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Marshall R. Pihl, director of the summer session, introduces the book without undue modesty. "We have established a longstanding reputation for the range and excellence of our programs," says he Indeed, though many have dated call it "Camp Harvard," the summer school crusaders generally take themselves quite seriously. "A truly cosmopolitan center of learning during the summer months in Cambridge" assets Pihl. This bold, declarative style sometimes verging on the pompous characterize the entire work...
...parallel, yet ironically unrelated theme chews its way, month Like, into the already heavily woven fabrie of the work. Foreign students, There are many of them. They are "your fellows students who will help to make your summer of study a special learning experience." (Pihl) Many of them are serious whether about learning Physics or learning the English language and most are friendly. Many others speak only Spanish and kick soccer balls against your dorm room window at 5 a.m. Hurtling, spinning, crashing Chemistry textbooks and stereo components do not deter them. It is an irony unresolved...
...Says Pihl at the outset. "Our summer faculty members are comprised mostly of teachers with a Harvard affiliation, but we also have recruited distinguished visiting faculty members." They are distinguished in that they are the ones who seem to teach all of the courses, while "Harvard affiliated" apparently includes grad students and people who received degrees here. Illusion and reality; tenured Harvard superstar becomes BU assistant prof A.M. 110 is APSC s-120. Does art imitate life or transform it? Whither Veritas...
...some traditional pre-med courses, including Biochemistry S-100. "Biochemistry," continue to show decreased enrollments, Pihl said...
...Though Pihl said the boom in computer courses would seem to indicate a new interest in business, he added that the decrease in economics enrollment might contradict that view...