Word: foreword
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...actual attack on the Guide can be discounted since none of it discusses the merits of our criticism. The Bulletin's apparent belief, however, that Dean Leighton should have not written the foreword cannot pass without notice. His belief in the Harvard tradition--the right to criticize and to express criticisms freely--has been strengthened through his contacts with Freshmen and their opinions. He has had the courage to follow his belief out to its logical conclusion in the face of unavoidable criticism. Certainly it is this type of man, who is open to comment, favorable and unfavorable, that belongs...
...have received at their homes before the opening of College a pamphlet containing advice from "the editors of the CRIMSON" as to the choices of courses in College. In previous years this advice has been limited to the pages of the CRIMSON itself; this year it appears with a "foreword" by Dolmar Leighton, '19, Dean of Freshmen. Just why the term "confidential" is retained is not clear. Nor is it clear that such a pamphlet, published under such auspices, can be regarded as "unofficial," in spite of its disclaimer to that effect. Of the 45 courses described and judged, about...
This year the CRIMSON initiated a system of mailing a copy of the Confidential Guide to all incoming Freshmen containing reviews of all courses open to them. This pamphlet was mailed during the early weeks of September and was headed by a foreword by Delmar Leighton '19, Dean of Freshmen...
...Foreword by Leighton...
Dean Leighton in his foreword emphasized the fact that the information contained in the Guide was as valuable as that in the catalogue since it gave, what he termed the "dope" by men who had taken the courses and not by those who had given them. Several professors who have commented on the pamphlet have declared that they valued the Guide because it acted as an incentive to section men who were inclined to become careless...