The healthiest growths are those which thrive under adverse conditions...
...further parallel suggests itself. "Rugged Individualism" in this country seems to be on the decline (though competition for jobs is stronger than ever). Extra curricular activities, though still powerful, have some of their pristine glory. Will the College Plan do to the one what the passing of the frontier has done to the other? Are not both the symbols of the philosophy of competition a philosophy that has seen better days? Yale News...