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Little St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, only a fraction of the size of this college, should nevertheless be of interest to Harvard students this year because of an experiment in education which is the exact opposite of the system here. Backed by President Hutchins of Chicago University, this institution is launching a compulsory curriculum based on the "Hundred Great Books" which, according to its authorities, are the foundation of all our knowledge and culture. It is, roughly, a chronological study of the arts and sciences of the ages, conforming to its supporters' idea of what is the basis...
...When a student applies for more than one ticket and signifies that one of them will be for personal use, it is stamped in order to comply with a government statute. In the event that the tickets are sold to an outsider, obviously not a Harvard man, the sale may be detected by the fact that an outsider couldn't legally obtain a stamped ducat...
Robert E. Lane '39, national president of the American Student Union presided at the meeting...
Organizations which have agreed to stand behind the program include the Phillips Brooks House, The Council of Government. Concentrators, The Harvard Advocate, The Harvard Monthly, The Debating Council, and the Student Union...
Thus the University is faced with a dilemma of the usual two-horned variety: on the one hand it must be reluctant to see the College becoming a group of vocational schools, on the other it must realize that compulsory courses running counter to a student's interest and aptitude are of little or no value...