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...there. For over a decade, and throughout the nation, there has been a questioning and re-examination, resulting in a variety of experiments to rejuvenate and implement the liberal arts. The House system at Harvard, with the broadening of tutorial, was one searching move. Chicago is looking for a basic, speeded curriculum; St. Johns does it with "great books"; Columbia and other colleges experiment with broad introductory courses. There have been periodic shifts from area to area, with the humanities losing first to social and then to natural sciences. There have been vogues of cure-alls--"social psychology," "philosophical science...
...last week put a firm finger on what was wrong. What the Truman report now said came as no news to U.S. citizens. They had heard it again & again & again for nearly three years. Said the committee: the row, and the resulting blow to production, were a "result of basic weaknesses in the control of the war effort." And the big basic weakness is WPB ("The lines of authority are confusing even on paper . . . they breed disputes...
...That civilians were enlisted at the field and promoted rapidly without ever taking basic military training...
...Bill of Rights for all Europeans, guaranteeing freedom of speech, worship, movement, etc. Individuals throughout Europe could appeal from their national courts to the European Court for enforcement of these basic rights...
They may be required by the Navy to take certain basic courses, but in general, they will be allowed to follow their existing schedules of concentration. The Navy may require them to take courses in English, Math, Physics, and possibly Engineering Drawing...