Word: presentments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hans F. Loeser, president of the CCA, in announcing the endorsements, characterized the organization's slate as "one of the strongest we have ever been able to present...
Other areas besides philosophy present similar problems. Conflicting evaluations in history, in psychological theory, in meanings of literary works, present problems for any professor; he must resolve the tension between his role as apostle and his role as expositor. This tension becomes evident in courses such as History 130, "Renaissance and Reformation," in which the problems of historical interpretation are augmented by those of divergent religious claims. Myron P. Gilmore, professor of History, admits that "It is not the business of the historian to inculcate belief." Gilmore does admit in History 130 that he has sympathies, chiefly with More...
General unanimity seems to exist that Harvard is secular, despite its Protestant Divinity School. Harvard's present secularist position, though, represents the end product of a long evolution, and the vestiges of earlier evidences of a sectarian and religious past have sometimes caused friction...
Undoubtedly, with the number of undergraduates at the College, the lecture and course system will remain the basis of the curriculum. Lectures have some great advantages; the principal one is that they present the "great men" of the faculty to a large number of undergraduates. A diet of lectures alone, however, can lead to intellectual sluggishness. Freshmen have had General Education A to give them the experience of a discussion course, but the majority of Gen. Ed. A classes (the honors sections are notable exceptions) can prove puerile and stultifying...
This year certainly, perhaps the next five years, will be a time of testing for the program. Revisions may have to be made, for some of the present seminars may never escape beyond a desultory pursuit of some dilettantish goal, whereas others may be too specialized (for example those on sunspots or German historical thinking since 1945) and encourage freshmen to enter a cozy academic niche prematurely...