Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Their decision would partially determine the place in the Ph.D. program of the thesis, the writing of which is mainly responsible for the lengthy residence of some graduate students. Myron P. Gilmore, chairman of the History Department, urged an examination of the problem "at the level of departments," from which might come a concept of the thesis "not as a book, but as an example of research...
...little ironies of academic life in the College is the fact that section meetings, taken for granted during Freshman and Sophomore year, suddenly disappear when the student begins taking large, popular upper-level courses as a Junior or Senior...
While sections in elementary Gen Ed courses may often mean a dull hash-over of generalities, their disappearance in upper-level courses leaves the student alone with his notes at the time when he is best equipped to discuss, penetrate, and challenge course material. It is not unusual for a non-science major to have three of four courses with little or no discussion available and then, for contrast, an individual grilling by a tutor. In short, by the time one is a Junior, one's ideas are one's own business...
...written or oral question-and-answer sessions held at the lecturer's discretion. Professor Tillich's courses are famous for these written student questions, answered from the lecture platform at the start of each class hour. In any event, means should be devised to inject student ideas into upper level courses...
Glass will be used extensively in the structure; the theatre's west wall and back side will be almost entirely glass. In addition, the auditorium area will be surrounded on the second level with offices, dressing areas, a canteen, and other rooms...