Word: begining
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...than at present before college entrance; although all of us know that a modern language, and especially French, is probably the most difficult thing to teach adequately. If Mathematics, English, and one foreign language, (preferably Latin for arts students) are soundly done--so that the college can at once begin advanced work in these lines, the "hobby" subjects will have their chance also, in an ancillary or cooperative capacity...
...receiving end, Fincke will begin the game today. In the Colby engagement a tipped ball fractured Batchelder's index finger, an injury that will keep him out of action temporarily. Since Rex is also on the injured list with a similar injury. J. E. Sheldon '32 has been moved up from the seconds and will be ready...
...lecture tonight, which will occupy a short time before the telescopic observations begin, will be given by J. L. Greenstein, and is entitled "How Worlds are Made...
...educated gentleman, and if the requirements gave, or could possibly give, this cultural amenity, the CRIMSON would not be making a brief for their abolishment. But it is impossible for them to fulfill their functions. The College, as has been pointed out before, is not the place to begin the study of a living tongue, Large classes, poor teachers, and the fact that requirements of and sort are distastefully out of step with Harvard's educational idea make the situation here peculiarly bad. If all education is self-education, how can it be possible to stuff a reading knowledge down...
...other hand, the preparatory school is the obvious place to begin the study of a language. Practiced pedagogy, small classes, and the secondary school function of mental training rather than mental stimulation, all point to the high school as the logical and only place for elementary instruction. To force the school to recognize this function, Harvard, if it wants tri-lingual graduates, must demand trilingual ability from its candidates for entrance. Admission to Harvard, then, should depend on Latin or Greek and three or four years' work in modern language, or, for an S.B. candidate, on a combination...