Word: topicalities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...other topic which has been announced is: "Resolved, That the Massachusetts Baby Volstead Act should be Repealed." This will be given first on February 18 at Everett Hall in Norwood, when Harvard will debate Princeton, and again on February 20 when Boston College will be the Council's opponent. This will take place at 8 o'clock in the evening in the Boston Symphony Hall. Seven men have been retained for the Baby Volstead Question. They are: G. W. Harrington '30 (Chairman), P. C. Reardon '32, R. B. Eckles '32, Dwight Cooke '31, A. B. Rood '31, F. C. Fiechter...
...This topic may be worth developing later in the year in the CRIMSON, after investigating what is the present practice of the clubs mentioned. Very truly yours, Henry W. Litchfield...
...editorial candidates have daily training in writing editorials on any interesting current topic, and of expressing their own ideas on the subject. This competition is open to Sophomores only, and is the first opportunity that the class of 1932 has had to vie for places on the Editorial Board...
...Meikiejohn has "proved itself with amaxing success." He proposes that it be applied to the entire student body. This would mean that students would devote only 60 per cent of their time to a diversified course, and the remaining 40 per cent to concentrated study of a specific broad topic, such as Athenian civilization. Class attendance would be optional; there would be no quizzing and no examination. "Intellectual awakening" would be the sole objective. Dr. Frank believes that this "will mean a gain of five to fifteen years in the intellectual life of the average student...
...regardless of whether or not the material is embodied in the courses the student has taken. The general examinations under the new plan will ordinarily embrace only material that has been included in the courses; but, at the request of the student, they may even contain questions on any topic connected with the subject which the student has studied on his own initiative. Each department is given free rein in deciding what part of the final grade the examination will count, as well as determining other details of the requirements. The plan is thus optional, simple, flexible and free from...