Word: gropius
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...difficult now to perceive an objective picture of Gropius by talking to the faculty. Since most of his supporters have left, the ones that remain will usually portray Hudnut as the misunderstood man, and Gropins as the unyielding genius. To the outside observer, there can be no real facts. Everything said by a professor or instructor is tainted with the bitter feelings of the quarrel...
Some of the faculty now say that Gropius had little direct contact with most of the school's students during the years he served as chairman of the Architecture Department. While the enrollment fluctuated around 200, they state, Gropius spend most of his time with only 16 students, all enrolled in his unique architect's course...
...Master course, which is now taught by for visiting professors, was Gropius' innovation. Created primarily for exceptional students, preferably with some experience, the course took men with architectural degrees and placed them under Gropius' wing. Some members of the faculty complained, out of jealousy, perhaps, about "Gropius' little geniuses, isolated by themselves downstairs." Gropius gave them specific problems to do by themselves, but they seldom mixed with the students studying for the Bachelors degree...
...Master course, some complain, that Gropius had the most damaging effect on his students. Few of them turned out original thinkers, one professor commented. They were like Gropius in every respect except the most important...
...Gropius, along with many leading architects, would dispute this. In a nationwide architectural contest two years ago 14 of his students won 50 per cent of the total prizes. As Gropius comments: "If they were all completely alike, one would think the judges might become a bit bored...