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While Myron Lecar, lecturer on astronomy, teaches no other undergraduate courses, he has conducted freshman seminars for 10 years. He said he likes he small classes, and that the seminars "give him the fun part of teaching without the drudgery...
Freshman naivete, or what Lecar terms "Freshness and excitement," is essential to make the seminar system work, said many professors. "Freshmen haven't been beaten down by the system. They haven't yet become professional students," Lecar said...
Seminars provide an opportunity to "give students material at a much higher level than usual. I even gave the same project for three years and no one got it, although one kid eventually did his senior thesis on it," Lecar said...
...pound class-Myers (MIT) pinned Tuleja (H) at 2:35, 128-Loe (II) pinned Taub (MIT) at 4:31; 136-Iben (H) planned Schmidt (MIT) at 4:14; 145-Adam(H)Pinned Lecar (MIT) at 1:40; 155-Santo-Buch (H)decisioned Ebeling (MIT), 6-2; 165-Mogan (MIT) pinned Clark (H) at 5:14; 175-Brown (H) and Landy (MIT)drew, 1-1; unlimited-Seymour (MIT) pinned Davis...
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