Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the announcement by Professor Hillyer of further changes in English A, the prospects become considerably brighter that this course may take its rightful place in the curriculum. The present changes are part of a long development in the direction of greater individual work and fewer organized recitations, which has been in the process of evolution under pressure of constant campaigns for reform...
...greater flexibility than was possible in the past. These changes will serve to acquaint the Freshman with the workings of the tutorial system and should provide the physical basis for a really interesting course of study. For Freshman English could be one of the important courses in the college, curriculum, as an introduction to the study of literature and a stimulation to the enjoyment of writing, rather than the powerful and often permanent antidote to any interest in the study of English which it has tended to be in the past. No matter how carefully the details of English...
...Since the wearing of letter sweaters at Harvard is practically taboo the matter is of relatively small importance here. The athlete who has won his insignia rarely ever wears it except in practice sessions and during the summer months. There is also a certain tradition built around the athletic curriculum which designates the various sports...
...future, but a recognition of the trend of events already in progress. Here at Yale, the next few years will see the inception of the new Colleges System, the increasing importance of education as emphasized by the more rigorous (although broader and less specific) requirements of the new curriculum, and a greater interest in the informality of intramural sports. As a breeding-ground for intellectual idealism, the Yale of the new decade will be unexcelled. Yale Daily News...
...necessary for professional training. The "college" takes a step toward solving the first problem by providing a general education for the large group who neither wish nor deserve specialized instruction in the arts and sciences. It avoids the necessity of persevering through four years merely because "there is no curriculum leading to a dignified terminus at an earlier period...