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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...welcome all qualified undergraduates," state the chairmen of three large departments--English, History, and Government. These departments have no set policy for admitting undergraduates into "200" courses; the various instructors are free to decide. Qualification depends--in theory--on Rank List standing and prerequisites; in practice these are often a joke...
...Often, however, the undergraduate in the "200" course gets more than he bargained for. He may be bored by his middle-group courses; he may be what Beer calls a "flashy" student. But the conference course means a shift from the "essay discipline" to the "research discipline." And when it comes to doing research, rather than recording somebody else's opinions, even the good student may, in Beer's words, "be breathing pretty hard when he gets through...
Taking a graduate course often constitutes a "dry run" for the junior or senior who is considering graduate school. He is not yet subject to the pressures or professional standards of competition. The recent CEP report recognized the honors candidate should receive the personal attention possible through small tutorial groups and independent, directed study, such as provided by the conference course...
Fresh fruit salad appears in Lowell House about as often as does oyster stew. This correlation may be stated with some exactness, since neither has appeared on the menu during the memory of the oldest inhabitants...
...Bresson's story, on the other hand, is not a fragment, but rather an epitome of sickness, a suitable inside for the hideous color combination of the cover. It is not that the story is bad, but that it is pathological without seeking a definitive diagnosis. The blind too often seem to be looking at the blind...