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...Times, in an attempt to prove that college freshmen are dangerously ignorant of the history of their country, conducted their survey by means of a 22 question exam, drawn up by Allan Nevins, professor of History at Columbia and given to 7000 freshmen in 36 colleges all over the country. Obviously, with questions that concentrated on names, dates, and places, the Times was attempting to prove that teachers in the high schools are using the wrong method of teaching American history. The Crimson, in a full-page feature, insisted that the Times test proves nothing, unequivocally terming it a "farce...
...began last May when Allan Nevins, professor of History at Columbia University, wrote an article in the New York Times Magazine in which he called attention to what he called deficiencies in higher education regarding the teaching of American history. The Times then took up his crusade, discovered that only 82 per cent of the colleges in the country require students to take the subject, and waxed editorial. This poll is supposed to answer the argument that U. S. history is adequately treated in secondary school...
...prose. Toward the Flame is considered one of the best U.S. personal records of World War I (of which Allen is a wounded veteran). In biography his greatest claim to scholarly fame is Israfel (TIME, Dec. 24, 1934), a searching study of the life and times of Edgar Allan...
Colonel Wood comes to Harvard from Fort Ethan Allan in Vermont, where he was commanding officer for several years, and has had previous experience with ROTC units. His post in Vermont was the site of the summer camp formerly attended by members of the reserve corps after their junior year, and he supervised the Yale and Harvard Field Artillery cadets during their drills there until they were abolished last year...
Together with Price will be William Allan Neilson '98, former president of Smith College, and a colleague of George Lyman Kittredge '82, and Bliss Perry in the great days of the English department. Returning to the House which he left with such pomp and ceremony last year will be Roger B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, John P. Kennedy, Jr. '44, chairman of the House Committee will speak in behalf of the undergraduate. All House Alumni are especially invited to take part in the dinner...