Word: fields
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...swimming Coach Harold S. Ulen in the introduction of his new book, "The Complete Swimmer," on the aquatic art to be published on May 2. Not to be outdone by Oologist Richard Cresson Harlow who has been named a curator of birds' eggs, Ulen has ventured into the literary field in accord with the University's well-known desire for books to be written...
...Previously, Yale's Perryman had taken the first heat in 23.8, beating Garrett, and Julian Armstrong, of Dartmouth, had won the second heat, also in 23.8, with Harvard's Jim Curwen third. Curwen placed fifth in the final behind Garrett, Russ Duncan, of Yale, Armstrong, and Perryman, a formidable field for any 50-yard race...
...think if you examine the field of first team actors, now appearing on Broadway, you will find that very few attended college. From a close examination it would seem that college makes very little difference to a star, but four years of University training means a great deal to a bit player...
Walking encyclopedias who spout names and dates and other people's theories are plodding along today in the field of social sciences according to Professor Mather in a recent interview on concentration and distribution. Natural sciences not social sciences teach the student methods of thought and analysis and give him the tools to work out problems under his own steam. This is not a reflection upon the intrinsic merits of the social sciences as a field of concentration, but rather the attack points an accusing finger at the manner in which social sciences are being taught at Harvard...
...applying what he has learnt. The social sciences need "laboratory work" of the same kind. Tutorial and written papers are both steps in the right direction. Most important of all is that the teachers of the social sciences realize that their main object is not to present their field to the student on a platter for him to absorb but rather to teach the student how to learn and guide him in his study...