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Mosteller commented that the whole concept of combined fields on the undergraduate level is not entirely clear...
This move seriously weakens the concept of an academic community. "The tragedy of the world," Albert North Whitehead once commented, "is that those who are experienced have feeble imaginations... The task of a university is to weld together imagination and experience...
...actors for "Phedre," said the play's director, Edward P. Morris, assistant professor of Romance Languages and Literature, "but it wasn't easy. There were lots of good French speakers, but most had no concept of acting in French...
Since the establishment of the Regional Studies Program at Harvard in 1946, the concept of a geographically defined academic discipline has become increasingly well received. The value of utilizing many fields of study to examine a large-scale culture seems to have much merit to those for whom the program is designed: people entering public service, business, journalism, and the teaching profession...
...concept of a Regional Studies concentration is an intellectually justifiable one, even for the undergraduate. A comprehensive study of one culture is certainly as demanding as any traditional academic discipline. Regional Studies is closely akin to cultural geography, a subject that is becoming increasingly appreciated in America. At present, the closest an undergraduate can come to a Regional Studies concentration is that of History and Literature. This program has at least two disadvantages for the person primarily interested in one region: first, the Department stresses history and literature in contrast to the more eclectic approach of Regional Studies, and second...