Word: enthusiasm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chairman of the Committee on General Education, John Finley had to contend with what he called "a generation that knew not Joseph." Most of the young Faculty members had arrived after the initial burst of enthusiasm that carried the Gen Ed program through the early 1950's; they were not excited about becoming part of it. Finley had to carry on the program, pleading with the old champions of Gen Ed to give their courses a bit longer, and searching the Faculty for other men who might help...
...burst of enthusiasm revives the Gen Ed program, much of the credit will rightly be given to the reforms voted by the Faculty and to the new Gen Ed Committee. But undergraduates should be grateful to John Finley, who took it upon himself in the bleakest of years to remind his colleagues that Harvard owes its students more than a specialist's education...
Spice & Calories. The most successful salesmen are the least popular ones: the West Germans, whose high enthusiasm and low prices have overcome some of the postwar bitterness. To negotiate deals, West German companies send in up to a dozen men. Other Western countries also give solicitous service, sometimes dispatch salesmen born in Eastern Europe-or eminent public personalities. Recently Denmark's Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag visited Eastern Europe to sell some goods, and Britain's Lord Snowdon jetted to Prague to talk with Czech buyers at a British industrial design show there...
...several stands of strings. The remaining "passengers," which impede both precision and morale, should either rehearse more frequently or be eliminated. Also, strengths of both musicians and conductor would be best revealed in lively, small scale works. Fen it, was the exciting, soloistic sections that gained the audience's enthusiasm Friday night...
Coach Cooney Weiland's three spanking new lines passed with mid-season precision and hustled with homecoming enthusiasm in a 9-2 bombing of Bowdoin at Watson Rink last night. The Harvard hockey team's superiority in play was as convincing as the final score; and the game should give the young skaters confidence and a big win to go along with their recognized potential...