Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seem. It is a fact that until two years ago, the language departments at Harvard had allowed themselves to stagnate simply because, as Edward Geary, coordinator of Languages puts it, "no one had ever taken the trouble before." But besides this obvious answer, there is one other somewhat nebulous reason for the college's emphasis on old systems. Harvard's approach to language teaching has always been on the "literary" level. That is to say, when a professor was teaching a class how to speak French, he was really teaching his students about France. The goal of any elementary language...
...next problem that confronts the Harvard elementary language teacher is the question of time: "This Monday-Wednesday-Friday strait jacket," one instructor feels, "is particularly injurious to the study of an elementary language. We need continuity in our teaching process, and somewhat the same setup as the scientific courses enjoy would be a good answer." Last year, for the first time, an elementary language course was allowed four hours a week--German A. This new course was quite popular and the "Aural-Oral" (Cornell) method of teaching is proving to be a success. "There is no guarantee that...
...Washington, foreign-policy planners feel compelled to level their sights somewhat below the ideals, and to assess the practical consequences of U.S. support for Greece over Cyprus. Turkey and Great Britain are more important allies than Greece; and we need all the strength we can get in the current "cold war." Too bad about the ideals, they might say, but really, we just can't do better than try to stay neutral--given the circumstances, you understand...
Quincy House will also alleviate somewhat the large number of converted rooms. The Administration will "start" to attain the normal ratio of one bedroom to one student, but the construction of Quincy House will not at all bring this about, he added...
...famed rigors of a CRIMSON competition will be somewhat mitigated by the impending Christmas recess, and by the fact that the Crime publishes only thrice weekly during exam period. And, of course, the winter comp is the CRIMSON'S traditional Christmas present to the Cambridge community...