Word: numbered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harris noted, however, that certain courses, such as the classics or theoretical physics, which attract only a small number of students, have a "definite educational value." These courses could be given in alternate years, he suggested...
...compensate for the smaller number of courses, Harris called upon the colleges to reduce course requirements, so that students might pursue more independent study in their individual fields of interest...
...concern for the increased number of students going to graduate schools and particularly graduate schools of arts and sciences is overdone. It is all to the good if Harvard to some extent offsets the inadequate flow of able students to the graduate schools for the Ph.D...
...official ban on the existence of any political party except Franco's decrepit Falange, Spain abounds in opposition groups. Well known to Franco's police, they range from a clutch of monarchist factions to syndicalists and anarchists, all the way to the Communists, who though few in number, are well financed and gaining sympathizers, thanks to the government's endless plugging of the theme that the only choice open to Spain is "either Franco or Communism...
...Verdon moments worth counting are few, but one fine one is a witty chorus number called The Uncle Sam Rag, parodying a sedately British version of U.S. ragtime. As Essie's muscular true love, Richard Kiley is good in voice and virile in manner. The lackluster score sounds like eight notes in search of a composer, and the book should be returned to the moths from which it was borrowed. But Redhead's flaws are not in its star...