Word: reasonably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gertrude often went in for "poor kinds of queer people," preferring the neighborhood ragamuffins to children with governesses. Perhaps it was at this point in her life that Gertrude was happiest: eating, laughing loudly, crying, playing with little French boys, reading, reading. For this reason she never forgot how to be a child...
...reason which prompted a group of educators at M.I.T. to initiate the program two years ago closely resemble the philosophy expressed in the recent report of the Committee on Science in General Education, which recommended increased Specialization in Natural Science courses. There was no official connection between the two, however...
Councilor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, also stressed the economic importance of the University, especially in the "job opportunities" it provides citizens. He attacked the notification request, which has been proposed last week by Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci, saying that "the only reason for this type of order is to embarrass...
Murdock was emphatic on the point of individual decision. There is tremendous emphasis on finals at the present, he points out, but this is no more a reason for abolishing finals in courses which need them than retaining them in courses which would be better with papers. No outsider can say what an individual course may need, he added...
Also commenting was Von Stade, who said, "We have very little knowledge about what motivates a student to do well." Citing the Asian Flu epidemic last fall as one "minor" reason for the drop, he commented that "perhaps the remarkable thing is not last year's drop, but the consistent rise for five years before that...