Word: listings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Reading Lists. One of the commonest mistakes of the novice is to assemble to single all-inclusive reading list for distribution at the course's first meeting. Rather the reading should be divided among at least a dozen cheaply rexographed handouts, each covering a narrow topical subdivision of the course's main theme, each to be deposited inconspicuously on a chair or radiator or, better yet, floor, at such time as you have effectively done with the subject matter contained therein...
Another trademark of the non-initiate, to be avoided at all costs, is the simple breakdown of reading into the categories "Required" and "Supplementary." Better by far is a straight alphabetical listing with no further classification. The list should of course be lengthy, but it is always necessary to save certain critical works for passing reference during lecture. [See "Passing Reference...
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 Wedener at the start of each term, and relocating them to his home in greater...
...will 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 "'The Eighteenth Century began in 1669.' Discuss...
December 7: Sixty black students from Harvard and Radcliffe confronted Mrs. Bunting and demanded quick action on student grievances. The black Cliffies had presented Mrs. Bunting with a list of demands two weeks earlier and claimed that she had promised to answer them by December 5. The demands included admitting 30 black Cliffies for the class of 73 and guaranteeing wider financial support...