Word: evens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...squad will be a larger, better extension of the Lodge. Depending on "how the trends go," says Lippincott, "we will play it by ear." If enough sophomores in the next five years show interest in the quad plan, three additional dormitories (housing another 270 or more students) and perhaps even a second dining hall--although funds for these Phase II projects are not included in the $53 million program...
...Even before the Sputnik era, emphasis on science and learning taken on their own merits was increasing, and the demand for General Education was on the wane. A similar transformation taking place within Harvard has put more and more emphasis on professional training and scholarship...
Accompanying the growing emphasis on specialization is a personnel problem which the Natural Science program has felt for some years. But even now, as it seems possible that distinguished scientists will take greater interest in teaching Gen Ed courses, the difficulties are becoming more acute in other fields...
...Even among many who would like to see the General Education requirement eliminated, there is feeling in favor of the program. Professor Brower, who feels that the job can be done by the departments if they are carefully supervised, says of the committee, "It has fulfilled a function that nothing else has fulfilled--someplace where people think about what is happening to the average undergraduate...
...obvious policy is interdepartmentalism, for this is the most significant and conspicuous aspect of the present program. Even this will have to be maintained in the face of strong opposition, however, for, as the Freshman experiments indicate, there is much sentiment toward making the college experience a completely specialized...