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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...half-course in American civilization would probably attract a large number of students. Laboratory men, now too busy for extra-curricular history, might well fit a half-course into their distribution schedules. As a course it could be a new departure in Harvard education, with emphasis on personal contact, small groups, informality, and with less stress on examinations. On the other side it may be argued that the giving of course credit would not necessarily increase participation. Moreover, an experimental course faces the real danger of becoming a notorious snap, particularly if formal check-ups are minimized. And the very...
Horse & Buggy Practice. So rapid has been the scientific progress of medicine that a great number of physicians are practicing "horse and buggy" medicine according to the rules of the past generation at the expense of "the defenceless sick." Dr. Bernheim's remedy: medical licenses should be granted not for life but for periods of five years. This would allow young graduates a five-year trial period in which to find themselves, would make it necessary for specialists to secure separate licenses to work in their chosen fields. Since they would have to take periodical examinations, doctors would find...
...petition contends that the Art projects ought to be continued despite the charge that they involve very few people; the signers of the petition believe that the reason Congress might abolish the Art projects is because a relatively small number of people are interested in the actual work and because the work itself is not a pressing necessity...
...Social Service and Library Committees, the drive will continue for two weeks, as a group of eight men will approach every man in the Houses. Working in collaboration with P. B. H. agents is an informal faculty committee, representing a number of departments and headed by J. K. Fairbank, instructor in History...
...moment later Grondahl walked to fill the bases. At this point Lupien caught hold of one of Maxson's curves, and the Crimson were ahead. To insure victory, Grondahl and Lupien pulled a smart Stahl double steal, with Grondahl ringing up number eight...