Word: hand
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gives them too limited a background. There will be little enough chance to get a social and cultural background in medical school, so one might just as well get it now, when only four or five courses are required for admittance to medical school anyway. On the other hand Biology offers a scientific picture of humanity for men who are interested but do not plan medical work...
...other hand the Biology department at Harvard is one of the best. It is better off financially than most, there are many outside institutions, such as the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Gray Herbarium, the Arnold Arboretum, the Botanical Museum, and the Harvard Forest, to mention only a few, connected with the department of Biology. The Biological Laboratory has excellent facilities, and there is an adequate library devoted to the department. Lastly the Faculty is large and brilliant...
There is no tutorial in the field outside of the aid given during laboratory work, but many concentrators felt the need of someone to direct any voluntary reading they might want to do outside the course work. On the other hand concentrators in Chemistry take a course more that other fields without charge, and the section men are willing to give any suggestions if approached. Since there are no divisions within the field for special concentration and thus little need for correlation, and no general departmental exams, there is little need for organized tutorial...
Both the notable Europeans may actually be on hand, but as usual Harvard authorities last night maintained a "discreet silence." The names of honorary degree recipients remain an official mystery up to the very moment of President Conant's citation...
...having a variety in method and point of view. But despite the President's interest three years ago in labor economics, Harvard has had a paucity of labor instruction in the past decade. It is evident that a sound promotions policy requires a grasp of the concrete issues at hand, rather than the mere following of precedent. It should be realized that comparative judgment of men in different stages of development is impossible. Further, the extent to which a man would diversify the interests of a department must be considered. Lastly, since no university can live apart from society...