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Such a program must be very carefully worked out to avoid ambiguity and to escape incorrect but justifiable answers. For example in number three, the words heat and are necessary to make heat impossible for the answer. It is probably harder to compose such a program than it is to cover the same material in a textbook passage. The machine material must be clear and self-contained, because the machine is the only source, and cannot clarify itself as a teacher...
Actually, of course, it is wrong to say that the machine does any teaching. It just presents the material in a logical way, conveys knowledge from the composer of the program to the student. Of course it is infinitely more efficient than a real teacher, since the number of students to whom it can convey this information is virtually limitless...
Bullitt reported that a large number of applications have been received for transfer to the new House, which will be ready for occupancy in September of next year. Suites, the common room, and the Library are all scheduled for completion before the fall semester...
...confirmed by future Reports. On the basis of a one year period there seems to be significant trend toward graduate study of arts and sciences, which officials at the University have interpreted to mean that Harvard College is, as they would wish it to be, producing a larger number of college instructors. The fact is that last year saw an increase of 6 per cent in the number of seniors planning to attend graduate schools of arts and sciences, the normal preparation for a teaching career, and that the greatest increase is found in the non-technical fields of study...
...Class Plans Report also provides some ammunition for the jingoes in the Houses. Adams had the largest number of men planning graduate work, Dudley the lowest; Kirkland led the field in seniors anticipating immediate military service, while Adams was last; and Dudley came up with a high of 23 per cent ready to take jobs, compared to Eliot and Winthrop's low of nine per cent...