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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first plan provides for compulsory, interdepartmental discussion groups for Seniors only led by two tutors from different fields. The groups would meet weekly to consider a broad topic appropriate to the group. These men, who by good performance and possibly by an essay, might merit a degree with Honors. Such groups would be organized primarily on the departmental level...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Plans Considered For Non-Honors Tutorial | 2/25/1959 | See Source »

...Where Does The Republican Party Go from Here?" is the topic of his address at 3:45 p.m. in Aldrich 112 at the Business School. He will also speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Lowell House Junior Common Room. Both meetings are open to the public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nixon Aide to Talk On Future of GOP | 2/24/1959 | See Source »

...embody another curricular innovation: a month-long midwinter term, when the whole college will join with visiting teachers to study two courses "providing a common intellectual experience." One of these conference-courses will deal with a subject "of central importance in Western culture," the other with a non-Western topic, the subjects changing each year over a four year span. Unfortunately, such a midwinter term could easily become an aimless interlude, devoid of excitment. But, if carefully planned, it could also turn into one of the great attractions of New College...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Attack on Academic Rigidity Calls for 'Major Departure' | 2/20/1959 | See Source »

John Kenneth Galbraith, professor of Economics, will deliver the fourth lecture in the Harvard Conference on Careers, tonight at 8 p.m., in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room. His topic will be "Living and Making a Living...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Galbraith to Speak | 2/17/1959 | See Source »

Titled Ideal Man and Natural Man in Western Thought, Soc Sci 4 covers Greek culture, Japanese culture, doctrine of St. Augustine, and 20th century psychology and anthropology. Rebel was chosen as a topic, Kluckhom noted, because in the book Camus deals with many of the problems raised in the course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soc Sci 4 to Exempt Top Students From Requirement of Final Exams | 2/11/1959 | See Source »

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