Word: curricular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Case for the College" (CRIMSON of January 28, 1959), a thoughtful and provocative editorial which deserves the highest praise. The editorial itself is a partial refutation of one of its themes, namely, that formal academic requirements absorb too much of the energies of undergraduates, with resultant sacrifices to extra-curricular activities. On the basis of reading the CRIMSON over 40 years; I can only conclude that the CRIMSON reflects the improved quality of our better students...
...hearing that there were 1200 students with aptitude scores in excess of 700 applying last year (700 means the top 1 per cent), and yet only 800 of these students were selected for admission to Harvard. Certainly this indicates a willingness to weight such evidence as personality, character, extra-curricular activities, and the like...
Unique in awarding funds to college extra-curricular activities, the NIMH plans to follow the PBH work closely as a "test case" to determine whether the project can be undertaken by other colleges...
Speaking in the Union in the first of a series of career conferences, Bundy told students not to select courses, extra-curricular activities, or even fields of concentration "to make it look good for a job. The decisions of the individual student must mean something to himself, not to someone else," he added...
...sciences, no specific pre-professional training can be flatly recommended for a business or profession, Bundy stated. However, he did say that if a student were definitely decided on his career there is not reason for him not to pursue training for that field in either academic or extra-curricular activities...