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...first impression of Alexander Gerschenkron came not from the man, but from his office. In contrast to the long, cold corridors of Littauer Center, his small room was intensely human; hundreds of books covering the walls and, stacked high on the floor and chairs, along with glasses for fine wine, tobacco and pipes, two large knives, and a rifle resting on the couch. He apologized slightly for the disorder--"I've just come back from Oxford"--and he remarked, with an eye to the sleet falling outside, that Europe had been worse--all wrapped...
Compared to his own "burdened" education, Professor Gerschenkron felt that his children's American schooling had been far superior. "I'm a great admirer of good American secondary education. My daughter learned fewer facts than I did, but they learned how to work, and even more important, how to doubt. It's up to the university to fill in the actual gaps, and this is one justification for the General Education and interdisciplinary programs...
...lower-level Humanities courses which will bring most of the Great Man of the English department to the General Education podium, and a new upper level Soc Sci given by Alexander Gerschenkron, Walter S. Barker Professor of Economics, will caliven next year's Gen Ed offerings...
Gerachenkron's spring half course, entitled "The Political Element in Economic History," will "attempt to assess the significance of the political element in economic development," Gerschenkron said. It will draw its examples of economic development from the history of nineteenth century Europe...
Each afternoon three panels will discuss the roles each of the fields play in modern American education. Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, and Alexander Gerschenkron, Walter S. Barker Professor of Economics, will participate in today's panel discussion on the social sciences...