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...Faculty yesterday approved sweeping changes in the Natural Sciences program, as recommended by the Report of the Committee on Science in General Education. The committee, headed by Jerome S. Bruner, professor of Psychology, called for a "continuation and strengthening of instruction" in Nat Sci courses...
...change in Soc Sci 4 "indicates that there is some experimentation, and this is a good thing...The biggest vice of the present system is that it has tended to be too rigid," according to Carl Kaysen, member of the Committee...
Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, professor of Law, suggested that Soc Sci 4's change might be a good precedent for many courses. "I think it is generally better to have a paper than an exam," he said, adding that this would, of course, depend on the particular problems of the course...
Mixed faculty response yesterday greeted the Report of the Committee on Science in General Education. Opposition centered around the report's recommendations for more science instructors on the elementary level and greater intensity in lower level Nat Sci courses...
...Allen Hynek, visiting lecturer on General Education and head of Nat Sci 9, supported the report while responding to Jones' criticism of too many lower level teachers. Hynek fully agreed that the emphasis upon secondary preparation ought to be increased. However, he maintained that "not even as great a university as Harvard should forget that one of the prime obligations of a university is to teach...