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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reading list likewise runs from Thomas Mann's short stories to Remarque's familiar All Quiet on the Western Front. But this won't be a frolic through translated works: The texts are all read in German, although Tatar will conduct class discussions in English...
...Core committee was convinced. They passed her course without reservation, though they urged her to offer the course in English translation. Tatar intends to make that shift in two years...
...from 3 to 5 per cent of the Harvard student body has a genuine disability. Rarely is it a psychological problem, Dinklage says. More often those who cannot learn languages are the same students who had difficulty learning to read and spell in English, even though they could speak it. To try to master reading an unfamiliar language would be impossible for them. Other students have trouble interpreting a language they hear and cannot assimilate the Harvard language courses, which have become more listening-oriented in the past decade...
...hand, several professors believe Brustein will resolve the art-courses-for-credit controversy. Those who have been agitating for more arts in academia await Brustein, a knight in shining armor who will revitalize the battle. The whole issue boils down to one question," says Robert J. Kiely, professor of English, "When does an activity become a course?" Kiely believes that as long as a course retains a theoretical aspect, there is no reason why it shouldn't receive course credit...
...will be all there this year, however Samuel J. Bloomfield '79, former secretary of the Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club (HRDC) believes this year will be one of transition while old staff members who resigned when Brustein was hired are busy looking for new jobs. "In theory Chapman (professor of English who heads the drama department but will be leaving that post next year) is running the Loeb, but in reality this year the Leob will be a totally student-oriented place--no staff and very little professionalism," Bloomfield says...