Word: plans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tentative plan by the House Committee was to run a door-to-door canvass some time in the middle of next week...
...plan was immediately successful. Not only was the Seminar over-subscribed by applications, but it proved to be the most complete school of American studies in Europe, with courses on history, government, economies, sociology, literature, and art. An improved library--the best on American subjects in Central Europe--and another excellent faculty helped to make the record of the second year just as impressive. Harvard was again represented by Professor Leontief, and Talcott Parsons, professor of sociology, made his first trip to the Seminar. In gener- al, however, the teaching staff was more broadly representative of the United States than...
Without regard to nationality or political belief, preference in student selection is given to those who plan to teach or enter public life, in order to spread the influence of the Seminar as widely as possible. Application are screened by European student organizations and teachers, and final choice is made after an interview with the Executive Director, Professor John Finch of Dartmouth. All students attend the Seminar without cast to themselves, and where necessary they have their travelling expenses paid...
Best remedy for the College's failings, the report states is a return to tutorial for more of the undergraduates. The committee pleads not for any specific tutorial plan, but rather for that "intangible quantity, the tutorial idea. . . . As an ideal we see it gradually slipping from view...
...Plan E, with proportional representation, has been in operation here in Cambridge since 1940; it has been so successful that five other cities in the state have adopted the plan, and the fight for its adoption in Boston still continues. If Senate 5, or any one of its ilk, passes the legislature, Cambridge and other Plan E cities will have to return to old methods of voting, ward system and all. Plan E, an effective means for achieving municipal reform, will be emasculated; the politicians who would like a return to old times, as well as those who want...