Word: finley
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Eliot team led by John B. Finley, Jr. '25, assistant professor of Classics, took the affirmative on the question; "Resolved, That Harvard should place more emphasis on the Classics and less on the Social Sciences," and defeated Dudley in an inter-House debate last night in the Dudley Common Room...
...other member of the Eliot team, since Finley took the place of the absent third, was Archibald B. Roosevelt, Jr. '40. The Dudley trio was headed by Reginald B. Phelps '30, Dean of Records, associate of Dudley Ball, and was composed of Lloyd G. Butterfield '40 and Morris Yarosh...
...Eliot team, taking the affirmative, is led by John H. Finley '25, assistant professor of Classics, and includes Archie B. Roosevelt, Jr. '40, and Donald H. Davidson '39. The negative side is composed of Dean of Records Reginald H. Phelps, associate of Dudley Hall, Lloyd G. Butterfield '40 and Morris Yarosh '41. This is the second time this year that Eliot has debated, having lost its first match to Winthrop. The Commuter team is debating for the first time...
Depending on the personality of the instructor, Greek B, which takes up the lyric poets in the first half year, was generally endorsed. Assistant Professor Finley reigns here and is well liked for the liveliness of his classes and his interest in literature. Einarson, who instructed in this course last year, is not recommended, partly perhaps, because his inexperience in class work makes his classes dull and because he is more interested in Philology than literature...
...help of the tutor this enthusiasm can be well developed and directed. The tutors in general are highly praised. In the English field Perkins is fine for the 18th century; Potter excellent in England, France, and Germany; Houghton good on poetry and the 17th century; Miller in America; Finley and Dow in the Classics. Durand knows his Aquinas and Bacon, but perhaps because he is over-worked, he seems indifferent to tutees. New tutors in the department will be D. J. Boorstin, England and America, whose special subject is the history of law; P. Dur., France; and H. Rice, French...