Word: specializing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Subservience to political and other special interests...
...courses, as are Fieser and Huntington in Chemistry and Math 2. And because of the fact that concentrators are allowed to pick and choose among the course offered by this variety of departments, there is a tremendous vista before the concentrator, and he can give wide scope to his special interests...
Obviously, no one editorial nor one point of view is sufficient to interpret and judge fully, the Report by the special Faculty Committee on the terminating appointments given last year to Dr. Walsh and Dr. Sweezy. Looking, however, at certain aspects of this Report from the undergraduate point of view, we are convinced that both the Committee and President Conant, each to a different extent and in different fashion, erred in regard to the recommendation for reappointment of these two men by the Department of Economics...
...theory, in this particular case it would have been wiser if the President had adopted as equally a long-term view of the effect of the instructors' dismissal on the University. The Report proves that these men were brilliant teachers, that on this account and on that of their special interests they should have been given another chance for promotion. The Economics Department expected, at least, that Drs. Walsh and Sweezy would be offered unconditional reappointments. Again, the publicity attending the release of two liberal instructors hurt Harvard in the public eye more than can be realized...
Advanced courses in Design and in Theory are all recommended, depending of course on the special field and the interests of the student. Course 2a, as mentioned above, gives individual practice in drawing, and from that point of view is suggested for those not concentrating in the field, but 1a is required for admittance to it. Fine Arts 2b, on descriptive geometry, is required and valuable for students of Architecture, and 2d on the theory of Design, involving individual practice, is also suggested. Course 10, an introduction to Architectural Design, is closely connected to the School of Design...