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...wrote, "I resigned myself to a position of skepticism towards all philosophical systems and system-builders." He refused to be one of the men & women who try to "remake God and the universe in their own images." His own plea to philosophers: "Why assume that where two philosophies differ one must be wrong? Two pictures of the same object taken from different points can both be true . . ." Philosophy, he contended, was not a science, it was "a way of ... vision." It was that sort of vision that skeptic Morris Cohen tried to give his students...
...leading motive behind these post-war changes was the realization that there are two distinctly different demands for an introductory course in every department. The concentrator in that department wants the basic tools for future study, and the non-concentrator wants a broad picture and general understanding of the field. At many points these demands conflict; the usual practice was to ignore the non-concentrator. The Economics Department's solution to the problem is to divide its elementary course into two different types of sections--for concentrators and non-concentrators. Non-concentrator sections have eliminated such subjects as analysis...
...seems to agree that the institution there (Framingham) is in an awful mess. But, they all add,what can you do about it?" he complained. He had opposed Dr. Van Waters' methods "in legislative hearings and from the floor of the Senate," but "no previous Commissioner has dared to differ with Dr. Van Waters. Even members of the legislature kowtow to her." LePresti's interest in Framingham was hardly limited to an investigation of the suicide. He felt that the Reformatory was a sinkhole of immorality and favoritism, and he was not reticent in telling readers of the American about...
...Articles in this department represent the opinions of those editors who differ with the expressed editorial policy of the CRIMSON...
Objections to the proposals, then, cannot logically come on the grounds of cramping a student's program; for the new system would not differ substantially form the old so far as the number of distribution courses is concerned. If there is objection, it must come on philosophical grounds from those members of the Faculty who still feel that GE is not healthy for Harvard...