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...true that most schools encourage previous training in some non-scientific or at least non-biological field. The Harvard Medical School in particular does so, and it does not give precedence to those who have gone out for honors in this field, for it gives them too limited a background. There will be little enough chance to get a social and cultural background in medical school, so one might just as well get it now, when only four or five courses are required for admittance to medical school anyway. On the other hand Biology offers a scientific picture of humanity...
...them last year. Its appeal is that it provides a general training in the more important sciences without being limited to any one branch. Secondly it is worth consideration by students planning to go to Medical School because it is a compromise between the extremely narrow background which is provided by concentration in Chemistry, Biology, or Physics, which require all one's time at the expense of social and cultural courses, and the non-scientific background offered by non-scientific fields. Because of the large proportion of Biochem concentrators who are pre-med students, there is a common cause...
...more advanced course in the Athenian Drama, Greek 2, has the highest literary value of any course until Greek 12. It is given by Professor Post whose widely cultured background includes a Professorship here in Fine Arts. This course also suffers from Einarson's definitely poor teaching. The Elementary Composition course, Greek 3, described as "tough but rewarding", assists the student both to a knowledge of the language and an appreciation of Greek style. Either this or Latin 3 is required for honors. Plate and Aristotle and a survey of Greek Philosophy from Thales to Aristotle are handled in Greek...
...that the only course in the history of any phase of government is Dean Pound's, which appears most valuable for future Law School men. Yet one cannot study government without at the same time studying history; thus, a course in American party government must include the historical background of the parties and of the pressure groups influencing them...
...maroon from head to knee. Apart from the fact that the H. A. A. is also retaining this color for their uniforms, there seem to be two reasons for this choice. First, maroon looks well "even on red-heads," Miss Madden thinks. And secondly, it makes a wonderful background for the big R awarded for participation in varsity sports...