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Music 1 and Music 124 run roughly parallel courses over the history of music at slightly different levels of rigor. The activities of Music 253 ("Tubby and Tuba") stand explained in Anthro. 103a, "Primate Social Behavior." And for those weary of this animal hedonism, there are the ascetic pleasures of Math. 272a, discussing "CW complexes, homology, cohomology, homotopy...
...powerful loosening force on a student's intellectual timidity--a timidity too often reinforced by the acquired pedantries of concentration. ...It can allow his mind to range over an enormous variety of possible human actions and alternatives in a way that no departmental course can do without losing its rigor...
...Rigor Versus Vigor...
...less successful at attaining coherency. This failure caused him considerable anguish. It was primarily a personal trait against which he struggled and not a necessary consequence of his philosophic doctrine. One the contrary, James felt that the formal doctrine--over the long run--contained a theory of truth as rigorous as that of any positivist. But, in addition to the demand for rigor, it stresses man's freedom and ultimate moral responsibility. If it were not for his optimism, one might call James an existentialist. And the optimistic style did not come easily. With it James sought to encourage...
...Time Remembered. His movie performances have mainly been journeyman labors in poor films, with a few exceptions such as Look Back in Anger. His talents were wastefully poured into Game-lot, like a cataract into a thimble, but he was a more than magical king, giving a performance of rigor, charm, gaiety, melancholy, and controlled dash that made every audience fall in love with him. He was like a highly practiced