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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lawrence F. Ebb '39, of Dorchester, and J. Spence Harvin '39, of Fort Worth, Texas, have been awarded the Ames Scholarship for 1938-39, it was announced last night at a meeting of the Student Council...
...Junior Eight member of Phi Beta Kappa, and is President of the Debating Council, while Harvin is Secretary of the Student Council, and chairman of the Leverett House Committee. Both will have their names inscribed on the carved plaque with the other winners in the Ames Room, headquarters of the Council, in Phillips Brooks House...
...idea, but the answer seems to be that History 1, Government 1, and Economics A have certain advantages in this case which make them worthwhile in spite of a possible superficiality. If well taught, one such course can open up an entirely new field of thought to the student, and can help to jolt loose many of the biases that have been based on ignorance. It can give him some ability to pick the right material for future reading, and more important still, awaken a new interest in him which will lead to a desire for more of this type...
...should not be thought that this proposition has for its purpose the increase of concentration in the social sciences. In many ways the tendency to overemphasize these subjects at the expense of the purely cultural liberal arts courses is regrettable. But it does seem necessary that every student have at least a grounding in political principles in view of the chaotic governmental and economic problems of today...
...general membership meeting of the Student Union in the Winthrop House Common Room Lieutenant Colonel Arthur R. Harris, professor of Military Science and Tactics, discussed the projected re-armament program in the United States...