Word: students
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Arthur N. Holcombe '06, professor of Government, presided at the contest, sponsored by the University Debating Council, the Student Union, and the Council of Government Concentrators. Robin Scully '40 and Stanley O. Beren '41 spoke for Harvard, while the Columbia speakers were Hilery Holmes and Frank Snepp...
...condition that exists in most colleges today and harasses the instructors who are correcting prepared essays. Ghost writing of all degrees, varying from outside assistance merely in organizing a paper all the way to the composition of a finished product with notes and all, done independently of the student, still prevails to a certain extend at Harvard, despite all efforts to blot it out. As long as it continues to exist, neither the long theses nor the short essays prepared outside of class will achieve their aims...
Sponsored by the Debating Council, the Student Union, and the Council of Government Concentrators, a Jamboree Debate with Columbia will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Winthrop House Common Room...
...elementary course it is often remarked that too much has to be covered in a short time to allow anything but a summary of the field. Actually the reverse is true. Because so much is covered, writing a paper on a detailed subject is the only way a student can take a deep breath in the field and discover its true nature. History 1 and Physics B apply this principle with great success, and other elementary courses like Economics A and Biology D would do well to follow suit...
...troubles" is the necessity for a half-semester grade for Freshmen, since an essay on a small subject would be an incomplete test. And yet a great many advanced courses have hour-exams which are merely an unnecessary check-up at a time when an essay would determine the student's real ability much more clearly. There are, however, certain drawbacks in assigning written papers instead of giving tests in class, and these will be discussed in the two editorials to follow...