Word: finleyism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...considering the program of his department, any chairman would have in the back of his mind this obligation to take into account," said Finley...
...John H. Finley Jr, '25, chairman of the Committee on General Education, agreed that the rule would be useful in applying "moral leverage" on department chairman to persuade them to channel more teaching time into the Gen Ed program...
...statesmen, politicians, and poets seldom lead their commencement processions. Most Harvard prize winners grow up to be professors, many of them professors at Harvard. John H. Finley, Jr. '25 won $250 for a Bowdoin essay on "Euripides and Shaw Compared." Mason Hammond '25 won $50 apiece for translations in Greek and Latin. Clarence Crane Brinton '19 won an Elizabeth Wilder Prize in 1916, made to a Freshman in need of financial aid who receive the highest mark on a German A or B exam. Brinton, like Louis Hartz '40 and Leonard K. Nash '39 won deturs, prizes of books awarded...
...UNITED CARPENTERS: Maurice Hutcheson, 67, who succeeded his father in the job, might be followed by Finley Allen...
...Finley's reaction to Dr. Constable's suggestion, that students should no longer be forcefed General Education courses against their will, should remind many of the outcry which was raised in schools and colleges across the country when colleges dropped Latin as a requirement for graduation. We were told that the tocsin had sounded for the classics. Quite the opposite, apparently, has happened. Teachers of Latin have not only learned how to teach Latin, but in many instances have actually mastered their subject. The improving standard of pedagogy has attracted students who actually master the subject themselves. The proponents...