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Robert H. Cole '52, chairman of a Student Council committee which drew up the G.E. report, last night fired some arguments back at Philip H. Rhinelander, executive secretary of the committee on General Education, who had protested the Council's interpretation of its facts.
Philip H. Rhinelander '29, executive secretary of the committee on Genera Education, said Thursday that the Council had misjudged the facts to make the program seem unsuccessful.
Rhinelander commented that the fact that students didn't agreed that any fact single one of the legitimate objectives were pre- dominant was a "healthy sign," if they had agreed it would have indicated that the other aims were being slighted.
Rhinelander also questions the Council's recommendation that G.E. courses limit reading and stick to fewer authors and topics. "I am not convinced that reading a few authors a great deal is better than reading a smaller amount of many authors," he said. He pointed out that a topic is...
Concerning the general low opinion of G.E. sections brought out in the report, Rhinelander said that it is very likely that the problem is more serious here than in departmental courses since it is difficult to find section men with necessary breadth of knowledge for wide G.E. topics. He also...