Word: syllabus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...discernible, penitentiary . . . (The master of ceremonies tried to soothe the kids who flubbed: "Too bad, Sara, you stayed up there real long.") Troche, scintilla, poliomyelitis, calyx, cirrus, piccalilli, lachrymose, geodesy, insipid . . . ("That's all right, Martin. I always spell 'insipid' with a 'c,' too.") Syllabus, addendum, flaccid, desiccate, accordion, surcingle, maraschino...
...tangible suggestion in this connection with which the commission can deal in that for investigating the manner one coherent course presentation could strike into the controversial questions of the era. Dartmouth's "Great Issues" experiment will be easily observable evidence for student councils helping to draft such a sample syllabus for NSA's adoption...
...atmosphere which the government of history concentrator now misses, while his knowledge of the field would have perspective of not detail. Supposing the economics major needs the present burdensome facts and formulae he might well be satisfied by a future Economics B Which Will preserve for concentrators only the syllabus, the mathematical analysis and other bits of precision. The present course is poorly suited to a large group that is required to take it. General Education has realized that a student can be taught but he cannot be learned. If Economics A is to be of real value to those...
Originally chopped into four precincts with a separate staff for each, the Cambridge police were consolidated in 1934 with the erection of the present Station. Now completely modernized and operating on the latest FBI syllabus, the Station takes advantage of its proximity to the University by enlisting local talent in many of its classes. The Police Training Center, for example, has just wound up a course in Inter-Racial Relations with Gordon Allport showing the policemen the sociological ropes. This is probably the first time a Harvard professor has been a visiting lecturer at a police station...
...remainder for the purchase of books. In many courses, however, reading lists are assigned as usual, but the veteran in not required to purchase any books--i.e. is not 'authorized' to receive any from the government educational program. In other courses, instructors "require" only the purchase of a syllabus while still demanding the study of a lengthy reading list...