Word: wiseness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week the question of distribution was discussed in these columns with the conclusion that in place of the present science and philosophy or mathematics requirements it might be wise to allow a student to substitute either a course in the history of scientific thought or one in the history of philosophic thought, with the material in the latter taken, not primarily from the sources, but more from secondary works in an effort to study the progress of philosophic thinking through history. The reason for this conclusion is drawn merely from the fact that the average undergraduate mind is probably...
...essential to the makeup of the educated man. One has the feeling, however, that this tendency has grown merely because of the pressure applied by the secondary schools in this direction. Inasmuch as a single requirement without any alternate is extremely distasteful to present ideas of education, it seems wise to allow for Mathematics an alternate. For this Latin or Greek has been suggested, and it seems to be sound advice. It is indeed unfortunate that the present generation of educated men are receiving their diplomas without a satisfactory knowledge of either Latin or Greek. This may be traced...
...wise to remember that the Hanfstaengl case and this one which has developed from it should be considered as individual cases. If Mr. Mellon or any person disinterested in the Hitler government were to present a student with a similar chance--but without the present implication--the problem would not be the same and different action would be advisable...
...understanding of scientific approach is of greater value than the mere factual knowledge of a science as gained in an elementary course. Such factual learning is, perhaps, best taught in secondary schools and should best be kept there. In place of that in the college it would seem wise to institute a requirement which would better give an understanding to the scientific approach to knowledge. Such a course would be a history of science and of the development of scientific thought. For the non-scientific student this course would go much farther toward his understanding of the scientific attitude than...
...little cracked. Author Powys admits: "I know, and I daresay my reader will willingly bear me out in this, that I am - all the while - never wholly sane." He has tried to report his life as if he were confessing to "a priest, a philosopher, and a wise old woman." Readers who are not in those categories will be sometimes bored, sometimes infuriated, at most times skeptical, but they will admit that the show Author Powys puts on is almost worth the price of admission...