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...only a naive reader of these reports could suppose that the troubles of the women's colleges were merely financial, or that they could be solved by putting a Wall Street wizard in every president's office. The budgetary crisis is actually only one dramatic facet of the story, the one problem which even a college president cannot ignore. This unwinding story can only be understood if we turn away from the reddening ledgers and look at the parents, students, teachers, and philanthropists whose hopes and fears determine the economic condition of the college...
...Another facet of the new methods now being employed here is the use of the "machine system" (tape recorders). "We are starting this in one of our elementary French courses," Frohock notes, "but we are far behind such colleges as Wesleyan and Columbia. They have many of these essential practice laboratories, we have only one which has just been started this year." Professors Henry Hatfield and Harry Levin are not quite so enthusiastic on the subject of tape recorders, the former remarking that "we haven't gone overboard on machines, but we are waiting to see how they work...
Offering his own definition of capitalism, he called it "the reliance on the pattern precipitated by the buying habits of the public as the basis for economic decision." He emphasized that "a fundamental facet of liberty is the right of people to conduct economic operations without interference...
Despite the somewhat musty forums, and occasional professorial disappointment at the level of knowledge of students, the school charitably offers to all without restriction the opportunity for two months of a Harvard education. As a dynamic facet of the University's design to educate wherever it can, the Summer School serves a vital purpose. In contrast to the noisy plan discussed two years ago of sponsoring a number of Harvard-like colleges throughout the U.S., the Summer School spreads its bit of veritas around quietly--though self-consciously--and in a quite successful, manner...
...Hindemith's stature as a teacher, composer, and musikwissen-schafter is by this time very well established and the performers Monday night did great justice to his work. In his studies, Hindemith became versed in, and was capable of writing solo works for a varied number of instruments--a facet that the Paine Hall concert well showed...