Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...giving a short series of lectures, it is difficult for the lecturer to lay a factual foundation for the dissertation," he said. The student is consequently plunged into a discussion with only his general knowledge of the subject to help him understand it, Under the pressure of required courses it can hardly be expected that he will do preliminary reading on the subject. There, I think that the tutorial reading of students interested in the lectures might be chosen to given them a better understanding of the topic under consideration...
...discussion of the difficult questions of highway cost and cost allocation is equally acute. The problem is essentially one of read classification on the basis of benefits dispensed and to whom. Mr. Owen properly objects to the enstemary classification of roads into vehicle use highways and local use highways with their various sub-groups on the ground that it is too simple to reflect accurately the reality of the situation. He is not, however, prepared to advance an alternative classification of his own, contenting himself rather with the observation that such a classification will only be practicable after extensive traffic...
Criticisms to this suggestion are many, granted. But it seems that such a solution is a satisfactory one to one of the most difficult problems of Distribution. Modern thinking is greatly assisted by a scientific approach, and it becomes more apparent daily that such an understanding is not included in the Harvard requirements. Elementary sciences may give one an inkling of scientific method as practiced in the laboratory, but it is doubtful if they do more. A history of scientific thought conveys the true meaning of scientific method. Likewise a history of philosophic thought will give a clearer meaning...
...mass of undergraduates who take it as a requirement is Philosophy. Philosophy A is little short of a boring rule which must be adhered to, containing small interest, having uninspired lectures, and run by men, who to the undergraduates, contain no imagination. Philosophy is a difficult subject at best to teach to undergraduates, but if it could be done through a history of philosophic thought, given interestingly and imaginatively, it probably could be made more palatable to the men who elect it, and it would also give to them some idea of the history of the philosophic attitude toward knowledge...
...addition to these veterans there is the crop of outstanding candidates coming up from the 1937 team to fight it out for the extra position on the Varsity. There is, of course, the perennial problem of finding men for the Freshman team, which is always a difficult task, since so few of the preparatory schools have teams in this more or less obscure sport. But this year there is the promising news that there is a bumper crop of good material and an unusually large supply of candidates. The redoubtable Rene will have a more serious job than usual...