Word: interestingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...candidate who shows sufficient interest in the early stages of the competitions, to pass necessary tests on from is assigned a tutor--a veteran editor who assists with analysis of work compiled and guides the prospect through his competition. Each board appoints a chairman to oversee the work of the tutor, confer regularly with candidates on their progress, and pass judgement at intervals...
...concentrator in its accomodations of the concentrator. Its policy of subdividing periods appears calculated to drives off the non-concentrators; these extremely limited courses are dry and historically incomplete because of a seemingly willful exclusion of major works in favor of secondary material, very often of little interest of merit. Elizabethan literature is now taught in three different courses: porse poetry, and drama; the Eighteenth Century receives as many, while such courses as "English Literature from 1603 to the Restoration, exclusive of Drama" can attract only the most esoteric of concentrators...
This type of course preserves coherence and completeness at the expense of a broad view and general interest which the non-concentrator looks for. But even the concentrators would benefit from considering together the now-divorced writers, such as Fielding, Swift, and Johnson, without having to wade through the 17th Century romances and 18th Century letter-writers as well...
...courses about reading lists which emphasize great literature, leaving the secondary work to private study in further courses for concentrators. The sacrifice of representative fulness would be more than compensated for by the increase in quality and comprehensiveness, and such a policy might help considerably in securing a wider interest throughout the College in literature written before...
Competing for the news board involves a variety of activities, including writing, interviewing, and attending sports events and press conferences. During this time the candidate makes contacts which frequently provide him with news stories during his years as an editor, and open new areas of interest on which he may later concentrate. Continual probing throughout the vast University complex has no equal as a means of providing understanding of the Harvard-Radcliffe community, and perception of its problems...