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...past, these moldy ghosts of antiquated pedagogy long since defunct but not yet laid decently to rest rise from their uneasy slumber to haunt the most conscientious and industrious of students as well as those of easier academic virtue. There is not point in compelling the student to spend hours committing to memory dozens of formulas which frequently differ from each other by only a sign which nevertheless makes all the difference in the world. Too of ten the result is that the able student with a short memory is outshone by lessor lights of seeming greater brilliancy...
...York Orchestra through his Station WGZBX, a satire more workmanlike than inspired which won him a $5,000 prize from National Broadcasting Co. (TIME, May 16, 1932). Horns and drums sputtered out static. Strings flurried hectically to suggest the buzz of talk. A subtitle ''Slumber Hour" was the excuse for a slow movement soggy with sentiment...
...only other two articles in the book not dealing directly with the history of the Class are: "The Harvard Odyssey," a poem, and "Biddy versus Slumber," a playlet. Although every attempt has been made to keep this year's Red Book as short as possible, it is several pages longer than last year's issue due to the size of the Freshman Class. It is expected that the book will be a financial success if all the subscriptions which have been pledged are paid...
...most potent reason for taking the course however, is the brilliant lecturing of Professor Parker. The lectures are interesting from seven minutes after nine until ten; at no time does one wish he were still slumbering peacefully in his bed, nor is he tempted to slumber in his seat. Many non-concentrators have called him the best lecturer in College; certainly one must go far to find anyone so genuinely amusing and at the same time informative...
...Senior year. The tutor now has considerable flexibility in apportioning his time, and he should be encouraged to exercise his powers of distribution of time according to his own ideas, without enabling him to cast off entirely the difficult responsibility for doing what he can to make intellectual slumber less restful...