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In respect to the proportion of elementary to advanced courses, the concentrators offered the following criticisms: In Ancient History there are many detailed courses, but no survey course. There was a demand for a survey course in intellectual history, since History 1 covers political, and History 40 only a short...
50: lot of reading; hard, but excellent course, not for Sophomores. 60a and b: entertaining, but Morison not giving it next year. Lot of reading; three 2500-word themes a half year; not advised except for concentrators. 62: excellent; should have more social and cultural aspects. 63: dull, not advised...
Comments on some of the men were: Lake, McIlwain, Langer -- brilliant scholars and lecturers. Karpovich: now examiner, excellent tutor. Baxter. Forceful lecturer, sometimes gives opinions as facts; scholar, good tutor. Ferguson: scholar; dull but good lecturer with small groups; better on Greece than Rome. Haring: scholar; covers large field well...
In the amusing story by Helen Meinardi on which I Met Him in Paris is based, the Swiss interlude was a minor incident. Adroitly magnified in Claude Binyon's adaptation, it covers the subject of playing in the snow as thoroughly as an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog, and to much...
Huntington. His Math. A course covers huge amount of material. Well organized, if slightly dry, lectures.