Word: pamphlets
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...hold the attention of their audience. If it is impossible for the College to secure such men, although other organizations seem to find no difficulty in doing so, we would suggest that lectures such as have been given this year would do much more good if printed in pamphlet form and distributed, than they do by being delivered. One word more. People are not likely to go to hear a lecture on such a subject as "Ideality in Science," for we do not believe there are ten persons in Cambridge who have any idea what on earth this means...
...amount of extra work required by instructors in some of the elective courses has become something to which the attention of the Faculty should be at once directed. In the elective pamphlet we are informed that the recitations in a certain course occupy three hours a week, and upon inquiry, we discover that the basis of the Faculty's calculations is that two hours are to be spent in the preparation of each recitation. In fact, however, it is far otherwise. Some instructors, under the mistaken idea that their particular course is the only thing worth paying any attention...
...than there has been this, none of the work being in Qualitative Analysis, but all in connection with the lectures; the lecture-room experiments will be repeated by the students. Some change may be made, too, in the relative number of recitations and lectures. One mistake in the Elective Pamphlet should be noticed. Fifteen hours - including one hour in Acoustics - is required for Honors in Music; only fourteen can be found. We learn from Professor Paine, concerning this, that Music 2, counterpoint, three hours a week, ought to be divided into two courses, simple and advanced counterpoint. We then have...
...glad to see so many changes for the better in the Elective Pamphlet for next year. The most important change, of course, is the giving up of most of the required work and the substitution of elementary electives in its place. We sincerely hope that the success of this experiment will be proved by the selection of these elementary courses by a large number of students. The danger is that men may be tempted to neglect these for more advanced courses, and so fail to get the benefit which they formerly derived from the required work. We are glad...
SOME changes have been made in the Elective Pamphlet for next year. The following is a brief outline of the most important ones: History is no longer required in the Sophomore year, nor Philosophy in the Junior year, but Sophomores will in future have to take twelve hours of electives, and Juniors fourteen. To supply the place of this required work three introductory courses in History are introduced, and three in Philosophy. The Philosophy courses will be conducted by Professors Bowen and Palmer, and by Dr. James, who will give a two-hour course on "The Doctrine of Evolution." These...