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Hundreds of Harvard students sat outside through the rain and cold of Friday night to section for limited-enrollment Nat Sci 6 the next morning, Seasoned observers, however, doubted the extent of their dedication science. Last spring William W. Howells '30 predicted his new lower-level course would "attract all the least energentic minds in the University...
...freshman not quite sure of his field of concentration might do well to schedule Economics 1, Nat. Sci. 5, English 123 (Harry Levin on Shakespeare), and History 61a (Frank Freidel's basic American history course) as his classes this year. If these didn't appeal to him, he might try Nat. Sci. 9, Fine Arts 13, Philosophy 1, and Social Sciences 136 (David Riesman). Or Hum. 3, English 115 (Chaucer), Government 124 (Constitutional law), and Slavic 150 (Russian-lit-in-English...
...offerings are survey courses that appeal to concentrators in all fields. Ec. 1, for example, had the largest enrollment in the College last year despite the competition offered by other twelve o'clock classes. Yet nine other courses given at the same time enrolled 100 or more students--Nat. Sci. 5 had 360 and Fine Arts 13, 284. Instead of cutting down on the number of courses offered then, the departments added more. Phil. 1, English 123, History 61, as well as Stanley Hoffman's course on modern France, Erik Erickson's on the life cycle, and Donald Fleming...
...nine o'clock class seems to be as heartily detested by teachers as by students. Like breakfast on a camping trip, the offerings at this time are less plentiful than nourishing. Mathematics for poets (Nat. Sci. 114) offers a sampling of what is new and exciting in mathematics, something which concentrators have to wait years for. A full-year course, Bio. 100, systematizes departmental offerings in evolution. Ec. 133, on the economy of Soviet Russia, gives a foundation for deciding whether we are ahead of or behind the Russians when it comes to wheat surpluses...
...social sciences, Anthro. 1 provides basic training while Jose Figueres gives the latest word from the horse's mouth on contemporary Latin America (Soc. Sci. 120). T.C. Schelling will survey the increasingly important theory of games and decisions in Ec. 135, "Games and Strategy...