Word: towards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...teaching of art. In spite of the impression which has been given that it would rather cut its own arm off than lose him if it were not for personal and administrative considerations, the issue clearly goes beyond these and raises the question of the department's general attitude toward the teaching of this subject. To this question no complete and dogmatic answer can be given which would invalidate its entire function. The department is highly esteemed in this country and abroad for its sound scholarship and within the University it adequately provides instruction in that cultural curiosity, but, perhaps...
Some excuse can be made for the Fine Arts Department action in dismissing Feild in that it must use the University's tenure system. But Feild was unique in his attitude toward the subject which he taught, which is shown by his great popularity, and the "progressive" courses he gave evidently filled a need in a moribund department, out of touch with present realities. It is doubtful if his shoes will be filled and his work continued since the sun withered him in this soil and showed it was barren. A good idea and a good man are lost...
Tuition fee for each subject is $2.50, and the courses carry credit toward the degree of Adjunct in Arts at Harvard University. Information may be obtained from the Chairman of the Extension Course Commission, Wadsworth House, Cambridge...
Then the changes in land values of particular sites for the last 100 years will be traced through examination of the records in the city's archives. The direction of these studies is practical, pointing toward estimation of costs for different types of Housing developments on the basis of the heights of buildings and percentage of lot coverage...
Although agreeing with you when you urge "a constructive attitude toward American cooperation in the world," I must take exception to certain parts of the Friday editorial: those portions which refer to the Harvard petition to lift the Embargo...