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...elective courses for 1959 and their enrollments are Ec 7, 547; Hum 5, 537; Math 1a, 531; English 126a, 430; Soc Sci 1, 401; English 170b, 372; Math 20a, 316; Hum...
...number of members of the General Education staff feel that many freshmen have deferred meeting humanities requirements until next year, when Humanities 2 will again be given. Since Hum 2 has a normal enrollment of about 500, a large number of students must be absorbed by other Gen Ed courses. The return of Social Sciences 2 after a year in brackets may also contribute to the rush...
...English Department's use of Hum 6 is a combination of convenience (for it is thus unnecessary to give courses in criticism for potential concentrators) and salesmanship, since English is a more attractive major when one does not have to "waste" a year on General Education. In reality, however, this policy perverts the fundamental philosophy of General Education and works considerable hardships on non-concentrators...
Either the enrollment limit of Hum 6 should be raised (which would be unfortunate, since the instructor should have a chance to make this decision without outside pressure), or the Department should stop encouraging students to take Hum 6, or a similar course, required of concentrators, should be created within the department. In any case, Professor Brower should stop giving concentrators special treatment. Only by such action will he be able to force members of the English department to recognize that the General Education program was not created for their own convenience...
Some places, people dine at noon; in Cambridge, it is the hour of decision. In this case, one man's steak is another man's roast beef. Arthur Schlesinger's History 169 (Room 18, 2 Divinity Avenue, Harry Levin's English 126 (Harvard 4), and Perry Miller's Hum 111 (Sever 18) are the competing extravaganzas...