Word: theys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In a way, Robert Maynard Hutchins was a complete anomaly in such a place. It was true that the trustees wanted a young man with ideas, but they hardly expected him to advocate a reversal of everything the university had seemed to stand for. To them, he was simply the...
Hutchins was sure that he could. Chicago set up a college that was to give a basic liberal education by the end of the sophomore year. Students who wanted to specialize thereafter could do so in the university. Instead of a hodgepodge of electives, there were only four main course...
In spite of the deploring, however, the Chicago Plan worked. Though free to stay away, students flocked to classes where no attendance records were kept and no grades given. Gradually, the Great Books were worked into the courses, until this year they are 75% of the reading for the B.A...
Budgets & Books. Over the years, the self-perpetuating board of trustees of the University of Chicago has grown accustomed to wincing every time Robert Hutchins opens his mouth (he once suggested that all universities be burned down every 25 years lest they get into a rut). But he is a...
With Confederate flags waving, an inspired North Carolina squad held Notre Dame even for half a game (6-6) in Yankee Stadium; then the dam burst and Carolina was swamped, 42-6. Already headed for the Rose Bowl, California took a deep breath and breezed by Oregon, 41-14. Oklahoma...