Word: teachings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whose words and deeds are most crucial to the negotiations at Geneva is a small, enigmatic Frenchman who set out to teach history, not to help make it. Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, 54, speaks for the divided mind and flagging spirit of France. But his own mind is undivided: more than most Frenchmen, he has a passionate dislike of the Communists...
...Amherst does not have all great men, it has some of them, and many good men. One of the "greats," Professor Packard, teaches the only remaining lecture course ("European Civilization") in the freshman-sophomore curriculum. Most of the good men--including professors--prefer to take one of the small sections in the basic course pertaining to their field. For at Amherst the method of teaching is that of intimate student-teacher contact through small always under 25 classes. In English J-2, for instance, every associate professor in the English department must teach a section. Although Amherst might not have...
Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, has customarily lectured in Government 112. Next year, however, Herbert J. Spiro, former teaching fellow in Government, will be promoted to an instructorship and will teach the course in cooperation with another unannounced lecturer. It has been reported that Harry M. Eckstein, teaching fellow in Government, will fill this position...
...entering the Society, a man undertakes a routine that is completely foreign to most students. There are no examinations, papers, or deadlines. He may not work for a degree or even teach a section. He may, though, attend any course in the College or in the graduate school completely free. Or he may use the University laboratory facilities to help him in his work. He has no restrictions or obligations to interfere with his own progress; his formal social contacts with the University are limited to his House connection and whatever courses he may choose to take...
Besides these difficulties, Bard suffers from an unduly large faculty turnover, especially since many of its professors devote a goodly proportion of their time to professional work outside the field of teaching. Because of the effort required to teach a curriculum composed entirely of seminars, teachers find themselves hard-pressed. "To teach at Bard, one must be either a terrific idealist or a fanatic," mused Ruth Gillard, acting Dean and professor of Sociology. Yet, in spite of the difficulties in maintaining an adequate faculty, Bard offers a rather effective type of education...