Word: holton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...number one match with Dave Damon of Massachusetts, Cooney won on the 20th hole. Stokes lost to Barr at two, 3 and 2; Ornsteen defeated Getchel, 4 and 3; Jones lost to Holton, 2 and 1; Bailey triumphed over Packard, 4 and 3; Thurmond defeated Morrison, 6 and 5; and Fleischman lost to Dane on the 20th hole...
...Gerald Holton, associate professor of Physics, pointed out the importance of the theory of relativity and its applications. "Like Kepler, Galilee, and Newton, he felt that some of the important problems of physics could be linked to the problems of philosophy and that both must be solved together," he said...
Director of General Education Philip B. Rhinelander '29 stated that the course was set up on an experimental basis and he hoped "to expand the course if it worked out." Holton feels a possible lack of professors willing and capable of teaching the course may hinder its future expansion...
...Holton cited the need for elective courses on the upper or intermediate level of General Education since "science concentrators do not take General Education courses on the introductory level...
Original source material will be "used to demonstrate the continuity of historical development even within the great revolutions of scientific thought." Physics 11a and 11b or their equivalent will be prerequisites. A considerable number of students have expressed a wish for a course of this nature, according to Professor Holton...