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Almost extinct in these troubled times is the breed of college professors who, against the somber stereotype of their profession, are, nevertheless, capable of achieving the rare combination of a sense of humor with a sober pursuit of knowledge. One man who has discovered the recipe for just such a blending is Earl Latham, Visiting Professor of Government from Amherst, who regularly presides at the gathering of Government 135 where he dispenses his collected does of cynicism on party politics in America...
Next Tuesday, October 20, marks the hundredth anniversary of John Dewey's birth. In memory of the philosopher, Antonius Savides, a retired professor prominent in certain educational and psychological circles, has written down an interview he remembers having with Dewey in Lowell House some years...
...Professor Demos quotes Whitehead in connecting moral education with "visions of greatness." At Harvard we have the opportunity to come into contact with greatness in many forms, through the curriculum, and through association with professors and students, some of whom may possess greatness in one way or another. We need to look for it, and to desire to see it. But we also need to learn how to recognize these visions, and how to transform them into experience that will have both beauty and meaning for our lives...
...first 3500 years of written history, it is somewhat distressing to note that the University is currently offering only two courses in this period. Roman history is not offered this year nor is classical Greek history. Some of the important Fertile Crescent civilizations are mentioned only briefly in Professor Frye's course on Ancient Iran and some are not mentioned...
...offerings, seems hardly a fair ratio considering the importance of this period. Avid Egyptophiles can learn about the art of Karnak and Tutankamon's tomb next year in Fine Arts 131, but they cannot discover the history of the various dynasties. Students of Minoan or Cretan developments have only Professor Hanfmann's course in Aegean archaeology--next year--without a corresponding History course...