Word: lating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Every Harvard teacher from the most senior Faculty member to the lowliest teaching fellow has been wearing a nervous mask of late, anticipating the arrival of the CRIMSON's 11th annual Confidential Guide to Courses...
...following excerpts from "DeLoon's Practical Guide to the Passing on of Knowledge," by the late Hadley Warner DeLoon (1883-1968), Jane Thunderbold Professor of Arts and Crafts, are here reprinted as a public service. We have long suspected the existence of such a document, but only recently came into its possession-after a fruitful journey through the DeLoon family crypt...
...Mention should also be made of the Pompadour method named after the late Izzy Pompadour. Taylor Cheesewitt Professor of Applied History, whose reading lists remain on file at the Faculty Club. The typical Pompadour list was split into five areas ( with such titles as " Chaos and Collapse " and " A Wing and a Prayer "), each in turn split among books " Recommended, " " Critical, " " Assumed, " " Incidental, " and " Basic. " Professor Pompadour introduced many variations upon this theme, but the most successful was his habit of withdrawing all books from Widener at the start of each term and relocating them to his home in greater...
EXAMS. The Spaulding Slaughter has now given way to the Crumgold Finesse, originated by the late Miles Crumgold, Harry and Bill Green Professor of World History. It was Dr. Crumgold's custom to warn his students well in advance of the hour exam that they were in for a " toughie. " As the day approached, he would start hinting at some of the incredibly intricate questions students should prepare for, and with one lecture to go he would-in a burst of charity-pass out a list of relevant items. The actual exam then consisted of a single question, typically...
Ironically, his life ended on a muted but genuinely heroic note. In his late 60s, Weyman finally abandoned-or conquered-his artistic impulses and went to work as a night manager in a Yonkers motel. There, on the night of August 27, 1960, after a year on the job, he was shot to death bravely trying to foil a hold-up attempt...