Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Merriman turned the pages of the frank guide to Freshmen courses, which the CRIMSON issued in pamphlet form this fall for the first time, and quivers of amusement began to gather around his inevitable pipe as he scanned the expressed criticisms of so many sacred institutions of the Harvard curriculum...
With the start of the new academic year, the Business School announces many important changes in the curriculum chiefly along the lines of adapting the courses to the current conditions. In addition to the changes in the regular curriculum of the School, the announcement of the Leatherbee lectures which will be given by Professor Oliver M. W. Sprague '94 on Monetary Policies and Problems has created an unusually great amount of interest. A more complete description of this course will be found in an adjoining column...
...more liberal education. The abolition for upperclassmen of hour examinations, the cancellation of their compulsory attendance at classes, and the relaxation of probation all point in one direction; the Harvard undergraduate shall become a responsible student. Upon him alone will depend the success or failure of his college curriculum...
...such a burden. As the CRIMSON has often reiterated, the flood of men who come from high schools and private schools to Harvard each year need to be treated like so many babies and in addition require survey courses which would best find their place in a school curriculum. This is not only wrong: it is a positive hindrance. If the colleges are to adopt a more liberal course, and it is to be presumed that the other large colleges will follow Harvard's experiments, the schools must turn out students capable of managing themselves. It is up to them...
...adding Latin to the list of languages necessary for a Doctor's degree, the English department has acted contrary to what are considered the latest trends in education. Last spring Andover Academy announced a reduction of its Latin curriculum to a maximum of three years. With that announcement it was generally believed that Harvard would be forced to follow suit and ease up on its entrance requirements. Last week Williams College, when it elected Tyler Dennett as its next president, also reduced its entrance requirements to two years...