Word: interests
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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James Lanigan '39, organizer of the Committee, emphasized its aim as arousing student interest to work for "an intelligent, progressive" Congressman. Eliot is up against the incumbent Congressman, 77-year-old, anti-New Deal Robert Luce...
Little St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, only a fraction of the size of this college, should nevertheless be of interest to Harvard students this year because of an experiment in education which is the exact opposite of the system here. Backed by President Hutchins of Chicago University, this institution is launching a compulsory curriculum based on the "Hundred Great Books" which, according to its authorities, are the foundation of all our knowledge and culture. It is, roughly, a chronological study of the arts and sciences of the ages, conforming to its supporters' idea of what is the basis...
...himself a member of the old school of thought, which believes strongly in mental discipline for its own sake. He favors the study of classics in secondary school as excellent mind training and self-education, and rather approves of the idea that the subject should contain more drudgery than interest. At a later time in discussing the minds of students, Dr. Lowell says they do not object to strict discipline in itself, particularly if they are responsible for the result. But he does not take into consideration the fact that it is only when a student is genuinely interested that...
...surprisingly good companion piece, in the form of "Broadway Musketeers," presents Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan and Marie Wilson as a triumvirate of "women against the world." Graduated from the same orphanage but into very different walks of life, the three are thrown together and their reactions to a common interest are well conceived and excellently portrayed. Star of the picture, however, is six-year-old Janet Chapman, who lacks the publicity-wise sophistication of Hollywood citizens twice...
Since 192 men have indicated their interest in inter-House debating, and since the aims of the plan are, according to Ebb, "to foster intellectual activity in the Houses... primarily in the field of the social sciences," the University funds are forthcoming, it is reported, because of President Conant's active interest...